Mutual Downfall [Insectoid]

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In the year 225 of the Interstellar Era, the Battle of the Red Sun ended in a resounding victory for the Kingdom of Karok. At the time, Commander-in-Chief Xi Wugui was inspecting enemy territory. As the broad-browed, sharp-featured marshal passed a pile of rubble, a hand grabbed the bloodstained hem of his armor.

A boulder shifted, revealing a face that, despite being battered and filthy, could not hide its peerless beauty. The beauty's long hair cascaded like a waterfall. He raised a pair of captivating, affectionate eyes and spoke in a lovely voice: "Please, save me."

The marshal, who had never been one to indulge in beauty, stopped for the first time. He gripped the beauty's delicate chin with one hand, his expression unreadable, and said coldly, "I don't do charity. What do I get in return for saving you?"

The beauty's voice was gentle as water. "What would you like?"

Xi Wugui countered, "What can you give me?"

The beauty's long lashes trembled. He reached out and clasped the marshal's wrist, guiding that large hand to rest against his chest. Beneath his soaked, snow-white undershirt, an eerily beautiful flower was just visible.

"The only thing I can give you is myself."

Xi Wugui was startled by the soft, cloudlike sensation beneath his hand. After a moment's silence, he swept the beauty into his arms and said in a low voice, "As you wish."

From that moment on, the little prince of the Eteran Empire ceased to exist. In his place was a beautiful female slave who spent every night in the marshal's bed.

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At first, Li Qingxue hated Xi Wugui. He hated him for leading an army that crushed his country, and hated him even more for keeping him like a canary in a cage...

Later, when the highly decorated Xi Wugui met the fate of a hunted hare after the hounds had done their job, his military authority was revoked. That night, Li Qingxue clung to him in a night of passion until the first light of dawn.

When Li Qingxue woke again, he found himself aboard a spacecraft. Food and a great deal of money had been left beside him, and a troop of soldiers was waiting outside to escort him.

Li Qingxue stared blankly. Had Xi Wugui set him free? He should have been happy, yet he frantically ordered the soldiers to turn back.

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Months later, the new emperor of the Kingdom of Karok ascended the throne. Ministers who had arrived at the palace early were busy plotting to offer their daughters to the unmarried ruler, unaware that the new emperor was in bed, making love to his beloved.

The morning breeze stirred the gauzy curtains. The beauty begged, "...Please, no more. The ministers are waiting for you."

The new emperor didn't stop. "Let them wait."

Only after the beauty wept beneath him did the new emperor take an ornate crown and solemnly place it upon his flushed head.

"My one and only queen, allow me to crown you."

A war god who is cold and celibate in public, and only wants to bully the one he loves, tops × a peerlessly beautiful, self-aware and scheming beauty, bottom

Note: Contains some non-consensual romance. The two leads struggle against each other before falling for one another. They are each other's first love.

Theme: Love transcends borders.