The Demon King and the Hero

One day, the Hero came before the Demon King...

And made an invitation.

"Come explore this world with me!"

The unknown and adventure

Trust and redemption

Blessings and curses

Eternity and contracts

Guided by the gods and pursued by demons, they witnessed the birth of this world... and its destruction.

Reading Guide:

1. This story combines world history and world mythology.

So within these pages, you will find characters from many different genres, including xuanhuan, Western fantasy, and even One Thousand and One Nights, along with the countries behind their cultures.

The titles of Demon King and Hero in this story have a different meaning from the ones commonly found in Japanese anime about other worlds. Here, they refer to certain roles.

This is a serious fantasy novel blending Eastern and Western cultures. It is set on a fully realized, fictional magical continent and features the classic pairing of two male leads.

2. The two protagonists save each other and make a formidable team. Their romance, however, develops extremely slowly. They have to go through the stages of good friends, best buddies, and then realizing, "Wait, are we a couple?"

Until the fourth volume, their relationship is no different from that of the two male leads in a shonen battle manga. The author won't add artificial, factory-made sweetness just to give readers romantic moments. This story is primarily about its vast world and intricate plot. Only when the plot is in place will the romance develop naturally.

3. So you might not see it at first... but the Demon King x Hero pairing is definitely switch. Their roles can be reversed, but they will never break up.

The Hero is a gentle little angel early on, but later... he turns out to be a deeply hidden, cheerful schemer.

The Demon King, the main character and viewpoint protagonist, seems cold, ruthless, and decisive, but is truly an angel at heart... Their personalities contrast with appearances, so there is no fixed top or bottom in the pairing.

4. There are no particular secondary couples. Unless the book explicitly says two people are a couple, ship whoever you like. Most characters are straight, but there are also gay men and lesbians. As long as the feelings are sincere, anyone can fall in love: he and he, he and she, or she and she.

5. There are no absolute villains. Every character in the book has their own perspective, and each is simply doing what they believe is right. There are happy endings, and there are also bittersweet ones. I hope readers will take a level-headed view of every character and their stories.

6. There are no meaningless riddles. If something seems strange, it is foreshadowing.

7. The author used to be an artist who loved drawing comic strips. The two protagonists' designs have already been drawn, and the cover might change in the future. I stake my entire creative career on this promise: the story's logic will hold up. Just the worldbuilding, characters, and plot alone would take over a million words to cover... but I'll work on it slowly and keep refining it until the story is complete, or until my brain's CPU burns out.

Theme: This story explores the questions: Who am I? Where do I come from? And where should I go?