Coming soon: "Don't Be a Dog for the Harem Darling" and "The Gloomy Demon King Is Reborn and Gives Up Trying"
Arno has rather strange taste. Instead of celebrities and influencers, he prefers the legs of long-legged spiders, the fur of hairless bats, and the bulging muscles of skinned male corpses...
Collecting absurd and bizarre things is one of his little quirks.
One day, he wakes up in another world crawling with the uncanny.
The natives tremble in fear before the uncanny, while Arno watches the writhing creatures and slaps the table in delight. My collection, here I come!
The uncanny creatures, who used to eat people without restraint, are thoroughly trounced by Arno. They tell him to just wait: they'll appeal to the Evil God and make him pay.
[Plague Doctor (Excuse me, where exactly are you spraying that disinfectant?)]: I've practiced medicine for a hundred years, cured countless stubborn humans who thought becoming uncanny was an illness, and turned them into my kind. But the moment Arno showed up, he questioned my medical expertise, revoked my medical license, and even soaked me in formalin. Utterly unreasonable!
[Headless Class Rep (Where's my enormous head?!)]: I have the smartest head among all the uncanny, and I even treated Arno to strawberry jam made with the blood I painstakingly collected over eighteen years. Who could have guessed that not only would he dine and dash, he'd take my head with him too!
[Handsome Merman (fish head, human body version)]: I planned to give Arno a reproductive cavity to satisfy his collecting obsession. Who knew he wouldn't want it, and would instead stick another fish head on my neck! Damn it, he ruined my breathtaking beauty!
[Eight-Tentacled Octopus Dragon (wings still missing)]: Arno envies my many hands and high work efficiency, so when he came to my door, I planned to offer him a couple of tentacles to smooth things over. Who knew he'd have his eye on my wings! (Collapsed and sobbing uncontrollably.)
Lord Tai Sui, please give us justice!!!
Tai Sui, currently trying to feed Arno a thick, sturdy tentacle: Hmm? The one who offered to share his reproductive cavity can stay. The rest can be tossed out.
Much later, Arno rubbed his sore, swollen lower abdomen, climbed out of bed, and shouted angrily at Tai Sui, "My next collectible is your damn instrument of crime!"
Tai Sui smiled. "Of course. Since Arno wants it, I'll give you the whole thing right now."
Arno, who had lost count of how many times he'd woken up covered in marks, felt his soul leave his body.
Now his new goal was to find a guide to sterilizing Tai Sui!
A cunning, chaotic-neutral troublemaker gong X a righteous yet wicked shou who goes mad when cornered
Author-invented occult and mildly Lovecraftian elements
Power couple / One-on-one romance / Happy ending
Theme: Love is faith, and confidence is a virtue