An Unconventional Guide

In the year 4025 of the Interstellar Calendar, the bloodline of the long-lost eldest princess was found and brought home.

As a precious Guide of the Empire, this prince should have been carefully tended like a rare plant. Instead, he had suffered every kind of hardship on a desolate trash planet: filthy, miserable, frail, and so pitiful it made one's heart ache.

On the day of his arrival, the entire Empire was overflowing with warmth and affection. Eyes across the star system were fixed on the spaceport of the capital planet, ready to soothe the poor Guide Prince with the gentlest love.

But when the imperial aircraft landed and the cabin door opened...

The young man who stepped out was dressed in finery, tall and straight, like an unsheathed blade: cold, keen, and intimidating.

He lowered his eyes and swept his gaze across the crowd, then suddenly smiled. "Anyone who wants to fight me, get in line first."

The onlookers: ?

F-fight? Who wants to fight? Fight who?

Once they recovered, they all fell into a dead silence.

This Guide... was completely different from what they'd been told!

Never mind that he didn't seem the least bit out of place on a trash planet. Where was the gentle, delicate, soft-spoken manner a Guide was supposed to have? Why did he talk about fighting every other sentence?

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At the Imperial Academy tournament, Bai Shu stood with one boot planted on an S-Class Sentinel who had spread malicious rumors. As his boot ground mercilessly across the man's cheek and the crowd erupted into a clamor,

he merely lowered his eyelids and said in a tone as calm as if he were discussing the weather, "If you want to die, you can just ask me directly. I'll give you a discount."

The academy's livestream immediately crashed under the flood of viewers, and the comments went berserk.

A Guide was pinning a Sentinel to the ground and beating him senseless. Was this even reasonable?

And what was with the discount? Was your side job contract killing?

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On the very first day after he was brought home, Bai Shu learned he would be forced into a political marriage. His intended was the ruler of the Star System Alliance, a Sentinel who was ruthless, merciless, and worshipped violence, a full-fledged war maniac.

Bai Shu was completely unruffled.

He'd seen plenty like that. If it came to it, he had no problem taking the Alliance ruler's position for himself.

Until the legendary ruler of the Alliance finally appeared at the banquet.

Long sea-blue hair fell like a waterfall. Their skin was pale, and their clear, cool eyes were like flawless gemstones, restrained and serene.

Bai Shu's hand paused slightly around his porcelain cup.

So this one was unconventional too.

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[Jinjiang has countless great stories. If you can't handle it, leave. Fans of either lead, behave yourselves.]

Content warnings:

1. Beautiful male lead and beautiful love interest, both powerful. The couple comes first. Fans of either lead, stay away. If you get upset, that's on you.

2. No prose, no logic, no intelligence. A silly, fluffy novice story.

3. There is no dominant or submissive partner in bed. Every kind of play is just part of the couple's fun.

4. If you can't handle descriptions of both leads' appearances, don't read this. Don't read it. Don't read it.

5. Extreme fans of either lead, or anyone who can't accept the couple's relationship, really should stay away.

6. I favor neither the male lead nor the love interest. I favor both equally. Don't make up accusations and slap labels on people to manufacture drama.

7. More to be added.

[The Sentinel-Guide setting contains many original elements and has been changed extensively to serve the story. Conflicts with conventional settings are to be expected. The story's own rules take precedence while reading.]

Core theme: Stay resilient in spirit, fear no setbacks, and keep your life in your own hands