After Reincarnating as the Spoiled, Beautiful Grand Duke's Younger Brother

Also known as "How to Stop My Brother from Becoming a Ghostly Psycho." A story about family bonds. The male lead is a traditionally upright, kindhearted, healing ray of sunshine, revered by his followers as a "divine envoy," a "saint," an "angel"... His brother grew up starved of affection. He appears elegant and noble, but inside he's twisted and dark, looks down on everyone except the male lead, and wants him and his younger brother to be "us" forever. The main story is complete. A bonus side story of 50,000 to 100,000 words is planned and will be updated over time. Blurb 1: Family Bonds Xiao Yun is reborn in another world as Lucian, the half-brother of Aris, a beautiful, arrogant, sickly Holy Grand Duke. Uneasy, Xiao Yun tries to run away in the middle of the night, only to be stopped by the spatial barrier Aris had set up in advance to prevent his little brother from running off. Xiao Yun: "...If I said I climbed out of my bedroom window in the middle of the night because I was trying to escape... would you be angry?" "A little," Aris said, hugging his brother, who'd been wandering outside in the middle of the night. "You'll catch a chill!" When Aris heard that his brother had rejected another marriage proposal from a noblewoman, he was puzzled. "She's lovely, and she has a good personality. She'd make a suitable wife for you." Xiao Yun shook his head. "I don't want to get married." "Why not?" "Because I want you to know, every day of your life, that you're the only one for me." "But..." "You see me as your beloved little brother, so of course I love my older brother too... I want us to sway in the same wind and share the same joys and sorrows." "All turmoil finds its final peace beneath the cold earth. Only we have become 'us' forever... We'll be together forever..." Blurb 2: Gacha Version Xiao Yun transmigrates to another world and accidentally unlocks the Chinese Ancestors Gacha System. [ Ding! Your first draw is guaranteed to be an SSR! Congratulations, Host, you've drawn the SSR card: King Wen, Ji Chang! You also receive a random bound gift pack: The Sixty-Four Hexagrams of the I Ching! ] [ Ding! Congratulations, you've drawn the SSR card: Han Xin, the Immortal of War! Includes the exclusive skill "Han Xin's Troop Inspection." We recommend binding it immediately! ] [ Ding! Congratulations, you've drawn the special SP card: Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of the Ages! Includes the skill "Unification." Please figure out how to use it on your own! ] Aris: Little brother, why do you always bring me new surprises? Xiao Yun: Because I've got five thousand years of Chinese history behind me! Aris: ...I understand. You're a gift from the gods, their divine child, meant for me alone. Special Note: This story was originally conceived as fanfiction about an original male lead transmigrating into the source work to redeem its tragic characters. But the plot was changed so extensively during development (the source work's worldbuilding, character designs, backstories, and so on were all restructured and rewritten) that continuing to use its character names would be misleading, so it's labeled as an original work. Notice: 1. Set in a fictional otherworld. Its worldbuilding is a retro hodgepodge of Japanese-style and medieval Western fantasy, mixed with gacha systems, public displays of divine power, Lovecraftian monsters, infrastructure development, war, and more. 2. Author's notes will occasionally include skits, bits of worldbuilding, and notes explaining details from the main story. There may be a lot of this, so readers who don't like lengthy author's notes can close them. 3. Many elements in this story were inspired by the Conan the Barbarian series, a foundational Western fantasy work created between 1932 and 1936, and the long-running Japanese ensemble fantasy light novel The Legend of Guin (also known as Guin Saga), published between 1978 and 2009. Most Japanese fantasy works, including Berserk, have drawn inspiration from this series. Strictly speaking, this story is an original work adapted from fanfiction inspired by those two series. 4. About 120,000 words of this story are free. I believe that's more than enough for everyone to understand the worldbuilding and setting. Love you! 5. The cover image comes from an antique book jacket for the English edition of The Bird, an essay collection by French historian Jules Michelet (1798-1874). Theme: Save souls that have fallen into hell and end a tragedy that has continued for a thousand years