A Paranoid Monster Won't Leave Me Alone

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■ Blurb:

Ninjutsu is not accepted in this world and is heavily suppressed, so it can only be passed down in secret.

One day, the teacher gave the students a task: "Obtain spirit shards and bring glory to the ninja."

"Remember, aside from your partner, no one must discover your identity as a ninja."

Story One: [Fang Zhiyuan x Asama Sakura]

Fang Zhiyuan entered the demon-hunting grounds as a teenager to gain experience. By thirty, he had risen to the rank of an Imperial A-Class General and governed several cities.

In his enormous official residence, Fang Zhiyuan kept only an elderly maid who had cared for him since childhood. He had no guards at all, and was known as "the Empire's loneliest elite officer."

To find clues about the spirit shards, Asama Sakura went to great lengths to stay by Fang Zhiyuan's side, becoming his one and only lover, only to be cruelly abandoned.

When they met again, Fang Zhiyuan slipped outside to smoke during a lavish banquet and overheard a woman next door talking about him.

"It must feel nice when the officer falls in love," said an unfamiliar female voice.

"Not really."

A woman with a familiar accent replied with a sigh. "He always keeps his lips tightly shut when we kiss. It's hard to pry his teeth apart. He has no heart."

"You must not have treated the officer's first kiss well."

"I actually loved him back then, but..."

"Back then? You don't love the officer now?"

"I don't, and I don't expect to."

Suddenly, the lonely elite officer in uniform stepped out of the shadows.

Fang Zhiyuan straightened his tie and carefully wiped each finger with a handkerchief. The next moment, countless tentacles spilled out and wrapped tightly around Asama Sakura. His voice was refined and gentle.

"Sakura, you clearly didn't say that last night!"

Story Two: [Sith Hall x Fujii Sakura]

The Hall family is considered one of the richest families in the world. Mr. Hall has five sons, and everyone outside the family agrees that any of them except the third son, Sith Hall, is qualified to inherit the Hall family fortune.

That's because Sith Hall is a dissolute, unambitious, scandal-ridden, utterly useless playboy, spoiled and extravagant to boot.

But the teacher told Fujii Sakura:

"Sith is the only heir favored and chosen by the elder Mr. Hall. At his request, from today onward, you are responsible for protecting Sith Hall until he successfully takes control of the Hall family."

So Fujii Sakura became Sith Hall's lawyer, secretary, and housekeeper.

A year later, Sith Hall successfully took power. Fujii Sakura received the spirit shard reward she had been hoping for. Without hesitation, she coldly announced to the man who had just woken up, hungover and disheveled, "I'm leaving. From now on, we're strangers."

"Are you throwing a little tantrum?" he said with a roguish grin. "Looks like you're still mad I didn't make you feel good last time. Sakura, give me another chance to make it up to you?"

Two months later, Fujii Sakura hurled the fake spirit shard in her hand at Sith Hall, who sat with his legs crossed, silver hair dyed, and a careless expression as he drank.

Suddenly, his shadow began to writhe across the ground. It quickly climbed the wall, sprouted a pair of brass-colored eyes, and opened a bloody maw to roar:

"Sakura, how dare you break up with me without a word and turn your back on me!"

PS:

1) The idea for this blurb came on 2023-04-27. I saved a screenshot.

2) The information about ninjutsu comes from the internet, and its importance varies in each story.

3) Important! The nonhuman male leads in this story are humans who were infected and transformed into monsters. They are not monsters by nature.

4) Please add the series story, She Dumped a Pure-Hearted Monster, to your favorites too!

◆ Recommended Upcoming Story: She Dumped a Pure-Hearted Monster ◆

Her father cheated, her mother neglected the family, and her childhood sweetheart was Qu Sheng's only light.

Then her boyfriend cheated on her and publicly announced his relationship with a female celebrity.

Qu Sheng gave up on herself and decided to escape from it all.

On a rainy night, after a concert, Qu Sheng met Xingye at the theater, a shy, beautiful little Level 0 monster who feared humans but loved human music.

As the concert let out, the crowds of people terrified him. He huddled beneath the notice board, trembling.

Qu Sheng stopped in front of him and deliberately showed off her long, slender legs beneath the high slit of her dress. "Here's an umbrella for you."

That night, Xingye slipped into Qu Sheng's bedroom and quietly, obsessively watched the sleeping rose.

Qu Sheng opened her eyes and licked her lips. "I knew you'd come."

Xingye's voice trembled. "I came to return the, the umbrella..."

Qu Sheng knelt and leaned in to kiss away his tears. "Don't cry. This umbrella, and me, belong to you tonight. All of me." Then she taught him how to hug, kiss, and caress her.

They spent a year in a passionate "relationship." Xingye fell hopelessly in love, but Qu Sheng disappeared for no reason.

*

Three years later.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, these human noblewomen are our offering to you. Their blood is wonderfully fragrant."

Xingye casually flicked the ash off his cigarette and turned to survey the "refreshments" before him from on high. Suddenly, his gaze stopped. As if caught doing something wrong, his face and neck flushed bright red.

"Miss Qu Sheng, I've missed you. So, so much."

He tenderly embraced the woman in the corner, shyly but carefully tracing her brows, eyes, nose, and lips.

"What about you? Did you miss me?"

Xingye was sure that after everything they'd done together, Qu Sheng must have missed him just as much. But Qu Sheng looked up at him like a stranger and suddenly spat in his handsome face. "You filthy bloodsucking monster."

Xingye's smile froze, and a fire of wounded anger flared up inside him.

He seized Qu Sheng by the neck and bit the red mole on her earlobe. His voice was dangerous, yet suggestive.

"Miss, you just made me angry!"

"How should I punish you?"

"You have a terrible memory, and you hate monsters!"

"How about I punish you by making you give birth to a little monster for me?"

Theme: True love lasts forever.