[Greek Mythology] The Eternal Heart

[My Next Novel, Of Course It's Because I Want to Complete the Whole Compendium! The blurb is at the very bottom] I transmigrated into the body of the youngest daughter of an unnamed city-state's king. Just like in every fairy tale, I lived the carefree, worry-free life of a princess. That was how it was supposed to be. One day, I picked up a lost pigeon in the garden. From then on, I had a pen pal in this strange world. He didn't seem to get along with his family very well. That was fine. I didn't get along with my two older sisters, either. My father was worried about my marriage, but I already had someone in mind. I believed my lovely pen pal would understand how I felt, until the pigeon I had fattened up came back carrying a withered myrtle blossom. There was a short message written in neat handwriting on its white petals: "The golden arrow of passionate love has struck me. Forget me." What was that supposed to mean? He already loved someone else? Who could be more unlucky than me? On the very same day I confessed my unrequited love and got rejected, my father married me off to a monster. My heart had already flown away with the pigeon, so I didn't care who I married. The man's face was hidden, and his voice was as rough as a beast's, yet he carried me off with the awkward restraint of someone cradling crystal. On the first day of marriage, I woke in an empty, luxurious castle and never saw my husband. On the second day, countless exquisite jewels arrived, but not from my husband himself. On the third day of marriage, I was getting a little bored. My sisters' arrival was unexpected. My sisters were not like me. They never let themselves get bored, and I was their entertainment. They were very interested in my husband. "Oh, poor Psyche, the bride of a monster." "Psyche, you are as beautiful as Venus. You shouldn't be with an ugly monster." "Light a candle and take a dagger. If your husband really is a terrifying monster, don't hesitate to plunge the blade into his chest." My sisters' words circled around me like birdsong. Didn't that all sound a little too outrageous? Wait... It was only the third day of my marriage, and they wanted me to kill my new husband? When night fell, I was certain I heard the sound of wings folding. His deliberately low, rough voice couldn't hide the excitement of a young god. He said, "Psyche, I am your husband." #A Fallen God and a Clear-Eyed Girl# [Reading Guide] 1. The main story is told in third person. This novel was inspired by the Olympus TV series. You don't need to know Greek mythology to enjoy it. 2. Marriage first, love later + fake unrequited love + fake stand-in + mutual secret crush. 3. This novel could also be called My Secret Crush Turned Out to Be My Husband. 4. I'm not a scholar of Greek or Roman mythology. For a better reading experience, I'll try to use simplified transliterations of the gods' names. 5. Please don't make things up or raise imaginary concerns. If comments like that appear, the author will delete them. I hope everyone enjoys their little cake in peace. No fighting! Yike had recently been playing a post-apocalyptic single-player game. As an achievement hunter, her goal was to complete the whole compendium and unlock every hidden ending. She found that the game had not only beautifully designed characters and realistic monsters, but also an incredibly high degree of freedom. You could even earn achievement points by sobbing on the chest of a battle-worn male caregiver. Yike: That's an option? Missions, items, creatures. Food, giant beasts, maps... From the surface to underground, then back underground to the surface. She diligently fought monsters and leveled up, working hard to fill every page of the compendium. The only strange thing was that all the NPCs looked at her with incredibly wise expressions. And why did a single-player game have a love-triangle ending? Yike: Something seems a little off, but I need all the achievements! @-@ - In the new calendar year 2036, Shuo Xing suffered a catastrophic disaster. Countless monsters appeared on the surface, and the survivors had no choice but to rely on their acquired powers and take shelter in arks in the sky. Everyone was listless, waiting without hope for their energy and supplies to run out, until one day, a suspicious little house appeared on the surface: #Love and Healing# A pink-haired girl with strange behavior, and an odd little sign that seemed to puff out heart-shaped bubbles. Her ability readings were zero. No one thought she could survive until the next day. Then the pink-haired girl shouted, "Don't touch my babies!" and punched an S-threat-level beast into oblivion, before bundling up their battered team captain and carrying him away. Everyone: O.o ??? A little girl punched a monster to death with her bare hands? No, wait, why did she grab the team captain? - Dong Ren was a human blade raised to serve as a weapon, forever at the front lines against the beast tides. He feared no pain and was invincible. He should have bled to death in the final moment, but he didn't. Dong Ren was kidnapped by a girl whose head barely reached his chest. She changed his bandages, fed him, and even soothed his mind. She called him, "Baby." One day, a second injured patient showed up, a blond guy. He thought it was fine. It was time to leave. But when she leaned against him, he was too pathetic to go through with it and decided to stay. A few days later, a third patient appeared, a gloomy black-haired man. She said, "Baby, I'm going to work hard and level up so I can take care of you." He didn't understand, but he nodded. Then came a fourth, a fifth, a sixth, a seventh... an nth. Humans, beasts, and even some sticky, unknown creatures. Dong Ren finally couldn't take it anymore. "Why?" Yike looked completely baffled. "Of course it's because I want to complete the whole compendium!" #An Ark Whose Combat Power Has Been Drained by a Weird Woman# #The Team Captain Who Gets Cheated and Still Helps Count the Money# #Someone Save Our Great and Only True God# #What Do You Know? I'm Doing This Willingly# #I'm Definitely the Last One# #Can She Stop Picking Them Up?# Theme: Eternal love can overcome any obstacle.