How Did My Childhood Friend Become My Arch-Nemesis? [Western Fantasy]

A century after transmigrating, the Demon King Lucifer has fallen from the peak of his life to become a wanted criminal in the Divine Realm.

While fleeing, he unexpectedly runs into his childhood friend from before he transmigrated.

Two old friends meeting in a foreign land, both teary-eyed. With the double boost of a childhood friend appearing out of nowhere and reuniting with a familiar face far from home, their relationship heats up in no time.

Meanwhile, his nemesis, Michael, the Divine Realm's newly appointed Archangel, holds the highest status of all. When Lucifer is at his weakest, Michael kneels on one knee, gazes into his face, grips his chin, and teasingly calls him "a distinguished guest from the Demon Realm," his actions outrageously intimate.

Not only does Michael issue a warrant for Lucifer's arrest, he repeatedly sabotages his relationship with his childhood friend.

The Demon King's secret identity, which he and his childhood friend worked so hard to hide, is exposed by his nemesis in front of everyone at their first meeting.

He and his childhood friend prepare to flee together, but before they can get away, his nemesis forcibly stops them.

He and his childhood friend confess their feelings and are all sweet together, but before they've even finished taking off their clothes, his nemesis forcibly disrupts the flow of time and space.

When Lucifer opens his eyes again, his newly minted boyfriend and his nemesis have switched souls.

His nemesis, clothes in disarray, kisses his lower lip. "Give me a kiss, baby."

His childhood friend levels a sword at his heart, his gaze fierce. "Demon, prepare to die!"

Lucifer: "..."

The three of them, none of whom can stand being around the others, are forced to live together. Chaos reigns day and night.

Lucifer thinks they'll eventually switch back, but it's only when his lost memories return that he realizes all his worries were pointless.

His childhood friend is actually a split aspect of his nemesis.

Michael looks at him pitifully. "Lucifer, I'm your childhood friend and your nemesis, and I'm also your partner, heir, queen... You can't abandon me."

Everyone in the Divine Realm knows that Michael hates Luciferiel to the core and is deeply in love with the god of [Nature].

Lucifer sneers, thinking his nemesis has a pretty complicated love life.

He loves one person, hates another, and still finds time to come and make things awkward with him.

But... wait, how am I Luciferiel, and also the god of [Nature]?

[Unbelievably unlucky, arrogant, aloof, double-standard Demon King bottom x clear-eyed, simple-minded god who seems a little unhinged top]

One-on-one, both leads' first relationship. A hodgepodge of Hebrew mythology, Cthulhu mythos, and all sorts of other elements. Secret identities within secret identities.

Coming soon: "Why Must the Creator Wander in Exile?":

Ling Xiu is a web novelist who retired at a young age to enjoy a leisurely life.

After his novel "When the Long Night Breaks" became an unprecedented hit, he decided to stop writing. But characters from his old novels began crawling out of their books.

They refused to accept their fates and insisted on making their creator pay.

The villainous boss from his supernatural novel lurks on dark roads every day, ready to hack him to death.

The highly intelligent mastermind who escaped from an infinite-flow story puts both sides of his ID card on the trending list in minutes.

The rule-defying Old One from the Cthulhu mythos talks nonsense nonstop, trying to drive him insane.

And the bottoms who were forcibly taken by their top lovers in threesomes or group relationships swear they'll find a whole crowd of men to cherish him...

Things get increasingly bizarre, and Ling Xiu spends his days on the run. Only after stepping through his front door can he find a moment's peace.

It's as if there's some kind of magical barrier there. Once the characters trying to kill him follow him home, they all grow calm and peaceful, no longer obsessed with killing him.

What's more, a kind cosplayer is always by his side, never leaving him.

This cosplayer, who loves dressing up as Ye Jiming, is not only handsome but incredibly strong. Countless times, he has fought their way through the killers pursuing them and led Ling Xiu to safety.

Ling Xiu is deeply moved. After finally managing to send off a vicious protagonist with a lot of persuading, he pats the cosplayer on the thigh and sighs, "Thank goodness the protagonist of 'When the Long Night Breaks' didn't come out of the book. Otherwise, I can't imagine how horribly I'd die."

Ling Xiu laughs. "By the way, why have all the protagonists from my ancient, embarrassing works come out, but he hasn't? What do you think, cosplayer..."

Ling Xiu looks at the cosplayer in front of him, who looks remarkably like Ye Jiming even without makeup. His voice grows quieter and quieter. "...You're a cosplayer, right?"

Ye Jiming: "..."

Ye Jiming's perspective: "I Came Out of a Book and Cosplay Myself," "Wait, Why Did Everyone Else Come Out Too?" and "I Think My Creator Isn't All There."

Ling Xiu's perspective: "What the Hell, Why Did You All Come Out?" "I Love You So Much, Cosplayer!" and "Wait, Aren't You a Cosplayer?"

Lazy to the point of it, slow to react, creator bottom x fed up to the point of it, an attack who switches seamlessly between cold and heartless and passionate

Theme: We control our own fate