Hello, Help Me [Western Fantasy]

Updates are irregular. I'm terribly sorry, but I'm really stuck...

I've started a sweet Sentinel/Guide story, too. Feel free to check it out in my profile: [Quiet and expressionless in public, secretly clingy in private, a little bamboo viper X composed and gentle in public, an obsessive-control white-rumped munia in private]. The blurb is at the bottom.

Blurb:

[The plot, unhinged edition] At first, they said:

"A mixed-blood can't be president!"

"A woman can't be president!"

"An unmarried person can't be president!"

"No one under twenty-five can be president!!!"

Then the nation fell apart, wars erupted, power changed hands, and the nobility was overhauled. They said:

"Hello. Please save us."

[The plot, normal edition] After unexpectedly transmigrating as the most "useless" mixed-blood second daughter of the Duke of Colin's household, Elvie has to do more than stay alive. She has to live well. She must avenge the original owner, earn her own money, and excel in both her studies and career. Just as she's about to escape her predicament with potion recipes far ahead of their time, and her future and fortune look bright...

She transmigrates back.

Then she'll just start over with a new identity. This absurd, broken world is so much fun. Let me conquer it one more time.

Later, when asked how she went from unknown to standing above thousands, and from penniless to richer than nations, with power over the court and fame across the continent,

she thought for a long time and said, "The first time is hard. The second time is easy."

"?"

[The great secret-identity reveal is coming]

One rival: You said you'd change your identity, but you didn't say you'd change your body.

One best friend: Three people together is a little crowded, but that's fine. You can sleep between us.

One junior uncle: Junior niece... If I stick with you, I'll get fed Q-Q

One department head: Madam President, promise me you won't tell anyone you bribed me with two eggs, okay?

One senior: Your lover had a first love in school, a white moonlight he loved so much he nearly died for her. Trust me, lots of words.

One older brother: What would you like to hear? Little sister, senior, young teacher, Madam President, Ling, Lily, my one and only star, and... my first love, my white moonlight?

Ling: ...

Ling: Sometimes changing identities gets pretty exhausting.

[Romance] A sunny girl who's clueless at first, then goes straight for it with zero hesitation X someone who wants to embrace the sun at any cost. One-on-one, happy ending.

"I heard that man used to be our president's nominal older brother. His bloodline was questionable, but he still fought her for the position of heir."

"What happened after that?"

"He was soundly defeated and disappeared without a trace."

"Then why would you let him into Her Excellency's room?! She's badly injured. What if he kills her?"

"Well... I think I saw... him secretly kiss her between the brows."

"??? Does the president's fiance know about this?"

1. The male and female leads each shine in their own fields. They are pseudo-siblings, with no romance before their relationship changes.

2. Plot-driven. The blurb is silly, but the story itself is serious. The first volume covers the academy, and the second covers the nation and its people. The supporting cast gets a little ensemble focus. Women must seize power, hold real power, and take their fate into their own hands.

A Western fantasy plot-driven story with an unsolved mystery game and Sentinel/Guide elements as a future project sounds a little ridiculous, but they do have one thing in common: they're both pretty niche, right? (doge) I really want to start it, really want to, really want to. If you're interested, please add it to your favorites and help make another reckless dream come true.

Blurb for Song of the Ming Snake [Female Sentinel/Male Guide]:

[Silent and expressionless in public, an S+ Sentinel who strikes without hesitation X a gentle and composed S+ Guide in public. In private, a clingy little bamboo viper who'll even get herself badly hurt to get close X a white-rumped munia who indulges his controlling, caretaking, and possessive instincts.]

The ES10 team has two things they all agree on: 1. Their little snake will do anything to rank up. 2. Her self-control is freakishly strong, and she doesn't need a Guide's comfort.

Only when they teamed up with the legendary S-rank Guide from ES1 did they realize that the first was because of him, and so was the second.

The acting team captain, young but already worrying like a father: "Did you hear that? Our little snake wants that Guide. Figure out how to get him for her! He's a team captain? I don't care!"

They did come up with a plan, but they targeted the wrong person.

A drunk Xi Jianqing cornered him at the annual gathering: "Be my Guide and mine alone... I really want you..."

Everyone: "?"

Guan Xu: "All right."

Everyone: "???"

She looked at him in bewilderment, feeling that it couldn't be real. "Then... what are the conditions?"

"Let me help you when you lose control."

At fifteen, Guan Xu made her mark during her first internship when she calmed a newly awakened Sentinel who had gone berserk. She then rose through the ranks at an unprecedented pace to become the youngest S-rank Guide. Any Sentinel could be brought under control by her mental power, which worked regardless of pairing.

The White Tower never paired her with a Sentinel, wanting her to shine in S-rank missions, until the day the ES1 and ES10 teams worked together and she met a little A-rank Sentinel who completed an S-rank mission above her level.

She remembered her. She was her first Sentinel.

But after calming her for a moment, the bamboo viper spirit that had been on the verge of losing control went completely berserk, coiling around her again and again.

?

It seemed her absolute calming ability had failed.

[Little scene 1]

Xi Jianqing: My white-noise headphones are broken.

Guan Xu (smiling): How many times is that this month?

Xi Jianqing (in a small voice): They broke on their own...

Guan Xu covered her ears and released his mental power: Even if they aren't broken, you can come to me.

Xi Jianqing (cautiously snuggling against him): Mm...

[Little scene 2]

A teammate, jealous after having their declarations of love ignored time and time again: "You don't know how to get along with our little snake, do you? Want me to teach you?"

Guan Xu: "No need. She's very clingy."

"..."

She's very clingy... very clingy... clingy... clingy...

I'm going to make a scene!

Qingqing: I'm just a sweet, silly big shot who often gets mistaken for a cold and aloof boss because I kill without batting an eye. (munch munch)

Theme: Those who refuse to yield to the world have gone on to conquer it.