The Proper Gentleman Returns to His Old Ways (Double Alphas)

Fake rookie, real powerhouse, beautiful gong * aloof to outsiders, clingy and playful shou

* Dual-Alpha story

Yu Dong had hated fighting, the smell of blood, and ugly monsters since he was little.

Instead, he liked cooking, doing housework, and growing flowers, things most alphas seemed to dislike.

So after getting married, he quit his job as a Blight Hunter and became a full-time househusband.

One day, after watching a battle anime, Yu Dong, who had been lazing around at home for six years, suddenly felt his inner chuunibyou awaken.

Twenty-six is the perfect age to go out and make your mark.

So Yu Dong snuck away from his family and cat and went back to the safe zone to sign up.

The registrar asked him about his usual daily routine.

Yu Dong answered honestly, "Cooking, doing housework, feeding the cat, and then... watering the flowers?"

The registrar scoffed. "What a pathetic life. As an alpha, you should strive for the safe zone's highest honor."

Yu Dong asked, "What's the highest honor?"

The registrar gazed wistfully into the distance. "Shaking hands with Jing Xiangwan, the strongest Blight Hunter in the entire safe zone."

Yu Dong: (smiles) (thinks)

What a weirdo.

So he was supposed to work hard just to shake hands with his own wife.

He could do more than shake hands when he got home, anyway.

*

After smoothly joining the Blight Hunter team, Yu Dong discovered that every one of his teammates worshipped his spouse.

So each day, Yu Dong found himself trapped in an endless stream of silent complaints.

Teammate 1: "Jing Xiangwan's contracted spirit tiger is so huge. It's incredibly cool!"

Yu Dong: That's the big cat I feed. It's guaranteed to get fat.

Teammate 2: "Jing Xiangwan has such a great figure. He looks so chaste."

Yu Dong: I've never met anyone chaste who wanted it that many times in one night.

Teammate 3: "Jing Xiangwan is so stern. When I see him scolding someone, I don't dare breathe."

Yu Dong: ...Actually, he's easy to bully. He cries as soon as you put a little effort into it.

*

He had only meant to mess around for a while, indulge his chuunibyou phase, and then return to family life. Somehow, he ended up as the Blight Hunters' Rookie of the Year.

When the team leader, who thought highly of him, introduced him to the higher-ups

Yu Dong: "Can I skip it?"

The team leader said in exasperation, "This is your chance to climb the ranks! Do you want to spend your whole life as a useless kept alpha?"

Yu Dong: "..."

What would you know about it!

Do you know that everyone sitting in there used to be my subordinates?

Do you know that the person you called a kept spouse is sitting right in the middle?

Sure, he was returning to work after retirement, but didn't he deserve to save face?

Reader's Guide:

1. The gong and shou have already been secretly married for six years when the story begins. Flashbacks to when they first met will be interspersed later. The shou appears in person late in the story.

2. Dual-Alpha story, but they dote on each other. Each considers the other his wife. The gong is taller than the shou, and their bedroom roles stay fixed.

3. A short, feel-good story, with roughly equal emphasis on plot and romance.

Blurb archived 04.8.21

Theme: There's no shame in returning to your old line of work.