The Mysterious Disappearance of the Dragon-Aspiring Hero

Lin Zhuo didn't make the most of his last life. Just after becoming the Demon Lord and preparing to slaughter his way across the world, he was captured by the male lead and locked away in his cave abode.

This time, he decided to get ahead of things. While the male lead was still young and living a miserable life, Lin Zhuo would find him, spoil him rotten, and raise him into a good-for-nothing.

Why spoil him instead of beating and abusing him?

Everyone knows that the more miserable the male lead's life is, the stronger he becomes.

Lin Zhuo wasn't about to shoot himself in the foot.

To that end, he even picked up an unwanted street urchin to practice on in advance.

Lin Zhuo was confident:

From now on, you will be the key companion who leads the male lead down the path of pleasure, idleness, and uselessness.

And I will be the blind parent who can't tell right from wrong, spoils him senselessly, and indulges him until he comes to ruin.

Song Hanyu: ?

Lin Zhuo: Spend these ten thousand taels within three days.

Three days later, Song Hanyu came back with brocade worth a hundred thousand taels, secretly having it tailored to fit him.

Lin Zhuo: Go out and fight crickets and walk birds within a day. Be a street loafer.

That evening, Song Hanyu carried in a freshly plucked chicken and began making him a home-cooked meal.

Lin Zhuo: Learn to drink within the time it takes an incense stick to burn.

Half a jar of wine later, Lin Zhuo was held tight and wouldn't be let go.

The handsome youth kept asking him over and over, "Big brother, could you love only me? Could you not bring anyone else into this?"

Lin Zhuo: Oh no, my practice subject seems to have developed a serious problem.

Worse still, he went out to look for the male lead, following his memories of his previous life, only to discover that the male lead was missing!

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Song Hanyu's biggest daily worry: How good does his cooking have to get to cure Lin Zhuo's picky eating?

His second biggest worry: Lin Zhuo keeps wanting to bring home another man.

Meanwhile, the creature that had latched onto him, calling itself the "Dragon-Proud System," kept chattering in his head: Friend, do you want to become the best in the world?

Song Hanyu was annoyed. What good was being the best in the world?

System: Do you want to stay trapped in this little city forever? Once you become the best in the world, the whole world will be yours to explore.

Song Hanyu: ? Why would I explore the world? A Zhuo doesn't even like going out.

System: ...Don't you want to embark on the path to immortality and stand supreme above all?

Song Hanyu: I don't want to stand supreme. I just want to cook for A Zhuo.

System: …Don't you want beautiful wives and concubines, with one in each arm?

Song Hanyu: Only men who don't respect themselves keep one in each arm. You creature, what are you plotting...? Could it be that you like A Zhuo too, and want to make him hate me so you can take advantage of the situation?

System: Damn it! Give me back my Dragon-Proud protagonist!

Upcoming historical fantasy: The Pretty Little Prince Is Abducted by an Enemy Nation

Yun Shi is the emperor's youngest child, beautiful and bright, and adored by everyone.

Recently, he acquired a new toy: a homeless beggar.

He had the beggar washed, combed his hair, and dressed him in fine clothes, turning him into an imposing personal guard.

At school, Yun Shi bullied and bribed his guard into doing his teacher's assigned homework for him.

On snowy, freezing nights, Yun Shi wouldn't let his guard leave. He hugged the warm guard and slept soundly.

Yun Shi didn't like eating, so behind his father, mother, and brothers' backs, he secretly fed the food he disliked to his guard.

Yun Shi was afraid of falling off a horse, so his tall, imposing guard knelt down to let the little prince ride him like a horse.

Yun Shi took him everywhere, showing off to everyone that he had a powerful and obedient guard.

Until one day, Yun Shi had a nightmare and dreamed that this world was a book.

His imperial brother was a corrupt and incompetent villain, and he was an obnoxious, willful minor character who would be cannon fodder.

His guard was the real protagonist of the book.

After the rebels stormed the capital, the first thing the guard, who had always seemed obedient, did was raise his sword and cut his master in two.

Yun Shi woke with a start.

He watched the guard, who was earnestly helping him get dressed, and thought, This man is really good at pretending.

Thinking about what the guard would do in the future, Yun Shi angrily threw him out.

A long time passed, but the guard never came back for revenge. Relieved, Yun Shi sneaked out of the imperial city to visit his eldest brother, who was guarding the border.

Halfway there, a group of enemy soldiers who had infiltrated the border abducted the little prince, who looked like an immortal descended to the mortal world. They dressed him up beautifully and sent him to the crown prince's bedroom.

Yun Shi looked up and burst into tears.

The crown prince of the enemy nation was none other than the guard he'd bullied since childhood and eventually driven out of the capital.

The little prince who'd done something bad was probably in for a hard time now.

Theme: Respect every kind of dream