[A preview of the next novel, which I'll write next]
Huai Yi died seven times. On her eighth rebirth, she decided to make the first move.
In her previous life, she tried her best to win over her fiancee, acting gentle and compliant, only to be stabbed to death by her at their wedding.
This time, she gave up struggling and decided to become a black-hearted lotus.
She beat up her aristocratic relatives, kicked the gossipy spies, and even splashed her "ex-wife big sis" with red wine in front of everyone at a banquet, then followed it up with the "wedding kiss" she'd missed in her previous life.
All that commotion earned her only one response from her ex-wife, Yan Chubai: "It's fine."
But the next day, Yan Chubai showed up with a bill. The cost of the clothes, the price of the kiss, every last item had to be settled.
But who could have guessed that this seemingly cold Imperial spy had witnessed Huai Yi die seven times across countless rebirths?
She knew better than anyone that Huai Yi's death would herald the arrival of natural disasters.
This time, she finally decided to tackle the problem at its source and join hands with Huai Yi to fight the mysterious calamity.
"My dear 'ex-wife big sis,' what if saving the world means giving up my life?"
"Then I will become your most loyal blade, tear through this darkness, and perish alongside you."
[Reader's Guide: Also known as How to Save This Steampunk Magical World
A steampunk magical continent, happy ending, all-female world, dual-female reproduction.
Huai Yi x Yan Chubai (real savior x fake savior)
Huai Ye Tuo x Fan Jieshu (noble witch x ruler of the kingdom)
A little secret: Both couples have only ever been with each other, so Huai Ye Tuo never betrayed Fan Jieshu... Huai Yi's background will be explained later. Explaining it earlier would spoil things, although there are hints along the way, hehehe.]
(Preview blurb, opening next)
[Retired Big Shot x Down-on-Her-Luck Swordswoman]
Yao Luheng retired from the martial world years ago and has been running the teahouse her mothers left her, living a comfortable life without any old enemies to worry about.
On New Year's Eve, heavy snow closes the mountain pass. Her little niece, a demon king in the making, sneaks down the mountain. That would have been bad enough, but she also finds someone half-dead in the snow.
The kind-hearted teahouse owner brings the stranger back to treat her.
It turns out to be He Pingyao, student of the great swordswoman Liu. Half a year ago, Liu was brutally murdered, and the entire martial world is trying to seize her Seven Hidden Swords Manual.
They say only her student knows where the manual is. Better get rid of this hot potato as soon as possible.
This woman absolutely cannot stay, but...
The teahouse could use a dog.
"You have two choices: get out of my teahouse and go back to starving and living in constant danger, or stay here and be my dog. I'll keep you safe."
The woman chooses the latter and stays at the teahouse as a dog.
A dog with the fiercest bite.
[All-female cast, dual-female and parthenogenetic reproduction.
Older seme, seven-year age gap.
No-brain, serving-the-kink content.
Happy ending.]
Theme: Life, all the life in this world, long may it live!
It looks good, why is it so stuck?