Do Miniature People Have to Go on Field Assignments Too?

### Before You Read! The romance is a very slow burn. This story focuses on the plot, and they still haven't gotten together by the end! ###

[About Shrinking into a 20-Centimeter Tiger Cub and Still Having to Work Like a Corporate Drone]

[Petite and Delicate but Ridiculously Powerful Bottom × Secretly Ruthless but Overprotective Dad-Type Top (Who Isn't Actually Old)]

When Qiu Nian woke up, the world had changed!

After more than twenty years of being a perfectly ordinary human of the new century, he was suddenly told he wasn't human.

Growing a tail and claws was one thing, but how had he shrunk until he was only palm-sized?!!!

Forget about hitting someone in the face in a fight. He wasn't even sure he could grab their wrist.

Qiu Nian: Ha ha, my life is so hard. Guess I'll just laugh it off.

The tech company Qiu Nian was about to join dropped its disguise and turned out to be the Bureau of Monster Management.

His nominal temporary guardian and boss was a completely deranged monster. He didn't even arrange any onboarding training, just dumped Qiu Nian in the middle of the wilderness and called it a learning experience.

The supposedly simple, easy little assignments led to one major secret after another: puppets disguised as humans and living among villagers, strange fish lurking in the city's sewers...

Qiu Nian only wanted to be a cute little accessory, but instead he became the lead investigator.

Qiu Nian: So? You exploit a miniature person like this and don't feel even a little guilty?

Shameless Boss: Don't young people all want to be heroes?

Qiu Nian: Let whoever wants to be one do it. I'm not!

But as the truth came to light, an even greater crisis was quietly brewing.

Qiu Nian again: I'll do it! I'll be that hero!

As an emissary, Lian Jiming had always known the weight of his responsibilities, and had always been waiting for his partner.

But he never expected the partner he'd been waiting for to be someone he could carry in his pocket.

With the sky falling, the tallest person should hold it up. He planned to shoulder it himself for now.

As for his partner, they'd talk about it once he had "grown up."

But could someone explain why his little partner could go out for a walk and have problems automatically land right in front of him?

Well, then there was no choice. Let the professionals handle professional matters.

Qiu Nian (stomping his feet): So why does it have to be me?!

Lian Jiming (hands tucked in his sleeves): Maybe you're the chosen one?

CP: Qiu Nian (bottom) × Lian Jiming (top)

One-on-one, both sexually inexperienced, and completely devoted to each other. No one gets between them!

The actual age gap between the top and bottom isn't that big! The top is older, but he's not an old man.

The story is structured in arcs. The top has less screen time in the first arc, but he'll get more later.

The tiger cub is an underage tiger after shapeshifting, but he'll grow up later. They're all adults.

I plan to write a second book. This one focuses on the plot (kneels ever so slightly).

Original blurb written on 2025.05.27

New novel, The Abyss's Gift, updating now

Naive, down-on-his-luck nobleman's son who's a sucker for beautiful faces, bottom × Beautiful and ruthless, long-planning merfolk king, top

Blurb:

Theodore Wilde had been a pampered young master, cherished by his "sister" and future brother-in-law. But the lies he'd kept hidden with his "sister" for years were suddenly exposed.

With no other choice, he was sent aboard a merchant ship bound for the Far East.

But the people aboard treated him strangely, nothing like the result of his "sister" using money and influence to make arrangements for him.

Faced with unpalatable food and public humiliation, Theodore wasn't about to let himself be pushed around like a lump of dough.

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As the young master's life at sea grows easier to navigate, he also finds love.

The young man who tenderly cared for him when he was ill. The young man who softly sang him lullabies at night. The young man more beautiful than moonlight.

He was the first person Theodore ever loved, and he would be the only one.

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The merchant ship sailed through storms, but instead of reaching the fabled, prosperous and beautiful continent of the Far East, it stopped at a lonely island that shouldn't have been there.

Death awaited Theodore.

His lover saved him.

But why were there fins growing beside his lover's ears? Why were his hands so sharp they could easily pierce a person's chest?

Why was the hand Theodore had kissed countless times now pointed at his throat?

He would rather it all be a dream, a nightmare he would wake from at any moment.

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Silas had come for his people, but he unexpectedly encountered a delicate, fragile human.

In his eyes, all humans were filthy and reeked of rot. Yet this little human, who would cling to his arm and cry, seemed somehow different.

"The time isn't right yet, so I might as well have some fun."

That was what he thought.

So he let himself and the little human fall deeper, letting himself cross the line time and again.

He didn't want to look too closely at the reason behind it. After all, everything would end when the voyage was over.

But when the final moment really came, he found he couldn't bring himself to strike as he looked at the little human's nearly shattered expression.

He should have killed every human who knew the truth and let his people return to their peaceful lives. But his heart plunged into the abyss along with those falling tears.

Had he done something wrong?

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Before you read:

1. There will be a groveling arc! He won't be forgiven easily. Let the groveling burn, burn, burn!

2. Even with the groveling arc, they are the only ones in each other's hearts and bodies.

3. There may be a tiny secondary couple, but they won't steal the spotlight.

4. Although there's a groveling arc, the story is sweet all the way through! This doting author won't let the two babies suffer too much.

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Naive, down-on-his-luck nobleman's son who's a sucker for beautiful faces, bottom × Beautiful and ruthlessly violent merfolk king, top

Theodore × Silas

Theme: Strive for a better world!