After Being Forced to Become a Younger Snake Man's Pet [Western Fantasy]

[Updates have been coming at rather ungodly hours lately, so feel free to read the next day.]

Bad news: She was in a plane crash.

Good news: She survived, only to inexplicably transmigrate to another world.

Bad news: The world is in chaos, with constant wars between intelligent species. It's extremely dangerous.

Even worse news: She transmigrated there in her own body :)

Guannila was powerless to defend herself, and sure enough, after transmigrating to another world, she lived a miserable life, always fearful and hungry. Every morning, after waking up and marveling that she'd somehow survived another day, she'd start worrying about what she could eat next.

She could never get enough to eat or sleep, and violent, frenzied magical beasts roamed everywhere. Counting the days on her fingers, Guannila felt sure she'd meet a horrible end before long.

Then one day, a red-haired, green-eyed foreign youth dropped from the sky, killing the magical beast in front of her with a single strike and rescuing her from certain peril.

Guannila: "!!!"

How am I this hard to kill?! I survived even that?!

Afterward,

The boy declared that it was love at first sight and invited her to join his party. They could travel the continent together and grow closer until they fell into a sweet romance.

Guannila: "?!"

Looking at his striking, richly colored features, his glowing honey-toned skin, and his tall, slender body brimming with youthful hormones, Guannila painfully closed her eyes. Unbidden tears spilled out.

"If I were a few years younger, back when I longed for love the most, I might have been happy to say yes," Guannila said weakly. "But I really can't. I'm too old for this."

Guannila, whose edges had been worn down by the cruel realities of life, had completely lost her worldly desires in that regard.

Red-haired boy: "...?"

He tilted his head. After a brief moment of confusion, his eyes curved into a sly, wicked, childlike smile.

"I don't understand! Doesn't matter, you're mine now!"

*One-on-one, both leads' first love, younger man, nonhuman, BG. The heroine is 23; the hero is 17.

*My take on Western fantasy: low magic, a road-trip story, with a leisurely, slow-burn pace and lots of everyday life. The worldbuilding is entirely my own, with plenty of romance, otherworldly food, nonhuman races, and depictions of local customs and everyday life in different regions (all made up by me). [Not a strong heroine] [Not a career-driven, powerhouse heroine]. Readers who expect the heroine to be highly capable in combat or morally exemplary should take note. Think of it as a travelogue about a woman who transmigrates, struggles to adapt to a completely new world, and happens to fall in love along the way (?).

A shout-out to my friend's upcoming novel, She Only Wants to Become an Immortal, by Hao San, book ID: 5849309.

And another shout-out to my own upcoming novel, Sorry, but I'm Just a Useless Beta.

Blurb:

Li Huan transmigrated into a book.

She ended up in an ABO novel as a thug beta with the same name, a bottom-of-the-class student who never applied herself.

In her few scenes in the original story, she either bragged alongside the other thugs about how brilliant their leader was, or played his sidekick and enforcer.

The most important plot point she took part in was helping the gang leader torment Su Huaiyou, the original story's most vicious omega antagonist, driving him to a complete breakdown and turning him into a deranged menace to society.

After transmigrating into the book, Li Huan planned to turn over a new leaf and say goodbye to the gang leader for good.

But after sorting through the original host's memories, she discovered that the poor girl had no parents and no money. The gang leader's family paid for all her tuition and living expenses.

Li Huan: Well, uh...

Li Huan, whose backbone wasn't all that sturdy, who wasn't particularly noble or idealistic, and who didn't want to work herself to death to support herself, decided to keep freeloading with the gang leader.

Soon, the day arrived when the vicious antagonist Su Huaiyou was supposed to completely break down.

The gang leader deliberately injected him with a drug that would trigger his pheromones, planning to record his unrestrained reaction while drugged and use the footage to blackmail and amuse himself.

But something went wrong with the drug. Soon after the injection, Su Huaiyou went into heat, crying as he smashed things, his intense fruity pheromones making even Li Huan, a beta, sneeze.

The gang leader was a little scared. In a moment of crisis, he suddenly shoved Li Huan forward.

"You! Go mark him!"

Li Huan: "???"

What kind of nonsense are you talking about? I'm a beta!

Why don't you do it yourself?!

The gang leader was an omega too, so he couldn't do it.

For the sake of her life, Li Huan gritted her teeth and went through with it.

No matter how grueling the process was, in the end Li Huan got herself a boyfriend, painlessly.

Her boyfriend was handsome, rich, tall, long-legged, and had a nice butt. When he wasn't going off the rails, he was pretty easygoing.

There was just one thing Li Huan couldn't stand. Maybe it was instinct, but whenever they got intimate, he'd deliberately expose the back of his neck and ask her to bite him.

Li Huan was at her wits' end.

I'm just a beta! I can't mark you!

What good will biting you do besides leaving teeth marks and drool all over your neck?!

Theme: Treasure your life and make the most of every day