The Runaway Lord of the Male Zerg's Substitute Female Zerg

Qiya is a shipboard psychological counselor. Because he looks so much like the runaway male Zerg prince, he is seized by one of the prince's betrothed, a marshal escorting the prince to formalize his engagement, and forced to stand in for him in a political marriage. The moment Qiya steps aboard the starship, the entire merchant crew is blown to pieces. The sub-male figures that if he has no value, he'll be destroyed and erased just like the ship's crew.

The marshal dumps the sub-male on the butler who has been with the male Zerg since childhood. The female Zerg butler is also one of the prince's betrothed, and treats Qiya with icy coldness. Qiya plays pitiful and gentle until he melts the iceberg. When he appears before the marshal again and sees the haughty marshal kneel on one knee to salute him, the sub-male's tense heart finally settles. Then comes his next challenge: the other kingdom's marriage candidate seems indifferent to him, as if they aren't willing to go through with the marriage at all. With no other choice, the sub-male sprays on a little more of the male Zerg's lingering pheromones and deliberately gets close to the candidate. He seizes the moment, wins them over, and successfully becomes a bride-to-be.

Afterward, the sub-male discovers that the runaway male Zerg prince has been secretly watching everything from the castle where he is staying. As Qiya wonders how to survive once all this is over, he looks at the prince's face, identical to his own, and comes up with a plan: all he has to do is become the prince's protected betrothed.

The unserious outline goes like this: the sub-male wins them over with smooth talking (crossed out) and love. To the male Zerg: We're one and the same, so what's yours is mine. The marshal's route: From suspecting that the sub-male could never successfully impersonate the noble prince to accepting that no one can deny his glory. The butler's route: An ice-cold butler who cannot resist someone almost identical to the prince. To the marriage candidate: A combination of a sweet-talking schemer and a pure, innocent white lotus.

Theme: Growth.