Eden in Spring and Autumn [Solarpunk]

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Sha Xiu was a nobody at the very bottom of society, with no parents, no identity, and no status. While trying to stow away to another star system, he accidentally fell into a forming black hole aboard an unmanned trade ship.

The good news: He survived.

The bad news: He was close to dying.

The unwilling boy made one final, feeble struggle. That struggle brought someone to him, someone who might be friend or foe: humans?

"Look! There's a kid here!"

the patrol team cried.

*

Isko, one of the Republic's fifty supreme commanders, was told after finishing his shift that there was a child registered under his name.

One child, suspected to have been trafficked, with not a single patch of uninjured skin on his body.

First, his idiot subordinate said, "Sorry, Captain. None of us have guardianship, and the kid's not registered, so we put him under your name."

Then his passionate colleague said, "How did this happen? Human trafficking disappeared ages ago. Start an investigation!"

He held back again and again, until he finally made everyone shut up by force. Only then did he ask, his face dark, "Where's the child?"

*

Sha Xiu had thought he'd end up in a filthy ditch. He never imagined he'd arrive in a paradise no one dared dream of.

Sunshine was free, flowers were free, and he could even raise a mouse.

The only downside was that he now had a troublesome guardian.

"Can I skip the vegetables?"

"You can try."

"...Tch."

A reading guide from an author who can't write blurbs

1. This is a story about brotherly love, and bickering, perhaps, between a native of a cyberpunk dystopia and his new life in a solarpunk utopia. The title might change.

2. At its heart, this is a partly healing, partly adventurous story about a boy. The writing style and worldbuilding are my own, and this is a niche topic I'm writing for myself. Give it a try before following. If it's not your thing, just close it. Please don't offer writing advice in any form. Respect one another, and other readers too. To make reading a better experience, extreme, provocative, abusive, or trollish comments will be removed.

3. This story is suitable for readers aged five to five years and a few hundred months. It contains elements of fantasy and idealism.

4. The outline, notes, and blurb have all been archived. I don't know when I'll start posting, so I'm leaving this here for now.

Theme: Humanity deserves a better future