Not a Little Monster, But a Beloved Dragon Cub [Interstellar]

Shen An’s origins were a mystery from childhood. He was taken in and raised by the Chen Family, but his unique golden amber eyes—rare even in the interstellar era—and the Chen Family’s ambiguous attitude toward him led to much gossip and ostracization. In the year he turned eighteen, he repaid the Chen Family’s kindness, secretly hid three exotic beast eggs he’d found, and enrolled in the Alliance Military Academy.After the interstellar exotic beast plague, major military academies expanded their admissions. Though his three roommates seemed fierce, they treated him surprisingly well. Shen An diligently focused on his studies while secretly earning money to care for his hatching cubs, striving to settle down on the Alliance’s capital planet.Then, Shen An began to feel something was off. Not only was his back itching, but a small golden horn had sprouted on his head?!What exactly am I?As Shen An puzzled over this, the dormitory door opened. His flamboyant, influential roommate Ji Chen, who had helped him hide the eggs and kept his secret, entered fresh from training, his body still radiating heat. His gaze immediately locked onto the small horn.Ji Chen: “Cute. Can I touch it?”Shen An: ??? Are you trying to sexually harass me?Wait, why was his instinctive reaction to interpret this as s3xual harassment?The Alliance Military Academy was Dragon Clan territory. Though their numbers were few, they had always been powerful, domineering, and strict.Dragon Clan instructors were zealous in tormenting their students through various means: simulated battlefields, hellish training regimes, live combat exercises… They adhered to one principle: “If it doesn’t kill you, torment you to death.”It wasn’t until an Exotic Beast accident during a practical training exercise that Shen An, pushed to the brink of life and death, erupted with power. Small wings sprouted from his back, and tender little horns emerged from his forehead.These small wings and horns marked the end of a Dragon Clan member’s first juvenile stage.The Dragon Clan seniors, observing from the sidelines and renowned for their cold-blooded ruthlessness, panicked. Nearly twenty years prior, their families had suffered devastating losses in an Exotic Beast calamity, forcing them to abandon a lifeless egg.A little monster? The perpetually bullied little darling?It was common knowledge that the Dragon Clan had several inviolable taboos: never covet their wealth, never touch the horns on their heads, and above all, never lay a hand on a Dragon Clan member—for they were fiercely protective of their own.Especially their young.Little Phoenix x Little Dragon Cub: A pure-hearted, flamboyant, and lovestruck junior boss x a money-grubbing, prodigiously gifted, and obedient little darling.