Demon King Jurao returns from his successful thirty-year Union Campaign and discovers something amiss - the castle gardens have a secret caretaker.
Using his authority over the sentient plants, he discovers the gardener is... a human! But after hearing the man out, Jurao decides to appoint Braelin as the official Royal Gardener for all his hard work.
Now he just needs to figure out why everyone seems to believe he is romantically interested in the human...
Genre: FICTION / Romance / Romantic ComedyOn 8 August 2023
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“The garden hid him,” Jurao explained simply, “It only allowed me to find him because I ordered it to.”
Gnori ground his teeth, but withdrew his fist. His skin was cobalt blue, and the two of his visible four eyes were pink. His left horn was broken, and he wore an eyepatch on that side. His right curled back over his head. He had green swirling markings over his body, and only two arms. His black hair was cropped short and flew away from his head in every direction, and he wore gold rings on his short tusks. He had reptilian legs, and his thick tail was covered in rounds of spikes.
“There’s no point to this,” Jouvi, the palace’s Head Groundskeeper, sighed, “If the garden wanted to hide someone, it very well could - and it has gotten healthier over the past decade. Besides, if his highness has made a decision, we all know it will not be changed.”
Jouvi was lithe and had pink skin, her four eyes green. Her matching green hair grew in a mane down the middle of her head, with hyena ears and a matching hyena tail and legs.
“That’s true enough,” Gavven agreed, an amused smile on eir face. E grinned a little as e asked, “But how do you intend to inform the court when this little bird can’t even walk into the room with all of us looking at him?”
