The Male Lead Monster Lives Under My Bed

A young woman secretly raises a slime gifted to her by her war-minded brother, sharing with it that she is a possessor and telling it about the events of the original romance novel. The slime glows red as it grows, but her father eventually kills it. Years later, she marries Archduke Ruslan, the southern prince, expecting to leave at the right moment as the male lead’s former lover. Instead, Ruslan says he has no intention of making them a formal couple, though he plans to fulfill their marital duties, and refers to her supposed taste for imprisonment and “beeping” things. His touch feels strangely familiar, leaving her to wonder whether the slime she once knew is connected to the man before her.