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ERROR 404: PARENT NOT FOUND : The Making of a Bug-Dad.A Heartthrob System × Cold Marshal × One Egg That Disrupts Them All - Aven Nocturne

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The Making of a Bug-Dad.A Heartthrob System × Cold Marshal × One Egg That Disrupts Them All

By: Aven Nocturne

eBook | 7 December 2025

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I woke up beautiful. Too beautiful.

The kind that makes strangers stare, soldiers freeze, and a certain terrifying Marshal look at me like I'm a problem he suddenly wants to solve.

I didn't ask for any of this.

One moment I was a normal human programmer.

The next, I opened my eyes inside the fragile, rare body of a male Insectid... with a timer over my head and a System whispering:

[Mission: Raise an orphaned war-egg for 30 days—or die.]

So now I'm livestreaming my attempts at parenting an alien egg.

And somehow, everyone thinks it's adorable.

Especially him.

The Marshal.

Cold. Beautiful. Dangerous in a way that makes my skin heat.

He was the guardian of my egg's fallen mother.

He should hate me.

Yet every time he visits, he stands too close. Watches too long. His voice drops too low when he says my name.

And for someone who supposedly hates males like me...

he comes back.

Again. And again.

I shouldn't notice the way his eyes soften when I touch the egg.

I shouldn't feel breathless when his fingers brush mine "by accident."

I shouldn't want the way his aura cages me in, warm and cold all at once.

The System says I need Affection Points to survive.

But the real danger is how fast I'm gaining his.

Because between livestream chaos, jealous suitors, and a hatchling bonding to us like we're already a family, the Marshal's control begins to crack—only around me.

And when the Empire exposes my identity under a thousand blinding lights, I learn what it means when the fiercest warrior in the nation chooses one person to protect.

Me.

This is the story of how I became a reluctant dad, an accidental national sweetheart, and the obsession of the most intimidating man in the Empire.

A sci-fi BL filled with heat, humor, jealousy, tenderness, and a love that grows as inevitably as an egg about to hatch.

If you like:

Cold × Soft dynamics

Possessive warriors losing self-control

First-person chaos, comedy, and tension

Found family + forced proximity

A male too pretty to live (but trying anyway)

A Marshal who melts for one person only

Then welcome to my life.

I didn't plan to seduce a Marshal.

But somehow... I did.

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