I Awakened as a Lord with Ugly Mermaids?! (BL)
**Genre:** BL, Fantasy, Lord vs Lord, Territory-Building, Survival, Slow Burn Romance
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### **Synopsis:**
In a world where fate is awakened at sixteen, the gifted are chosen to become Lords—rulers of unique Territories in the parallel realm of **Thaloris**, where magic, monsters, and ambition collide. Armed with a Summoning Core and the chance to forge an empire, Lords battle for power, prestige, and survival. But death in Thaloris means death in the real world—unless you're lucky enough to have a Newbie Amulet.
**Jade Aurelian Meridien** is anything but lucky.
Mocked for his weight, orphaned young, and invisible to most of his classmates, Jade only shines in academics, holding the top rank in school while enduring endless bullying. He’s never expected to awaken. He never expected anything at all.
Until the day he does—and is thrust into a nightmare.
His summons? Mermaids, but not the beautiful myths. Twisted, fish-headed horrors with eerie loyalty.
His enemies? The class queen bee and her crush, the school’s perfect prodigy—both determined to eliminate him before he can even begin.
After being ambushed twice and narrowly surviving with a secondhand, nearly-expired amulet, Jade’s third territory lands him deep under the ocean—where he dies once more, suffocating in silence.
But instead of vanishing forever, something ancient stirs in the dark.
A mysterious force, tied to his forgotten bloodline, reawakens.
His mermaids evolve. His title changes.
And so begins the legend of the **Blue Moon Lord**—a drowned Lord reborn beneath the waves.
Now, Jade must rebuild from nothing, turning his grotesque summons into feared warriors, forging strange alliances, and keeping his identity hidden in both worlds.
But as Thaloris grows deadlier, the web of political, romantic, and supernatural intrigue tightens.
And when Lucien—the very boy who helped hunt him—begins to suspect the truth,
Jade will have to decide:
**Revenge... or something more?**