This Palace is a Zoo
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A Bundle of Cat’s Foot by Drakoloach
Fandoms: 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Manga), 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Anime), 薬屋のひとりごと - 日向夏 | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries - Hyuuga Natsu
14 Aug 2025
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What if Suiren made soup today? Jinshi ponders, the sunset's swirling colors bringing to mind the image of broth. He inhales the sweet summer air as he passes by a small row of flowering bushes, almost sleepily content. I could go for something light… something for sleep would be nice too…
He’s so caught up in his wistful thoughts, in fact, that he almost misses the tiny shadow darting past his feet.
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Or, Maomao has a most interesting affliction, and Jinshi finds a stray cat. What's one more secret to keep?
(Five times he bothers the local stray, and one time she bothers him back.)
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- Part 1 of This Palace is a Zoo
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Garden Snake by Drakoloach
Fandoms: 薬屋のひとりごと - 日向夏 | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries - Hyuuga Natsu, 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Anime), 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Manga)
15 Oct 2025
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The imperial dragons are a close-kept secret. Only a select few know of the mythical blood that flows through the royal family’s lineage, and even fewer know of the power it grants them in times of need.
When Jinshi finds himself almost assassinated, he is forced to call on such power— but it leaves him delirious, bleeding, and terrifyingly vulnerable. So he flees to the one person he knows he can trust with his life more than anyone.
Maomao, meanwhile, catches a weird snake outside her house.
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- Part 2 of This Palace is a Zoo
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Boa Constrictor by Drakoloach
Fandoms: 薬屋のひとりごと - 日向夏 | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries - Hyuuga Natsu, 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Manga), 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Anime)
04 Nov 2025
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“You’ve been researching the west?” He asked incredulously.
Maomao dropped her gaze. “No, I’ve been researching dragons.”
She could tell he was about to start asking more questions, so she barreled on before the words could leave his lips. “I wanted to see if there were any solid accounts regarding anatomy and physiology, since there’s barely any records of dragons here that aren’t just hearsay and folklore. I didn’t find much outside of storybooks, but the differences are fascinating—”
“Maomao,” Jinshi interrupted. “Why were you researching dragon anatomy?”
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Or, Maomao gets railed by her snake husband. For science, of course.
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- Part 3 of This Palace is a Zoo
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Not Dead Yet by Drakoloach
Fandoms: 薬屋のひとりごと - 日向夏 | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries - Hyuuga Natsu, 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Anime), 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Manga)
09 Dec 2025
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The infected, while terrifyingly durable and dogged in their determination to spread the parasite, were not superhuman. They had normal human bodies, and thus their senses were not any more enhanced than the average person’s. They would not be able to smell her, and if she was quiet, she could probably get away without them hearing her.
It was fine. She was fine. There was a back exit just through here, Maomao knew there was, it was how she had gotten into this pharmacy in the first place without being detected. It was just around this corner, past the lockers and break room, she could get out before anything–
A tall shadow stood in her path, ominous, reeking of iron and old sick.
Maomao scrambled to a halt.
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Or, while wandering the ruins of a nation overrun with zombifying parasites, Maomao gets herself a stalker. Somehow, this doesn’t end badly.
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- Part 4 of This Palace is a Zoo