We follow the journey of Oliver, a young boy trapped in a life of emotional detachment, toiling away as a s*ave in a treacherous mine.... more>> However, everything changes when he stumbles upon the enigmatic realm of black magic, a profound study that delves into the very essence of human emotions. As Oliver delves deeper into the intricacies of this forbidden art, he begins to unearth a profound connection between the magical arts and the intricate tapestry of human sentiments. Through his exploration, Oliver’s own emotional landscape undergoes a profound transformation, stirring dormant feelings within him that he had long suppressed. <<less

The commander of the Great Heavenly Demon Holy Cult’s assassination unit, the best assassin of all time, Number 7!... more>>

Opening his eyes after he met his end…

“Pa, papa?”

Suddenly, he became a dad?!

The strongest assassin commander’s difficult parenting journey begins now! <<less

On the day my husband-to-be was escorted to the execution ground, I entered his household… Yun Lian was destined for wealth but never its fortune. ... more>>

In her previous life, she had arduously climbed up to become an HR director with an annual salary just crossing seven figures. In the blink of an eye, she found herself transmigrated.

In this new world, she embodied a character affluent and beautiful, betrothed to a highly learned man from an illustrious background.

However, the timing couldn’t have been worse.

Her prospective in-laws were all villains who had recently been thrown into prison. Her fiancé took upon himself all the blame, ensuring the release of his entire family.

The original owner sought to dissociate herself from this sinking ship by hitching onto the coattails of the newly enthroned emperor. Not only did she kick him while he was down, but she also personally went to the jail to humiliate her fiancé severely. On the very day her fiancé was being led to the execution grounds for beheading, she packed her dowry and, clutching a rooster, defied her entire family’s opposition to enter her fiancé’s now-tumultuous home. The benevolent new emperor decreed that one person’s crime should be borne by that person alone, sparing the rest of the family from punishment but stripping them of their titles and official posts, reducing them to commoners.

Her future father-in-law could not withstand the shock and fell gravely ill. The matriarch of the family struggled to keep everything together, barely hanging on. The mother-in-law knew nothing except weeping. Below them were two young twin brothers and a half-sister.

Yun Lian led this extended family away from the political strife of the capital to settle down in their ancestral countryside. She saw to it that even the mischievous younger siblings started learning practical skills from an early age. The seemingly naive mother-in-law would soon toughen up under the sun’s rays. The aging matriarch, despite her frailty, proved surprisingly spry when tending to livestock or gathering pigweed. And as for the heartbroken father-in-law, Yun Lian ensured everyone was taken care of meticulously. With her legs propped up, basking in the sun and perusing account books, she found life quite agreeable indeed.

In this ancient era, she neither married nor engaged in harem intrigue; instead, she had a bunch of little rascals to manage, which wasn’t so bad.

Just as she settled into this idyllic rhythm, her fiancé – whom she believed had long been executed – suddenly appeared with a group of bodyguards.

The guards knelt and declared loudly, “We respectfully invite the Queen Empress to enter the palace!”

Her handsome fiancé gazed at her with profound affection capable of drowning a person, calling out, “Lian’er~”

Yun Lian: ???

(She is perplexed and surprised by the sudden turn of events.) <<less

This world is not just as ordinary people know it; there is also an underground world that common people won't come into contact with. Government agents handle trouble in the shadows, and hitmen hired by tycoons solve problems in secret.
There are assassins, mercenaries, arms dealers, and agents. There is the dark web that connects this world, and there are tycoons who attempt to control everything with money.... more>>

Gao Yi broke into the underground world. Invincible in close combat, he carved out his own domain.

But in this world, there are guns.

Beyond seven steps, the gun is faster.
Within seven steps, the gun is both accurate and fast.
Within three steps are Gao Yi’s fast fists.

If you can't beat them, join them. Gao Yi chose to have it all.

To have it all, he became the king of assassins in the mercenary circle, the king of agents in the eyes of assassins, and the king of assassins in the eyes of agents. He became the king of intelligence in the eyes of arms dealers.

Until he was crowned king of the entire underground world, Gao Yi became the ultimate firepower. <<less

In her first life, she was killed in a noble's hunting ground as a commoner. ... more>>

In her second life, she was poisoned in the Imperial Palace as a descendant of a deceased marquis. And now, she's been given another chance.

For reasons unknown, Evelyn has returned to life each time she dies, and this is her third life.

In both her previous and current lives, thanks to her black hair and a friend's ring, she has been mistaken for the sole descendant of the Marquis of Ferrian and welcomed as a guest in the Imperial Palace.

'This was never my place to begin with.'

In her previous life, Evelyn feared her true identity would be discovered. She thought she could escape the palace by marrying the Second Prince, who was far from power.

However, Lloyd, the Empire's Second Prince, who was kind to everyone, never truly acknowledged her existence.

Until now.

"I will grant you what you desire."
"…What I desire?"
"I will marry you."

In this third life, Lloyd approaches her first and proposes. Despite some minor differences, the overall situation remains the same.

What has changed?

No, it doesn't matter.

This time, Evelyn is determined to escape the painful cycle of death and survive. She will escape the grand trap that is the Imperial Palace and ensure she meets a peaceful end. <<less

“For a medical practitioner, there is no righteous or unorthodox faction. There are only patients!”... more>>

Kang Choryang, the Medicine Immortal, treated his patients with kindness and excellent medical skills.

But the repayment for that was a cold blade that pierced his heart…

“…How am I alive?..”

For reasons unknown, the Medicine Immortal Kang Choryang has possessed the body of Sa Seongcheon, the heir to the number one sect in the unorthodox faction — the Black Sky Guild.

His enemy being the Murim Alliance Lord, Neung Unsaeng, he was glad to have possessed the legitimate son of that person’s arch-nemesis, Black Moon Martial God, Sa Gunak, but…

“Isn't this guy a complete, complete... loser?”

…he was also frustrated to find that his dantian is deformed and can’t accumulate internal energy.

“Oh, oh my!”

Then, he realized that his new body has the constitution sent by heaven – it’s a Heavenly Martial Body!

The story of Sa Seongcheon, who heals his dantian and takes revenge on the Murim Alliance Lord Neung Unsaeng, begins! <<less

The Dark River, capable of assassinating royalty and nobility in the court and wiping out powerful sects in the wild, is the most feared organization of assassins in the martial world. However, the Patriarch, the leader of the Dark River, is aging and gradually losing control over the organization. During a mission to kill the Second Master of the Tang Clan, the Patriarch is severely injured. Several faction leaders within the Dark River send out assassins, attempting to kill the Patriarch, while the Patriarch seeks out physicians to prolong his life. This race against time, concerning life and death and the future of the assassin organization, begins. Fate brings two young men, who crawled out... more>> of the piles of corpses and share a deep bond, to stand on opposite sides...

This is also a prequel novel but is set after Shao Nian Bai Ma, approximately 8 years before the start of Shao Nian Ge Xing. <<less

“The black-bellied beauty gong × the proud seductive emperor shou”... more>>

Li Qingyun is a cruel and foolish king who is notorious for committing all kinds of wicked acts in the Kingdom of Yong. After falling into the water, he woke up and discovered that he was actually the cruel emperor scumbag in a heart-throb novel.

In the plot: He destroyed the protagonist shou’s country, trapped him in the harem, broke his pride, and used all sorts of methods to obtain the protagonist shou. In the end, he was killed in prison by the heartthrob protagonist shou and a group of dog-licking cannon fodder gong—the country was ruined, the family was destroyed, and he died with his eyes open1.

T/L note: 1 死不瞑目: to die with remaining grievances

Li Qingyun looked at the protagonist shou, Dugu Li who had his country destroyed by him and was punished to kneel in the snow, then fell into deep thought. He (Li Qingyun) decided to change his methods, treat Dugu Li well, send him warmth, and change Dugu Li’s hatred for him. In the end, Li Qingyun successfully embraced the beauty.

“A-Li, I won’t force you to do things you don’t want to do anymore. Why don’t you smile at me?”

“A-Li, I will give you as much freedom as possible. Are you happy?”

“A-Li, I want you to be my queen, I want to kiss you, hold you, and pamper you." <<less

Min Dojun, the country's top hunter was happily living with his wife, but the hunters' coup took that away from him. ‘If given the chance,... more>> I will kill every single one of them.’ Did that earnest wish reach the heavens? Instead of dying while promising revenge, he found himself back in the past, with a trait that he didn't have before, 'Hunter's hunter? Isn't this a scam?' <<less

The struggles between the puppet king and the nobles, in a 22nd-century royal city stained with violence and corruption, where prostitution and violence run rampant, there lives a young man named Ray Arisa, scraping by while running a secondhand bookstore in a corner of the brothel. Ray, impoverished and plagued by illness, seeks to forget the pain tormenting him and spends a night with a randomly chosen partner at the Gaiba, a place where people go to indulge themselves, only to meet a mysterious man affiliated with the political gang Guiger.... more>>

Ray, with his neat appearance and polite speech, and the man, who harbors an unexpectedly violent passion in the bedroom, continue to meet by chance. As their relationship, which started as a simple one-night stand, becomes increasingly complicated... <<less

Former assassin turned mercenary, 42-year-old Takashi Suzuki, is nearing the end of his life due to terminal cancer. However, he is summoned from Japan by... more>> a goddess of another world and tasked with assassinating 32 heroes who were summoned from Japan. With a new body and magic from the other world, Suzuki, now known as Ray, sets foot in the other world. Utilizing his knowledge and skills from his past life, he systematically eliminates each of the heroes who are running amok with their cheat abilities. However, in the process, he becomes entangled in conspiracies surrounding the summoning, mysteries of the other world, and the goddess's intentions. <<less

Millicent was accused of being a witch and burned at the stake.... more>>

She was brought back to life for some reason, but she kept her past a secret.

Then one day, a request from the Queen came in. She wanted her to kill the five ladies who were considered candidates for the King’s consort.

Millicent complied with her request out of personal vengeance.

Somehow, Millicent got terribly involved with the notorious king. Despite the advice that nothing good would come to attract his attention.

She even got a glimpse of his real face hidden under a nice mask....

“The opposite of indifference is obsession.”

The presence of the king who approached playfully was annoying and unsettling.

Millicent realized.

The fact that she had been moving on his chessboard for some time.

And she knew that the bloody number given to her was not five. <<less

The moment she opened her eyes, she was in a secret room. ... more>>

"Do you remember anything?"
“…No. I don't remember anything. What about you?"
"I don’t remember anything at all."

A faint 30 on the wall. Tinnitus rang in her ears.

"Were you the first to wake up?"
"That seems to be the case. Unless someone is pretending to be asleep."

The man next to her looked away from the people and replied quietly. Then, he was about to say something, but closed his mouth and stared. The clicking sound of the lighter suddenly ceased.

"What’s wrong? Is there something on my face?"

When she asked quizzically, the man finally spoke after a long while.

"It feels like we know each other." <<less

“If we… were not a mismatch from the beginning…”... more>>

I, born as a half-blood between a human father and an Ime mother, faced various persecutions from fellow Ime individuals and grew up without even obtaining a name.

Having inherited the only talent from my deceased father, the skill of drawing, I managed to sustain a living by occasionally selling my body. However, I had a beloved mother to protect.

One day, the Ime village, known for the rumor of the merciless Black Martial Emperor, the king of the Baedal Kingdom and an assassin, was devastated by the extermination led by the notorious Black Martial Emperor. My mother, too, fell victim to their cruel hands.

Devastated by shock and grief, I resolved to seek revenge against the Black Martial Emperor. Disguised as a painter, I successfully infiltrated the Baedal Kingdom’s castle.

Despite appearing slender and having no proper training in swordsmanship, I possess a formidable weapon known as the ‘Ime’s Poison’… <<less

One day, Katrea, the youngest and only daughter of a countryside noble received a suspicious marriage offer from one of the most prestigious aristocratic family in the country, the Vrag family. ... more>>

Blinded by his good looks, wealth and closeness in age, all these great conditions, Katrea agreed without a second thought. However, the Duke appeared particularly cold towards her on their first meeting, like he was completely uninterested in his bride. And on the day of their wedding, she overheard the Duke mocking her family with his friends.

Enrage by that, Katrea exploded and refused to engage in the various activities of a wedding night. But she was eventually forced into his bedroom and died before she could process what had happened.

「Eh? I came back to life?」

She should be dead, but when she opened her eyes, she had somehow gone back in time, right before she left for the Duke’s bedroom. Katrea actually looped back on the worst wedding night ever!

Every time she died, she would loop back to the start of this terrible night.

Can this simple-minded Ojou-sama overcome the deathloop? <<less

The dream of a dungeon explorer is to bring back all the found treasures. A little while ago, dungeons suddenly appeared all over Japan. Simultaneously, humans awakened to their individual 'classes,' and 'explorers' who ventured into dungeons teeming with monsters to harvest treasures became a profession.... more>>

"Dungeon exploration" was added to the curriculum of students, and "explorer training schools" with dungeons on their premises were established nationwide.

"Tsukasa Fujiwara," a new student at the academy, recalls on the day of the entrance ceremony that he had a past life and encountered a goddess due to a tragic death in another world, wishing for reincarnation.

"I want to eliminate the problem of being a baggage carrier when reincarnated."

In response to that wish, the goddess had given him a certain skill at the time of reincarnation. However, since this skill couldn't be recognized by those around him, Tsukasa found himself being underestimated from the beginning of his school life—. <<less

Hua Rong Yue transmigrated into the body of Yi Ling Long, a female cross-dressing as a male in an ancient cultivation setting. Yi Ling Long in her past life was an infamous assassin from Heaven’s Will Tower, however she fell in love with someone not meant to be, before succumbing to Madness herself. In her attempt to avoid the same unfortunate ending as the notorious Maniac Yi Ling Long, Hua Rong Yue remain dressed as a male and hid herself in a small, peaceful town, away from all the bloodshed and danger.... more>>

All was going very well, she’d even managed to get herself a job as a clerk at a humble, inconspicuous apothecary… and then she got recruited by the special forces unit-equivalent in the ancient times. Though reluctant, she found that circumstances had forced her into taking up the job offer. Life as an official was less bloody than she’d expected, that is until one day, she was tasked to assume the fake identity of… the famed killer Yi Ling Long (aka herself)!? It was only until she stepped into the obnoxious red robes of Yi Ling Long did she realize that this was only just the beginning of her fake identity career… <<less

After ten thousand years of cultivation, he could have achieved immortality. However, his lack of human experience led to his failure to attain immortality.... more>>

Thus, he resolved to immerse himself in a century of human existence, seeking to enhance his journey toward immortality. What he didn't anticipate, though, was that upon entering the human world, he would find himself cast as a son-in-law, facing disdain not only from his wife's parents but also from his beautiful wife herself.

Armed with a wealth of cultivation knowledge, how could he transform his drab human life? <<less

I woke up inside my favorite novel, not as the protagonist, Luca Winterwald, but as Judith, his abusive aunt and the first character to die—time... more>> for a rewrite! I’ll hand Luca off to his loving, long-lost uncle as scripted, and then live my own life far from danger. At least, that was the plan. When his uncle arrives, Luca suddenly calls out, “Don’t leave!” Now, I must protect Luca from impending family tragedy, raise him to become the hero, and turn this villainess’s ending upside down! <<less

"Let's date!"... more>>

Because you like me, and I like you too!

On my 10th birthday, along with my past life, I remembered that this world was a romance fantasy novel. In addition to that, my current family will be ruined by the villain! Because of that, my beautiful life at the age of ten had a primary goal: to rehabilitate the villain—the first prince who was abandoned in the palace.

"Oho, you shouldn't use strength to suppress the weak."

"Conversation! Conversation! We have the wonderful means of conversation! Always choose to have a conversation first!"

"If the other party is hurt, even out of courtesy, ask if they're okay!"

Handsome! Well-raised! Someone who likes me so, so much! How could I not like someone like this?

But then... Could it be because he was raised too well?

"I'm sorry, we can't date right now."

"Why?"

"To truly earn your love, I must slay a dragon!"

That was something I said randomly while reading a romance novel...!

"I want to become a man worthy of being by your side. So, I'll catch a dragon!"

Crazy man! How could there be a dragon in this peaceful era! <<less

In the winter of three years ago, the first locked room mu*der in Japanese history was committed.... more>>

All of the evidence pointed to the defendant. It was certain they were guilty. And yet, they were found innocent and released. Why? Because the crime scene was a perfect locked room no one from the police or the prosecutor's office could solve.

"Since the room was locked, it was impossible for the defendant to have committed the mu*der. It's no different than if they had a perfect alibi." That was the argument of the defense, and that was the argument the judge sided with.

The ruling sent a ripple throughout Japanese society. No matter how suspicious you were or how much evidence you left behind, as long as you managed to create a locked room that no one could solve, you were immune from prosecution. With the common anti-mystery fiction talking point "there's no reason anyone would ever actually commit a locked room mu*der" completely overturned, the rate of locked room mu*ders in Japan skyrocketed.

When the police proved unable to deal with the surge of locked room crime, the Ministry of Justice published an official categorization of all known locked room tricks as an investigative aid. When that proved insufficient, Division Zero of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, a police division dedicated solely to solving locked rooms, was created. When that still proved insufficient, locked room detectives, private investigators specializing in locked rooms, were officially licensed by the state and authorized to participate in police investigations. Calling a locked room appraiser, someone specializing in searching buildings for secret passages, is now a common first step in criminal investigations.

On the other side of the spectrum, locked room agents, assassins and crime planners specializing in locked room mu*ders, have become some of the most notorious criminals in Japanese history, and even a cult worshiping the scenes of locked rooms as a way to purify the souls of the deceased has made rapid inroads into Japan.

The protagonist, Kasumi Kuzushiro, is an introverted, somewhat cynical high school student who loves mysteries. Kasumi often finds himself dragged along on bizarre journeys by his flighty childhood friend, Yozuki Asahina. Due to their staggeringly bad luck, these trips often leave them in the wrong place at the wrong time to be caught up in locked room mysteries. Fortunately, another of Kasumi's childhood friends, Shitsuri Mitsumura, is the greatest locked room expert in the world, and can always discover the truth.

Hm? How did a high school girl become the greatest locked room expert in the world?

It's simple.

She's...

Volume 1 was the grand prize winner of the 2022 This Mystery Is Amazing! awards. <<less

A part-time job contract. He became the cold CEO’s imitation boyfriend. He merely wanted to earn a few small bucks and live a comfortable life,... more>> but a pity, he was in constant turmoil since then. Well, life had something else for him despite his wishes.“That… beauty, will there be an increase in wages for conversion from ‘boyfriend’ to ‘husband’?” <<less

Feng Chen transmigrated to the fantasy world and awakened the system.... more>>

At the beginning, he summoned three thousand Saints and established the assassination organization, Underworld Palace!

"Kill the Quasi Emperor; reward with Supreme Weapon!"

"Exterminate the Ancient Royal Clan; reward with Ancient Immortal Scripture!"

"Attack the Holy Land; reward with the inheritance of the Ancient Immortal King?"

As long as the price is paid, even the Supremes and True Immortals must bow down before entering the Underworld for reincarnation.

Several years later, Feng Chen looked at the countless True Immortals, Immortal Kings, and Immortal Emperors under his command. <<less

Just by chance, there was a presence there – the strongest.... more>>

A Japanese-style RPG based on modern times, “Neon Light”.

I, who spent my life on that game and loved it so much that I played it over and over again,

am now standing on the stage of that dream – no, I was reincarnated.

The character I was reincarnated as is a young man in a tired salaryman style named “Lux,” whom I have never seen even in conversations,

a strong character that makes you worry if the game balance will collapse.

Despite living quietly to not ruin the scenario of the beloved game… saving characters who were supposed to die, being respected by the final boss more than the original protagonist – how did this happen!?

An out-of-setting character unconsciously overpowering!? A new sensation, an otherworldly fantasy! <<less