Zhou Xun had resigned himself to a life of perpetual suffering. His brother was the Emperor's beloved, the beauty mark on a tyrant's face. And he? He was a poor imitation, living in the shadow of his brother, a cheap gift sent by his brother to the Emperor as a substitute. Even his chance at the imperial examination had been ruined, and he felt abandoned by the entire world. He was the cannon fodder of a melodramatic love story, whose tragic death served to fulfill others' romances. Enough was enough.... more>>

At the palace banquet, determined to seek revenge and willing to be executed to bring down the tyrant, Zhou Xun was arrested and thrown into a dungeon. He closed his eyes, awaiting his fate. However, he didn't expect... that when the tyrant awoke from his coma, not only had he switched bodies with a man named Long Aotian but also, due to a few coincidental questions and answers, he mistook Zhou Xun for... his "fellow traveler"??? <<less

Jung Sejin married Kwon Yido, a dominant Alpha, in order to fix his crumbling family situation.... more>>

Even though he was known for being cold, their first meeting wasn’t that bad.

“I am Kwon Yido. You are…Jung Sejin?”

Kwon Yido was courteous, respectful and had meticulous manners. The moment he thought that the marriage, which he assumed would be the worst, wasn’t all that bad…Sejin felt a strange sense of incongruity in him.

He said, “Since it didn’t seem like you had breakfast, I have prepared your favourite dish.”

How does this person know my taste buds?

From food to clothes size. Kwon Yido knew things that even Se-jin didn’t know. Even his sudden heat cycles were dealt with perfectly…

“Sejin-ah.”

“…”

“Don’t be impulsive.”

‘He’ Kwon Yido was strange.

He was affectionate and kind to him as if Jung Sejin was his lover. <<less

The Count of Chronia's youngest son became a warlock to live.

That summer afternoon, spent beside the being who had become the heaviest in my world, with the verdure of the season deepening within the confines of my lone space, self-isolated from others. Solitude was no longer an option for me. A life without Woonu only promised loneliness.... more>>

I lost my family and experienced the loneliness that lingered in their absence, living a lonesome life without holding anyone close to my heart, stewing in my solitude. Loneliness and solitude cannot coexist. Only those who have chosen solitude know of this truth.

Solitude is a blank, and loneliness is a dearth that seeks to be filled. Because solitude is closer to nonpossession than it is to resignation, while loneliness is like a jar with a leaky bottom. That imperfectly solid blank of mine, built from my fleeing of loneliness, became desperate to contain a whole being.

Woonu, having felt the rain at the tip of his fingers, arm stretched beyond the eaves, suddenly straightened his legs and leaned his upper body forward.

“Huh? A green frog!”

“Where? Are you sure you didn’t see wrong?”

“There, over there! Oh, oh, it’s jumping!”

“Oh, there really is one.”

“Where did it come from? Has it always lived here?”

I quietly gazed at the side of his face, his mouth agape with a bright smile adorning it.

Where did you come from? Where did you come from for it to feel as though you’ve always been here? <<less

“Kwaaak!”... more>>

Among dragons, the strongest dragon cried. F*ck.

I found myself transmigrated into a modern fantasy novel. As an S-rank boss monster, a dragon.

Being a dragon might seem like a decent transmigration, but this monster dies in the prologue. After fighting with the protagonist for several days, no less.

In short, I’m screwed. How can I beat the main character of a modern fantasy?

But I have to survive. Like any possessed individual, the will to survive surged within me.

With the mindset of holding onto a rope, I looked at my skills. Then, a four-letter word caught my eye.

[Polymorph]
Excited, I looked into the explanation, only to find out that polymorphing is only possible into a hatchling. Why can’t I become human?

If you’re a dragon, shouldn’t you be able to transform into a beautiful appearance to charm people around, looking all pretty and holy?

Well, at least it’s probably easier to move around than a giant body. Let’s look on the bright side.

So, I tried using polymorph, and it was incredibly cute! It could easily pass as the novel’s mascot! With just a few cute gestures, it seemed like it could completely charm all the characters inside the modern fantasy novel!

Wait, this wasn’t so bad. Rather than being a stranger, isn’t it better to be a small and cute creature?

And so, I decided to become the protagonist’s companion monster. <<less

The rebel army leader swung his sword to my neck on the city tower, as I faced a dead end. Then, with a huge grin, he said to Tantai Jin, “Between your wife and Miss Ye, only one can live. Who are you going to pick?”... more>>

The system cautiously looked at Ye Bingshang, who was crying, and said, “Master, he’ll pick you.”

“Let Ye Bingshang go,” Tantai Jin ordered without hesitation.

“Uh oh,” said the system.

“Uh oh,” I said.

“Tantai Jin must know that your family is large and owns a lot of property,” the system remarked, reassuringly. “As a result, he must think that the secret guards will save you.”

Tantai Jin thought similarly. So, on that day, in front of 300 thousand men, I smiled at him and jumped off the city tower, beneath his shattered gaze.

I didn’t even leave a complete body behind for him.

So, this is the ‘BE’ ending that I have chosen for Tantai Jin.

As the new emperor, Tantai Jin’s hair turned white overnight in the first year of Jinghe. Then he turned into an insane devil that slaughtered the city, even beheading Ye Bingshang.

And after Nirvana, I, who had already seen through these few years of hopeless love, returned to the immortal cultivation realm. Being a little fairy makes me happy too.

Many years later, I’m claimed to be the white moonlight of a fallen divinity throughout the immortal cultivation realm.

Tantai Jin had never sobbed in his entire life. No one had ever witnessed his frail state, even if his eye was gouged out and his meridian veins were cut.

That was the day that everyone will remember for the rest of their lives. With blood and tears streaming down his cheeks like beads, he pleaded for mercy. <<less

Two pitiful and hateful bad little fellows.... more>>

Sui Yi said that Ning Lan never spoke a word of truth. Only later did he learn that his “I don’t like you” was also untrue. <<less

"I'm... going to break you."... more>>

His low voice grew raspy towards the end. His hand on my hip tensed and began to tremble. His deep gray eyes were overflowing with masculine arousal. Lee Kyuwol's eyes were telling me. The gentle kiss we had just shared a moment ago was merely the beginning of his consolation.

The violent desire that had been hidden underneath his indifferent, gray eyes intensified the moment I gave him my consent, and he warned me that he would break my world. Within the murky fog of dread, I felt an overwhelming sense of relief.

"...I'd prefer that."

When he heard my whispered reply, Lee Kyuwol raised both of his hands and ripped open my black mourning dress. <<less

Sometime after ‘Gates’ appeared in this world, humanity was divided into two: [User] and [ordinary human beings]
Lee-kyung was able to awaken into a user and choose a [Class]…but, in momentary misjudgement, chose to be a [Necromancer], the worst of all classes.... more>>

Lee-kyung, searching for the materials to evolve his skeletal servant, ‘Lackey,’ was barely able to participate in a high-level raid for [Tower of Command] Dungeon. In an accident, he falls down alone to uncover a hidden conspiracy.

Injured and desperate to survive, Lee-kyung called out to anyone…and reached a vengeful spirit. “Please, I’ll do anything….Please form a contract with me and save me!”

–-You’ll do anything?….

[Will you accept the ‘oath’ offered by ‘Seo Dawon’?]
–-You’ll do your best to help me achieve my revenge. And, I will do my best to save you wherever, whenever you are in danger. Is that acceptable?

[Initiating a new contract with ‘Seo Dawon’]
Junior Necromancer Choi Lee-kyung and Ranker Mage Seo Dawon’s delightful revenge play!

TW: Depictions of mental health <<less

Editor x Actor... more>>

Chi Ye, a renowned actor and beloved celebrity with an impulsive temper, does what he pleases, but Yu Wenruo, the newly appointed editor-in-chief of a fashion magazine, always seems to get in his way. As the rivalry grows between the two, so do unexpected feelings and a connection that runs deep underneath both of their carefully crafted pretenses. <<less

Suddenly, high school student Subaru Natsuki has been summoned to another world on the way back from the convenience store. With the biggest crisis of his life being summoned to another world, and with no sign of the one who summoned him, things become even worse when he is attacked. ... more>>

But when he is saved by a mysterious, silver-haired girl with a fairy cat, Subaru attempts to return the favor by helping her track down something that was stolen from her. When they finally manage to get a clue, Subaru and the girl are attacked and killed by someone.

Subaru then awakens in the place he was summoned and notices he gained the ability “Returns by Death” and has become a helpless boy that only has the ability to rewind time to a certain point by dying.

Beyond the despair, can he save the girl from the fate of death? <<less

"Can they really share the daughter of the goddess? You shall have them. With a spear and a sword."

If one must strive to be loved, then I will give up such trivial pursuit.... more>>

I will no longer try to kill myself.

* * *

Kalia Estelle, the cursed daughter of a count, had spent her entire life trying to be loved.

She had done everything to prove that she was different from her mad father, who killed their people and burned their land.

But all she achieved was the accusation of being the “devil’s daughter.”

The day before she came of age, Kalia made up her mind.

She would no longer seek cheap affection.

She wouldn’t sacrifice her soul for a fleeting love.

And if there was a next life, she wouldn’t seek love again.

As her consciousness faded and her breathing became labored, she suddenly found herself transported back five years to the past.

* * *

“I love you.”

I hesitated and backed away as Claude approached me.

But my back was against the wall, and before I knew it, he was standing right in front of me.

“Kalia.”

He peered through the small gap between his fingers that covered his face, carefully watching my reaction.

Despite his disheveled appearance, he was radiant at the moment.

He kneeled down and gently took my trembling right hand, making me feel as if this had all been a dream.

His lips touched the back of my dry hand.

“Just as you showed me the light and opened a new life for me, I want to do the same for you.”

Beneath his long, thick lashes, his eyes were filled with an unfamiliar emotion.

“You know why I live. Kalia, please let me love you.” <<less

Magical girl. It is the power given to girls who are in despair.... more>>

However, there is one girl who became a magical girl through love. <<less

The poor little one who suffered from depression and aphasia curled up in the corner, and Master Pei hugged the person in his arms: Be good, don’t be afraid. ... more>>

Pei Chuan, the head of the famous Pei Group in city A, it is rumored that Mr. Pei has a cold temperament, ruthless, and inhumane. Until one day, Master Pei rescued a poor, bruised little man on the side of the road and brought him home. The poor little guy doesn’t talk or pay attention to others. He just hides quietly in the corner of the room every day. His cold and beautiful eyebrows are gentle and well-behaved, but they are so fragile that they seem to be broken when touched. Doctors later said he suffered from mild depression and psychogenic aphasia. According to rumors, Pei Ye, who is inhumane, took care of this poor little boy and took care of him in every possible way. Later, the whole upper circle of city A knew that there was a beautiful clinging spirit around Master Pei.

In the nineteen years before Lin Suici’s resignation, he was hesitant to walk alone in the dark. He was illegitimate child who was hated and spurned by others, and no one loved him. It was Pei Chuan who held his hand and brought him out of the darkness that saw no light. For Lin Suici, Pei Chuan is his salvation and the light in his life. What Lin Suici didn’t know was that many years ago, he was the light that pulled Pei Chuan out of the abyss. Pei Chuan gave all his gentleness and patience to his Suishui. And Suici also gave him all the trust and dependence. The first sentence Suici said again was Pei Chuan’s name.

Suici is detached and cold in front of outsiders, but only in front of Pei Chuan he will cry, act like a spoiled child, and scream at his husband with red ears. <<less

My sick sibling died so my usefulness is over.... more>>

With that I choose to die, but I became a villainess in a third-rate novel?!

In face of miserable end, I thought I can end this troublesome life with my own hands…

But why do they keep trying to save me?

“Don’t take your partner status from me, Selina.”

“Can you dare to be greedy?”

My life is getting better and better, and the day I will die is coming. What should I do? <<less

The first day Song Yan transferred to his new school, he met his new roommate being blocked by gangsters in an alley asking to pay up a debt.... more>>

The stick in the new roommate’s hands fell, and the little gangster fled in defeat, but didn’t forget to yell in anger while running:

“Look at your little white face, if you find a wealthy woman and get rich, how can you still be afraid to pay up!”

The new roommate looked on in approval, and seemed to have realized the light: “Makes sense.”

Song Yan: “......” What kind of nonsense.

So to block his new roommate from going astray, Song Yan began the road to ruin of targeted poverty alleviation for pure and beautiful male high school students.

No money to buy dinner, so he treated him. No money for book expenses, so he sponsored it. No money for a scarf, so he took advantage of the buy one get one promotion from the store in front of the school to send him a scarf.

The eldest young master Song who already had his expenses cut off by his family had no choice but to learn to be thrifty and hardworking.

Later, his dad brought him to attend a dinner banquet: “Come, Xiao Yan, let me introduce you to grandpa Xia’s grandson, Xia Zhiye.”

Song Yan looked at the boy in front of him wearing a custom-made suit, with the worn out scarf that he dredged out from the buy one get one promotion in front of the school wrapped around his neck, and expressionlessly raised up a knife.

That night, in some male high school’s dorm room came the yell of domestic violence: “f*ck off, don’t pretend to be poor with me!”

However the target of the domestic violence patiently coaxed him: “I didn’t pretend to be poor, I’m really poor. But later on I’ll be very rich, and I’ll even give it to my boyfriend to manage, so how about you consider it again?” <<less

Yuta, an Omega who thought it was okay to just have a physical relationship, ended up falling in love with someone he shouldn't have. He... more>> knows that his love will never reach them, yet Yuta can't forget Ippei, an Alpha. However, although Yuta loves Ippei, he strangely can't seem to remember Ippei's face. Even though they exchange bodies countless times, Ippei's face disappears from Yuta's mind as time passes. Why can't Yuta remember Ippei's face? It might be because his self-control is at work... <<less

It was by pure chance that Wen Yifan became housemates with Sang Yan, whom she had rejected during high school.... more>>

Normally, they lived their lives separately, as if they were two strangers living under the same roof.

But the peace was disrupted one morning.

The night before, Wen Yifan was still sleeping in her room, but she found herself waking in Sang Yan’s bed the next day.

Aware that she sleepwalked from time to time, Wen Yifan could only apologize and put it away as her fault. However, when the situation repeated again and again, she tried to suggest locking his door before he heads to sleep...

Sang Yan dismissed the idea, saying, “You’d just pick the lock.”

Wen Yifan tried her best to keep her composure. “Why in the world would I be able to do that?”

“Well…” Sang Yan lifted his eyes and drawled, “is there anything you wouldn’t do to climb onto my bed?”

After an awkward pause, Wen Yifan smiled. “OK, then go ahead and try.”

Now that caught Sang Yan by surprise. <<less

Chen Ju, a high school student, is a fearless bully. Relying on his family’s wealth, he shamelessly pursued Jiang Zhou, a transfer student. He would wait at the classroom door after class and block him at the school gate after school. Unexpectedly, Jiang Zhou didn’t appreciate it. Chen Ju, feeling embarrassed and angry, used his cunning to find leverage and threatened Jiang Zhou to be in a relationship with him.... more>>

However, one day, a drastic change occurred in Chen Ju’s family. He went from being a young master whom everyone supported to being a burden that everyone despised. A few years later, Chen Ju transformed into an obedient child.

At a class reunion, Chen Ju met Jiang Zhou, who had become a big boss. The disparity in status and relationship made Chen Ju hesitate, and he could only dare secretly like him.

However, Jiang Zhou, who had always ignored him, seemed like a different person. He was very kind to Chen Ju. When Chen Ju was immersed in this happiness, he accidentally learned the truth. It turned out that Jiang Zhou came to him for revenge.

Heartbroken, Chen Ju cut off all contact with Jiang Zhou and left that place. However, a few months later, while he was eating a big watermelon at his grandfather’s house, he looked up and saw Jiang Zhou, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, standing outside the yard.

“Little Orange, I was wrong. Come back with me, okay?” Jiang Zhou’s eyes were affectionate, and his tone was gentle.

Initially cold, terrible, and sharp-tongued, later becomes gentle and dotes on his wife Gong×Initially innocent and adorable, a pampered young master, later becomes timid, naturally stuttering, and pitiful Shou <<less

With the emergence of Dungeons, came the existences known as Awakeners. They were people who received special abilities to face the dire times and challenge the dungeons. And it was always up to Restorers to clean up the ensuing damage left in the wake of these disasters.... more>>

Jung Yiseon was a Restorer with the power to rebuild collapsed cities. As the only S-class restorer in Korea, he was loved and admired by everyone, but he suddenly disappeared one day.

Leaving his past behind, he goes into hiding deep in the ruins of a forgotten city, until one day, S-class Hunter Sa Hyeon comes to him with an offer…

“Let’s make a deal, shall we?”

“I’m not interested, so please stop following me!”

Jung Yiseon tried to refuse the dubious yet persistent attempts, but he underestimated just how far the S-class hunter was willing to go to have him on his side.

“Those corpses that you’re carrying, I’ll kill them for you.”

Standing on the edge of despair, Yiseon’s only option was to take Sa Hyeon’s hand… <<less

“Ah Zan, I am Ran Ran.”... more>>

No person is an isolated island, except for you.

That day, he looked outside the window and saw a white olive tree in the open field.

***

Reporter Song is quite different from her appearance.

Reporter Song works very diligently.

Reporter Song is a bit cute.

Today I saw white olive trees with reporter Song. It was very special.

My New Year’s wish is to to marry her.

——Li Zan

Ah Zan, you need to pay attention to your safety.

Ah Zan, I like the scenery that has you in it

Ah Zan, don’t be afraid. I will take you home.

Ah Zan, you are the best person I have ever met.

Ah Zan, you have worked hard.

——Song Ran

“Ah Zan, I want to be a bird in my next life.”

“Then I will be a big tree.”

After witnessing the deepest darkness, the most ferocious evil, and the ugliest horror, I am nonetheless grateful to have seen the light, the kindness, and the most beautiful of souls.

I am nonetheless thankful to have seen that grove of white olive trees with my own eyes.

I knew it was a mirage; the intersection of where the sky and the ground meet in the desert.

And you were always by my side; the brightest light in the dark boundless night. <<less

My husband wasn’t just a mere magician, but he is the Master of the Magic Tower. I didn’t know that fact.... more>>

I wasn’t just a mere dimension shifter, but someone with eternal youth and immortality. My husband didn’t know that fact.

I was killed by a bomb that suddenly exploded in the village, and I woke up 10 years after that. And the news that came to my ears was that the Master of the Magic Tower had gone mad and had been on a rampage for 10 years.

I get it that he doesn’t know I’m alive, but what’s up again with him being crazy? <<less

Alpheril, the serf singer of Grand Duke Heron.
Her excessive beauty becomes a poison and strangles her thin throat.
Her unwanted talent weighed down her limbs like a sharp trap.... more>>

She thought that all her life, she would be chained to the Grand Duke’s fingertips and live like a puppet.

Unexpectedly, after his death, freedom comes to her.

A man appears before her in the secluded mansion.

Terenzio Heron, known as the unfortunate genius, the Duke's illegitimate child, and a pianist.

"Sit down. Since you're the one I finished the piece for, it seems only fitting that you should be the first to hear it."

"Sure. Have… have we... met before?"

Is it merely kindness born from simple loneliness?

Their relationship, initially driven by simple loneliness, deepens and lengthens with strange whims,
Shakes Alpheril's once quiet life like a violent storm.

***

"Everything you need to remember remains because I remember it all."
"What do I need to remember?"
"Me."

As Alpheril stared intently, Terenzio smiled faintly.

“I remember you, Alpheril.”

She couldn't really understand it.
Even if she were to eternally capture only his smile in her eyes, she couldn't seem to grasp the meaning behind it. <<less

A blonde-haired, blue-eyed wife heavy with love, that's a wonderful thing, isn't it?... more>>

When I was in elementary school, a girl came to stay at my house for a homestay.

Being a foreigner and unable to speak Japanese well, she couldn’t possibly fit into the circle of children at school and ended up being left out, something I remember well.

So, I was the one who spent time with her. Constantly, throughout the half-year period.

On the last day, she was crying the whole time.

She wouldn't get into the car that came to pick her up, and wouldn't let go of my hand.

“Sob... If we can meet again... will you... make me your wife...?”

“Ah, of course.”

It seems that the me back then thought of it as nothing more than a casual promise.

Well, it's a sweet memory from childhood. <<less