This story is fiction. The characters, ideas, and events in the work are unrelated to reality.... more>>

Some games require agreeing to this statement in order to play.

Even if it's not necessary for the game, the game typically begins with a similar disclaimer guiding the player through the precautions.

Although the advantage of a game is the 'immersion' that no other medium can match, starting with such a statement disrupts the immersion from the beginning despite everyone knowing the work is fiction.

There is no mandatory need to include such a disclaimer, so why do it?

It is likely to emphasize a fact that everyone should always remember.

[The purpose of fiction is not to dictate beliefs existing in reality.]

This message is for the developer themselves.

[Nothing in fiction can replace reality.]

This message is for the players who will share the journey of the work's story.

So.

Do you agree?

**

The man with tattered clothes and an old sword said, "So, I *can* kill."

He did not have any particularly memorable appearance.

He was likely not a well-known person, at least, not to the mercenary he was killing.

The important fact was that the man who had been stabbed by the worn-out sword was now dying in front of him.

"Ugh..."

When the man pulled the sword out of the mercenary, the mercenary's legs gave way, and he fell to his knees. He no longer had the strength to resist.

He wanted to raise his arm to swing his sword, but he didn't have the strength to do so. He gritted his teeth and wanted to cast a spell, but he lacked the focus to do so.

"Why... you... how?"

Thus, the mercenary chose to give up on resisting and opened his mouth to speak.

Why had the man suddenly attacked him? He had only seen him collapse and moved him to a nearby cave.

What kind of person, what kind of thoughts had led him to do this as soon as he woke up?

The mercenary was so curious that he asked the question.

"How fascinating."

The man stroked his chin as he stared at the dying mercenary.

The sight of the man in his worn-out clothes pondering was somewhat terrifying.

Soon, as if he had reached a conclusion, the man broke his silence.

"I never knew I could attack an NPC. Is that how the game is made?"

"...What?"

The mercenary couldn't understand the man's words.

NPC, not knowing an attack would work, game. He couldn't make sense of any of the words the man said.

Having spent his whole life living as a mercenary according to his "setting," he could never understand what the man was saying.

'No, you must respond properly. Properly—'

But he couldn't continue his next words or even think about the meaning of his response, and the mercenary's consciousness began to fade.

A killing driven by nothing but curiosity, with no reason.

That was the first death experienced by NPC Aiden Oliver. <<less

They met during the most confusing and painful time of their youth, and even now that they are adults, they have always been by each other's side. Their friendship was strong and stood the test of time like armor. But underneath that thick armor, Ji Sunwook nurtured a love that was not just friendship. Driven by the desperation to leave no evidence as the sole driving force behind his unrequited love.... more>>

He had thought he could hide it for the rest of his life, until Lee Jihoon asked in the fall of his twenty-nine.

"Don't you think it's even stranger that I've never heard you talk about women you've dated all this while?"

Realizing that he could no longer hide it, Ji Sunwook meekly confessed that he was dating a man and finally put an end to their relationship with the confession he had been putting off.

Lee Jihoon, who came to catch Ji Sunwook, denied that conclusion. He said that Ji Sunwook didn't love him, so this couldn't be the end for them. Not wanting to believe it, he blocked Ji Sunwook’s way out saying he would prove it.

"What kind of coward abandons the one he loves and then runs away?"

Guided by Lee Jihoon's firm hand, the two stood on a road they had never been on before. Only when standing at the edge of friendship from which no one can retreat did they realize that they were facing something that made them uncertain whether they were proving that it was love or proving that it was not. <<less

I Possessed an extra rabbit in a Ropan novel, so I decided to be the guardian of ‘Kyle Roden’, a black hearted man abandoned in the polar region.... more>>

Kyle tried to kill the male lead who took away the female lead he loved.

He was a wolf banished to the polar region and was the villain of the original novel.

“I’ll give you whatever you want, so take me home with you.”

However, when he went to the female lead, he was abandoned and eventually died at the hands of the male lead.

I couldn't let my favorite end up like that.

“I will be your guardian, so come with me instead.”

I honestly didn't intend to be the lover of Kyle.

It's just about opening his eyes to the presence of other people not just the female protagonist.

The goal was to make him let go of his obsession with the female lead and deviate from the original ending.

But despite all my efforts, I couldn't change his mind.

In the end, I gave up and tried to leave his side..

“You’re leaving me?”

There was something strange about Kyle's appearance when he came to see me. He stood in front of me and spoke with cool eyes shining.

“You can’t lure someone and then get rid of them like this.” <<less

Amelie Winterpool, the Empire's first noble-born witch.
A year ago, her first love ended as bitterly as it began.
Her unrequited love had a beautiful fiancée.... more>>

However...

"His Highness, the Grand Duke of Christan, is still unmarried."
"Uh… What?"

Her crush's engagement was called off.

* * *

It was merely a contractual engagement.

Now that the contract has expired, the Grand Duke is a heart-broken man,
Doesn't that mean I can have this man...?

Amelie's ruby-like red eyes sparkled.

"Your Highness! Contract with me, too! If you do, I'll make a potion that's good for your body every day!"
"Sorry, but I don't want to make a contract with anyone ever again."
"It's okay. Since we have plenty of time anyway. Even without a contract, I'll do my best to make you like me!"

To uproot the empire's severe witch hatred,
Amelie, who must diligently play her part,
She tries to win the heart of the man she wants at every opportunity.

There's no need to give up if there's no one to own him, right? <<less

The father, who was portrayed as a villain, seems to be a complete doting daddy for his daughter, and the two brothers are simply extreme... more>> cases of brother complexes! These kind and loving people, they were said to instigate a rebellion six years later? And the result was the entire family's execution?! I've been given another chance at life, I don't want to die again! <<less

Vasha, a subordinate vampire, is trying to regain lost memories and abilities.... more>>

Todd, the sole survivor of a fallen lineage, seeks revenge against humans.

They enter into a soul contract, each hiding their own purpose.

However, when making a contract, one must read the terms carefully...

"I, 【 Vasylisha, 】propose a 【 Binding Contract.】"

"I, 【 Todd Van Drake...】"

"What? Todd Van Drake?"

"...accept the 【 Binding Contract! 】"

Vasha, unaware that Todd is both a vampire's enemy and a renowned vampire hunter.

"You... aren't you a high-ranking vampire?"

"... Did you notice that?"

"No wonder! A high-ranking vampire wouldn't consider making a mere human brat their familiar!"

"What do you mean by 'brat'..."

Todd, realizing too late that Vasha, whom he thought to be a high-ranking vampire, is just a lower-ranking one.

They become reluctant companions due to the existence of an unknown letter.

But is it just because they are enemies?

Despite being the closest relationship one could have in the world, Todd, who is sharp and aloof towards everything in the world, doesn't easily open his heart to Vasha.

Yet Todd is still young.

Until Todd grows up, there's time to slowly become friends!

While Vasha tries to raise this stubborn enemy...

Can they each achieve their goals? <<less

Elise, the illegitimate child of a marquis, lived her life in silence.
She desired nothing and wished for nothing.... more>>

The only thing she desperately wished for was one.
The simple happiness with the man she loved.

But the price of love was betrayal.

Even her mother coldly turned away from her, and everyone wanted her dead.

Just then, a man approached and asked.

She decided.
To take revenge on everyone who wanted her dead and erase her existence.

The woman who returned decided to seduce the man who abandoned her.

Until he falls into ruin,
I will become even more wicked.

You will regret it, you. <<less

Empress Renisha has lost her parents, her family, and been cast out of the imperial court because she married a mad emperor. Now there is only one thing for her to do. Revenge.... more>>

In preparation, she chose a new husband and ally but...... the more she looked at this man, full of vitality like a flame, the more she liked him.

"You know how to play pretty."

Was there ever a woman who could sway Kassius, the war hero, like this?

"I'm going crazy."

Kassius was not expecting this. He hadn't expected the seemingly stoic and noble Empress to be so vulnerable and sometimes endearing. <<less

I had a precognitive dream that my sister would die soon after entering into an arranged marriage. To prevent this, Aracilla chose to marry Damian, the younger brother of her intended spouse. The problem was, both of them happened to be formidable rivals—one a magician and the other a knight.... more>>

"Last year, was Young Lady the mage who snatched the orb like a sneaky weasel during the expedition?" "If I hadn't helped, you would have been rotting in a dungeon by now, don't you think so?"

The individuals who were moments away from throttling each other, dramatically agreed to a contractual marriage.

Falling in love? We'll never see each other as romantic partners, even if we live and die together.

...or so they said.

"Why is this woman so fragile and thin? It's making me worried for no reason."

"Why does this man insist on doing everything alone? I could help too."

They kept getting involved with each other... <<less

[Game System] [Harem] [Growth-Type Munchkin]... more>>

- Security Level 1 Unlocked. Level 1 weapon, ‘Rocket Punch’ has been used.

Yeong-sik stared at his right arm with a dumbfounded expression.

"...What?"

Rocket Punch?

He wasn't leveling up like a machine.

He was becoming a machine! <<less

In the quiet neighborhood of Hajung-ri, where darkness descends at ten o'clock, a haunted house rumored to have ghosts appearing for decades has transformed into a stylish café.... more>>

The enigmatic atmosphere encountered at the café led the owner to offer Tae-eun a cup of coffee without any charge.

Was that coffee the problem?

Since that day, Tae-eun has been tormented by scissors, trying to distance herself from the creepiness, but inevitably encounters the café owner, Ji Hyun-ho.

"Do you remember me, Noona?"

Hyun-ho appears in the nightmares tormenting her. Tae-eun finds herself drawn to the eerie dreams. They gradually become closer even in reality.

"Lately, you keep appearing in my dreams."

Hyun-ho confesses that he dreams the same dreams as Tae-eun. Then, with a cute smirk, he suggests, "Want to try something out?"

"What?"

"What we did in the dreams, do you want to try it in real life too?"

His red lips draw closer in her lowered gaze. <<less

"Become the third wife of the Northern Duke."... more>>

Elia, the illegitimate child of Viscount Arnes, was used by her family until the very end.

A duke burdened with a curse-like trust, such was his third wife. The viscount pushed Elia into that position and pocketed a hefty dowry.

So it went for 16 years. Their marriage was as cold as the freezing winds of the North. The couple, who had turned away from each other, only came together just before the collapse of the North.

"...This is the first time. Holding you like this."

Her husband, who turned out to be affectionate and steadfast, even the child who always followed her, longed for his mother's touch.

Elia closes her eyes in realization, too late.

And as if a gift from the gods, she goes back 16 years.

Elia resolves.
In this lifetime, she will protect her loved ones and the North.
With nothing but her own abilities!

***

Thud, thud, thud.

As a vivid blue light pours from her eyes, warm rain drenches the earth.

Filling the mana lost due to her step-sister's scheme,
Elia begins to control the power to change the weather.

Starting another life in the North with enthusiasm,
she thought all that remained was to save the North and be happy with her husband and son...

"Enough."
"Don't talk to me!"
"I don't want to."

Soft pink curls and puffed-up cheeks like cotton candy.
Her son may be cheeky... but cute? <<less

Owner of the opulent great theatre, a man with whom anyone may fall in love at first sight.... more>>

The audience recognized the famous name when they saw Edgar Wharton, the blond, gorgeous man enter the theatre.

Even though he makes several females lose sleep over their affection for him, Natalie has a crush on a genuine gentleman rather than this showy socialite.

However, Edgar Wharton, famous for winning ladies' hearts with his attractive grin, accidentally revealed her hidden, unrequited love.

"I'll help you."

The playboy of the social world and the bookworm of the baron's family shared a common goal: to assist each other in finding love.

“Natalie, will you be my girlfriend? Leonard will fall in love with you, and we can break up."

The curtain was raised on a play called 'Contract Dating,' in which the goal was to avoid falling for the other's act of love.

***

"I'm not good at deceiving others."

"Then try loving me."

The dominant man's smile was so appealing that it appeared seductive.

He asked her to cross the border, but he remained in place, commanding love but not loving.

Natalie vowed not to love him or allow herself to love him. But...

"Do you want to mess up my daily life?"

"Is it okay if I mess it up?"

Mr. Wharton smiled mischievously as he examined Natalie's lips.

"How far will you allow me?"

Can they avoid falling in love by the end of the play? <<less

Elena Castaya, who lived as the vain fiancée of the Crown Prince, finds her family falling into ruin for treason. Rather than clinging to a pitiful existence, she chooses death, only to wake up in the body of an orphan girl named Evelyn. With only the foreign languages she learned during her time as the Crown Prince's consort, Elena earns a living by translating. One day, someone appears seeking a young woman fluent in Esperanto.... more>>

"I need someone to closely monitor the fallen Second Prince. Someone who can report everything, from whom the Second Prince meets, exchanges letters with, and even down to the petty gossip the servants indulge in."

“........“

"You look pretty and you're intelligent. I've taken a liking to you."

After waking up, she had deliberately avoided the news. But… the Second Prince Vincent had been disgraced for the crime of assassinating her?

"I'll do it. Please let me."

‘Vincent, I… I thought you'd live well even if you let me kill myself. Since you saved me, I'll live this life for you.’ <<less

“I want to love again and be loved.”... more>>

Conservative and sincere youth Karel meets a man by chance on his journey. Sasha, a fugitive who couldn’t hide his beautiful appearance even in the midst of desperation. Karel, who falls for him at first sight, pours out an unrequited love…

Eight years later. The once fugitive has become a successful dancer who captivates Paris. However, numerous rumors follow in his shadow. Rumors of drug abuse, performing in blue movies, bedding noble patrons for luxury… And some of these rumors are undoubtedly true.

Yet, even for Sasha, there was a past where he received devoted love from someone. However, Sasha abandoned him for success, and he went missing shortly after the war.

Then one day, his forgotten lover reappears before him. In a completely different guise from the past. <<less

Baek Sijin, who was appointed as a Diagnostic Examiner at the F12 Center where Esper Ham Geonwu — the savior of his life — was located, eagerly headed to work. However, little did he expect that an unexpected wall awaited him there.... more>>

"If you really have no interest in Ham Geonwu, then there's no need for you to make things difficult for me. Isn't that right?"

This was none other than Jeong Taeyul, an A-Rank Guide who boasted a high matching rate with Ham Geonwu.

Jeong Taeyul stuck close to Baek Sijin, displaying a spiteful side of him by checking (?) every little thing. It would be nice to hate him all the time, but Sijin, with his strong professional conduct, finds himself constantly concerned about Jeong Taeyul due to his consistently poor examination results…

A meeting between an A-Rank Guide and an ordinary, powerless bottom! What kind of ending awaits their relationship, which began with such hate for each other? <<less

The kingdom boasted a hero and formidable leader of the demon extermination force, Valen Rudwick. Amidst the chaos of battle, he tried to rescue a woman from a demon attack, only to be struck on the back of his head…... more>>

Unbeknownst to him, the woman he saved was not just any civilian but a succubus.

When Valen regained consciousness, he found himself not on the bloody battlefield but in a wedding hall within the demon realm.

“I am Argentine. And you are?”

“Do you think I’ll tell my name to a filthy demon like you?”

Weary from the prolonged wars, the demons proposed a political marriage to him. The absurd condition? It would last until Argentine, whom Valen saved, became pregnant with his child.

The idea of a child with demon blood repulsed him to the core. But pushed to his limits, Valen reluctantly agreed to their proposal.

“Let’s cease these charades and focus on what needs to be done. It’ll be better for both of us,” he growled.

“I want to give you time to accept…”

“Should I give not only my body but also my mind? Will that strengthen my ‘essence’?”

Valen was disgusted by the demons’ hypocrisy. He had intended to leave the demon realm as soon as the succubus bore a child.

“Whether you call for me or come to me, it’s up to you,” he said.

“…”

“I’ll do my da!mned best to give you my seed.”

Valen, the human warrior who despises demons, and Argentine, the demon king who sought peace through a child.

Can the demon realm truly find peace? <<less

"Empress, you must bring in a consort to bear an heir."... more>>

It was what my ex-husband said to Reneb, too weak to recover from a miscarriage.

Ten years since being possessed by a villainess, despite my efforts to improve relations, the villainess’s fate remained unchanged.

And Reneb, returned from death, volunteers as a pawn for peace between empires to avoid dying again.

But the warmongering, mu*derous emperor of the enemy nation…

“You seem very cold.”

“If you need warmth, I can share.”

Unexpectedly attentive, “Do I need to carry you out of the carriage?” and unexpectedly tender, “Is it hard to sleep alone? Perhaps you missed being in my arms.” he was annoyingly sly! <<less

"He just wished for her love. A relentless unrequited love. For that one reason, Algent turned back time countless times over many years. But what came back was the same disdain. ... more>>

Algent gave up on love. He just wished for her to live. So this time, he tried to set her free without even giving her affection. But somehow, Frey, who had never loved him once, began to love him.

Still, he had to reject her. Even if I die and die again, I couldn't have you. Even if I die and am born again in eternity, you wouldn't love me. So I won't wish for it.

Just live, Frey. I won't ask for anything, just live." <<less

“Please marry me.”... more>>

Having ascended from a beast to a mountain lord, Horang’s lowly origins meant he was disregarded by the other lords. None would associate with him or even say a word back when he tried to start up a conversation. Watching over his mountain in solitude—with a squirrel named Ttorang as his sole companion—one day a letter carrying words of marriage arrives, addressed to Horang.

Horang initially considers this a cruel joke, but when a fox demon appears and claims to be the sender, he seems to be quite sincere. Even chasing away the fox is no use, as he hovers near Horang, repeatedly asking for marriage. Horang’s heart is gradually swayed by the fox’s requests, but, actually, there is somebody he is waiting for. Someone whose name or face he can’t remember, but whom he had held dear even before becoming a mountain lord. Knowing this person might return someday, Horang cannot accept the fox’s proposal.

In the midst of all this, Horang’s mountain finds itself under threat from mysterious evil spirits and shamans that have begun to frequent it… <<less

Song Woo-Moon is the son of a simple inn owner in the countryside.... more>>

His body is weak since childhood, and one day, a landscape painting received as a gift from an old Daoist causes his mind to become weak as well.

For years, he is teased as being the village fool, and he grows up as nothing more than a pathetic burden to his parents.

The day he turns twenty, however, his life changes!

Something awakens within him—the supreme martial arts within the landscape painting! <<less

It's been a year since everyone's beloved heroine was possessed by a jealous villainess. I was tired of dealing with the male leads who came to tell me not to bother the heroine, and the angel-type heroine, who was completely oblivious to her. All human relationships are useless.... more>>

“No matter what happens to the original story, I plan to live with cats for the rest of my life and then die of old age.”

So, I decided to stay at home. The so-called Emperor Self Imprisonment.
You have so much money, why do you leave?

In order to live a comfortable life in confinement, they spend a lot of money making tape recorders and gramophone magic tools, but something is strange. The wizard who makes magic tools is too handsome for an extra.

“… “It’s strange that I don’t see you.”
“I was wrong.”

In the meantime, the original male leads make a strange mistake and are in trouble.
Please let me just be a homebody. <<less

One day, a villainess came to the nursery school.... more>>

“Anyway, these kids are just unbearable!”
“Does it even make sense to have a child at this age?”
“What’s so great about constantly chasing after tired little ones all day long…”

Setting aside the dislike for kids…

Since she arrived, for some reason, the kids seem to have started gaining weight.

“It’s all because of the contract, isn’t it?”

She says so…

…as she feeds them homemade snacks. <<less

“My ideal type? A quiet man who cooks well.”... more>>

It’s unfair enough that I’ve been reincarnated as the villainess in a serialized novel but now my husband and his sister-in-law are having an affair too. Huh, but to be sentenced to death for killing the adulterous couple? This is my third life, and this time, I’m going to get a happy ending!

Lynet, used her dowry and opened a café by emptying her pockets. Thanks to memories from past lives, everything went smoothly. Except for one thing—our regular customer, Cyan.

“What flavor does it taste like?”

“…It tastes like my unforgettable first love who discarded me.”

Excuse me, but you’re not my first love who discarded me. If it were someone else, I would have surely kicked them out, but the more I see him, the more familiar he feels, and my gaze unconsciously drifts towards him.

Moreover, he seems to have a clear understanding of my ideal type, right?

“Since I didn’t know what Lynet likes, I tried making various things.”

Ah, what am I supposed to do when the sight of a quiet man cooking looks sexy from behind! <<less

Liv Hamelsvoort, who bears the label of the ‘Fake Saintess’ and is the laughingstock of high society for her unrequited love for Duke Lartman. No one could understand her, but she likewise couldn’t understand them.... more>>

“I’m in the middle of enduring the love of the gods.”

There was a world that ordinary humans couldn’t dare to comprehend.

“Who harmed my child?”

“Does my child not exist in this world?”

“I don’t need a world where the child I love doesn’t exist.”

The moment the enormous things she had been bearing were revealed, Liv’s life finally began to change.

“I will love you in any timeline, Your Grace.”

Liv was content as long as she could continue loving. But if she wanted to protect that love, she had to change; the world was whispering that to her. <<less