I'm the one who's been possessed by this novel.... more>>

'I need an utterly shameless fiancée.'

As cliché as it gets, I became the Duke's fiancée... No, I interviewed to become one.
Am I out of my mind? Who interviews to become a fiancée?

* * *

The best output that the Baron family can produce.
I became the contracted fiancée of the Duke Etica, who holds the empire's strongest power and wealth.

If I endure by the side of a man nicknamed the tr*sh Duke for just two years, I'll receive a fortune that is more than enough, even if written across several generations.

"Don't forget. The moment the Duke likes me, you will become my dog."
"You, of all people, should not forget. The moment you show any hostility towards me, even a little, the promised property documents will turn into scraps."

...Thanks to this jerk, it's not easy.

***

Jeffrey Etica was convinced.
This life is entirely his own, and no one else can interfere.
He believed that he wouldn't even let anyone grab the hem of his clothes, let alone a leash.
But why do all decisions keep wavering, and why does he feel this way?

"You won, my Aurora."
"..."
"Now I'm a dog on a leash, forced to lick your feet, my dear."

But does everyone know that? How one of their kind deals with another.
To deal with the tr*sh Duke, the fiancée also needs to be formidable.

"Really? Then bark. Like a dog." <<less

Being transported into the world of a novel and reaching its conclusion was exhilarating.... more>>

If things had gone according to the original plot, I would have triumphed in the final battle and had a happy ending.

However, I was defeated. And, in a twist of fate, the knight with the crimson eyes and a silver blade, the very one who brought about my downfall, was the one to save me from the brink of death.

*

"Hey, wait."
"Do we really have to do this?"
"Give me your hand!"
"I'm not a dog, you know..."
"Hand!"
"...."

My resigned expression said it all.

"Alright."
"Well done!"

And yet, as she caressed my hair, a tender smile graced my lips.

But once that gentle smile faded, a deep yearning settled in.

"Can we do it now?"

She nodded in response to my fervent crimson gaze. As she approached and sat on the bed, my eyes followed her every movement. Soon, she beckoned.

"Come here."

Her voice, laden with sweet temptation, resonated deeply within me, sending a chill down my spine. Very discreetly. <<less

The beast who controlled the Empire’s commerce, Idylos Roxen, Duke of Cadellarot. It was an open fact that he hated animals extremely. However, it was the Duke’s sister who picked me up, a kitten, and I was caught while hiding.... more>>

In order to live comfortably, I must somehow capture his heart. So I followed his tail every day and acted cute…

“Eww..!”

‘Eww?’
Idylos hastily covered my mouth. I stiffened in embarrassment…

‘Did he just almost yelled at me?’
It was only then that I realized. This man didn’t hate me, he was scared of me!

Idylos said, while he tightly clasped my hand with his,”You said you wanted to eat me.”

“What are you talking about? It’s all a joke…” I said.

“Joke? Are you serious!? At that time, I was so scared that I couldn’t sleep…”
There was a faint resentment in his dark eyes looking down at me. I knew I shouldn’t be fooled by those pitiful eyes.

In time, his expression changed as I expected and he daringly laughed at me like a beast cornering its prey.

“Take responsibility.”

“…”

“If it’s you, I’ll eat you up.”

…I was just trying, making an effort not to be hated. This man completely forgotten his fear. <<less

Shin Yuri was a dealer from the S-Class Hunter team who became possessed by the RP dungeon along with the rest of the team.... more>>

This dungeon, often known as the RP dungeon (role-playing dungeon), is a dungeon that imitates a person in the dungeon’s worldview. A place where I can’t clear with my existing abilities, but give a huge reward. Everything is good, but I, who used to break knives with my bare hands, become a frail noble Lady whose wrist breaks when picks up a knife?

Are you kidding me?

And the three team members who came in together,

One is the Emperor,

One is the Pope,

One is the Lord of Wizard Tower?

Why am I the only one looking like this? While I was asking, my own abilities were unlocked.

[God’s Store : You can purchase anything just by paying the price]
I thought it was amazing, but there is only one thing I can buy now.

Are you kidding me?

[God’s Store Level Up!]
But is it the item that improves as it levels up?

Besides,

“I told you. When the opportunity comes, I’ll die for you.”

From the guy who I thought was just a naughty childhood friend,

“—Joo Yian-ssi, do you know what’s strange today?”

“Yes, I know.”

Even a man who makes a strange illusion.

[Four members of Hunter Shin Yuri Team enter the L-class Dungeon, “I’m possessed by a weak time-limited Lady”]
[Dungeon goal: Prevent the end of the continent (1 year)]
Will they be able to break this dungeon and get out of it? <<less

In late 1997, the Asian economy, including Korea, collapsed.... more>>

It was the foreign exchange crisis.

People in their home country will be the hardest, but the same is true for people in foreign countries.

The toughest people in foreign countries are probably international students who pay tuition in their home country.

Although the economy has been difficult, the won, dollar or one pound exchange rate has surged in most Asian countries.

As of June 1998, it is better than when it went up, but still much higher than before.

If we can easily say that the won-dollar exchange rate is going up, it means that the value of the won will be lowered.

Father told a part of the novel he liked this time.

There are two opportunities to earn big pennies.

One is when the country is built,

One is when the country is ruined,

The bigger the money, the more time the country is ruined.

It’s what Let Butler said at the ‘disappear with the wind.’

Rett Butler says he earned $ 500,000 at the time of the collapse of the South. <<less

She entered a political marriage with the Emperor of the enemy country. They were even archnemeses who faced each other on the battlefield...!... more>>

But on the first night...

"Even if everyone in the world dies, I still won’t like you."

The Emperor, provoked by the determined response of the Princess, declared—

"Alright. I won't lay a hand on you until you sincerely want me."

Even with many women falling for him left and right, she definitely wouldn’t.

And so begins the Emperor's first seduction! <<less

Isabella was burned at the stake along with her mother. All because of her father who accused his wife and his child of being witches in order to live alone.... more>>

If I could save my mother. If only I could have my revenge. I'd give my soul to the devil.

[The soul is lost. Let's sign a contract.]

The moment she stops breathing, will she hear the devil's whisper?

***

The devil decided to bring Isabella back three years ago.

In return, he wants her to take the ‘Son of the Demon King’ out of the magic tower.

You told me to take him out. You didn't tell me to give him back?

Isabella offers a contract marriage to the 'Son of the Demon King' for the sake of survival.

"The Duke seems more concerned about his successor than his crazy son."

Kaiden said languidly, untangling the string that was tying up her shirt.

"Should I live up to your expectations from now on?"

Her straight collarbone and a long neckline were revealed through her untangled collar.

For a moment, a calm wave arose in her eyes.

"Do it, then."

"…what?"

"Let's do it."

Her heart rate was slowly speeding up because of the strange feeling of embarrassment or surprise.

"Be my husband instead." <<less

The Crown Prince’s wedding is in two weeks, yet he is nowhere to be found. While the palace scrambles to find him, Eusel, a knight loyal to the prince, is compelled to act as his lord while the fate of the nation hangs on his shoulder. As he adjusts to his new duty, he is forced to marry the Crown Princess of a foreign nation.... more>>

With things moving at breakneck speed, Eusel is hunched over, wondering when he will be apprehended as an impostor while living in the Imperial Palace wears on him. The only thing keeping his mind at bay is Princess Aethenia, who let on more than she appeared.

With the twists and turns occurring at every corner of the Imperial Palace, will Eusel be able to make it out alive with his head intact? <<less

Echinecia Roaz was an ordinary Countess.... more>>

Until she suffered the cruel fate of being manipulated by a magical sword and killing all her loved ones.

[This miracle won’t happen twice. So, do your best and be happy.]

She turned her time back to change her own fate.

However, the root cause of the problem has not disappeared, and she is still not free from the past.

“I never talked to the Commander, how did you know me? I…… Did I offend you in some way?”

“There was no such thing. It was just that you stood out from the crowd and caught my eye.”

“Stood out? Is it because of my hair?”

“…… No, it was my personal interest.”

A man who has answers to her past and a woman who wants to erase that same past.

Will she be able to overcome her fate and become happy? <<less

An encounter between a merman who wants to punish humans for messing with the sea and a young man who blows a foghorn at the lighthouse to protect humans... more>>

Chungdo Island, where accidents continue to occur around the beautiful sea.

In it, Nuri, a young lighthouse keeper, meets merman Ason, a mysterious creature.

“I’ve been waiting for you.”

“I hope you remember me.”

Even as people continue to go crazy, the two who recognise each other’s loneliness gradually grow closer…

“If this could be everyone’s last time…”

“I want to touch you Ason, all of you.”

With a desperate heart, Nuri hugs Ason’s neck tightly.

* * *

Ason: Age unknown. The merman who protects the mermaids, the commander of the watchmen. He hates humans who harm the sea and mermaids, but always runs into the limit of mermaid laws that cannot harm humans.

Nuri: 25 years old. A lame young man who always wanders off on the island of Chungdo, the home of his life. He lost his mother, who was his only support, and became alone in the midst of all kinds of contempt and disregard from the villagers.

Sympathy phrase: “You are the only one to me.” <<less

Belcansus, the land of the barbarians. Duke Atelien's beautiful illegitimate child, Chesney, became a barbarian bride through an arranged marriage, for the sake of the state religion.... more>>

But her husband, Emperor White of the Belcansus Empire, leaves their bedroom amidst their consummation on their first night.

“I'm a married person.”

"Did he love you to the fullest?" A different man, who resembled her husband and yet felt different, started to shake her up. She realized that they were hiding something from her.

“I didn’t know you had a habit of eavesdropping.”

“I-I...just so happened to be….”

“How cute.”

Chesney, who had been curious about the secrets they were keeping from her, went as far to eavesdrop on their conversation.

White tried to hide the secrets of Belcansus and their identity as best as he could.

"Chesney shouldn’t know anything.”

Not until the marriage is annulled. <<less

A fox who became a nine-tailed fox after receiving a curse.... more>>

I only need to receive human energy 100 times, but I haven’t become a human for a thousand years due to many interruptions.

The God of Heaven locked the nine-tailed fox in a romance novel in which love blooms even if it is overturned.

“If you can’t become a human being there, you’ll live as a fox for the rest of your life!”

Asking me to possess, I’m asking you, what will get better if a small fox, without any penny, get inside a novel!?

But why fox is a cunning animal?

If I couldn’t be possessed.

“I’ll be you, Roselia Fellua.”

If I take away the female lead role, that’s it!

Please grow old together with the male lead, the true love of the female lead.

I will grow 100 days together with the Grand Duke who’s a villain but has a lot of money!

But.

“We should do what we have to do between husband and wife.”

What do you mean by finally doing what the couple had to do the first night!

“It’s a contract. I’ll divorce you in one year.”

To think it’s a divorce contract! This is a fraudulent marriage, you know!

To make matters worse, the Villainous Grand Duke’s heart was already filled with someone, but…!

No! Can’t you kiss me just once so that I can get the fox beads back? <<less

“You and her are no different. That’s the only reason I need.”... more>>

Sewoon University’s famed Kang Seungjae.

Good looks and wealth that can’t be scoffed at, he’s always surrounded by people.

However, he no longer believes in love after being betrayed by the one he gave his heart to… <<less

One day I finally had to give up being an actor. Ian Palin, the great actor who was called the jewel of Britain. He awakens... more>> to his past life as a genius actor. If only now. Wouldn't it be possible to find the answer that Ian Palin couldn't find and achieve what I've wanted for a long time? … … Wouldn't it be possible? A dream that was broken, broken, and let go. An opportunity has come to make that dream come true again. [The genius actor also plays this life] <<less

Wearing the mask of hypocrisy, the Pentagram, a magic society, drove the swordsmen away from the continent.... more>>

Adonis had reached the level of 9 stars at a young age with his great strength and outstanding talent.

Adonis, unable to withstand the combined efforts of the Pentagram, was pushed back, and ended up getting a clue to reach the level of 10 stars at the end of his life.

'I could only see the threshold of 10 stars right before my death. It's too late, it's really too late!'

He closed his eyes before he even had the time to use that realization.

He thought he was dead.

"Wahhhh!"
“Awww were you surprised by your mother?"
'What the hell is this...ugh! Ugh!'

The place where he opened his eyes to was the continent but a thousand years later!
And in a baby's body!

The story of Ian, the protagonist who has both excellent magic talent and great swordsmanship. <<less

“Hero Schwein. 100 years in the Demon-Sealing Purgatory for the mass mu*der of the Myne.”... more>>

“What? That’s my game character?”

A master strategist who only chooses games with hellish difficulty and clears them.

He was dragged to an inescapable prison where the worst criminals in the universe are gathered.

Serving a 100-year sentence for the crimes of a game character?

Don’t make me laugh. I’m breaking out of here, no matter what. <<less

The fight can never be lost. Even if the opponent is the heiress of the Grand Duchy and my favorite character.

I can now perceive all the misfortunes around me.

Cha Ji-won, director of Gallery Hwadam.... more>>

From his outstanding abilities to his handsome appearance, this man who looks perfect from anyone’s point of view has one secret ability.

That he can see a ghost and catch it by drawing a picture of it.

One day, Ji-won, who just dealt with the spirit that harasses people as usual, is dragged into the ‘Jungcheon’ for sending the dead without proper procedures.

And he meets Gaon, the head of Jungcheon, right there in Jungcheon, the place where the dead are judged.

At first, he was intrigued.

He thought it was a curiosity about a transcendent being who didn’t even spare a glance at him.

It was a rather complicated emotion to be called as competitive spirit, but there was no other way to explain it.

Yeah, he was like that at first… Why does she look pretty now?

The story of two people, loving and living in the world of the dead. <<less

Cinderella married the prince. However, she never expected that their eternal vow of love would last a mere ten years. Prince Charming had fallen head over heels for another woman and even proposed to her.... more>>

‘That tr*sh!’

However, day by day, Cinderella withered away, and there was nothing I could do. You see, I was just a...

“Squeak!”

Mouse! The smallest of mice, the lowest in the hierarchy, a humble harvest mouse.

‘Fairy Godmother.
I'm just a loathsome little mouse. The kind, generous Cinderella took a creature like me in.
What I wish... is to see Cinderella smile once again.'

I thought I had died, but now I've awoken, and time has reversed. I'm back to Cinderella's childhood, when she was mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters.

“I came on a mission from the Ratzen family."

But the truth is, I'm not just an ordinary mouse, but a special mouse, part of the harvest mouse clan..?
My family has been searching for me desperately?

If that's the case, Cinderella, let's escape together before the prince, with his glass slipper, comes looking for you!

#Mouse Heroine #Not an ordinary mouse but a noble mouse servant #Parenting story #Coming of age #Healing story #Mutual support <<less

He was betrayed, killed, and returned after assassinating a conglomerate.... more>>

And then, he's back as a healer? The greatest of all time, Healer Revenge. <<less

A short story from the official website of a mobile game called Soccer Spirits. This was actually done quite some time ago and it was already posted on some of the game's communities, but I'll be leaving this here too for archiving purposes.... more>>

Caution: Everything in this story might sound very strange if you don't know anything about the game. Especially the whole soccer thing. <<less

In a small rural village, there lived a strong and hardworking woman named Lotea, who worked as a porter. Little did she know that her grandmother was a duchess in the imperial court.... more>>

“Your features may resemble Patrick, but your rustic charm is just like your mother’s, isn’t it?”

“Father mentioned that I take after my grandmother’s side…”

Although the Duchess was not pleased to have a commoner as her granddaughter, she made Lotea a proposition. If she makes a successful debut in high society and brings home an excellent suitor, she will inherit ten million gold!

Coincidentally, three of the most sought-after suitors in high society have Lotea in their sights…

“Well, it’s good that we get along. But we should think about what kind of relationship would be best.”

Clovis, the mischievous young man turned war hero, Lieutenant Aaron Werner.

“Shall I take you on a date?”

The handsome yet cold and distant man, Marquis Claude Diante.

“Lotea’s eyes sparkle like stars in the night sky.”

The most prominent member of high society, Count Mikhail Arman.

Suddenly attracting the attention of three men and becoming the center of high society gossip, Lotea finds herself on a battlefield far tougher than carrying baggage!

Caught in the mounting pressures and threats of high society, can Lotea survive and perhaps even find love?! <<less

A sudden message came to my sight!... more>>

Beep-

[The predator's power is activated.]
[You can now consume artifacts.]

What? I can eat artifacts?

Didn't you say that I could die if I ate it wrong?

Beep-

[You've eaten an artifact.] <<less

Ahn Kyeong-hyun is a romanceless boy who loves to study, and his greatest reward in life is obtaining perfect grades in school. If he had one wish, it would be to study from sunrise to sunset forever. But one day, when he gets into a car accident and wakes up in a hospital with amnesia, he is confronted by three girls claiming that they’re his girlfriends: Yu Yuyu, his classmate; Han Ka-ryeon, his junior at his part-time job; and Ahn Yeon-hee, his younger sister.... more>>

Are they really telling the truth? A chaotic, mysterious, harem comedy of love and lies! <<less