I possessed a character in the R-rated grimdark romantasy novel ‘Master of the Cage’.... more>>

And my role? As the ultimate evil mastermind’s idiotic wife–a woman fated to die at the hands of the male protagonist who kills her husband.

I couldn’t die like that. Absolutely not. My only chance was to stop the evil mastermind’s descent into villainy.

“This is for me? Then what will you eat, my dear? Should I buy you some chocolate instead?”

This bastard. He really treats me like I’m a five-year-old.

Well, that works fine. I'd play along, pretending to be the clueless idiot while secretly saving the mastermind’s family from certain doom.

Like ‘accidentally’ spilling poisoned drinks and crying.

Or pretending to trip and running into bushes where assassins are hiding.

Or spilling water where explosives are hidden.

Each time, people dismissed it with a shrug. “Oh well, she’s just an idiot. She didn’t know any better.”

Except for one person.

/////

Cerden smiled softly as he cupped my cheek.

Drawing close enough to kiss, he murmured in a low, lazy voice.

“Why don’t you drop the act already?”

“Uwaaah? S-scary. I hate you, big brother!”

I brought out my secret weapon—childish speech.

But Cerden wasn’t buying it.

“Quit the pretence. Before I really get angry.”

His eyes flashed coldly.

I just wanted to survive.

But I ended up being mistaken as the real evil mastermind. <<less

I became the younger sister of the male protagonist in a martial arts novel.... more>>

A terminally-ill side character, who was sold to the Demon Cult for the family’s sake.

* * *

“How come you don’t want anything from me?”

He, who was to be my husband, would occasionally ask, as if he couldn’t understand. Whenever he asked, my answer remained the same.

“Because there’s nothing I want.”

However, despite my answers, he would gift me many things. He sent money to my family, bought me jewelry, and gifted me with the ivory and silk from the western lands.

“Don’t you want anything more?”

He asked again if I wanted something, and I still just shook my head.

Normally, he would nod and turn away, but today, he stood there staring at me. When I approached him, asking if something was wrong, his head drooped weakly onto my shoulder.

“Why do you lie to me every single time?”

He slowly lifted his hand and grabbed my wrist.

“Why won’t you ask me…”

He sounded desperate, as though he would fall apart at any moment.

“…To save you?” <<less

“I don’t want to have the male lead’s child!”... more>>

I transmigrated into a supporting character in the novel who died of aftereffects while giving birth to the male lead’s child. I came to my senses and found out that I became the new bride who is about to get married.

‘I’ll find my way to live!’

“We’re friends!” I said to male lead in case the princess comes after taking care of him for eight years.

But the male lead, who should have saved the world and fell in love with the princess, came back alone?

“Where’s your princess going and why are you alone?”

“My princess is here.”

“No! The real wife who will marry you.”

“So I’m a fake husband? That’s why you said you don’t want children.” The male lead asked with distorted face.

Unlike his friendly tone, he stroked my stomach with his hands.

I’m in trouble.

Whatever went wrong, it seemed very firmly wrong. <<less

In the midst of enduring an unhappy marriage, she meets her death when the merger between Devarn and Stravants is decided. ... more>>

However, for some reason, she regresses to being 17 years old.

She resolves firmly: She will never again marry into that hellish life, nor will she meet such a meaningless death.

Amid this, she ends up picking up the man who caused her death in her previous life.

“Give me a chance. A chance to make you fall in love with me.”

The man who once caused her death now clings to her obsessively.

Can she safely escape the chains of death and misfortune? <<less

I am a Sierra who lost her husband and family to a friend, Bellieta. ... more>>

In the end, I also lost my life, but when I opened my eyes again, I realized that I had returned 7 years ago.

I have made a decision. I’ll take everything Bellietta had: Bellietta’s fiance, Aden Rippleton, her life and I'll destroy her just like she did to me.

“Be my man, Aden Rippleton.”

All that remains for Bellietta will be despair and death.

There will be no mercy for anything. <<less

I possessed a minor character who marries the prince.... more>>

I’m not thrilled about it. The prince is a s*umbag who flirts with the heroine despite being engaged and eventually gets defeated by the original male lead. In the epilogue, all he does is apologize to his fiancée and marry her, with barely a line to his name.

Well, his personality is twisted, but at least he’s handsome. And since he’s the third prince, he doesn’t have to shoulder the burden of ruling the kingdom. That’s decent husband material, I suppose.

Go ahead, make a fool of yourself. You’re going to marry me anyway.

I’ll just sit back and enjoy watching your embarrassing history unfold.

“Dory Redfield. Don’t expect me to ask you to dance at this ball. Maybe not at the next one either. Or the one after that.”

“Yes, Your Highness. As you wish.”

“Even though we’re engaged… wait, what?”

“It’s just a joke proposal our parents once tossed around, isn’t it? You don’t need to take it seriously, Your Highness. I’m really fine with it.”

“…Is that so? Yes, that’s… fine, right?”

Why are you panicking, prince?

You started spouting nonsense first. Where’s your conscience?

But then, this guy really has the audacity to ask something outrageous.

“…Do you, perhaps, have another man?”

The guy who flirted with the original heroine is saying this now?

Calm down. He’ll regret this later. All I need to do is remain a devoted fiancée until then.

“What are you talking about? A woman like me… plain, not beautiful, with a gloomy personality, what man would even—”

“What? Who dared to say that about you?”

…You did, in the original story.

This guy is acting weird.

But he’s not the only problem.

“My dear little sister Dory, that dress you’re wearing today is dreadful. No wonder there are rumors His Highness has abandoned you.”

“Well, it can’t be helped. His Highness is too good for me anyway.”

“…Hold on. Too good? Who said that? Wait, were you really dumped?”

The original villainess, who also happens to be my older sister, Natalia, is suddenly interested in my love life.

Why are all the original tr*shy characters growling at each other over me now?! <<less

“You might be my wife, but I shall not lay a hand on you.”... more>>

“Is that so? Then can I lay my hand on you?”

“…”

“Pardon?”

***

Around 20 years in the future, the world is destroyed due to the invasion of demons. There’s only one way to prevent the destruction.

Marry the Duke known as the Monster and give birth to his child who will grow up to be the future warrior.

“Mielle, that marriage, I’ll do it instead.”

Yelena, who saw the future, decided to get married to the Monster Duke and give birth to his child to save the world, however…

“Are we going to keep being idle like this?”

She thought she would be able to get it over and done with (?), but her husband’s impregnable fortress-like defenses are beyond imagination!

“I told you to strip! Why aren’t you stripping?! Is it a part of your skin?”

Can Yelena safely give birth to the warrior and save the world in the end? <<less

Erica, a girl who lost her mother in the war and endured torment from her aunt, lives a difficult life. Due to political interests, she is forced into a political marriage with Carl Lakin, the emperor of the empire, who is known as the most feared figure in the empire.... more>>

Carl Lakin, the cruel tyrant that everyone fears, has many women in his harem, but those who rise to the position of Empress end up being carried out as corpses.

However, “Why? Why did he look at me with such sad and wounded eyes?”

This tyrant… something is suspicious. <<less

I possessed a villainess in a Novel. For some reason, however, I keep returning to when I was eight years old every sixteen years. This life is the fourth.... more>>

Come to think of it, I think I also return when the second male lead dies. But why did he die? The original hasn’t even started yet?!

Don’t tell me, is it because I don’t live like the original?

So I started to live according to the original.

…But what was the problem?

“How did you get so big? When you were young, you were so small and cute.”

“Because you raised me like this.”

“Did I?”

When did I? I only remember bothering him like a villain though?

I looked up at him with a questioning look.

Then he lifted his finger and pointed it at my head.

“You read a book to me.”

And then he pointed at my lips.

“It made me realize the magic.”

And then my hands.

“I practiced sword.”

Lastly, at the heart.

“You taught me what I don’t know.”

He, who was speaking in a low voice, grabbed my hand and stroked my head.

“You’re the one who made me do this, and you shouldn’t say that anymore. No matter how big I am, you should keep loving me.” <<less

Jongno District.... more>>

At the age of four, Astyr received her father’s death notice.

「In accordance with Article 12, Paragraph 1 of the Act on Funeral Services, the body of the deceased without family ties will be disposed of and publicly announced. Relatives are requested to claim the enshrined remains.」

Her dad was always saying strange things.

That he came from an empire called Talochium.

And he believed that Tyr’s hometown was there, too.

“Daddy will live with Tyr for a long, long time. One day, we’ll return to our hometown, and Tyr will be able to laugh in a much bigger and cleaner house.”

He talked about returning to his homeland. About making her happy.

In the end, he just left Tyr behind.

But then—

While rummaging through his belongings, a never-before-seen creature appeared.

[Shall I save him?]

“A, a stone is talking…”

[If you want, I’ll bring it all back. The place you were born. Where you were meant to be. The place where that man is still alive.]

Astyr was given one last chance.

Now, she could save Dad and return to their true homeland!

And so she thought that surely, everything would be smooth sailing from now on.

* * *

"Honestly, I was wondering when we’d meet again."

After returning and settling down in another world,

Astyr was finally reunited with her father from the past—but something’s off.

"For someone who’s ruined countless livelihoods, you sure are shameless, Necromancer King.”

Dad… weren’t you a holy knight?

"I’m getting bored, so let’s end this in a single round. Loser drops everything and leaves this field for good."

A mercenary.

And not just any mercenary, but the leader of a high-ranking group, infamous for cutting down terrifying monsters and dominating the battlefield every day.

"If I kill you today, won’t I reclaim the spot for most hired person!"

Apparently, Dad had been hiding something.

Something very big and very extraordinary. <<less

I found myself transmigrated into an explicit 19+ novel.... more>>

“If Chloe gets pregnant now, it’ll be troublesome.”

“…She might be pregnant though.”

“But didn’t the examination results say otherwise?”

“We can’t always exclude the possibility of ‘what if,’ can we?”

Throughout the overheard conversation, my heart felt like it would burst from my chest. I had a gut feeling.

Dante’s next response would tear me to shreds.

“…We have to kill her.”

That man is the secondary male lead of this novel and my husband.

I decided to leave for my own sake. <<less

In her third year as an academy teacher, she thought she’d only be teaching her speciality, magic.... more>>

Now, she was told to become the homeroom teacher, do parent consultation and manage students as well.

“An Imperial Princess, a Duke’s heir, the next Magic Tower Master, and even a Saintess candidate?! Are you kidding me?!”

Who’s the lunatic that assigned this class roster?!

***

“If you opened your eyes and saw an unfamiliar ceiling, how would you feel?”

“I’m glad to see you again, Teacher.”

“Teacher, please live a long, long time. Promise.”

…This year’s students seem especially strange.

Is this nation’s future really going to be okay?

“It’s so quiet around you. Like another world.”

This man is just as strange.

The hero of the last war, a foretold disaster.

And the man who shares her lost memories and dark history.

“Lucien. No one will take you from me. Not this world, not even yourself.”

Just when she was trying to save a world doomed to fall,

With a calm madness, he quietly whispered,

“I won’t let that happen. Even if I have to sacrifice the entire Empire.”

…At this point, either we all live together, or we all go down together. <<less

When I opened my eyes I had become a princess!... more>>

But out of all characters in this romance novel, why is it the princess who has the fate of dying to her own blood-related dad, the emperor!

If I want to live, I must not be seen by that emperor dad.

“When did this kind of s*umbag start living in my castle?”

The man who doesn’t have single drop of blood nor tear to drop, that cold emperor Claude! Will Athanasia who had been caught by the emperor be able to survive?

“I… What do I do…..?” <<less

Yeom Ye-ah, twenty-four years old this year. An utterly ordinary citizen struggling to pay loan interest day by day.... more>>

“Have you ever scored below 50 points singing your heart out on a karaoke machine?”

“Usually, that’s an error…”

“I have.”

An unprecedented tone-deaf person. And I Awakened. Even better, I’m in the rare healer class. So far, so good, but…

[Class: Melodic Healing Mage]

You’re telling me I can’t heal without singing?

“In this world, the one and only! My precious! That man! You are my! …Hey? Is anyone there? Someone’s collapsed here!”

Is this… really okay? <<less

One day, Senelia realized that the world she lived in was a novel.... more>>

As a result, she fell into the trap of the tyrant emperor Cliff and had to make Benelucia, the male lead in the novel, love her.

So Senelia wandered around him for a year without saying a word, followed him for another year, and dated him for six years.

Even if he met the original female lead, Senelia would appear in his mind.

Senelia devoted eight years of her time to Benelucia for that purpose.

Without that much effort, she wouldn’t be able to steal the male lead from the original female lead.

“You should marry me, Sally.”

Eight years passed by.

Finally, the male lead started obsessing over her. <<less

The leader of the Demonic Cult, the greatest villainess, Heukcheon Biyeon, has entered the world of romance novels. She is now the adopted daughter of Duke Bathius, known as the descendant of the devil. There are seven tests to become the official successor of the Duke’s family. If she defeats her competitors and becomes the successor, she will inherit the Duke’s secret techniques.... more>>

“I’ll be the successor.”

Biyeon passes the tests using internal energy and martial arts that do not exist in this world. She aims to become the Duke’s successor and achieve the realm of life and death that she could not attain in her previous life.

***

But why are the Duke’s family members, who were once eager to kill her, acting so strangely?

“Your temper and cruel nature are exactly like mine.”

When did you, who ignored me even when I shed blood, start speaking so sweetly?

“Who dares to threaten the Duke’s daughter?”

That doesn’t sound like something the eldest son, who once threatened to kill me, would say.

“You are the only successor to the head of the family that I acknowledge.”

The second son, who was my rival and couldn’t stand me, is now acting like a puppy who wants to be praised.

I was just trying to steal the Duke’s family secret, so why is everyone suddenly obsessed with me? And why is the leader of the martial arts world, who was my mortal enemy in my previous life, now acting like the puppy I raised? <<less

I've been reincarnated as the younger sister of the male lead in the brutal sad ending novel, 'The Saintess of the Dawn.'... more>>

The picture-perfect, affectionate older brother, the Crown Prince.
I did everything to protect my brother... but just before the happy ending, he was mu*dered.
And that was by the so-called kind heroine and the gentle sub-male lead!

Furthermore, shamelessly, the two of them accused me of being the mu*derer,
And before I knew it, I had become a notorious villainess, committing crazy deeds out of jealousy between my brother and the supposed heroine.

***

"Give me the princess."

Instead of facing execution, I was sold off to Felosite, the villainous Archduke in the original story, to marry. Infamous for his cruelty, he was the mastermind behind the sad ending that wiped out the protagonists and brought ruin to the Empire.

But why would he want me as his bride?!

A plaything for torture?
A means to form an alliance with the imperial family?
A sacrifice for dark magic?

Or...

"Feel comfortable, Lucian... that's what you can call me."
"Yes?"
"I'll give you everything you want. Just tell me what you desire."

The sight of my husband acting shyly in front of me and showering me with gifts was unbelievably awkward.

That wasn't all.

"Our precious niece! Let's go building shopping together!"
"Dear sister! I brought the delicious strawberry cake you mentioned! Let's eat it together!"
"We don't need that distant grandson! We'd rather have our adorable granddaughter-in-law play with this old man!"

The intimidating villainous in-laws who I thought were, turn out to adore only me, sidelining their own son?!

Um... Excuse me, aren't you villains? Why on earth are you doing this to me?" <<less

"Your majesty, take care of Lucentia!" ... more>>

Lucentia, who was forced to marry the emperor under her father's coercion, was beheaded for treason.

She succeeded in escaping under the guise of death due to her foresight.

Fleeing to the enemy's land, the Terran Empire, she became 'Rose Von Isaac' and built the 'Kaos Merchant Sect' to amass wealth, but she could not deceive her fate.

In order to survive, she visited the Swordmaster of Terran, the new Duke of Aytan, who had no threats due to his power.

And proposed him to become her guardian.

"Be my lover, not guardian."

He rather suggested her to become his lover.

She will not let fate deceive her again.

From now on, her life belongs only to herself.

Let the deposed empress's scandal begin. <<less

I unexpectedly woke up in a novel’s world that ended with the protagonist’s death.... more>>

[Objective: Prevent the invasion of another world]
[Content: Close all gates to block the encroachment of otherworldly energy on Earth. (Current Infiltration Rate: 27.8%)]
[Reward: Return to your original world]
To return to my original world, I must halt the infiltration from another realm.

For that, I needed the abilities and unique constitution of the original protagonist.

However, while desperately trying to survive after unexpectedly landing in a monster’s den, I ended up using the relic meant for the protagonist’s awakening.

In an attempt to somehow restore the story to its original course, I forcibly tried to awaken him, but…

“Do you know how to use your ability?”

“Huh?”

Lee Yuha tilted his head, puzzled.

Huh? Could it be…

“You don’t know how to use your abilities?”

“I don’t. Nothing comes to mind.”

“What? But why?”

It seemed something had gone seriously awry. <<less

She became an insignificant villainess who was used for cider. She did her best to play the role so that the original story was not twisted.... more>>

“You are nothing to me, Fresa.”

The male lead despises her.

“Why do you hate me so much? Because I’m an insignificant maid?” the original heroine resented her.

“You are the disgrace of the family.”

‘Yes, yes. Everybody’s doing great. Keep hating me. Go on!’

And finally, on the day the original story had its ending, she decided to die. With a false poison, of course. She left her family and tried to live in a secluded countryside by cultivating a herb garden, but she saved the life of a man who had moved into a neighbor’s house. However this man, was the Grand Duke who killed and saved many people with a smile?

“So you saw my naked body . . .”

The subtlety intensified.

“Let’s take it all off this time, shall we? Then it will be easier to look at it.”

The Grand Duke was overly assertive. Moreover, the original male lead, who should enjoy a happy newlywed with the original heroine, has also arrived.

“You’re the one I really love, Fresa.”

Fresa said, almost hitting Rowan in the head with the homie he was holding.

“No, did you just hit your head?”

Even family members who ignored and persecuted her as a disgrace pleaded.

“Come back, Fresa. Everybody’s waiting for you.”

‘Yes, no way I’m going back.’ <<less

When I first came into the book, my goal was just to survive.... more>>

‘I have to live longer! And be happy!’ So I did my best.

I am going to walk on my own flower path.

“Wherever I go, the seat next to you is mine. You promised to pat my head for the rest of your life, isn’t that right?” The strongest male character, who was stabbed to death in the original novel, stared at me with obsessive eyes.

If I say no, he will destroy the world.

“Yes, I’ll kill him. Then you’ll be happy, too, right?” The fifth brother looked a bit crazy.

“This is my land from here to here. And yours, too. I’m glad to be able to breathe with your grandest dreams.” The fourth oldest sister, who became the richest woman on the continent, opened the map and said that.

If I say I don’t have such a grand dream like her, I think a catastrophe will happen.

“I’m looking forward to the Winter Solstice that you’ll rule completely.” Laughter rose on the face of the butler who served me.

“If you don’t connect to Verratoux, my heart will stop tomorrow morning. Are you sure you’re okay with that?” My first sister, who was supposed to be the original successor, threatened me with her life.

And this is the biggest problem. Somehow, a faint smile raised my father’s mouth, which became stronger than the original father he was. “Independence? Try it then. I won’t even let a single ant live on this land."

“Did you think you could leave my arms and stand on your own…” He then stared at me obsessively.

They are all acting weird.

Everything went wrong.

I only did my very best. <<less

Even Lee Joo-hwan, my father’s son and the president of the company, asked me.... more>>

"Do do you really have to kill off that character? Isn't the team strongly against it?"

"Sayla is—"

"—the most elegant and alluring when she dies. I’ve heard that so many times, I think my ears are going to bleed."

I made every effort to kill Sayla, believing it was the right decision as a developer and character designer, and the results were indeed excellent. The game we developed,'That Summer, There was Them(TST)', caused a global sensation as soon as it was launched. Sayla Devernon, a character I painstakingly designed, was named "The Most Captivating Villain" by the game industry's equivalent of TIME magazine, ‘Gomonji’.

"You were right. Sayla overwhelmingly took first place in the popularity polls. We're already getting tons of requests for Sayla merchandise."

Experts pointed to Sayla as the biggest factor in TST's success. But I still couldn't be satisfied. In my view, TST was still incomplete.

"There’s still a route where Sayla survives!"

I had to eliminate it, to make TST more perfect. I played countless times, trying to kill Sayla. Just now, I managed to kill her again.

"Great. I killed her again!"

As I was about to put down my phone, I heard a voice.

{“I didn’t want to die.”}

Startled, I looked around, and there she was, Sayla, staring at me from the screen.

{“Now you experience it. Save my life.”}

I had transmigrated into the body of the world’s most captivating villain, Sayla Devernon, the very character I had struggled so hard to kill. <<less

Airi sees mysterious things invisible to others.... more>>

She, who was pressured by her family to marry quickly to carry on the lineage, makes a proposal to Duke Elkyeus.

“I want you to take me and say, ‘I won’t marry anyone else but this woman.’”

“Hmm, and?”

“Since I’m a commoner, surely they’ll oppose me. If I persistently refuse to break up, wouldn’t you give me an envelope to leave?”

“And then you’ll take the envelope and leave?”

“Yes. Then, you, Your Grace, will be protected after saying, ‘Didn’t I say I wouldn’t marry anyone but that woman?’”

The Duke no longer has to endure naggings telling him to marry, and he would be able to afford his grandmother’s medical expenses.

Airi thought it was a perfect plan. But then…

“All my recovery is thanks to you. I’ll repay this favor for sure.”

Even the dowager duchess who was bedridden for the whole 360 days a year due to illness.

“Airi, let’s draw and play together today too!”

Even the young lady who was so shy that she wouldn’t easily give her company to others.

“I will pledge allegiance to the future Duchess.”

“Future Duchess, please call me Grandpa once. You don’t need to be embarrassed. Come on.”

Even to the closest relatives of the duke’s family, the heads of the senior families.

“Fine, I concede. Let’s proceed with the engagement first.”

Even the dowager duchess, in the end, supports this marriage?

“Something terrible happened, Your Grace! We might actually end up getting married!”

“We can’t help it. Let’s start with the engagement.”

“What? How will we fix this mess?”

“Just trust me. Engagements are easier to break than marriages anyway.”

Can I really trust him? Can we really break off the engagement?

I just wanted to receive the envelope! <<less

One day, after suddenly falling into the monster’s forest.... more>>

It’s been about two years since I befriended the monster and do something similar to a survival show.

After coincidentally saving an injured man, I realized that he was the villain from the novel I read.

So, the novel I read must have been the original story of a fantasy genre.

Therefore, from today, I am the protagonist!

With this, I’ll prevent the villain’s downfall ending,

And as for the villain’s sub-male lead son who falls for the original female lead and have the harem ending, let’s just snatch him right away!

***

The villain Grand Duke was raging with even deeper red eyes due to a curse.

Leciel shouted out a secret move she had become familiar with in order to calm the villain’s rage.

“Father! Pull yourself together!”

At that moment, the villain’s rage subsided.

Who would have known?

The key to calming the villain down was calling him ‘Father’. <<less

Somehow, I found myself reincarnated as an extra from a reverse harem novel. Although a peasant girl, my family was relatively well-off thanks to my mother working as a nanny for some kind noblemen. ... more>>

There’s just one problem: I’m destined to be the final boss, the queen of snakes who puts the entire empire at risk.

The autumn my mother passed away was the same year the empire fell into chaos. The noblemen my mother served imprisoned me with the children of the Duke, hiding us away in secret part of the mansion.

The details of our 700 days of imprisonment are absent from the novel, so I’ve no choice but to survive by my own wits. My little villains and I, together as one. <<less