The genius sorcerer of the Riyat Empire, Ashin Judin.... more>>

After a long war, she was casually enjoying a nap when the emperor issued an order.

“Now that the war is over, you have nothing else to do. Get married.”

The other person was someone Ashin knew well.

Commander-in-Chief, Leotard Van Mur, whom she had clashed with on even the tiniest things during the war.

‘Even though it’s a political marriage, is it fine to get married like this? It seems like it would be better to run away for now.’

However, Leotard, having made a deal with the emperor, had no intention of letting Ashin go…

“Whether you want it or not, running away isn’t an option.”

“We both don’t want it, so why should we go this far?”

“As long as you fulfill your marital duties, I wouldn’t ask for anything else. Not a child, not you.”

Ashin believed that they could maintain their married life without seeing each other for at least three years, but is that true?

‘Wait, merely fulfilling my duties is enough? If it’s about marital duties…’ <<less

Nadia Ingram was a Duke’s daughter who just wanted to be loved. At the behest of her family, she entered an arranged marriage with the arrogant and self-indulgent Marquis Edwin R. Elantz.... more>>

However, as she was trying to come to terms with her new life as a married woman, she somehow reunited with her ex-lover, Asheel Khurshid, who was Edwin’s knight.

This marriage, which she had wanted to be peaceful and uneventful, grew turbulent in the presence of the two men in her life.

* * *

“Don’t tell me you just got back from rolling around in bed with some other bastard? You smell like c*m.”

“…Th-that isn’t the case at all!”

Inside her dress, Asheel’s fluids trickled down to her knees, but Nadia still firmly denied it. She almost broke out in cold sweat as she pretended that nothing was amiss.

It was a relief that she was good at controlling her expressions, but she continued to avoid the persistent gaze directed at her, hoping that he would just drop the subject and let it go.

“Then, is it mine?”

He drew close to whisper into her ear, dirty words leaving his languid tongue as he teased her with a hint of sadistic glee.

“You must have had fun until early morning, hm? It’d be nice if you could make sure to handle it properly so we won’t need to worry about any illegitimate children. How are you doing now, is it leaking out?”

Nadia felt the blood drain from her face.

—

▸ Edwin R. Elantz – the most powerful man in the Empire; surrounded by many bad rumors after gaining the trust of the Emperor; would do however as he pleased; an apathetic-looking eye candy who actually has a twisted personality; uses his eloquence well

▸ Asheel Khurshid – a commoner knight; with his skills alone, he managed to rise to the position of deputy commander of the best knight order in the Empire; quiet and calm; rarely loses his temper, but he definitely would if someone pushed his buttons

▸ Nadia Ingram – hails from a ducal family on the verge of bankruptcy; suffered from a childhood devoid of warmth and affection; unlike how she appears while pretending to be arrogant, truthfully she’s naive and vulnerable

▸ “I’m a greedy man. I have no plans of sharing you at all. That’s why… you’d better consider your actions very carefully.” <<less

The butler, Raymond, who used the witch for his family.... more>>

The friend, Pel, who betrayed the witch for freedom.

The fiancé, Glenn, who deceived the witch for his lover.

None of them regretted it.

Thus, the witch, Leticia...

"Regression, you say. And at such a time."

When she returned to a time where she could not avoid death and faced her enemies, she made a firm decision.

If Leticia had to die anyway, she would make them regret killing her.

Even if she had to act to do so.

"Then you must live, Master. Live, split my heart in your hand, and laugh at me."

But why?

"It seems you still don't know, Leti. Without you, there is no me."

Why do you look at me like that?

"Do as you wish, young lady. Be it life or death. I will follow."

Leticia looked at those who would give everything to save just her.

Those who crumbled at her feet, regretting, even though she hadn't died yet.

There was affection there that no one had ever given her.

Of all places, there. <<less

Kaon Ferdinand, the second son of a prestigious family of knights is betrothed to Alessia Ingelos, a mage from the family who has been their enemy for generations.... more>>

“You never know, maybe the young lady of Ingelos is so beautiful that you’ll fall for her at first sight.”

“To the lady of Ingelos? Me? Don’t be ridiculous.”

Kaon scoffs at the idea, but when he finally meets Alessia, she turns out to be his ideal type.

“I know it’s a bit late, but would you like to dance with me?”

“It would be my honor.”

Contrary to his initial plans to just play it cool, Kaon finds himself genuinely drawn to her.

“Are you really not a mage?” Then, “Aren’t you just deceiving me, no…all of us?”

He dreamed a lot; however, everything turned out to be a lie.

To uncover Alessia's secret, he would also have to reveal his own, which he had been hiding until now.

“Will you take care of me in the future, Kaon?”

So begins his awkward cohabitation with Alessia, his first love, who turned out to be a deceiver. <<less

She wrote a letter there, at an antique storage box of books that I got by a mere chance, and a reply came back.... more>>

From the handsome playboy Prince, Archie Albert , the pathetic supporting character in “The Princess and the Knight,”

Cordelia had a dream that she had a conversation with the main character in the novel.

Prince Archie desperately needs the advice of Cordelia, who knows the future of his world.

The letters they send and receive through the storage box of books continue without knowing that they are staying up late at summer nights..….

To Archie,

Have you ever done that?

I was walking with someone, and there was a flower blooming on the road.

So you did it with that man?

To the low-life Archie,

You are really indecent, Prince.

I am afraid that I am a ‘woman’ who thinks too much about sleeping with a man whom I met for the first time.

Sleeping? I was talking about kissing.

Oh, kiss? <<less

Hundreds of years ago, in the heart of the city, a gate appeared. In a world where neither animals nor humans existed, ferocious organic beings called “creatures” emerged. After an accident, S-class guide Sawol, who became a half-creature, half-human ‘creman’, hides this fact and continues to live.... more>>

“Sawol, listen to me when I’m speaking nicely. I don’t want to threaten you either.”

“What you’re doing is already a threat.”

“Please, just keep your mouth shut if you find out.”

Instead of protecting her secret, Esper Yugeon, who demands to be paired with her, has a reason for Sawol to avoid him. As a creman, she needs to periodically feed on blood, and Yugeon’s scent is too sweet to resist. Eventually, in order to keep her secret, she decides to be a pair with Yugeon.

“I’ve seen you as a woman for quite some time now.”

“But back then…”

“Back then, I thought I shouldn’t get closer to you.”

Hangyul, Her first love, which she once distanced herself from, begins to approach. He was Yugeon’s older brother. Strangely, as they decide to work together to protect her secret, an incident occurs where only guides are targeted, and strange things start happening around Sawol.

Will Sawol be able to keep her secret until the end? <<less

A bright future was guaranteed to her.
But only if she could graduate.... more>>

Ariel is a mischievous kid from Fitzsimmons Academy, who enjoys a daily life full of pranks, magic, or both. With no intention of studying, her only goal is to graduate and inherit her parents' merchant guild.

The graduation banquet finally arrived.

While looking at the mess caused by the prank of her childhood friend Kyle, who is a formidable troublemaker, Rosemary, the "Princess of the Student Council" who was taking control of the cool boys in the academy, suddenly appears and pours out inexplicable resentments.

“Is it a bug? The difficulty couldn't be this high. Kyle Villard is just a sub-character!”

Bug? Sub character? What the hell are you talking about? Her vision went dark.

When she opened her eyes, she was back to her life nine months ago.

5th grade started again, but Ariel's daily life, for someone who only wanted to graduate, began to change little by little. <<less

"You're quite fearless."... more>>

His voice was soft.

"Do you feel safe because I said I won't lay a finger on you? You're not just trying to see how far I can endure, right?"

The moment she lifted her head to look at him, she felt something drop in her chest. Sunwoo took a step back. His pupils were calm, but they were as restless as the heat flowing from his body.

"Don't cross the line."

He said and gave a slight smile. That smile was perfectly affectionate, so it felt rather contrived. Goosebumps rose from her arm.

"What happens if I cross it?"

"I might swallow you up." <<less

Christine was an elite member of a guild who had excellent commissioning skills, but she couldn’t break the curse that caused abnormalities in her body. She suffered her whole life and was only exploited by the guild she worked for.... more>>

She infiltrated the Black Fang Guild, which was said to be full of people who inherited the blood of beasts, to retrieve the jewels that would relieve the pain caused by the curse, but she lost her life when the internal injuries she had suffered went beyond her limit.

But what was happening?

When she opened her eyes, she had returned to a time when she was relatively healthy.

In addition, the pain caused by the curse had surely subsided the moment she touched the gorgeous man who held her when she fell.

‘I might be able to break my curse if I approach that man.’

Christine deliberately approached him to find a clue to lift her curse, and succeeded in seducing him.

“I said I wouldn't hurt you, but you're not cooperating.”

“Ah…”

However… She had no idea that the man she spent the night with was the hidden power of the Black Fang Guild.

***

Christine regretted bringing up the spy conversation.

She knew how cruel the Black Fang Guild was to those who tried to harness their power.

As expected, Edgar’s eyes shone coldly when she mentioned the spy.

“If I find a spy… I’ll kill them.”

“…”

But for some reason, he looked at her frightened lips and added something he wouldn’t normally say.

“If the spy is pretty, I might let it go.” <<less

Liese has settled in a strange city with the stigma of being a fallen noble.
Desperate to make ends meet, she visits a duke's estate to find work as a maid.
The man she encounters is none other than the blonde officer she spotted by the lake.... more>>

"Lift up your skirt. Don't make me tell you twice."

The relationship that began as a misunderstanding was terrible. Marcus starts groping Liese and humiliating her.

"I thought you'd run away, but you crawled back. You're made for servitude, aren't you?"
"I'd do anything for my family."
"Does this mean I can test you to see how far you can go with that body?"

Liese is determined to make it until summer, but one day, an unexpected crisis strikes.
Marcus, who has extended a helping hand as if he had been waiting, offers a deal.
She'll pose as his lover this social season.

"I need a woman, a woman who is nothing more than a facade."

The two embark on a flirtatious relationship, but as the days go by, they can't tell if their desire to kiss each other is an act or the truth.
Unlike Liese, who can't seem to get her act together, Marcus harbors a desire so twisted it's almost unbearable… <<less

Someone was licking down her neck.... more>>

It must be part of a dream… a very vivid one. Electrical impulses sprung up through the blood vessels of her body.

“It’s you who planned tonight, but you’re treating me as if I’m the unscrupulous one.”

“What the hell?!”

I had to give up saying any more words. It was strangely stimulating.

It was like she was wearing someone else’s body and not her own. Her gaze stopped on the snake-shaped tattoo on his forearm.

“Um, maybe… Of course not… You’re not Red Ross, the Duke of Vermont, are you?”

“What answer do you want to hear? Do you mean you want to erase the night you spend with me from your mind?”

Red Ross, the Duke of Vermont, married Berlin of the Aphrin family. She was a villain who died a year after doing all kinds of evil, without ever being loved.

War, famine, raids by demons, natural disasters… A list of misfortunes that she had described for fun at random came to mind.

“I’ll leave in a year. I’m a different person now.”

It was unfair, but since the novel was written by me, I tried to change it somehow. But the original male lead is now obsessed with me? <<less

The Verdier family, who owns a small estate in the southwest of the Swanton Kingdom, which has regained peace after the war, is experiencing serious financial difficulties. The Viscount doesn't has a son and Alice, the beautiful daughter of the family, seems to have no way to save her family other than to welcome a splendid groom in this social season.... more>>

The eldest daughter, Chloe Verdier, with her injured leg, is also struggling to get her sister married and while doing so she finds herself vulnerable to the Duke Damien Ernst von Tisse, with whom she reunited at a ball on a summer night. The bad relationship with the duke, whom she had an unpleasant first meeting, during the war three years ago, was still ongoing.

Meanwhile, Alice has an irreversible accident, and in the end Chloe goes to the arrogant young duke to save her family and tries the biggest gamble of her life.... <<less

"Eyes filled with pure, unconditional trust. You usually only see that in beasts, don’t you think so, Miss Rian?"... more>>

The name Rian felt unfamiliar. Though she had lived just as many years as Rian as she had as Jiah, the name still felt like it belonged to someone else.

“You must have mistaken me for someone else.”

She brushed it off with a reply she’d given countless times before. Like a machine, she repeated the same line. Jiah had no intention of becoming entangled in his life ever again.

“I never said it was a person.”

“...Pardon?”

When she furrowed her brows slightly, Tristan’s lips curled into a smile right before her eyes. She thought she had walked straight into a wordplay trap.

“I lost the beast I once raised. I thought you might be able to find it.”

She couldn’t tell if he was joking or being serious. Jiah didn’t answer right away this time. She took a moment to choose her words carefully.

“I’ve never raised an animal before.”

She had never raised one, never lost one, and never tried to find one either.

“Let’s find out. I believe someone like you could, Miss Rian.”

The certainty that he would never know the truth wavered slightly. <<less

Elysia lived in the shadow of a noble name, her once bright future now tarnished by the harsh hand of her husband, Dominic. For eight years, she endured a life of quiet suffering. But then came Enoch, a man whose words cut through the murk of her existence like a blade. His touch, firm and unexpected, stirred something in her.... more>>

“I don’t know what I’d do if I end up embracing you,” he said, his voice a low, dark promise. “Will you allow me to seduce you? It would very much please me.”

In the midst of her desolation, Elysia found a glimmer of something she had forgotten. Her world seemed to spin when she met Killian, a man who saw beyond her bruises. “The trade is equivalent to an exchange,” she said, her voice a whisper.

Killian, with a gaze that could see through lies, offered her a choice.

“Then take out what you have. I don’t know what it is, but it should be attractive enough. I don’t like cheap deals.”

Elysia, in her pain, shed her past like an old coat.

Killian’s eyes softened as he looked at her, his voice barely a murmur. “Do I look that frightening to you that I would not hold a battered woman? You’re beautiful, you know. Cherish yourself more. It is what you deserve. It is what you are owed.” <<less

Judith was a war orphan from a defeated country who concealed her identity and fled to the neutral Federal State of Baja. She has an anonymous sponsor, but doesn't know their name, age, or appearance.... more>>

On one summer day, five years after she sent her letter of gratitude to her anonymous sponsor, she received a letter from him.

“Miss Judith, how about spending this summer at the Curtis mansion in Waltz?”

Waltz, the capital of Baja, from where the letter was sent, Judith’s heart bloomed with happiness by receiving a letter from her sponsor. She was amazed to see the skyscrapers and the assortment of newspapers found in the metropolitan city, things she had never seen before.

“Don’t trust the person who is your supporter too much, exiled girl.”

As soon as Judith steps off the train, she get entangled with a notorious gangster.

“I didn’t know there were guests. That said, a lady too.”

At the sponsor’s mansion, which she had finally arrived, there was a suspicious person occupying the house instead of her sponsor.

“I don’t share what comes into my hands with others.”

And the real owner of the mansion who had returned after a while.

In the hot midsummer, a strange atmosphere spreads around her and the three men.

Questions begin to gradually multiply.

“Have you ever found it strange? About the things you erased from your memory?”

Of the three men who each have secrets, a nobleman from a foreign country, a successful businessman in the military business, and the boss of a second-rate gang, who is her true sponsor? <<less

‘Open your eyes, Eden. Please…! Please!’... more>>

There was a heated voice coming from far away. Have I really died? The more the torturous pleasure grew, the more my mind drifted away. Without realizing it, Hye-mi embraced the man’s back which was soaking with sweat.

***

Hye-mi woke up as Eddert of the Klawe Empire.
Everyone said she was Her Imperial Majesty, the Emperor.
And beyond death, she was even reunited with her former lover, Walter.

“You are destined to become Emperor of Klawe, Eddert.” <<less

"Do you want your passport back?"... more>>

He stared straight at her eyes that were clearly shining under her short bangs.

"…Give it back."

"Then you will have to work hard for it."

While she was chewing the meat in her mouth hard, the next piece of meat came into her mouth right after. Avoiding it was not as simple because she thought the fork would become a weapon in this man's hand.

The meat that she barely chewed and fell over her neck in chunks.

"What should I do to get it back?”

"While growing up, did no adults tell you this? You can't just say what you want, so don't say it like that."

A large chunk of meat could not fall over and felt stuck somewhere in her throat. Sarin clenched her fist and tapped her chest.

"Hmm…"

"Well, if you'd just spent that money on laundry, we wouldn't have had a chance to face each other like this. Don't you think so?"

It was a simple favour until the money was received, and then it was malice. Owen's interest borders on malice. His golden eyes glistened. It looked like a completely crazy look, it gave her goosebumps from the inside of her wrist.

"…My flight is just around the corner. I have to go back."

Not interested in feeding anymore, he laid down his fork carelessly. She could hear the sound of metal hitting the plate.

"That's your situation."

Word is that her situation is not over yet. <<less

※ This book contains some depictions of noncon/dubcon and explicit language. Reader discretion is adviced.... more>>

Sia, who always lamented, ‘Why am I the only one without a cat?’, ended up chasing after a stray cat—only to be transported to another dimension.

The place she arrived in was the Pelles Empire, the land of cat werebeasts.

Though she was initially frightened after being dropped into an unfamiliar world, that fear quickly faded as she basked in what felt like a paradise for cat lovers.

Then, she encountered a strikingly beautiful black-maned male cat…

***

She looked down at the cat nestled quietly in her arms, gazing back at her. She had seen many cats since arriving here, but this was the first time she had encountered one with heterochromatic eyes.

“Black fur and odd eyes? Oh, you’re just too charming.”

Sia sat down on a nearby chair and lifted the cat in her arms to meet his gaze. Staring blankly at the strikingly handsome feline face, she couldn’t help herself and kissed him.

Nox’s gold and blue eyes widened in utter disbelief.

“Hehe, I didn’t mean to! You’re just so handsome that I kissed you without thinking!”

He had been too stunned to react properly for a while now. He was experiencing more new things in a single day than he had in his entire life.

“If I could be the butler of a cat as handsome as you, I’d gladly spend my entire salary on you. Please, will you live with me?”

Just like she had always done with stray cats, Sia asked for his permission as if making a marriage proposal.

However, she failed to notice something—the cat’s tail had stiffened straight up.

Sia had no idea.

She didn’t know that all the cats she had encountered in this world were actually cat werebeasts who could shift into animal form.

She didn’t know anything about the ruthless wild instincts that lurked beneath their cute exteriors.

Caught off guard by her words, Nox let himself get swept up in an emotion he couldn’t name, and closed his eyes.

It was a complex feeling, but the decision was simple.

Nox answered with a long, drawn-out meow.

He would allow it.

Yes. He would be with her. <<less

“What are you thinking about?”... more>>

“I’m thinking about a guy.”

KyungHyun stopped in the middle of a deep kiss and sighed. His lips began to form a smile, but his fierce glare said otherwise. Possessiveness and jealousy spread across his sculpted face.

“Will you tell me his name?”

His easygoing and languid voice reached her ears.

“Why?”

“So that I can shoot him down.” <<less

Crown Princess Shim Seo-hye is confined to the cold palace after her family is charged with treason while Crown Prince Lee Yeon is away at war. After being locked in the palace, she begins to have vivid, surreal dreams that seem incredibly lifelike. Another dream, she muses, these dreams always trouble me. In these dreams, Crown Prince Lee Yeon has become a fair but cold emperor, and she becomes the emperor's "child," despite being once his wife.... more>>

In her dreams, Seo-hye lives as a twelve-year-old princess, experiencing a future that reflects what might come to pass. Events unfolding in the real world start to affect the reality within her dreams. Caught in the relentless and unpredictable schemes of palace intrigue, Seo-hye holds onto her love for Crown Prince Lee Yeon, navigating her fate through the tangled worlds of dream and reality.

The story is complemented by illustrations created by Noksi. <<less

Sin Woo-hyun – The third head of a syndicate, living his life through inertia. He visits the older sister of the man who drove his younger sister to her death and meets Yoo-hwa there.... more>>

Kim Yoo-hwa – A life full of wounds. She meets Woo-hyun while in deep loneliness and loves him.

Even if it’s not love,

Even if you don’t mean it,

It’s all right.

Because it’s you.

Because you were affectionate to me, who was hungry for affection. <<less

It was in the middle of the night that the woman who would be the Duchess came to see me.... more>>

She said my father and mother died, and my kind uncle became king.

She said it's not worth it for me, the crown prince, to be living in hiding, too.

"A while ago, Your Highness had been hiding from me. With all due respect, is that for the sake of survival? Just because your parents died doesn't mean you have no reason to survive. Actually, that fact alone made it all the more reason why you should live. If you die now..."

If I died now?

When I asked her while looking at her eyes, the woman eventually brought out the harsh truth with empathetic eyes.

"It's like a dog's death.”

"That's rude....”

It's been a long time since I said that. In a short while, he has been treated as a madman and beaten to death just by saying similar things. She loosened her arms that held me and I suddenly stiffened up due to it. Because I thought she might have loosened her arm to hit me. But she didn't.

She knelt down with one knee in front of me, just like a knight.

"Hastred's Sarian raised her salutations. May you accept it gladly.”

My first knight is beautiful and kind.

"Are you on my side?”

"Yes, Your Highness.”

It was all a lie. <<less

Vanessa’s inheritance, upon the death of her parents, was a mountain of debt and an arranged marriage. Her greedy uncle had eagerly sold her off to be the aging Count’s latest bride. To break the engagement, she needed a scandal. A truly dreadful, utterly ruinous scandal.... more>>

***

“Vanessa.”

“….”

“Is life so tedious?” he drawled, incredulous. “That you’d waste it entangled with the likes of me?” <<less

Deertes, the descendant of a forest fairy and the noblest being of Ramedes.... more>>

The family’s honor was shattered by the crime of conspiracy. Even the life of the youngest brother was in great danger.

The only condition to pardon and save the family? Go to Bernst, a city in Saul, and marry the governor there.

Promising to become the governor’s bride, she boarded the ship headed to Saul. But before she could reach Bernst, the ship was attacked and Deertes’ life was put in danger.

The one who saved her was none other than Lachlan.

In another city of Saul, he was the Governor of Endeavour and was a man who shares a terrible relationship with Bernst.

However, the relief she felt upon being saved was short-lived, and to survive, Deertes must accept his terms.

“So make a vow. You shall be mine until the end of your life.”

This tenacious and coercive condition. <<less

The first man she ever loved in her life was taken from her by her half-sister.... more>>

So she took the older brother of her first lover as her own.

Emperor Achilleon, the man who brought an entire continent to its knees knelt at her feet.

It was Hazel who made him beg for love.

“Tell me, what does my Empress want?”

She was able to get whatever she wanted.

Except for one thing: her first love.

On the night of the hunting festival, when she was beautifully decorated and invited.

The emperor offered her his most coveted prey.

“What do you think? Isn’t this much gentler?”

“Ah, Your Majesty.”

“I’m a husband who will let my wife have everything she desires.”

Caught up in her ‘sweet’ husband’s cruel plans for revenge, Hazel faced her last chance to undo everything, however…

“I found it.”

The emperor’s blue eyes shone only on her. <<less