"That summer is one I'll never forget."... more>>

Maidens living in despair and their tale of sweet death and rebirth.

A long-awaited reprint of a youth mystery novel and renowned as a masterpiece of Yuri fiction from Fujimi Mystery Bunko.

A deserted station platform.

Sugar Plums. A sunflower field.

And an abandoned train car.

These four things pull me back to my memory of a mysterious girl.

Ligaya.

Thinking about it now… It was from then on that my summer truly began.

The local train line where she was supposed to commit su*cide was decomissioned, rendering the life-insurance su*cide plan of Misachi Ariga (a middle school second-year student with irregular periods and a taste disorder) futile.

While at a loss on what to do, she meets an older girl whose name means "Happiness" in Tagalog.

A girl named Ligaya.

“I’m going to revive this fella as the Ghost Train!”

The enigmatic girl vowed to revive the abandoned train and grant "Death" to the suicidal Misachi.

The unforgettable summer of Misachi and Ligaya begins. <<less

One day, I realized that I had been reincarnated as a minor villain in a novel. I was destined to be used to achieve the heroine Giselle’s happy ending and then die. To escape this fate, I prepared to leave everything behind and run away.... more>>

“Tell me, why are you afraid of me?”

In the original story, the Crown Prince, who used to look at me as if I were an insect, suddenly started showing interest in me.

“…I couldn’t stop thinking about you while in my estate.”

My childhood friend, who had rejected my confession, kept lingering around.

“I won’t stand by and watch you put yourself in danger.”

Even at the guild, where I went to arrange my escape, people started paying me excessive attention.

***

“Only wizards can set foot in this place.”

“What are you talking about…?”

Before leaving everything behind, I wanted to confirm that I had a life of my own, unrelated to the original story. So, I visited the guild to find a childhood friend I had lost touch with. Unexpectedly, I discovered a power that was never even mentioned in the original story.

All I wanted was to leave this place and live a peaceful life with my maid…

“I want you to heal my wounds from now on.”

“B-But I’m supposed to be going for recuperation.”

“Ah, right… In that case, you may stay in Erdona.”

Once the Crown Prince found out that I was a wizard, he asked me to stay by his side to heal him.

I could almost hear the sound of my perfect escape plan shattering to pieces. <<less

Asha is a member of a secret organization dedicated to tracking down Yergev, a massive syndicate that’s corrupting the empire from within. Her current mission: infiltrate the academy and gather information on a noble lord suspected of being involved with Yergev.... more>>

As she neared the completion of her mission, she attended a ball with him, only to be cursed. In the middle of the chaos, Sheriff Entesha raided the event, and they came face to face...

***

I asked Entesha for help, and he willingly complied. Up to that point, I thought everything would go smoothly, despite feeling a bit awkward. But amidst the confusion, I happened to notice a mark on the back of his hand. Had I not seen that...

However, with everything that had happened that night, my memory was hazy, and I couldn’t be sure if that mark belonged to Yergev or not. All I had was a lingering sense of unease.

Is he part of Yergev or not? To find out, I approached Entesha. Using the excuse that I had fallen for him at first sight—a reason so ridiculous it was almost laughable.

***

“Sweetheart, let me tell you something. In this world, there are more fools than you could ever imagine. Much worse than you think.”

He brushed my hair aside, cupping both of my cheeks as he spoke. The cold touch of his gloved hands pressed against my skin.

He bent down to meet my eyes, pressing his forehead gently against mine in an act that felt incredibly tender. And when his thumb brushed against my earlobe, he whispered softly:

Ah… sweetheart.

"Don’t you think you might’ve fallen for the wrong fool this time?" <<less

Have you ever thought, about what would happen if that, Instead of Roboute Guilliman, the Primarch of the Ultramarine, that are awakened up from his slumber in the world of 40K, it's instead, a rather normal human from the mundane world.... more>>

And now, instead of the superhuman Primarch with millenia years of experience living in this hellish world, with the bravery benefiting of a Demi God, with mind and will greater than any steel, it's just a random dude.

A random dude who need to face the Tyranids, the mu*der loving Ork, the Eldar, the Necrons Dynasty who are waking up from their sleep, and the destruction loving Chaos Gods and the Chaos Primarch.

After reading that, let me ask you this, Is there any start worst than this? <<less

‘Do not deny the desires of the flesh, and do not fear the corruption of the soul.’... more>>

As the cult ‘Salli,’ which worships red eyes, transforms into a terrorist group, the world descends into chaos. To chase down Salli, the special task force Scarlet Break Unit is formed. Major Shin Hae-Gon successfully captures Wina, the central figure of Salli and the one with the revered red eyes.

However, Wina claims to have betrayed Salli and insists that its collapse is imminent….

* * *

“How can I believe you?”

“I betrayed Salli.”

“Do they let traitors escape so easily?”

“My eyes have the power to do so.”

Bright red eyes clashed fiercely with pitch-black ones. When the blindfold was removed, her eyes seemed purple. Up close, they had a more mature hue. Now, they were pure red, a color that shifted with distance and angle. It was clear that if crushed and splattered, they would be the most beautiful color. <<less

[Good news] : She transmigrated into the well-known Phantom of the Opera... more>>

[Bad news] : It was the horror movie version!

After waking up, Bo Li discovered that she had transmigrated to the 19th century. In the 19th century, smog was severe, tuberculosis was prevalent, and sanitary conditions were bleak. It was possible to step into a pile of manure at any moment.

To make matters worse, she had transmigrated into a crossdressing circus worker.

This was an era where short-haired, pants-wearing women would be harshly judged, so no one doubted her gender. They just thought she was an overly pretty boy.

However, as time went on, she would grow taller, and her feminine features would become more obvious. The circus was a mixed crowd. If she didn’t leave before adulthood, her crossdressing would be exposed sooner or later.

Before leaving, she convinced an ab*sed teenager in the circus to leave with her. She planned on opening a haunted house with him.

***

Author’s Note: Bo Li is mentally 6 years older than Erik, but they’re physically the same age. Bo Li will be a little afraid of Erik at the beginning, but she will soon enjoy his behavior. If the male lead’s every move doesn’t thrill the heroine, then what’s the point? <<less

Brief description: A boy, who had been despised by the villagers for a long time due to his peculiar appearance, is offered as a sacrifice to the mountain god, following the prophecy left by the shaman who raised him. However, the mountain god he finally meets claims to have never issued such a prophecy.... more>>

"…A peculiar guest, indeed."

The boy, who carries the energy of the heavens within him, bears sins that aren't his own, and is surrounded by remnants of ancient sorcery. Wolbaek becomes intrigued by this boy who seems extraordinary in many ways...

"Until all the truths are revealed, you will be treated as my guest."

And so, the boy becomes a guest at Wolbaek’s palace. Wolbaek finds himself continually thinking about the boy, whose dark past weighs heavily on his heart...

One by one, the boy's secrets come to light.

Will he be able to reconnect with his true destiny, which had been severed?

‣ *Preview of the work*

"Who told you that you were ugly?"

Wolbaek, cutting off the boy's nonsensical mutterings, reached out and grasped the boy’s round chin. He applied just enough pressure to make the boy look at him.

"You're nothing but cute. Why belittle yourself?"

"…Pardon?"

Cute? Me? The boy had a dazed expression as if he'd heard something he shouldn’t have. Besides Grandma Cheon, Wolbaek was the first person to ever call him cute.

"If you were a flower, you're still just a sprout, not even fully grown, let alone budding. How could anyone judge your beauty when the flower hasn't even bloomed?"

"A sprout?"

"Yes. Only after fully nurturing it can you know what kind of flower it will become. Whoever said those awful things to you, forget them all from this moment."

Wolbaek spoke firmly, his expression serious. He felt an overwhelming urge to find those who had hurled cruel words at the boy and personally sew their mouths shut. Suppressing his rising anger, Wolbaek moved the hand that had been gripping the boy's chin to playfully brush against his soft lower lip. Then, as he gently tapped the boy’s round nose, he softly stroked his flushed eyelids. <<less

The holographic game “Crimson Earth,” blending cyberpunk with Cthulhu elements, was about to be released.... more>>

Kui Xin’s luck seemed to have taken a turn for the better when she was selected as a closed beta tester for “Crimson Earth.”

However, events spiraled rapidly into the bizarre. She realized that instead of playing a mere holographic game, she had actually been transported to a parallel world that truly exists.

People struggled to survive amidst forests of steel and iron, while authorities raised their glasses in shared revelry under the glow of neon lights.

Consortiums controlled the economic lifelines, while super-intelligent AI monitored every individual’s actions closely.

Extraordinary beings, cyborgs, secret cults, and distortions in humans took center stage in this era…

Upon logging into the game, Kui Xin had an ominous feeling that something significant was about to unfold.

Question: What should you do if you discover your character in the game is a top-priority fugitive from the Federation, currently working undercover within the official Investigation Department?

Answer: The most dangerous place can also be the safest. Act out a scenario where you’re chasing yourself, then seize an opportunity to fake your death and escape.

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Name: Kui Xin

Identity: An undercover agent sent by a rebel organization to infiltrate the Federation's Investigation Department.

Objective: Survive and strive to level up.

After reading the objective, Kui Xin felt it was insufficient.

Being a double-crosser seemed like a dead-end role; merely surviving and focusing on leveling up wasn't thrilling enough for her. She wanted to pull off something grand.

For instance, taking out the boss and usurping their position sounded quite satisfying.

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A standalone sequel of Mimizuku to Yoru no Ou, which is set 5 years after the tale. The story is about a sharp-tongued princess who... more>> gets cursed and loses the ability to speak. Out of a forced wedding, she encounters a prince with abnormal limbs. <<less

Before the original story begins, I reincarnated as a lowly noble burdened with debt. I managed to survive by selling bits of information to an underground guild, but even that has its limits.... more>>

However, as the story is about to start, I know that the villain’s family is looking for a fake contract daughter-in-law to pretend to be pregnant to delay the death declaration of their missing eldest son. If I take on that role for just a few months, I could earn a lot of money.

I was planning to live quietly as a dutiful fake daughter-in-law…

“If you stay here, I’ll give you all of Ekian’s inheritance.”

But the Duke, my father-in-law, likes me too much.

“Why solve everything with money? How about adopting her and remarrying her?”

The Duchess, my mother-in-law, wants to mess up the family registry.

“You did marry my brother, right? You won’t leave if he comes back, right?”

Even my brother-in-law, the villain of the original story, clings to me!

Meanwhile…

“They said after a while, they’ll divorce me and find me a good remarriage prospect personally.”

“…Remarriage? You mean to marry again?”

The head of the information guild, whom I used to sell information to, is acting strangely.

“That husband… he might come back.”

What nonsense is this? According to the original story, the eldest son of the villain’s family remains missing.

***

“E-Ekian? Is that you, Ekian?”

“You… you are back? Really?”

Impossible.

The eldest son of this house is never supposed to return!

“Yes.”

Who is this handsome man confidently walking into the mansion?

“I heard I got married. Where’s my wife?”

What? I suddenly have a super handsome husband! <<less

When he was young, Xiao Yu'an wore a white shirt and rescued a child from a tree.... more>>

The child's hands were sticky with sugar water from the melted peppermint popsicle he’d been eating, and he left a five-fingered imprint on the front of Xiao Yu'an's shirt.

"This is a stamp," the child declared. "It means you're my gege now."

When he was young, Ming Shu had to climb up and up and up in a tall tree in order to see the gege in the neighbors' yard.

He wanted to quickly grow big and tall, so he wouldn't need to climb any more trees. So he would be able to turn around, at any time, and see the gege from the Xiao family.

"You don't need to wait for me," he said. "Let me chase you. Let me make you my guiding light." <<less

On the Third-Year of Kaihuang, as the Great Sui unfolds its curtains to welcome the glorious Tang Dynasty in succession to the Northern Dynasty, Yang Jian established a secret agency, the Jiejian Bureau in preparation to unify the world.... more>>

In a stormy night filled with snow, a convoy of tribute sent by the Kingdom of Khotan was ambushed and massacred with not a living soul left behind. The Second Commander of the Jiejian Bureau, Feng Xiao came forth to investigate the case under Imperial Orders.

A gathering of storms would soon take place in a little city which sat on the frontier, called the City of Six Crafts, where all the top martial powers across the lands would meet.

The ever successful Second Commander Feng meets a dead end when he ran into a Master Daoist with ailing health.

All would be unknown if they had never crossed paths, but once their paths crossed, Second Commander Feng realized this ailing man had more secrets than himself. <<less

Childhood, upbringing, family background, social relations, traumatic experiences…... more>>

We keep reviewing and seeking out the motives of criminals, exploring the subtlest emotions driving them. It’s not to put ourselves in their shoes and sympathize, or even forgive them; it’s not to find some reasons to exculpate their crimes; it’s not to kneel down before the so-called “complexity of human nature”; nor to introspect social conflicts, much less to alienate ourselves into monsters.

We just want to have a fair trial – for ourselves and for those who still have hope for the world. <<less

Chaos had risen, signifying that the next generation of the Demon King was about to be reborn.... more>>

In what seemed like another usual attack from demons, Nemo Light was heading towards a shelter when he ran into Oliver Ramon, who was heading back to town to find his father, being chased by a demon. In the process of saving him, he inadvertently formed a contract with it.

As they returned to town, they found it ablaze, and while trying to figure out why, they were wrongly accused of being demon worshippers and were hunted down by the church.

With no options left, they set about becoming mercenaries to survive while slowly discovering that their ordinary lives may not be so ordinary.

Thus began the adventure of a gentle knight and an unwilling mage. <<less

King Ji Yue of Qin is the tyrant that all seven kingdoms are frightened of, yet there is one person, delicate and weak, with a pretty visage, that dares to be domineering in front of him. The young king looked down at beautiful youth and the cold dagger that was on his neck. ... more>>

In a cold voice he asked, “Wei Lian, you wish to revolt?”

Wei Lian smiled, and l**ked his lips: “If you are good to me, then I will serve the king. If you are not good to me, then I will kill the king.” <<less

The Genius Wizard of the Magic Tower Bound by Limits, Verden.... more>>

Despite having a brilliant mind, his innate magical power was insignificant.

He was betrayed by someone he trusted, who stole his thesis, and he ended up as an experimental subject in the Magic Tower.

In the face of power stronger than his own, his genius mind alone could do nothing.

"So, I must become stronger."

For revenge and survival.

He tenaciously endured and endured again, establishing a new theoretical system to defy his nature.

And finally, he completed an unprecedented, groundbreaking theory in history.

Tomorrow, I will break the limits. <<less

In the previous life, Wen Yu forcefully kissed Ji Anning, and she slapped him hard enough to make his mouth bleed.... more>>

“You… don’t f^cking believe that I really like you, do you?” He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his thumb.

“Your so-called liking is nothing more than being attracted to my looks,” the impoverished student Ji Anning coldly replied.

Later, Ji Anning’s soul drifted and saw the true feelings of the wealthy man who had been pestering her all along. He stood on the rooftop, gazing at the dark night, and whispered, “I have avenged you.”

With a single thought, Ji Anning is reborn to her first year of college. At this time, she hasn’t died yet, and his hands hasn’t been stained with blood for her.

“Ji Anning, don’t even think about escaping from my grasp,” he released her lips and held her jaw viciously.

“What do you like about me? Isn’t it just being attracted to my looks?” Ji Anning smiled slightly, tiptoed, and kissed Wen Yu’s thin and sexy lips.

When I first saw you in the crowd, I saw you inside my heart. I want to shelter you from the wind and rain and hold you in my arms.

[At first glance, it’s you. You’re everything to me, in life and death.]
***

In her previous life, the impoverished girl Ji Anning was pursued relentlessly by a wealthy second-generation man named Wen Yu, whom she found annoying. Later, she was forced and coerced into falling to her death, and her soul drifted in the world. However, she saw Wen Yu, who killed her mu*derer with his own hands and went to jail because of it. Ji Anning was reborn and devoted herself to protecting Wen Yu’s peaceful life. The once violent and paranoid Wen Yu showed Ji Anning a different kind of tenderness. <<less

In the second year of our parents’ divorce, I ran away with my Ge.... more>>

Originally, Mum took Ge with her and threw me to Dad.

Now, my household registration record only has two pages. The head of the household is my Ge, and the other page is mine. <<less

Huan Xiu transmigrated to the Zerg planet and decided to start his new life.... more>>

He happened to hear that a cub near the college had been bullied. It seemed that the reason was that the ‘female’ father of the cub was injured in the war and retreated to the rear line and now his future was hopeless. For various reasons, the cub was brutally expelled from the school.

As a sensational gossip, Huan Xiu didn’t think that the other party was the man who helped him when he first came to the world – and he was recommended to be his ‘female’ concubine under the malicious arrangement of others. <<less

After losing his leg as a startup adventurer, he retired to his hometown in the countryside. Doing things such as collecting medicinal herbs, exterminating magic beasts and wild beasts, and helping with the villagers’ farm work, it’s hard to decide whether to call our protagonist an adventurer or a handyman. And while doing these things his age quickly approached thirty.... more>>

One day while searching the mountains for herbs, he discovered an abandoned child. Thinking that he couldn’t just leave it, he took it home and raised it until his age approached forty.

His now grown-up daughter had also wanted to become an adventurer, likely from growing up watching her father. Although her father had taught her the sword since she was young for self-defense, her talent at it was quite impressive. Thinking that it would be better for her not to be stuck out in the country for the rest of her life, our protagonist sent her to the adventurers’ guild in the Capital.

His daughter officially became an adventurer.

After another five years, the protagonist, now in his forties, is still acting as a pseudo-adventurer in the countryside. However his daughter is now a distinguished S Class adventurer but hasn’t returned home once yet…

“Just when will I get to see Daddy again…!?” <<less

Song Ran is an illustrator for children’s books. He has pastel arts, a pastel personality, and a pastel life. One day, he met four-years-old Bubu.... more>> Bubu and his father, who has an A+ for success, wealth, and looks, but an F- for childcare, stumble into Song Ran’s world just like that. When fairy tales meet a lonely child, when warm-toned 8012A meets cool-toned 8012B; this is a story about family and love. <<less

He was treated harshly by his environment, and no one was ever nice to him. But as long as there was such a person, a corner of the curtain would be opened for the person in the cage. Then, a person like him would also find the light. This was an animal’s instinct, a desire to survive.... more>>

Su Beimo was a beam of light, opening the door of the ‘prison’.

It was him who saved Liao Nanqing, who had been living with an inferiority complex. <<less

Lin Yuxing is mistaken for the love interest of Gu Zhongyi, a popular heartthrob. Gu Zhongyi then hires Lin Yuxing as his shield and treats him specially. Lin Yuxing develops feelings for Gu Zhongyi but believes it is one-sided. However, Gu Zhongyi has loved him for many years. Gu Zhongyi reveals he is from the future and both he and Lin Yuxing have been reborn.... more>>

... Due to a series of misunderstandings, Lin Yuxing, a poor student, is mistakenly identified as the love interest of the aloof campus heartthrob, Gu Zhongyi.

Lin Yuxing: Please stop spreading rumors and don't interfere with my part-time job.

Gu Zhongyi: I have too many pursuers, and I happen to need a shield. The monthly salary can be negotiated.

Lin Yuxing: Hello, Senior Gu, I am the best shield you can have!

In front of the seemingly unapproachable Gu Zhongyi, Lin Yuxing receives special treatment.

Unfortunately, the mutually beneficial arrangement doesn't last long as Lin Yuxing unluckily realizes that he seems to have developed feelings for Gu Zhongyi. Thinking that it's only one-sided, Lin Yuxing, who considers himself imperfect, hesitates to express his feelings. Little does he know that Gu Zhongyi has loved him for many years, and everything was planned in advance. <<less

Lu Shang picked up a dirty teenager while discussing work at a bar. It was merely happenstance, but memories from ten years ago resurfaced when he saw the gunshot scars on the teenager’s back.... more>>

Lu Shang asked him, “What is your name?”

“Xiao Li… My surname is Li, so they all called me Xiao Li.”

“You don’t have a name?”

“I don’t remember.”

Lu Shang said, “Then I will call you Li Sui. From now on, you will be with me.”

From that day onward, a young “lover” was always by Lu Shang’s side.

Years later, Dr. Leung teased Lu Shang, “You didn’t get his heart, instead your heart caved in; boss Lu, that doesn’t seem like a bargain.” <<less

An internet troll who wanted attention, the reader criticized his favorite web novel, saying: “The protagonist is dumb and the author is s*upid.”... more>>

Author: “…Got it.”

Unfortunately for him, the author actually listened to his (troll) feedback. The formerly lighthearted tale of a cute harem master suddenly became super dark and edgy. The reader could only helplessly look on as the protagonist was ab*sed and betrayed, finally embarking on the road to becoming completely evil. Everything was a mess!

After that the reader transmigrated into a strange world. How come the person in front of him looks like the protagonist (evil undead version)? Just what is going on?!

Note: Du Zhe (读者 meaning Reader) and Du Ze (杜泽 the character’s name) sound almost the same <<less