The S-Class guilds, High Tower and Ghost Eye, are notorious archrivals, having battled for years in the Alliance’s dungeon crystal ore market.... more>>

High Tower’s little young master, Lance, is a black lotus—calculating and ruthless beneath a harmless, sickly exterior.

Ghost Eye’s eldest young master, Zhan Pingchuan, is a classic “white cut black”—outwardly lazy and nonchalant, inwardly sharp and unfathomable.

Both conceal their identities to enroll in Star University, only to be assigned as roommates. Their pheromone compatibility? 100%. They share a kiss on day one.

Lance’s father: “Use your break to go undercover next door. Know your enemy, know yourself, and you’ll never lose.”

Zhan’s father: “Hide your identity, head across the hall, and get the lay of the land.”

After a night of tasting the marrow and knowing the flavor, Zhan Pingchuan strokes Lance’s delicate back and messages HR: “My wife, Lance, comes from a humble background and is frail. Take care of him, don’t let him suffer.”

The next morning, Lance tucks Zhan Pingchuan in and calls his sister: “My boyfriend, Zhan Pingchuan, is strong but sloppy. Give him a top salary so he has money to date me.”

Soon, the two great guilds are set to negotiate. Rumor has it, the heirs will attend.

Hundreds of media outlets wait with bated breath.

On the fateful day, the two heirs meet at the negotiation table. Tension crackles, war is about to erupt.

After a long silence, Lance moves.

Face icy, about to sit, when Zhan Pingchuan suddenly commands, “Don’t move!”

Zhan’s father: My son has a powerful aura!

Zhan Pingchuan strides over, unbuttons his bespoke suit worth over 100,000 credits, and tosses it—under Lance’s chair.

Zhan Pingchuan: “You’re just going to sit on such a hard chair without checking?”

Lance: “……”

Both fathers: “?”

#Two scheming bigshots acting passionately for each other#

【Black Lotus Shou × White Cut Black Gong】

Linked work completed: “The Sickly Beauty Gives Up Struggling [Rebirth] ”

Theme: Everyone is born with their own worth. <<less

A magical girl who uses hope as her strength.... more>>

She became a monster girl who took advantage of the despair of those magical girls.

But somehow, everyone knows me. <<less

Humanity’s home is no longer Earth. Intersellar travel is now a common occurence, and technology has replaced blood and flesh. ... more>>

Luka, who grew up in the slums, has turned fifteen and taken the selection exams. His aptitude is of the “Imperial Guard.” <<less

I am a dragon.... more>>

When I came to, I was kidnapped by a human.

“An unknown phenomenon. Subdue it. Put it in an isolation room. Control information. Registration number is IF-017.”

What the heck.

Wasn’t I supposed to be the one kidnapped in the first place…?

“… Gyaoo.” <<less

Van Carca, the notorious playboy and most popular heartthrob in the capital.... more>>

And Eurene Eifel, a penniless young lady from an impoverished family.

It was fine that they had a steamy one-night stand at a party while drunk, but the problem is that he’s a married man!

Even if the man is scheduled to divorce because he is married by an imperial decree, unlike Eurene, whose relationship with him ends here, Van is gradually becoming more and more obsessed with her, despite her being somewhat selfish and indifferent.

Just then, Eurene bumps into Van at a place she had gone to for a matchmaking session.

But this man, contrary to expectations, flies into a rage?

What, weren’t we just enjoying ourselves?

A tale of a single person since birth who knows nothing of love, successfully reforming a bad man through marriage! <<less

Drawing your sword to activate your ability is just common sense.... more>>

"Huh? Did everyone just... freeze?"

Turns out, I'm a time-stopper. <<less

Scream out.... more>>

Awake and pour out the grudge left in you onto me.

Then, I shall save you. <<less

The knight who fell into the world of hunters once again took up his sword.

Qi Huaiqing had been cold-hearted and indifferent all her life, never seeing anyone as important or caring about anyone. She never expected that there would be someone who would share her joys and sorrows, and in the end, even sacrificed their life for her. Given a second chance at life, she only wanted to make amends for her guilt and keep her distance from him, ensuring he would live a long and fulfilling life.... more>>

Pei Jingchuan had a cinnabar mole in his heart, something that couldn’t be touched or disturbed. He had always been careful, hiding and keeping it to himself. Until one day, that person suddenly began to distance herself from him.

At first, Qi Huaiqing said to Pei Jingchuan, “Jingchuan, you need to learn to grow up on your own, live a good life, and then find someone you love to grow old together and have a house full of children.”

Later, a cold, slender chain was fastened around Qi Huaiqing’s delicate, fair ankle.

Pei Jingchuan’s dark eyes were filled with bitterness. <<less

A smoking-addicted Saint.... more>>

An alcoholic Sage.

A narcoleptic Sword Saint.

A special class that gathered the academy's biggest troublemakers.

I, Laurent, the Third Prince, became the class president of this special class.

Along with the imperial order to ensure these problem children graduate from the academy without incident. <<less

Crowbar is the strongest! Crowbar is the strongest! Crowbar is the strongest!... more>>

After being a NEET for several years, I found the world had completely changed into one full of dungeons.

Apparently, the area I lived in had become a so-called “Dungeon Stampede Quarantine Zone,” where monsters overflowing from the dungeons were roaming freely through the city. In order to survive, I used an app to awaken a skill—and what I got was 『Everyday Items Master』.

What an useless skill….Or so I thought. But somehow, I ended up saving a self-proclaimed S-rank adventurer girl and a famous dungeon streamer, and now they become way too attached to me…?

This was the survival story of a laid-back NEET who actually awakened the strongest skill, but misunderstood it as a weak one. <<less

"Do you know what a psychopath is?"... more>>

"It’s a form of antisocial personality disorder, but it’s innate—hardwired from birth."

"Genetic anomalies cause lesions in the frontal lobe of the brain."

"The result? They lack the capacity for emotion, for empathy. No guilt, no remorse. Morality is a foreign concept to them."

"They’re masters of deception, skilled liars who can mimic human emotions flawlessly, blending into society without a trace."

"Now, here’s the real question: if such a monster were to suddenly gain a normal brain—if their missing pieces were somehow restored—would they become more dangerous, or would they finally resemble something human?"

In the shadows, a slender figure slowly crouched low, the glint of a silver blade catching the faint light. The edge pressed coldly against a throat.

"So," the voice was calm, almost clinical, "this is why you turned me into a woman?" <<less

I must now put in all my effort. I must shine brightly, burning my whole life, so that when day comes I will not look... more>> miserable. <<less

The protagonist is highly intelligent and never actively pursues women—they all come to him instead.... more>>

After obtaining the system, Lin Mo just wants to slack off. But no matter how much he tries, these women keep showing up, eager to give him free experience. The junior sister he raised for eight years was taken away by a newly arrived junior brother, only to come back crying, begging for forgiveness. "Senior Brother, I was wrong! You were the best all along!" His master, an untouchable beauty who had always been focused solely on cultivation, suddenly realized she couldn’t live without him. "Disciple… I can’t live without you." Even his former fiancée, who once fell for someone else and willingly broke off their engagement, was now clinging to him, pleading, "Husband, please don’t call off the engagement!"

But Lin Mo remained indifferent. Did they really think an apology was enough for forgiveness? Did they think regret would make him go soft? Did they believe they could still clear their name in front of him?

—Get lost! <<less

With the end of the world nearing, a terrible pollution disease swept through the world.... more>>

“We call it mutation, but perhaps the history records of later generations will call it an evolution.”

The world of the evolved was particularly competitive.

Today, that person’s head split into two. Tomorrow, that flower would grow fangs. The day after that, that fish would climb ashore with its legs…

Lu Yan: And I am merely an ordinary doctor who treats the pollution disease.

*

Patient A: When I first grew 18 tent**les, Dr. Lu came and cut 17 of them off for me. He’s really a brilliant doctor!

Patient B: I am a poisonous mushroom. My spores are highly toxic and can be parasitic. I gave birth to hundreds of thousands of microspores, which made it worse for my already not-so-wealthy family. Dr. Lu helped me practice family planning when he came. This great kindness will forever be remembered!

Patient C: I have eight mouths. I was a picky eater and only ate meat, so I set up a slaughterhouse for this purpose. But then, Dr. Lu cured my picky eating. This woman of faith is willing to be a vegetarian for the rest of her life in exchange for Dr. Lu’s happiness and well-being. sarcastic smile.jpg

Lu Yan, the top of the food chain, the eternal god. <<less

Zong Que was born emotionally detached. After being chosen by the system, he only wanted to complete his missions diligently — until he met someone as warm and radiant as the sun.... more>>

Even heroes fall for beauty. If you put in enough effort, even a block of wood can bloom.

Lin Heng: “Don’t you think this really feels like an affair?”

…

Yue: “Leaving him here? As if he’d obediently stay put.”

…

Prince Yue: “Would you be willing to live a lifetime of harmony with me, ruler and subject?”

…

April: “This demon lord has been locked up by a dragon! Hurry and save me~”

Zong Que: “…”

Zong Que was born indifferent — no parents, no siblings, no friends or lovers. He came into this world alone, and would leave it just the same.

To him, everything in the world was nothing more than dust and stone…

Until he met that tiny blade of grass growing in a desert storm.

Fresh and green, irresistibly endearing — fragile in appearance, yet deeply rooted in the barren land.

It scattered seeds, bloomed flowers, and transformed the desert into a paradise.

“For you, I am willing to plant the seed of love.”

“For you… I will let it grow deep.”

Le Jian, breathless from Zong Que’s kisses: “Are you really emotionally deficient?”

Zong Que: “Emotionally deficient, yes. Physically deficient, no.”

Le Jian: “…”

He underestimated him.

A cold and emotionally-detached gong × an “optimistic and cheerful” beautiful shou. <<less

Born as the child of the great hero and the saintess who saved the world.... more>>

That was my original sin. <<less

Fang Huaining — the top student of University A’s School of Computer Science. Beautiful, highly intelligent, self-disciplined, cool and aloof, a master of both theory and programming, admired by many.... more>>

Li Ting — a chronic class-skipper from a ninth-rate university, a workaholic who’d swept through all twelve streets of the campus doing odd jobs. Aggressive, withdrawn, stingy, and gloomy, master of multiple foreign languages, disliked by many.

Classmate: “Ace, that handsome delivery guy who always brings us eel rice actually served as a German translator for our professor once. Did you recommend him?”

Fang Huaining: “No. Not familiar.”

Gay friend: “Li’zi, after dinner today, that big shot from the School of Computer Science across the way actually came over and paid our bill. Do you know him?”

Li Ting: “Who? Not familiar.”

Li Ting: “Why do you always take a bus all the way out to the suburbs to secretly pick vegetables I planted? Am I familiar with you?”

Fang Huaining: “Why do you keep changing your IP to monitor my personal website? Am I familiar with you either?” <<less

One day when I was working as a low-ranking civil servant in a hopeless imperial palace department, I realized that I had reincarnated in a novel.... more>>

“Oh my god, the villain is about to start a war, right? If a war breaks out, people like me will be the first to die!”

An imminent war as per the original setting.

If I want to live, I must first save the crown prince!

To save the crown prince who dies first in the original story, I leaked the original’s information to catch the villains.

Suddenly, I became the youngest minister.

I didn’t really mean to get ahead, but there’s nothing wrong with that!

Let’s just catch the villain.

* * *

It’s a lot of fun to ab*se the villains, and the taste of power is also very sweet.

However…

“His Highness the Crown Prince has a great sense of responsibility, but since he has nowhere to focus, he may want to run away sometimes.”

The strange new intern is talking nonsense.

No, how did I save the prince!

“What? Run awaaaay?”

With a glint in my eyes, I said grimly.

“If His Highness runs away… I will personally chase him to the end of the continent. I will somehow drag him by the collar, stick tight next to him, and keep an eye on him.”

Hmm?

But intern, why are you shaking? Why are your ears red? <<less

In an exhilarating twist of fate, Jiang Chen traverse into a fantasy realm novel he read, taking on the role of the notorious Holy Son in a riveting tale. But here’s the catch – he’s pegged as the female lead’s obedient doglicker. Or so the story initially wanted…... more>>

Unleashing the ‘Slack Off System’, Jiang Chen flips the script! Each act of slacking off spectacularly rewards him. Doglicking duties? Jiang Chen smirks at the thought. “Not in a million realms,” he declares.

As the system chimes melodically, rewards rain down like immortal gifts:

Ding, for successfully slacking off, you receive: the Emperor Weapon, All-Heaven Mirror!’

Ding, another round of slacking off earns you: the Immortal Technique, Great Daluo Heaven!’

Ding, for successfully slacking off you received: Immortal Emperor Cultivation!’

But wait, there’s a twist in the tale! The world around Jiang Chen starts to unravel in the most unexpected ways.

The character settings of the female leads have all collapsed.

Junior Sister Ye Qingcheng: ‘I can only repay your life-saving grace with my body!’

Cold and aloof master: ‘Disciple, I allow you to defy your master.’ <<less

――I think I've been reincarnated.... more>>

That might be the best way to describe my current situation.

I thought I died after being hit by a car, but when I came to, I was a baby. And it was in another world.

I didn't meet any gods, so it doesn't feel natural, but I've considered myself lucky to get a second chance at life. I have some regrets from my previous life, but starting over from childhood is an enticing prospect.

If there's a problem, it's this: after seven years of living this new life, I realized that I had become a character from a manga I once read in my previous life. And not just any character—the protagonist, Brave. There's another thing too. It might be a source of hope, so I'll hold off on labelling it a problem for now.

Hahaha... defeating the Demon King... if I could leverage my hero specs, it would be a piece of cake... but there is no way that's going to happen. Phew—this isn't good...

What’s bad about it... is that this manga follows the classic trope of a hero and his companions defeating the Demon King, who is trying to invade the world. Since it's a typical shounen manga, the power of bonds and friendship is emphasized, and the story isn’t very dark. On the contrary, the protagonist often powers up through the encouragement of friends, which is a big concern for me.

...Can I power up through the encouragement of friends?

This was my sincere question.

In my previous life, no matter how much my classmates cheered for me during sports day, I always needed to improve my rank.

This means that the power of friendship, which should enhance my innate abilities, is something I inherently lack. And without the friendship buff, I’d be significantly weaker.

...The world is doomed.

――I can’t just do nothing while the world falls apart, especially since I’ve been reincarnated as the protagonist. I’m doing my best with daily training, thinking that even a surprise attack or anything could work. It might be futile, but there’s another concern.

Because of too much training, I’ve entirely ignored Alicia, the heroine who is supposed to be my first companion in this typical story.

I haven't talked to her much at all, and the reason is the other issue I mentioned earlier—the mysterious boy.

I haven’t spoken much with him either, so I don't know much about him (I don't even know his name), but I can tell he's another reincarnation like me. He’s been dropping lines from our previous life and flaunting his knowledge, which made it obvious. Me? I'm a loner and don’t talk much with the villagers.

So, he shouldn’t know that I'm also a reincarnator.

Can reincarnators help each other out?

If he were my ally, even if I’m not confident in my role as the protagonist, I might manage if I have a fellow reincarnator by my side! That’s what I initially thought...

But he’s just ignoring me...

He hates me.

Instead of helping each other, he’s been cosying up to Alicia and has somehow secured the childhood friend position. Seriously? Alicia is still just a kid at this point! It’s honestly creepy...

Is this another issue? Yeah, it is.

I have the issue of having my protagonist's role usurped. Alicia, one of the heroines, is more like a stranger than a childhood friend, which will mess up the story.

If the story collapses, I won’t be able to use my knowledge of the original plot. That means the protagonist might not be able to defeat the Demon King, but that's already irrelevant. The story was doomed from the moment I became the protagonist.

He probably wants to humiliate me, the protagonist (me). That’s why he’s been disrupting the original story from the start. If I had to title it, it would be something like, “I Reincarnated as a Mob Character and Took Over as the Protagonist to Defeat the Demon King ~ All the Heroines Followed Me Instead. The Protagonist? Let Him Try on His Own~”.

In my previous life, stories where the original protagonist loses and the reincarnation shines were popular. Maybe it’s going to be like that here, too.

I want to avoid a humiliation storyline. But it’s not all bad.

Because—this means he might defeat the Demon King for me without me having to do anything!

He might have the potential to humiliate me, but at the same time, he hopes to defeat the Demon King on his own.

So—I don’t hate him. Even though he’s spreading nasty rumours about me to the villagers, turning them against me, and making them treat me like a piece of tr*sh... somehow... I can barely tolerate it.

There’s only room for one protagonist. Let’s divide our roles. From now on, I’ll call him the true protagonist. If he aims to be the hero, I’ll step aside. I’ll head to some remote village and live a slow life. He can go ahead and defeat the Demon King or build a harem, whatever he likes.

Now that I’ve decided on my action, it’s back to training. Even if I don't end up fighting the Demon King, I need to use my manga knowledge to train... I might need to use it against the true protagonist instead...

I hope it doesn’t come to that. I don’t want to humiliate anyone or be humiliated. I want to live a safe life.

—Ten years later.

...The true protagonist is missing?

And because of that, the Demon King's army has made significant advances, turning the world into an apocalyptic wasteland...

—You’ve got to be kidding me... <<less

Two years ago, for one million, I “sold” myself to Huo Yuchuan.... more>>

As the contract neared its end, that night, I poked at the rice in my bowl and dutifully told him that I would be moving out next week.

Huo Yuchuan didn’t say anything. After finishing his meal, he asked me to weigh myself.

I had gained eight pounds since two years ago.

He said he couldn’t afford to lose money and demanded that I return those eight pounds to him.

I had never met such a miser.

Huo Yuchuan x Lin Miao <<less

Haewon, a violinist, is a nonchalant person who neither blocks the ones who come into his life nor holds onto those who leave. One day, his only friend, Taeshin, commits su*cide, and after failing to speak to Taeshin, who called him several times shortly before his death, Haewon is haunted by his death, even though he doesn't have much of an attachment to human relationships. Then, he inevitably runs into Woojin, the man Taeshin had a crush on, and Haewon indifferently crumples up the business card Woojin hands him.... more>>

One day, Haewon, forced into an unwanted relationship, becomes entangled in an assault case, but thanks to the business card given to him, he receives help from Woojin, who's a prosecutor. Haewon feels uncomfortably guilty and tries to keep him at arm's length, but Woojin is comfortable enough to take a few extra steps. <<less

'The dragon belongs to the Imperial House Larkan. He is nothing but a tool.'... more>>

Though he had been bound to the palace for 1,500 long years, there had not been a single person who had given him even a name. The dragon's fate was even more pitiful than Cullen’s, who had lived his whole life as a mere commoner.

He was known to have slaughtered people, but in truth, he had only refused to fulfill a vow. Even when Cullen tried to look away, he could not help but be drawn to him again and again.

"May I offer you a name as an apology?"

"For the first time, you are doing something I truly like."

He could not help but be pulled in by someone who became so happy over something as small as being given a name.

The heart he thought he had buried deep, the emotions he thought he had abandoned, they kept rising to the surface, again and again.

Ierkisyen,

Kiyen

I... toward you... <<less

I became a wizard of the Illusion Magic School and decided to create a virtual reality with illusion magic to play a tabletop role-playing game (TRPG).... more>>

It was great to create a virtual reality, but I was in trouble because there were no suitable players. During that time, I received an offer to be the professor from the Royal Academy.

The offer was to use illusion magic to fill the students’ lack of practical experience safely. And so, I became a professor at the academy.

“Send me back, send me back to that world right now-!”

“Outer god, someday an outer god will be our doom, we’ll all die!!”

“I am not the bastard of the Redburn Ducal Family. I am the foremost disciple of the Great Namgung Clan, Namgung Qinghui!”

But it seems there is a bit of a misunderstanding.

This isn’t a spell for dimensional travel, kids. It’s fiction… <<less