Others who crossed over to the Cultural Troupe became dancers, but Gu Qian found herself as a canteen worker.... more>>

Oh well, work knows no distinction of high or low; though being a cook may not be as dignified as dancing, it’s still a skill.

Coincidentally, Gu Qian was a divine chef before crossing over. With a pot and spatula in hand, she works wonders!

Coarse flour, wild vegetables, bran… she can turn even pickled pancakes into blossoms.

Any awful ingredients in Gu Qian’s hands can be transformed into magical delicacies.

By accident, she rises from a canteen worker to head chef, becoming the revered Chef Gu of the Cultural Troupe whom everyone fawns over and dares not offend!

Just as Gu Qian starts to enjoy her good days, she catches the eye of the renowned young master of the troupe, Jiang Haizhao…

Jiang Haizhao, just graduated from university, is the most handsome and eligible bachelor in the troupe. Unfortunately, he unknowingly provoked the newly promoted fiery little chef, who only gave him a piece of chicken… bu*t for lunch.

How could a young master endure such humiliation? He grits his teeth and pulls her into a secluded corner.

“What did I do to provoke you?”

The little chef looks confused: “N-nothing…”

“Nothing? Then why did you give me a piece of chicken butt?”

“…”

Do you believe me if I say it wasn’t intentional?

***

Because of a piece of chicken butt, Gu Qian falls into Jiang Haizhao’s trap.

He threatens her, demanding that she must cook special dishes for him every meal from now on, or else…

“Or else what?”

Jiang Haizhao raises an eyebrow, his smile devilish: “Or else… I’ll stew you.”

“…” <<less

Jaehyun thought that even third-rate movies would be better than his own life.
His father, who brought him into this world at the age of 15, and his siblings who had different mothers.
The times he struggled to escape from that man.
But now, an even more dramatic plot has been added.... more>>

"Accept it, and reflect upon it. Over what's been going on."

The lost memories of the past two years.
To Jaehyun who tries to revive the things that he missed,
The things he couldn't understand...… began to emerge.

'It would be nice if you were really pregnant.'
'It really is a shame to let all of this pass...….’
'What should I do with you?'

It was definitely a voice he knew.
From the eloquent and dignified speech, to that soft, yet deep somber tone...….
It's definitely...

"Long time no see? Has it been two years for you?"
“…….”
“Congratulations on coming back, Seo Jaehyun. Let's start again. Who will win this time?”

Seo Junghyuk, he's returned. <<less

In a desperate attempt to save the world, the male protagonist loses his comrades one by one, eventually succumbing to destruction in a bleak fantasy novel.... more>>

I found myself transmigrated into this story as the villainous princess, known for her excessively innocent mind. Obsessed with the male protagonist, I cause chaos and eventually die during a monster attack, tarnishing the reputation of the knight order the protagonist belongs to.

‘Wow, these knights are more like a bunch of mercenaries than a noble order!”

I exclaimed in disbelief, surveying the disheveled knights before me.

“Gentlemen, did you sign a proper employment contract? What about overtime pay? Compensation in case of accidents? Medical support for mental stress and physical injuries?”

“Um… why are you asking this all of a sudden, Princess?”

The male protagonist inquired with a suspicious look.

Well, I can understand why he’s wary of me considering my past obsession, but…

“You should call me ‘Administrative Officer’, not ‘Princess’.”

“Ah, but that’s…”

“Cassia Astrid, I am hereby assigned as the Administrative Officer to the Azure Dawn Knight Order, effective today.”

I flashed a grin at the stunned male protagonist.

“And you can rest assured that I will no longer be obsessed with you.”

The protagonist’s beauty? My obsession? A sweet and bloody romance?

What good are those when the world is on the brink of destruction!

____

“If you keep this up, I might accidentally send a letter of complaint to His Majesty the Emperor about this matter.”

I caused a scene in the commander’s office, acting like a typical villainess.

“Hey, do you expect our men to wash your socks too? Don’t you have hands? Huh!”

I also confronted the absurd barracks culture.

“Don’t be discouraged, gentlemen. It’s not your fault.”

I diligently looked after the future saviors whose mental state was in tatters.

“Long live the Administrative Officer!”

“You are the goddess who will save our knight order!”

“Our. Bright. Light. Cas.si.a!”

…Why have our knights turned into my fan club?

And…

“Our Administrative Officer will never leave us. Do you understand?”

Why has the once cold and aloof male protagonist’s eyes turned affectionate towards me?! <<less

Erdene, the heir to the belligerent Hirshstein Empire, the next owner of the throne, the iron-blooded princess. What awaited her, who had returned victorious from a long war, was the position of queen of the Kingdom of Vetor, a kingdom she had never held a grudge against.... more>>

"This cannot be! How can Your Majesty do this to Her Highness the Princess!"

Erdene, who had to accept everything that was changing without her being able to do anything about it, and a life that she had never thought would be her future.

And the king who came to meet her, Arkan, a king who hated 'violence' and loved peace and reading.

The moment Erdene met him, she thought.

'This man is not right for me.'

* * *

"All I had to do was say 'I'm sorry', but you're making it sound like a serious confession, that's why."

"This is ridiculous. So in the Empire, do you just hit someone and say 'Oops, sorry?' and move on?"

"It's the other way around. Do you think our people are some kind of back-alley thugs?"

"Who said that?"

The woman with jet-black hair pulled back roughly frowned her white and fair face and said.

"If you hit us once, we'll hit you back twice. That's how we apologize, Your Majesty."

Then, a man who looked as gentle as a large dog glared and slammed his fist on the table.

"What kind of apology is that! What country calls that an apology?"

"Our country."

The woman sneered.

The man, who had been looking at her with an expression of disbelief, also burst out laughing and turned his head away.

Turning their backs on each other like sulky children, the two people, ironically, were thinking the same thing.

'What the hell is this!' <<less

The figure leaned down, gazing at him on the brink of death, their enchanting eyes filled with a derisive smile.... more>>

"In this life, and the next, you will forever remain the one who fails, Gu Pinglin."

Cast into hell by the embrace of solitude, the lonely genius met his demise clutching onto an obsession with victory and succumbed. Yet, he awoke still clinging to this fixation.

The past, like a fleeting dream, the heart of the path suddenly clear, but alas, the obsession remained indelible.

Upon rebirth, he vowed to extinguish this fixation and once again prove the Great Dao!

I have arrived, my arch-nemesis. <<less

Chen Yuan discovered that his superpower would refresh once a week... more>>

In the first week, he noticed that every living being had a red number hanging over them, ranging from hundreds to thousands to tens of thousands. The smallest number he saw was on a teddy bear, with a number of 0.00001 on its head, and the next second, it was crushed by a large truck.

In the second week, he found that he could hear other people's thoughts, uncontrollably. Whatever others were thinking, it would continuously flood into his mind, making him too afraid to go to public places like the subway or the mall. Moreover, he dared not look directly at the quiet girl with bangs and glasses sitting in the back seat...

Subsequently, he refreshed other special abilities such as "dream connection" and "body swapping."

Several weeks later, his superpowers suddenly stopped updating. He lived peacefully for several days, thinking he was finally going back to a normal life. Just when he thought everything was going to be okay, a girl in a red dress standing under a ginkgo tree tilted her head at him and asked, "Can you see me?" <<less

The great demon was originally a highly favored divine descendant of the phoenix race in the Nine Heavens who, unfortunately, succumbed to devilry. She has a bad temper and is quite narcissistic, always seeking to find a follower who knows how to flatter her.... more>>

Her maid watches helplessly as she steals a dragon egg back, trembling as she risks her life to speak, “Mistress, even if this egg hatches, it won’t be able to speak. If you want company, you should find someone who can talk.”

The great demon laughs, saying that only those she personally teaches will listen obediently.

The hatched dragon indeed is very obedient, gentle, and fragile, saying whatever she wants it to say. Unfortunately, people from the Heavenly Realm come looking for it. With the long-standing grudges between the heavenly and earthly realms, conflict could erupt at any moment.

A hundred years later, the great demon stares blankly as the dragon woman she had raised descends from the Nine Heavens—no longer meek nor soft, but rather cold as ice.

The dragon woman’s inquiry is like a challenge—

“You don’t recognize me anymore?” <<less

Zhan Aiping, a girl raised in a large compound, is known for her fiery temper and is likened to a little chili pepper. She's a female military doctor who later falls for a cultured and refined professor, leaving the military to marry him and dedicating herself to domestic life. However, the marriage ends in divorce, and she is estranged from her children.... more>>

Gu Sheng, a man also raised in the same large compound and her childhood adversary. They fought as kids and lost touch as adults. Unexpectedly, in their fifties or sixties, they find themselves in a late-life romance.

After a rebirth, she returns to the seventies, just before her original wedding. She finds herself trapped by the two-faced tactics of her ex-husband and his mother:
"Entering the He family means following our rules."
"Aiping, just bear with it, for our future..."

Zhan Aiping defiantly responds, "I don’t give a damn about these rules! I won’t marry!"

Her stepmother and stepsister try to convince her, advocating traditional subservience to her future husband and his family. But Zhan Aiping refuses to be subjugated.

Her colleagues, aware of the wedding preparations, find the situation amusing and pressure her to conform.

Zhan Aiping, however, decides to change her groom instead:
"Gu Laowu, do you want to marry me?"
A handsome man in military uniform, Gu Sheng, raises an eyebrow: "Marry you? Are you saying my brain's been kicked by a donkey?"

Before the marriage:
"Once she’s my wife, I’ll slowly tame her."
"I’ll make sure she’s completely obedient."

After the marriage:
"My wife, I was wrong."
"My wife, let me in the house!!!"

Zhan Aiping retorts, "Who's taming who now?"

Zhan Aiping x Gu Sheng
A daily life story filled with chaos, sweetness, and love <<less

Qi Xing is a typical spoiled second-generation rich individual who has always had an easy and carefree life. That is until he encountered his nemesis, Ye Xingzhou, the illegitimate child of the Ye family who suddenly rose to power and quickly took control of the family business.... more>>

At first, Qi Xing developed feelings for the handsome young man Lin Zhinian who was always by Ye Xingzhou’s side, but kept being frustrated by Ye Xingzhou constant interference.

The second time, he stumbled upon Ye Xingzhou’s dark secret and witnessed him pulling a gun on his own uncle, and Qi Xing found himself caught in the crossfire.

The third time, he witnessed him setting fire to the coveted sports car that Qi Xing had longed for. Filled with rage, he impulsively confronted him and ended up getting pinned down.

In public, Ye Xingzhou appeared to be a refined and gentlemanly figure, but Qi Xing couldn’t help but dislike him, firmly believing that he was nothing more than a beast in human skin.

Qi Xing went to great lengths to expose Ye Xingzhou’s true nature, but in the end, he fell into the trap set by him, losing everything in the process.

Ye Xingzhou had always ignored Qi Xing, a second-generation rich kid, until he saw the person under him with teary eyes, revealing a sense of grievance, anger, and unwillingness.

Arrogant yet fragile, that was the type of person he liked.

Ye Xingzhou x Qi Xing

Sophisticated scum x Overbearing and pampered tyrant

From enemies to lovers. <<less

“Why don’t we kiss… as a test?”... more>>

Second year high school student, Kazami Ibuki, has a cheeky childhood friend

The rumored most beautiful girl in the school with blonde hair and sapphire eyes, the childhood friend named Kamishiro Airi.

Airi claims she habors no romantic feelings whatsoever and would tease him at every opportunity.

“…I suggested we try kissing. If you don’t think of me as a woman… it shouldn’t phase you, right?”

Airi pointed at her lips, provoking.

Ibuki decided that today for sure he’ll make her know her place.

“Well?, were you just acting tough?”

“N-No, of course that’s not it!”

Unable to pull away, the two vigorously kissed.

From that day onward, Airi started becoming more cutesy than expected…?

An impassioned sweet love comedy that started with a kiss with a cheeky beautiful girl!

Who for some reason can’t be honest with themselves even though their feelings are definitely mutual. <<less

Yan Qing transmigrated into a melodramatic cultivation novel, and arrived during the childhood of the powerful and tragic villain, who was immensely popular among readers. When he grew up, the villain was brilliantly talented and incredibly handsome; when he was small, the villain was pitiful, and almost starved to death one year in midwinter. ... more>>

Danger lurked around every corner in the cultivation world. In order to survive, Yan Qing could only display all kinds of outstanding skills, pretending to be well-behaved when he was in a superior position, and pretending to be pitiful when he was in a subpar position. He lived with the lovely little villain as two souls in one body, from the time when they disdained each other to the time when they lived and died together. He relied on swindling and lying to stay alive.

Afterwards, he found an opportunity to slip loose of his bonds, and the two mutually-irritated men parted ways.

After Yan Qing died and his soul scattered, he thought he would be able to return to the modern world. He didn’t expect that he would reincarnate into a small sect, and become the harsh, malicious cannon fodder who had a tragic ending???

The cannon fodder had a crush on the villain, so he forced a marriage on him.

However, the villain seemed pure as the moonlight on the surface, but was dark and ruthless to his bones. He could love no one other than the main character shou. The cannon fodder died of illness in bed, in so much pain he didn’t want to live, while his husband, the villain, indifferently played the qin in the courtyard.

Yan Qing almost spewed out his mouthful of water. Wonderful, Xie Shiyi. If I’d known earlier that you were such a scumbag, back when we were in Blackwater Alley, I’d have drunk water from the chamber pot every day with your body.

***

Xie Shiyi had once fallen into the abyss, kneeling and begging, no better than a dog, losing all of his dignity for a chance at life. One other person had seen this pathetic manner of his.

When he was young, he was sensitive and proud, and they often quarreled because of their different views. In his heart, he vowed that he would kill him one day.

But once the other man really vanished, he sat on Southmount Peak for a long time in silence.

He sat there until the plum blossoms had fallen, the snow cleared and the clouds dispersed. Only then did he quietly take up his sword and leave.

From then on, the world no longer knew the boy who lived as humbly as an ant in Blackwater Alley, Xie Shiyi.

There was only the young talent of Desireless Sect, who was cold and untouchable, Xie Ying. <<less

In order to marry a good husband, Liu Yuru had been a model lady for 15 years; but on the eve of her engagement, she was forced to marry Gu Jiusi, a well-known playboy from Yangzhou.... more>>

To marry such a person was to ruin one’s life.

Especially because after marriage, she learned that this person was also forced to marry her.

Liu Yuru was heartbroken, and after locking herself in the room for three days, she came to a realization.

Marrying such a dandy, why should she remain a perfect young lady?

So on the third day of marriage, the famously gentle lady shook her hands, carried a knife, and used all her courage to go to the brothel.

To the drunken Gu Jiusi, she said –

Get up!

After that, Gu Jiusi’s life was full of ups and downs.

Whether he was a miserable dandy or a great official, this woman stood beside him.

She supported him with her weak and delicate body, and told him, “get up.”

So even if he was cut to pieces, he would struggle from the mud, grit his teeth, carry her on his back, and walk through this life.

For the first 15 years of Liu Yuru’s life, she thought she was living only to find a good man.

It wasn’t until she met Gu Jiusi that she understood that a good man would help you realize that you live only for yourself.

— May this body of flesh and blood shield her from the wind and rain, protect her dress from dust, and protect her temples from frost. <<less

The Devil of the North, the cruel cold-blooded man and the dog of the Crown Prince—Grand Duke Sjoerd Brosius. He spared no means or methods if it meant killing the monsters that threatened the kingdom.... more>>

However, Sjoerd, known for his cruel methods but incomparable abilities, ended up harming countless people during a sudden rampage in a battle against monsters. Consequently, he met his death at the hands of Prince Reuschers, the Crown Prince's rival and the strongest Guide.

"There will never be anyone as terrible as you in this world."

At the brink of death, Sjoerd reflects on his life. Even the kind-hearted prince—who was liked by everyone—despised him. And his Guide, the Crown Prince, regretted everything and abandoned him in his final moments.

Sjoerd wakes up five years in the past.

Doubting this unbelievable reality, Sjoerd seeks a different life to prevent his rampage. He approached Reuschers, who had yet to awaken his power, and tried to talk to him, but then.

"Why are you acting like this towards me? Aren’t you supposed to hate and disregard me?”

He starts to realize things he never knew in his past life... <<less

【When we were in the heat of love you wanted to gift me an island, when we broke up, you made me pass out in anger.... more>>

When you’re in a predicament you folded a paper crane for me: come to my island.

Come to your —— is there really such an island?】

One night, my bed broke through the window and flew out, bringing me to this strange island.

On the island, I reunited with my ex-boyfriend went missing for many years. He turned into a rabbit. A white, soft, plump rabbit, (who) spoke with the low timbre of an adult male, “Save me.” His little head turned, I suspect that he is cursed by someone, and needs a true love kiss to turn him back. But, I’m unexpectedly his true love? When breaking up, he even called me a pig. I smirked, laughing gleefully, “Ha ha, saving this person, no I’ll never save him!

Tr*sh, you also have that day when you fall into my hands!! <<less

A bad student threatens a good student and makes a deal.... more>>

Let’s take care of the kidneys first, whether their hearts will follow will be decided later!

CP: Bad Student Top × Good Student Bottom

Protagonist: Lu Yang, Guan Xin

***A short meaty story with a bit of plot, perfect for bedtime reading*** <<less

Mu Yun Gui was the white moonlight of the male lead in a cultivation-based book.... more>>

Mu Yun Gui herself didn’t know that she was a short-lived white moonlight, until one day, a junior sister who was the eldest lady from a prominent family came into her life and turned her life upside down.

Her childhood sweetheart slowly got estranged from her and became close to the junior sister. In the end, he even abandoned her to save that junior sister.

When Mu Yun Gui plunged into the deep sea, she saw a triumphant smile on the junior sister.

At that time, she knew that the junior sister was a girl from a different world, and this world was a book. The cause of her cultivation stagnation was that the girl had robbed her luck.

After the fall, Mu Yun Gui opened her eyes and found that she was not dead, but fell into an underground cave.

In the cave, there was a ten-thousand-year-old ice block with a person inside it. Mu Yun Gi thought that this person also like her fell into the forbidden area, and out of good intentions, she unlocked the seal.

Jiang Shao Cai was sealed in an ice block for ten thousand years.

Suddenly one day, he was awakened by a girl. The girl was embarrassed, but still smiled at him and said, “Did you fall too? It’s okay, I will save you.”

The girl didn’t know that the boy she saved was a legendary genius from ten thousand years ago, who was abandoned by the immortal world and fell into the dark. <<less

Sheng Yi can’t believe her high school classmate Jiang Lianzhou would become tremendously popular now;... more>>

What’s even more unbelievable is that she, a non-celebrity, would have to record a variety show with this top star;

But the most unbelievable thing is, the CP between her and Jiang Lianzhou had unexpectedly gone viral overnight.

One huge CP fan posted a Weibo to the circle:

“It’s been years since Jiang Lianzhou rose to stardom, yet he has never been involved in any scandal. I thought it was impossible for him to like other people.

But nowadays I discovered that, as it turned out, a top star could also be secretly in love with someone for so many years. He treasures the old notes she wrote, remembers all her preferences, and was overflowing with happiness when reunited with her after long separation.

Please let my CP be together and make his secret love wish come true.”

Sheng Yi stared at this Weibo post, then glanced at the thick variety show script in her hand, then looked towards the TV..

Inside the screen, the top star is currently acting incredibly affectionate, proceeding according to the script,”Have I ever confessed to my secret love? Yes, I have. I confessed through QQ, I told her ‘I want to be together with you’.”

Sheng Yi: “…”

He sure can act out this exceptionally fake script quite naturally, huh.

———

Sheng Yi cooperated with Jiang Lianzhou and meticulously played her role as his crush to boost their CP. Following the variety show that is coming to an end, the CP is on the verge of dissolvement.

That day, Jiang Lianzhou QQ account was suddenly leaked out. Despite his studio's immediate denial, it still stirred up an uproar.

When a friend came looking for Sheng Yi to seek the truth, she sneered,"You can tell it's fake with one look, I have his real QQ account during highschool."

She casually copied the username circulated online into the search bar, only to find that it was actually in her close friends list.

Moreover, the note she added for him is——

FoolishStranger X

And the chat history stopped at 6.9 during their senior year.

"I want to be together with you." <<less

Lin Huai personally thinks that he is just an ordinary college school student. He likes science, he likes life, he likes people, and he is also really stubborn about using novels and TV series to make up for his common sense.... more>>

Apart from being a ghost in a dry well, who has devoured all the other ghosts in the city, and possessed the cold body of a college student, there’s nothing special about him.

Now, he just wants to live a peaceful life with some occasional small events.

Until he found out that the doors of the apartment he was supposed to rent were locked. On the long table in the lobby, there was a note that said: “There is a ghost among you, if you want to survive, you must find out who it is.”

Lin Huai: ? I really just wanted to rent a house.

“Little newbie, don’t be afraid.” A hand was placed on his weak and helpless shoulder, “I will protect you.”

Then, the guy called Chu Tianshu gave him a hearty smile.

“I’ll help you hammer that ghost.”

Lin Huai: (Softly smiles) ……Can I hammer you first?

Later, Lin Huai tried hard to prevent the ghost who was screaming and struggling to escape from him and used his shoulders to knock on the door with difficulty.

“Help! It’s escapi- ……No I mean it’s chasing after meee!” <<less

Wen Ruan transmigrated into the body of a low-ranking cannon fodder in a cultivation novel. The original owner of this body’s neck was snapped by the antagonist Demon Lord as soon as she appeared on the scene. ... more>>

Wen Ruan said, “No, I have to run!”

The system said, “No, there’s an antagonist Demon Lord here that you need to conquer. Work hard to make him fall in love with you!”

Wen Ruan: “In your dreams.”

Mu Zhe: “In your dreams.”

However, on the 101st day as an undercover agent in the Demon Realm, she carried the heavily injured young Demon Lord on a flying sword, patting his face with a bright and unrestrained smile.

“Be good, from now on, I’ll protect you.”

In the embrace of twilight, her graceful brows arched, mirroring the resplendent horizon that painted the sky. A tapestry of vibrant hues unfurled behind her, casting a gentle cascade of colors. Within the young boy’s chest, his heart resounded like a beating drum.

[A story with lots of inner monologues, a righteous survival-minded female protagonist × a tragically demonic Demon Lord with a frank and honest personality]

It is well-known that the supreme Demon Lord, Mu Zhe, had an unforgettable first love who died at a young age. However, no one knew that he had once cut out his heart and soul, kneeling before the gods and demons of all realms, just to meet her again. The lofty deities above laughed with amus**ent, saying, “I have stripped away your memories, erasing any recollection of her. How then can you reunite once more?”

“No matter how much I may have forgotten, the moment we meet, I will fall in love with her once again.”

In the depths of my blood and the essence of my being, lies this unbreakable curse. My purpose, woven into my very existence, is to be hers. <<less

“I want to become a dog.”... more>>

Lorienne is the sorceress and owner of the magical potion shop, Loftis, who claimed to be able to create anything. One day, a man as radiant as the sun visited her, tossing a pouch brimming with gold coins, expressing his desire to become a dog.

“Please tell me your name. Of course, most people tend to use fake names, but it doesn’t matter. It’s simply to distinguish and mark the owner of the potion,” said Lorienne.

“Kyle Astum.”

This man, who uses the name of the next emperor known as the ‘Demon of the Battlefield,’ as an alias. He seems like a great gold spender, so I must handle him gently. He’s the customer who pays the highest price for the potions, so I can’t afford to lose him!

The sassy platinum-haired sorceress Lorienne and the handsome flower of the Astum Empire, Kyle, engage in mutual denial, fumbling around, bursts of jealousy, tsundere behaviors, and heart-pounding romance!

The Emperor pounces Lorienne once he turns into a dog!

You didn’t turn into a dog for this! Have you forgotten something important, Your Highness? <<less

“–’Hero of Shadows.’ A man who appears in crises and battlefields around the world, rescuing people with outstanding magic and then disappearing in the blink... more>> of an eye. His true identity is supposed to be shrouded in complete darkness… or so it was thought. “My identity has been exposeeeeed!!” Phil Salemabard, a young noble with a notorious reputation in the streets. Despite secretly acting as the ‘Hero of Shadows’ for a certain reason, one day, his true identity is revealed to the public. Despite his attempts to deceive, girls ranging from a nobleman’s daughter, a lovely saint, and even a princess of the kingdom approach the ‘Hero of Shadows,’ feeling indebted to him!? A new hero tale (?) begins, unfolding from the revelation of his identity!!” <<less

In the winter of three years ago, the first locked room mu*der in Japanese history was committed.... more>>

All of the evidence pointed to the defendant. It was certain they were guilty. And yet, they were found innocent and released. Why? Because the crime scene was a perfect locked room no one from the police or the prosecutor's office could solve.

"Since the room was locked, it was impossible for the defendant to have committed the mu*der. It's no different than if they had a perfect alibi." That was the argument of the defense, and that was the argument the judge sided with.

The ruling sent a ripple throughout Japanese society. No matter how suspicious you were or how much evidence you left behind, as long as you managed to create a locked room that no one could solve, you were immune from prosecution. With the common anti-mystery fiction talking point "there's no reason anyone would ever actually commit a locked room mu*der" completely overturned, the rate of locked room mu*ders in Japan skyrocketed.

When the police proved unable to deal with the surge of locked room crime, the Ministry of Justice published an official categorization of all known locked room tricks as an investigative aid. When that proved insufficient, Division Zero of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, a police division dedicated solely to solving locked rooms, was created. When that still proved insufficient, locked room detectives, private investigators specializing in locked rooms, were officially licensed by the state and authorized to participate in police investigations. Calling a locked room appraiser, someone specializing in searching buildings for secret passages, is now a common first step in criminal investigations.

On the other side of the spectrum, locked room agents, assassins and crime planners specializing in locked room mu*ders, have become some of the most notorious criminals in Japanese history, and even a cult worshiping the scenes of locked rooms as a way to purify the souls of the deceased has made rapid inroads into Japan.

The protagonist, Kasumi Kuzushiro, is an introverted, somewhat cynical high school student who loves mysteries. Kasumi often finds himself dragged along on bizarre journeys by his flighty childhood friend, Yozuki Asahina. Due to their staggeringly bad luck, these trips often leave them in the wrong place at the wrong time to be caught up in locked room mysteries. Fortunately, another of Kasumi's childhood friends, Shitsuri Mitsumura, is the greatest locked room expert in the world, and can always discover the truth.

Hm? How did a high school girl become the greatest locked room expert in the world?

It's simple.

She's...

Volume 1 was the grand prize winner of the 2022 This Mystery Is Amazing! awards. <<less

A part-time job contract. He became the cold CEO’s imitation boyfriend. He merely wanted to earn a few small bucks and live a comfortable life,... more>> but a pity, he was in constant turmoil since then. Well, life had something else for him despite his wishes.“That… beauty, will there be an increase in wages for conversion from ‘boyfriend’ to ‘husband’?” <<less

“It’s because I’m a s*ave.”... more>>

So said the man who killed her as he smirked.

After her fourth return, entering her fifth life, she made up her mind. She needed to stop the one responsible for starting the Continental War, and survive!

“What is required?”

“Let go.”

“Tell me what you want! No, what you need! Whatever it takes, I won’t allow you to start a war!”

The moment she grabbed that man’s pant leg and looked up him, looking back at her were his eyes, as deep as an abyss.

“Once you say something, you have to take responsibility for it, Princess.”

Will she be able to protect the peace of the world from this man and survive safely? <<less

The master once said that Cui Xiaoxiao, who has the "Ten Injuries" destiny, was actually very lucky. If she had been born two hundred years earlier, with her extremely yin destiny, she would have become the nemesis of the Demon Sect Lord Wei Jie. If that were the case, the novice Xiaoxiao would have been hunted to the ends of the earth, her bones scattered and ashes dispersed...... more>>

Xiaoxiao secretly exclaimed in relief: Wei Jie was cold and cruel by nature. Fortunately, two hundred years ago, he was killed by his vengeful disciple Qin Lingxiao. This demon is gone from the world! Only his evil reputation remains stinking for eternity.

Later, Cui Xiaoxiao accidentally time-traveled back two hundred years and took on a handsome and unrestrained young man as her disciple.

Cui Xiaoxiao was very gratified, secretly praying to her master's spirit: Our Lingshan Talisman Sect has finally branched out and spread! I will definitely cultivate my disciple into a talent!

After praying, she turned to her tall and mighty disciple, smiling and asking, "Disciple, I forgot to ask earlier, what is your surname?"

The disciple looked at his master's bright eyes and slowly said, "My surname is Wei, Wei Jie..."

Short introduction: The wrong time, the right person...

Female lead: Accidentally took the Demon Lord ancestor as a disciple, leading him down the path of demonic cultivation in her bitter life.

Male lead: Accidentally took on an adorable master, living a blessed life receiving her loving smiles every day. <<less