I'm the one who's been possessed by this novel.... more>>

'I need an utterly shameless fiancée.'

As cliché as it gets, I became the Duke's fiancée... No, I interviewed to become one.
Am I out of my mind? Who interviews to become a fiancée?

* * *

The best output that the Baron family can produce.
I became the contracted fiancée of the Duke Etica, who holds the empire's strongest power and wealth.

If I endure by the side of a man nicknamed the tr*sh Duke for just two years, I'll receive a fortune that is more than enough, even if written across several generations.

"Don't forget. The moment the Duke likes me, you will become my dog."
"You, of all people, should not forget. The moment you show any hostility towards me, even a little, the promised property documents will turn into scraps."

...Thanks to this jerk, it's not easy.

***

Jeffrey Etica was convinced.
This life is entirely his own, and no one else can interfere.
He believed that he wouldn't even let anyone grab the hem of his clothes, let alone a leash.
But why do all decisions keep wavering, and why does he feel this way?

"You won, my Aurora."
"..."
"Now I'm a dog on a leash, forced to lick your feet, my dear."

But does everyone know that? How one of their kind deals with another.
To deal with the tr*sh Duke, the fiancée also needs to be formidable.

"Really? Then bark. Like a dog." <<less

Can estrus (s*xual desire) be treated?... more>>

A woman in need of money and a man in need of treatment!

The two secretly sign a contract!

April loses everything after her mother was mu*dered. She barely flees and grows up to be an outstanding pharmacist. She makes money by making medicine by receiving secret requests from nobles. In order to reclaim the fortune of a deprived family by using a framed name!

Meanwhile, April rescues Ian Marquis, who is overwhelmed by heat. Ian comes to April to calm down his “fever,” which no one has been able to cure.

“I want to hire you as a doctor.”

The secret fever’s symptoms can only be alleviated by April’s medicine. Can she find a way to cure Marquis completely?

A young Marquis who has shaken the hearts of social girls and a secret girl! The secret treatment start of two people! <<less

Be my girlfriend, just for today.... more>>

Top actor Tae Seo-joon approached an unknown woman with this insane proposition.

“Okay. I’ll help you!”

Aspiring actress Eom So-yeon, with nothing but her steadfast determination, accepted the role of a stand-in girlfriend, closing and then opening her large, revealing eyes.

It was a mad act, a whimsical twist of fate, or perhaps a divine error.

On a day when his perfect life, blessed from birth, felt unbearably mundane and disappointing, Seo-joon encountered the dazzling Eom So-yeon.

But she, who shook his entire sturdy life in an instant, vanished just as quickly.

And after more than three years, Tae Seo-joon, who left Korea without knowing the trials he had put her through, returned.

“Eom… So-yeon?”

He called her name.

So-yeon couldn’t tell him that their brief night resulted in ‘a beautiful child between us.

Although their encounter was short, Seo-joon never considered it a breakup and kept her in his heart.

Now, as they faced each other, two once-dead hearts began to race wildly.

It was a terrible thrill. <<less

I was the last demon king, the strongest and greatest creature in the demon world.... more>>

I'm the best.

...I mean, until I die after being betrayed and killed by the humans who served me.

"When you're born again, you'll have to do good things. If you don't want to live a worse life than a small creature."

To break the curse I received before I die, I must do good deeds!

The goal is to regain money, power, and fame, and live a life that takes a lot of benefits. 

Even if the body that entered at the best was a human kid, the ugly duckling of the family. 

This genius and cuteness! And there is nothing that can't be solved with this beauty(?)

In order to grow into such a great Demon King, I work hard every day—.

"I don't fall for cute things. No matter how much you wear a lace dress and tilt your head with cookies in both hands."

"...you were hiding your true skills. A clever thing."

"Hey, you! They said you brought another boy! Do you think he can be your new brother?!" 

"Oh, for your information, even just now, my soul and body were almost separated by the shock because the Lady was cute. It's inevitable because you're very cute." 

"You know. You're the only one for me, Esther."

There's something wrong with the people around me.

No, there's really something strange about it. <<less

“Please marry me.”... more>>

A two-billion-dollar commission to a mercenary from a private military company.

The condition was marriage for one year.

"Client, by any chance, are you a lunatic?"

"You're the only lunatic person who’s okay with a divorce record on his registration."

Lee Raehwa, the only daughter of Daesan Construction.

In order to complete the painting outside the control of her stepfather,

Raehwa hired a legal guardian to protect her for one year.

However, Kwon Yi-tae, whom she hired as her only hope, was an unpredictable madman.

Marriage and cohabitation, which started as a contractual relationship, was gradually moving in a strange direction……

***

He placed his hand on the back of her neck. The hand that lightly squeezed the back of her neck was large and hot.

"What if I kiss you here now?"

Raehwa let out the breath she had been holding back. Her tense body relaxed. How did he set the mood with something so trivial?

"That's okay."

Kwon Yi-tae raised one eyebrow. Raehwa continued to speak with a slight smile.

"If we want to imitate a fake couple, a kiss is...….”

But she couldn't finish her sentence. Her hair stood on end at the force of his sudden pull.

By the time her eyes opened wide, his face was already close to hers. Her vision was completely covered with Kwon Yi-tae’s face.

He stared at Raehwa with his eyes lowered. A hot whisper fell softly on her skin.

"I don't want to, you lunatic."

Their lips brushed narrowly against each other as he spoke. With a fierce gaze, a threat with a faint sweetness crept in.

"It won't end with just a kiss." <<less

“Your smile is lovely, Iris. I want to swallow it whole so much.”... more>>

Iris, who was called the Duke of Whittle’s flower, in fact lived and died like a weed that had grown in hell.

For the life that she had gained again, she had approached Keivrand, a fiery and beastly man, to use for the sake of living a comfortable life.

“Let’s try and see if you can make me hot? I don’t know if that’s possible.”

A fairytale of a proud woman and a beast. <<less

As the other person’s stand-in, he humbly falls in love with the president.... more>>

Xue Yingshuang was a stand-in, and humbly fell in love with Xing Yun…’s salary pay.

As the other person’s stand-in, Xue Yingshuang wishes he could never be separated from the president for the rest of his life.

He is a stand-in, and he must get off work at one o’clock.

The president’s white moonlight came back, other stand-ins were sad, and depressed. They couldn’t handle the jealousy and finally left with a dead heart.

Xing Yun’s white moonlight came back, and Xue Yingshuang had no waves. He enthusiastically served white moonlight and shone brightly at work.

Xing Yun: Little stand-in, is this your little trick to seduce me?

Xue Yingshuang: Misunderstood.

Xing Yun: Do you want to suffer in silence and finally leave secretly, driving me crazy?

Xue Yingshuang: You think too much, how can I leave? I still have half a year of social security before I can receive unemployment insurance.

Xing Yun: ?

Xue Yingshuang: I also haven’t received the year-end bonus you sent me yet.

Xing Yun: ??

Xue Yingshuang: I didn’t get my paid annual leave either.

Xing Yun: ???

Xue Yingshuang: Wait until I get the money and put it towards a vacation. <<less

One winter day.... more>>

It all started when an unfamiliar woman found the Duke’s lost child and brought it back.

The man she had been with for five years told the woman, “I want you to be the hostess of the family.”

“What? But….”

At that moment, she realized something as if it was only natural.

Ah, so it will end like this.

“Alright. I will leave the Duke’s mansion.”

It was a ridiculously futile ending. <<less

I wanted to live like the protagonist in a parenting novel.... more>>

But the reality of a wacky romance world has even patched my family with K-patches.

"I thought I was reborn into a parenting story, but it turned out to be a flop..."

Those darned flop parenting story families.

They're trying to send me to a 40-year-old single father. As if I, who succeeded with my romance novel knowledge, would fall for that?

"Oh, forget about those flop families! Don't they know I won't be pushed around anymore?"

Armed with a secret weapon, I went to the duke who the flop family sees as their enemy.

"Oh heroines of contract marriage novels, lend me your strength!"

Using my experience as a romance novel reader, I proposed a contract marriage, and thankfully, it was well received... Wait, they're being a little too accommodating? Is this the green light?

---

A dry gaze, as if looking at something worthless.

Surely, what was reflected in the duke's crimson eyes was all there was.

"I can't take my eyes off you."

The corners of his mouth rose in a smile that had never been drawn before.

"My bride, will you give me your hand now?" <<less

Chen Xing, the youngest assassin in the history of Assassin Star Dimension, travels to the Spirit Continent with a Super System.... more>>

At the beginning, he picks up an abandoned girl named Zero, whose ethereal beauty transcends the ages, captivating hearts for countless millennia.

He gets an additional activation of the hidden romance function of the system. Perfect combination, getting stronger through dating. This system loves to create romantic moments!

And so:

Chen Xing, the assassin god who has never been in love… starts his daily life of doting on his wife.

Passerby: Strange, how can this assassin god be so sweet?

As he pampers her, he ascends to the top of the world in his affection. With a swift blade, he cuts through the rankings of battle power!

The former Chen Xing: Women only slow down my sword-drawing speed, love is impossible.

The current Chen Xing: After training for countless years, my wife’s kiss is still better than anything else…

I really don’t want it to be like this… It’s all because she’s too adorable! <<less

I had a precognitive dream that my sister would die soon after entering into an arranged marriage. To prevent this, Aracilla chose to marry Damian, the younger brother of her intended spouse. The problem was, both of them happened to be formidable rivals—one a magician and the other a knight.... more>>

"Last year, was Young Lady the mage who snatched the orb like a sneaky weasel during the expedition?" "If I hadn't helped, you would have been rotting in a dungeon by now, don't you think so?"

The individuals who were moments away from throttling each other, dramatically agreed to a contractual marriage.

Falling in love? We'll never see each other as romantic partners, even if we live and die together.

...or so they said.

"Why is this woman so fragile and thin? It's making me worried for no reason."

"Why does this man insist on doing everything alone? I could help too."

They kept getting involved with each other... <<less

The end of my story, which I thought was a happy ending, was ruined.... more>>

“Let’s get divorce, us.”

My husband, who fell in love with a woman other than me, trampled on me miserably.

In front of me who crumbled and chose death,
A devil with sparkling purple eyes, Duke Perial appeared.

“Will you sign a contract with me? I’ll give you anything you want, anything.”
“Who are you?”
“I’m the devil.”

Red lips smiling, he spit out a sweet whisper like the ‘devil’.

“Instead, I’m going to come over the window like this at every certain time to covet your night. That’s the condition of our contract.”

If I could trample the lives of those who made me this way
It’s nothing to sell all my body and soul to the devil.

“The red mark engraved on that body is proof that you’re ‘mine’.” <<less

The daughter of a viscount, Eleanor Townsend lost her parents at a young age andhad been receiving sponsorship from the Duke of Griffith. This sponsorship led to rumors that Eleanor must be the Duke's illegitimate daughter.... more>>

Suddenly, the Duke declares that his heir, Daryl, must maintain a one-year marriage with Eleanor, or he won't inherit the title. Daryl approaches Eleanor and proposes a contractual marriage for just one year.

"If you want to repay my father's favor, you'll have to accept my offer. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have to go through this absurdity."

He was a cold and arrogant man.

Throughout their contract marriage, Daryl's tongue had been like a poisoned blade, cutting through Eleanor.

"Don't delude yourself into thinking you're a real duchess. Live as if you were dead for a year. Don't speak to me."

She endured it, waiting only for the day when this marriage would end.

However, why is it that the one who never took her side, not even once, is now trying to hold onto her?

**.

"You're the one who said it only needed to be a formality; you're the one who asked me to marry you in the first place; you're the one who brought me a contract stipulating a divorce after a year; you're the one who coerced me into paying the favor the former duke had given me."

"......Eleanor, back then, I was."

"You told me not to delude myself into thinking I became a real duchess, and live like dead for a year. You practically treated me like I didn't exist the entire time."

"......"

"It was a lonely life, many, many times more lonely than the one I lived alone in Townsend Street, but I put up with it, because it was a promise, because I thought it was my way of making amends for the trouble I'd unwittingly caused you, and so I put up with it, because it was only a year, and I can't put up with it any longer, and I don't want to."

The calm way she spoke to Daryl contained all the truth Eleanor had kept bottled up inside for a year.

"Now please leave."

"......"

"If you don't leave, I will." <<less

I was possessed as a villainess from a 19+ novel. A typical role that torments the heroine and leads me to death. ... more>>

I did not want to give up this good family, so I cut ties with the main characters. I spent a hectic time driving out my bastard brother, taking over as heir after him, and developing the top of my family business.

I could confidently say that I lived quietly without any involvement in the original work. Until the male leads started interfering with everything I did one by one.

"It's ridiculous that you don't adore me anymore."

Crown Prince Rexed fueled my reputation as his stalker.

"That's interesting, I want to experiment on you."

Doesn't the magic tower lord Icarus show dangerous desires?

Above all, the strangest thing is Duke Calix, the main male protagonist of the original work.

"I was waiting for you to come to visit me."

"What? I beg your pardon?"

"Now you're finally looking at me."

Why are you looking at me like a puppy waiting for its owner?

It seemed like something was going terribly wrong. Why are the male leads from the original hanging around me? <<less

I have become an extra who was killed in a contract marriage novel. Wanting to survive, I borrowed the role of the female lead and proposed a contract marriage to the male lead.... more>>

The problem is, I get infatuated easily so I added a contract clause on my own.

[ Reinhardt Erestain actively cooperates not to seduce Irovel Hoover. ]

"What if you look at me with that handsome face of yours, and I fall for you? Don't look at me. Did you make an effort to become uglier?"

"I'm sorry. I'm trying my best."

I feel like I'm being stared at like a marked target by the people around me. Maybe it's just my feeling…?

After the contract period expired, the female lead eventually appeared. I needed to return the borrowed male lead to the female lead now, so I handed my husband the expired contract and tried to leave.

"Where are you going after teasing me for a year?"

"Teasing? What are you talking about?"

"You put a rule on not seducing me, but you actually seduced me to your heart's content."

When did I seduce you? I only set up a wall! As my husband looked at me with a puzzled expression, he pressed his lips with a heated gaze.

"Now that the contract has expired, it's time for you to be seduced, my wife." <<less

The world where an existence called spirit supports the life of living beings around the world.... more>>

A boy lives there. Hiiragi Akito, a 2nd year student in Element Academy, a school which train spirit users. However, He is a spirit user who can’t make a contract with spirits. Like his father, He hopes that he can join the order of spirit knight, as he is frustrated with his situation that can be said as a lower rank student in the school. However, is there a reason why he can’t make a contract with spirits?

This is a high tension battle fantasy of the boy who contracted an existence called divine beast and the girls who use spirit! <<less

“You want to steal my genes then leave?” He grabbed her and tried to force her to hand over the child that was born three years ago.... more>>

She never had a baby? Then conceive one!

The delusional CEO’s desperate love; her inability to resist as she fell deeper.

OK, the baby is born. She handed it to him and left!

Yet, he had her hog-tied and thrown onto the bed. Furiously boiling with anger, he roared, “Woman! Who said I only wanted one?” <<less

Roy's life was nothing special. The only thing commendable was the last few moments when he saved a mother and her child from a drunk... more>> driver.
...
It's really an egg! Damn it, what kind of monster have I become? Did I fall into Hell instead of making it to Heaven??
Join Roy as he ventures through various worlds with the Custom Made Demon King System—a system that allows Roy to draw anything he can imagine and create it through exchanging souls! <<less

Yu He was a famous beautiful fool among the rich and powerful, relying on his good background to live a life of ease and make a living without working. Unfortunately, he was a fake young master, and when the real young master returned to the Yu family, he was not only kicked out by his foster parents but also had to serve a big shot with special interests.... more>>

Yu He shrugged and said, “Whatever.”

In a secluded and eerie castle, the big shot, dressed in a sharp suit and with a handsome and gloomy face, sat in a wheelchair, looking coldly at Yu He with hidden sharpness that was intimidating.

After one night passed…

Yu He: You know, I’ve been here for a while knowing that the big shot’s special hobby is to be a bottom.

From that day on, Yu He became the golden crane that the big shot kept in the castle.

When the real young master came crying to “retrieve” Yu He, he discovered that Yu He was actually living in the private residence of Fu Yunzheng, the head of a top-notch wealthy family.

Even the head of the Yu family couldn’t curry favour with the terrifying presence of Fu Yunzheng, who could make the entire capital world tremble with a frown. It was rumoured that he was capricious and cruel, and after being disabled in a car accident, he became even more sinister and terrifying. His injured leg was his sore spot, and anyone who dared to look at it a little longer would suffer a catastrophe.

But the true young master saw something different. In the depths of the garden, he saw Yu He sitting on Fu Yunzheng’s lap, kissing him while squeezed into his wheelchair.

The fact that Fu Yunzheng was supporting Yu He spread like wildfire, and everyone criticised Yu He for being shameless and superficial. Yu He took it as a compliment and used the attention to make money through live-streaming.

At first, the live-streaming room was full of insults, but when the haters saw the luxurious and dazzling mansion, luxury cars, branded watches, and jewellery, they began to waver. After seeing dozens of servants bowing to Yu He in unison, the haters exclaimed, “I only hate myself for being ugly.”

Later on, all the wealthy and influential people who wanted to get in good with Fu Yunzheng began flooding into Yu He’s live streaming room, frantically showering him with gifts and asking him to pass along a message.

Yu He made an incredible comeback, reaching new heights!

Fu Yunzheng: Don’t stare at your broken live stream all day, look at me.

Yu He: You’re the best thing to look at.

Everyone was waiting for Fu Yunzheng to get tired of playing with Yu He and dump him, but they waited and waited until the engagement banquet of Yu He and Fu Yunzheng.

At the engagement banquet, the true young master’s lover sneered at Yu He, “Yu He, how can serving others with your body last long? People will get tired of it.”

Fu Yunzheng replied, “You better pray that little He won’t get tired of me. If little He doesn’t love me anymore, your family will go bankrupt.”

The people who once looked down on Yu He: !!! Yu He, please love him for a long time, we’ll kowtow to you!!! <<less

“I will make you a princess.” ... more>>

Sasha lived in an alley with pickpocketers. She was suspected of being Princess Anastasia who disappeared a long time ago, due to the sale of the necklace she had when she was a child

“It will be a disaster if you turn out to be a scammer.”

"I will take responsibility."

"How?"

"Is my title not enough?"

Buying time until the real Anastasia appears. That was the “deal” between the duke and her.

"You said you'd let me go when we’re done. What if you really like me?"

"Nevertheless, I will not do anything against your will."

But somehow, the duke became sincere to her.

"I'm already yours."

She should disappear.

That way, she’ll live. <<less

“I didn’t cheat on you with your fiancé; it was fate, do you understand?”... more>>

The heroine eloped with my fiancé.

On the day of our engagement.

After a moment of disbelief, the male lead came to me.

“The lady I picked out for the contract marriage ran off with her friend’s fiancé.”

“Goodness, there’s a lady just like me.”

“So I’m thinking of proposing a contract marriage to that friend.”

The eyes beneath the bushy eyebrows gleamed sharply.

“Will you marry me, milady?”

… It seems to be me.

✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧

Since my fiancé ran away anyway, there wasn’t much choice; I entered the wedding hall with the male lead.

I agreed to the contract with the intention of running away if necessary.

“I’ll try to make you a precious person to everyone.”

His fingertips, which descended to my earlobe, lightly brushed my tiny earring.

Shivers ran down my spine.

“The earring suits you very well.”

The earring had a purple gem that matched his eye color.

Something seems wrong with this contract marriage after all. <<less

Jin Yura, once just a friend’s younger sister, seemed like a perfectly suitable marriage partner, unnecessary of the bothersome affairs of romance.... more>>

“What should I call you now? ‘Honey’ perhaps?”

An unexpected minor commotion led to a contractual marriage between Baek I-hyun and Jin Yura.

“I guess ‘Honey’ it is.”

“Call me by my name, like you used to. Please.”

“Yura.”

Yura couldn’t help but hold her breath, wondering if her name had always sounded so sweet.

Was it I-hyun’s voice or her own ears that were the problem?

“Like this?” Yura struggled to look at I-hyun’s smiling eyes.

“Y-Yes.”

She turned her head away, biting her lip, as a deep shadow loomed over her face.

I-hyun had closed the distance in a flash, his head tilted slightly to match her gaze.

“Why, why are you doing this?”

Retreating step by step, Yura found herself blocked by the bookshelf, unable to move further.

I-hyun whispered closely in front of Yura, “I like ‘Honey’ better.”

With a soft, sultry sound, Yura’s voice broke.

She had never imagined that she would be kissing I-hyun.

His skillful lead and the hand wrapped around her waist felt so natural.

Yura’s head spun with I-hyun’s deep breaths enveloping her.

A two-year contract marriage, supposedly the ideal time for growing apart, began rather abruptly.

Could they really reach the final station of divorce unscathed? <<less

I possessed the villain and final boss of the original novel after once complaining about the story.
He is Ki Yoon Jae, the incompetent representative of the gifted guild!... more>>

In order to survive without dying immediately, he needs to make an ally. But...

[Let's predict what will happen if Ha Hyun Seo were to discover that you are not Ki Yoon Jae.]

“So, you’re not him? You're not Yoon Jae hyung?”

If you reveal that you are possessing the original to your allies, it’s game over.

At long last, I met the main character who gave me a death flag from the original story.

That's how it was for a year.
But when an unknown gate appeared in Korea, I received a strange skill from God.

[If you have this, you too can become gifted! You can borrow abilities through kissing!]

So... Do you want me to kiss those gifted people? Besides, what's up with the look in the eyes of the bastard around me?

"Don't you want to know what my abilities are? How to use them, how they feel...”
"As I’ve always said, I'm on your side. I'll do whatever you want."

[No matter what kind of life the player lives, God will watch over you. God bless you!] <<less

Xie Yin Xue is on the brink of death, yet he clings to life.... more>>

In a desperate bid to survive, Xie Yin Xue, with no prior knowledge of exorcism, takes on a part-time job as a celestial master, helping individuals resolve paranormal occurrences. In return, clients are required to share a month of their lifespan with him and bear half of his afflictions.

His venture isn’t smooth sailing, prompting Xie Yin Xue to join a game named “Eternal Lock”. Once you’re in, failure to clear the game results in death. However, many participants are willing to endure temporary pain in exchange for extended life.

Inside the game, Xie Yin Xue extends his life by aiding others to clear levels. But due to his overpowering abilities, players often mistake him for a game NPC. Xie Yin Xue doesn’t mind, as long as it doesn’t hinder his pursuit of longevity.

That is, until the day he meets a real NPC…

NPC: “Evil ones are molded from water, the good from mud. The sight of the wicked refreshes me, while the righteous seem foul and repelling. Yet, Mr. Xie, you’re different from both; you have a delightful fragrance.”

Xie Yin Xue: “Are you challenging me?”

Xie Yin Xue: “?”

“If the King of Hell decrees your death at the third watch, I can keep you alive till the fifth.” <<less

A collection of side stories released with the blu-rays of the Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance anime.... more>>

Extra.1 – Great Festival of the Spirits at the Imperial Capital

Extra.2 – Est Looking After the Sick

Extra.3 – The Princess’ Confidential Part-time Job

Extra.4 – Hunting the Legendary Giant Bust Spirit!

Extra.5 – The Terrifying Mystery Hotpot Battle

Extra.6 – Elementalists on Break

Extra.7 – Elemental Festa <<less