The Hero Andert.... more>>

A great swordsman who ended the great war by sacrificing himself.

One of the rare heroes…

But he was actually a woman disguised as her dead younger brother.

That was me.

But...

"Huh?"

Did I just come back to life four years after my death? All I had was my body, so there was only one way to survive.

Becoming a maid.

“You’ve never worked as a maid before this, so what have you been doing all this time?”

“Jobless.”

“What motivated you to apply for this job?”

“Money.”

“What kind of mansion would you like to work in?”

“A mansion that is so hard to work in and so nasty that we don’t even know if it’ll be cleaned if we both work and die.”

“What kind of employer do you want?”

“A vicious employer that terrorizes their employees.”

That way I won’t get laid off since I’m the only one you can work with.

“…”

The interviewer looked at me like I was crazy.

---

Here, I will start anew.

Not as the Hero Andert or my deceased little brother.

But as the maid Daisy. <<less

The once wealthy and powerful Ryuuzen clan has been all but destroyed. Their misfortune began in 1960, when a majority of the family was wiped out when their vacation villa was buried under a landslide. However, search and rescue teams discovered something even more shocking: A majority of the bodies they discovered showed obvious signs of having been mu*dered before the landslide.... more>>

As though it were a trigger, what came to be known as "The Curse of the Ryuuzen Clan" spread throughout the descendants of the family's only survivor. By mu*der, by su*cide, by accident... it seemed none who held the name "Ryuuzen" could live to see the age of 35, and now, the family has been reduced to a single woman, lying in a hospital bed, days away from death.

Kamo Touma was once just another of the endless parade of sleazy tabloid journalists looking to exploit a prominent family's tragedy to sell magazines, but Ryuuzen Rena's kindness melted his frozen heart, driving him to quit his old job and become an investigative journalist specializing in overturning cases of false arrest. Eventually, he and Rena were married, but now, the curse threatens to steal away their happiness.

Kamo prays for a miracle, and his prayers are answered by the Hourglass of Miracles, an artifact spoken of in rumors and urban legends, said to grant one wish to anyone who obtains it.

"Meister Hora", a guide for those who obtain the hourglass, tells Kamo there is only one way to break the curse and save Rena: He must travel back in time to the year 1960 and catch the culprit of the original Ryuuzen Family massacre.

Who was the culprit of the mu*ders that took place almost 60 years ago? Why did they steal away the lives of the Ryuuzen clan? What is the true nature of the "Curse of the Ryuuzen Clan?" And perhaps most mysteriously of all... What is Meister Hora's goal in all this?

Winner of the 29th annual Ayukawa Tetsuya Award. <<less

There exist in this world a set of six daggers that carry a terrible curse: the ability to inflict a death beyond time. Those under the daggers' curse shall reincarnate without end, never able to know happiness and always drawn to die once more by the dagger. This is the story of "Raine" and "Marie", two souls bound by the daggers' curse to kill one another, over and over again.... more>>

France, 1243. Lapis Lazuli Castle is the name of an insignificant relay fort nestled away in a forest east of Carcassonne. Its ruler, Count Geoffroy, and his only daughter, Marie, are both believed to be insane. The root cause of their shared madness is the mysterious disappearance of Geoffroy's wife three years ago, which caused Geoffroy to grow detached from humanity and cast Marie into a deep depression. After three years of wandering in a state halfway to nonexistence, Marie works up the nerve to ask her chief bodyguard, Sir Raine, to investigate her mother's death, confiding that on the night of her mother's disappearance, she had witnessed something impossible. However, her investigation only prompts a new tragedy.

The French-German border, 1916. As World War I rages on, Raine and Marie's latest reincarnations live the life of a sub-lieutenant in the French army and a medic with the Red Cross, respectively. The two lovers are reunited at the site of the Battle of Verdun, but no sooner have they met then Raine finds himself faced with a barrage of impossible circumstances. An enemy soldier's head suddenly vanishes, right before his eyes. One of his subordinates reports the same thing happening to an ally. Four more headless bodies vanish from a flooded bunker in the minute he looks away. These baffling events are a prelude to the return of their old tragedy.

Northern Hokkaido, 1989. Kimiyo, age eighteen, is already dying, an inoperable tumor in her hypothalamus leaving her with less than a year to live. Refusing to despair in the face of her tragic circumstances, she spends her remaining days with her friends at "The Library at the End of the World", a private library so called due to its isolated nature. One day, a man named Kito approaches her out of the blue, regaling her with a story about a set of cursed daggers, knights in the 13th century, and the two of them being cursed, fated lovers. Naturally, Kimiyo is intensely skeptical, but the events that come next don't require her to believe in them.

Arriving at the scene of these three tragedies is Snowy, an enigmatic figure of indeterminate gender who claims to be "a detective charged with managing the world's chaos". <<less

I’ve been reincarnated as the extra character who stalked her husband, the male lead, for 10 years and died. Of course, I tried to divorce him before the female lead appeared.... more>>

But, I found out that my young husband’s household was secretly abusing him. At that moment, I immediately became overwhelmed with the responsibility and sense of duty a modern adult would have.

***

Aiden had his back turned away from her and suddenly grabbed her arm forcefully. The strength of his hands alone could have ripped her arms off. Erin timidly called his name and spoke.

“I already reminded you yesterday. We’re a married couple, so I’m always on your side.”

“…”

“So, everything is alright.”

She comforted him with these sweet words like it was a spell. And as if he was under her magic, Aiden stopped trembling.

***

The adult Erin requested to divorce her husband Aiden before the female lead appeared. As soon as those words left her lips, Aiden’s smile disappeared.

“A divorce? Never.”

Aiden tore the divorce papers into such thin sheets, the contents were no longer legible. Erin smiled at the sight. <<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

The genius cultivator Lin Xuanzhi didn’t let down the world in his past life, yet he only betrayed a single Yan Tianhen.... more>>

It was only when he had been backstabbed and killed by his closest friends, teacher and fellow disciples that he knew what kind of unforgivable crimes he had committed.

After he gained the huge opportunity for rebirth, the Lin Xuanzhi who had climbed back up from hell swore to cherish the person that he had betrayed in his past life. <<less

The whole world is subjected to a highly dangerous standardised exam called the Global Examination. Answering questions by putting their lives at stake, they would... more>> live if they passed the test. Every month the exam will undergo reformation while, occasionally, it is random. <<less

Since the world has forsaken me, I will also forsake the world.

She became an extra who died because of her rubbish fiance. She succeeded in becoming best friends with the heroine in order to twist the original plot.... more>>

“I’m sorry, Ciel. But we’re still friends, right?”

The heroine had an affair with my fiance.

Yeah, go ahead and take that tr*sh.

“Would you like to have a relationship with someone who had an affair with my fiance, Your Highness?”

Cause I decided to have the Male Lead.

Since I’ve broken up my engagement, then I can start getting the Male Lead after getting out of the original story and decided to enjoy a happy life.

After a while, rumors have spread that I was the Crown’s Prince lover and was raking in money. And there’s also another news that the two had broken up.

“Ciel, I was wrong. Can we still be friends?”

“Ciel… I was foolish. You are the only one that I love. You love me too, right? So let’s start over.”

What? Are they both out of their mind? Throwing their hands away, I raised the corners of my lips.

“Don’t make me laugh. So get out of here.” <<less

Pei Jiu picked up a girl by the riverside. He settled her on the mountain, and planned to send her back once she recovered. This delicate girl was a useless crybaby, so Pei Jiu had to be a nice person. He cooked her food and washed her clothes. He let the troublesome girl ride on his shoulders so she could pick fruits. During winter, he would warm up the bed for her. One day, she hugged Pei Jiu’s arm with a smile. “Big Brother Pei, you’re really an honest and a good man. I will marry you and give birth to your babies!”... more>>

Pei Jiu eyed her critically and scathingly enumerated her shortcomings. She was ignorant and spoiled. She only knew how to pester and flirt with people all day long. Give birth to babies? Go ahead, give birth to caterpillars.

The delicate girl bawled so hard that she passed out. The next day, Pei Jiu returned to his mansion and told his servants to prepare for his wedding ceremony. When he returned to the mountain in the evening, Pei Jiu opened the door as usual, but he found that the cheeky girl had disappeared. He searched the whole mountain for her to no avail. No one would act like a spoiled brat in front of him anymore. What a headache.

Note : 娇 (jiāo) : tender/delicate/pampered/spoiled <<less

In grade 10, Chen Qi continuously met the same male student every day she went to school.... more>>

The male student was very tall, especially with his beautiful eyes that were usually obscured by a contemplative look.

Strangely, whenever Chen Qi went out, she always met that male student.

There were many people that she often encountered, but he was the only one who she could meet every day.

Chen Qi did not believe in fate, nor did she believe in the so-called fate, until the day he came.

Then suddenly one day, she never saw that male student again.

At first, she did not think much of it, but every time Chen Qi passed Cornfield Road, she would subconsciously look for that familiar silhouette.

Just one morning without seeing the male student, she would feel strange, and her heart would feel empty as if something was missing.

He was a stranger on the street, but also someone special in Chen Qi’s heart.

The yellowed cornfield leaves carried the bitter feelings of the young girl, fell to the ground and were blown away by the autumn wind.

The leaves had flown away, but her feelings were still there.

When the two met again, Chen Qi stared blankly at the person in front of her, while listening to a song playing, and the lyrics were just sung:

“I have never believed so, so sure, who will be my destiny

Until your light falls into my dark night.”

Chen Qi suddenly remembered a sentence:

“If you don’t forget it, there will be a reply.”

—Falling in love with a stranger at first sight—

Jiang Yan Yi X Chen Qi

~I’ve never believed in fate until the day you came~ <<less

Chen Sui could not understand,... more>>

How could there be someone as obnoxious as Jian Ming Xi in this world?

He had all the things she hated.

She and he were indeed a perfect match…

A pair of opposites.

—A cute story of childhood sweethearts—

Jian Ming Xi X Chen Sui

~You and I were born to be polar opposites~ <<less

Chu Xuan transmigrated to a fantasy world and became the young master of a powerful family. He was rebuked for misbehaving just because he sneezed during a banquet. As punishment, he was banished from the ancestral mansion and was relocated to a remote residence.... more>>

He did not mind the punishment at all. He just needed a spot that could allow him to be a shut-in. With the system that would allow him to grow stronger by being a shut-in, the longer he stayed indoors, the more powerful he became.

After being a shut-in for a day, he was rewarded with the Indestructible Body Technique.

After being a shut-in for a month, he was rewarded with the Immovable Mountain Technique.

After being a shut-in for a year, he was rewarded with the Yuxu Celestial Scripture and 100 years of cultivation.

After being a shut-in for 10 years, he was rewarded with the Chaotic Indestructible Body and the Bell of Chaos.

…

Chu Xuan declared, “No one can make me leave my home. I like being a shut-in!” <<less

Liao Tingyan, a new disciple who had just started and had the lowest rank, got to be near the terrifying great master of Gengchen Xianfu, which caused a lot of discussions.... more>>

Shimei Liao, How did you do it?

Liao Tingyan: … By relying on the instinct of salted fish?

(Salted fish: people who have no intention of doing anything.)

---3 lifetimes <<less

Was Cinderella’s Stepsister really a villain?... more>>

A love story with the charm of a villain in a fairy tale.

When I woke up, I found myself in an unfamiliar space.
Did I drink so much that I lost consciousness? Then maybe a one-night stand?
But what unfolds before my eyes is an unbelievable reality.

This only happens in the romance fantasy novels I read while running through all my cash…

Oh, my God!
I went to sleep and woke up as Cinderella’s stepsister, a name that no one remembers!

A knight of the Royal Guard, Drake Wolfrick Persson appears before her.
“I clearly told you to not to go anywhere and wait.”

The moment the dark voice entered my ears, I became the protagonist of another story. <<less

Xiao Yuan bears a heavy responsibility. Because of certain restrictions, he has to get along with a group of scum people. When the mission was completed, the restrictions disappeared, and Xiao Yuan screamed in delight: Ah, this is the taste of freedom! The Demon Lord who treated him as a plaything and infected him with a Gu worm, the junior brother who disliked him, the young Pavilion Master who used his blood to save his own Senior Brother – forgive him for not accompanying them.... more>>

Later, Xiao Yuan learned the “face changing technique” and could imitate anyone’s appearance. With this, he starts various businesses: he can become what the clients wanted as long as he got paid enough. The business of Xiao Yuan’s was booming. He earned a lot of money, and big shots from all walks of life came to him admiringly. Then…

Junior Brother: Oh, I will never let Senior Brother leave me again!

Pavilion Master: Xiao Yuan, do you want me to take out my heart to show it to you?!

Demon Lord: What do I need to do for baby to forgive me, how about I let you bully me back?

Wife chasing crematorium burning all over the world, Xiao Yuan smiles: Don’t ask, asking means you’ve never loved before. <<less

Disco Wednesdayyy, an American detective specializing in missing children, lives with six-year old Kozue Yamagishi in Chofu City, Tokyo. One day, a seventeen-year-old girl "invades"... more>> Kozue's body right before his eyes, and with it, the door to the biggest case in human history opens. A soul thief, a black bird man who embodies all evil, and a series of deaths of great detectives gathered in a strange cylindrical house—— "You are at the center of this disaster." Just Facts! Chasing only the truth, run through three thousand worlds, Disco! <<less

Wen Yu had a dream after his eighteenth birthday. In the dream, he was lying on the cold stone altar with his hands and feet tied up, his surroundings were dark and gloomy. Vaguely, he saw a dark figure approaching him step by step. After waking up from the dream, a series of strange things began to happen around him.... more>>

First, there was a huge sum of money in his account, which was so large that he doubted his counting ability. After that, the punk who was bullying him was beaten into the hospital by someone unknown. From then on, whenever they see him, they would flee as if they had seen a ghost. The relatives who adopted him suddenly started to be warm and concerned about him. Later, he somehow got a real estate certificate under his name, the address is in the famous rich villa area of S City.

On the night after moving, inside the big house, he was suddenly tied up with invisible ropes. When he fell on the cold floor, he saw a dark figure walking towards him step by step. It was like the dream that night. It’s just that this time, he clearly saw the appearance of the shadow, an extremely handsome and extremely gloomy man. <<less

"I didn't expect you to deceive me."... more>>

“…….”

"Such a useless act."

These were the words of a man who came along with knights.

Embarrassed, Luce shook her head, but had no idea who he was or why he was doing this.

As Luce slowly retreated in the overbearing atmosphere, the man embraced Luce's waist.

"Why. When the last time you begged for me to fill you.”

Luce, who was trying to push him away, could not do anything because he took off his robe.

“It seems you now remember who I am?”

She remembered.

He...… was the first man she had mixed bodies with. <<less

Shen Qingxian is the Honored Lord Lianhua, only lacking ascending to the heavens.... more>>

Gu Jianshen is the Demonic Emperor Jiuyuan, only lacking destroying the three worlds.

Everyone believed that a meeting between Shen Qingxian and Gu Jianshen must result in a war spanning the three worlds, the two of them dueling to the death.

Until Shen Qingxian went through a hundred years of closed-door cultivation, and spied upon heaven’s mysteries.

Words of heaven’s mysteries: For ten thousand years, no one in the cultivation world has ascended to the heavens. This is because the Heavenly Staircase has long since collapsed. The only way to set this right is to follow the directions of this jade scroll.

Jade Scroll Writing: 1) Meet with Gu Jianshen. 2) Get drunk together with Gu Jianshen……. 13) Pass a ‘spring night’ together with Gu Jianshen…….

Shen Qingxian: “……” <<less

A story in the not too distant future. Due to developments in AI technology, Perfect AI driven marriage interviews have become the norm.... more>>

Minato Aki applied for her own AI driven arranged marriage. Despite not expecting much, she was met with the highest compatibility record with a partner in history. But it came with something she never expected, the other person was a woman. Only ever dating men, she didn’t know what to think.

When they met, her heart began to flutter for reasons she didn’t know. She thought, “Shouldn’t I only be interested in men?”

In addition, her partner, Mizuki Kameoka, asked her to go out with her. Not as friends, but with the hopes of getting married.

A near future love story begins, with computer driven matchmaking. <<less

Shi Yu has a secret – he is a dragon’s mate from the other world. He builds nests, collects gold coins, and dreams of meeting dragons. As a result, Shi Yu became the newest white moonlight after his differentiation into Omega.... more>>

Being confessed for N+1 days, he refused people, saying, “I only like dragons.”

Passing by, was the most beautiful male on campus. Jiang’s footsteps lurched.

Jiang ChengLi has a secret – he is an ice dragon. As the flower of the high mountain, the entire school’s little omegas dream of being marked by him. Jiang ChengLi has never been attracted to any Omega pheromones until he had a charming dream after hitching a ride with a newly differentiated Omega.

In the dream, the Omega kissed his dragon horns, rubbed his dragon belly, and held his slimy dragon tail!

Later, Jiang ChengLi’s pheromones went out of control, he turned into a small dragon cub and was picked up by the Omega in his dream! Shi Yu picked up an ice dragon cub. Snow white body, round belly, super-soft tail. He put the dragon cub into his pocket then kissed the little horn, rubbed the belly and tail before going to bed.

Later, the ice dragon cub turned into Jiang ChengLi, his tail winding around his feet, “Let me bite you, I’ll give you all of my tail.” <<less

Tadano Yoshiki, aged 17, a second year high school student; when I opened the door to my toilet, I was in a different world, but I will never transfer to another world!... more>>

This is my daily life of people from another world who want to summon me, and me, who kicks up a fuss because I don’t want to be summoned. <<less

A lineage of enmity, two lifetimes of love.... more>>

A hundred years in hell is not as bitter as love.

[Past Life]
A gentle and strong Eldest Prince shou who turned evil in the end.

The Ninth Prince gong, who originally did not have a good heart, turned evil due to hatred.

Conclusion: It’s all the fault of the family of origin.

[Present Life]
A white impermanence senior brother shou, who already doesn’t have any memories of the past.

A black impermanence junior brother gong, who has memories of the past and impure intention.

Conclusion: It’s all the fault of senior brother being too good. <<less

“Marry me?”... more>>

A marriage was forced out of nowhere onto Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, and the groom was the ugliest male god of Olympus, Hephaestus. Everyone sympathized with the poor bride, but little did they know… she liked him. However, he always appeared mysterious to her, his thoughts never conceivable.

“Will you break up your marriage now?”

“What, what, what?”

“It means if you’re willing to pretend you didn’t have a marriage.”

A husband who asks for the end of his marriage with the most beautiful woman in the whole universe! Nevertheless, Aphrodite, strangely enough, doesn’t want to.

But the day after the night of their marriage, he suddenly disappeared.

The furious goddess decides to retaliate against her indifferent husband… <<less