He Chuan Zhou had the same dream again. In that dream, a youngster would stand in front of everyone's questioning and doubts and said with a high-spirited yet arrogant voice : I will become a policeman !
She felt that this freak was lame, unlike herself, who just wanted to make money.... more>>

Fifteen years have passed, and everything that was supposed to grow had grown.

When they reunited after a long time, he was sitting in the car, a glass window separating them, wearing a suit and leather shoes, holding an unlit cigarette in his mouth, as if gritting his teeth, but his eyes slightly glanced outside, speaking arrogantly and provocatively: "Hey, Captain He. "

The so-called fate tricks people probably means that even though I have not changed my original intention, I still embarked on a completely different path from my dream. <<less

Bi Ryu-yeon, an eccentric young man in his early twenties.... more>>

He encounters the world of martial arts when he meets his master at the age of ten after becoming an orphan.

His destiny soon changes upon a chance meeting with the students of Heavenly Martial Academy.

Riding on the ‘fragrances’ of a ‘Black Zither’ and ‘Flying Lightning’, ‘Bi Ryu-yeon’ and his ‘eccentric master’ emerge in the martial world.

It’s an adventure of unpredictable ultimate martial arts and extraordinary exploits until the very last moment. <<less

A novelization of the untold backstories of Frieren before the main story. Under the supervision of Kanehito Yamada, the original author of the hit manga... more>> and anime “Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End”, author Mei Hachimoku has novelized the stories of what Frieren were doing just before she set out on journey “to know humans”! A collection of 5 short stories, each with a different Frieren character – Frieren, Fern, Stark, Lawinne & Kanne, and Aura – as the main protagonist. <<less

The prequel story to [GODZILLA: Monster Planet] released nationwide on 2017-11-17!... more>>

Here is a collection of records from the age when humanity battled against the monsters. Facing immense despair, how did humans confront it, and how were they defeated? This is the one and only prequel to the anime version of GODZILLA. <<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

I don’t want to get hurt anymore.... more>>

The main character, Shintani Maeshima, got betrayed twice by his ex-girlfriends. Moreover, it happened in the same situation.

—what happens twice will happen thrice.

Maejima no longer wants to fall in love. He doesn’t want to be betrayed in such a way again. <<less

Xia Guixuan, the immortal emperor of a generation, was injured along with his archenemy, both gravely wounded.... more>>

He went into seclusion in the core of a remote and desolate planet in the universe to heal his injuries.

Gradually, the environment of the planet was transformed by the immortal aura emanating from him, turning it into a habitable world filled with spiritual energy.

The indigenous life forms began to practice cultivation and developed their own civilization.

Several years later, a human exploration spacecraft from the Milky Way Galaxy arrived at this location. Powerful beings from various planes of existence began to take notice of this place.

Amidst various clashes, heroes emerged.

Xia Guixuan, within the planet's core, opened his eyes. <<less

Liv Hamelsvoort, who bears the label of the ‘Fake Saintess’ and is the laughingstock of high society for her unrequited love for Duke Lartman. No one could understand her, but she likewise couldn’t understand them.... more>>

“I’m in the middle of enduring the love of the gods.”

There was a world that ordinary humans couldn’t dare to comprehend.

“Who harmed my child?”

“Does my child not exist in this world?”

“I don’t need a world where the child I love doesn’t exist.”

The moment the enormous things she had been bearing were revealed, Liv’s life finally began to change.

“I will love you in any timeline, Your Grace.”

Liv was content as long as she could continue loving. But if she wanted to protect that love, she had to change; the world was whispering that to her. <<less

The maid, Ivnia, who escaped in the night in the midst of a scandal has returned. With a young daughter who looks exactly like the owner of the mansion.... more>>

"The past has already been completely forgotten. Let me work as her maid again."

"Did you just run away to do this? "

It was the man who told her to erase the child. She was nothing more than a toy. Ivnia bowed her head humiliatingly low without showing any emotion. All she had to do was find materials to cure her child"s illness in this mansion. But why is he angry?

"Give that idiot a job. Or let her live in an abandoned detached house."

"Someday you will find me crying again." <<less

Lu Tong went to the mountains to study medicine for seven years. When she returned home, she discovered that things had changed.... more>>

Her older sister was harmed by others and died,

Her older brother was put in jail full of injustices,

Her father went to the capital to voice his grievances, but encountered a flood along the way,

Her mother went crazy overnight and died in a fire.

Lu Tong packed up her medicine box and went to fight in Jingzhou.

Pay back your debts with coin, pay back your mu*ders with your life!

If there is no judge, I will be King Yan!

***

One after another, the noble families in the capital encountered troubles.

The commander of the Imperial Guard, Pei Yunying, secretly investigated the matter. A female doctor at Renxin Medical Center became his main suspect.

However...

Before he could find any evidence, she took action against him. <<less

Collection of short to medium stories.

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

Xue Huai sold his life to Yun Cuo.... more>>

He ran away from home for him, wield a knife for him, and died in battle for him, just to end up earning the title of “incompetent protector.”

After his death, his ashes were placed on the head of the bed by Yun Cuo, and even the soil was loosening well.

After hearing about this, Xue Huai was so angry that he became a haunted ghost and prepared to go to Yun Cuo’s bed to scare people.

But only to see the cold and arrogant Emperor facing his ashes, crying and trembling.

Before he could fully understand the situation, he was reborn.

He thought to himself: It seems a bit pitiful, but let’s avoid the boss in this lifetime.

The clever young master of the Xue family, who had been spoiled growing up, changed his attitude, listened to his family, and went to a place 108,000 miles away to cultivate.

That early spring, when he was cultivating, the person he had been avoiding suddenly appeared and blocked him under the pear tree, saying “I heard that you are good at doing homework. Help me with my teacher’s homework, can you?”

The young man was as sharp as a knife. He tried hard and gave him a somewhat awkward smile.

*

Is there snow tonight, is there no snow tonight?

I only dream about idle people, not about you. <<less

“If there existed a horrendous ghost among the hwarangs, who would it be? Of course, it’d be Seol Yeong-rang who uses necromancy to call upon ghosts!”... more>>

Hwarang Seol Yeong, who was named as the horrendous ghost who’d bring forth a great disaster one day.

There was only one way to get rid of the false accusations and return to his original position.

It was to prove he wasn’t a horrendous ghost by solving abnormal incidents.

Then, Ja Ha, the head of the previous generation’s hwarang, the man who killed a great evil spirit eight years prior and disappeared without a trace, appeared in front of Seol Yeong… <<less

In Meng Zhao's eyes, the former Lu Shichen was like a skin wrapped in paper. He looked calm from a distance, but looked disgusting up close. Back, everyone was after Lu Shichen, but Meng Zhao felt that he was so fake that he aroused his disgust.... more>>

Meng Zhao didn't expect that one day he would see Lu Shichen once again. What was more expected was that Lu Shichen had got himself involved in a mu*der case and become the primary suspect in the case. . . And the person responsible for solving the case happened to be Detective Meng Zhao.

Author: You two, please describe your views on each other.

Meng Zhao: A mad dog who is extremely good at pretending.

Lu Shichen: A wild dog that can’t be beaten to death.

Lu Shichen x Meng Zhao: The mortal enemies finally get married.

(The one with the bad temper is Shou)

Suspense, solving the case, the plot line and the emotional line <<less

“…… Please allow me to receive the delegation alongside you, Your Majesty.”... more>>

“No. There isn’t anyone that doesn’t know that I don’t have a shred of feelings for you anyways, so is there a need to put on an act?”

The nobles covered their mouths with fans at the sight of the Empress being openly embarrassed by the Emperor but didn’t retract their gazes.

Along with the fed-up Edmund’s unkind treatment, the courage that was squeezed out disappeared instantly, and Sotis bowed her head without saying anything.

Sotis loved Edmund.

But Edmund hated Sotis.

“I have no intention of letting you go today.”

“I’ve never asked you to let go of me. It’s alright if you make a mess, so hurry…”

The Emperor, who’d made the Empress become an object of gossip for the nobles, sought his mistress’ embrace. Sotis felt miserable whenever she saw Edmund whispering affectionately to another woman.

‘Will everyone be happy if I disappear? Would it be alright if I disappeared? It’s just, if only I could disappear.’

***

Within the bedroom where the Empress slept quietly without waking, only a mage saw her wounded soul.

As Sotis sat by the window, she seemed shy and embarrassed, while combing her long hair with a faint smile.

“Even if you don’t lift a finger, there will definitely be someone that likes Your Majesty just the way you are.”

Although it was her first meeting that mage, the mage responded to her innermost thoughts as though he knew about everything.

“I’ll find a way. Just like how you saved me, I will also ensure that both of your feet will touch the ground once again.”

[……If you say that, it sounds as though such a day would definitely arrive.]

The mage turned his back on the Empress, who was lying on the bed beautifully and whispered to the soul by the window every day, eventually managing to awaken Sotis’ physical body…

“Tomorrow morning, we will declare our divorce. The reason for the divorce is your body’s poor condition, your soul’s instability, and your inability to carry on the family line.”

Through a single mage's utmost dedication, Empress Sotis was able to regain her body, but what she was faced with was the Emperor’s notice of divorce. <<less

Wang Dian passed through. He wore a suit and held a bottle of red wine in his hand. On the left was a group of ferocious generals with swords in their hands, and on the right were civil servants with long robes and wide sleeves.... more>>

They all knelt down and called him “Your Majesty”.

Wang Dian clenched the wine bottle in his hand and shouted at them to rise on their feet.

At the start, it was still okay to be called the emperor. Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the bedchamber, he saw a man who looked exactly like himself.

"I didn't know there was such a strange thing in this world." The man raised his eyebrows and smiled.

I originally wanted to go up to the Ninth Heaven to embrace the bright moon, but I didn't expect you to lie drunk on top of the clouds.

-A palace love story of a modern version overbearing president
and an ancient version overbearing president.

-Author: They look exactly the same. <<less

After being used by his adoptive parents his entire life, Woo Hee-shin is forced into an arranged marriage with Kwak Tae-beom, the President of the Moojin Group.... more>>

Just when he was about to be happy by his side…

‘Turns out they have just completely deceived me.’

He realizes that his adoptive parents lied to Kwak Tae-beom about him being an extremely dominant Omega.

The misunderstanding between the two grows deeper and deeper, and Hee-shin, who was already fragile, eventually closes his eyes in a cold hospital room.

He thought he was dead like that, but when he opens his eyes, he’s somehow transported back to the day of his wedding to Kwak Tae-beom.

‘Ah… this must be a dream.’

He convinces himself of that, but when he doesn’t wake up from the dream for several days, he realizes he’s regressed.

At first, he tries to run away, but unlike before, Kwak Tae-beom shows his affectionate side and…

“Is there anything you want to do when you get better, or somewhere you want to go?”

Woo Hee-shin vows to live a better life so that his second chance won’t be meaningless. <<less

The child actor who disappeared after becoming the youngest person to win the Best Actor Award begins acting again.

Li Lianhua and his nemesis Di Feisheng who no longer cared for worldly affairs become inspired by the young and idealistic Fang Duobing as they join hands in solving mysterious cases to uphold justice.... more>>

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Ten years ago, Li Xiangyi, the master of Sigu Sect, dominated with his superior swordsmanship and was a symbol of light in the martial arts world. However, he suddenly disappeared along with Di Feisheng, the leader of the Jinyuan Alliance, after they arranged to battle in the East Sea.

Ten years later, Li Lianhua is a countryside doctor on his travels while dragging around a lotus tower. He accidentally becomes “famous” and gets pulled into the pugilistic world that he no longer wanted to have any connections with. Fang Duobing, a passionate youth who dreams of becoming a hero, realizes that Li Lianhua is not a simple man and vows to find proof that Li Lianhua has been impersonating a famous doctor. <<less

Liang Muqiu seriously doubted if he had read the astrology forecast when he went out today.... more>>

He borrowed a fire in the bar, but borrowed it from his ex-boyfriend.

It is said that old partners would never contact each other. However, they hadn’t seen each other for seven years, yet this bastard was not only not old, but also more handsome than before.

Especially when Cen Nan lit a cigarette for him in the dim light, his eyelashes drooped slightly, like when he kissed him under the blossoming tree seven years ago.

Liang Muqiu: Damn it, why was he still a little excited?

It took a long time for Liang Muqiu to wake up.

From the moment he saw Cen Nan, what he wanted to borrow was not fire, but a kiss of reunion after a long separation.

After seven years of separation, he still loved the same person.

Coincidentally, so did Cen Nan. <<less

The Princess as beautiful as a fairy, Amber.... more>>

Her husband, who lived as a mercenary, was essentially different from her in every way.

Due to a forced marriage, Amber fell into despair. Throughout the years of their marriage, she vehemently resented everything about her husband.

However, when he met his end trying to protect her and their unborn child, Amber was overwhelmed with regret and wished to turn back time…

The starting point of her regression happened to be the very first night of their wedding?

“You never once glanced at me throughout the wedding, I thought you were upset for becoming the wife of a lowlife.”

She was already like burnt ashes, yet he seemed like a fire spirit dancing above the ruins.

His embrace felt too scorching to bear, so Amber eventually averted her eyes.

• • • • • • •

It was only after meeting you that I realized I had a hole inside me. And I soon became delighted, knowing that you could fill that part of me.

But as I filled that part, I became greedier.

Ah, if only I were a bit more wicked,

I could have swallowed you whole. <<less

Way back, a man came up to Hakyung, who was at the time struggling to pay for his mother’s hospital bills. That man introduced himself as the chairman of Taewon Group and said he was looking for his father’s caretaker. The person he was looking for was a young girl’s grandmother, who resided in Hakyung’s neighborhood when he was young. Although, that family had long passed away. The man proposed to Hakyung to dress up as the young girl and play the role of his father’s caretaker. Hakyung, who was desperate to pay his mother’s hospital bills, took the man up on his offer. Hakyung succeeded to deceive the grandfather under the pretense of being... more>> the caretaker and everything was going smoothly, according to the plan. Until the man’s son came into the picture.

7 years later, a familiar name popped up in one of the customers’ conversations. He brushed it off as a common name thrown around and disregarded it. However, he eventually came face to face with him

Jang Yoonsung.

The person Hakyung had to deceive and leave in the end.

“Do you know me?”

Fortunately, the person who asked him that question, could not recognize him. However, Hakyung’s eyes persistently followed him… <<less

Naryecheong, a national secret agency that protects humans from disasters and misfortunes caused by evil spirits.... more>>

In attempting to recruit a successor, Naryecheong’s chief exorcist, Yoon Taehee, searches for a ‘gwijae’, someone who has the ability to see and hear ghosts.

One day, Yoon Taehee, while hiding his identity and going undercover, meets a suspicious boy at a high school in a small town in the province…

“By the way, how old are you, friend?” <<less

With parents who are experts in their fields and five older siblings, Liliane Aggett received the highest standard of education from her family from an early age, and at the age of 15 she's now considered a prodigy in all fields.... more>>

However, because all her family members thought,「Since this child is so adorable and has such wonderful talents, she will grow up to be selfish if I don't at least be hard-hearted and strict with her,」they had never once praised her.

One day, a girl, Nina, a distant relative, suddenly became her sister-in-law due to circumstances, and Liliane, in despair at seeing how all her family members, who had never accepted her no matter how hard she tried, lavished praise on Nina, left a note and disappeared.

Liliane has lied about her identity and changed her name in her new home, but she has incredibly low self-esteem because she grew up taking her family's words,「It's natural to be able to do this,」to heart.「I learned that this is the lowest level you should be able to do...,」she says, unknowingly breaking the hearts of those around her to bits.

The remaining family members finally realize that「the whole family, including themselves, had never once praised Liliane」... <<less