Amelie Winterpool, the Empire's first noble-born witch.
A year ago, her first love ended as bitterly as it began.
Her unrequited love had a beautiful fiancée.... more>>

However...

"His Highness, the Grand Duke of Christan, is still unmarried."
"Uh… What?"

Her crush's engagement was called off.

* * *

It was merely a contractual engagement.

Now that the contract has expired, the Grand Duke is a heart-broken man,
Doesn't that mean I can have this man...?

Amelie's ruby-like red eyes sparkled.

"Your Highness! Contract with me, too! If you do, I'll make a potion that's good for your body every day!"
"Sorry, but I don't want to make a contract with anyone ever again."
"It's okay. Since we have plenty of time anyway. Even without a contract, I'll do my best to make you like me!"

To uproot the empire's severe witch hatred,
Amelie, who must diligently play her part,
She tries to win the heart of the man she wants at every opportunity.

There's no need to give up if there's no one to own him, right? <<less

When they first met, Qin Yiyu saw Nan Yi holding a liquor bottle from the doorway, and thought he was there to collect debts.... more>>

But he actually said: “I’m forming a band, to participate in a competition. We’re missing a lead vocalist who can play guitar.”

Qin Yiyu: Oh, it would be better if he came to collect debts.

He agreed in the end, because he didn’t want to give up such a talented bassist.

— Later —

Nan Yi: Qin Yiyu is my target.

Qin Yiyu: (bulb lighting up) likes me.

Nan Yi: We can be friends.

Qin Yiyu: Understood, lip service friendship1. I don’t mind kissing you even though I’m a straight man.

Nan Yi: (inhale)

Qin Yiyu: He really loves me.

—-—

During the competition, no one had high hopes for this new band. Even the staff was talking about it backstage.

“The bassist sure is handsome, but you can’t rely on looks to eat. The drummer is said to have a temper so bad that he’s almost beaten people up. The keyboardist seems to be a bank employee who was fired. Coupled with a popular lead vocalist with a terrible personality who had been kicked out of his previous band, how can this kind of makeshift band win?”

Yet the four of them were right behind them.

Yan Ji: “Get it right, I wasn’t fired but resigned voluntarily, and it was an investment bank, not a bank.”

Chi Zhiyang: “What crap are you spewing! How is my temper bad!”

Qin Yiyu: “In such a long sentence, only the first four words are worth hearing. A person as perfect as myself, the only people who can insult me are either my close friends, or the reincarnation of the violin— a worthless thing.”

Staff: (embarrassed) (cold sweat) (speechless)

Nan Yi said coldly: “Excuse me, the grassroot band is about to go on stage.”

[Mental state appears unstable upon first glance • self guided • gong]

[Appears to be stable but is actually quite crazy • falls in love without knowing it • shou]

Vocalist x Bassist and Vocalist

1 唇友誼 lit. “lip friendship”; it’s used to describe intimate friendships that involve services related to lips, such as communication or kissing. <<less

University student Jaehee Lee barely manages to return to school after struggling with his family’s debt. It’s here he finds himself immediately attracted to the beautiful Shinhyeok Woo, who seems to come from a world entirely different from his own.... more>>

Struggling to manage the demands of his daily life, Jaehee hides his feelings until a group assignment in their shared class forges a connection between them.

When Jaehee unintentionally discovers a hidden side to Shinhyeok, he’s terrified. But Shinhyeok had already firmly engraved himself into Jaehee, scorching his body like a fireball and plunging his world into a rain that never stops.

**

*Top: Shinhyeok Woo, 23 years old. A beast hiding his violent nature behind a nice exterior. One day, he discovers Jaehee Lee’s gaze on him and it piques his interest. Jaehee is easy to touch and doesn’t seem to be a problem.

*Bottom: Jaehee Lee, 24 years old. Growing up as the youngest child in a poor and violent family, he is gentle and slightly helpless. After struggling with his family’s debt, he barely manages to return to school when he meets Shinhyeok Woo, who catches his eye. Shinhyeok is too beautiful and cold to get close to. <<less

Yu Xiu is the child bride for the Li family. On the eve of her marriage, her fiancé unexpectedly passes away, leaving her a widow.... more>>

Her foster mother, Mrs. Xia, treats Yu Xiu like her own daughter. Unable to bear seeing her young daughter-in-law remain a widow at such a tender age and worried about her beauty that might attract unwanted attention, Mrs. Xia decided to seek out a good son-in-law for her. <<less

Alpheril, the serf singer of Grand Duke Heron.
Her excessive beauty becomes a poison and strangles her thin throat.
Her unwanted talent weighed down her limbs like a sharp trap.... more>>

She thought that all her life, she would be chained to the Grand Duke’s fingertips and live like a puppet.

Unexpectedly, after his death, freedom comes to her.

A man appears before her in the secluded mansion.

Terenzio Heron, known as the unfortunate genius, the Duke's illegitimate child, and a pianist.

"Sit down. Since you're the one I finished the piece for, it seems only fitting that you should be the first to hear it."

"Sure. Have… have we... met before?"

Is it merely kindness born from simple loneliness?

Their relationship, initially driven by simple loneliness, deepens and lengthens with strange whims,
Shakes Alpheril's once quiet life like a violent storm.

***

"Everything you need to remember remains because I remember it all."
"What do I need to remember?"
"Me."

As Alpheril stared intently, Terenzio smiled faintly.

“I remember you, Alpheril.”

She couldn't really understand it.
Even if she were to eternally capture only his smile in her eyes, she couldn't seem to grasp the meaning behind it. <<less

The young master of the Xiao family in Liucheng returned from studying abroad only to discover that his family has already arranged a marriage for him, a refined young lady from a prominent family. Thus, a problem arises.... more>>

P.S.: Set against fictional Republic Era background, this is a heartwarming and sweet story of arranged marriage turned into love." <<less

Lu Zhi got married 10 days after meeting the man whom her family introduced her to on a blind date, and her husband was very... more>> handsome… <<less

Upon waking up, Chu Mochen found himself transmigrated, and not just that, he transmigrated into a urban divine doctor novel, becoming the protagonist's Junior Brother.... more>>

In the plot, due to jealousy towards the protagonist, he coveted the protagonist's fiancée, leading to the destruction of his family.

Initially, he thought of changing his villain’s fate and clinging to the protagonist's thigh.

But, when this Junior Brother saw the protagonist's fiancée, he wasn’t heartless, such a beautiful woman, you can't handle it, let the Junior Brother take care of it.

"Since I've taken on the role of the villain, naturally I have to fulfill it to the end. I swear, it's definitely not because the female lead is beautiful," Chu Mochen said with a righteous expression. <<less

Rumors have spread about the second son of ‘that chaebol family’ known to all Koreans.... more>>

He is said to be a huge fan of Lee Ruda, a member of the popular idol group WISH!

His success in fierce concert ticket purchasing and buying hundreds of albums to attend fansigns is a hot topic on SNS.

Even Lee Ruda, the person involved, seems to know well about this fan’s existence.

Could there be an underlying chemistry between the two?

Fans unanimously say that if the two are in love, they support their marriage.

A story about the chaebol family’s director’s passionate idol fandom.

#Director_ThankYou! <<less