Laila Estevan is the illegitimate child of a duke. Due to her illegitimate status, she had never felt that unconditional love and affection from her family. Even on her deathbed, she was ignored. She was unwanted and unloved—that’s how it had always been. The emotional baggage she carried traveled with her when she went back to the past just a month before her death. It was then that she made a firm decision: if she couldn’t receive love from her family, she would find it elsewhere!... more>>

Will Laila ever find love from others or could she find love from within? <<less

This is a short story of a Mackerel meeting with the Emperor.... more>>

Rank 3rd in Syosetsu's top 100 in Funny category as of 11/27/22.

A good read for a break from long novels and chapters. <<less

In order to receive love from her father, Keira tried her hardest to live the life of a perfect, submissive daughter. However one day, Cosette appears claiming to be his real daughter and Kiera is executed under the assumption that she is a fake.... more>>

In the last moments of her life, Cosette whispers to Kiera, “Truthfully, you were the real one.”
Kiera, recalling those words, returns to the past. Although revenge is important, what does it matter who is fake and who is real?
Now that I have been given a life again, I will live it freely for myself!

A cute female protagonist’s coming of age romance who has never made friends. <<less

It’s been 11 years since I’ve lived for others and not for me.... more>>

The moment I cried out wanting to get away from my exhausting life, I opened my eyes in the body of some Count’s 20-year-old daughter.

Since this happened, I decided to live my life freely as a single woman.

But…

“I need a lady to act as my fake wife for a certain period of time.”

“A contract marriage?”

“The term is one year. When the time is up, I’ll give you divorce with no strings attached.”

The Duke of the Empire whom I had happened to meet at a ball was hitting on me.

Turns out he’s no other than the Emperor’s beloved brother, Duke Scade!

Hold on, it’s just going to end in a clean divorce with no strings attached?

“You should also give me alimony. Give me one of the best lands of the Ducal household with 10 years’ worth of profit.”

“…..What?”

“If you don’t want to do that, then we cannot get married.”

This time I’m going to live a life taking care of the things I need first!

***

“I’ll escort you since it’s late.”

Where to? My bedroom is just around the corner.

“Tonight, I’ll do my best.”

No, I don’t need you to do that.

“Did you just look at that man?”

Excuse me, Duke, you said it’s for a limited time only, so why do you keep obsessing over me? <<less

I’m sorry I lied, really I love you Koh-chan— Asaka harbors a secret love for the man he is secretary to, Yagami, extolled as the Prince of Politics. But Yagami’s getting marriage proposals now, and Asaka’s place as private secretary is about to be lost..!?... more>>

Asaka, who never knew his father, is abandoned by his mother in the sea one mid-winter day, but he’s rescued by the son of a local prominent family, Yagami. Asaka has been secretly yearning for Yagami ever since that day, despite knowing how out of reach Yagami is for him, and he becomes Yagami’s private secretary, hoping to at least help out with his daily life and repay his debt to the man who has now become a Diet member. But Yagami’s marriage proposals spell the end of this dream-like intimate relationship— About to loose the only place he belonged, Asaka plays the betrayer, using himself as bait…!? <<less

Born as the second prince of the Kingdom of Zain, Raidorl becomes the owner of Dáinsleif, the 'Cursed Sword', one of the twelve sacred swords... more>> said to exist on earth. However, his elder brother Prince Granard hates him as a threat to his royal authority and banishes him to a remote region. One day, while living a poor and harsh life in the lair of demons, he is called back to his kingdom - and is forced to leave. Raidorl is furious and disgusted by Granard, who forces him to defend his country against the invasions of other countries, and although he ostensibly obeys his orders, he decides to rebel!　One after another, the holders of the Holy Sword appear, and the nobles betray them. Can Raidorl, in the face of all these hardships, take his revenge?　This is the story of a boy who, in exchange for many sacrifices, becomes a hero with wings as powerful as phoenixes! <<less

The Rowlands Kingdom, once known as a patriotic nation, was in political chaos, currently split between two factions:
the royalist faction supporting the queen consort’s son, the second prince, and the religious faction supporting the side consort’s son, the first prince.... more>>

As a result of this chaos, high society had their eyes on who would be engaged to Lady Julianna, the daughter of Marquess Lewis, the descendant of a special lineage, and known as the perfect lady.

One day, less than half a year until Julianna’s engagement would be announced, she received a summons from the second prince. This prince, publicly known as the ideal prince, inhumanely proclaimed Julianna’s servitude. To fulfill her own desire, she agreed.
Reluctantly carrying out her agreement with the prince, she infiltrated the devil-worshipping church in the royal capital and became involved in the conspiracy between the royalist and religious factions.

—I shall wager my pride to deceive all and perform on this life-threatening stage. <<less

Huo Linfeng, the son of the Marquis of Dingbei, fell victim to the schemes of treacherous court officials; his expedition towards his career was halted and instead, he was dispatched to Western-Sky Ridge to be an official. There was a Extraordinary Palace in the Western-Sky Ridge, the infamy of the Four Great Palace Lords was widely known (aka the Western-Sky Ridge F4). Among them, the Second Palace Lord, Rong Luoyun was a notorious beauty and rumoured to be a pe*vert. In the name of vanquishing the power of evil, Huo Linfeng sneaked into the Extraordinary Palace as a spy, but unexpectedly formed a strange relationship with Rong Luoyun; he proceeded to come into consensus with... more>> the enemy that resulted into a union of a hundred years……uncovering unsettled scores and secrets from past events, and together, hand in hand, they pulled off the greatest of achievements.

As gratitude and resentment entangle, tragedies are formed from love and hate. <<less

‘Less than a month old… I became the great empire’s treasured princess…!’... more>>

In all my life, I wanted love. Love from my family, But the family I had, failed me in the end. Abandoned… abused… I don’t want this so-called family. It’s a waste of time.

I came to a new world after a miserable ending…

‘The empire’s treasured princess… that’s me… but why is father, the emperor, so strange?’

“Mabel, I will give you the Ponce Castle.”

“My sweet child, the most fertile land is yours.”

“No, wait, this whole country will be yours for the plucking.”

‘Father, he’s strange… is this what family love is like?’ <<less

Mochizuki Touya, a 15-year-old boy, who got zapped by a flash of lightning due to a freak accident caused by God, wakes up and finds himself face-to-face with God.... more>>

“I am afraid to say that I have made a blunder…” laments the old coot. In order to smooth over the fault, God says that he can reincarnate Touya into a world of fantasy, and allow Touya to bring the smartphone! Then in a new, anachronistic pseudo-medieval world begins Touya’s adventure.

Friends! Laughs! Tears! Inexplicable Deus ex Machina! Mochizuki Touya sets off on a journey full of wonder as he absentmindedly travels from place to place, following whatever goal catches his fancy. The curtains on an epic tale of swords, sorcery, and smartphone apps lift! <<less

Suxi, who had been well cared for since childhood and had achieved excellent results, was a good girl everyone liked.... more>>

Lu Xun was exiled from his childhood and suffered humiliation before he became an emperor.

One day, Suxi downloaded a love cultivation Game App, and found that the game protagonist’s eyes were dark and beautiful. He was drawn completely according to her taste, and she immediately opened the mode of baby raising mode.

“Why is there no fire in the cub’s house? Do you want gold to buy it for him?”

“The pup looks better in snow white. Ouch, buy, buy, bought it!”

“Why was there a trace of footprints on the cub when he came out of the door? Is it a side mission to deal with the bully ?!”

Suxi enjoyed playing the cultivation game.

Lu Huan had lived in mud and blood since he was a child. He thought that living was just a matter of getting through one day then another.

Until he made a complicated discovery-

A warm charcoal fire was smuggled into his room.

His torn old clothes were quietly replaced with new ones.

Those who bullied him and ridiculed him, who knows who taught them a lesson, but their faces were swollen and they dared not go out.

On his long lonely journey, he had a female bodhisattva walking his path with him. <<less

The Crown Prince’s wedding is in two weeks, yet he is nowhere to be found. While the palace scrambles to find him, Eusel, a knight loyal to the prince, is compelled to act as his lord while the fate of the nation hangs on his shoulder. As he adjusts to his new duty, he is forced to marry the Crown Princess of a foreign nation.... more>>

With things moving at breakneck speed, Eusel is hunched over, wondering when he will be apprehended as an impostor while living in the Imperial Palace wears on him. The only thing keeping his mind at bay is Princess Aethenia, who let on more than she appeared.

With the twists and turns occurring at every corner of the Imperial Palace, will Eusel be able to make it out alive with his head intact? <<less

Tiararose was supposed to be disengaged and exiled from the country.... more>>

“This was the Otome game I had played!” She realized on the day before the story’s ending――…….

Shall I wait for the judgment? But, I did not do anything too cruel… Thinking so, the ending continues.

But, during the judgement――something that was not possible in the game happened. The neighboring crown prince courted the villainous daughter Tiararose. <<less

―One day, a man was transported to a different world to a nation that had a firm belief in one religion, and that nation was changed…... more>>

One day, Kaneki Ryo was transported to another world’s religious nation, the St. Arnold Empire, and became a citizen of that country.

On the battlefield, he wielded his baton as a commander, and on the front lines, he massacred all the enemy forces with his mysterious power.

When he took time off, he went around the churches of each city, ministering the word of God, which people believed in, and saving the distressed with his adroit eloquence and winning the hearts of many people.

He saved people and was endeared by all, but the truth escaped the people. In his first world, Earth, he was feared as one of the worst criminals in history and was on death row.

And in the second world, he was a dangerous man who taught students at a magic school, but behind the scenes abducted, imprisoned, and tortured many of his students!

What will this overwhelmingly “evil” man encounter in the third world, the country he now resided in, and what will he bring forth? The new series of “Death Row” has begun. <<less

The daughter of Marquis Xia Mansion, Xia Chu, disguised herself as a man since she was a child.... more>>

In her previous life, she restored her female identity to marry the fourth prince, and dedicated herself to recruiting talents for him and devoted all her resources to him. After he seized the throne, he pierced her with a sword.

After rebirth, with her frivolous appearance and delicate body, she secretly accumulates power, only to find that her true benefactor was Prince Mo. After that the two of them together face-slapped their enemies. <<less

Hamure Hiyori. From the moment she confessed her love to me, I thought we were going to spend our days as a normal couple. Until I learned of her special ability...... more>>

This is a sweet and sad love story between a boy and a girl who has the power that will drag the whole world with it. <<less

I fell in love. Her name was Shirasaka Yukino. I could only look at her from a distance. However one day I heard that she... more>> already had a boyfriend. Even if I love her, I can’t have her. The devil sent me an invitation. I can make her mine! <<less

“Sanctuary” was the first holographic online game of the Blue Star system.... more>>

Qiao Nan unified the devil race, pacified the human world, and almost killed the gods when the “Sacred Realm” was deleted.

Qiao Nan, who should have been ejected from the game, was trapped in the game, experiencing one censored internal test after another.

During this period, Qiao Nan changed countless camps, magic, elves, sea, human, and even the divine realm, relying on the deletion of the file, but also recklessly increasing the goodwill of the NPCs and races.

Then on a day when Qiao Nan was quietly unaware, “Sanctuary” was publicly tested.

Thinking the file had been again, Qiao Nan once again chose the Demon camp.

The man who was appointed by him as the Archduke of the Demon Clan knelt down on one knee and kissed his hand.

Welcome back, my king

Qiao Nan: ????

However, the situation was still much more than that, and when he went to the other races, he found that things seemed to be a bit big. The high priest of the elves, the prince of the sea race who had been imprisoned for a hundred years, the great hero of the human race a hundred years ago, and the god of light …… who was forced to sleep in the divine realm all cast a respectful yet frenzied gaze at him.

Qiao Nan: Wait, what’s going on?!

The worlds seemed to have…… fused. <<less

The Arcadia continent where numerous races such as Elves, Beastmen and Demons, with Humanity as the lead.... more>>

An Era of War where nation fought nation, particularly a country known as the Holy Arcadia Empire.

Ares Schwarzer, who was born among the aristocrats of The Holy Arcadia Empire, possessed a deep secret.

He was born with the memories of heroes from the past, a God of War, a Master Swordsman and a Genius Alchemist.

This is a story of a man who ruled the warfare of the Arcadia Continent, supported by the predecessors’ knowledge and skills and many fellows, gradually called the “Hero of Heroes” <<less

When you grow up, you’re mine.... more>>

~~~

Lu Feng, with her fiery character and short temper, only had one fatal weakness. That was the lukewarm and soft Xu Mu.

There were so many youths in the capital, yet she took fancy to none of them. She instead sought after her newly arrived neighbour’s sweetie and secretly planned to kidnap him home.

Until one day, the two became cousins…

Lu Feng: That fertilised water of our house cannot flow into someone else’s field!

Xu Mu: =v=

~~~

Xu Mu: What am I to you?

Lu Feng: You are my sweetest Candied Fruit!

~~~

In their previous life, Xu Mu and Lu Feng were married for only half a year when she died in battle.

Xu Mu couldn’t bear the news of her death and followed her three days later.

Who knew that after he died, time flowed backwards and returned him to their childhood. Xu Mu sat on his bed, dazed.

In this life, he must find his wife first and then vigorously tease her, only letting her “off” after he teased her enough for all she did in their last life!

Xu Mu: Last life I did not love you enough, I want to love again. Starting from childhood as childhood sweethearts to a pair of white-haired couple never letting go.

This contains a Matriarchy plus MPreg setting. Hence the men will have kids. The roles are reversed as well. Just so you know. <<less

Applying heavy makeup before the vanity,... more>>

Evil,

And good;

Yi Chongren, a castrated devil Huo Feng vowed to destroy even if it meant becoming a demon himself,

Yet in the blink of an eye, he was deeply bewitched;

Evil,

And good;

In the midst of a chaotic world, good and evil were hard to define;

Huo Feng was forced into despair by evil, indignant yet unrelenting;

But on this road he can’t turn back on, he couldn’t help but think of that person as good,

Chongren, Chongren,

Do you want to be reborn, or force others into rebirth?

Yi Chongren, Huo Feng,

Two people not meant to intersect,

Because of various goods and evils,

Forever intertwined[1]
[1] 剪不断理还乱: line from the poem 相见欢 (Joyful Rendezvous) by Li Yu <<less

In 21st century, world entered a new stage of VR games…and “YGGDRASIL” is considered top of all MMORPG…but, After announcing that all its servers will... more>> be off, the internet game ‘Yggdrasil’ shut down…or so was supposed to happen, but for some reason, the player character did not log out some time after the server was closed. NPCs start to become sentient. A normal youth who loves gaming in the real world seemed to have been transported into an alternate world along with his guild, becoming the strongest mage with the appearance of a skeleton, Momonga. He leads his guild “Ainz Ooal Gown” towards an unprecedented legendary fantasy adventure! <<less

In an impoverished territory, to a poor aristocratic family, a single boy would be born. Destined to become the next feudal lord, this boy’s name was Pastry (ペイストリー). Pastry, the possessor of a rare talent in his previous life, had a promising future as a confectioner.... more>>

Merciless thieves, rabid beasts, scheming nobles, a domain in drought, many hardships such as these will befall the boy.

Our handsome successor, armed with his ingenuity and love for sweets, will survive in this world of swords and magic.

With a smile on his face, aiming for a territory filled with happiness, the young Pastry‘s challenges begin.

The best sweets and the best story. A single boy’s journey to change the world. A royal sweet fantasy. <<less

Eliza Kaldia, who reincarnated as a noble girl villainess in a fantasy otome game, was stuck in a world that seemed far from her image of how noble girls should be living, as the fated events of the game were still far off while she remained a child. In the first place, it was suspected if she could even live to make it to the school setting of the game. Due to changes in the situation of the neighboring country which never appeared in the original game, the world became nothing like the flowery school life from the game. It was a world where even young girls had to take up weapons. How did it... more>> turn out this way…

I don’t have any cheat-like abilities. I can’t use magic. Though, my sense of ethics might have become a little twisted due to being reincarnated. <<less

Kayena, the Imperial Princess, was known as the most beautiful woman in the Empire. She was a woman who knew nothing but evil and luxury.... more>>

However, she was destined for ruin: she would be used as a chess piece by her younger brother to secure his throne and killed by her crazy husband.

“I’ll make you the Emperor.”

“… Sister, are you referring to me?”

“In exchange, give me freedom.”

She had to change things before she became that Kayena. <<less