A contract marriage!? ... more>>

Satsuki has gone to England to study acting, but it’s all he can do to pay his living expenses. Just then, the handsome Count Edward offers him money in exchange for entering a fake marriage! If Edward isn’t married by his next birthday, he will lose most of his assets.

The two start out awkwardly, but gradually grow attracted to each other. But then a misunderstanding leads Edward to grow jealous, and he forcibly embraces Satsuki…!? <<less

A former villainess who died after frivolously messing up the love between the male and female lead, Lilith.
They say you’ll pay for it if you do evil deeds, and Lilith became a side character in a novel who gets ab*sed by her stepmother and gets married off to a tr*shy man. Determined to live kindly this time, Lilith recruits the worst villain to teach her stepmother and stepsisters a lesson.... more>>

“So you’re telling me to create a scene while pretending to be your lover.”
“Exactly! If they get treated terribly they’ll live kind lives too. Like me!”

The villain is really good at his job. Now the only thing left is to take care of the stepmother and the baron and live kindly and quietly like a side character would. But I’ll give this man a hint since I’m grateful.
“Don’t ever start an unrequited love unless you want to mess up your life.”
“You think I’m going to love someone unrequitedly? I doubt it.”

He ignored the warning of a former villainess! I was about to tell him you can’t just decide easily like that, but he folded his eyes and said “Why would I need to love someone unrequitedly when I already have a lover?” <<less

In the last life, Lin Yu Tong chose to fly with Shen Jun for his own happiness, whereby he ended up creating an irreparable regret for a lifetime. However, such a contribution has not been able to exchange the happiness of a lifetime. Shen was derailed and Lin Yu Tong had an accident.... more>>

Reborn, he thought he could change a road and choose marriage. Even if there is no love, at least his family is still there.

But he did not expect that the man who has always been like a friend to suddenly say: Who said that we can’t have love?

Yeah, who said they can’t have love?

That being the case, don’t mention it … <<less

Elsa, who taught historiography at the university, was Duke Lombardini’s 28 year old daughter. She had missed her chance to get married but she was... more>> pursuing what she liked and living enjoyably. However, there was a weird, charming intruder. He was her friend, Duke Inglacia, Luca also 28, proposed that they pretend to be sweethearts. Although Elsa undertook the role of sweethearts because he promised to aid with her research funds, Luca was more useless than she’d thought…… <<less

Requited love. Unrequited love. Growth. Time.... more>>

Twelve moving stories, twelve youthful lives.

A collection of twelve short stories that warm and melt your heart. Each with their own charms, but will move you all the same. <<less

She became the wife of a male lead inside the novel that she couldn’t finish.... more>>

She was also the supporting character who died out of jealousy of the relationship between the male lead and the heroine.

Daisy, who didn’t want to face such a dark future, came up with a condition instead of marrying the male lead, Carlyx.

“Please divorce me in two years.”

“Sure.”

During these 2 years, I will revive my family, gain honor and wealth, and then get out!

After signing the contract with him, Daisy began to take care of the family.

However, thanks to Carlyx who never took care of the family, the servants were working half-assedly, so Daisy decided to fix it.

In the meantime, she met with Carlyx’s children…

“Henloo, my name is Ravi. Tino is two years old and I’m four years old.”

Oh my gosh, so cute! For Daisy, who bounced here and there to maintain the family for two years, those cute children were like a healing.

As she loved the children and got closer to them, Carlyx’s indifferent attitude seemed to change.

“Show me your cheek.”

Chu! Plump lips softly left a trace on her cheek. Carlyx kissed me on the cheek?!

Can I really get out of this house safely in two years?

***

Soon after, Carlyx, who had to go to the battlefield, came with a broken arm.

“I want to spend more time with you.”

I’m sure there was nobody in this empire who could hurt him, though?

Daisy was right. Carlyx broke his bones willingly. <<less

I'm enjoying a carefree life on my own, when I receive a sudden confession from Yuzu Nanamine, the most popular girl in my class. She wants me to pretend to be her boyfriend in order to solve a love triangle between her clique! I reluctantly agreed to the offer, but...... more>>

"Look, look, look, are you happy to see your pretty girlfriend's cheerful smile?"

Yuzu is always acting like a cat in the classroom, but her narcissistic behavior in front of me is really annoying.

The two of them spend time alone together, and it becomes a part of their daily lives. A geeky otaku and a narcissist. A cute youth romantic comedy that begins with two "fake couples" with very different interests and personalities! <<less

Two heroes of the game Legend of Heroes 2 who were rotten waters*.... more>>

Kang Jin-ho in the first place and Hong Yoo Hee in the second place.

One day, they opened their eyes and found that they had reincarnated as characters in the game…

“Hey…you too?”

“Hey…me too!”

The ending of Legend of Heroes 2 was the destruction of the human world.

But if there were two of them and they were not alone.

If it was also the first place and second place in the server rankings.

The path of the rotten waters begins for a perfect happy ending!

*Rotten water is a Korean slang for someone who has played a certain game for a long time and mastered everything. Think of them as oldbies, veterans, or game pros. <<less

Esther, who was born with recollections of her previous life as a Japanese woman, is unaware that she has been reborn in the world of an Otome game.... more>>

Esther is a so-called villainess, but she becomes the Crown Prince’s fiancée without knowing anything, and her engagement is terminated and she is banished at the Magic Academy’s graduation ceremony.

Esther, on the other hand, is overjoyed that the unfortunate crown prince has called off their engagement. She would work as hard as she had in her previous life and live a normal life as a commoner from now on.

However, the benefactor who saved Esther from deportation, dies soon after the birth of her newborn twin daughters.

Esther adopts the twins and works hard to raise them, but then a young man who appears to be a nobleman appears at her tavern.

The wheels of her fate began to turn from that point forward. <<less

The acting of the villain who was crazy in love was now over.... more>>

Lacey’s plan to run away from everything and set off in search of freedom had been perfect, at least until the moment when she was supposed to be paid.

Because what Lacey held in her hand was not a check, but a wanted leaflet with her face on it.

She had no time to feel the tingling in her head after her client double-crossed her. Lacey had to leave the country in a hurry, so she took advantage of the rain to sneak onto a strange ship.

Is she a guest for the night, or is she stowing away to escape?

She met Halide, the crown prince of a foreign land, who had been her enemy during her villain life…

“Since you have accomplished the role of the villainess, you can be the bride of the century, right?”

“Yes?”

“The role I want for you to play is simple.” Leaning against the window, he smiled. “You, who I brought from an exotic country, fell in love with me at first sight.”

“Who are you? What do you want me to do?”

He raised the corner of his mouth to Lacey, who was stood frozen. With just that look in his eyes, he closed in onto the frozen Lacey.

“I look forward to your acting that is convincing to anyone.”

Instead of the villain’s mask, it was time to use a white veil.

***

“Don’t forget. Now we’re on the same boat.”

“While we’re on it… I’ll tell you when you’ll get on the other ship.”

“You’re on it now, aren’t you?”

Looking at her, he slowly l**ked his lips.

“A boat other than this boat.”

“…….”

Her gaze stopped in one place. Lacey realized it belatedly and groaned. It was too early to say that he could eat using his desires.

“Come here, my bride.” <<less

Marry for 3 years, get 5 billion won vs. work for 60 years without pay. Which choice will Daisy make?... more>>

“I’ll get a job as a contract wife. I will be a good partner.”

A political marriage of convenience. The rules of the contract are simple. Love is prohibited. Divorce is guaranteed in three years. And most importantly do not make your husband fall in love.

“The men in my family are specialized in mu*der.” <<less

"I don't want girls to hate me!" Yagimoto Kazuhiro is a highschool boy who has such a mentality and acts the "good old guy" role. In the end, however, he could not break away from his good old guy image, and was labelled with "Time without a babe = age". Now, this youth's springtime has come.... more>>

"...Kazuhiro-kun, I have a request...can you become my boyfriend?" (by a classmate)

"Yagimoto-sama. Please let us become lovers!" (by a colleague)

"Kazu, be my boyfriend!" (by a childhood friend)

In such a short period of time, three spring days have appeared!? But no matter how you look at it, three of them seem to be hiding something...!?

The lovable romantic comedy with a "battlefield" feel starts!! ...Want to three-time? <<less

“Everything that sparkles is mine.”... more>>

It’s been 10 years since I took on the role of Gemma, a jewel-stealing thief in a game with extreme difficulty.

Today, I was doing the stealing that the system told me to do to avoid a bad ending…

“Gotcha.”

“Huh?”

I was caught by Inspector Raven Hunt, the investigator who was persistently pursuing me.

[Enter the bad ending route.]

‘System! Give me one more chance!’

However, it was not the system that gave me a chance to live, but the enemy.

“You choose. Prison or marriage?”

* * *

My fake marriage to the man who arrested me…

“We’re divorcing as soon as we get that damn ruby back.”

“I’m already looking forward to that day.”

We are just together to find the missing ruby…

“Our child. The responsibility is mine and yours together. So don’t think about running away again.”

The man who seemed to be disgusted by the idea of having fur on him raised my cat with me.

“The only jewel I want is my wife Gemma.”

He began to say things that made my heart flutter.

“Raven, if you do this, I will report you.”

“Marriage registration.”

I… Maybe I didn’t steal the jewels I was told to steal, but I stole this man’s heart? <<less

"Take it if you want. But be fair." ... more>>

"What do you mean...?"

"If you want to have me, you have to give yourself too."

I possessed a character in a modern fantasy novel. 

The final mastermind who pretends to be a supporting character and then backstabs the protagonist.

The problem is that I possessed the character before reading the full story.

If it's revealed that I'm not the original owner of this body, I'll be massacred by the family.

I have no choice but to impersonate the mastermind.

But as of today, the mastermind who dreamed of destroying the world is retiring. You guys figure out the brains.

I just want to be a brainless idiot.

I tried to turn over a new leaf like that, but the protagonist keeps looking at me with strange eyes.

What? Is he picking a fight?

[Preview]

"...Why are you doing this? We're meeting for the first time."

"I'm expressing that we should get close since we're getting to know each other for the first time."

"So you suddenly sat next to me...?" 

"You're a bit s*upid. You don't know how to understand words properly."

"...You're not trying to fight but actually want to get close?"

"I'm sorry. I'm a bit clumsy with human relationships."

Wow, I'm about to explode. This guy isn't sorry at all, what bullsh*t is he spouting?!

'You don't even want to get close in the first place!'

I know that just by looking in his eyes! What the hell is he scheming...?!

While I couldn't answer properly because I was going crazy, Logan stepped in to back me up.

"Lord Cassice has no intention of getting close to you. So please go away."

The problem was that because Ryuseong lowered the level of conversation by suddenly talking about getting close or whatnot, no matter what was said, it felt like kindergarteners declaring "I'm not friends with you anymore! Let's end our friendship!"

After setting the stage to make any conversation seem ridiculous, Ryuseong was growling at Logan like a tiger.

"Are you Cassice's nanny? Know your place before butting in."

"...Are you prepared to take responsibility for that verbal ab*se?"

Wow. No matter what, it becomes a shitty situation, so I felt strangely calm instead. Then I realized how to escape from the ridiculous farce led by Ryuseong.   

Right, you bastard. Let's go meet the family head.

"Logan, stop. Come here."

"Lord Cassice..."

Logan obediently listened to me. It means he held back his anger when he was about to shout with a red face and stood at attention behind me. I tapped the back of his hand a couple times, then rested my elbow on my crossed knees and placed my chin on my palm. 

In that state, I narrowed my eyes looking up at Ryuseong.

Alluringly. Disgustingly. Frivolously. 

"Then, are we dating starting from today?" <<less

Due to her father’s command, Elisha, who was born with witch’s blood, will marry a scary duke on behalf of Cornelia?!... more>>

She just wanted to make a dress…

A handsome butler, John, appeared in front of Elisha who was in the disguise of her half-sister Cornelia.

Elisha does not know that John is Duke Luzark.

Two people who are deceiving and being deceived by each other, a heart-pounding smuggling drama!

Are they getting married like this?

A heart-thumping romance between the lively Elisha, who dreams of becoming the best seamstress, and the duke, who launches infinite affection! <<less

A man is a very small and ephemeral being, whose life would be summarized into a fifty-to-sixty page long short story. But I want more people to appreciate how fantastic their lives as short stories are. Short stories are indeed short, but they are full of interesting things once you read them. Even if your life is not an epic saga, it is still enough to touch others."... more>>

Shinonome Yuuko is a book-loving librarian girl who has a secret identity... <<less

My older brother, who was my only family member, lost his memory.... more>>

“I have a sibling? Are you kidding me?”

He was a fool who cared for me ever since he brought me from the temple…

“I can’t even take care of myself, so what is this…”

I left the family because I didn’t want to be a burden to my older brother, who had no memory, and was helpless in the tragedy that followed.

So I turned back time.

That too, to the point when my brother lost his memory.

“I don’t have anything in my head, so I don’t know what to do next. What if I have a kid with me?”

We must not repeat the tragedy of the past life. So I grimly said,

“That’s right. I don’t have anything on my brother’s head right now.”

“…What, what?”

I chuckled and took out a document I had prepared. The contents of the document, written in crooked, large letters, were simple.

[I transfer all the property in my name to my younger sister.]

While my gaping older brother was checking the documents, I took out his seal from his drawer and smeared it with ink.

Then I put it in his hand and said with a very sad expression.

“So stamp it. Now.”

I will protect you in this life. <<less

The coolest girl in school, Natsukawa Shizuku, has an elementary school level love perversion score!... more>>

Natsukawa Shizuku, the most talented girl in school, fell in love with Komori Shota, who was her fake boyfriend to scare boys away, and said- "Our relationship ends here! (Meaning: Let's become real lovers!)".

This is a romance about Natsukawa-san, whose love deviation score is too low! <<less

"I will serve as a replacement for Lady Daton."... more>>

"...What did you just say?"

"I said I will take Lady Daton's place. I will go to the capital with you."

I made a deal with a man who couldn’t forget his lover, under the pretense of paying off a debt.

Of my own accord, I stepped into his trap.

I never knew that would be my downfall.

***

The more I lived day by day, the stranger it felt.

Why do she and I both paint the same pictures?

Why do we both fear water so much?

Is it truly a coincidence that we, two different people, are so similar?

If it is a coincidence,

Who does he truly love?

Who exactly is this "Pheria" he speaks of?

That’s why I decided to leave him.

To understand what his dreadful puppet game was for. <<less

Singing while riding a horse, young and handsome. When her eyes laid their first glance at him, she knew that in this lifetime, this youth would not walk out of her heart.... more>>

She’s the young lady of the General’s Manor. When the enemy country invades, her father was called upon in desperation and hurries to the battlefield. She secretly followed her father to battle. When her father and brothers were injured, she struck back with a series of tactics and won over the enemy’s army.

The enemy had retreated, the empire’s land was protected, the Emperor was very happy, and heavily rewarded the General’s Manor.

While she was returning to the Imperial City, she overhears that the Emperor and Empress Dowager want to select a man from the Imperial City’s Manors to marry Lady Su of the General’s Manor.

Before her, she has 3 elder brothers, but unfortunately no sisters.

From the gossips, in the Imperial City there are two men, who are the top candidates for marrying her.

One is from the imperial family, royalty, always idle and only knows how to eat, sing, drink, and have fun. A prodigal who’s been raised crooked with no one to control him.

One is from the Guo-zhang (Emperor’s Father in Law) Manor, whose talent is spread throughout the Imperial City, his name known throughout the kingdom. He is the Xiao Guo-jiu (Emperor’s Little Brother In Law) who has all the ladies rushing towards him like ducks. <<less

A master of disguise, master of escape.... more>>

The genius swindler ‘Viper’, a death rower who turned over the empire, was approached by the tyrant of the battlefield, Grand Duke Hessen, one day.

“Hey, you’re gonna have to help me out a little.”

“How can I help you?”

“I’m going to try to go against the Emperor.”

“….what?”

“….well?”

The Imperial Shame, Mad Dog of the North, Tyrant of the Battlefield.

When even his brain is made of muscles, what can possibly be done?

“You must find a way to make me emperor. Otherwise, it’s just death.”

Caught by her eagerness to survive, it all rely on the likelihood of succeeding this extreme survival mission! Let’s turn this royal bastard into an emperor!

You know…we’re working, not dating, right?

“Do you hear that? My heart is beating like a crazy bastard when I’m with you. It’s a poisonous side effect, isn’t it?”

“……”

“And when I see you, this crazy wrist also flinches. I think it wants to touch you like this.”

Rexid’s hand on her back shook. I felt his fist clenched.

“In case you misunderstand, I am telling you, I don’t mean to want to grope you.”

“Ah, yes.” <<less

One day, I realized that I had been reincarnated as a minor villain in a novel. I was destined to be used to achieve the heroine Giselle’s happy ending and then die. To escape this fate, I prepared to leave everything behind and run away.... more>>

“Tell me, why are you afraid of me?”

In the original story, the Crown Prince, who used to look at me as if I were an insect, suddenly started showing interest in me.

“…I couldn’t stop thinking about you while in my estate.”

My childhood friend, who had rejected my confession, kept lingering around.

“I won’t stand by and watch you put yourself in danger.”

Even at the guild, where I went to arrange my escape, people started paying me excessive attention.

***

“Only wizards can set foot in this place.”

“What are you talking about…?”

Before leaving everything behind, I wanted to confirm that I had a life of my own, unrelated to the original story. So, I visited the guild to find a childhood friend I had lost touch with. Unexpectedly, I discovered a power that was never even mentioned in the original story.

All I wanted was to leave this place and live a peaceful life with my maid…

“I want you to heal my wounds from now on.”

“B-But I’m supposed to be going for recuperation.”

“Ah, right… In that case, you may stay in Erdona.”

Once the Crown Prince found out that I was a wizard, he asked me to stay by his side to heal him.

I could almost hear the sound of my perfect escape plan shattering to pieces. <<less

“I’ll protect you with my magic.”... more>>

The person who spoke those cryptic words to me was none other than our school’s preeminent beauty, Miki Kouzuki. When I started going out with her, the world surrounding me suddenly began moving.

“Ahh… I wanna kill someone.”

“Chains? I’m not sure I see any chains to speak of…”

My delinquent best friend, our straight-laced class representative, not to mention me and Miki… As we all start to break, the place we arrived at was—

Note: Originally released in 2005 without the subtitle, the author rewrote and re-released the novel in 2016 with new illustrations by Yoshitoshi Abe. <<less

A capable adventurer — becomes a young girl!?... more>>

Chris is a fine adventurer in his own right, but thanks to his own carelessness, he is forced into a life-or-death gamble.

He doesn’t even have the time to think ‘I survived!?’, before he realizes that his body has become female.

So begins the story of his — or rather, her — suffering. <<less

After a car accident, Zhou Chaosheng lost his memory, and everyone around him, including his arch-enemy, Jiang Yuanye, was aware of his amnesia.... more>>

One month later, Zhou Chaosheng regained his memories.

But just as he started suspecting Jiang Yuanye as the main culprit behind the accident, Jiang unexpectedly showed up at his door.

“Chaosheng, I’ve come to take you home.”

Zhou Chaosheng was stunned for a couple of seconds. Torn between punching Jiang and testing his motives, he chose the latter. “And you are…?”

His once mortal enemy, who used to fight him tooth and nail, suddenly embraced him tenderly and said, “Baby, how could you forget me? I’m your one and only true love.”

Zhou Chaosheng: “…”

[From the perspective of the other protagonist]

Since high school, Jiang Yuanye couldn’t stand Zhou Chaosheng’s spoiled rich-boy attitude.

After entering the professional world, he found Zhou even more infuriating. Zhou Chaosheng had meddled in Jiang’s business deal, ruining the project Jiang was determined to secure. Jiang then vowed to get a revenge.

When Zhou had a car accident, lost his memory, and was confined to a wheelchair, Jiang seized the opportunity. He pretended to be Zhou’s boyfriend, purely to disgust Zhou when his memories eventually returned.

But then…

When the elevator malfunctioned, the lights went out, and Jiang saw Zhou trembling uncontrollably, breathing anxiously, and whispering broken cries for help…

Before Jiang’s brain could catch up, his body had already moved to embrace Zhou.

“It’s okay. I’m here.”

—

Features:

• A prideful, soft-hearted, elite gong x straightforward, free-spirited, talented shou.

• Equally strong, mutual pampering, balanced relationship.

• Both characters are initially straight. <<less