“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

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

She just took a nap in the lounge, and when she opened her eyes, She turned out to be a fat rural girl who was illiterate in ancient times.... more>>

Not to mention that this girl likes to eat and slouch, but still acted like a village bully.

No one in the village wanted to marry her. It was not easy to finally buy a rich husband, but on the wedding day, the groom escaped.

In a rage, Her dad went down to the road and kidnapped a husband for her.

It’s just… Dad, isn’t there something wrong with the one you kidnapped?

After marriage, Su Pangya was very busy.

Busy transforming the bully dad and the bully brother.

Busy rescuing the beautiful husband.

Busy raising three little cute bullies.

Accidentally, she was so busy that she became the most powerful female marquis of Dayan! <<less

[Would you like to tame the bat?] ... more>>

[Yes/No]

On a day so unlucky it felt like your nose would break if you fell backwards, In Yoo-shin found himself caught up in a bank robbery.

Luckily, S-class Hunter Hyeon Gyu-ha, who happened to be passing by, came to rescue and resolved the situation.

Then, out of nowhere, the system asked In Yoo-shin if he wanted to tame a bat. In Yoo-shin simply responded with a casual "Yes."

After all, he could only tame hamsters, so he figured it might just add another cute pet to his collection.

He certainly didn’t expect that the ‘bat’ was someone at the bank, much less that it was Hyeon Gyu-ha, the number one ranked Hunter!

“Yoo-shin. My master is here?”

He had unexpectedly been tamed by In Yoo-shin, an F-class tamer.

Hyeon Gyu-ha starts experiencing separation anxiety even if he is a little away from his ‘master’.

To justify his stalking, Hyeon Gyu-ha proposed a fake relationship to Yoo-shin…?

“I can’t help it. Let’s just date.”

[Current Status: Homicidal intent. Homicidal intent. Homicidal intent. Homicidal intent. Homicidal intent.]

Is this relationship... really not dangerous? <<less

[Marriage before love, chasing after wife in a 'fire pit,' 1v1, both pure] [Gentle and cool ophthalmologist vs. deeply emotional playboy nobleman] ... more>>

Lin Yuxi used to think Zhou Yanjing was a flirt and emotionally detached, but after they got married, she realized just how heartless he could be.

She thought Zhou Yanjing loved her, but in the end, she discovered it was all just a self-deceiving joke—he had loved someone else all along.

When their three-year agreement came to an end, she left behind the wedding ring, moved out of the marital home, signed the divorce papers, and made no further entanglements.

Everyone thought Zhou Yanjing didn’t love Lin Yuxi and that their divorce was inevitable, only waiting for him to reunite with his childhood sweetheart once the divorce was finalized.

But later on, they kept waiting and waiting... <<less

Before the original story begins, I reincarnated as a lowly noble burdened with debt. I managed to survive by selling bits of information to an underground guild, but even that has its limits.... more>>

However, as the story is about to start, I know that the villain’s family is looking for a fake contract daughter-in-law to pretend to be pregnant to delay the death declaration of their missing eldest son. If I take on that role for just a few months, I could earn a lot of money.

I was planning to live quietly as a dutiful fake daughter-in-law…

“If you stay here, I’ll give you all of Ekian’s inheritance.”

But the Duke, my father-in-law, likes me too much.

“Why solve everything with money? How about adopting her and remarrying her?”

The Duchess, my mother-in-law, wants to mess up the family registry.

“You did marry my brother, right? You won’t leave if he comes back, right?”

Even my brother-in-law, the villain of the original story, clings to me!

Meanwhile…

“They said after a while, they’ll divorce me and find me a good remarriage prospect personally.”

“…Remarriage? You mean to marry again?”

The head of the information guild, whom I used to sell information to, is acting strangely.

“That husband… he might come back.”

What nonsense is this? According to the original story, the eldest son of the villain’s family remains missing.

***

“E-Ekian? Is that you, Ekian?”

“You… you are back? Really?”

Impossible.

The eldest son of this house is never supposed to return!

“Yes.”

Who is this handsome man confidently walking into the mansion?

“I heard I got married. Where’s my wife?”

What? I suddenly have a super handsome husband! <<less

Liang Xusheng, pressured by his mother for years to get married, finally snapped one day. He slammed his hand on the table and declared to his best friend, Lu Xun, "Your mom's hounding you to get married, my mom's hounding me to get married. Your mom wants you to find someone from a similar background, my mom wants me to find someone no worse off than our family. Our moms are best friends, and we're practically childhood sweethearts. Let's just get married!"... more>>

Lu Xun was silent for three seconds. On the fourth, he nodded. "Okay, let's get married."

Liang Xusheng thought marrying his bro Lu Xun meant freedom from his mother's nagging and a blissful continuation of his otaku lifestyle, filled with anime and games. He couldn't have been more wrong.

Little did he know that the small changes he made to decorate their marital home, perfectly in line with both their tastes, actually hit the bullseye of Lu Xun's ideal vision of a home.

The few meals he cooked for Lu Xun, waiting for him to come home and eat together, aligned perfectly with Lu Xun's yearning for married life.

Even his accidentally exposed long, fair legs happened to be exactly Lu Xun's aesthetic preference.

As a result, while Liang Xusheng remained relatively unfazed by married life, Lu Xun, right under his nose, had fallen head over heels in love.

Liang Xusheng's view of Lu Xun: My bro.

Lu Xun's view of Liang Xusheng: Wife, wife, wife. <<less

Finally, it was their first night. ... more>>

Leticia whispered, leaning her forehead against his chest.

"As expected, is it too far? Should I get closer?"

Dietrian barely swallowed a groan. His hand grasping Leticia's shoulder was shaking with a sweet faze, but she didn't notice.

"I know that you’re uncomfortable. But please bear with me until my mother comes."

Dietrian hated Leticia. It was natural as Leticia's mother killed his family. She had never doubted the fact.

So she didn't know, how badly his face was distorted by her words.

“You just have to put up with me for half a year. Then, I will divorce you as you wish.”

At the word ‘divorce’, he gritted his teeth. <<less

The torment was over.... more>>

I thought my ties to them had been severed by escaping from the place where nothing belonged to me.

Yet, the game I had started with the intention of seeing the ending to the bitter end, ended up dragging me into hell.

The hell of a house full of damn family. <<less

“Astal, please pretend to be my partner for just one week.”... more>>

Up until now, we had been friends, but now I’ve entered a contract relationship with the saint.

-Finally, I did it…! From now on, I’ll use this excuse to make him see me as more than just a friend…!

I began to hear her true thoughts. <<less

Zhu Ming, a neuroscience genius whose career was derailed by an accident that left him unable to walk, had his dreams of scientific research shattered—and put his future marriage on the line.... more>>

Forced to go on a blind date, he comes face-to-face with the cold and handsome Xi Xianqing.

This proud and haughty jewellery designer has a spiritual form as a green peac*ck that cannot naturally spread its tail.

Xi Xianqing said coldly, “I’ll help you with your aunt, you’ll help me with my spiritual form. A marriage agreement benefits us both, and we can divorce after a year.”

Zhu Ming’s past profession made him drawn to challenging cases involving spiritual forms, and he saw Xi Xianqing as a compelling candidate for experimentation.

Zhu Ming smiled. “Let’s see how it goes.”

Later in their marriage, Zhu Ming developed a highly-effective medicine, which Xi Xianqing took for months, but the peac*ck showed no change.

Zhu Ming devised a new form of mental treatment. After several treatments, the peac*ck remained unable to shake even a single feather.

—Until a certain c*cktail party, the completely drunk Zhu Ming smiled as he hooked his arm around Xi Xianqing’s neck and, in front of the crowd, gave him a passionate kiss that echoed.

Once Zhu Ming sobered up, he was hit with a splitting headache. “…Sorry, I’m really bad at holding my liquor.”

Xi Xianqing remained silent for a while before saying, “Next time, please drink more responsibly,” and then walked away.

Zhu Ming was upset with himself for having crossed the line.

He sighed and looked down through the window, happening upon an expressionless Xi Xianqing in the garden.

—As well as the green peac*ck that was frantically spreading its tail behind him.

Xi Xianqing x Zhu Ming

Non-Guideverse. Fictional setting. <<less

“I will sacrifice myself for the peace of the demon world!”... more>>

He’s a Demon King but he kept chattering as if he was a warrior that died for a country. That damn Demon King quickly chanted the spell and I left out a scream before completely wrapped by terrifying darkness.

“Bastard! I have always been a woman!!!”

The soul of a sword knight got swap into a body of delicate girl?! This is a romance story full of silliness between a handsome woman who defeated the Demon King and a naive man with fierce look! <<less

My boyfriend was extremely socially anxious. Even after living together for six months, I had never truly seen him.... more>>

In the morning, I would wake up to find a hearty breakfast laid out on the table, yet he was nowhere to be found.

In the evening, I would return home to a spotless house, with a delicious dinner ready and waiting.

I would thank him through the door, and he would always reply, “You’re welcome.”

One night, I woke up in the middle of the night and suddenly felt someone silently staring at me from the edge of the bed. Terrified, I screamed.

But he was even more frightened than I was, stumbling and scrambling to flee.

Later, I invited him to go on a trip with me.

He leaned against the crack of the door, shaking his head, “N-no… no…”

Frustrated, I said, “You’re definitely coming with me this time.”

From the door crack, he slid out a photo of himself along with 100,000 yuan. In a cautious voice, he said, “Take my photo with you. That way, it’ll feel like I’m right there with you.” <<less

Every day, the school supermarket owner treats me with iced coke for free.... more>>

Even his gaze upon me started to resemble how one looks at a son-in-law.

But his son and I are both man!

One day, I finally met the handsome son of the supermarket owner.

With a blush on his ears, he handed me a bottle of iced coke:

“Can you be my boyfriend?”

(Inner voice: A coke for me to come out of the closet?)

(Later: Well, it seems I was the lucky one.) <<less