The once wealthy and powerful Ryuuzen clan has been all but destroyed. Their misfortune began in 1960, when a majority of the family was wiped out when their vacation villa was buried under a landslide. However, search and rescue teams discovered something even more shocking: A majority of the bodies they discovered showed obvious signs of having been mu*dered before the landslide.... more>>

As though it were a trigger, what came to be known as "The Curse of the Ryuuzen Clan" spread throughout the descendants of the family's only survivor. By mu*der, by su*cide, by accident... it seemed none who held the name "Ryuuzen" could live to see the age of 35, and now, the family has been reduced to a single woman, lying in a hospital bed, days away from death.

Kamo Touma was once just another of the endless parade of sleazy tabloid journalists looking to exploit a prominent family's tragedy to sell magazines, but Ryuuzen Rena's kindness melted his frozen heart, driving him to quit his old job and become an investigative journalist specializing in overturning cases of false arrest. Eventually, he and Rena were married, but now, the curse threatens to steal away their happiness.

Kamo prays for a miracle, and his prayers are answered by the Hourglass of Miracles, an artifact spoken of in rumors and urban legends, said to grant one wish to anyone who obtains it.

"Meister Hora", a guide for those who obtain the hourglass, tells Kamo there is only one way to break the curse and save Rena: He must travel back in time to the year 1960 and catch the culprit of the original Ryuuzen Family massacre.

Who was the culprit of the mu*ders that took place almost 60 years ago? Why did they steal away the lives of the Ryuuzen clan? What is the true nature of the "Curse of the Ryuuzen Clan?" And perhaps most mysteriously of all... What is Meister Hora's goal in all this?

Winner of the 29th annual Ayukawa Tetsuya Award. <<less

The only time mage in the world, Chrom Chronogate.
He was abandoned by his family and scorned for having zero talent for magic, but after... more>> a hundred years of hard work, he rose to the top.
However, by the time he became strong, he had lost everything he wished to protect. His one and only life was spent entirely on the pursuit of power.
But then, Chrom made a decision.
He would use time magic, and rewrite his life.
And thus, he went back to a time in his life when he was known as a failure, with his powers intact. All to defeat the enemies he was unable to beat, and save the people he once lost.
The fated deaths of his childhood friends, the attacks of powerful monsters, enemy conspiracies... He would have to settle everything from the shadows using his knowledge of the future.
While being lauded by the townspeople as a mysterious hero, Chrom enjoyed his opportunity to live his life again, with the people he saved. <<less

I returned to the past to become an actor, instead I reincarnated as a Third-Gen Chaebol (rich conglomerate family).... more>>

[Winner of the 7th Korean Web Novel Competition] <<less

He had been born into the cursed Swordran Family, a collateral family of devoted believers who had been despised all his life. When he opened... more>> his eyes after sacrificing himself for the world, he had become the third son of the Pentanium Family, a great house of the kingdom, 19 years before his death. “Since this is how it turned out, why don’t I give it a proper try?” And so begins the story of the fallen lord, who will later be revered as the Sword God. <<less

Wei Chen felt that his whole life was a complete joke. He loved the wrong person, trusted the wrong person, and finally ended up being betrayed by all his relatives. In the end, the one who took care of him and protected him was his autistic wife who had been completely ignored by him since he married him.... more>>

When the darkness hit, Wei Chen thought, if he could turn back time, he would put Chen Li on top of his heart and pamper him, giving him the sweetest love. <<less

Kiana, the troublemaker of the Prelai duchy.... more>>

I was about to give up my life as a villainess and be reborn as a new person.

Until one day, the family was hanged for treason.

‘There’s no need to kill me, who ran away from home 7 years ago and is only doing research in the countryside!’

The moment I realized that the academy, who said that I was a genius and would treat like a family, betrayed me, and that treason was also falsely accused by someone…

Due to a mysterious power, I returned to a year ago!

“I can’t help it. Now that it’s like this, I, who is smart and strong, has no choice but to save the family.”

There were two things to do for the family.

“Will I be of help to you someday too?”

“I tried to save him because he is precious to my grandfather.”

Restoring the relationship with the family, which was a mess, and…

“Please pretend to be in a relationship with me externally.”

Holding hands with ‘that man’.

Oh, before that. Pouring a water bottle over the dean’s head during the lecture, I said,

“This is gravity.” Get revenge on those academy guys who have no morals.

Kiana, who came back smarter and more vicious. <<less

Xu Mingyi is good everywhere, bright and dazzling, just like the scorching sun in the sky.... more>>

The only bad thing is that there is a white moonlight in his heart, and he doesn’t like Jiang Ning at all.

This point, Jiang Ning didn’t understand – until he abandoned his fiancée, Jiang Ning, in the car accident and chose to rush to protect his Bai Yueguang.

——

Yan Yixie is always isolated from the world, cold and eccentric, and only to Jiang Ning will the ice and snow melt.

He has protected her through an unknown number of dark and narrow paths.

He has created a business empire, transferred all his assets to her name, and was determined enough to commit mu*der for her after her death.

But he still could only watch her avoid him like a beast in silence.

——

Once she opened her eyes, she had returned to her childhood.

Jiang Ning freely turned over a new leaf and offered a glass of wine to the past – just take those years she liked Xu Mingyi as being fed to the dogs.

In addition to using her rebirth to save her sick relatives and study hard,heading towards a career in the world,she firmly walked step by step towards Yan Yixie, who saved her life in the car accident. <<less

In the seventh year of marriage, Lu Yi’s legal spouse committed su*cide

'Ever heard of this painting called ‘The Señorita’? I bet you haven’t. I never thought this painting existed until I visited the bas**ent of the Manila Art Museum.... more>>

It’s a painting of a woman in a baro’t saya, with her back turned to the viewer. I asked the art director about the story of this painting. According to him, this was donated by a wealthy businessman after he lost his wife to an illness. The businessman was an avid art collector and he got The Señorita for an affordable price at a garage sale in Calamba, Laguna. He was obsessed with looking at it every day, until he realized that he was starting to go bankrupt and that his wife fell ill. When his wife died, he gave away the painting to the Manila Art Museum, and now it resides in the bas**ent.'
-anonymous

...

The Señorita, also known as La Señorita.

The said painting seemed old. The colors appeared like they would fade away at any moment. And even its golden frames were giving off signs of crumbling.

Just from the title itself, one would imagine the Señorita as a beautiful girl made into a masterpiece, even immortalized through that said exceptional painting.

However, it was actually hiding a mystery. No one knows about the said painting’s history, especially about the model and its painter. It was also said to be jinxed, never failing to bring misfortune on whomever's hands it would fall to. But, who was the maiden being called the Señorita and are the stories revolving around her true?

Was the painting really accursed? <<less

Meet Do Shi-Yoon, someone who has spent eight years as an idol.... more>>

In this life, he has debuted as a new man, doing everything from composing to promoting all alone.

“A debut? I’ll do it myself.” <<less

His goal had been to become stronger than everyone else.
It was all he could think about.... more>>

Verdin, the greatest swordsman on the continent, had reigned supreme.
But, one day, he died after a glorious battle with the Calamitous Lord.

"...Huh?"

When he opened his eyes, he found that he had regressed back to when he was a little kid.
He didn't know why, but he now had the chance to become even stronger than he had once been.

Verdin, previously the strongest man on the continent,
begins his journey as a swordsman once more! <<less

He was an F-rank Hunter. To top it off, he was a useless F-rank loser of a big brother who dragged down his incredible younger brother.... more>>

While he carelessly lived out his messed-up life, he ultimately took his younger brother’s life.

He regressed back in time with the title, Perfect Caregiver.

“Okay, this time, let’s lay low and take care of the talented ones instead.” He thought.

But those S-ranks are acting a little strange. <<less

When his family company went bankrupt, Qi Lin sought help from relatives and friends he had helped before.... more>>

Qi Lin: “Brother Wang, I treated you to breakfast for three years in high school~”

Wang Cheng: “I, Wang Cheng, am not an ungrateful person. Bring me 1000 bowls of hot dry noodles for my old classmate.”

Qi Lin: “Xueyao, do you remember when you were looking for a job, you stayed at my villa for three years?”

Qi Xueyao: “I paid you three years’ rent for a 10-square-meter room. Why don’t you move your whole family in?”

Qi Lin helped these people back then, but now they’re indifferent to him.

Disheartened, Qi Lin jumped from a high-rise building in despair.

He thought he would die like that, but when Qi Lin opened his eyes again, he found himself back in his third year of high school.

The family company hadn’t gone bankrupt, and he was still a rich second-generation playboy.

Recalling the scenes after his family went bankrupt, Qi Lin sneered coldly.

Since I was all about fooling around and waiting for death, why not become a rich second-generation with no morals? <<less

This is the story of Niihama Shincirou, who collapsed after being ravaged by a black company and woke up to find that he had been sent back to his second year of high school. When he wakes up, he finds himself in a time leap to his second year of high school. His high school life …… was gray and shady, but he’s sure he can start over now.
The beautiful girl of his dreams, Haruka Shijouin, whom he met again over time, is even more innocent and cute than he remembered, and above all, she has been staring straight at Niihama.... more>>

“I feel like you’ve changed a lot from the Niihama I knew yesterday. You’re still kind, but you’ve grown up, and that’s wonderful!”

If I could change the future, I would definitely save her life after she took her own life after being severely bullied. With the adult mentality and corporate power that I’ve acquired, I’m going to take my revenge on my second youth with her–! <<less

I, who thought I had been abandoned, was the child whom Namgoong had been looking for for a long time.... more>>

It was only when I was killed by Hyeolma whom I called Master, that I found out about it, and waking up again as a 13-year-old, I decided to go back to Namgoong.

I have no intention of wanting to be recognized as a family.

It’s just, I was just trying to prevent Namgoong from being destroyed in vain like before, but…

“These are the jewelry, silk, gold bars, and elixir that the Lord has given for the Young Miss.”

“Now, Little Kid. It’s a gift from me to celebrate your return.”

As soon as I was recognized as the granddaughter that Namgoong had lost, I got delicious food, precious clothes, gold and silver treasures, and even high-quality swords!

I have a grandfather and father who would cry and laugh for me.

Just what in the world is this tingling sensation in my chest that I feel every time they do that?

To protect the laughter of those whom I had killed with my own hands,

To preserve this tingling and warm sensation for a long time,

I am trying to change the blood-red future differently from my previous life, but…

***

A shadow clouded Namgoong Mucheon’s face.

‘Is this child really raised as an assassin?’

A deep mu*derous energy and the sword method of attributes she could do, which are essential for an assassin, were bottling up her life intact.

‘That damn bastard.’

Anger rose from Namgoong Mucheon’s inner thoughts.

Since he was about to gush out coarse swear words in front of his granddaughter, he repeated the same remark unpleasantly only to himself.

‘How dare he try to raise my granddaughter as an assassin?’

The blue energy that covered up Namgoong Mucheon intensified. <<less

(Marriage first and love later, sweet pampering ~~) After crossing over, the macho man turned into a ger, and was divorced by his husband, Lin... more>> Xuewen, due to being childless. This grievance could not be tolerated. Wen Jinyu received the divorce letter, packed up, and found his ex-husband’s uncle, Lin Jinghuan, the current prime minister of the court. He took out a yellowed marriage certificate and confidently said to the man: “Marry me.” The man looked at him, frowned, and looked amused. Soon after, Wen Jinyu entered the Prime Minister’s Mansion in a grand wedding sedan. The abandoned wife of the Lin family returned and became his ex-husband’s uncle. Wen Jinyu: “Who bullied me in the first place?” Lin family members:… Keywords for The Return of the Abandoned Wife from Time Travel: Return of the Wasted Wife from Time Travel, Sprouting Green Beans, Rebirth, Home Drama, Rich Family, Ancient Style, Cool Writing <<less

I was a corporate worker in my late 20’s, when I woke up and found that I had time leaped to the spring of my second year of high school. At the time, there was a teacher that I had regretted not confessing to, so I confessed to her in the heat of the moment, and now we’re dating! However, the teacher is one who would make any man a good for nothing person, so I end up being spoiled by her a lot.... more>>

While secretly dating my overworked teacher (lover), a sweet school life filled with flirting awaits. A 2nd year high schooler with a 27 year old me on the inside and the teacher (lover) that I want to pamper, our everyday romantic comedy begins. <<less

In the novel, apart from a protagonist who occupies all the heavenly fortune, the essential was the powerful tragic villains. They were either amazing or powerful, but due to the crazy obsession with the protagonist, they became paranoid and insane, and finally became the villain that everyone hated.... more>>

The authors abused their bodies and their hearts. There was no place to take root and no place to be buried. In the end, they became bitter in life. They did not see the light of day, they were not loved, and they did not know any sweetness. The world hated them, shunned them, and showed them no kindness.

The readers cried a lot and begged the author to give them a good ending and not abuse them. But the unscrupulous authors said: villains, of course, the more miserable the better, the more bitter the better, the more ruthless the better. It is better to break an arm and a leg.

#The worse the readers cry, the happier I am#

However, perhaps because the readers’ resentment was too great, one day these unscrupulous authors suddenly found themselves bound to a system.

System: Please save them.

Authors: Who?

System: Your villains.

Authors: What?!

System pulled things out of his pocket: Come on, this disfigured villain is yours, this villain with a broken leg is yours, and this crazy villain is being criticized…

Authors knelt down and spat out their old blood: Please let me go! <<less

Once he died, Su Yan transmigrated into an ancient frail scholar and embarked on the road of a powerful official surrounded by attacks.... more>>

Every pen is a debt of love, every step of the way.

Pillow thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, and enjoy the boundless wind and moon. <<less

I was reincarnated as the son of a conglomerate leader. But I’m going to be a cop.

After clearing the [Last Dungeon], Lee Danwoo died. The sword pierced his throat, and the ceiling collapsed, leaving no one alive.... more>>

But he opened his eyes again and returned to before the arrival of the [End].

In the first attempt to conquer the [Last Dungeon], Cha Woowon died and Lee Danwoo managed to escape alone… What did he wish for?

“Are you okay? You’re covered in cold sweat.”

The young Cha Woowon, who didn’t know Lee Danwoo, spoke. Lee Danwoo nodded weakly.

“You’re crying.”

‘I know.’

He had plenty of regrets.

The most regrettable thing was before it all began,

Lee Danwoo returned.

* * *

“A monster is about to trample thirty people in front of us. If you intervene, you’ll die, but they can survive. What will you do?”

Without hesitation, Cha Woowon answered Lee Danwoo’s question.

“Stopping it seems like the right judgment.”

‘This guy is a good bastard…’

More urgent than strategy or anything else, there was a pressing issue.

Why did Cha Woowon die in the [Last Dungeon]?

Without a doubt, it was his good personality that was the problem.

This time, Lee Danwoo would save him.

By tearing apart his righteous human nature. <<less

Lee Se-hoon, the blacksmith of humanity's last desperate force.
He fought against the demons until the end, but the result was mutual destruction, ending with the world's annihilation.
At the moment he decided to end his life due to that futile conclusion.... more>>

“What... is this?”

He returned to his days as a cadet at the hero training institute, Babel Academy.
A second chance. He will use anything as material to create victory.
Anything! <<less

A world where it is hard to find a living person anymore. I lived in such a world. I returned to a world that is... more>> not like that. I will not let such a world come again. <<less

My whole life, all I wanted was power.... more>>

I churned the world into rivers of blood and eventually gained the title, ‘Demon Lord of Strength’. However, all this became useless when I lost to a party of heroes.

But what can a loser say? As I laid dying, I was forced to listen to the hero’s gibberish:

“If you are born again, I hope that you will live a kind life!”

But huh? When I opened my eyes again, I was back in the past.

“What do I have to do to live a kind life?”

This is the beginning of an ex-Demon Lord’s journey to live a ‘kind’ life. <<less

Lacking a pocket dimension, power, a thigh to hug onto, and the three life advantages (money, power, and looks), he had been cautiously living in the apocalypse for ten years, getting closer to falling inside the zombie’s mouths. ... more>>

Unexpectedly, he had the terrible luck, to be caught in a fight between two gangs and die, it really left people feeling disappointed. When he opened his eyes, he had returned to a decade ago, three months before the apocalypse!

Like before he still lacked an ability, an ordinary person without a pocket dimension, but he did have ten full years of experience living in the apocalypse! Even if he didn’t fight zombies, didn’t hunt monsters, he could still live a carefree farming life in the safe zone.

Find a safe house, utilise all kinds of skills from his previous life to farm in exchange for meat, and if possible, find a person to peacefully spend the rest of his life with; ordinary people had their own ordinary little pieces of happiness.

Originally believing he had picked up a beauty he returned home to prepare a golden house, but on the contrary he was the one being pushed down……someone once said, whether it is people or matters, by no means can you only look at the surface! <<less