Short stories set in the Kaze no Stigma universe.

[You have died. A special skill, ‘Regression’, is activated.]... more>>

In the end, humanity had reached its limits. Even Kim Seong-jin, the ultimate survivor and humanity’s mightiest hunter, had fallen to death. But when he opened his eyes, it wasn’t the end; it was ten years in the past, in Seoul.

He had gone back to a time when he was a rookie hunter with an F-rank level and stats, yet his memories and items remained as powerful as they were in his prime.

“If I want to prevent the future apocalypse, I must grow stronger!”

Will he be able to protect his comrades and family, and surely prevent the upcoming disaster? <<less

Is it possible to predict what will happen in the next moment to change fate’s course?... more>>

She is content with everything even if her father bears no love for her, nor her grandmother, who ought to love their grandchildren. For her, every day is as bright as summer, and the flowers blossom as though in spring.

It was only later in time that she realized she had been a coward.

In this life, she will no longer be timid. In this life, she will be happy. <<less

“If you want to be happy, you must spend your life with the ‘future you’ whom you are destined to be with…” Yusuke Kanzawa, a high school student who dreams of future happiness more than anyone else due to his unfortunate upbringing, is told this by a fortune teller one night. At first, Yusuke was skeptical, but then he begins to think that the “future you” might be Yuri Takase, a talented and talented classmate, and his feelings for her grew.... more>>

On the other hand, Yusuke’s “search for the future you” becomes increasingly confusing when Haruka Kashiwagi, a school idol who is convinced that she and Yusuke have a strong bond, and Ryo Tsukishima, who saved his life in middle school, approach him.

Each of the three girls has her own reasons for fighting to change the future after graduation, and each has her own reasons for needing Yusuke. As Yusuke confronts various difficulties with the girls, he learns the secret of his birth and the true meaning of the term “future you”.

Will Yusuke be able to change the future in their three years of high school?

And who is Yusuke’s “future you”?

Which future will Yusuke choose? <<less

“I’ll marry you!”... more>>

“Good.”

The time is as promised, the breeze is coming, ten years later, he walks towards the most beautiful her, shaking hands again, it will be a lifetime.

Jin Shichuan: I like it so much, why did it appear only now?

Xu Lai: I want to be the one worthy of you.

Jin Shichuan: I am just a soldier.

Xu Lai: No, you are my hero.

You and your comrades-in-arms are heroes who use their lives to maintain the peace of the city and the people in this peaceful age.

He is her hero and she is his life.

Time is as promised, and the years are getting blurred.

A sweet pet story with passion and passion! <<less

The Mu family, who wanted to marry the young patriarch of the Huo family at the beginning, had no way out because the heads of the two families who had a good relationship in the past swore a heart oath. ... more>>

So, the wedding was held as scheduled. Although the oath could not be violated, it did not specify the name of the person to marry.

So, the Mu family replaced the young man lady of the Mu family with Mu Qing Lan, a child from the side branch to pack up and get married.

Huo Jue, the useless man whose spiritual platform has collapsed, knew that his bride had changed, and the new bride was also planted with puppet voodoo.

Huo Jue also knew about the fact that the Mu family wanted to let her steal the Huo family's top-grade magic item.

One month into their marriage, the little puppet sneaked into Huo Jue's room in the middle of the night and hurriedly moved to Huo Jue's bedside.

What Huo Jue was waiting for was for the puppet of the Mu family to show her true colors. He was lying on the bed while breathing slowly, and his subordinates were all outside the door, waiting for his signal.

As long as the puppet dared to touch the spiritual item on his neck, she would be taken down on the spot.

Unexpectedly, the puppet approached Huo Jue, half-kneeled, lowered her head to follow Huo Jue's hand that was placed in front of her and kissed his fingertips warmly.

Then she got up, jumped three times on the spot, and danced silently in the room like a madman.

Huo Jue, "..."

The subordinate who was ready to catch the thief, "..."

——Mu Qing Lan, "The person who I married is my male god." <<less

“Mysteries are composed of phenomena and interpretations, Fukamachi-kun.”... more>>

University student Fukamachi Naoya possessed ears that could hear people’s lies, isolating him from others. After deciding to take “Folklore Studies 2” on a whim, he somehow caught the attention of Takatsuki Akira, the associate professor in charge of the lectures. This man immediately becomes excited whenever he encounters a mystery, so Naoya becomes his assistant whose role is to “bring him back to earth.”

As the two became closer, Naoya discovered that Takatsuki’s eyes occasionally turned blue like the night sky and the man possessed perfect memory.

In reality, Takatsuki also experienced something strange when he was young… <<less

There is a Ghost Doctor living by the Lethe River who only treats illness for ghosts. He had only one rule. All the ghosts who... more>> wanted him to help must obey three rules: one, swim across the Lethe River, two, tell him their story, and three, leave behind something that belongs to them. No one knows anything about him and no one knows why. The Ghost Doctor is mysterious; no one knows where he came from, no one knows where he’s headed to, they only know that he’s residing by the Lethe River with his rules. <<less

Abandoning the woman, Gu Yaoniu, herself in front of the couple
She has no business, but she woke up ten years ago.
Relatives are still... more>> there, not yet under the fence
Fate is coming to a turning point
She is born again with fierce hatred
Can you rewrite your destiny? <<less

Can jianghu wanderers ever refrain from messing around?... more>>

The turbulence of the world fostered us, whose existence upon joining jianghu going by as quick as a blink.*

"In this world where war erupts throughout, jianghu is a cycle of vengeance and retribution. You either persist, or you perish."

Many years ago, a young Chu Xiwei who recently joined the sect was chilled to the bone by those words he happened to have heard.

Seeing that his young disciple was scared quite enough, Ye Fusheng leisurely sipped his tea, "What I just said is pure nonsense."

Every young chivalrous individuals joining jianghu would happen upon one martial art scroll or another. Ye Fusheng was so often tricked by this preconception in his younger years that when he got older, he decided to hoard other people's scrolls.

But jianghu didn't work as simply as that.

It was a society of using one's might to carve one's path, of competing for artifacts and debating one's skills.

Legends would never fade with the withering time, just as hatred would not disappear in a peaceful age.

As the golden time passed, all splendor would be reduced to dust. With it, Glimpse of Grace** was sealed away from the world.

Notes:
* From an unnamed poem, by an unknown poet (rumored to be authored by Li Bai).
** The sword name is 惊鸿掠影, which in context of the story can also be separated into its short title: 惊鸿 – Jing Hong, and the name of an organization 掠影 – Lue Ying. <<less

Xu Zhi chased Lu Ming for a year, had a two-year relationship that could not be made public, and was a fool for three years. She wrote songs for Lu Ming's artists to sing, and for Lu Ming she gave up the chance to become famous. And for all the important moments in her life, Lu Ming was absent. After another one of his absences, Xu Zhi brought up the breakup, and Lu Ming disdained her, betting with a friend, "In less than a month, she'll be begging to get back together." Xu Zhi didn't beg to get back together, and she completely disappeared from Lu Ming's world. Soon after, a music competition program brought... more>> out a dark horse, the ghost singer Xu Zhi, all her original songs appeared in the major search platform. The mentors extended an olive branch and handed out offers of cooperation to her, and Xu Zhi quickly burst into the limelight.

Lu Ming couldn't believe that Xu Zhi just didn't want him anymore. When the rain poured, Lu Ming stood in front of Xu Zhi's house waiting for her to turn back. After waiting for half an hour, the second floor window opened and a tall man loosely draped in a black bathrobe leaned against the window, his handsome face showing the laziness of the aftermath in the night, "My wife is asleep, what is the matter with Mr. Lu looking for her?"

Soon after, Qi Cai announced his romance with Xu Zhi in a high profile. Xu Zhi's new boyfriend, was the popular superstar Qi Cai.

On the day Xu Zhi and Lu Ming broke up, Seven Points Media played "Good Day" for a whole day. <<less

“Xu Hui, Xu like promised, Hui like brilliant glow. What about you?”... more>>

“Bai Lu.” (Literally translated White Jade but a homonym of White Egret)

“Oh, like ‘A flock of egrets in the sky?’”

Bai Lu smiled.

Lu (Jade) and Lu (Egret), she and him are like this one word difference.

The beginning is not great. When they first met, he was lonely, jealous, and escaping from everything, as if the whole world was his enemy.

She was quiet, petite, wearing glasses, had thin eyebrows, and her presence was faint.

She was different from the other girls who always approached him. She was silent and indifferent. It was as if she didn’t exist, yet there were traces of her everywhere.

Bai Lu calculated every step she took, carefully in control of the pace. Neither hot nor cold. Like a shadow.  

She said: “You knew that you are different.”

Xu Hui smiled humorlessly, his body shifting. He sat up straight. The smile on his face had not dissipated. He said nonchalantly, “How so? Do I have two heads?”

Bai Lu’s voice fell lightly on Xu Hui’s lashes, “You know that it’s so easy for people to fall for you.”

Xu Hui froze. <<less

An innocent woman is injured during a sabotage operation at a research institute. On the brink of death, she is somehow healed when cells of... more>> unknown origin that were being studied there hijack her body. The life-form, christened “Algernon”, slowly acclimates to human life. And what it wishes for is to live a peaceful life, like that of any other human being. <<less

From love, marriage, heartbreak, pain, to divorce- Mu Chuqing has been through it all in a few years with Sheng Yuchen. After not seeing each other for years, she imagines that they would be like strangers. But why is that man looking at her with anger even when holding his fiancée in his arms? Why can’t they be like strangers? ... more>>

Will he forever humiliate and torture her? Why can’t Sheng Yuchen let her go? Just what kind of cruel man is her ex-husband?

…

Ever since that night three years ago, Sheng Yuchen has not slept peacefully. Every time she cries, her tears fall like acid on his heart. His blood boils when he sees her smiling at other men the way she used to smile at him, and the beast in him might as well destroy everything around.

He can’t let her go. He won’t let her go. Even if his heart gets charred with her tears.

…

This isn’t a love-at-first-sight story!

“Boss! Miss Mu is back!”

“Got it.” The man responds indifferently.

“Boss, someone gave Miss Mu a bouquet of roses!”

“Adulterer! Humph!” The man finally raises his head, narrows his eyes, and snorts.

“Boss, Miss. Mu and that man watched a movie today, had a candlelight dinner, and…”

“And what…”

“They kissed!”

The man’s eyes spits fire, and he can’t sit still anymore. He suddenly stands up from the sofa.

“B-Boss, bad news. Miss. Mu and that man are going to get married in the Netherlands!”

The man slams the table. “Which plane? Shoot it down!”

“Yes!”

“Wait!” The man suddenly stops him.

“Boss, do you have any other instructions?”

“Blast the male adulterer. If she loses even a hair on her, I’m afraid you won’t be able to handle what comes next!”

“…” <<less

“Please, let go. Don’t make me hate you any more than I already do.”... more>>

Adelaide had risked her life in exchange for playing the role of the Duchess, but she never had any intention of loving Klaus.

He was a Northern noble with an elegant facade, yet lacking in any true nobility. Dealing with such a Duke was always a source of embarrassment for Adelaide, who had lived her whole life as a noble lady.

They were merely using each other. So there was no way that this could be love, just something as insignificant as that.

“You mean something to me.”

The more she fell for him, the deeper she fell, everything became a mess. Like an uncontrollable fire.

“Do you have any value other than yourself?”

Klaus sharply rebuked her with his lips against her throat.

“I want everything from you, even your very breath. How is this not love?”

“You’re completely insane…”

In the worst possible way, you made me realize. The fact that all we have left between us is nothing but hatred. <<less

Underground action story that takes place in Yokohama!... more>>

Why did a boy from a prestigious school, who has lived a simple life, turn himself into a villain?

Eigo Hayashiki, a boy with hyper memory syndrome (hyperthymesia), lives a lonely life, envied by those around him because of his special ability. After one particular incident, he is finally abandoned by his family and loses everything.

The boy is rescued by a mysterious woman, Secret, in Yokohama, and despite his confusion, he becomes familiar with the underworld of the port city.

Yakuza, Chinese Mafia, informant, hitman, and a hostess at the age of high schoolers are interwoven in the chaos of Yokohama’s underworld.

This is the story of a former honor student who comes into contact with Yokohama’s unique outlaws and solves various cases as a villain. <<less

On the brink of destruction, I regained consciousness and found myself back in the past, 20 years ago. In order to have a peaceful retirement,... more>> I must prevent the impending doom. <<less

"Liana, please caress me. It feels good when you touch me."... more>>

I transmigrated into an explicit 19+ novel as the villain.
And it happened to be at the moment when I was about to take over the Emperor on the bed.

Until then, I thought I had died without moving a muscle.
Enoch Philip de Harte. He was a tyrant who hated any contact with others.

But this man is strange.

"Didn't we promise to touch today? I even wore something easy to take off."

It seems he has a slightly unique taste.

"All my firsts were with you. So Liana, I hope you'll be that kind of person too."

It seems a bit affectionate.

And that's not all.

He even insists that I am the cure to melt the ice in his heart and follows me around...

Your Highness, is it really just melting the ice that you need?

* * *

"Liana."

"...."

"Liana, look at me."

Not as a patient. But as a man.

"Love me a little, will you?" <<less

Eight years ago, Ye Feng Wu was imprisoned for r*pe. Eight years later, he returned to the city as a warrior god in the army.... more>> When he learned that the girl who had been harmed because of him had given birth to a daughter for him, and was living a miserable life of being bullied by others, the flames of the warrior god's fury instantly engulfed the city. <<less

He was helpless and humiliated when he was a child. It was the warmth given by Qifeng that gave him the courage to survive.... more>>

However, once upon a time, there was a woman between them, and that small illusory world of happiness shattered instantly.

The pain of being humiliated, the heartbreak of being abandoned, finally turned into irreparable and irreversible hatred!

Qing Xuan , carrying the hatred incarnate as Shura,
walked step by step on the ground full of blood, to the peak of power...

However, only he himself knew that when he
returned to the dream at midnight, his hands were still cold, and his heart was still bone-chilling, so there was only Zhuo Han who stayed by the bed every night to accompany him to sleep(?)

He brought the last trace of warmth in the world. The sound of the flute outside the window is lingering. When you have time, please compose the music for me alone. <<less

I killed the boy I liked today.... more>>

He asked me to kill him in the future.

I didn’t ask for it, but…

What can I do? I wanted to fulfill the wishes of the person I liked.

I’m in a position of unrequited love. He was an absolute abbreviation for love.

* * *

When the war between demons and humans continues for hundreds of years, Chase, a boy Julia had a crush on, leaves the village after being chosen as the ‘hero of prophecy’ who will lead humans to victory and leaves the village.

One day, Chase, who suddenly appeared in the village, tells an unbelievable story to his lover Isabella.

When he dies, he returns to the past, and he can never die until he gets rid of all evil beasts in this world.

Julia, who overheard Chase’s story, was suddenly killed by a beast, who entered the village, somehow, reverts back to when she was 12…… <<less

A supreme existence dies as he fails at his attempt at ascending. Reborn into the modern world from whence he came, once again treading on the path of cultivation, aiming to be above all beings.... more>>

“Even if the path before me is filled with thistles and thorns, I shall cut my way through no matter what!”

“Even if an army ten thousand strong, akin to a mountain, blocks my path, with my sword, I shall slaughter my way through!”

“I shall never back down!” <<less

Throughout the ages, there are only two words in the world, love and hate. ... more>>

Three years ago, Qin Shan was the most profitable sword in the hands of the emperor. He cut others and made himself bleed. After several years of shackles, he entered the world again. The world seems to be a little different. His infamy is still circulating in the world.

The heroic swordsman carried his reward everywhere, and everyone was looking for the trace of the big devil. However, Qin Damo was holding his own order of chasing and asked with a smile. “The head on the neck, can I change the wine?”

Entering the WTO again, this river and lake has one more word in Qin Shan’s eyes. It was someone holding a long sword, wind and rain, and the words engraved in his heart. <<less

Ye Zhen, a female Ph.D. in the Department of Mathematics of Hua University, changed her career to enter the entertainment industry in order to investigate the death of her birth father, Movie Emperor Ye Yi. During her interview, she accidentally made CEO Rongcheng Jue lose face in public. Yet Rongcheng Jue, unlike what was to be expected, didn’t take old grudges into account and let Ye Zhen join his company. When everyone thought Ye Zhen would become Rongcheng Jue’s personal secretary, she actually joined the entertainment department. After several twists and turns, Ye Zhen became a script supervisor for Rongcheng Entertainment’s “The Great Tang Treasure”.... more>>

Her colleagues’ bullying towards her, the pressure of changing career, and the many obstacles in her investigation all left her confused. Under Rongcheng Jue’s silent guardianship, she didn’t forget her original purpose, overcame every obstacle, and eventually became an ace producer.

Ye Zhen and Rongcheng Jue shared a common belief: no matter how bleak the hope is, how th**ny and dark the road ahead, they had only one thought in their hearts: to uncover the truth, and therefore bring peace to the soul of the Movie Emperor Ye Yi. <<less

The Honorable Demon Lord Xi Xin took over the body of a young child. In her previous life her sins were too straightforward, and she... more>> did not hide her evil deeds at all. In this life, she swears that she will not be bad out in the open. Even if people catch her handle, she must convince everyone that this is by no means her intention. She is suffering! <<less