the duckling story

[Ugly-duckling Transformation, weak to strong] The destitute young miss of the Ling family was weak, had lowly qualifications, was ugly and frequently bullied. In the end, she was pushed into the freezing river by her so-called love rival. However, when she opened her eyes once again, her gaze was cold yet captivating! Everything had changed drastically! When her ugly looks faded, she became a peerless beauty. When she displayed her graceful bearing and talent, it was blinding and earth-shattering! I'm a foodie and I'm proud of it. I have a venomous tongue to infuriate people to death, but I won’t compensate with my life. All the handsome men would give their all just to make her smile, which provoked his desire to dominate and possess her. However, in the end, was it him who dominated her…

A prideful snake who bowed to no one—until he became a jealous husband. A snow tiger beast warrior feared and respected, reduced to an obedient husband. A wolf known as a Casanova, who never stayed—until he chose loyalty. And a merman Prince who left his waters in order to be on land with her. All of them changed after meeting one female... After sniffing in an impossible scent. Her name is Arinya. …And unfortunately for this world, that’s me, haha. *** I wrote a book once. It was an unhinged fantasy born from my high-school brain, driven by loneliness and too many hormones. It was a world of beastmen, wild freedom, and the kind of romantic attention I could never get in real life. I poured every impossible desire into it: adventure, danger, and yes… a 'lot' of handsome partners. Before I knew it, I had a thousand chapters of pure escapism and pure thrill. Then on a college camping trip, I fell off a cliff. I expected to wake up in a hospital room but nope. I woke up on a soft field of grass, with air too fresh to belong anywhere on Earth. And then something moved behind me. Sticking out of my tailbone was... A tail. My tail? Yellow and black stripes and very, very real. I touched it. Completely real. My ears? Also gone—well, moved. They were now perched on top of my head like a confused jungle cat. And the outfit? Quite revealing, made of animal hide which matched my tail. What was going on? At first, I thought it was a prank. Or a dream. Or maybe karma is finally cashing in. But the more foreign memories evaded my mind, the clearer my situation became. This wasn't cosplay and it wasn't Earth, either. And—surprise—it wasn't even the world from my own book. Welp. I had been transported into a completely different Beastman world as a beast girl called Arinya. Sounds fun, right? Well… it would be, if I weren't apparently the ugliest duckling in the entire freaking savannah! Rejected by every potential mate I stumbled across and sneered at like a freaking eyesore. This was not how I planned my fantasy to come to reality. Trust me—if this is my fantasy come true, then someone needs to fire the author. But then again, after entering this world, I'm suddenly... Attractive. I mean, there's no change to my face and the freckles are still there, but for some reason, handsome beastmen begin to flock around me, wanting to be my mate because I smell... Pleasant. What's that all about?

Wish thought that if she ever got a second chance at life, she would at least wake up in a better story. A spoiled princess. A doomed villainess on the path to redemption. A heroine adored by powerful husbands. Anything would have been fine. That's how stories were supposed to work. Instead, fate—and whatever twisted cosmic editor writes destinies—casts her in the one role she should never have been reborn into: the fat, ugly, unwanted maiden chosen for sacrifice. She awakens in a body mocked by her tribe, pitied by her parents, and avoided by every man. In a world where beast forms define worth, hers is a joke—a puff-fluff fox, a useless cotton cloud that couldn't frighten a butterfly. Worse still, she is the doomed extra whose sole purpose was to die during the Mating Moon Ritual—her death the trigger that allowed the real female lead, a beautiful, weak princess, to earn the devotion of the four almighty beast deities. The Wind Deity—hot-headed, wild, and dangerously unpredictable. The Solar Deity—arrogant, playful, and impossibly radiant. The Sky Deity—silent, calm, and shrouded in mystery. The Night Deity—cold, calculating, and merciless. Except Wish doesn't die. And her survival breaks everything. The plot stutters. Events twist. Characters act wrong. The world itself seems to notice her refusal to disappear—and begins trying to correct the mistake. Now hunted by fate and trapped in a society where beauty is worshipped, mating marks define destiny, and the weak are meant to be sacrificed, Wish is given one impossible condition for survival: She must derail the story completely. The only way to do that is to draw the attention of the four beings the world revolves around—creatures meant to be untouchable, distant, and divine. One is bound to her by a ritual that should have killed her. One meets her with hostility instead of fate. One sees her existence as a threat that must be erased. One should be incapable of feeling anything at all. They were never meant to notice her. The story was never meant to let her live. So how is she supposed to survive a world that measures worth by beauty and power, when she is fat, unwanted, powerless—and armed with nothing but a useless fluffy fox? Can she break the story that wants her dead? Or will she die exactly as the plot demands?

Perhaps it was good luck that fell from the sky, Mo Rourou, the ugly duckling in the eyes of a man, accidentally married the handsome CEO Zhao Junlie because of his sister's escape from marriage, and became his bride. Zhao Junlie always wanted the best, no matter in business or in love, when he was a child, his parents adopted a professor's wife with very low money to a friend as an adopted son, but later his biological mother's youngest son died in a car accident, and he lacked a family heir, so Zhao Junlie read at the age of 20 University, returned to the home of his biological parents, accepted the rigorous training of the family business, and finally became the domineering and handsome president of Zhao's enterprise company. Mo Rourou has a deep love for Junlie. Although it is a commercial marriage, she is happy to complete her love fairy tale marriage and marry Prince Charming, who she secretly loves in her heart. However, it seems impossible for the fairy tale between the prince and the princess to be staged in reality. The lover returned from Harvard University in the United States, and he sent a divorce agreement to Mo Rourou? Faced with the ultimate disillusionment of her love, what should Mo Rourou do?

The Moore family, the richest family, unexpectedly chooses an uneducated girl as their granddaughter-in-law. The Moore brothers look at her with disgust and demand that she back off, considering her too ugly to be part of their family. However, Lizette Young puts on makeup that deliberately makes her look unattractive and is secretly pleased with their reaction. She has no time to deal with losers as she wants to focus on her career. But Lizette's true identities are gradually revealed, including her status as a powerful figure who controls global mineral resources, a design master who is worshipped as a god by the whole world, a hot gold medal screenwriter, and the leader of a secret organization. After fulfilling her contract with Grandpa, Lizette decides to leave quietly. However, a previously aloof and abstinent president suddenly shows interest in her and even refers to himself as her husband, asking her not to leave. Even the Moore family brothers and sisters plead with her not to go, calling her their little aunt.

Somehow, Sylvia was reincarnated in a character in the novel she had read before. Sylvia Atlante was called an "ugly duckling" lady character in the novel and despised by her family and others. Not wanting to accept her fate, she finds her own way to live peacefully. However, the situation is unfolding in a way she had never expected. Her family is treating her well and handsome men are showing interest... Why is everybody acting like this?

In the fire four years ago, everything was burnt to ashes. Chi Xiao returned to the Chi family this time with the sole purpose of finding her missing child four years ago. However, the heir of the Mo family in the Capital City was seriously ill and was on the verge of death. Chi Xiao's stepmother suddenly arranged for Chi Xiao to marry into the Mo family in place of her biological daughter. She was to marry Mo Ting to counteract his bad luck for someone who was about to die. Chi Xiao's face was covered in scars and she was extremely ugly. As she married the Mo family's heir who was about to die of illness, everyone in the Capital City was waiting to watch her make a fool of herself. However, not long after Chi Xiao married into the Mo family, the heir of the Mo family recovered from his illness. At that moment, all the young ladies in the Capital City started wondering, "Chi Xiao, this ugly freak, is simply an eyesore. She's weak and useless. How can she be fit to be the young lady of the Mo family without any family background?" Chi Xiao scoffed. She removed her disguise to reveal a stunningly beautiful face. No family background? She was the daughter of the top wealthy family in the Capital City. Was that information useful? Weak and useless? Mo Ting smiled as he presented proof, "I wish to thank my wife for saving my life. The famous physician that I failed to hire with money turns out to be the woman I hadn't officially married. I must have made everyone worry." The top jewelry designer, a mysterious hacker of the international level, internationally known artist... As each of Chi Xiao's multiple identities started to unravel, the world was shocked that this ugly daughter born out of wedlock was actually a retired omnipotent bigshot! Everyone started to be salty, "So what? She'd still have to be someone else's stepmother after marrying him anyway, right?" The little dumpling took out a DNA test report. "Sorry to disappoint everyone! I'm my mommy's biological son!"

[Cover Art Does Not Belong To Me] April someone abandoned by her dad, and Nao, who came from a rich family and was suffering under the burden of being the heir, met as children in an antique shop, then met again 7 years later as fellow freshmen at Mallor High School.

[Revamping! Updates would be regular once I get free from school] "She was lucky enough to transmigrate but that mysterious duo sucked all her joy!" ------- Excerpt: "She is messing our world, Kaden!" ThunderBill roared, fumes raging out of his nose. "She is gambling with her own system! And worse, is causing a ruckus for every quest!" He added, but the guy sat there uninterested. "She even KISSED you in front of those humans!" He ranted, his voice almost echoing in that empty hall! "We have seen enough, Kaden!" Berlina, his dear wife finally expressed her thoughts and he was glad that she was able to catch that stubborn guy's attention. "Do you want me to change her death date?" Berlina asked the moment Kaden finally met her eyes. "Not needed! I will talk with your higher-ups." Kaden declared and got up from his seat to walk out. "Bruh, so much for a girl!!!!" ThunderBill groaned, slumping back on the couch. Liking someone was fine! But to point of risking your own life? He couldn't understand that part! ---- Welcome to this new world of entertainment, where, interesting things are yet to happen, new ships are bound to sail and of course, mental torture is sure to amuse you! This story is about Luna, who was transmigrated in the body of Hazel Gray, oh wait with a duckling that claimed to be her system! Not to forget, the mysterious mentor dude who tagged along, unusually strange than the normal humans around. Interested about her dudely duckling? Then, join me in this new venture as our Luna uncovers new mysteries of her past life. ---- The cover is not mine! Credits to the artist~

After losing her mother, Reina grows up in a house that slowly turns into a place where she no longer belongs. The warmth she once knew disappears, replaced by whispers, cruel words, and the belief that she is someone the world would rather not see. By seventeen, she has learned to live quietly in the shadows. So when she is suddenly married off to a mysterious man from a wealthy family, rumored to be cold and difficult, Reina prepares herself for a life no different from the one she has known. But some rumors are not true. And some stories are far more complicated than they first appear. As Reina begins to step into a life she never thought she deserved, the past she tried to escape refuses to stay buried and the truth about who she really is may change everything.