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[STATUS: DISCONTINUED / DROPPED] Note: This story is no longer being updated. I am leaving it up for archival purposes.

Noel Arden just wants to disappear. As a member of a prestigious and influential family known for producing powerful espers and guides, Noel’s D classification is an embarrassment. Determined to work as a guide despite his father’s opposition, Noel spends his days in the D-suite of Halo, the largest, most successful Paradigm agency in the country, keeping his head down and enduring the less pleasant aspects of his job. It’s not a bad life; he likes his coworkers, he doesn’t have to rely on his increasingly hostile father, and he’s almost never deployed to Fray sites. As long as he steers clear of his S-class esper half-brother, he can just melt into the background and pretend to be a normal, low level guide, just one of hundreds in Halo’s bottom ranks. Invisible and unremarkable. Exactly the way he wants it. Then an emergency situation during an unexpected deployment forces Noel to shatter his quiet, boring life with his own hands and thrusts him directly into the notoriety he’s worked so hard to avoid. When he witnesses Jade Ransom, Halo’s star esper and one of the only S-classes in the country, melting down from corruption overload, Noel has no choice but to use the ability he swore to never reveal in order to save both Jade and the city from destruction. Jade, desperate after a life of guiding intolerance, latches onto Noel as the only guide he’s ever properly synced with and insists on being exclusive partners. With his back against the wall and his pesky conscience whispering in his ear, Noel agrees. Struggling to balance his secret, his normal job, and his connection to Jade, Noel finds the stable life he worked so hard to build crumbling around him. And as he and Jade grow closer, Noel has to reckon with the vast differences between them and decide if he’s prepared to burn himself out just to let Jade shine. #GUIDEVERSE #ESPER #SLOWBURN [ADULT LANGUAGE AND SUBJECT MATTER] *original cover by me

Ren dies without warning… and wakes up inside a novel he once read. Not as the hero. Not even as a side character. But as Kael Ardyn, a useless, disgraced noble destined to be disowned, humiliated, and eventually reduced to a beggar crawling in the dirt. A character so insignificant… that even his death was forgotten. But this time, the story won’t go the same way. Because Kael awakens something no one else has, a System that rewards entertainment. Every shocking action, every unexpected twist, every moment that captures attention… earns him power. And beyond the world he now lives in, higher beings are watching. To them, his life is nothing but a show, a game, a story meant to entertain. So Kael makes a choice. If his life is going to be a spectacle, then he will become the most unpredictable, most dangerous, most entertaining existence in the entire story. At Astral Academy, where geniuses, nobles, and monsters gather, Kael will rewrite his fate. He will break the plot. Outplay the protagonists. And turn every destined tragedy into his stepping stone. Because in a world where death is scripted… He will become the one who controls the narrative. **** Bonus Chapter Goals 250 Golden Tickets → +5 Extra Chapters Dragon Gift → +1 Bonus Chapter Castle Gift → +3 Bonus Chapters Tonight You get to choose one side character to suffer a permanent consequence. Spacecraft Gift → +5 Bonus Chapters Tonight You can create a permanent supporting character (subject to story balance). Gachapon Gift → +10 Chapters That Night You gain influence over the next 15 chapters' storyline (within the established rules and worldbuilding).

Betrayed by his girlfriend. Hunted by his enemies. His best friend sacrificed alive. And he himself—sentenced to death. Moments before execution, Eren Kai awakens a forbidden power— to feed on sin, to burn with evil. A remnant left behind by the Vigil-Wyrm's progenitor, forged at the cost of an entire clan in the ancient war against the Demon Primogenitor. When Seraphine takes her own life at her wedding... When the true culprit behind the Veyne family massacre finally reveals themselves... Eren realizes a terrifying truth— Someone has been using his "sins" to ignite the final ritual. On the day when All Sins Converge, the Demon Primogenitor will return. The apocalyptic calamity from seven thousand years ago will once again sweep across the world. Eren finally understands the only path left: He must devour the Demon Primogenitor—the source of all sin. But if he fails... he will become the new Lord of Sins, an existence far more horrifying than any Demon Primogenitor. Sin will devour the world. And he must devour sin first. - To all readers: In order to bring you higher-quality content, updates on this account will now stop. We’ve moved to a new account where even more polished and exciting chapters will be released. Please continue reading at the new link: http://wbnv.in/a/e5jVffJ Thank you for your support!

In the vast Felis Empire, power is held not by the throne alone, but by the ruthless systems that keep nations dependent: food, trade, medicine, and debt. At the center of southern commerce stands House Ashbourne, controlling the Empire's vital ports and its fragile relationship with the maritime kingdom of Eshid. Born into this power was Lady Eunice Ashbourne. Daughter of Count Ashbourne and the legendary Dame Helena, Eunice was never meant to fit the delicate, fragile image imperial society demanded. Tall, broad-shouldered, and physically commanding, she feels entirely out of place among the polished aristocracy. While other nobles lose themselves in superficial etiquette, Eunice finds solace within crowded kitchens, endlessly perfecting her culinary craft. She is far more comfortable among the warmth, noise, and honest labor of the stoves than the hollow glamour of high society. To the court, she is improper. To ordinary people, she is real. But beneath the Empire's glittering wealth lies a brutal world of monopolies and calculated manipulation, while beyond its shores waits an ancient, lawless force: the ocean. Long ago, the Empire attempted to conquer the northern waters, but the sea swallowed their armadas whole, and none returned. Only the Eshid Kingdom dared to master the Abyss, a pitch-black, high-pressure trench system teeming with apex Leviathans, Sirens, and ancient horrors. Through specialized abyssal technology, Eshid has harnessed the power of the depths and is expanding southward, bringing advanced medicine and a naval supremacy capable of reshaping the continent. Leading this expansion is Gerald Helium, commander of Eshid's feared Black Tide Fleet, a man hardened by ocean storms, relentless warfare, and the darkness of the trenches. To the Empire, Gerald is an existential peril. To Eunice, he is something far more dangerous. Because while the world views her commanding stature as a flaw, deeming her too tall and too much, Gerald looks at her and sees a woman whose strength was never a mistake. As political friction fractures the Great Houses and ancient terrors stir beneath the black waters, Eunice is pulled into a dangerous vortex of power, reputation, and desire. The old systems of control are fracturing; the tides are changing.

The city's shadows wrangled the guardian and clipped its wings just to let it live. Too bad for them, those were just a distraction. Now that the guardian is finally free to be where it wants, even in your mind, listen to whatever it wants, even your thoughts, and erase whomever it wants, literally, without facing any repercussions, who would dare to go against it all? Dave is one such person. His life began its downward spiral when his wife lost her memories, wiped away intentionally. A crime he couldn't solve. Due to which he, who wrote two decades of Inception city's history, was reduced to a drunken mess, ending with thugs taking him hostage. But Dave wasn't broken yet, no, that only happened when he returned to the response his methods generated, those that forced death on his admirer. Dave had been naïve, enough to think the people who used his absence to gain power would let him come back in peace. But will their warnings be enough to stop him, or will he merge with the shadows and become obscure, like everyone else against the guardian did? Who'll win? Dave, or the guardian everyone trusts to look after them?

On her sixteenth birthday, Oxy Jane had a strange dream of entering a city called Cerebra. And Cerebra was the name of a city that suddenly disappeared sixteen years ago from the world. In that dream, she met a boy named Helio who claimed that he was the gatekeeper of the dimension. So, Oxy wasn't dreaming. She had entered into another dimension. The connection between dimension and their world caused chaos. Some people died from being trapped in the dimension. They were attacked by a monstrous head-eating creature called Uron inside. This strange phenomenon was also known as the brain fog effect. Not only that, her school principal, Mr. Dome, was someone who had been watching her all this time. Mr. Dome told her that she was one of six children who survived the lost city. And each of them had strange powers as a result of the horrific experiments. Oxy met new friends. Some were good and others were difficult. She also met people who wanted to use kids as them their weapons because the war will come. Could Oxy and her friends save themselves? Also, could they save the world from the disaster of war?

This is the story of a woman who struggled to study and graduated peacefully Sorting Hat: What was your greatest wish to come to Hogwarts? Aurora: I want to graduate peacefully, go back to school, and finally create with my own hands... Sorting Hat: Hufflepuff!! Here's a story that perfectly confirms Murphy's Law: Aurora: Remus, I just heard from those guys that there is a new teacher who is going to teach us Potions, supposedly Snape. Do you know him? I looked like they were desperate. Lupin: (A thousand words in the wind) Here's a story of Hufflepuff and Slytherin fighting wits and bravery all the way to the face: She pondered for a long time, and finally decided to write a letter for help: What to do if the fan article of the teacher is seen by the teacher himself, online, etc., is quite urgent. Here's a story about the saga: Old alumnus: You were a legend back then. I haven't seen it for a few years, is there anything more legendary to say and hear? Aurora: Does it count if you push down your dean?

Yuzuko's perfect world is disturbed when she is forced to take part in the 30th season of Game of Mass Destruction, a reality tv show where twenty contestants have to fight robots and each other for a chance to become a billionaire. Each robot they destroy gives points, but extra points are rewarded for acts of sex and murder. Whilst Yuzuko is united with online friends, she discovers dark secrets about her family as she confronts the gameshow's owner the notorious Sia Bucks. Will she survive and become victorious or will it be a comedy of errors with violence and chaos? "Hunger Games on steroids!" - thoughtfulsushi from Wattpad "Battle Royale meets Hunger Games with gallows humor, flesh-eating robots, and deep quotes in the "Game of Mass Destruction". If you like dystopian Sci-Fi, take a look at this book" - dawnashes from Wattpad

"Reincarnation is a mysterious and wonderful thing, isn´t it?" The old professor took a sip from his tea. Looking at his colleague in the opposite seat. "Just imagine the possibilities!" He spread his arms wide to indicate all the possibilities. "I am." His colleague answered sourly. "Let us assume that there is the thing called reincarnation. Then it must be a blessing for us not to remember our past lives." "Why do you say that? Just imagine If I had all the knowledge of my previous life or lives wouldn´t I be almost all-knowing?" The man smiled imagining having all the knowledge he couldn´t acquire in his lifetime. The other man just shook his head "You, my friend are far too greedy. Just imagining what would happen to a person remembering his past lives fills me with dread and pity. We are lucky not to remember anything if reincarnation is real. Thank God, that this does not happen." Hello there! Writer here. That one above is actually not part of the story, but when I thought about what the story is about that just pooped into my head. It is what this story is going for. Please give me a notice if that´s not how I was supposed to do it.