branded dragonmaid

In the Veyr Dominion, power isn’t inherited—it’s engraved. Crests are living contracts etched into flesh, policing obedience through pain, privilege, and invisible clauses no one dares question. Astra Vey was raised to wear one like every noble heir… until the collar meant for her soul misfires. Instead of blind compliance, Astra sees what no one else can: a cold, luminous UI—STATUS, RULESET, CLAUSES, PERMISSIONS, TRACE—revealing the Empire’s leash as editable code. Freedom should be simple: run. But the moment Astra’s crest wakes wrong, every faction moves to claim the defect that could break their world. The Crestwright Guild wants to dissect her miracle. The Church of Lumen offers sanctuary with debt stitched into prayer. The Underchain trades safety for permissions—and never forgets what you owe. And House Veyrn’s most elegant predator, Marquis Dorian Veyrn, begins rewriting Astra’s life through seals, audits, and “legal” cages. Her only ally is the last man she should trust: Kael Raithe, an Imperial Hound with a military crest variant and a voice trained to command. He should drag her back in chains—yet he chooses something more dangerous: asking. In a city built on ownership, Astra and Kael weaponize consent, desire, and loopholes to survive. Because every patch has a price… and Astra’s interface is waking up hungry.

In a world where the Apocalypse is a twisted game and human lives are the ultimate currency, eighteen-year-old Moon was dealt the worst hand possible: [Class: NULL]. Deemed a defect by the System and discarded as monster fodder by the girl he swore to protect, Moon was left to rot in the unforgiving Outer Slums. But the System made a fatal miscalculation. Surviving an impossible encounter without an awakened class, Moon didn't just break the rules—he shattered the matrix itself.

1 new chapter every day - Running for WSA 2023 **************************************************** In a world filled with magic, fantastic creatures, gods, and endless mysteries, Vince is a young man with a brilliant mind but no opportunities. As a soldier in a war campaign, he faces an inevitable fate. However, instead of finally discovering the secrets of the afterlife, he awakens in a mysterious and unknown place, where he must navigate the secrets and dangers that lurk in every corner. Vince then needs to use his wits and skills to survive and escape this strange and deadly place. Will he be able to uncover the truth behind this mythical realm, or will he be trapped there forever? In endless darkness, a single word runs through infinity "Open your eyes, marked".

Aven is the strongest knight and the commander of one of the kingdom’s elite forces. In every war against the demons, he always stood at the front undefeated, unrivaled. When the war finally came to an end, he believed his duty was complete. He was wrong. Branded as a threat too powerful to be controlled, the kingdom chose betrayal over reward. It even chose to cooperate with the very demons it had once fought against. Stabbed from behind by his fellow knights and abandoned on a silent battlefield, Aven should have died there. But death did not claim him. He was saved by a mysterious silver-haired woman. Having lost his title, his home, and his family, a knight branded as a threat now begins his second life.

Kael grew up in a middle class family when all of a sudden the fracture happened. The fracture split the world in half and ruined the economy. With the fracture, special people called the "Branded" appeared which possessed otherworldly powers. One fated day after being attacked in his own house, the universe chose him to become one of them.

Branded with a mysterious tattoo at age 12, Amaliah was the scorned, unwanted daughter blamed by her noble family for the tragedies that befell them. When her beloved sister vanished, Amaliah was forced to take her sister's place as the engaged bride of Crown Prince Ryleigh, despite his love for the missing sibling. On what should have been Amaliah's wedding day, her long-lost sister returned, only to be murdered shortly after along with Ryleigh. Accused of the killings, Amaliah found herself disgraced, disowned, and her inheritance seized. Her only escape was an arranged marriage to Konstantin, a feared warlord rumored to lead an ancient cult. Trapped in her new husband's foreboding castle, Amaliah learned the cult's shocking secret - her tattoo marked her as the reincarnation of their founder. As more bodies piled around her and those closest betrayed her, Amaliah felt an undeniable, forbidden allure to Konstantin, her greatest adversary. He aimed to use her reincarnated powers for his own nefarious ends. Amaliah was forced to choose between submitting to this dark fate or embracing her destiny - to destroy the cult, the ruthless husband who inexplicably became her lover, and the dismaying future that had haunted her since childhood.

Patrick Grimaldi was kissing me, his head bowed low in his family’s private wine cellar, when my Mamma’s text lit up my phone, informing me of my arranged marriage. He pulled me flush against him, our bodies molding together. After a dizzying kiss, he swept me into his arms and carried me to the antique bathtub. The warm water lapped at my skin, but his words plunged me into an ice-cold dread. "Go home. And don't come looking for me here again." I thought he was just angry about the marriage. I wrapped my arms around him, vowing, "I won't marry anyone else—" The smile on his lips didn't fade, but the warmth in his eyes vanished, replaced by a cool distance. "But I'm getting married." He brushed my damp hair from my face, his touch detached and cool, ignoring the violent tremor that seized my body. "My fiancée is of pure blood, noble and elegant—nothing like you. She would never be so shameless as to seduce the man who is all but her brother while her own father lies in his grave. Our wedding date is set. If you continue to cause a scene, you'll only bring disgrace upon the Valenti name."

I took the fall for a murder committed by the noble Caleb Grimshaw and spent three agonizing years in a detention center. He swore he'd marry me the day I got out. But on the day of my release, he never showed. I went to his hotel, only to find him with another woman in his arms. "You really thought I'd want a convict?" he sneered. In that moment, I understood. He had long forgotten his promise. I accepted the marriage my family arranged for me. On my wedding day, Caleb and his cronies crashed the event, laughing boisterously. “Lila, are you that desperate to be my mate? How pathetic.” Just then, his uncle—Finnian Grimshaw, the Alpha King—arrived. He draped a shawl over my shoulders and placed the wedding ring on my finger. Caleb panicked.

[Ding! The 'Randomly Spend' Tycoon System is at your service.] On her way to work, Yun Zijin was bound by a system named 'Randomly Spend'. [Spending Task Completed. A 2x rebate has been triggered. Ownership of Villa No. 1 at Xingyu Mansion. The related documents have been placed in the system backpack.] [Spending Task Completed. A 3x rebate has been triggered. Ownership of Dingsi Building. The related documents have been placed in the system backpack.] ... Yun Zijin was dazzled by the system's rewards, only to be told that her wealthy parents had found her? That she's the true daughter of the Xia Family of Dijing? Being bound to the Tycoon System was exciting for Yun Zijin, but she refused to be part of any cliché wealthy family drama. The Xia Family of Dijing? Yun Zijin: Get lost! Don't even think about associating with me!

Bai Su, who transmigrated into a book set in the interstellar Beast World, has only one interest: making delicious food at the orphanage, raising children, and enjoying her hard-won new life. Future's great villains? The cubs are all super well-behaved in front of her! The Federation Leader comes to freeload a meal, and his disability is cured! The business emperor comes to freeload a meal, and his infertility is solved! The obese little female gets thinner the more she eats, gradually growing into the number one beauty of the Beast World. She also attracts the number one genius doctor of the interstellar era and the interstellar great captain. The villainous cubs, driving warships and controlling ten thousand beasts: "If you want to get close to our Mom, you'll have to withstand our cannon fire first!" The Federation Leader laughs in anger: "You dare to bomb my armory? Courting death!" The gloomy and bloodthirsty emperor: "A bunch of little trash! You think I'm afraid of you?" The doctor's face turns ashen: "Either give back my research results, or die!" The interstellar great captain dangerously shoulders a Barrett: "I see you're all dying to get locked up." Bai Su smiles and peeks her head out, holding a gleaming kitchen knife: "Time to eat! What are you all doing?" The big shots and the little villains, harmoniously putting their arms around each other's shoulders in a picture of fatherly love and filial piety: "Coming~~"