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"Touch me again and you'll die..." she warned. A handsome smile appeared on his face. He moved closed and pulled her into his arms. "If I touch you, then will you really kill me?" he inquired, his face inching closer to her. "You dare- Ummph!!!" Next moment, he kissed her hard, not caring about the dagger that was already piercing his chest. Blood began to spill but he didn't care. All he knew was that he wanted to kiss her and just so he did. Being the daughter of one of the most feared leaders in the underworld, she was trained to be cruel, merciless and powerful. Her life was not her own but it was perfectly controlled by her father. There was no place for love in her life until he arrived. Rong Yixuan never believed in love at first sight. He always thought that things like love and marriage were not made for someone like him; a cruel, cold-hearted, and cunning person. But meeting her changed everything for him. From the initial teasing, chasing, and wooing, he worked out a perfect plan to enter into her life thinking that he would spend a beautiful life with her. But how could he know that this was just the beginning of their destruction? From the start, their love was cursed. *** This is my discord link: https://discord.gg/KSNFUJD *** This cover art doesn't belong to me. All the credit goes to the original owner.

The background is set in a small, quiet town on the outskirts of Seoul. In this town, people were friendly, except for one particular neighbourhood. In this neighbourhood, everybody lived their lives as if treading on eggshells, all because of one particular household: the Lees. People surnamed Lee were a dime a dozen, but these particular set of Lees were unique. Dysfunctional. The family consisted of four people; the father and breadwinner Lee Do Joon, the delinquent son Lee Hyuk, the top student Lee Gun, and the town's most beautiful girl Lee Yeo Ri. Lee Yeo Ri was regarded as a saving grace, but before anybody knew it, the saving grace was slowly disintegrating from within. Hidden underneath her perfect, angelic smile, was a girl who was slowly being crushed and torn apart. This is her story. — TRIGGER WARNING — This story contains depictions of rape, violence, and other traumatic scenes. — Cover art by Ren (Twitter: @ikinashi_ren) — Please consider commenting or reviewing; any and all feedback are appreciated! :D

Abandoned by Fate, but Chosen by Chaos. A world where magic reigns supreme and the mightiest wizards stand at the apex. A world where one’s mana affinity, if one even had it, determines one’s status in society, whether one could soar through the skies like a dragon or remain grounded, scraping by like rats or chickens. This was the world Hal Fennec was born into. Raised in the poverty of a border village, Hal had one wish: to give his mother a better life, one free from the constant fear of beast attacks and invasions by the Fellkin. But fate seemed to be playing a cruel joke. Despite being the brightest and most confident among his peers since childhood, Hal turned out to be barely qualified to become a wizard. His natural talent, contrary to his expectations, was nowhere near enough to fulfill even his modest dream of a decent city life. But then, just when his final hope was snuffed out and the future seemed gray and bleak, a twist of fate—or more fittingly Chaos—granted him a system that would turn everything around. Additional tags: #Gacha System =========== [WSA 2025 Entry] Regular release schedule: 2 ch/day Voting and Gifting Rewards: Every 300 Power Stones = 1 bonus chapter (maximum of 2 per week) Every 100 Golden Tickets = 1 bonus chapter (maximum of 2 per week) Super gifts (Magic Castle, Spacecraft, Golden Gachapon) = mass release of 5 chapters to be delivered within two weeks, on top of the bonus chapters from voting. (Maximum of 1 per month. In the rare case that I receive two in one month, the bonuses will carry over to the next two weeks or the following month.)

The warmth of the sunlight that was shining through the window landed on the girl's flawless face. Her eyelashes fluttered rapidly as her hands clenched onto her blanket tightly. She chanted, "No! No! Don't.. please.. I beg you stop! Ahh!!" She gasped for breath as she wiped the layer of cold sweat off her forehead. She looked at her phone and laid in bed after realizing that she was in her apartment. 'I'm safe.. it's alright.. safe..' After calming down, she took a quick shower and looked into the mirror. "Yang Ya Nuo! you got this! New day, new beginning!" She got dressed in a male school uniform and applied her makeup and wig. Within the next 15 minutes, her beautiful jade like face transformed into a handsome young man's face. "Aha! That should do it! Handsome like always. Breakfast time~" Since young, Ya Nuo learned how to change her voice to sound like a male's voice in case she needed it one day. Unlike girls at her age who liked to hang out with friends and go shopping, she only loves one thing, food! She works three part time jobs and is attending a famous school on a scholarship that covers full tuition. She cheerfully walked to the kitchen to see what's there to make for breakfast. When she opened the fridge, she saw nothing, but a piece of sausage inside. Sigh.. "I paid for rent and ran out of money to restock for grocery." Ding Dong "Who is it?" she said in a grumpy tone. "Yo!" Xu Huan Hei greeted her with a hand wave. "Is it time already? There's still half an hour before the usual time you come to get me for school." "Nope! But I do have something I want to discuss with you." he smiled dazzlingly. He was the school's second most popular guy that every female wished to date. The number one ranked male student was Ya Nuo. These two met each other at a young age, but due to some reason Huan Hei never found out about her female gender. "I'm hungry. Let's talk food first." "Here~ i already prepared a bag of groceries and two bacon, egg, and sausage for you" he winked. Ya Nuo smirked, "Oh? Seems like it's something important hmm? Alright, let me enjoy my breakfast as we discuss your 'favor.'" In the middle of enjoying her bacon, egg, and sausage, she suddenly spit out the mouthful of food onto Huan Hei. "will you be my girlfriend?" he asked confidently. "Are you crazy?? I'm a guy! 100% male!" "But you are so pretty, even girls say you have feminine features. I'm sure with a little makeup you'll look very cute!" "... what's your reason?" "A girl keeps pestering me and chasing after me to get into a relationship with her. I told her for the past two years that I'm not interested in any relationships, but she refused to listen. I accidentally slipped out and said I actually have a girlfriend... so she asked to meet her.. and I didn't have anyone that is trustworthy enough for this job." "No." "Pretty please" "No!" "Come on~ I'll buy you lunch~" "I'm not that cheap." "Fine, 3 months worth of lunch and groceries!" "Deal." In the meantime, at a luxurious restaurant, a man with gray hair sipped his wine, "Did you guys find her yet?" "No.. sir" "Then why are you here? Go! Find her and bring her here! Don't come back and report bullshit to me!" "Yes!" *THERE IS NO RAPE OR ANY SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THIS NOVEL. BUT WARNING OF 18+ CONTENT* The book cover is not mine, credits go to the original author. This novel is an original written by me, so please don’t post it anywhere else.

Hoshino grew up with an abusive family and had other circumstances surrounding him, but even so, he still performs his usual duties as a kid going through life. He goes to school, makes friends, has an annoying little sister, and even finds a lover. Despite all his hardships, it seems as though he’s been able to move and find happiness—aside from the occasional mishaps. …Or has he? Can he ever? Is it real? Does he deserve it? Does anyone? Who knows. But at the same time Who cares?

​The Crucible: Reclaiming the Root ​In a massive, multi-tiered digital matrix known as The Crucible, the soul-meridians of humanity have been thoroughly commercialized. The ruling Core Cartels and corporate syndicates have commodified spiritual cultivation, locking enlightenment behind paid licenses and deploying automated sanitization sweeps to delete any unindexed or "illegal" data. ​Enter Marcus Vance, the last compiled descendant of the legendary Vance Dynasty—the primary architects who coded the system's foundational layers three centuries ago. Carrying absolute "Sovereign Root" permissions inside his bloodline, Marcus fights alongside a tight-knit resistance to overthrow the corporate monopoly and protect the system's forgotten refugees. ​Key Story Arcs ​The Descent to the Old Root: To safeguard forty un-templated Lycan children marked for administrative deletion, Marcus and his allies—the fiery martial artist Vanya, the grizzled scavenger commander Khoran, and the logic-keeping Auditor—plunge into the Deep Archive (Sub-Level 99). There, amidst the uncompressed ruins of his ancestral estate, Marcus synchronizes with the phantom echo of the Vance Patriarch, reclaiming his sovereign legacy and anchoring the children as immune system Exceptions. ​The Deletion War: Infuriated by the rogue root signature, the Cartels deploy a high-tier cleanup task force led by a mirror-chrome Sector Executioner. In a brutal data-collision, Marcus unleashes ancient vanguard martial forms to shatter the Cartel's formatting matrices, permanently liberating the deep sector. ​The District 7 Hostage Crisis: Shifting tactics, the tyrannical High Architect Valerius leverages captive Vance sympathizers in Mid-Tier District 7, initiating a terminal countdown to erase them. Marcus and his strike team stage a lightning-fast, ten-minute breach into the hyper-monitored corporate plaza, routing the elite enforcers and absorbing the district into his personal sovereign database. ​Storming the Cloud-Tier: Realizing the Cartels are preparing a sector-wide formatting sweep to finish the job, Marcus launches a proactive counter-offensive into the pristine, algorithmically optimized Cloud-Tier palaces. Confronting Valerius's arrogant heir, Julian, Marcus intercepts the Format Execution Key mid-activation. ​The Current Turning Point: Instead of destroying the Cartel’s network architecture, Marcus injects a massive counter-inversion script directly into the High House mainframe. With District 7 secured and the palace transformed into an obsidian vanguard bastion, a system-wide notification flashes across the entire sky of the Crucible: The True Root has reclaimed the sky. ​The Core Cast ​Marcus Vance (The Sovereign): The main protagonist. His veins pulse with gold-indigo root-ink, allowing him to rewrite corporate firewalls, bypass system physics, and wield a black obsidian lance powered by uncompressed starlight code. ​Vanya (The Flame): A fierce frontline combatant whose gold-indigo fire manifests as ancestral wolf-spirits, capable of melting corporate alloy and scrambling drone hive-minds. ​Khoran (The Anchor): A veteran scavenger who manipulates local mass and weight variables with his massive, red-hot iron cleaver to hold the line against overwhelming odds. ​The Auditor (The Ledger): A majestic, obsidian-gold crystalline construct. Armed with the Cosmic Ledger, he scans enemy source code, maps vulnerabilities, and manipulates regional latency to distort time.

When a mountain comes to life, awakening its consciousness, it takes on another form—a Mountain Spirit. And that’s me reborn with extraordinary Divine powers. Want to know what these divine powers are? Well, one of them allows me to accelerate herb growth—up to one hundred times faster! Impressive, right? But wait, there’s more! I also possess a ‘golden finger’—which is ‘Space-Time’ system that lets me fish for lost techniques, weapons, pill formulas, and other treasures from the rivers of time and space. With these at my disposal, I’m sure to become stronger, at least stronger than the beautiful sect master who claims my mountain as her personal retreat and constantly drag me into her matters. It’s not an easy life, but no need to worry! I’m not just any spirit—I’m a human spirit born from a mountain, which means I have an extraordinary talent for cultivation. To top it off, my system was generous enough to grant me a divine cultivation technique right from the start. There’s just one tiny problem: it’s a dual cultivation technique, and I need a partner to cultivate it. So, I had no choice but to convince the sect master’s stunning disciple to help me out. I mean, it’s not like I’m after her gorgeous long legs, her curvaceous thighs, or her… well, you get the point. I’m just a humble cultivator trying to grow stronger by any means necessary. If only she’d run into some trouble, so I could swoop in and save the day. That would make things a lot easier for me… but alas, life is never that simple. Still, I’ll find a way. With my Space-Time system, my mountain’s power, and a little charm, I’ll outgrow this mountain and surpass everyone—even the sect master. And maybe, just maybe, I’ll enjoy the beauties along the way. *** No NTR, No Yuri, No Yaoi *** LinkTree- https://linktr.ee/Around_The_Moon Discord- https://discord.gg/zTgR9VFduX

The tale of a grim reaper who hates humans and a human who fell in love with him. From a really young age, Asahi Sato had always been beside Akira's side. They grew up together and faced all hardships together. Akira thought their friendship would last a lifetime but he didn't expect his life to be cut so short by that very friend. Logically speaking, their friendship did last a lifetime but only for Akira. As if having a secret affair with Akira's fiance wasn't enough, Sato also went ahead and killed Akira in order to steal the company. For the first and the last time in his life, Akira felt what it was like to be betrayed by the one you trust the most and the feeling was certainly not that amusing. Even after death, when the Grim Reaper who was in charge of him gave him a wish, Akira didn't hesitate to waste that wish on Sato. "Help me solve my murder." "I want to understand where everything went wrong.” "I want to know why Sato suddenly turned on me and I want to know why my fiance joined him.” Unfortunately, for the poor fellow, the grim reaper in charge of him was not a man who liked to be troubled and it seemed that nobody had ever taught him how to smile. "Tch- So much extra work! Can't you just pass away in peace?" "..." Read on more to know how Akira uncovered the mysterious circumstances behind his death and begged God to change his beloved Grim reaper's fate. __________________________________________ I hope you enjoy!~ __________________________________________ BL||Romance||Grimreaper||Revenge||Fashion||CEO||Secondchance||Fantasy||Fluff||Mystery|| Art by: Cherlyswan.

Cards mean everything here. If you want rations, you can buy them with a pair of twos. If you want matches, you need a pair of threes. A full house, sevens over tens, lets you conjure fireballs. And four aces give you a second life. How do you get cards? You play fun little challenges using the cards you already have. If you win, you get cards. If you lose, you either lose a part of yourself or your card. A two saves a fingernail while the queen saves a lung. Monsters? What are you talking about? Those are people, just like you. They've simply had to pay. After all, everything has a price, and there are always ways to repay your debts. Don't think about it too much. Do what you can to win, and you could achieve even your wildest wishes. Power and riches come to many here. Even immortality isn't off the table. Doesn't that sound exciting? Please come down to The House of Cards. We will surely enjoy your stay. ... Jack was born in The House of Cards, but he was raised by his father without seeing the horrors this place had to offer. Then one day, his father got a gift. "Happy birthday, Jack! Here's your present, a red Joker card." "Wow! Thanks, Dad!" "Now promise me that you will never lose it. No matter what." And after Jack made that promise, his father disappeared the very next day.

What would you do when you have been lied to for your whole life by someone you loved? Don't know? Then read this story where you are covered with lies and backstabbers and know-how she fights them. Sera... Seraphina who was living with her mother surname and with her stepfather. Her Real father left her and her mother the moment she born. Her mother raised her till nine but after that finally her stepfather Jake took all her responsibility as her father. It took really long time to convince her mother. Everything was going fine but then this disaster happen during her high school time her stepbrother who was from Jake's ex-wife suddenly appeared and she got into a fight with her best friend for some reason. she left for studying overseas to avoid everything. And now after seven years when she's finally back everything is going worse. Her mother got into a coma and things become harder and harder for her than it was used to be seven years ago. Read the story and know more. Let's see together how well she will develop herself. . . . You can directly text me on the Discord app. My Id- StrangePeace#2394