Lucan Ironfist came from a noble family, but he wasn't the eldest son. When his brother became the head of the family and he turned 18, Lucan would become a commoner. A strange rule, but that's how it was. So Lucan began to think of a way to live a peaceful life.
As he was considering this, his mother arranged for him to become a priest in another city. A priest didn't have to worry about food or housing, and all he had to do was watch over the temple and the statue.
It was easy work, so he agreed and arrived at the city. One day, as he was watching over the temple and the statue, a poor-looking girl came to pray. When she prayed to God, light gathered around her body.
Lucan was surprised and suddenly remembered the plot of a certain game. Originally, Lucan was from Earth and had traveled to this fantasy world. When he was on Earth, he played a game with a plot where a merchant family's illegitimate daughter, bullied by her family, awakened the power of a saint.
Lucan decided to keep this secret and train the saint so that in the future, he could have an easy life and save himself from any crises.
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In a world plagued by the relentless scourge of the undead and ferocious mutant creatures, one man finds himself at the heart of an extraordinary culinary adventure. Meet Xiao Feng, an ordinary chef who, by a twist of fate, awakens in a city overrun by zombies and bizarre mutants. Yet, amidst the chaos and devastation, he discovers a remarkable gift – the power of Culinary Mastery.
Xiao Feng's restaurant, "Great Potential," becomes an oasis of safety in a city teeming with danger. Its mysterious defenses not only keep the undead hordes at bay but also shield it from the most devastating of calamities. Armed with a unique set of culinary skills, Xiao Feng embarks on a journey of survival, innovation, and flavor in a world where the distinction between life and death has blurred.
As Xiao Feng ventures out into the treacherous streets of the fallen city, he encounters both the undead and living survivors, each with their own unique abilities and stories. His culinary creations not only fill empty stomachs but offer incredible attributes and power-ups to those who partake. But the challenges are enormous, and some encounters prove that not all monsters are mindless.
With a growing menu of mutant ingredients and an expanding array of skills, Xiao Feng must navigate a treacherous path of survival while unlocking the secrets of his newfound abilities. He strives to complete missions issued by a mysterious system and unlock the full potential of his culinary prowess.
"Doomsday, Let's Open a Restaurant" is a tale of resilience, creativity, and culinary artistry set against a backdrop of horror and uncertainty. Join Xiao Feng as he turns the art of cooking into a lifeline, serving hope on a plate and defying the apocalypse one dish at a time. Will his unique culinary skills be enough to survive in this nightmarish world?
Shu Pan thought Gu Shaoting was the one. She thought the world's most wonderful love was bestowed upon her. Never did she expect she was never loved and their happy moments to be fake. When their three-year marriage fell apart, she fled. Only then did she realize Gu Zhaoting's lies and act of vengeance.
Four years later, they met again. She had a mini version of herself while he had a girlfriend with whom he was in talks of marriage. The two of them were parallel lines. However, Gu Zhaoting discovered that he had a deeper attachment to her. When he found out that the mini version of her was his daughter, he was furious. Right now, he only wanted to hold their hands for the rest of his life.
Money, power, and influence, Zoey Zhou had it all… or does she?
Zoey Zhou, a 28-year-old self-established businesswoman whose only talent was to earn money and to earn even more. As a woman whose years were spent chasing those money signs, Zoey had nearly forgotten that her exciting prime years were nearing its end.
The reason she had gone in search of her companion for life. However, how could a 28-year-old desperate woman find her soulmate if the greatest hurdle was Zoey, herself?
Was it because of her standards? Heck, no! She has no standard at all! Then why, you ask?
Well, it was because of one simple reason: Zoey was particularly attracted to men who were not interested in her! And to make things worse? She loses interest once they had reciprocated the feelings!
What would happen if the desperate and narcissist drama queen Zoey becomes the heroine of the mysterious and the weirdest man on earth?
Will spring come forth? Or, just another disaster will ensue?
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EXCERPT:
"Are you sure you're not crazy?" Zoey Zhou narrowed her eyes as she leaned closer to his imperious mien.
"Hmm?"
“I mean, how can you not like the pretty me? Say, should we kiss and see if it will ignite some spark?” The corner of her lips curled into a grin while her brows moved up and down suggestively.
Slowly, the man raised his eyes to meet her playful countenance across the table. Blinking once, his eyes traveled from her eyes down to her lips. He stared for a moment at her red, provocative lips before he opened his mouth.
“Kissing you,” he said, raising his finger to point at her lips, “means your lipstick will smear on mine. I'm afraid I must refuse.”
“Lame.” Zoey Zhou scoffed as she drew away from the table. “I knew it. He’s gay, tsk.” Zoey Zhou murmured. Alas, right after she blurted out her last remarks, her wrist was grabbed by his huge hands and without missing a beat, the man pulled her back to his embrace.
“I heard that. Do you want to confirm the validity of your claim?” His voice was deep and yet so alluring. He leaned his head closer to hers, his musky smell emanating sexiness as a glint flashed across his pair of playful eyes.
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In This Second Life, Let's Break the Thread Of Our Destiny!
Yohan's life was tragically cut short when he drowned at the young age of 25, without ever discovering who or what caused his untimely demise. But to his surprise, Yohan woke up as a younger version of himself - only twenty years old! His first life had been full of misery, no one even knew he existed, not even his loved ones. This time around, however, all Yohan wanted was to live happily and forget about the past once and for all. But it seemed that fate had other plans for him, from the beginning of his second chance at life, everyone he tried so hard to avoid began reappearing in his path once again...
"I have died five times in the past because of you. But now that I'm completely conscious, I will not let it happen again. In this sixth life, I will definitely live!"
In his five past lives, Chunhee always died miserable deaths. He tasted pain, betrayal, and mockery all because of one personーYujin.
It seems that no matter what life he lives, Yujin would always be there to hurt him, destroy him, then lead him to his ultimate downfallーdeath.
In their current sixth life, Chunhee and Yujin are engaged due to their parents' mutual agreement. In the future, Chunhee and Yujin would become a real couple and eventually get married. But on the day of their wedding, Chunhee would discover a devastating truth – Yujin didn’t love him at all and he cheated on him with Chunhee’s friend!
To end his pain, the sixth Chunhee jumped from the building’s rooftop and there, he died.
Having seen the kind of future that awaits him, Chunhee, now 'conscious', resolutely cut the red string of fate himself.
Now that he knows what will happen in the future, he can completely change the course of events and prevent his fall.
No matter what, he will not die.
This time, he would certainly change his tragic fate.
In order to make that happen, he just needs to make sure of one thing―he must never fall for Yujin. Thus, Chunhee decides he will avoid Yujin in this life.
But why does something feel off the more Chunhee tries to change the original plot?
Chunhee: "Park Yujin, I would prefer if we don't see each other anymore."
Yujin: "Why?"
Chunhee: "Because... I might die out of love."
Yujin: "I wonder about that."
Chunhee: [suddenly kissed] "..."
Yujin: "Did that kill you?"
Chunhee: "...No."
Yujin: "Then we shall continue."
...
Chunhee screaming inside: This is not how it should be ah!!
Will Chunhee be able to escape Yujin and his death before the Plot God notices him? What will happen once Yujin discovers the truth himself?
I was a horrible husband, and a scumbag father.
Having amnesia wasn’t an excuse.
Even so, because of that, I lost my family instantly.
In order to save Nero– my son and heir– I killed my daughter Neoma. And then I had to witness Mona, my neglected wife, die in front of me.
Why did I have to regain all my memories at that exact moment?
I wanted to die with Mona and Neoma.
And, just when I thought I could finally be reunited with them, I opened my eyes and realized I turned back time.
I returned at the exact moment Mona and I were in the middle of discussing divorce.
Divorce?
No way in hell would Nikolai divorce Mona this time!
Dragon Treasure: Let's launch industrial revolution in the fantasy world!
Wei Yuan originally had no grand aspirations, but in the torrents of the times, he had no choice but to embark on the path of conquering the four corners and expanding territories, treading through mountain passes without ever growing old.
Irreverent Introduction One: Even Immortals fear industrialization! This is a story about an industrial revolution in a fantasy world.
Jin Yang received a birthday present at the age of 20. He received a baby wrapped in a blanket and placed it in a box. The paternity test results told him that this was indeed his child.
What? What did that happen? In Jin Yang's memory, he had never had sex with a woman. How did this child come about?
Lin Shenshen had gotten pregnant before marriage and was despised by her family. She had liked Jin Yang for many years, but one day, she disappeared. She would never pester Jin Yang again and stop him from getting close to other girls.
Jin Yang gave the child a name. He realized that this brat was very smart, but his personality was becoming more and more like the girl in his memory.
Six years later, at Lin Shenshen's lowest, Jin Yang found her along with his son.
"I'll find you a beautiful stepmother."
"What about my own mother? Is she not as pretty as this young lady?"
Lin Shenshen picked up her son and kissed him on the cheek.
"Where did this child come from?"
"Baby, let Mommy tell you—you were born in Mommy's dream!" The couple, Lin Shenshen and Jin Yang, kept teasing the little kid.
Jin Yang, "Honey, why don't you elaborate? How did you give birth in your dream?!"
He married the daughter of the Lancaster family purely for revenge. He expected her to be obedient and submissive, not to resist or show emotions—a perfect pawn in his plan for vengeance.
However, when his gaze locked onto the third daughter of the Lancaster family, the one who barged into the living room was her—disheveled and stained with blood. She seemed ordinary, but beneath the surface, she hid an unknown sharpness.
"Do you love me?" he asked coldly.
"You're crazy!" she rolled her eyes in disdain.
In that moment, he smiled with satisfaction, believing he had everything under control.
But she fought back. Marrying him was merely one step in her own plan.
Four years later, with the Lancaster family completely destroyed, she threw the divorce papers in his face, smiling like the final victor:
"Albert Wilson, have you finished using me? Thank you for making me think I once loved you. Now, never see me again, even in death."
Just as she turned to leave in triumph, she accidentally walked into a gang's arms deal, and an explosion forever separated her from him.
It was only when he found the two-month pregnancy test result among her belongings that he realized he had lost the only salvation of his life.
Rebirth in Apocalypse with Red Packet System, Let’s Start with Farming
Qin Yu spends seven years of her pitiful life as a mindless zombie before eventually dying of starvation. For some inexplicable reason, she comes back to live six months before the apocalypse descends on the world. She now has a chance to redo her life!
She has already imagined her bright future just like the protagonist of some web novels: predicting the future event, saving humanity, gaining a lofty status among the survivors while having sweet revenge on all the people who’d once been looking down and making her suffer in her previous life.
Ah, how sweet… how satisfying….
Until a cold, mechanical voice interrupted her fantasy.
[Ding!]
Congratulations on your successful rebirth! The will of the world gave you a present. Do you accept it?]
Qin Yu: "Yes! Fucking yes! Baby, come to mommy!"
[Open the present… Congratulation! You get the Red Packet System!]
[Warning! The system can only work in Blessed Town.]
[Enjoy!]
Qin Yu: "To hell with revenge! To hell with money! To hell with status! This mistress will stay here, having a leisure life, farming and fishing, and occasionally flirting with the big sister next door! Survival is the most important thing, after all! "
System: "…."
"Little Yu, we are having your favorite sweet braised pork made with the meat of an Elite Mutant Beast Golden Horned Boar for breakfast!" Ling Luo said, with her sweet voice. "And for dinner, you can also have your favorite dish..."
Qin Yu stared intently at the feast in front of her eyes and couldn’t help but gulp.
"My favorite dish...?"
Ling Luo leans forward, a breath away from Qin Yu's ears, and whispers softly, in a sultry tone, "It's me~"
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The cover was stolen from the internet, please don't blame me it was too tempting.
Anika loved her husband for a long time, but he broke her into millions of pieces with his promiscuous lifestyle.
Levi would return home late and often sleep out, leaving his wife alone in their vast mansion.
He never thought she would divorce him, given how she had always loved him, but unfortunately, she did.
She broke her last vow to him and left his life before he knew it.
That was when it dawned on Levi, that he had lost a precious jewel.
"Please, I want you back, Anika," Levi begged desperately, on his knees.
"I'm sorry, Levi, but you've lost me!"
Will he be able to win her back?
And what happens when the truth Anika has been trying to hide comes out in the open?
A princess in a fantasy world, shackled by restrictive rules of the castle, had sought nothing but freedom. She found it in the end.
It was death.
However, the princess had found herself waking up in a body of Devon Lin. A twenty-five-year-old aspiring author living a double-life struggling to write stories at day and a contracted sleeping buddy at night?
Meet Lewis Qin. Fame, looks, wealth, and power. He has it all. However, not known to many, Lewis had a severe sleeping problem.
Until he met her…
Can the princess finally find the freedom she sought? Or was the contract that binds her with him was just another shackle she must break free?
Would he fall asleep? Or fall in love?
Watch as these two try to make ends meet, find their place and purpose in this vast world.
Divorce!?
She wants a divorce after three years of marriage.
She was given money, luxury, and house everything. But all these things are nothing to her, after all, she is royal blood. She has seen everything.
Everything he is giving to her are the things which are left to him by her mercy.
When she found he was dumped by his ex. She clung to him and forced him to marry her.
But in the end, she is treated like trash even after loving him for years. He even bought his late Ex's son home. But She didn't show any hostility to him. She treated him like her own.
But in the end, she only received his spite. She is tired of this relationship. Now, she wants to be free and pursue her dreams.
But little did she not know he didn't want to divorce her.
Arthur Garcia, a royal from the Garcia family married Esther Benjamin, who is the royal heiress from the Benjamin Family.
But she leaves him without even saying goodbye. When Arthur goes back to get her back he got to know there is already someone with her. But he forgot that there is already someone with him too.
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After her initiative to divorce, he unleashed the dangerous beast inside him which almost took her life. But that acted as her trigger while it started unleashing some of the real her. While she was finding herself, she met with her destiny. But she was not ready to accept her destiny. By the time she got an idea of who she was, she realizes that she doesn't belong human realm. Her son... was not even a human. While her destiny who was supposed to be a CEO was actually a.....
What's her destiny?
If her son is not a human what he is?
What is her real self?
If she doesn't belong to the human realm where does she belong to?
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Hello...
The work is original, not a translated work or anything. The cover is not mine. I found it on google. And editing is done by me. The credits go to the original artists.
The story genre will change after the first volume. This book has elements of magical realism and some elements from Hindu Mythology. There would be few words and sentences from Sanskrit, A Dravidian Language. Check the tags before reading the story further.
The cover of this book is doesn't belong to me. The credits go to the original artist. The editing is done by me.
Also... this book didn't have great or fine English. If you are looking for good English this book is not your cup of tea.
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Chef Zoe Kim, hired by the (dead) heroine from the book she read once, entered the novel and possessed the body of a side character to do one job: save the abandoned Crown Princess.
But in the original story, the character that she possessed died at the hands of Duke Isaak Viotto--- the ghoul duke. Yes, GHOUL, a creature that eats human flesh.
Regardless of what the duke is, she can't avoid him because he's the key to her success. Luckily, she just knows how to get to his good graces.
'THE WAY TO A MAN'S HEART IS THROUGH HIS STOMACH,' right?
She's a chef and the ghoul duke has an awful eating habit.
And she's about to fix that,
With the help of her lovely pastel pink chef's knife, she's determined to feed Isaak Viotto until he's wrapped around her finger.
Wait, no, that's excessive.
The last thing that Zoe needs is a ghoul duke obsessed with her (god-tier cooking skills)!
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[ORIGINAL BOOK COVER.
Artwork commissioned by sola_cola from Artist CJ.]
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(EXCERPT 1)
[I didn't expect to meet Isaak Viotto, the ghoul duke, as soon as I entered this novel.]
Scratch that.
Zoe should say that she didn’t expect to find him in a dark alley, but there she was.
Isaak Viotto was crouching down in the corner while holding a dog. Considering the fact that he had his mouth wide open as if he was about to bite the dog, it was obvious that she just interrupted his meal. He only closed his mouth when he felt her presence, then he turned to her.
[Oh no, he's hot!]
Isaak Viotto snarled, baring his fangs at her. “What are you looking at?”
“Your violet eyes,” Zoe said without thinking. “They look yummy.”
“Huh?”
“I like putting violet pansies in my salad,” she explained. “They’re delicious.”
He just looked at her as if she was crazy.
She knew that Duke Isaak Viotto was a GHOUL and ghouls, apparently, eat human flesh. But...
[Dang, he's really hot.]
“Give me the dog,” Zoe told the ghoul duke. “I’ll make you steak tartare in return.”
[So, how did I end up in this situation again?]
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(EXCERPT 2)
“You shouldn’t be too rough on animals even if you plan to eat them,” Zoe lectured the ghoul duke that she caught in the middle of trying to eat a dog--- alive! “There’s a humane way of taking their lives, you know?”
Isaak Viotto, the ghoul duke that allegedly eats human flesh, just looked at her with glowing violet eyes. “You’re not scared of me,” he said bluntly. “Are you not afraid of getting eaten?”
“Literally or sexually?”
“What?”
“What?” Zoe asked back. “I thought we were flirting.”
After an untimely death, Momoko Miwa is transported to Euphoria's troubled lands by the Goddess of Sorcery. She embraces the opportunity despite her fantasy misconceptions when tasked with defeating the ominous Evil King. Placed in Phoenia, a powerful nation under magical scrutiny, Momoko grapples with unfolding magical secrets, tested alliances, and shattered mentalities. Will she rise as a formidable Holy Knight or succumb to the overwhelming challenges of her new surroundings?
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