“Who brought this scruffy child here, and for what purpose?”... more>>

Under Ricardo’s intimidating gaze, I couldn’t help but shed a tear. It wasn’t out of fear, but rather joy at seeing him alive again.

My name is Iris Swan.

I have returned to my ten-year-old self to protect my loved ones.

***

To save Uncle Ricardo, who died under mysterious circumstances,

To save his wife, who died long ago from an illness,

And to save his son, who will face danger in the future, I must stay by their side.

So, what’s the quickest way?

“If I cure the Duchess’s illness, then please take me as your daughter-in-law, Duke!”

“…Daughter-in-law?”

“I’ll do my best from now on, Father.”

Let’s start by becoming Uncle Ricardo’s daughter-in-law!

***

Since it has come to this, I also want to improve the relationship between Ricardo and his son, Cillian, which was bad in my past life.

Because in this life, I hope Ricardo and Cillian will be happy.

“Iris Swan, I don’t trust you.”

“I like you, my lord. I want to get closer to you.”

Despite Cillian’s wariness and harsh words, I held on, believing that someday he would understand my sincerity.

“Would it seem too petty if I said I was jealous?”

“In the future, the only person who can call me Lian will be you, Rishi.”

Oh?

It seems we’ve gotten a little too close… <<less

I found myself reincarnated in a twisted novel where the monstrous male lead locks up the heroine. Worse yet, I’m the third candidate for his bride.... more>>

And to top it off, this happened before the fourth bride candidate—the actual heroine—arrived. In the original story, my character was supposed to have died by jumping off to avoid marrying him!

Some might say I should just disappear to make way for the male lead and heroine to meet, but…

‘Hmph! Don’t make me laugh!’

I’m determined to survive, grow old peacefully, and be surrounded by kids and grandkids. But first, it looks like I’ll have to marry this so-called ‘monster’ of a man…

“You must be fearless. Do you even know what’s under these clothes before talking so big?”

“Amazing abs?”

“……”

“A broad chest? A lean, defined waistline? Or maybe…”

The ‘monster’ duke’s face was so flustered, he instinctively checked to make sure his buttons were still fastened. His notorious reputation that kept others from even daring to make eye contact suddenly seemed laughable.

‘That modesty… I kinda like it.’

*

But not everything could be solved by enjoying a sweet (if slightly chaotic) honeymoon with my handsome yet reserved monstrous husband.

Because in the novel’s original ending, the male lead turned into a monster, killed everyone—including the heroine—and brought about the end of the world!

“God! You’re watching, right? I’ll stop the world from ending, so could you just give me a hint or two?”

I’d even tried seeking divine oracle at an abandoned chapel after learning my character was a saintess candidate…

“Why is this showing up here?”

[BEST Comment: In fairy tales, a prince’s kiss wakes the sleeping princess. And in romance fantasy novels, the one who calms the rampaging male lead is… mmph]

The oracle I received… was actually the best comment? <<less

I transmigrated into a novel where the emperor's second male lead, who lost the female lead, goes crazy with war. And I'm swept into it as an extra princess of a doomed country!... more>>

To survive, I need to flee to another country as soon as possible. But before that, I only wanted one successor for the future...

The man I needed just for one night turned out to be that insane emperor?

* * *

"Did you try to steal my seed to make it the successor of some petty country?"
"N-no, that's not it..."
"I can't stand seeing you in such a state."

The emperor blocked her way as she tried to escape.

"Neither the princess nor the child can leave me."

Verona was bewildered by the emperor's erratic behavior.
It was just ten days ago that they spent the night together.
Only God knows if she's pregnant, but he's already talking about the child.

'It seems like this man didn't even receive proper education while chasing after the female lead.'

Verona looked up at the emperor with a serious expression, pondering.

'How can I possibly tell him that the chances of getting pregnant from just one night are not high?'

But if she did and he went even crazier, what would happen then?
Verona decided to stay quiet for now. <<less

“You might be my wife, but I shall not lay a hand on you.”... more>>

“Is that so? Then can I lay my hand on you?”

“…”

“Pardon?”

***

Around 20 years in the future, the world is destroyed due to the invasion of demons. There’s only one way to prevent the destruction.

Marry the Duke known as the Monster and give birth to his child who will grow up to be the future warrior.

“Mielle, that marriage, I’ll do it instead.”

Yelena, who saw the future, decided to get married to the Monster Duke and give birth to his child to save the world, however…

“Are we going to keep being idle like this?”

She thought she would be able to get it over and done with (?), but her husband’s impregnable fortress-like defenses are beyond imagination!

“I told you to strip! Why aren’t you stripping?! Is it a part of your skin?”

Can Yelena safely give birth to the warrior and save the world in the end? <<less

"I understand that saying this so suddenly might surprise you."... more>>

...What is he trying to say?

"I have fallen for your soul."

...What?

The one who should be standing in front of me is the deranged male lead from a dark, captivity-themed story.

But who is this man, kneeling politely and smiling shyly?

***

When I reincarnated, I found out that my sister was the protagonist destined to be imprisoned.

My poor sister...!

"There's no other way! If it's come to this, I'll take my sister's place."

I confidently tried to change the original plot, but...?

"I know a ring that would suit this finger perfectly. May I give it to you?"

"I refuse."

A flirty, obsessive man is wagging his tail like a sly fox.

And on top of that...

"Duke, do you enjoy imprisoning people?"

He brazenly(?) declares his intent to lock me up.

Wait a moment. I didn’t mean I’d take my sister’s place in being imprisoned too!

I don’t want to get involved with you. Absolutely not!

"Then... maybe..."

"..."

But then...

"Loving me might be a better option, Duke."

For some reason, I don’t hate it... Why is that?! <<less

The beautiful port city of La Spezia. ... more>>

After leaving the orphanage, Monica worked as a battlefield nurse for three years before the wealthy Mollet family hired her as a tutor.

On her first day in the unfamiliar city, Monica encounters a familiar face.

"... Sol?"

"I'm sorry, but that's not my name."

She believes he's Sol, the soldier she nursed on the battlefield.

But the man says he doesn't know her.

However, he's a strange man whose name and personality change every time they meet.

"Even though I wasn't the man you knew, I suppose I will be when we meet again. That is a delight."

Luis, a southern playboy with a sweet face like honey poured on his head.

"Hey ponytail, Why are you looking at my face?"

Garcia, a violent thug who seems to have been born crooked.

"I should've treated you like a precious princess." Enrique, who is arrogant to the bone, comes from a noble family.

The only similarities are his picturesque appearance and the scar on his right eye.

"Sir, are you triplets?"

Does he have multiple personalities, or is he a liar?

Will Monica be able to live safely in La Spezia? <<less

Finally, she could retire and rest, but what?! 'I'm seven years old again?!'... more>>

Adelia, the continent's first female knight, spent her entire life on the battlefield until she met her end.

Now, she's back to being seven years old.

'Tomorrow is the academy entrance ceremony, miss. If you don't finish packing...'

'...Academy?'

Before she could even adjust to the fact that she had returned, her maid Sarah placed a suitcase in front of her.

Oh, right. That academy had trained Adelia to become a knight, a hero of the empire, and ultimately led her to her death.

And now she has to go back there?

'No way.' Adelia glared at the suitcase as if she could tear it apart.

'Sarah.'

'Yes, miss?'

'Unpack everything. ...Burn it all.'

***

Adelia decided to see this as a well-deserved vacation granted by the gods.

But then. [Nooo!!!] Not only did the holy sword that shared her past memories return with her, but her aura manifested earlier than expected.

What is going on?!

I said I'm retired!

This time, I refuse to live as a hero! Unless it's retirement! <<less

When I opened my eyes, I found myself in a wooden box to be sold at auction as a s*ave.... more>>

It was good that the original male lead showed up like a comet and rescued me.

But this man is suddenly asking me to marry him out of nowhere.

“Become my wife and give me the most glamorous show in this empire. If I marry you, no one would dare to think of coming by my side anymore.”

“What about the pay?”

“I’ll give you 10 billion.”

What the F…c….k? Welcome, my dear customer!

I was willing to defeat all of his fans and enjoy the rest of my life as a crazy bit*h in this area-

“I can’t think of my life without you anymore.”

Somehow I won’t be able to keep the male lead who will likely be taken from me.

Will the wicked acts of a villainess bring money, power, honor, or even love? <<less

Princess Leona of the Kingdom of Cor Leonis dies after being betrayed by her trusted brother, Prince Aiden.... more>>

Returning to the past, she enters the military camp of General Aslan, the guardian of the kingdom, under the name ‘Leo’ to protect the kingdom and her people.

Becoming Aslan’s squire, she prevents the betrayal of a subordinate officer, saves Aslan, who leads the long war that’d lasted years to victory, and then secretly returns to the palace.

Meanwhile, Aiden, who is desperate to be named crown prince, proceeds with a marriage proposal between Leona and Aslan to gain power.

Aslan, who’s been anxiously searching for the missing Leo, refuses, saying he has someone in his heart, however, the king declares that if he does not find and marry this person within 15 days, he must wed the princess.

Ultimately, Aslan, unable to find Leo, marries the princess without seeing her face hidden beneath a veil.

Leona misunderstands, thinking that Aslan intends to punish her for disappearing and that he has another woman, and thus proposes a contract.

“Find her, the person you said you had in your heart. Whether you find her or not, on the first anniversary of our marriage, we will annul it.”

Aslan was surprised by the unexpected proposal but accepted the contract.

Will the two be able to resolve their misunderstanding? <<less

[Checking the user: Danmok Ryeon] ... more>>

The eldest grandchild of the Danmok Clan, Danmok Ryeon, who woke up after seven years.

A strange sentence suddenly appeared in front of her, who saw up until after her death and then returned.

[Please maintain your energy below 50. If this condition lasts for at least two months or more, it will result in death.]

At least as the eldest grandchild of a Murim Clan, she who was unable to build up life energy, must somehow release the energy stored up in her body.

However, after she raised a chicken, it became a phoenix,

She made a sticky rice cake, but it became an elixir,

And she only fanned it, but the air was purified?

“I’ll eliminate everything that interferes with my health and longevity!”

All preparations to raise up the Clan that was ruined were now done.

The moment she was about to reestablish the Clan like that.

“What’s your name?”

“Hwaryun.”

Just why is the Demon Heavenly Cult’s future Young Cult Master our house’s servant…?

What’s worse, he is two years younger than me?

Under the unexpected circumstances which kept coming,

Can Ryeon really revive the Danmok Clan? <<less

‘Father, please give me a chance to cut him off.’... more>>

Right before she died, Reinhardt repeated the same words as she had wished. When she came to her senses, she was back at her father’s funeral 15 years ago. It was the time when she was divorced by Prince Michelle, the reason why her father lost his life.

As revenge, Reinhardt stabbed the Crown Prince’s leg. And as a consequence, she was exiled.

While she was on her rough journey, she encountered someone unexpected…

“Are you really Will Corona?”

She picked up the poor, dirty child. In her previous life, he was the crown prince’s dog. He was a war hero for her ex-husband. A great opportunity rolled into Reinhardt’s heart who was thirsty for revenge. She gives the child a new name and decides to use him for her revenge.

She will never waste this life.

While building a fortress to revive the estate, the boy went to war… Three years passed and he, who was named Wilhelm, had become a man. He was no longer the child she raised.

“As you told me… I came back, and I will always come back alive, so give me the reward for my return.”

“W-What kind of reward?”

The boy’s, or rather, the man’s smile darkened and gave her an answer she never expected.

“You.”

“Me?”

“Yes, Rein.”

His gentle voice resounded in Reinhardt’s heated ear.

“I love you, Rein.”

Reinhardt was thrown into a complicated concept called love. And with that, Reinhardt felt like she wanted to strangle herself. <<less

Adrian, who returned victorious from the war, was exiled to the south. ... more>>

It was her older brother and the emperor who had led the charge to exile her.

Go to the south, which has become a vassal state, and look for an utopia.

They say that since ancient times, no a**hole brother has ever been of assistance to his sister’s life, and this was exactly the case.

Adrian decided to return to her kingdom quickly.

There was only one reason for that.

She hoped that her brother would get screwed.

And so, Adrian headed south and met Celeste, the prince of the vassal state.

*

“What is it that you want to do?”

The woman instantly stopped speaking sarcastically and looked at him.

“Do you really want to know?”

“Yes. And if I can help, I would like to.”

“But I’ll have to help you in return?”

The man nodded. The corners of Adrian’s mouth curled upwards.

“Of course you can help. But I’ll suffer quite a loss though.”

“…What is it?”

“A good wife and wise mother.”

“…Pardon?”

Celeste thought he must have misheard something.

“You didn’t hear me? I said I’ll become a good wife and wise mother.”

“……”

Was she talking about the same ‘good wife and wise mother’ that I know of? Unable to tell if Adrian was joking or not, Celeste’s eyes looked around in confusion.

“Please don’t joke around.”

“After I utterly ruin that prick of a brother’s life, I’ll meet a good man and become a good wife and wise mother. I’ll have about ten kids, nag my husband a lot, and in my later years, I’ll be the lovely old granny that enjoys giving pocket money to my grandchildren.”

Was it appropriate to use ‘good wife and wise mother’ to describe someone that ruined her blood relative’s life? Celeste was uncharacteristically silent. <<less

Seria was the youngest daughter of the Kester Duke's family, with five older brothers. ... more>>

She had a frail body and was a delicate cat, but her brothers grew up with all sorts of extraordinary abilities, becoming tigers and dragons.

"Seria, you have to marry a man like your brother when you grow up, okay?"

"What? No! I hate it!"

"Why are you saying it as if you were waiting…?"

No matter how hurt her brother looked, Seria remained resolute.

As someone surrounded by strong brothers who were overly protective to the point of suffocation, marrying such a man seemed inconceivable!

"I like him."

So, on impulse, she pointed to a small young boy.

Being of the same cat race and appearing frail at first glance, he caught her fancy.

However, there was one problem.

"I-I hate you!"

The boy avoided Seria.

━━━━━ ∙ʚ(✧)ɞ∙ ━━━━━

Seria looked at the man who used to be a little boy running away from her.

The little boy, who had grown frighteningly big, slowly approached and said,

"Got it, Seria? If I can't stop…"

"Yuel…"

"Stab me with this."

I'll be fine. His muttering soon drowned between lips meeting each other.

He knew from the beginning that he wouldn't be able to stop himself. <<less

The Duke of Ashillean’s Contractual Marriage / The Contractual Marriage of the Duke of Ashillean... more>>

In the era of the tyrants.
She passed on her family, title, and everything to her smart younger sister, because she was only planning to eat and have fun for the rest of her life.
This smart younger sibling of hers will defeat the tyrant and become the king.

“Sister, help me.”

What should she do? Of course she had to help her.

* * * * * * * * * * *

After she helped her younger sister defeat the tyrant, her younger sister became the king and she became a Duke.

There’s only one thing to do now – to help her younger sister keep her oath to God, and to be able to do that, she first had to get married.

“I know what oath you made to God. Please marry me for three years, just three years. Then after that, I will divorce you right away.”

The illegitimate son of the tyrant, the prince, has proposed a contractual marriage.

“I will never love you because you don’t want love. I will just be your perfect, impeccable husband.”

What is he saying? <<less

An era in which magic was rapidly disappearing. The dragon demanded a sacrifice it had not sought for a long time from the Empire.... more>>

Lix, who has the pattern called the ‘Mark of the Dragon’ that only appears on the King-apparent, has less ability than the other Crown Prince. She heads to the dragon’s realm called ‘the end of the world’ to be offered as a sacrifice to the dragon.

Lix thought she would die, but the dragons started to treat her for the purpose of making a successor. The dragons who were imprisoned at the ‘end of the world’ firmly believed that they could get out of there if they made a successor.

Succession became increasingly important to the dragons, who had a painful relationship with each other in the beginning.

And they gradually fall in love with Lix and begin to obsess over her…

“I endured the frozen winter, and even in the blessed spring when everything awoke, I slept and waited for you. It’s okay. Even if my memory fades, this feeling will last forever.” <<less

Here, inside this martial arts novel, there is a true teacher who teaches the arrogant male lead and awakens him through death.... more>>

Handsome, good-natured, righteous, strong, and…

Anyway, there was one big flaw in the male lead’s damn fine teacher. It was his foolish only daughter who was filled with greed. A tenacious villainess extra, who always comes back to haunt the male lead in every way, but cannot be abandoned because she is his teacher’s daughter.

Throughout reading the novel, I cursed at that daughter. Saying that if it was me, I wouldn’t live like that.
‘But that didn’t mean that I wanted to be her!’

What was worse, Father has already died, and my reputation is the worst.

Inevitably, I ran away, but… I died. However, when I opened my eyes, Father was alive!?
‘If so, in this life, I will definitely save Father!’

However…
“To think they’re aiming at my granddaughter!? I’ll kill them all!”

Why do I see Grandfather, who doesn’t even appear many times throughout the novel, so often like this?

“Marriage? No. Yeonie said that she would live by my side for the rest of her life.”
Even Father, somehow became weird.

Moreover,
“Why do you keep avoiding me? Is this also my mistake?”
Isn’t the main character suddenly becoming obsessed with me?

“Originally, I was destined to die. Until you came here.”
I saved the time-limited bastard, but isn’t it that no good deed goes unpunished?

“At least when I’m in front of you… I don’t think I’m tr*sh.”
The villain who blew off my neck is suddenly trying to repent.

Is it really okay if it’s like this? <<less

It was no doubt that Johann would be the top student at the Academy. Face blessed by God, a warm and friendly personality, and a discerning talent in both sports and academics.... more>>

This position, however, was taken by someone else.

“Miss Elena, congratulations on attaining top seat.”

“Thank you.”

Elena, who didn’t seem to know his name was different.

She didn’t speak to him, even when most would’ve taken the opportunity to do so.

“Do you have anything more to say?”

Johann’s self-esteem shattered when he realized she didn’t even know who he was.

From that moment on, Johann started to observe Elena. <<less