When I opened my eyes, I had possessed a character in a zombie story.... more>>

And not just any moment—but right when a zombie was about to bite me.

“Wait, hold on!”

Sure, I was a villainess who threw tantrums and trolled the protagonists, but still, don’t just abandon me!

Despite my desperate pleas, the protagonists’ backs grew farther and farther away.

And in the end…

Crunch!

Five minutes after possessing this body, I was bitten by a zombie.

***

“How can you be unharmed, Penelope?”

When I returned safely, everyone was utterly shocked, and the heroine, Lilia, ran up and hugged me.

“Lady! You’re alive!”

The sweet scent of the woman who embraced me as if relieved kept making my mouth fall open.

At this moment, I could just bite her down in one go…

These were the very people who had abandoned me and fled.

So taking a bite out of at least one of them should be fine, right?

As the faintly sweet scent tickled my nose, my mind grew hazy.

But the grand duke, who warily pointed his sword at me, snapped me back to reality, forcing me to suppress my instincts.

Yes. Just hold on a little longer.

Soon, they’ll develop a cure, and I can’t afford to die now.

So, while staying by the protagonists’ side, I kept my instincts in check, hiding the fact that I was a zombie…

“Your Highness, I’m fine.”

“There’s no way you’re fine. Look at how injured you are.”

Even when I insisted I was fine, they wouldn’t leave me alone.

“I’ll do it, so just stay put.”

“Next time, I’ll be the one to save you, Lady.”

“Please, don’t ever tell me to leave you behind. The thought of losing you drives me insane.”

It seems the protagonists have gotten a serious misunderstanding. <<less

She thought that she had died, but when she opened her eyes it was 200 years in the future.... more>>

“I fell in love with you the moment I saw your visage in the portrait.”

Everything was foreign, all except for the large portrait that was hanging in the room.

Indeed. That’s a portrait of her. The painting that her older sister created with her as the model, became a masterpiece that was auctioned for the highest bid ever after 200 years had passed.

She has unknowingly become the most famous beauty in art history. And this person that kept approaching me was the youngest Young Master of the most powerful family of this time and owned this expensive portrait.

“Be with me forever.”

This person was clearly a lunatic, falling in love with someone from 200 years ago after merely getting a glimpse of the portrait.

Vivian got up from her seat.

“I want to go back.”

Ahh.

“I want to go back to where my older sister is.”

So it was because of this.

As Edmund listened to her words that she wanted to go back to the past because she wanted to save her sister, emotions disappeared from Edmund’s face.

“Vivian.”

Unbeknownst to Edmund himself, dark emotions slowly rose from the floor like the mist at dawn.

“You aren’t going anywhere.” <<less

Gong: Seo Inho... more>>

An Alpha who treats Haon with quiet kindness. Claiming he simply likes helping others, he brings Haon into his home and tries to give him everything he needs—to the point that Haon starts to wonder if it’s more than just generosity.

Soo: Jung Haon

An Omega who suffers from a hormonal disorder, causing him to experience an almost pathological hunger every time he goes into heat. After moving to Seoul alone, Haon barely scraped by, enduring encounters with vile Alphas—until he miraculously met Inho. He finds himself slowly falling for the man who’s too kind to him, almost suspiciously so.

***

“Why are you crying so much?”

“……”

“Are you just... naturally tearful?”

The only thing Haon remembered when he woke up in a stranger Alpha’s bed was that exchange.

It wasn’t unusual for him. Every time he went into heat, he’d suffer from a pathological hunger, and lose his memory along with it.

So he tried to brush it off. Another hazy night, another Alpha, nothing more. But then...

“That student from earlier—looked like an Alpha.”

“…What?”

“Next door’s an Alpha too.”

The man had offered to take him home, so why was he saying things like that?

While Haon stood there confused by his words, the man casually held out his phone.

“I’m not expecting anything in return. I just want to help.”

“……”

“Just give me your number, Haon.”

There was something too gentle in his tone, a kindness that felt foreign. And maybe… Haon had already stepped too deep into it. <<less

Hailla lived a quiet, impoverished life, pouring her heart into caring for her sickly older sister, Rethe.... more>>

Just the two of them, barely getting by but together.

Then one day, she came across Lian, collapsed and helpless.

And, as if fate had written it, she fell in love with him.

“I like being with you.”

“Then stay with me.”

But Hailla had sworn a life of devotion to her sister.

To the man who desired her, she said the one thing she should never have said:

“The person I love most in this world is my sister.”

“...”

“Abandoning her would be the same as abandoning myself.”

When she opened her eyes, she was already in an unfamiliar place.

“You told me not to run in the house. You taught me that, remember?”

“Don’t do this. I need to go home. This isn’t my home...”

Slowly, his madness began to unravel before her.

She had believed she could protect her only family.

She was foolish enough to believe it.

And then Rethe died.

Most likely by Lian’s hand.

—

“I might die.”

It was time to let him go.

“If you leave me, I might die...”

His desperate plea not to be abandoned was pitiful. But she couldn’t trust him anymore.

“Then die.”

He had to be punished. <<less

"Can't you hug me tonight, too?”... more>>

“But why are you taking your shirt off?”

***

I was possessed by a wicked woman who was about to be hanged in a year.

In order to survive, she entered a contract marriage with the cursed northern grand duke.

He was obviously a husband who blushed at the mere touch of her hands at first…

“I thought you liked… my chest.”

“I can’t stop because your lips taste so sweet.”

I’m in trouble because my husband is so demanding!

Moreover, he said there were no tourists in this wonderful city, so I was thinking of helping out a bit.

“The north become the hottest place in the empire?”

“Special goods sold out as soon as they were released?”

Why is everything going so well?

Is it perhaps because of me, the Grand Duchess? <<less

"Are you seriously telling me to go to Bait?"... more>>

Evelyn Ebenezer, a maid of Hesta.

Because her hair and eye color matched that of the princess, she was sent to Bait in the princess’s place—forced by none other than Glenna, the princess’s nanny and mother figure.

Near the border on her way to Bait, Evelyn found herself on the brink of death at the hands of Hesta’s soldiers disguised as bandits.

"…So you are Princess Ophelia."

"Who… are you?"

"Reynard Theodore, Emperor of Bait."

The terrifying emperor who had unified more than half of the western continent.

Thanks to Reynard Theodore, she survived—but her real ordeal was only starting.

"Tell me your name."

"Ophelia—"

"No, I’m asking for your real name."

She tried to escape in secret, but she failed. Worse yet, her true identity was exposed.

And yet, for some reason, the Emperor of Bait ordered her to continue pretending to be Princess Ophelia...

"Do you understand what kind of impact even the smallest ounce of compassion can have?"

"I'm merely returning that compassion." <<less

I was suddenly possessed into a romance fantasy novel where the mentally broken protagonist Rohan finds comfort and grows to love a bright and kind saint who soothes his heart. But I possessed the cursed demon sword - the very cause of the protagonist's suffering that eventually gets sealed by the temple.... more>>

"When you need a sword later, I'll become your sword."

Making promises that couldn't be kept, I decided to take care of the protagonist who lost everything overnight, at least until he goes to the temple. But somewhere along the way, raising him became genuine.

***

"I wish Arfel would stay with me forever..."

Despite being barely a whisper, Arfel could hear Rohan's words more clearly than ever before. Somehow, their chest felt full. Though the reason for this satisfaction was unknown, they gladly accepted these feelings that came from Rohan.

They poked his chubby cheeks with their fingers. This is what people seem to find cute. They kept gently pressing the squishy cheeks that gave way each time. As they kept touching his cheeks, Rohan suddenly lifted his head from their shoulder.

Though he didn't say anything, Arfel somehow felt Rohan's gaze asking, "What about Arfel?"

Arfel, who had now learned to naturally wear a faint smile like Rohan, answered:

"Me too. I wish I could stay with you forever, Rohan."

You're the only one who has meaning to me. <<less

[Make a sound like you’re looking for Gray in front of the Emblem.] ... more>>

These two families, which appear in the most beloved proverb of the Lutinas Empire, are known throughout the country as arch-enemies.

Among the two families renowned for their swordsmanship, I was reborn as Cherrya Emblem, the cherished daughter of the Emblem Duchy.

In my previous life, I was an Inspector who lived a rough life and was killed by a criminal. This new life felt like a reward, but…

“You’re going to become boring. You and the Emblem family will both grow weak.”

“Say that again, you bastard!”

I was betrothed to Enoch Gray, the heir of the Gray family, with whom I had fought and competed like mortal enemies since we were babies!

All due to the scheming of our mothers who sought to bring harmony between our families!

Just the thought of being engaged to Enoch, with whom I exchanged punches and sword strikes whenever our eyes met, made me want to bite my tongue as I arrived at the engagement ceremony, where I encountered an unexpected foe.

“Didn’t you miss me, Inspector?”

“You can’t be!”

Enoch Gray, my enemy in this life, was also my enemy in my previous life.

Enoch, who had regained his memories of our past life, used his sickeningly sweet voice and crazed eyes to try and claim the spot beside me, and his changes gradually disrupted my once quiet surroundings.

“I can’t just stand by and watch to let Sir Gray steal your heart too.”

Starting with my lord, the Crown Prince,

“I tolerated it because it was a formal engagement. I can’t stand seeing you waver toward Sir Gray, Commander.”

Even my lifelong aide began to bare his teeth and guard against Enoch.

Of course, the thing that tormented me the most was,

“After you died like that, Inspector, you don’t know how mad I went. Cherrya, you have no idea.”

Enoch Gray, my enemy in the past life and my rival in this one. It was him. <<less

I possessed the first love of a male lead in a romance novel. ... more>>

And not just that, but as an extra whose family will be destroyed in two years and die!

Originally, my role was to traumatize the male lead and leave.

But I wasn’t too worried. Wouldn’t I be able to escape from this world by dying anyways?

As planned, I prepared to commit su*cide in front of the male lead’s eyes.

I thought it was the perfect way to go home without twisting the original plot…

Until my su*cide attempt failed.

***

The male lead, when we met again after 5 years, looked at me and cried. He told me that he knew I was alive and I pretended not to remember.

What else could the only survivor of a family destroyed for treason do?

“Who are you?”

The male lead said to me, who was desperately acting out memory loss.

“We were married, Lena.”

When did we!! <<less

I became possessed in a R19 novel. My brother is the mad
Emperor of Aragon and I am the villainess and his half sister
who is also a supporting character, Isabella Belucci.... more>>

I thought I’d go back to the original world if I died, so I decided to go out of my way to rebel and get executed by Richard’s hands.
But…

“Why? Why did I not go back?!”

Instead, let’s change the goal this time and safely make Richard the emperor. Then, my path will be a happy ending!
…With that thought, I stole the heroine’s route.

“Does Sasha really think she’s my sister?”

Why does the male lead claim I’m not his sister?

“Sasha is like a snowflake.”

Is the second male lead also clinging to me?

The novel seems to began recognizing me as the heroine. <<less

Before I transmigrated, the s*ave I was obsessed with turned out to be the male lead destined to become the emperor.... more>>

What’s even more absurd is that I’m the villainess—the half-sister of the female lead—who tormented her and was eventually killed by the male lead.

I can’t just die like this.

“Cain, from now on, your master isn’t me—it’s my younger sister, Lilia.”

I thought everything would work out if I just pushed the male and female leads together.

“Lady Lise, you really have a talent for driving people insane.”

“…?”

“I decide who my master is.”

* * *

In the end, the male lead safely became emperor, and I gained my freedom.

I planned to leave as far away as possible—to bid farewell to this damn world for good.

But just as I was about to step outside the city gates—

Clang—

The guards crossed their long spears in an X-shape.

“A warrant has been issued for your arrest.”

“A warrant? By whom…?”

“His Majesty the Emperor ordered it personally.”

Lise felt her vision blur.

Please, just let me go already, Your Majesty! <<less

The lord’s word was law, and the sword was the sky itself.... more>>

A single honest word could lead to a family’s execution.

A single insult could cost someone their tongue.

“I have heard that the martial world is a place where debts of gratitude and vengeance are clear. You, too, will lose someone dear to you.”

A girl who lost her entire family to the tyrannical rule of the lord inherits her father’s martial arts and sets out to defy the heavens. <<less

Charlotte is a love child who lived in the countryside.... more>>

For years, she dedicated her affection to her weak childhood friend, a powerless prince.

She was the person who worked on tirelessly to eliminate his enemies.

And yet, Albert, who was finally crowned king, quietly sentenced:

“Immobilize her and lock her in the prison. Exterminate her whole family to serve as discipline.” <<less

“Hello, to the soldier whose name and face I do not know.... more>>

I am pleased that our paths have crossed in this way. I am but a humble noble lady living in a beautiful countryside village. I am not anyone of great significance, so I have nothing much to offer in the way of self-introduction.”

Damian, a soldier fighting in the war, was one day pushed by his superior to find a pen pal.

All he knew about his correspondent was that she was a noblewoman named “Lintray,” a year older than him, and her home address.

For Damian, the pen pal exchange was nothing more, nothing less than a duty he had to fulfill.

“Have you considered being discharged?”

“I wish you were in a safe place.”

“Always be careful, and may the goddesses of luck and victory be with you in the new year.”

But then….

Perhaps exchanging letters wasn’t the right thing to do from the start.

After being discharged due to an accident, Damian goes to the address where he sent letters to find Lady Lintray, but he receives unexpected news.

“If the Lintray you’re talking about is the maid in that house, she’s dead.”

The house where she should have been is burned to the ground, leaving Damian with only questions about ‘Lady Lintray’….

Confused, Damian heads to the capital to find the ‘Lintray’ who exchanged letters with him.

Will Damian be able to find Lady Lintray? <<less

Round, heart-shaped face, plump body, and wings unable to fly.
Connie Heart, a penguin divine being who has yet to awaken, was born with the mission of 'Salvation.'... more>>

[Where am I?]

In order to explore her own life, Connie Heart set out on a journey with her plump body. The place she arrived at happened to be the fearsome Barun Mountain, known for swarming evolved monsters.
There, Connie Heart encounters numerous monsters...

"Kikikiki! This lush and thick hair, free from worries about hair loss! Oh, my handsome face!"

Connie Heart, who considers herself the penguin's head, and

"Eek! Sir, my bones are broken again!"

The absurd and feeble skeleton legion, and

"Ogre, if you eat a human, you'll gain weight. If you gain weight, Duraan will be upset. But I want to eat."

Ogres always revealing their desire for food, and

"Fhuhahaha! Yety is flying! Everyone, move aside, kyahaha!"

The small and fluffy Yety, and

"Hweeee! The chameleon took my eyes, nose, and mouth again! My eyes, my nose!"

The snowman who always cries after losing eyes, nose, and mouth. Today, the paradise of creatures where humans dare not tread, Barun Mountain, is a bit strange and quite peaceful.

[This is bad. I need to escape quickly.]

Now serving as Duraan's head, Connie Heart sighed deeply.

"...... Head."

However, it wasn't just the baby penguin Connie Heart whose fate was tied to Barun Mountain. There was also a seriously cute seven-year-old boy. Dhiope, who made short sounds while hiding his identity.

"Is the head getting along with me? If I throw it away, it won't grow back, right? Because I'm a head collector."

But Connie Heart knows. That this little human, with maxed-out acting skills, is an ambitious and dangerous 18-year-old villain with plans to overthrow the world.

๑ ♡ ๑

"Dhiope. Are you okay?"

Attempting to lift the cloak to check his face, something from within pulled her with a strong grip.

It was only then that Connie Heart realized something was amiss. Under the unlit cliff, the arms encircling her waist were too sturdy.

The cloak moved slowly. It seemed as if it was contemplating or perhaps deliberately delaying time.

Then, with a rustle, a white and robust forearm emerged from the soft fabric. Broad shoulders and well-defined chest followed.

"Dhiope?"

It wasn't a child's body. Rising with undulating shoulders and well-sculpted muscles was something that...

"Dhiope?"

He was handsome.

Long, orderly eyebrows, a straight yet proud nose, clearly defined lips sealed tightly, eyes as chilling as the depths of the unknown. Beneath that, smooth, pale skin.

To Connie Heart, everything about him felt unfamiliar.

"Hello."

Even his simple voice.

"Nice to meet you, Heart." <<less

At least three years had passed.
Isabelle stayed alive during the time they were apart.
The one thing she really couldn’t do was die.
Because she had a lover that promised to marry her, Arno.... more>>

So she lived. She gritted her teeth and lived.
Even if she was made fun of or slapped by the King of the enemy country, she lived.
After arduous struggles, she finally met Arno,

“Isabelle, I hate you.”

The person she loved so much hated her.

With the same tongue that kissed his mistress, Arno uttered countless invectives.
Even so, Isabelle was still unable to stop loving him.

But her love was not infinite.
The more she looked at Arno, the more she crumbled.

By the time Isabelle could no longer ignore it,

"If I told you that I’d even risked my life for you, would you believe me, Isabelle?"

Arno’s love began once more. <<less

“Ah, what a mess… Ah, messssss.”... more>>

I was clearly killed by the sword of my former fiancé, but somehow ended up in a completely different place through dimensional travel. As a child, no less.

As someone who has never experienced genuine love, I find myself entangled in a family where I resemble the deceased wife of a duke.

I sway back and forth in the midst of this complicated family dynamic.

“This is a roasted glutinous rice cake.”

(My father, the Eastern Duke)

“It looks like a pumpkin rice cake, so cute. Where can we use it?”

(My older brother, who will become the future Eastern Duke)

“Hmm? Looks like there’s a rice cake with sweet bean filling on the trees in this garden.”

(My brother-in-law, who is also the Southern Duke)

“Just by looking at it, it’s a soft and squishy soybean powder-coated rice cake.”

(My great-grandfather, the Northern Duke)

“Where did this fluffy and chewy white rice cake roll down from? Do you want to marry my son?”

(Western Duke and also my future mother-in-law?)

Why on earth does rice cake exist in this darn world?

“Hic. Don’t know! Want some alcohol? I have lots.”

(Luffy, intoxicated by liquor chocolate)

Oh well, who cares? Since I’ve become a rice cake, might as well live like one.

With my handsome and dependable father who works outside, my cool older sister who rebels against our father without hesitation, my brother who supports the rebellion, my loving brother-in-law, and my nephew who wants to marry his aunt, not to mention the black cat, Ciel, who rolled over me while I was trying to take a nap. And even my extended family and my cousins.

“Call me nephew and make jokes. Don’t call me by my name.”

The family members who sprang up out of nowhere treat me so well that I can’t escape.

However, the royal family and the temple are trying to destroy me, the child of destruction, and kill me.

Hmph! Have they gone mad? Even though I died at such a young age, this is my third chance at life! It won’t be easy. <<less

“I heard you have a fiancé? Do you love him?”... more>>

One day, Daniel comes to Iveka, who has lost her memories of working for the Bureau of Judicial Affairs, and arrives with an unexpected offer: marriage.

“You must be busy, but it’s a simple matter of business. How about marrying me?”
“Excuse me? Of all women, why me…?”
“Of course, you can refuse if you don’t want to do it. You might not even like the queen’s position.”

However, it won’t be like a fairy tale. He had not fallen in love with her at first sight. It was a proposal unlike any other, and a sudden fate as a queen. Will she be nothing more than just a queen to be taken advantage of?

The reason for this wedding is yet to unfold. <<less

Nadia Ingram was a Duke’s daughter who just wanted to be loved. At the behest of her family, she entered an arranged marriage with the arrogant and self-indulgent Marquis Edwin R. Elantz.... more>>

However, as she was trying to come to terms with her new life as a married woman, she somehow reunited with her ex-lover, Asheel Khurshid, who was Edwin’s knight.

This marriage, which she had wanted to be peaceful and uneventful, grew turbulent in the presence of the two men in her life.

* * *

“Don’t tell me you just got back from rolling around in bed with some other bastard? You smell like c*m.”

“…Th-that isn’t the case at all!”

Inside her dress, Asheel’s fluids trickled down to her knees, but Nadia still firmly denied it. She almost broke out in cold sweat as she pretended that nothing was amiss.

It was a relief that she was good at controlling her expressions, but she continued to avoid the persistent gaze directed at her, hoping that he would just drop the subject and let it go.

“Then, is it mine?”

He drew close to whisper into her ear, dirty words leaving his languid tongue as he teased her with a hint of sadistic glee.

“You must have had fun until early morning, hm? It’d be nice if you could make sure to handle it properly so we won’t need to worry about any illegitimate children. How are you doing now, is it leaking out?”

Nadia felt the blood drain from her face.

—

▸ Edwin R. Elantz – the most powerful man in the Empire; surrounded by many bad rumors after gaining the trust of the Emperor; would do however as he pleased; an apathetic-looking eye candy who actually has a twisted personality; uses his eloquence well

▸ Asheel Khurshid – a commoner knight; with his skills alone, he managed to rise to the position of deputy commander of the best knight order in the Empire; quiet and calm; rarely loses his temper, but he definitely would if someone pushed his buttons

▸ Nadia Ingram – hails from a ducal family on the verge of bankruptcy; suffered from a childhood devoid of warmth and affection; unlike how she appears while pretending to be arrogant, truthfully she’s naive and vulnerable

▸ “I’m a greedy man. I have no plans of sharing you at all. That’s why… you’d better consider your actions very carefully.” <<less

Carmen Lacita was evil.... more>>

She had come to realize that after talking to the people around her.

"Yes, I did it on the order of Lady Lacita."

“Diana Columbrie, Duchess of Whales, will not be able to lift her head after this evening.”

It would have been nice if she could simply live a carefree life, but she was the villainess who had tormented the heroine.

“You and I can’t coexist. And that’s the path that you, not I, chose. So don’t ever deny it. All that you’ve ever cared about was what benefits you.”

The heroine was trying to take revenge against the villainess.

But somehow she was the evil one!? <<less

The count’s maid, Asha, only ever dreamed of earning money for her sick mother’s medicine, and opening a small veterinary hospital. One day, she is... more>> tasked to run an errand at “Night Butterfly”, the darkest, most bizarre street in the Arte Empire. There, she meets a beautiful but wounded s*ave named Lee. After saving his life, it seems Lee does not want Asha to go. “It was you who saved me. My master, my salvation, my Asha.” After seeing him smile so strangely, she realized everything was ruined. She was trapped. Clearly, this seductive smile knew all along that she would never escape… <<less