At his one command to stay still, the memory of freezing up and trembling like a mouse in front of a snake came back so vividly it was almost unpleasant. ... more>>

In front of Seoyoon, whose smooth face was slightly scrunched in humiliation from the sudden rush of shame, Kijung opened his mouth as if he couldn’t care less about his thoughts.

“I have something I’d like to suggest to you today, Seoyoon.”

“……”

“Have you ever considered letting someone else handle that whip?”

Silence followed.

Seoyoon couldn’t immediately respond.

Before deciding whether he liked or disliked the suggestion, he couldn’t even understand what he meant by it.

As if had already anticipated Seoyoon’s blank reaction, Kijung continued.

“You said there are times when you want to feel pain, right?”

Seoyoon nodded.

There was still a contradiction in saying he wanted to feel pain, but since he couldn’t explain his own habit clearly, it wasn’t something he could argue against.

What caught his attention was the man's next words.

“I like causing pain.” <<less

Kim Mukyeom, the ace of the Greenford team in the English Premier League, a world star, a football icon of Asia, and both the ace and troublemaker of the Korean national football team. He voluntarily takes a one-year loan to the K League team City Seoul, willing to face public criticism and even relinquish part of his salary, all to repay the favor of his middle school mentor who led him onto the path of football.... more>>

There, he meets Lee Hajoon, a rookie physical coach of the same age. Though they had been to the World Cup together and had been called up for the national team several times, Hajoon was strangely unmemorable to Mukyeom. Even at City Seoul, he seemed to avoid Mukyeom subtly.

How dare a rookie coach like him discriminate against me, Kim Mukyeom? However, it didn’t take long for Mukyeom to notice Hajoon’s ‘strange vibe’ of avoidance. <<less

Oh Seungpyo, who had never lost the first place in middle school, was shocked when he was pushed to second place for the first time in high school.... more>>

His final grade was second place in the entire school. Although everyone praised his grades, to him, it was a symbol of humiliation. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't beat Ryu Jaemin, who was always first. Seungpyo, who had always been satisfied with being the best, felt his first sense of defeat and inferiority because of Jaemin.

One rainy evening, while going to pick up his drunk brother, Seungpyo suddenly bumped into Jaemin, who appeared out of nowhere from an abandoned building.

"Oh Seungpyo, sorry. I have to go to my academy class, so I'll leave first."

"Oh... okay. Take care."

At the moment when the bewildered Seungpyo, who had greeted him unexpectedly, picked up the phone he had dropped.

[***'s reply has been posted.]

"Hmm?"

The screen, which should have been black, lit up brightly, and Seungpyo saw a notification from an unfamiliar app design. He realized that his phone had been swapped with Jaemin's, who had already disappeared.

"f*ck, what is this?" <<less

Rensley Maelrosen, the prince of the warm southern kingdom of Cornia, disguises himself as a woman to take on the role of Duke Gezell Jivendad’s bride in place of his missing sister. He embarks on a journey to the northern land of Aldrant, where an icy chill, both in body and soul, awaits him.... more>>

“In the end, you did ask me to save your life, didn’t you?”

Arriving in the northern land, abandoned by the royal family, Rensley faces the unfamiliar extreme cold that freezes not only his body but also his emotions.

The warmth of the people in this harshly cold land, akin to grass finding its place in unexpected places,

and the indifferent affection of Duke Gezell, who orchestrates a fake wedding ceremony,

cause Rensley’s heart to blossom uncontrollably.

“After the journey is over… I hope you come back.”

Even with the clumsy confession of the young Duke, conflicting emotions arise as Rensley, who loves him, must depart.

“I love you, Your Grace.”

In Winterfield, the coldest land on the continent where all the warmth in the world gathers,

there is someone who welcomes him with a comforting embrace. <<less