“Sometimes, I wonder if this is a dream. Because I have never met anyone like you.”... more>>

Jaeil, an A-rank “Backsplash” Esper, lives in a perilous state, unable to find a Guide compatible with him. Due to a past incident, he doesn’t trust people easily and avoids all physical contact, even with Guides.

In such dire conditions, Jaeil, who has little lingering attachment to the world and pushes himself to his limits, one day hears a piece of news. It’s that a new A-rank Backsplash Guide will be coming to the center. However, that guide, Seunghyun, is from District 13, has received no education, and doesn’t even know how to perform Guiding!? <<less

Zero Compatibility. ... more>>

A Guide in Name Only—Practically an Ordinary Person.

As an F-Guide with almost no chance of matching with an Esper, Ben had always believed he could continue living his uneventful, unremarkable life.

Until he met that man.

"Found you. My Guide."

The sudden appearance of Haimar, a monstrous Esper who boldly declared Ben as his Guide, shattered everything Ben thought he knew.

With him came a shocking revelation about Ben’s own rank—one that turned his quiet life upside down.

Swept into an unrelenting series of events, the two are drawn together, their bodies and hearts inching ever closer...

* * *

Physical contact between two complete strangers—how was that even possible?

At least within Ben’s understanding of common sense, it wasn’t.

“Uh, I still don’t even know if I’m really your Guide…”

Zing.

The sharp blue eyes staring into his made his headache flare up again, as if it had only been momentarily subdued.

Still, it wasn’t as bad as back in the container, so Ben chose to buy time by voicing his honest uncertainty.

After all, the one most affected by this connection was the Esper.

Guides, strictly speaking, could live perfectly fine without an Esper.

Even if he outright refused, what could the other guy really say?

"Want to check?"

Wait—hold on.

Why was he coming closer?!

Before Ben could react, Haimar, with a face annoyingly sculpted to perfection, took Ben’s hand and placed it against his cheek.

Smooth, flawless skin brushed against his palm.

And before he could pull away, his fingers grazed something even warmer—Haimar’s lips.

The contrast between his cool skin and the heat of his breath sent an odd shiver down Ben’s spine.

He instinctively tried to twist his hand away, but his fingers, caught in an iron grip, instead trailed across the Esper’s ear.

That’s when he noticed them—three thick, metallic piercings: a rugged hoop and two circular studs.

Those weren’t just accessories.

They were control devices, temporary stabilizers used by high-ranking Espers when their abilities became unstable or when they required emotional regulation.

But having three at once?

Ben froze.

His stunned expression didn’t go unnoticed.

Haimar, still holding his hand, intertwined their fingers with an easy familiarity, his long fingers wrapping around Ben’s.

"If I hold you," he murmured, voice low and dangerous, "I think we’ll both find out for sure." <<less

“Don’t cry.”... more>>

“Crawl over here to me. You can do it, can’t you?”

Ryu Yeonho visits the family home, a place that seems to be caked with all sorts of old ghosts and obsessions, and there he discovers the flower-like Baek Seorim. His father’s toy, no, his concubine. In front of his father, Baek Seorim is obedient with a gentleness that seems unparalleled in this world, but towards Ryu Yeonho, he raises his sharp thorns… <<less

“The Phantom Thief Astar has appeared!”... more>>

Astar, a phantom thief, is renowned for stealing items with unique powers called “Ashtartes,” treasures of the empire that are blessed by the gods. He is also known for pilfering valuables from the nobility to distribute among the common folk, which has garnered him a legendary status. During one of his heists, while securing an Ashtarte, he crosses paths with a mysterious individual named Aeon.

Aeon: “As expected, this one’s indeed a fake. If so, where’s the real one?”

Astar: “If the Ashtarte approves of me, then the original must be where I am.”

Upon discovering a man at the scene, Astar employs sleeping incense to conceal his tracks. While he escapes unscathed, Astar remains intrigued by the enigma of Aeon’s identity – a mysterious figure acknowledged by the crown prince and esteemed by the nobility.

Aeon: “… My name is Aeon Worth.”

Astar: “A pleasure to meet you, Monsieur Worth. I’m Chloe Evanchester.”

Astar realizes that Aeon, whom he met by chance, knows about the treasure he’s been chasing, called “Dawn” – Astar’s ultimate goal. He then goes undercover as Aeon’s physician.

“As the audience wishes, shall we have some fun?” <<less

**From the very beginning, Yoo Chae and I had a problematic first encounter.**... more>>

Jihan, an AOS game ranker who kept losing while being constantly kept in check by the pro gamer ‘Gamgak’, switches games to the MMORPG . When he joined a famous guild, the guild master ‘Yoo Chae’ trips over Jihan’s nickname and picks a fight with him for no reason. However, after learning Jihan’s AOS nickname, he suddenly starts actively flirting with Jihan, and Jihan becomes furious at his changed attitude….

What could be the true feelings of ‘Yoo Chae’, whose attitude has changed? <<less

“I’ll tell you everything I know. My memories… I can’t remember…. Please don’t erase me…. Please….”... more>>

William Spencer is the CEO of a robot manufacturing company, yet he has no emotional attachment to robots.

He inherited the company from his grandfather, the founder. And by chance, he inherited one more thing— a human-like robot named DD, who not only looks like a person but also thinks like one.

William, initially considering selling DD, decides to keep him around for a discontinued HumanBot project that his grandfather had personally created but ultimately scrapped… <<less

“Wanna team up with me?”... more>>

Forced into the human hunting ground “Utopia Sodom” to pay off the debt left by his drug-addict father, Lee Yeonwoo is dragged into hell.

However, thanks to his uniquely altruistic survival strategies, Yeonwoo lasts longer than anyone ever has—

catching the attention of Cheon Wooshin, who rescues him from the hunting ground and offers him a place on his investigation team.

While investigating the identity of the biochemical terror drug “Snake Venom” as a team,

the logical and refined Cheon Wooshin suddenly vanishes—

only for a wild beast with filthy words and primal instincts to take his place and pin Yeonwoo down.

“F**-ck, you smell so f**king good.”

Confronted by an unexpected, secret side of Cheon Wooshin, can Yeonwoo keep their investigation on track? <<less

Because Ki Sihyeon is the only adult I don’t have to tiptoe around. I don’t have to be careful with him. He treats me like a kid—annoying, but he’s not afraid of me. He’s not weak.... more>>

Seonwoo, a mental-type S-Class Esper raised under strict surveillance and control at the Center, was trained to suppress all emotion. Even when other Espers hurled insults or lashed out violently, he never once retaliated. He simply followed orders.

But in front of Ki Sihyeon, a fellow S-Class Esper and his teammate—the only one who ever treated him like a person—keeping his emotions in check became a challenge. After all, he’d been in love with him for a long time.

Yet Ki Sihyeon already had someone. A sweet, kind guide named Yoo Sejin. Because of that, Seonwoo never even considered confessing.

Then one day, Sejin ends up in a vegetative state after trying to save Seonwoo. Wracked with guilt, Seonwoo braces for Sihyeon’s anger...

But instead, Sihyeon says something cryptic.

“Then you’ll have to take Sejin’s place, kid.” <<less

"I'm nearly fifty years old, you son of a b*tch!"... more>>

Raynald, commander of the kingdom’s knights, had a simple dream: to retire peacefully in a small estate granted to him, spending the rest of his days without a single worry.

But the estate he received from the king was a godforsaken wasteland overflowing with monsters that needed exterminating and crawling with nothing but insolent young men…

"So, old man, what brings you all the way out to a countryside like this?"

Will Raynald be able to survive in the kingdom’s worst estate, surrounded by rude youths?

[Preview]

"Watch out, my lord!"

Raynald heard the scream rising from below, but it was already too late. He felt a chilling sensation as three or four tent**les slithered up through the gap around his waist—one he thought he had secured tightly.

“Damn it, I let my guard down!”

Though he managed to slice through a few of the tent**les with his sword, his balance was already shot. Just as he was about to helplessly fall, several tent**les rewrapped themselves tightly around his waist. If he cut them, all the effort he had made to climb this far would be in vain and he’d fall again. But if he left them alone, he’d be completely immobilized. It was a dilemma.

Still, letting those tent**les be wasn’t an option either. Personal safety was one thing, but there was something far more important at stake. He didn’t want to show such a disgraceful sight to the young men down below, who were shouting with horrified expressions. At the very least, he had to protect his pants. No—he could accept losing the pants if he had to, but he absolutely couldn’t allow anything beneath them to be exposed.

“Don’t shoot, you idiot! Are you trying to make the lord fall?!”

“But still…!”

The young men floundered in panic, unsure of what to do. Some who had tried the reckless act of aiming their crossbows at the tent**les were stopped by their peers, hesitating in place.

A few brave ones attempted to mimic what Raynald had done and approached the tentacle-covered tower, but most of them were so frightened they couldn’t even climb a meter before backing away in fear. Someone’s going to get hurt at this rate. With that judgment, Raynald grit his teeth and shouted.

“Don’t act rashly! I’ll handle it myself!”

Fortunately, he hadn’t dropped his sword. Taking the risk, Raynald cut through the tent**les. His body, now without support, wobbled and began to fall, but luckily, he managed to grab hold of the crossbow bolt Volant had shot earlier. Still, the situation didn’t improve much. A cold sensation crept up his waist as the tent**les slipped right into his underwear.

“You bastards, seriously…!” <<less

Kim Sahyun is reincarnated as Iellon Leronan, a mid-boss character in a fantasy novel.... more>>

Having suffered from unbearable loneliness, the day he meets Carpe, the novel’s protagonist and Iellon’s half-brother, he vows to give Carpe a true happy ending.

To steer the story toward a happy outcome, Iellon saves an assassin—who was originally meant to be one of the protagonist’s companions—and names him Noah.

“I’m Iellon.”

I’m the one you’ll later stab through the side with your dagger.

At first, Iellon only brought Noah along to control the flow of the original story.

Yet, facing hardships alone with no one to rely on, Iellon finds himself depending on Noah far more than he ever intended.

“Sorry, but to me, you’re more important than your brother.”

As events spiral out of control and Iellon’s soul wears thin, can he, as a mere mid-boss, still steer the story toward a true happy ending? <<less

Yudit, you must survive.”... more>>

The frail Fifth Prince, Yudit, was barely clinging to life, his existence tolerated only because of his sickly constitution and his mother’s lowly origins. Following his mother’s dying wish, he lived quietly, keeping his head down to survive.

Then one day, Duke Baldwin, who had been secretly asked to kill him, appeared before him in person. Yet, rather than cower before the sword, Yudit boldly declared that he would become a puppet emperor—and insisted that Duke Baldwin should choose him.

[Preview]

“Your Grace?”

A chill ran down Yudit’s neck—he had just dreamed of being cut down by this very man.

“You were talking about me in your dream.”

“Is that so?”

“What kind of dream was it?”

“I forgot.”

“You said you liked me.”

For a moment, Yudit was about to say, That’s a lie, but he stopped himself. He had just claimed that he didn’t remember the dream.

“That’s a lie.”

Khalid, who had been watching him closely, spoke the very words Yudit had wanted to say.

“You were begging me to let you live.”

“……”

“I hope you work hard and survive. I really enjoy my time with you.” <<less

"That's... my pet... octopus!"... more>>

Cha Suyoon, a D-rank Guide barely scraping by on one-time Guiding sessions, receives a Guiding request from Yeo Taegyung, the S-rank Esper known throughout the nation. During the Guiding, Suyoon discovers that Taegyung is not human. Upon waking, Taegyung transforms into a strange, small octopus-like creature and disappears. Suddenly facing the threat of unemployment, a despairing Suyoon visits a seafood restaurant where he coincidentally finds Taegyung, now an octopus, in a tank. Left with no other choice, Suyoon rescues him and brings him home...

[Preview]

"I apologize for what happened today. I'm also sorry for yelling, cursing, and hitting your forehead."

Yeo Taegyung crossed his arms, or rather, two of his tent**les, as if challenging me to say more. I didn't even know that was possible.

"But if it weren't for me, Esper Yeo Taegyung, you would've been sold off as sashimi! Or sushi... Ow!"

An enraged Yeo Taegyung flung a magnet at my face. I yelped in surprise, and Yeo Taegyung flinched slightly, then peeked out from his water tank, cautiously watching me.

I sighed and checked the magnet Yeo Taegyung had thrown. Incredibly, it was shaped like the Korean character 'ㅗ' (a rude hand gesture).

Is he... flipping me off right now?

"You can't throw this at people!"

"Chirp."

"It hurts! Seriously, it hurt so much during the Guiding too. If it weren't for Researcher Ryu Gyungae, I would've ended up in the ER."

I exaggerated my suffering to Yeo Taegyung. But he just kept blowing black bubbles, as if asking, "So what?"

Seriously, the attitudes of Espers who didn't get proper Guiding... Every single one of them was obsessed with their pride.

My stomach churned, but I tried to think rationally. I told myself to treat him like a difficult customer.

"Anyway, since I'm partly responsible for what happened to you, Esper Yeo Taegyung, I'll take responsibility and help you return to your original form. Just tell me how..."

I trailed off, watching Yeo Taegyung's tent**les ripple as he moved. Rolling his yellow and black eyes mischievously, he busily arranged the Korean alphabet magnets.

The moment I saw the word he formed, I winced.

[Hate] [You]

"......."

Yeo Taegyung picked up a few more letters and placed them to the left. Then he completely retreated into his water tank, disappearing from sight. The letters on the floor were infuriating.

[I] [Hate] [Talking] [To] [You]

Well, excuse me for trying to help! <<less

“Promise me. Promise you’ll come back to me, Healer-nim. Even if you’re going to die, promise you’ll die by my side.”... more>>

I woke up to find myself inside the hunter novel I’d been reading.

Worse yet, I’ve become Ryu Leesoo, a terminally ill supporting character who dies early on due to illness.

Since I’m destined to die anyway, I decide to dedicate this life to saving Yoo Haeon, the protagonist who’s set to die of mu*der just a few months later.

Thus begins my plan to save Haeon. But the closer I get to him, the more my feelings for my favorite character start to grow in unexpected directions…

---

“Yes, it’s true. I’m that necromancer. I’m not bragging, but I’m telling you this because it means I’ll protect Healer Haeon no matter what.”

Leesoo, turning around me with a playful swirl, whispered in a voice brimming with laughter while gently stroking the spirit. Haeon was about to retort that he wasn't worried, but he just clamped his mouth shut.

He was used to dealing with those who threatened not to keep their word, but he had no idea what to do with someone who promised to protect him with a warm smile.

Lee Soo, who had been looking at Haeon with curiosity, soon remembered that it wasn't the first time his favorite had suddenly gone silent and withdrew his attention. He glanced at the hunters fighting hard, then stepped back, sitting down with a thud, and laid out a handkerchief for Haeon to sit on.

Of course, Haeon lightly ignored the handkerchief that Lee Soo had laid out and stood beside him, looking at Lee Soo with a complex, subtle gaze.

Receiving Haeon's gaze calmly, Lee Soo smiled gently and spread out his hand as if to say, "Follow me."

Haeon, with a mix of confusion and suspicion, slowly extended his hand. With a gesture as if praising him, Lee Soo dropped a plastic bag full of snacks onto Haeon's pale palm.

“It’s a bribe. From now on, even if I get a tiny scratch, I’m going to come running to you, whining about how hurt I am and begging you to heal me. This is my way of saying, please look upon me kindly.”

Haeon, reading the sincerity in Leesoo's playful words, opened his mouth as if to say something but then quickly turned his head away, sitting lightly on the handkerchief that Leesoo had laid out.

Leesoo, as if to say that was enough, smiled contentedly and blinked languidly. <<less

“…So, if there’s something you want, just say it. I’ll do whatever you tell me to.”... more>>

“Do you even know what I’d have to ask you to do for me to say something like this?”

After causing a major incident, Jooyoung returned to Maeyang for the first time in a long while, under the pretense of recuperation.

He carries a secret that must be kept hidden at all costs.

Meanwhile, Dohyun is determined to uncover the secret that Jooyoung is hiding and uses it as leverage to threaten him. <<less

“I’ll be waiting. Come back and save me again, Lee Jin-ha.”... more>>

Hunter Lee Jin-ha falls into another world after getting caught in a gate. There, he meets a man named Riyekan who appears intoxicated by fantasy. Consistently acting like a child while strangely obsessed with Jin-ha, Riyekan sends Jin-ha back to Earth with mysterious parting words, making Jin-ha realize he was being played and filling him with anger. However, Jin-ha eventually has no choice but to meet Riyekan again as part of a diplomatic mission… <<less

"Do you really think you can handle me?"... more>>

Taehyun, a national Taekwondo representative and an omega, is gearing up for his last Olympic appearance, with the eyes of the entire country on him.

To stabilize his pheromone levels, he looks for a 'mating partner.'

But when he arrives to meet his partner, it turns out to be none other than Sejin, the prickly youngest fencer he took care of four years ago.

Just before Taehyun’s second Olympic run is ruined due to injury, Sejin, who had been helping him with personal training and mental care, suddenly reappears as a 22-year-old national hero, winning gold in every match he competes in.

“We don’t need to talk any longer. Let’s just get it over with.”

“What? Wait, I didn’t think it’d go that far. We don’t have to exchange pheromones through physical contact…”

“It’s the most efficient way, so why waste time?”

Sejin, who Taehyun has met again, still maintains his stoic attitude, leaving Taehyun bewildered, but when it comes to being his 'mating partner,' Sejin is surprisingly eager…

“Wait, is this seriously your first time?”

“Do you really need to ask that?”

Sejin is indifferent yet kind, cold yet assertive.

It’s impossible to tell which side of him is genuine, leaving Taehyun confused, while the competition dates inch closer.

Can Taehyun overcome his jinx and achieve his long-held dream? <<less

"Your favorite celebrity is right next to you, and you weren't bothered?"... more>>

"Suspicious Date," a show that offers a one-on-one date with a member of the popular idol group Part.2. The first date member is Sum Moonjung, Part.2's main dancer. Gyuin got to participate in the program with incredibly slim odds, thanks to his Part.2 obsessed friend. However, he's only feeling troubled. This is because Moonjung and Gyuin were actually friends back in their second year of high school, but Gyuin has been unilaterally avoiding Moonjung for the past five years.... <<less

Nam Han Gyeol (Paul), a user in the virtual reality game , enjoys traveling more than fighting.... more>>

One day, as usual, while wandering through beautiful, forgotten places that others don't seek out, Han Gyeol discovers an unconquered boss monster inside a new dungeon.

Despite being instantly killed by the monster's attack, he falls in love at first sight.

Undaunted by death, he continues to return to the dungeon.

Did his sincerity finally get through?

The moment the monster speaks to Han Gyeol, a quest is given to him...

[Now, it is time to mark the beginning of a new story.]

[p.s. Escape the dungeon with ‘it’.]

'I'm supposed to escape the dungeon with the boss monster?!' <<less

“Secretary Kang. What is this duckling?”... more>>

Not only did I realize that I had been reborn as ‘Oh Rihyun’, a villainous duck werebeast character from a BL novel featuring a dangerously obsessive gong, but I also ended up living in the house of that very obsessive gong, Kwon Jaeha.

Unlike my previous life with a terminal illness, I now have a healthy body, so I must avoid dying at Kwon Jaeha’s hands like in the original story!

‘Oh Rihyun’ thinks it’ll be fine as long as he doesn’t interfere with the main couple, Kwon Jaeha and Baek Yeon-su, getting together as they did in the original story. He tries to avoid the original storyline, but things start to unfold in unexpected ways…

“You asked for help. What should I do for you?”

“….”

“Tell me. I’ll do whatever you ask.”

“A… a kiss.”

“Rihyun, will that be enough?”

Will ‘Oh Rihyun’ be able to achieve the ending he desires as he intended? <<less

“I told you I could do anything for you.”... more>>

Alexei, notoriously known as Igor’s dog in the city where Igor rules over, is obsessed with his brother Valery, a ballerino, but treats him impassively. Upon hearing that Valery was dating Lian Vinter, a relative of the police officer Kalisz Vinter who was targeting Igor, Alexei could no longer remain idle. It was clear Igor would kill Valery. Alexei urged Valery to break up with Lian, but Valery, who had long despised Alexei, ignored his words…….. <<less

“How dare you leave me? This won’t do.”... more>>

On his seventh birthday, Killian sneaks out of the banquet hall and stumbles upon a quail egg about to hatch. A quail in a raptor habitat? He takes the frail-looking creature in, planning to raise it just enough to set it free. But why can’t it fly? Are you even a bird? The quail, oblivious to its caretaker’s intentions, is smitten with the beautiful Killian and follows him around devotedly. After many years together, will Killian ever be able to let the quail go? <<less

“Everything from start to finish is f*cking awful. Shit.”... more>>

“You think I’m some kind of flower? I feel the same, you shitty bastard.”

With a 92% matching rate, the highest in Center history, he and I fought from our very first meeting. We fought when we were put in the same class, we fought at the Center, and we even fought at a government event, pulling each other’s hair in a brawl that was broadcast live across the nation. Hardly a day passed without me grabbing him by the collar. It feels like I gripped even harder whenever I was jealous of the guide he imprinted on nine years ago. Because this arrogant, rude, and insolent esper bastard was my first love. And this utterly hopeless, damnable crush is still ongoing. Even though, in three months, I can see the end of my fate looming. <<less

Yeon Kang, the fourth prince of the Yeon Dynasty, was a bubbly, cute child who grew up with his mother in the farthest corner of... more>> Cheong Palace; both unloved by the Emperor. However, one fateful encounter changes the trajectory of his life. Showered with overwhelming attention from his Emperor Father, how will he face the envy and jealousy of his siblings and the palace harem? How can he survive in a palace surrounded by death itself? When did his father’s love took turn for the worse? Can he escape? <<less

Baek Sijin, who was appointed as a Diagnostic Examiner at the F12 Center where Esper Ham Geonwu — the savior of his life — was located, eagerly headed to work. However, little did he expect that an unexpected wall awaited him there.... more>>

"If you really have no interest in Ham Geonwu, then there's no need for you to make things difficult for me. Isn't that right?"

This was none other than Jeong Taeyul, an A-Rank Guide who boasted a high matching rate with Ham Geonwu.

Jeong Taeyul stuck close to Baek Sijin, displaying a spiteful side of him by checking (?) every little thing. It would be nice to hate him all the time, but Sijin, with his strong professional conduct, finds himself constantly concerned about Jeong Taeyul due to his consistently poor examination results…

A meeting between an A-Rank Guide and an ordinary, powerless bottom! What kind of ending awaits their relationship, which began with such hate for each other? <<less