“Excuse me. …Do you perhaps, recognize me?”... more>>

The man who spoke to Jungjoon was a complete stranger. Despite having an outward appearance that wouldn't connect him to Jungjoon, a single father.

Jungjoon searched his memories, trying to place the man who implied he knew him. Only after dredging up his pitiful past could he overlay the face of a child who had clung to him with an unsettling obsession.

A reunion after 17 years. It was a time span that made it even more improbable that any trace of the past would remain. The small child had become a grown man.

⟡˖ ࣪

“I understand… why you’re doing this. We… grew up without parents, lived lives several times harder than others….”

“…….”

“We had no choice but to rely on each other…. And we were each other’s only family…. So… the affection you received from me, you must suddenly miss it, long for it. Yes… that’s completely understandable.”

“…You’re right. I’ve always thought of you as my wife.”

Jungjoon felt his breath catch in his throat. His vision blurred at the word “wife” coming from Yoonhae’s lips once again.

“…Stop it. Do you really think you’ll never see me again after today?!”

“Do you think you won’t see me if you decide not to?”

Yoonhae rubbed his chin and then his thick neck.

“Either you kill me, or I kill you. Isn't that realistically the only way? For us to not see each other again.”

He added, looking directly at the pale Jungjoon,

“I’m joking, so relax.”

“…….”

“So…, when are you going to give me that kiss?” <<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

The New Humanity looked no different from humans, except for one thing: their horns.... more>>

Humans, realizing that keeping these beings close brought good fortune, began capturing the New Humanity indiscriminately, branding them with the derogatory term “yokai.”

Larger horns were believed to bring greater luck, and thus, yokai were reduced to mere talismans for human greed. Forced to endure the agony of their horns growing—tearing through their flesh—they were called by their “true names,” a torment that bound them to their suffering.

To survive among cruel humans, they hid behind aliases. Eden, a painter and yokai, concealed his true nature to earn money for his ailing uncle’s medicine, scraping by through his art.

Then, an old friend of his uncle offered Eden a position as a court painter. Despite his uncle’s visceral dread of the palace, Eden steps into the Platinum Palace where the emperor resides…

“Eden, tell lies you can bear.”

“…Yes, Your Majesty.”

“Don’t even think of disappearing from my sight.”

Karsa, the emperor who delights in slaughter and the hunt, easily sees through Eden’s disguise. With his true name held as leverage, Eden falls under Karsa’s control, his spirit wasting away.

“Where is Eden?”

“…”

“I said, where is Eden?!”

As Karsa’s twisted obsession unravels, the hidden truths behind the dazzling palace come to light, revealing its darker underbelly.

Can Eden escape unscathed? <<less

"99.8%"... more>>

C-Class Guide Han Yeoul and S-Class Esper Yoo Ihan once boasted a perfect match rate.

However, after their imprint, their match rate plummeted to 9.98%.

Repeated Guiding failures ultimately led to Ihan’s death.

Then, Yeoul was given another chance at life.

Yet, in his second life, he lost Ihan again.

Now, in his third life— a miracle.

This time, he must save him.

The only way to break an imprint is through the death of the bonded partner.

To save the man he loves, Yeoul decides to sacrifice himself.

"Let’s break up."

Before his death, Yeoul deliberately hurts Ihan, pushing him away.

But Ihan refuses to let him go so easily.

"If you keep crossing the line like this… then I’ll have no choice but to cross the line I drew myself."

As if things weren’t complicated enough, Yeoul’s former partner, Yoon Geon, suddenly approaches him.

"If you’re going to be unhappy, then be unhappy by my side."

Yoon Geon’s unexpected feelings, Ihan’s unrelenting obsession, and a breakup that won’t go as planned—

Can Han Yeoul save Yoo Ihan in this life? <<less

Leonardo Blaine, the true war hero of the Raina Logia Empire and the commander of the Armsilver 11th Squad, is dishonorably discharged for disobeying orders during the final battle that could have led the Empire to victory in the territorial war. People criticize and point fingers at him, and after being released on parole from prison, he disappears without a trace.... more>>

Three years later, his name has been forgotten by the world. The Council has been persistently pursuing him, but he has proven difficult to capture. Frustrated by this, Hugo Agrizendro, the commander of the Council’s army, decides to personally apprehend him.

“Since when have you been watching me?”

Leonardo was calculative and astute, so it wouldn’t be surprising if he had been observing Hugo for some time now. However, Leonardo’s answer was something that even Hugo had not anticipated.

“From the very beginning.” <<less

65 years ago, the Gate Era began.... more>>

With the emergence of Espers and Guides, individuals with extraordinary abilities, society rapidly transformed.

Amidst this chaotic shift, Siho, who lost his family and developed a severe hatred towards Espers, lives a difficult and broken life, both physically and mentally.

Then, one fateful day, Siho finds himself trapped inside a Gate at the crossroads of a choice.

His destiny takes an inevitable turn when he encounters Kang Jae-yoon, who entered the Gate seeking death.

“The true precursor to rampage is when the eyes turn red.”

“Like your eyes right now?”

At the moment of death, Siho, who awakens as a Guide, is violently assaulted by Jae-yoon, who has gone rampage.

In exchange for enduring this merciless beating, he is granted a new life.

Due to the law, Siho is forcibly bound as Jae-yoon’s Pair Guide, and soon, three of this other Espers approach him.

In a tangled web of relationships formed by choice or fate, the emotions of these five individuals become increasingly intertwined.

And as their fragile everyday lives begin to unravel, a new threat to humanity emerges– the Black Gate.

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※This work contains intense violence, profanity, and non-consensual relations. Please take this into consideration when reading this work. <<less