*Rinat: A mysterious man who turned up at Kyrie out of the blue. Appears to have a great interest in Cyril.... more>>

*Cyril: The bartender of Kyrie who serves up lies mixed with truth.

*“Right now, I’d just like to spell those lips of yours honest for once.”

The Cataclysm swept through the world overrun by nuclear dust and toxic waste, leaving nothing standing but a single steel tower constructed by a dictator. The clicking of turning cogwheels filling that tower purged the earth and saved humanity, whose remnants gathered around the Central Tower to survive.

Against this backdrop, Cyril, a bartender in East Downtown, finds himself unexpectedly entangled one rainy day in the case of a serial killer known as “Alice,” caught in a clandestine battle of wits with a man named Rinat in a race to uncover one another’s secrets.

–

A chill ran through him. Cyril jerked back, letting out a sound of dismay. The young man’s hand remained where he’d just been, hovering in the space between Cyril’s shoulder and throat.

“Ah, I missed,” the man complained lightheartedly, unclenching his fist from its failed attempt to snatch at the end of the ribbon. “You’re quicker than I thought. I shouldn’t have underestimated you—ought to have held your hands down first.”

If anything, that was Cyril’s line. Stealthy as a cat, that one.

“I was quite curious… just what it was you were hiding under that ribbon.”

“This ribbon—”

“Ah, I heard. From that corner over there.” The young man raised his hands to cut him off. “You said it was a memento of your mother’s? She must’ve been quite wealthy, to dr*pe herself in gold-dusted silk over cheap nylon.”

Cyril smiled inscrutably, inwardly clicking his tongue with annoyance. “It was a gift from my father, and he was incredibly wealthy, so…”

Now it was the stranger’s turn to smile, his ash-gray eyes curving with amusement. “Of course. If that really is a memento, that is.” <<less

Four months ago, Seo Haeju lost his parents in an accident.... more>>

The government, deeming supernatural beings a threat to humanity, confines them in isolation centers. Min Yeo-jin, a former special forces soldier and now a doctor at the Seoul Temporary Isolation Center, has been caring for Haeju like a younger brother, knowing he will spend his life under government surveillance.

But on the day Haeju reaches adulthood, soldiers arrive to transfer him to Iryeong-do Isolation Center. When Haeju witnesses them using violence against Yeo-jin, he summons a flock of crows to retaliate—then flees the center.

To make matters worse, Yeo-jin, who chooses to stand by Haeju, is now branded a dangerous individual and becomes a fugitive.

The government and the rebels alike see Seo Haeju as a threat. But Yeo-jin, unwavering in his devotion, fights desperately to protect the boy who follows him so blindly.

"Haeju, don't cry. Don't be afraid. I'm here. I'll protect you." <<less

[Possession Project Initiated] ... more>>

Suddenly, I find myself possessed by Baek Seo-han in the high-intensity, dark BL novel 'Never Ending,' thanks to a mysterious system.

But wait, I'm a sub-character who torments the main character, Lee Do-hoon, and gets killed?

[Warning! Synchronization rate is extremely low. The body may act unpredictably.]

To make matters worse, the previous 'Baek Seo-han' occasionally takes over my body.

To survive, I must destroy the s*ave contract with Lee Do-hoon and raise my synchronization rate by doing good deeds, which is so unlike 'Baek Seo-han'...

Yet, strangely, every time I do something, handsome men keep flocking to me.

"Are you scared of me? Why? I haven't done anything scary yet."

"You lock me up here and then go out and play with Jin Yeon-oh, is that fun?"

"Ugh... I didn't mean to, sniff, but can't you be nice to me too...?"

'Why is everyone around me insane?' <<less

[ED 4: Miserable Death] ... more>>

The moment the ending of the escape room game appeared,

I found myself inside the player’s body.

I managed to gather the NPCs, just trying to survive for now, but…

“Hey. We finally meet. Let’s get along, Jaeyi.”

Jeong Haeyoon— a character who wasn’t supposed to exist.

The instant he joined the group,

a new system message popped up.

…Wait, I have to raise his affection to get the happy ending?

After several attempts to increase his affection with words I didn’t even mean,

Jeong Haeyoon, an anomaly who didn’t originally exist in this game,

began to gradually reveal his suspicious true colors…

“You should really ask nicely, Jaeyi. Don’t you think?”

▶ Ask.

▶ Don’t ask. <<less

Ruth Kaizel grew up being looked down upon since childhood because his mother was from a red-light district. He joined the Imperial Knights to run... more>> away from those who did not recognize him as a member of his father’s family but eventually became the leader of the knights at a young age due to the power of that same family, despite not being able to free himself from his father’s family no matter where he ran. He found himself serving the royal family as the escort of Crown Prince Ail, who was beautiful and elegant with dazzling red hair but was extremely eccentric and selfish. After some time of being overwhelmed by the young prince, Ail urges Ruth to become his 'true shield' in the castle and fight a silent but deadly battle within the palace walls. Due to threats from those close to him, Ruth begins to play the role of a terminally ill lover, while following orders. Fake lovers who started with the purpose of using each other, but ending up in a complicated relationship. Will the only thing left be the pain in their hearts or will they finally feel the joy of freedom? <<less

“That’s my twin? That beggar bastard?”... more>>

At his father’s funeral, Lee Jae meets Dohae, his twin brother whom he thought had died in childhood.

Already needing money for his mother’s medical treatment, he accepts Dohae’s proposal to receive a transfusion of pheromone fluid…

He enters the mansion where Dohae lives, having been adopted by the Sejin Group.

On the day Lee Jae, who had been ab*sed for 5 years, gets locked in the school storage room, Jaeha, who happens to pass by, discovers and rescues him.

From their first meeting, Lee Jae falls for Jaeha as if it were fate, But it turns out Jaeha is already arranged to be engaged to Dohae. Though he tries to push away Jaeha, knowing they can’t be together, Jaeha keeps reaching out to Lee Jae…

“Everything’s okay now. I’ll stay by your side from now on.”

Will spring ever come to Lee Jae’s life, which has been like winter? <<less

When a pet dies, aren’t they supposed to wait beyond the rainbow bridge? ... more>>

Though I wasn’t expecting a river of pet milk or trees bearing treats, I never imagined that such a bleak cityscape awaited.

After sending off his black cat, Kamangi, in tears, Baek Rokdam fell asleep.

But upon waking, he found himself in the afterlife for pets.

Unlike what he imagined, the gray buildings stretched endlessly, a harsh and lifeless world beyond death.

Before he even had a chance to be disappointed, he was thrust into grueling labor and unrelenting hardships.

One day, amidst his exhausting life, he stumbled across a tiny egg on the street.

Thanks to his gift of seeing things others couldn’t, he noticed that this seemingly ordinary rock actually held life within.

Unable to just walk past, he picked up the egg…

“So, could I ask why the kitten over there keeps glancing this way?”

But it seems that three divine beasts are searching for the egg I possess.

* * *

The little one, who was barely the size of Rokdam’s arm, had a smooth, black shell on its back.

Despite its tiny and adorable appearance, this one was a full-fledged divine beast, a black tortoise, born for the first time in twenty years.

The little black tortoise giggled as it nestled in Rokdam’s arms, reaching up to touch his face with its soft, chubby hand.

As he caressed the baby’s plump, soft hand, Rokdam smiled brightly in return.

You’ve already grown a lot in just one month.

“Ma.”

“I’m not your mom; I’m your uncle, okay?”

In just a bit more time, it was said that this little one would fully grow into an adult form, but for now, it was hard to imagine this small baby turtle ever growing big and mischievous like the others.

“Ma, waah. Ma.”

Unable to call him “Mom,” the little tortoise furrowed its round eyes in frustration, its pouty lips sticking out.

Rokdam chuckled helplessly at the sight, realizing there was nothing he could do.

“All right, all right. Call me whatever you want.”

“Mm, Ma. Food.”

‘Mom, uncle—whatever makes you happy.’

Rokdam patted the little black tortoise and rummaged in a pocket under the cradle.

“Ah, geez.” <<less

In a world where mistakes are not forgiven, Han Taeju, a pilot hardened by the skies, lives by a simple code: never back down. When a rookie's error brings him face-to-face with Lee Chayoung, a weary air traffic controller, their worlds collide in the cold steel of the control tower.... more>>

Taeju, sharp as the edge of a broken bottle, sees the world in black and white. Chayoung, caught in the storm of his wrath, never imagined their paths would cross beyond that moment.

When fate and folly bring Taeju to his door, the encounter is a collision neither of them expected. A chance meeting leads to shared drinks, and before they know it, the prickly exterior of Taeju begins to crack. What starts as a clash of wills slowly kindles into something neither of them expected, something deeper, something that could either anchor them or send them spiraling into unknown skies.

But what happens when the sky falls quiet and the only sound is the beating of two hearts? The world outside keeps moving, but in their silence, a new story begins. <<less

“You’re pregnant, young master.”... more>>

Valentin Wiche, the beloved only son of the Viscount Wiche family. One day, he realizes that he has been reincarnated as the villainous supporting character in a novel he read in his previous life. To avoid his miserable fate, Valentin seduces an alpha at a ball.

“Your scent is truly dizzying…”

Did that alpha enjoy their night together that much? He starts showing tremendous obsession.

‘Where did this come from?’

‘I must have this.’

He only did it to avoid the terrible ending of the original story, but the result is pregnancy? Moreover, the identity of the child’s father was someone even more incredible than he thought – Reynard Dennox, the only heir to the notorious Dennox ducal family and a naval hero of the Heston Empire.

On top of that, true to his reputation as a klutz, Valentin’s pregnancy is immediately discovered….

“Why the sudden ring…?”

“What do you mean why? We even have a child on the way, so we need to get married quickly.” <<less

[Status Abnormality: Curse. □□ has cursed you. ※ The curse will be lifted upon □□’s death.]... more>>

Ion, who has possessed the body of the second-best son of a duke’s family in the empire within the open-world game ‘Eternal Empire,’ faces a problem: he is cursed and on the verge of death.

To find □□, who has cursed him, Ion sets out to find Camillus, known as the Emperor’s illegitimate child and the son of a witch, hoping to find clues to break the curse.

“You showed me such miracles before. So, Ion, you are also my miracle.”

Before Ion’s possession, Camillus lived confined in a tower by his father, the Emperor. He shows blind favor towards Ion, believing that he has been saved.

However, even before completing the three-encounter quest with him, Camillus chooses to go to the remote northern region for Ion’s sake.

And so, after 8 years, when the Emperor dies and Camillus becomes the Grand Duke, he returns to the capital and stands before Ion once again… <<less

In the game, the protagonist’s brother and antagonist, Baek Woojin, dies a hundred times. On the day he witnessed the hundredth death, he received a notification.... more>>

[Baek Woojin has died 100 times. A hidden event is triggered! Will you accept?]

To think that a pay-to-win game would offer an event for free, one should have been suspicious. However, the foolish individual who clicked ‘Yes’ found themselves reincarnated as the villain, Baek Woojin.

Moreover, the quest received immediately after reincarnation was to reconcile with Baek Soohyuk, the brother who killed Baek Woojin. But wait, if failed, the penalty is death? In a desperate attempt to avoid this insane death flag, he hastily apologizes, only to find…

[Abnormal Condition Activated: Due to ‘Qualm,’ the statement has been modified and transmitted to the other party.]

“If you kneel and beg, there’s nothing that can’t happen.”

All that comes out of his mouth are venomous words, accumulating misunderstandings with Baek Soohyuk. To make matters worse, he unintentionally attracts the attention of the main villain, Kang Gwonhoo.

“Since what you’re doing is quite amusing, let’s do as you say.”

Is this what it feels like to have a shrimp in a whale fight?

Please, both of you, stop paying attention to me. I just want to live a peaceful life! <<less

I possessed the villain and final boss of the original novel after once complaining about the story.
He is Ki Yoon Jae, the incompetent representative of the gifted guild!... more>>

In order to survive without dying immediately, he needs to make an ally. But...

[Let's predict what will happen if Ha Hyun Seo were to discover that you are not Ki Yoon Jae.]

“So, you’re not him? You're not Yoon Jae hyung?”

If you reveal that you are possessing the original to your allies, it’s game over.

At long last, I met the main character who gave me a death flag from the original story.

That's how it was for a year.
But when an unknown gate appeared in Korea, I received a strange skill from God.

[If you have this, you too can become gifted! You can borrow abilities through kissing!]

So... Do you want me to kiss those gifted people? Besides, what's up with the look in the eyes of the bastard around me?

"Don't you want to know what my abilities are? How to use them, how they feel...”
"As I’ve always said, I'm on your side. I'll do whatever you want."

[No matter what kind of life the player lives, God will watch over you. God bless you!] <<less

As soon as I finished eating and closed my eyes, my daily life was gone.... more>>

In the building, there was a song that was so lively and scary.
There were strange and suspicious creatures everywhere.
A twisted hospital with strange creatures roaming around every corner.

After several attempts to escape from this place, I finally looked up and shouted—
I'm the Chosen One.
I'm the Perfect One.
Therefore, I will see this path through to the end.

I will not run from reality.

▶ A Quick Preview ◀

My heart was pulled out. I finally died.

"Huh?"

No, I'm still alive. My heart beats normally inside my body. I woke up gasping for air, clutching my heart and crying silently. I am back again. It starts all over again.

"Why? How come?"

I hate this. I don't want to go through that again. I can't do anything. I'm scared. I can't. I can't do it, so just let me die.

I saw a window over there. This place was on the 14th floor. If I jumped from here, I could die properly.
I approached the window and opened it wide. I climbed onto the windowsill, I let go of my grip on the wall and threw myself down.

When I fell, I saw the inside through the downstairs window.
One person was being dissected alive on the operating table.
A strange doctor looking out the window looked at me and tilted his head.

Crazy patients roaming around like zombies.
Two men with connected heads reached out at me.
Dozens of severed wrists were stuck upside down on the table, fluttering like sea anemones.

This is hell. Let's die and escape. <<less

Eunchan, who was always suffering from part-time work due to family circumstances, takes up a high-paying tutoring job by chance. That’s how he came to meet Lee Yedam, an exam-retaker with a handsome appearance and manners.... more>>

Contrary to his nervousness in the beginning, Eunchan becomes more comfortable and closer with the kind student.

And then, one day. Lee Yedam, who usually had a relaxed look, suddenly changed expression and whispered.

“Eunchan-ah, you… you have a pu*sy don't you.”

Eunchan, who thought he was just taking up a lucrative job, falls into the temptation of pleasure… <<less

An era when compassion for the weak has disappeared, instead stared at them with eerie eyes.
Thirteen years ago, the life of a peaceful family of four was thoroughly destroyed.
One mutant that crawled out from the depths of the world.
Old Calamity, the most powerful star, ‘Almuten’.... more>>

Baek Yugeon lost his one and only older brother left to the encounter once again.
Woo Shinje, an S-class Hunter who appeared just in time, saved his life.

“Be a guide to ‘Erewhon’ and obey my orders.
Endure anything that come to you, and…….
Follow me into the gates.”

He whispered his long-cherished desire.
Join ‘Erewhon’ and die together with them.
Yugeon is in the midst of those who want to ruin him.
Love and hatred that bloomed between Woo Shinje and him…….

“Don’t try to escape with death.
I, as your guide, won’t let you do that.” <<less

Yeho is a distant relative to a king in a small kingdom. Even though he is a distant relative, his house was very poor, and his mother was addicted to gambling. One day North Empire asked for Princess Sooyoung to be a concubine of an old Emperor because she was known for her beauty. But the king really loved his daughter so instead he ordered Yeho's older sister to disguise as Princess Sooyoung and marry the old Emperor. ... more>>

Yeho told his sister to run away with her lover, and his sister had to leave her younger brother alone with his mother. After she ran away, Yeho asked his mother to give the things back to the king that she got for trying to sell her daughter, but his mother already used the gifts to pay off her gambling debt. He was trying to give the gifts back to the king to take away his order, but now he can't do that anymore. He tells his mother to run away, and he disguises as his sister to go to North Empire.

After he got there, he was trying to tell the Emperor the truth and take away his life, but the Emperor went out for few days to look around his empire. When the emperor came back, he wasn't as old as he thought. <<less

Bliss Auckland was a top financial analyst and the second son of the Auckland family who have dominated the US real estate, media and entertainment markets - a real life casanova who was constantly on the front pages with rumours of his entanglements with hollywood stars. ... more>>

During his university years, he, who had issued a ‘one-meter-access ban for men’ and was attacked by various human rights associations had come out as gay!

While the media fervently discussed the news that was heating up all around the US, the reality of the news was that Bliss had roped in Jin Cayman, his childhood friend in this play in order to avoid the confession of the teenage daughter of a mafia boss he had bumped into at a party.

It was common gossip that would eventually die down in a few days but Jin, who had secretly had a one-sided crush on Bliss for 7 years, was not happy with this situation.

But then;

‘I’ve been in love with you and courting you for 10 years.’

….??? <<less