A man whose arrogance was as effortless as breathing. The noblest of nobles. A man who would set the world on fire for love.... more>>

That was my husband, Curtis.

I was nothing more than a wife destined to die at my husband's hand the moment Irvelyn - his 'woman' - became his love.

mu*dered by the very man who once called me his, I opened my eyes to the past. Given a second chance, I knew—I had to survive.

So I began to play the role of a lifetime.

A desperate, one-time performance to escape the man who would kill me again in a year.

***

"Dalia, time... Don't say the time we spent together meant nothing."

"And if it was nothing?"

Dalia's voice was calm, almost detached, her expression unreadable. It was so effortlessly indifferent that it left Curtis speechless.

Never in his life had anyone silenced him. No one had ever dared. But now, for the first time, his tongue refused to move.

Meanwhile, Dalia's pale lips - lips that had never spoken freely in his presence - parted, her words as soft and fleeting as a lark's song.

"It was nothing, Your Grace. That time... meant nothing."

A bond is not measured in time alone. Some fall in love in an instant, while others remain strangers even after a lifetime together.

"Memories that should have been built over time, something to hold on to..."

With a faint smile, Dalia spoke the last words of a relationship that never really existed.

"There was never anything between us, was there?" <<less

Lowly shepherd. Illegitimate daughter. Disgraceful duchess.... more>>

Although she had married her beloved Duke Izar, Freesia lived as though she was trapped at the bottom of a bleak, hapless abyss.

Her family took complete advantage of her, and the people of the duchy hated her for being a stain on the household’s honor.

And then there was her husband, Izar.

Even after she had suffered a miscarriage, he remained cold.

“To be born to parents like us—happiness would forever elude that child.”

At Freesia’s funeral, he had shed not a single tear.

But Freesia wished for one last thing.

Please, cry for me.

Shed even a single tear.

Dearly, I hope that your feelings might change.

Even if it means living for just one more year, that’s fine.

Once that time has passed, then.

Come and cry at my funeral.

*

For the first time, Freesia dared to glare at this man.

The dreadful document in her hand fell to the ground.

“How could you do something so cruel to me, to treat me worse than an animal!”

She was mistaken.

She thought, finally, this man held affection for her. That he trusted her.

That, perhaps… it could even be love.

But it was nothing like that. He deceived her.

“You ruined my life.”

There were only five months left before her demise. <<less

I possessed an extra young lady, Adelia Blaise, who did not appear in the original novel.... more>>

The male lead, who was called madman due to his severe insomnia, was destined to be saved by the female lead, the saint.

Since this had nothing to do with me, I was just planning to live by publishing a book.

But, the male lead suddenly appeared before me.

Of all things, holding the book that I had published with him as the subject.

Making all the excuses, I even read the book to prove my innocence.

“Don’t tell me you’re falling asleep… Huh?”

The male lead fell asleep.

* * *

“I’m not the one who saves you, Cain.”

“…That mouth.”

“You’ll meet a woman who’s much more benevolent and kinder than me, and she’ll save you…!”

“Shut up, Lia.”

The corners of his lips, which had been moving leisurely, twisted and rose.

“Okay, then let’s do this. The moment I leave this room, I’ll kill the woman you said is more benevolent and kinder than you.”

“…What, what did you say?”

“Bring as many people as you want.”

“….”

“Because there’s no one like you in this world.”

I was astonished to hear the male lead say that he would kill the heroine of the novel with his own mouth.

“You’ll be the one who will save me, Lia.”

…I think I twisted the original story. <<less

I thought I was a non-existent extra, but they say I’m Duke ‘Rosenta Estella’ in the novel.... more>>

No wait, Rosenta is a secondary male character?

Wasn’t he a man?

“Vivian, are you still asking Rosenta to tie up your hair?”

“Huh? What does that matter?”

Why are the male lead and the villain fighting over me?!

The crown prince, who was originally described as a tyrant, grew up smiling and the wicked woman, Vivian, became a rabbit-like girl following me around.

But the biggest problem is…

“Please put a leash on me.”

The obsession of the yandere character in the original work is directed toward me.

Why is everyone doing this to me?!

I’m just a secondary male character in charge of heartbreak! <<less

“Do you have to drag me down to the very bottom to feel satisfied?”... more>>

Henrietta, an illegitimate daughter of the Osborne family, had spent her whole life being labeled as having dirty blood.

Her secret lover, the Duke of Schutzman, only worsened her torment by pressuring her to become his mistress.

Desperate, she reached out to Hendrik, an expelled illegitimate child of the imperial family who had returned as a prince.

“You no longer need to worry about the scandals attached to your name.”

“How is that possible?”

“Once you become my wife, our illustrious family will naturally sort it all out.”

In a world where nothing was truly free, these two souls, who yearned for freedom more than anyone else, began a love affair in order to escape the chains that bound them.

“When this marriage ends, there's only one thing I desire—freedom. I want a meticulous and unbreakable freedom that neither cursed blood nor incomprehensible traditions could ever restrain.”

“Of course, without a doubt.” <<less

I found myself inside a simulation game set in a ‘Guideverse’ world. I'm supposed to be a Guide, but I'm an extra who can hide her abilities!... more>>

Since it's come to this, should I try living a sweet life with an attractive and talented Esper who suits my taste?

Just as I was about to go all-in, I discovered a super handsome guy on the brink of a rampage and guided him passionately with a kiss.

Now, all that's left is our hundred-year journey together as he falls for my amazing guiding, right?

...Or so I thought.

As it turns out, I made a mistake and guided the Esper who was none other than the world's most powerful villainous mastermind, the black-hearted master of this universe?

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"Rose Valentine."

"..."

"I’ve always been certain that I’ll find my Guide."

"..."

"Since you've been hiding so well until now, you deserve some punishment."

"..."

"First, I'll do XX to XX, and then I'll XX you."

"...."

"And after that, I'll XX and XX with you—"

Rose Valentine's relentless struggle to avoid the obsession of the world's most powerful villain was a battle she never expected to face! <<less

Synopsis:... more>>

She had a dream where her entire family died in a house engulfed in flames.

The pain was so vivid, the situation so lifelike, that even after waking, she couldn’t be sure it had only been a dream.

And then it began to repeat, memories looping for an entire year.

As overlapping events started to occur in real life, Elena Vened finally realized: it hadn’t just been a nightmare. It had been reality.

She tried desperately to save her family, but all her efforts ended in utter failure.

Instead, she uncovered the truth… that the one responsible for their deaths was none other than Van Nizena, the Grand Duke and guardian of the North.

Driven by a single purpose, revenge, Elena joined the Ridwan Knights Order under Van’s command.

Eventually, she seizes a chance to get close to him, when she is appointed as his temporary aide…

“I was just looking for a temporary replacement and you came to mind, Vened.”

「On the Past Companions of Dragons in the Kingdom of Valra」

「How to Form a Bond with a Dragon」

These were the titles on today’s library checkout list.

“I didn’t realize the famous Lady Vened was harboring such passionate feelings for me. <<less

I woke up inside the novel [A Step Away from Hell] , a story I had read in my past life.... more>>

And not just anywhere—I found myself in a world destined to be destroyed by future disasters.

As if that wasn’t unfair enough, the place where I opened my eyes was none other than the s*ave shop where those very disasters were being raised.

Before I knew it, I had become a s*ave, forced to live in the same room as the young disasters who would one day bring about the end of the world…

“I told you, that’s Lizzie’s spot! Mary’s side has always been Lizzie’s spot…!”

“I sat here first. Why should it be yours? Explain it logically.”

“W-We should all s-sit fairly… t-together… I-I also… want to…”

“Friends shouldn’t fight…”

Yet, when I met them in person, they were nothing more than children—starved for affection.

These adorable kids… How could they possibly become the terrifying disasters that would one day destroy the world?

The answer was simple. The so-called ‘education’ of the nobles, carried out under the pretense of raising high-class s*aves.

“N-no, I d-don’t want to…! St-stay away! Don’t come near me!”

“Haah… Listen, brat. If you don’t want to get hurt, you’d better behave. Starting today, your ‘education’ begins.”

I had read the novel. I knew exactly who would take them and what horrors they would endure.

In other words, I knew how to handle the nobles.

If that’s the case…

“I’ll go instead.”

If I could take their misfortunes, couldn’t I also change the future that leads to destruction? <<less

With his significant contribution to the war against the Kingdom of Seitria, Cassel Jen Roten, became the hero of the Empire.... more>>

In order to participate and qualify in the war, he had a political marriage with Leila Eloisa.

As soon as she heard that Cassel became the war hero, she received divorce papers from the imperial family.

With the tacit coercion that encouraged their divorce, even though she had a heart for Cassel, she was conflicted.

Leilia never wanted to beg for love.

That was why she signed the divorce papers.

She sent it to Cassel, but she got an unexpected reaction…

“There’s not going to be a divorce.”

Embers flickered from his fingertips, and the divorce paper turned into ashes.

“You’ll have to at least be my wife until I get back.”

He may not be able to take her heart, but the position as her husband… it had to be entirely his. <<less

One day, when she opened her eyes, Dongbaek found herself much younger.... more>>

She had been living an ordinary college student’s life, but now she was thrown into the era of the Three Kingdoms.

“Um… which country is this?”

“It’s Han (漢). Were you not even aware of where you were?”

As if surviving as a woman in this harsh environment wasn’t difficult enough, a crow named Jao informed her that, as “Alice,” she must kill her nemesis, the “Queen,” to survive.

Determined, Dongbaek disguised herself as a man, entered the household of the powerful Zhang Rang as his adopted son, and began gathering talented figures from the Three Kingdoms one by one, eventually earning the emperor’s favor.

“I, So Dongbaek, humbly accept the command of the Son of Heaven and bring peace to this chaotic era before my return.”

It was the late Han Dynasty, a time of turmoil and bloodshed.

Destined to face the “Queen,” So Dongbaek embarks on her survival project in the world of the Three Kingdoms.

“I’m Alice, after all. I don’t log out easily.” <<less

Costance Orsi.... more>>

The child of a fleet admiral.

It seems that the heir to the Marquisate likes her.

She doesn’t know why he likes a mere civil servant like her,

But his interest was overwhelming for her.

So she decided to quit her job and quietly live in the south…

“…It’s… it’s just a coincidence, Vivi.”

Meeting him in a quiet café in a southern rural village far from the capital,

The coincidence was too much.

*

“Why do you keep running away? Have I… have I done something wrong?”

He was always someone who observed propriety, no matter the situation.

Even when things were urgent, he never acted rashly…

“…I’m sorry.”

“For what, exactly?”

When she hung her head deeply low, Costance nervously bit his lips.

“I… I have something I must tell you.”

Oh no, could it be…

“The reason I kept following you. Vivi, I’m more serious than you think. I want to marr—”

“Stop!”

She cut him off in a panic.

Costance looked at her with tearful eyes wide open.

“Please, please…”

“…”

“Don’t propose to me. Please…”

Eventually, Costance’ expression completely crumbled. <<less

“I’m going to live here with sister!”... more>>

She possessed a supporting role, who was swayed by the villain and killed by the male protagonist, Duke Claude Winterville. In addition, she accidentally picked up his nephew!

Furthermore…

“You better tell me the truth. How did you put me to sleep?”

Like in the original novel, her ability to heal Claude’s insomnia was revealed. In the end, she even received an offer as his exclusive barista to make ’sleeping coffee’ for him!

However, to avoid the death flag, she had to decline the offer—

“I’ll open up a cafe in the capital, and of course, the owner will be you, April.”

As expected, the best treatment is financial treatment.

“I’ll do it!”

She accepted the offer, blinded by her dream of opening her own cafe.

She was just trying to help him sleep well and only took Claude’s hand because of the beneficial offer… but, why did he suddenly get obsessed?

“I won’t let you regret your decision.”

Somehow, his gaze looked unusual. <<less

Several decades ago, humanity faced an extinction-level crisis. The skies and the earth split apart, and mysterious lifeforms began slaughtering people. It was then that Espers—humans with awakened superpowers—and Guides, who could heal them, emerged. Yoon Tae-ha, an S-class Esper, has been living on borrowed time due to a prolonged lack of proper guidance.... more>>

One day, Cheon Geon-young, the heir to CH Group—the company that owns Korea’s most powerful guild—appears before her with a proposal.

“I’ll do my best as your Guide, so I hope you’ll lend me your strength, Miss Yoon Tae-ha.”

A third-generation chaebol heir working for a rival company? Suspicious, to say the least. But with survival at stake, Tae-ha reluctantly accepts his offer. Thus begins their relationship, rooted in distrust. However, Cheon Geon-young uses his alluring charm to shake her resolve…

“Stop touching my hand.”

“You’re lacking guidance.”

“My energy’s fully charged.”

“The backup battery will feel hurt if you reject me.”

…Who was it that suggested keeping things professional again?

[New releases every Saturday] <<less

“Please be my husband for just a year!”... more>>

I only had one year left to live, and the way I choose to escape from my vicious family was marriage.

“You have a secret lover, right? I’m going to die anyway, so I’ll just be your air-like wife who fill that empty position.”

To escape my house I had the good idea to propose to Kaiyen, the Grand Duke of the North and a war hero known for being cruel, but….

“Mana Overload is not an incurable disease. It can’t be.”

The duke was so kind to me that my heart started to melt.

Duke, I thought you had a lover…? <<less

I was reincarnated as Rohana, a supporting character who, despite being the fiancée of the male lead, the crown prince, wishes for his happiness with the heroine and is killed by the villain.... more>>

To avoid my death, I decided to become the crown prince's true lover this time, and I thought I had twisted the original plot just like that... but...

"Rohana, say hello. This is Aurelia."

One day, shortly before the wedding, a shocking event occurred. The original heroine appeared as the crown prince's secret lover.

I tried to break off the engagement and run away, but then Duke Delcliff, whom I thought was the mastermind for my death in the original story, suddenly proposed to me...?

"Make a contract with me. I will divorce you."

Mentioning divorce, no less.

...Can I really trust this man?

▶ A brief preview

"Now that my business with you is over, has Aurelia returned?"

A face that seemed to crumble stared at her. It was a face of disbelief. Then it quickly turned as cold as ice.

"Rohana, Aurelia is only here temporarily."

A rough sigh escaped from Rohana's lips. Rohana shook her head. She didn't want to hear it.

Rohana exhaled with a frown.

"You and Bardi Rentworth... are truly pathetic humans."

"Rohana."

She didn't want to hear it.

"You saw me run away too..."

Rohana murmured. The moment she was caught by him on the day of the coronation felt as vivid as yesterday.

"Why did you have to be so mean about a subject that involved a contract marriage?"

Tears fell to the floor past her chin. Memories of the kiss that felt like a burn, the fingertips, the nights that were heated even in the cold winter, all tore through her heart.

At that moment, a hoarse voice rang out.

"I..."

How much time had passed? When Rohana lifted her head, she saw him.

"You can't imagine that I did it out of love, can you?"

Rohana's breath stopped for a moment. The sound that reached her ears slowly settled in her mind.

"I..."

His low voice was filled with pain like a needle.

"I did it because I fell in love with you." <<less

“I know you hate us a lot.”... more>>

She possessed the villain maid Eugenia.

At the moment when she was about to flirt for her own safety, she received a very dangerous request from Joshua, the original male lead who was still young.

“Get us out of here and take us to the Isa Empire. If you do that, all these jewels are yours.”

She tried to pretend not to know, but her conscience as an adult was aching, so she tried to take the twins to their destination… The twins and the Duke of Herace were starting to become obsessed!

“Why are you trying to leave?”

“Now that I have brought you two safely, I have to start a new life now.”

“You stirred us up so much, and now you’re leaving? Were you so irresponsible? What about the kids?”

At that moment, cold gazes around them turned towards Eugenia.

‘No! We’re not like that! It’s all wrong!’

Even the twins held onto her ankles and cried…!

“Sister, where… are you going?”

“Did you forget about the contract? If you’re going to leave, pay the penalty and go.”

They were grabbing the fake contract that I signed out of pity!

“Where did you learn something like that?”

She said he’s like those ugly twins! Why was everyone holding on to her ankles sadly?

The only thing she stirred in their lives was whipped cream. The indignant Eugenia’s great transformation misunderstanding romance! <<less

“I swear. You won't regret marrying me, Your Grace.”... more>>

I became the terminally ill wife, who’s an extra, who gets assassinated right after marriage. It's bad enough that I've transmigrated, but I can't just sit still and die like this!

I planned to help the male lead grow, maintain a good relationship, and then exit with a generous alimony before the female lead appears... But the female lead is nowhere to be seen, and the male lead is trying to make me the female lead!

“Anette, you are my only wife. I can't even think of loving anyone else.”

Not to mention, my role in the original story is already over, yet the male lead is becoming obsessed with me!

“Of course, you feel the same, right?”

Anette, the cunning transmigrator who wants to live as a wealthy divorcee with alimony, and Darius, the Northern Grand Duke who can never let her go. When should the terminally ill extra wife, married to the male lead, exit the original story? <<less

Yvonne, who lost her parents, was taken in by Count Kleene.... more>>

She was set to be engaged to the young count,

but just before the engagement ceremony, she caught him cheating.

While searching for a way to become independent after breaking off the engagement,

she came across a suspicious job posting just in time.

[Seeking someone with dazzling silver hair and fresh green eyes.]

The employer? None other than the Empire’s most famous knight—

Duke Dante Christopher!

After luckily passing the interview, Yvonne is hired as the caretaker of the duke’s mansion.

Using her skills in knitting and embroidery, she begins to brighten up the gloomy estate,

dreaming of a fresh start in the capital...

Somehow, the people of the duchy start calling her madam,

and Dante, who rarely visited the duchy before,

suddenly begins joining her for dinner every night.

He even asks her to teach him how to knit—

and earnestly learns with those large, calloused hands…

“What’s this?”

“A return gift.”

“Do you know what kind of flower this is?”

“...”

Isn’t this the kind of flower you give when confessing your love...?

You hired me as a caretaker!

So why are you being so kind to me?! <<less

Julia is a knight with the power of ice magic. She was loyal to Emperor Hernant as a knight—and loved him as a woman.... more>>

But Hernant betrayed her, and she died because of it.

That wasn’t the end.

At the moment of her death, a strange power turned back time. Julia returned to the past—five years before her death.

Now that she’s back, she makes a new decision:

This time, she won’t side with Hernant. Instead, she will support his younger brother and rival, Martin.

Meanwhile, Hernant doesn’t know that Julia has returned from the future. He begins to obsess over her and tries to make her his—again.

But Julia’s heart has already started to lean toward Martin.

At first, Martin is suspicious of Julia… but slowly, he begins to desire her too.

“Even if you’re just playing with me… right now, I find it hard to push you away.” <<less

Riena, who is being forced into an unwanted marriage by her stepmother, receives proposals from two men.... more>>

One is Johannes, who fell in love at first sight and proposed six months ago, and the other is Cassel, a man who has appeared in her dreams for months, begging her to run away with him.

Riena feels suspicious and hesitates at the sudden proposals from both men, but she decides to enter into a contract marriage with Cassel, who brings a letter from her father.

“I hope you find happiness during this marriage.”

“No matter what happens, I hope you won’t give up on yourself.”

“I love you. From the moment I first saw you, always.”

Cassel's unconditional devotion and kindness gradually draw her in, and one day, she has another dream...

〈I must have told you several times; you only need me, my lady.〉

Johannes whispers eerily, gripping her hair.

〈If you refuse again this time, I’ll kidnap you if I have to.〉

Cassel, with a pained expression, gently caresses her wounds.

And as dreams and reality continue to intertwine in similar yet different ways, Riena becomes increasingly confused... <<less

"My dream is to become a super cool villain and conquer the world!"... more>>

The four years old Flora confidently shouted this to her friends at the orphanage.

In this life, she vowed to become a true villain and take over the world!

Because she was the reincarnation of the greatest enemy of mankind, the Archdemon Morus, who once tried to destroy the world.

"I want to be Flora's No. 1 minion!"

"Then I’ll be her right-hand, not just a minion!"

Riding the wave of popularity, she began planning her life with her future underlings...

Until—

“Flora. This man is your biological father.”

A father she never even knew existed suddenly appeared.

And apparently, he was a descendant of none other than Lucifer—the enemy who drove her to death in her previous life.

What?! I thought I was an orphan! And now I find out I’m related to my mortal enemy’s bloodline?

Fine. If that’s how it is, I’ll use my enemy’s money to destroy the world.

…Or so she resolved—briefly. Until despair hit again.

“What the heck? How can a duke’s family be poorer than an orphanage?!”

A cute and feisty baby villain sets out to revive her enemy’s ruined household and conquer the world. <<less

One day, C-class guide Roen accidentally guides Calix, the head of the country's top private mercenary group Eclipse . But this man is somehow suspicious. ... more>>

"I'm a C-class and I have my flaws as a guide, so why do you want to take me with you?"

"I told you. I like you. I need you."

Unlike the arrogant gaze of the top predator in the food chain, he spoke in a sweet and seductive voice.

"Come with me."

Let’s go to Eclipse together. And… …

“It’s not enough.”

He bit my lips like a hungry beast and dug into me. Our bodies pressed closer and humid air filled the surroundings. Was this what it felt like to be eaten?

“Ha… This is so damn good. What the hell are you?”

▶A quick taste I guess my hair wasn’t completely dry, so water droplets fell on my knuckles. The faint scent of shampoo lingered at the tip of my nose, making my head dizzy. Even his eyes were wet and moist. Calix looked like a spy using a charm in a spy movie.

“How about sleeping next to me?”

“Yes?”

“You sleep so well without even dreaming when you sleep with me.”

“Don’t be ridiculous.”

Calix’s face hardened when the charm didn’t work.

“That’s the only way.”

He unfastened the cuffs on my wrist and rolled up my sleeves to my forearms. Even in my dark room with only a few candles lit, my eyes were drawn to her pale, shiny skin.

“Wait, Calix. What are you doing?”

“Faint.”

Did he misunderstand the definition of fainting? His gaze did not seem to lie. As if to prove it, he leaned toward me, placing one hand on the bed.

I thought, “No way,” and backed away as far as he could.

Then my head suddenly touched the headboard. Even though there was nowhere else to retreat, he kept coming closer. I thought I knew what he was going to do.

“Wait. Calix, this doesn’t feel right.”

He came close to my lips. He didn’t even pretend to hear me as I twisted my head. It felt like his cold body temperature would touch my lips at any moment. His blue eyes were rippling and loose. <<less

Ten-year-old Marina’s destiny began when she met the teary-eyed boy at the Imperial Palace. The time she spent with him playing chess was like a fairytale, sweet but short-lived. It had become a faint memory of first love.... more>>

Betrayed by her fiancé at eighteen, she decides to fulfill her lifelong dream and work in government office. Much to her dismay, she soon learns that life at the Imperial Palace was just too exhausting. There were so many twists and turns! But she held on; she hoped to see the boy in her youth once more, even if only for a little. Turns out that the boy had always watched her from afar.

And so begins a complicated love affair at the Imperial Palace! Will Marina be able to find happiness? <<less

The heroine entered a novel as the saintess that walked a th**ny path. However, she did not desire the bleak road, instead opting to walk on a flowery path by abandoning the frustrating original timeline and adopting a father.... more>>

“You, be my daddy!”

Turns out he’s the final boss and villain which worked out just as well.

“Daddy, why is your name daddy? So cute. What did you eat for breakfast? Handsomeness?”

As she dreamt of a happy ending with her daddy, a huge obstacle stood in her path: the existence of the hero destined to annihilate the final boss. Since it’s come to this, the heroine decided to save her father and the hero. Maybe the world, too, if she had the time. But her daddy is being a pain…he keeps raising death flags and now the hero’s obsessed over her, asking to take responsibility for taming him.

Just what is going on? <<less

A cold, uncaring husband, and unreasonable mother-in-law, and a wrongful death — could your life get any worse? What if you were given a chance... more>> to change things? When Amber is sent ten years back in time at the moment of her execution, she finds herself face to face with the younger version of her husband, but something’s different about him... He’s completely at her beck and call! Will she be able to prevent the past from repeating itself, or will her life spiral into misery once again? Operation: Leveling Up My Husband to the Max begins now! <<less