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Eric Porter suddenly remembered the memories of his 20 past lives randomly one day and realized that he was one of the many villains in a novel he once read beforehand. Sounds cliche but cool, right? Too bad in one of his past lives, he killed the female protagonist of the novel, and ever since then, the female protagonist has returned the favor by killing him every time she regresses back. Now with his past memories restored, Eric must find a way to survive against the protagonist whom he has unfortunately wronged in his previous life. All solely for the sake of living to see another day.

The Earth, sealed for 5,000 years, is about to be unsealed, dusty civilization is about to awaken, and a world-destroying disaster is coming... but now he faces a terrible problem. Transformed into a loli?! Sister Yu?! How come there's still a kitten here!... let's see what will happen.

He should have kept walking. If he had, nothing would have changed. But he didn’t. Now there’s something in his life he doesn’t understand—something he knows he won’t be able to walk away from. An injured girl. Silent. Fragile. And not entirely human. It wasn’t supposed to be important. Just a moment. Something small enough to forget. But it didn’t disappear like everything else usually does. It stayed—quietly, persistently—settling into places he never let anything reach before. Changing things. Not all at once. Not in ways he can fully see yet. But enough that he can feel it. Some stories don’t begin with hope. They begin with a mistake you can’t take back. And sometimes… that mistake is the only reason something begins at all.

In a world where Mages and Wardens contain monstrous Realms to protect humanity, Killian Dominic was termed a Null. A stain on his prestigious family. But a mysterious awakening bloomed within him, granting him the forbidden SSS-Rank Void Element. Every element he devours becomes his weapon. Fire, Lightning, Wind, Earth. Nothing is beyond his reach! Now hunted by the Goddess's own Wardens, Killian sets out on a path of incredible devouring. He will become the necessary Warden who destroys the very Realms the Gods created. Follow Killian as he ascends and devours everything in his path! #fastpaced #Multi-ElementMC!

A rookie lawyer with no connections, no money, and no reputation is handed the cases everyone else refuses. Just when he’s about to quit, a mysterious Debate System awakens—analyzing evidence, predicting arguments, and guiding him toward impossible victories. One by one, he begins winning cases that should have destroyed him. But the more he wins, the more dangerous his opponents become. Prosecutors start targeting him, powerful law firms move to crush him, and hidden corruption within the justice system begins to surface. When the system reveals its true purpose—to expose the elites controlling the law—he realizes that every victory pushes him closer to becoming their next target. In a world where truth is manipulated and power decides justice, can a single lawyer really change the system… or will he be silenced before the final verdict?

Julian, an aimless college student suddenly finds himself in a place of infinite white called Nirvana. He discovers that this place can grant other people's wishes to which he receives a compensation. But things wouldn't be as face-valued as they seem as the role of the Gatekeeper is a lot more than Julian expects. TW: This story may delve to sensitive topics regarding trauma, abuse, self-harm, mental health problems, etc.

Heartbreak isn’t the end of the world; it’s the beginning of something new and, of course, something good. This is the story of a young man named Luke who, in his own mind, was born under a bad sign. He’s twenty years old and still a virgin, having never even been in a relationship. His teenage years were swallowed up by the family cafe, working to support himself and his two younger siblings after their parents passed away and left the shop to the children. As of now, he has been rejected by the girl of his dreams 100 times, a streak that has lasted from middle school all the way through college. But in reality, he is a handsome, hot guy. The proof is in the cafe’s customers, who are mostly women—ranging from students to career professionals—who come just to enjoy the coffee and get some eye candy by looking at the barista, Luke. Beyond that, the cafe has become a prime spot for matchmaking, because so many girls go there specifically to find a partner. What actually happened was that the 100 girls who rejected Luke felt a wave of regret when they saw his true, attractive appearance. On campus, he only wore plain, baggy clothes inherited from his late father because he saving money for cafe. Naturally, those 100 girls started flocking to the cafe, hoping Luke would confess his feelings to them one more time, and of course, this time they wouldn't turn him down. But since he already felt the sting of rejection, Luke simply ignored them. This is what triggered the girls to become miserable. If one of them was feeling down and a guy happened to approach her, they would start dating on the spot as a way to vent and erase the heartache. Or, for those who were desperate but still wanted to try, they would go outside, grab a random man, and make him an instant boyfriend just to make the indifferent Luke jealous—though in the end, those girls usually ended up actually dating the men they brought in. Luke had no clue this was happening, nor did he know that a System had attached itself to him. Every time a couple formed in the cafe because of him and completed a secret system task, Luke would receive a reward in the form of cash. Naturally, Luke was confused because he was suddenly receiving quite a lot of money out of nowhere. Eventually, he began to think, "The more I get rejected, the more money I'll get," without ever knowing the truth because the system inside him was a silent one that never told him a thing. This is the story of Luke's journey through his daily life, along with his two siblings and friends, who are secretly helped by a system that never shows anything except from behind the scenes, namely letting the girl who approaches him despair and then get a match in a cafe.

He died during closing arguments. The jury never heard his final words. The courtroom moved on. He didn't. Now Chen Lu practices law for the dead. His first client? A woman convicted of murder. She died in prison. She didn't do it. The real killer is still alive. Still free. Still living in the apartment where her husband died. There's only one problem. Chen Lu can't touch evidence. He can't speak to the living. He can't even pick up the phone that could prove her innocence. He needs someone who can see him. Someone who can help. He finds her in a funeral home. She's not happy about it. A supernatural legal drama. A lawyer who never stopped working. A truth the living refused to see.

In the heart of Hollywood, where fame and fortune shine the brightest, darkness hides just beneath the surface. Lucien Blackwood runs a small antique shop that no one notices… and no one understands. Every item in his store carries a story. Some carry curses. Some carry death. And some— Should never have existed at all. After awakening a mysterious ability known as Fate Insight, Lucien can see what others cannot: The countdown of death. The shadows clinging to the living. The horrors waiting just out of sight. As strange clients begin to appear at his door—each more dangerous than the last—Lucien realizes one terrifying truth: This world is not normal. It never was. But for him? Dealing with cursed objects… Performing exorcisms… And walking the line between life and death— Is just part of running a shop.

The world didn't end with a bang; it ended with a notification. When the "System" initialized, humanity turned into monsters. Ren, a starving college student trapped in a cafeteria, awakens the only F-Rank skill deemed useless by the global rankings: [Binge Eater]. While others summon fireballs or swing holy swords, Ren has to do something disgusting to survive: he has to eat the monsters. But when he takes his first bite of a mutated rat, the System pings. [Genetic Sequence Extracted. Agility +5. Skill Acquired: Shadow Step.] Ren realizes the truth. He isn't the prey. The apocalypse is just an all-you-can-eat buffet. And he’s starving.

Jake Rivers was just another broke university student trying to survive—until an accident changes everything. After waking from surgery, Jake discovers a terrifying advantage: for one hour each day, he can see the gold market with impossible clarity. Every move, every trap, every surge becomes predictable. With no money and no safety net, he quietly turns this ability into profit, transforming small trades into growing wealth. What begins as a desperate attempt to pay debts soon becomes something far bigger. As Jake’s fortune rises, so does attention from powerful figures who notice a silent player dominating the financial world. To protect his edge and build something lasting, Jake must master discipline, secrecy, and ambition. Because getting rich is only the beginning. Jake Rivers is on his way to becoming a tycoon. ___ Just another newbie author here... Original novel...

No matter how powerful you are, no matter how rich you stand—don’t you dare act arrogant in front of me. I’m Ye Qiu. I can save your life… and I can end it.

PRIME SUSPECT Some secrets don't stay buried. They wait. When Samson Roland, CEO of one of Madrid's most powerful conglomerates, receives an anonymous call in the dead of night, he expects a threat. What he gets is something far worse — the truth. Told through the voice of the one person he never expected to see again, Prime Suspect unravels the story of a family built on power, rotted from within by greed, and ultimately destroyed by the one thing none of them saw coming. When Rachel Andrews returns to Madrid after years away, the Roland family begins to bleed. A patriarch found dead in his study, eyes removed. A son follows. Suspects multiply — a bitter uncle with a stolen birthright, a volatile heir with public threats on record, a woman whose return seems to have started everything. As the investigation tightens, nothing is what it appears. And the truth, when it finally comes, has been standing quietly in the room the entire time. Prime Suspect is a story about love, betrayal, and the kind of justice that leaves no fingerprints. It begins with a phone call in the dark. It ends with the truth.

[Ding!] [Cashback System Activation Requirement Met!] [System Binding In Progress...!] [System Successfully Linked!] [Spent $1,000. 10x Critical Hit. Earned $10,000. The money has been transferred to account XXX-XXX-XXX] [Spent at least $1,000 on a beautiful lady. Received 1 lottery ticket. Do you want to use it?] [YES][NO] Kyle was a man that has never had any luck in life and he was on the verge of ending it all after being fired from his minimum wage job due to a customer's complaint which turned out to be a lie but due to the customer being an attractive lady, no one believed Kyle. To make matters worse, he had to pay for the damages that was caused by the customer. Beautiful people, they had it easy, didn't they? This was his last step and he knew that he wouldn't see tomorrow as he searched for a river to throw himself in. He thought his mind finally broke as there was no explanation for the Cyan Screen that popped up as he clicked the [YES] button. [You have drawn Charm!] [Charm: There is nothing the user can't charm his way out of or into! The universe has blessed you with charisma!] "Hahaha! I must have lost my marbles..." Kyle muttered to himself but his phone soon rang out to show that he had a notification. And to his surprise, he saw $10,000 sitting in his account and his jaw dropped. "THIS IS FOR REAL!!!"

He died reaching for her hand in the rain. The world knew her as the future queen of K-pop. He was nobody. Just a man who stood outside studio walls for hours just to hear her voice. The night they died together should have been the end. Instead, he woke up in 2014. Twelve years before the accident. Twelve years before her fame. He remembers everything. She remembers only one thing. Someone died trying to save her. And somewhere in this new timeline… the man who died for her is walking toward her again.

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What if you were rejected three times over—by your family, by society, and by the world itself? This is not a tale of vengeance, nor the story of a barbaric conqueror. It is the story of someone who possesses overwhelming power, yet wishes for nothing more than to be accepted and live as an ordinary human. Al is the true-born son of the noble Virellano family. But seventeen years ago… he was swapped at birth, abandoned at an orphanage, and forgotten by his own blood. Now, he has returned. Not as a guest. Not as an intruder. But as the real young master. The problem? That family… has grown to love the child who isn’t even theirs. Al doesn’t care. He’s not interested in fake affection, inheritance, or the family throne. All he wants is a normal life—an existence where he can finally be accepted, not as a terrifying creature, not as a monster, but as a human. But within his body lies a forgotten ancient energy. And the sealed living weapon he carries… is slowly awakening. This world is far from simple. Beneath the glittering lives of nobles lies a hidden system of energy, ancient races, and long-dead magic… waiting to rise again.

Emil Kaspari always half-believed the conspiracy theories. The hidden world beneath the visible one. The things that moved in the dark. The people who were more than people. He stopped half-believing on the night something came out of the dark on a deserted road and took his entire family from him. A girl with a blade arrived too late to save them and just in time to save him. Her name is Gwen. She is the strongest new Savant in recorded history. The world beneath the world is real. People whose brains were restructured by traumatic injury walk among the ordinary, organized into factions that are quietly tearing each other apart. Emil is one of them now — activated the night his skull met glass. He doesn't care about politics. He doesn't care about the war. The creature that killed his family came from somewhere. There are more of them. And Emil, with his grief hammered into something cold and patient and purposeful, has only one thing left worth wanting. He's going to find every last one.

Aren Vale had one year left. One year to escape the cycle of survival jobs, eviction notices, and the slow drowning that came from being gutter-born in the sovereign state of Veltrion. He'd tried before. Dropped out of Aetherium Academy's Ascension Year at seventeen, working nights, sleeping through days, watching his grades slide from promising to invisible. Six months later, he hit bottom in a free clinic with exhaustion and a letter that said: Thirty days. Pay or vacate. Then he woke up again. One month before exams. Body younger. Memories intact. A second chance without explanation. And something else. Something waiting. [SOVEREIGN PROTOCOL INITIALIZING...] A system that doesn't grant power—it reveals capability. No combat levels. No fantasy mana. Just tasks, growth, and the brutal mathematics of impact: help yourself by creating value for others. Learn faster. Decide smarter. Build something that lasts. But Veltrion doesn't reward merit easily. The Spire-lords hoard opportunity. The Lattice of finance and power runs on connections Aren doesn't have. And his "non-cooperative" withdrawal from Aetherium left bridges burned, doors closed, and administrators who remember his name. The system offers structure. Stability. A path from Stage 1 Foundation to Stage 5 Sovereign through knowledge, business, and social impact. What it can't offer is trust. Relationships. The willingness to need someone. Aren has thirty days to re-enroll, rebuild, and prove the statistics wrong—the ones that say ninety-four percent of users abandon the Protocol within ninety days. He's been abandoned before. By institutions. By people. By his own hope. This time, the system stays. The question is whether he can. Progression | Contemporary | Psychological | Drama From gutter to Spire. From invisible to undeniable. From potential to protocol.

Ava Bennett was once the ultimate party girl—insatiable, shameless, sleeping with anyone for the thrill. But after marrying Ryan, a stable, loving husband, she moved to a quiet suburb to start fresh as the perfect wife. Six months in, the old cravings won't die. Ryan's gentle love leaves her body aching for the rough, forbidden pleasure she used to chase. Every glance from the neighbor, every accidental touch from a stranger, ignites a fire she fights to control. As temptations close in—sleazy delivery guys, dominant neighbors, Ryan's boss—Ava battles guilt and desire. How long can she resist before she falls back into her nympho ways? Before secret encounters turn into full betrayal? Before Ryan discovers his "faithful" wife is craving something he can't give? A tale of corruption, guilt, and irresistible lust in a seemingly perfect marriage. (Strong 18+ content ahead: cheating, NTR elements, explicit scenes.) want to get early access and read 25+ chapters ahead of current story? Here: https://www.patreon.com/c/maddy32/posts