Chapter 8 in Naver\'s 2023 Rookie Short Story Collection (2023 루키 단편선).
Philomel—the fake princess—conspires with her mother to impersonate the imperial princess and cause a war between the Mage Tower and the Empire. Once her crimes were exposed, she was sentenced to execution. A death truly befitting of a wicked— “Even if the Philomel within the book had done some wrong, it wasn’t enough to warrant death!” Philomel yelled and threw the book she\'d been reading. She had simply been curious about a book she\'d picked up in the garden, but the contents of the book stated that she would die! Although she wanted to believe it was nothing but fiction, everything that happened from that moment onwards went just like in the book. “Since it has come to this… my goal is to survive!” Will Philomel be able to discover the origins of the suspicious book and live on?
To Hyeon whose life had settled into a grey mind-numbing routine, a discovery in her neighbourhood leads to days where her weariness heals little by little.
After killing the male lead, the originally innocent girl transformed into a villainess. Just as she was about to enjoy her newfound freedom, she died a violent death and returned back to the start of the game. Having carried over with her all the skills she acquired in her previous \"playthrough\", she was prepared to kill the male lead again; however, the current circumstances seem a bit... strange?
The Head of the Laoshan Sect was attacked and killed by the Demon King.When he was dying, his soul left his body and returned to the modern world after 300 years, His soul possessed the body of a weak man who eats soft rice. Now, he is determined to avenge himself against the Demon King, while also dealing with his mother-in-law......This new life isn't easy...
In the aftermath of the war, the world\'s hierarchy had been shaken up and enforced with an iron fist. Once a high-ranking officer among the beastkin, Qing Ti ends up at very bottom—reduced to a mere plaything—and falls into the hands of her nemesis, Chen Xilan. Just when people thought Qing Ti would be tormented to the point of wishing for her own death, the game of taming and being tamed had only started to begin.
Raised to kill like a pack of loyal hounds, the Baskerville children took countless lives as a band of fearsome assassins. Despite being the shunned illegitimate son of the brood, Vikir served his family faithfully, only to meet his untimely demise at his father’s hands. But when he is inexplicably reborn with a second chance at life, Vikir, armed with the memories and knowledge of his past, swears to rise above the pack and take his revenge. This time, he\'s ready to bite the hand that feeds.
In the mysterious, RPG dungeon-like Tower, Gongja Kim lives a mundane existence, envying all the star hunters. One day, his wish for more is granted with a legendary skill to copy others’ abilities… at the cost of his life. Before he can make sense of it, he’s killed by the #1 hunter, the Flame Emperor! But this activates his skill and now he’s copied a new one, the ability to travel back in time upon death. How will Gongja use these skills to outplay the competition and rise to the top?
.Having a two-faced bitch as a love rival isn't scary What's scary is that the bitch has the upper handreincarnating as his little brother! Due to his "little brother," his lover was snatched away, his grandfather suffered a terrible death, the family business was taken over, and on top of all that, he was chained and thrown into prison.However, on the night before his release, he got laid by a man in the midst of confusion and became pregnant. After he got out of prison, he came back anew; he opened a restaurant and made a fortune while raising his child. He lived a vibrant life, but certainly didn't forget to deal with his horrible ex and bitch.
Over a five-year journey around the world, Ye Changqing first believed he could be like other cool novel protagonist systems with a plug-in, but even the most common immortal cultivator cannot be. Living close to a sect in a small town was his only option, so he started a business. His small store eventually turned into the holy land of all the righteous individuals, and the dog he raised up turned out to be the feared demon king. From that moment on, everyone acknowledged Ye Changqing as a Supreme Master.
The end of the world is coming, and human beings have awakened their superpowers and fought against the monsters in the towers. However, there is a strongest BOSS sitting at the highest point of the tower - Demon King Jiu Ming. He is an insurmountable barrier for humans. One after another, the brave men always thought that they were the protagonists in the story, but the halo of the protagonists never came to them. When the protagonists lose their protagonist aura, they no longer are the protagonists.
