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Hestia: So, why do I sense my blessing on you? Kael: Blame it on that rabbit gentleman who mischievously showed up in my dreams seven years ago. Hestia: That's still no excuse for your multiple god-slayings. My reputation in heaven now exceeds even Loki's! Kael: Never mind that, Freya's coming! As a member of the Goddess of Beauty's familia, I need to get to work! Freya: Stay away from me! Kael: Don't panic! With these stacked abilities - 【Heart of Steel】 + 【Soul-Draining Strike】 + 【Flesh Puppet】 + 【Feast】 - there's no way I can lose! Freya: What's the combo this week? Kael: 【Sixth Man of the Year】 + 【Fountain Commander】 + 【Battlefield Support】 + 【Backstab】 + 【Going Home to Get Married】 _________ Raw: 地错，我的技能每周刷新 or Danmachi, My Skills Reset Weekly Author: 小毛球 or Xiao Mao Qiu www.patreon.com/c/mrblackwing

Iris Chen, 25, thought she knew what love meant. For six years, she poured her heart into Damien Hartwell—her college sweetheart, her fiancé, the man she believed would be her forever. She worked three jobs to support his startup dreams, deferred her own career, and endured her stepfamily's cruelty because he promised they'd build a life together. Then, the day before their wedding, Damien announces he's marrying her dying stepsister Vivienne instead. "She only has six months to live," he says, as if that makes breaking Iris's heart noble. "You're strong. You'll understand." Iris's father—who remarried after her mother's death—sides with his "fragile" stepdaughter. Her inheritance? Stripped away and given to Vivienne as a wedding gift. Her job at the family company? Terminated. Even her apartment was never really hers—it was in Damien's name. Cast out with nothing but a suitcase and a shattered heart, Iris is ready to disappear into obscurity. Until a sleek black car pulls up beside her in the rain, and a man who looks like sin in a three-piece suit offers her an umbrella. Adrian Thorne, 35, is Manhattan's most ruthless corporate titan—a self-made billionaire with ice in his veins and a reputation for destroying anyone who crosses him. He's also devastatingly handsome, dangerously intelligent, and apparently... interested in her. His offer is simple: a one-year contract marriage. He needs a wife to secure a inheritance from his traditionalist grandmother and close a major business deal. She needs revenge, money, and a way to make Damien regret every breath he takes. The rules are crystal clear: - No emotional attachment - No falling in love - No questions about his past - Public perfection, private distance Except Adrian doesn't do distance. Every carefully staged kiss for the paparazzi lingers too long. Every "pretend" touch burns too hot. Every night he insists she sleep in his penthouse "for appearances" ends with them barely keeping to their separate rooms. And when Iris discovers she's pregnant—from one forbidden night when the lines between fake and real completely blurred—their contract marriage becomes the most dangerous truth either has ever faced. Because Adrian Thorne isn't who he claims to be. He's not just some billionaire who happened to find her that rainy night. He's been watching her for years, waiting for the perfect moment to make his move. And his connection to her past—and to Damien—runs far deeper and darker than she ever imagined. Damien is on his knees begging (especially after "dying" Vivienne makes a miraculous recovery and reveals her own agenda). Her family wants her back now that she's Mrs. Adrian Thorne. But her fake husband isn't playing anymore. "You were my revenge plan, Iris. Now you're my entire world. And I don't share."

Amira never believed love could be signed on paper — until she became Leonardo Rossi’s wife. The contract was clear: no emotions, no questions, no future. But living under the same roof as the cold, enigmatic CEO turns every rule into a fragile thread waiting to break. Behind Leonardo’s flawless control lies a man haunted by loss, secrets, and a past that refuses to die. And behind Amira’s quiet obedience burns a fire she can no longer hide. When the truth about his late wife begins to unravel, Amira finds herself torn between the man she loves and the shadows that could destroy them both. In a world built on power, money, and lies — one forbidden kiss can ruin everything. Because this time, the contract wasn’t the trap… love was.

"Isekai means to begin the new life, to live. What if someone doesn't want to live?" — Rain Rain had an ordinary life — dreams, regrets, and a future he wanted to reach. But the moment he opens his eyes again, none of that remains. He awakens as a consciousness trapped between worlds: unseen, unheard, and condemned to die every three minutes. But with each cycle, Rain learns more about the rules of this strange existence : Acquire a host body, or be erased forever.

Humanity was given a thousand chances among the stars. Only five reached Earth-236. Among them was Eghosa — a girl who believed strength and honesty alone could change the world, until betrayal, luxury, and war tore her illusions apart. Now caught between the mystery of the empire and the shadow of a war threatening all of humanity, Eghosa must fight not just for victory, but for meaning itself. Each trial she survives consumes her a little more — until she learns that to conquer the world, she must first master the fire within.

A dirty game of power begins within the royal family to stop a prophecy. It corrupts everyone in the process, forcing Borgohain Vajradeha, a young lad, to undertake incredible endeavors to bring it all to an end.

Earth was crashed into. What crashed it? An advanced Celestial planetary body. The extraterrestrial beings themselves didn't know how their gravitational pull gave out or if it even did, but that didn't stop their rogues, beast and ideology from wreaking havoc on a planet they deem inferior. Koran and his family were in the middle of it, they witnessed the crash, destruction, felt it even. The moment they saw humanity betray one another they officially knew it was the end, nothing would save them, their world was now lawless. Food once considered bland became flavourful, cult sacrifices seen once as primitive were now used to appease a god they thought to have angered, everything had a say, murder, pleasure, warlords, slaves, traitors who even worked with the extraterrestrial beings Koran learns through loss, scars and allies that the only way to take down the extraterrestrials was using the one thing they trusted too much, Time.

Cycles of Balance: Price of Equilibrium (A story from the Petals of Timelessness multiverse) Once a cosmic architect of balance — a will beyond flesh and gender — now bound in a mortal shell with only a fragment of its power. A philosophical dark fantasy of choices and sacrifice, centered on the slow-burn tension of an impossible metaphysical connection between this cosmic architect and a mortal woman —one bound by logic, the other the anomaly who may be its undoing. The story begins at the Academy of Duality — ground zero for the reality-breaking anomaly OD must fix: an impossible love born when one soul was wished into this world from another. Here, as in all of Valtheim, rivalries, hidden cults, and fragile alliances test the limits of logic and control. Yet the Academy is only the beginning. In Price of Equilibrium, Arta Nox turns her focus from the external anomaly to her internal one: her "Unique Variable," Catherine Holu. Impartial analysis grows ever more difficult as the web of events tightens—threatening not only Illumora, but the Architect’s own perfect structure. A dark, reflective fantasy about the cost of order, the fragility of perfection, and the dangerous question of whether balance can ever truly exist. Genres in order of importance: Philosophical Fantasy Dark Fantasy Yuri (slow burn) Release schedule: ~2-3 chapters/parts per week Author’s note: English is not my native language, but I work hard to deliver polished chapters. Feedback is always welcome! Disclaimer: This story is entirely my own creation. For translation and polishing, I sometimes used digital tools to check phrasing, pacing, and readability—since I don’t have alpha readers. All creative decisions, worldbuilding, and style remain my own. Cover art by Vorkiss vol. 1: Echoes of the Past - [Completed] vol. 2: Price of Equilibrium - [Currently publishing]

Blood is all there is. Vita is all that gives. After the suicide of the High Monarch, the Senvia Empire is thrown into chaos. Denegis Blanc, Second Son of Blood Denegis, finds his peaceful life thrown into chaos. With peace gone, what will he do? In a world where power is inherited through veins and destiny is written in Vita, what remains when the old order dies?

#WSA2025 Word went around that no one that had ever knocked on the esteemed Eleazar family’s doors seeking shelter were turned away. Fleeing the prince of Lustris no less, Arabella Sterling held out hope that those weren’t mere rumors as she crossed the border over to Umbraria, home to all creatures of the night. A land where noble blood like hers was a highly coveted delicacy. As such, she wasn’t turned away, but since the Eleazars ran no charity, Arabella was compelled to become the sole blood provider to the heir of the family in exchange for safety. Though never, in a million years, did she imagine that what had started as a simple trade off, could morph into a swirl of tangled passion when the cold and stoic vampire she served showed interest in the young woman beyond the crimson nectar coursing her veins. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note that the most brutal of abuse (Which includes explicit sexual abuse) takes place near the climax of the story. All I will say is that it won't be enacted by the ML.

Rain pours over a frozen city street. A lone boy stands beneath a broken streetlight. Before him, a distorted silhouette—his unseen self—emerges from a swirling fracture in reality. Two versions of one fate stare at each other… Only one will remain real. --- Eshan Vale never believed choices mattered—until the day the world stopped and judged one of his. When time freezes and an Audit descends, Eshan faces a monster shaped from the version of himself created by the choice he didn’t make. This is his Possibility—stronger, faster, fearless… and determined to replace him. But Eshan awakens a forbidden power: the Fracture Core, a system born from defying fate itself. Every fight evolves him. Every evolution costs a memory. Every decision summons a new enemy— the version of himself who could have lived instead. As humanity is dragged into a war against their own unrealized selves, Eshan becomes the anomaly: the only human whose Possibility refuses to kill him. Some destinies fight. His destiny plots. And the truth behind their connection will rewrite the entire structure of reality. --- Action Cinematic Battles Psychological Thriller Dark Fantasy Non-Cliché Power System Identity Conflict Parallel Selves / Possibility Combat Mystery High-Stakes Evolution Situational Comedy (light / smart) PTJ-inspired pacing Unpredictable Plot Twists Monster/human hybrid concepts Memory-cost progression World-scale Audits ---

a 27 year old construction worker gets into a car accident, dies then gets unknowingly transmigrated into the body of a newly deceased 8 year old orphan girl in the world of black clover follow the harrowed adventures of a transmigrator who is absolutely not going to get paid enough for any of that bullshit. #genderbender #NOHAREM #howtfdoItag #first time author #slowburn

The universe is grand and incomprehensible. Civilizations rise and fall every cycle. Death is only a number; mortals are innumerable. Fate is influenced, destiny is manipulated, and what is inevitable is rewritten. Only in ascension can one achieve eternity; however, destruction is always in wait. War and death are omnipresent, and the center of all conspiracies rises, too doubtful to place his trust in anyone or thing, besides himself. This is a story of cosmic ascension, outerversal domination, and finally, returning to origin.

Lucian lived twenty years shackled by fate — trapped in a dead-end shop, wasted youth, unnoticed beauty, and a life that never belonged to him. But death came not with glory, but from the trembling hands of an unstable teenager… stabbed in the middle of the street as onlookers watched. Yet death wasn’t the end. Lucian opens his eyes in another world — a harsh medieval reality — inside the frail body of a 15-year-old orphan boy the villagers call “slow,” “cursed,” and “worthless.” The original soul, broken by cruelty and neglect, has vanished forever. Now Lucian inherits that life. Mocked. Starved. Bullied. Despised by the world once again — but this time, with a burning will to rise. A new world. A new body. A second chance. And this time, Lucian vows no fate, no society, no cruelty will chain him again.

The Garden of Eden is Abandoned. Angels bearing Divine Weapons draw blood against one another in a never-ending feud for the prize of return to the Garden. And where is the Most High who once guided them? Two watch in delight—one begs for peace to reign. None intervenes. Thrust into a hostile, new world, Uriel, the Virtue of Charity, is forced into a divine endless cycle of kill or be killed. One of the Original Twelve Virtues of Eden, he is now a reluctant war general for his legion, and the last defender of what remains of a former friend’s people. Others have taken up what the world decrees as its new law. Gabriel, driven by his duty to the Most High, has become an irresistible force built upon fanaticism. Daughter of Raphael, Michaela is torn between righteous justice and her growing darkness. And Lucifer…his chaos needs no introduction. Uriel refuses to believe that the self-destruction of his kind is the only way out. But once friends turned war enemies start to draw closer and allies die, he must confront the truth of the matter: Can he stay true to Charity when the only path forward requires the embrace of even a sliver of his divine darkness? A new spark of hope is needed to end this world’s suffering. All Uriel has to do is live long enough to see it. Expect: Angels, Divine Weapons, Power Systems, High Fantasy and Creation Myth, Tragedy, Transformations, Multi-POV, Religious Themes (with respectful inversions), Blood & Violence (within reason) This story is also available on Royal Road under the same name, and if further ahead then right here - https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/141037/recollecting-divinity

​He just wanted to save his sister. Now he has to survive the truth. ​Selim was a nobody—a quiet student plagued by terrifying nightmares—until the day he woke up with a playing card in his hand and a voice in his head. Awakened with the power of "Zero"—the ability to erase existence itself—he finds himself hunting the very people who prey on the weak. ​But power is based on conviction, and every use of his ability strips away a piece of his humanity. ​As Selim climbs the ranks of the Awakeners, building a following of the lost and broken, he attracts the attention of the Black Water Association—a covert government agency led by a man who shares a tragic, bloody past with Selim’s own father. ​In a world where belief defines reality, Selim must decide: Will he be the hero who saves the day, or the monster who deletes it?