A Japanese-style ayakashi Cinderella story! "You're the bride I've been searching for all this time." The ayakashi and humans coexist in harmony. The ayakashi, having superior abilities and beautiful appearances, sometimes find their partner among human women, making them their "bride". The bride, in exchange for bringing prosperity, receives absolute love from the ayakashi. Yuzu is constantly compared to her sister, a bride of a demon fox, and is resented by her family every day. One day, when Yuzu just couldn't take things anymore, a man appears before her on a bridge. This man is the most beautiful man Yuzu has ever seen... and he's calling her his wife?! "Just be quiet and let me hold you." The most powerful, "cold-hearted" ayakashi is pouring his heart out for Yuzu?!
*Chapter 6 contains bonus content featuring characters from the main story.
Young noblewoman Nicole has had her heart broken more times than she can count by her fiance, Keios. Day after day, he overlooks her in favor of Princess Caroline, beloved queen bee of their elite academy and Keios's childhood friend. After one too many slights, Nicole makes a bold decision: If he can do as he pleases, why shouldn't I? Embracing her newfound independence, she begins to shine in ways that even the clueless Keios can't ignore...
In the Dragonlord Kingdom, the royal family who are descendants of the Dragon Lord, must marry their fated mate. Since Ludwig, the crown prince of this kingdom, has yet to find his mate, his childhood friend, Julianna, has assumed the role of his stand-in fiancee for over ten years. One day, when Julianna finds out that Ludwig desperately wants to find his mate, she decides to break off the engagement for his sake. However, upon hearing her ask to break off the engagement, Ludwig suddenly starts acting strangely...
Marienne is simply perplexed at her husband Duke Alexias's extreme shift in behavior. He's known for his cruelty. Marienne, too, has received nothing from him but neglect since their engagement. She's resigned herself to being a mistreated prisoner in his home. So then, why? Why would he suddenly profess his love to her and propose to her in earnest? Especially since they're ALREADY married?!
A bejeweled bouquet of flowers, courtship akin to that of a fairy tale prince, being addressed as his GODDESS?! There seems to be no end. But despite Marienne's bewilderment, Alexia's sincerity somehow cuts through his bungling displays, and his words of affection begin to thaw her lonely heart.
Unbeknownst to Marienne, her once ruthless and unfeeling husband has "returned" from the brink of death. But what could've caused this change of heart? Why is he so desperate to ensure her happiness? And most importantly, will he be able to do right by Marienne this time?
Rio is a completely average high school second-year, while her best friend Katsuki is pretty enough to turn everyone's heads. Sometimes Rio feels like she's just there to make Katsuki's beauty stand out better... or even worse, that she's invisible to the whole world. Discouraged as she is, Rio was holding onto a faint hope of love with Haruta, the only person at school who ever seems to notice her. When she realizes one day that he has a crush on Katsuki rather than her, she's so upset that she flees the classroom, wishing she could finally just disappear for real. But, while she's nursing her hurt feelings, someone comes and finds her; it's none other than "the reaper," aka Echizenya, the gloomy guy who's always hiding away in the corner creeping out their classmates. Enjoy this adorable will-they-won't-they romance between the "plain best friend" and the secret hottie undercover as the class weirdo!
Alexis is a knight hailed as a hero after his many exploits in the war. He is granted the title of marquess, and at the behest of the royal family, is urged to marry...?! Uninterested in love, Alexis hopes for a marriage in name only. His fiancee is the notorious Liselotte, but the rumors are far from true. You couldn't find a woman kinder or more sincere. Gently, their hearts grow together as one. When Alexis visits Liselotte's chambers, he bears witness to something unimaginiable...! A tender love story woven by a knight who knows no love and an persecuted aristocratic daughter!
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Elsa, the daughter of a fallen aristocrat, receives news. It was a marriage proposal from Julius, a very elite nobleman. Elsa is wondering," Why would such a distinguished man marry me"? But after the wedding, Julius, who had been kind and gentle up to that point, changed completely!
In a cold voice, he tells her," I have no intention of loving you".
Kouken was born with a flower birthmark, which shows that she has a special power to use Kasen Mystics, the flower sorcery. She was able to read the memories of flowers and send the poor souls that still linger in this world as wraiths. However, this sorcery was now hated by the empire. Because Kouken was the only one in the village with the power, she was treated cruelly by everyone. When an envoy from Shuuyou, the imperial capital, came to the village, Kouken was captured and taken with them. The fourth prince, Shuurei, found out that she has the power he was looking for and took her to the innner palace. Kouken starts dealing with wraiths and send them to the pure land, which leads to solving mysterious cases inside the inner palace.
Despite her hidden genius, Avril has lived a life of misery, constantly belittled as useless by her own family. When she is forced to substitute for her wicked step-sister in a marriage to a supposedly lecherous, old duke, Avril expects the worst. But surprisingly, Duke Dylan is actually a breathtakingly handsome young man. He offers her a deal: act as his villainess wife for three years, and then they will divorce. For Avril, this contract is a golden ticket to her ultimate freedom. But as she enthusiastically embraces her new evil persona, her mysterious charm leaves the duke and his household completely bewildered and entirely enchanted.
Yufilia is the daughter of a count. She has never felt any love from her family, and they always put her little sister first. Yufilia decided to just live her life with no one to count on. One night, while finding solace on her balcony, a small, injured owl lands in her palms. Then, for some reason, the next day she receives a passionate proposal from the neighboring emperor?! "At last. Surely, all this time, I've been searching for you since the day I was born." With his melting gaze and sweet words, the emperor ruthlessly eliminates those who try to stand in the way of their romance. But isn't this love a bit too overwhelming?! A Cinderella story about the strongest marriage between a mistreated girl and an emperor!
"I would like you to become my lover." Daughter of a viscount, Freya Villiers was being pressured into taking back her ex-fiance, Nathan, after their engagement was broken off due to him cheating on Freya with her sister. In order to flee her parents, who are all for her reconciliation with Nathan, she visits Count Bloodbury, feared by the nobles as a "vampire." With nothing to lose, she asks him to pretend to be her lover and...?!
"A beauty... So otherworldly it's frightening." For generations, the Kuguu family's daughters have been born with purifying power, acting as shrine maidens for the village. Yuzuki was born into this family as the older sister of twin girls. While possessing purifying powers far greater than that of her sister, Mizuki, she is neglected by her family due to a mark that resembles a dragon on her back, which is seen as an ill fortune. The family conveniently uses Yuzuki's powers to make Mizuki look like a princess shrine maiden, who the villagers deeply admire. Tired of being used as a tool, Yuzuki dreams of her freedom and leaving the family to find the source of the mysterious voice she's heard occasionally since childhood. However, when that dream is crushed and she falls into deep despair, a God of calamity in the form of a huge dragon appears in the sky. Yuzuki is offered as a sacrifice, and she suddenly sees a flashback of her past life. Then, a dragon god, Sogyoku Seotsu, appears in human form and embraces Yuzuki. "I'll never let go of you again... My bride." The true princess shrine maiden is offered as a sacrifice in her younger sister's place and learns of the promise made between the dragon god and his bride in her past life.
The duchy of Alita was invaded by the monarchy, the Empire of Sckinia, and is now under its rule. The children of the nobility of the former duchy were incorporated into the imperial educational system, where they are given the duty of becoming mates with a partner chosen by the empire in spring when they turn 18, and have children. Tiana, a daughter of a count, is chosen to become mates with an elite knight, Adel, with whom she's always butted heads with since they were children. Arguing and bickering with each other, their completely unromantic first night begins. Tiana thought this would be their first and last night together, but Adel calls on her night after night, saying it's their duty... A romantic fantasy story of mates who can't seem to be honest with each other!
Summoned to another world as a "bonus" to a saintess, what awaited the heroine was a forced marriage with a poisonous bird emperor?! Rui Kanzaki was transported to another world with her younger twin sister. Her sister, having an aptitude for every kind of magic possible, is treated as a saintess. On the other hand, Rui is treated horribly due to having absolutely no magic ability and only having poison resistance. One day, Rui is married off to the emperor of a neighboring beastfolk nation in her sister's place. The emperor turns out to be a descendant of a poisonous bird clan, whose body brims with lethal toxins. A strategic marriage of a lonely emperor and a stand-in saintess - What will happen now that the lives of two completely different individuals have crossed paths?!
As the illegitimate daughter of a count and his maid, Katrina was born into miserable circumstances. And now that she's lost her mother, the treatment from her stepsister and stepmother the countess has only grown worse. One day, her stepsister receives a royal order to move to the northern outskirts due to her unseemly behavior at a recent party. There, she is to learn proper conduct under the tutelage of the resident prince, rumored to be a cruel man. Not wanting to subject her daughter to such punishment, the countess decides to send Katrina instead. Katrina arrives in the north shaking in fear. But contrary to the stories, the "merciless and cold-hearted" prince is kinder than she believed. Might the pure-hearted Katrina find love in the wintry countryside?
When Nanao was a mere child, she was kidnapped by an Ayakashi. Since then, because of the spirit seal the Ayakashi carved on her body, Nanao has been oppressed by the people in her own clan as the "tainted one." Nanao was supposed to get married to the young master of the Byakurenji family, but her cousin Akemi stole her position as his bride, and she was forced to wear a monkey mask in order to hide the spirit seal, living a miserable life. Then one day, she meets Yako, the young head of the Benitsubaki clan. Due to an unforeseen event, Nanao's mask comes off and her face gets exposed, but that only causes Yako to become bewitched by her beauty and high spiritual power...