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?!
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...
*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...
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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".
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.
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?
"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...?!
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!
"I will not fogive anyone who lays a hand on my bride." The Tenryu family has had women with powers of healing for generations, but when someone without those powers is born, they are treated as an outcast and treated harshly. Mitsuki was born into a power part of the Tenryu family but was quickly made an outcast as her lack of healing powers became apparent. At the age of seven, her mother suddenly passed away forcing her to move in with her aunt. Day by day, she has been treated terribly by her relatives due to her status as an outcast. However, all of that changed when the new head of the family came of age.
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!
In a world where humans and demons have been in constant conflict throughout history... One day, the demon king, Gil, visits Hazelbard Kingdom in the human territory. Gil proposes a truce on the condition that both races do not cross between each other's territories. However, in order to make this agreement her son Clemont's achievement, Queen Catalina forces her step daughter, Estelle, to marry the demon king.
Adeline, daughter of an earl, was offered an engagement from the Dragonkin Realm. They wanted her to be the "Mate" for the third prince. All Dragonkins have to find their "Mate" and take them to their castle built on the floating island and live together, although their lifespans might be different. Adeline was fragile...she could hear that everyone in the castle criticized her as someone not worth being the Mate to the prince. Even the prince himself seemed to hate her. She ended her miserable life by someone's poison. 250 years after, Adeline was born to the same world. And again, she received an invitation from the Dragonkin for a ball to find their Mate. She tries to run away...not knowing that there was a secret beyond this invitation.
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!