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?!
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?
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...
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.
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.
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!
Princess Loutier of the Kingdom of Florella, Lou, was called the "Flower Princess" for she had a magical power to make flowers bloom through her song. It was a power that royals of Florella possess, but hers was especially powerful. That is why she was always told not to use her power... it was too powerful that once she harmed someone when she was little. Lou didn't know about love, but she felt happy when Prince Raynaud of the allied kingdom asked her to marry him. However, on the day of the wedding, the Olgan Empire invaded Florella...Lou was captured by Prince Julius, a mysterious masked prince. Lou marries Prince Julius. She wants to hate him...but there is something soft in his heart that she can't ignore. Is this first love?
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.
The hardworking daughter of a marquess, once overlooked, learns her true value through love. Sophia, the diligent daughter of a marquess, is engaged to the second prince, Delm. Both serve at the Royal Magic Research Institute, but as his fiancee, Sophia is forced to shoulder his work.
When she invents a new form of magic, Delm steals her research and registers it under his own name. When she demands it back, he refuses and even accuses her of lying.
Hailed as a genius, Delm basks in glory while Sophia is cast away. Stripped of her reputation, her laboratory, and her engagement, she returns home in despair.
Then fate takes an unexpected turn as Sophia becomes engaged to Leo Santorina, the prime minister feared as the "Icewolf Chancellor." Yet behind his cold title lies a kind, gentle man. Cherished and supported by him, Sophia begins to bloom, proving her brilliance while the man who betrayed her faces his downfall.
"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...?!
In her first life, she was the infamous and "talentless" villainess Beljeanne. In her second life, she lived to the ripe old age of 86 as a Japanese woman. Now, in her third life, she carries all of those memories with her. A little old lady at heart, 16-year-old Laviange does all she can to hide her true abilities and live a perfectly normal life! (C)Hanako Arashi, Wan Hachipisu 2026 Licensed by KADOKAWA CORPORATION (C)Kazusa Subaru/SQUARE ENIX
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?!
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...
Rita is the marquess of the Almadine domain and has been researching mineral resources in her domain since she has lost her dear parents, certain that the research will be of benefit to the people. However, one day, she is betrayed by her cousin Miliane and named a traitorous witch. In the end, Rita is made an exile and forced to leave behind her people. Right as she is attacked by bandits, a man known to many as the "Demon Lord" rescues her... Zeke, King of the neighboring kingdom. While she accepts his help, Rita is hesitant to trust others after experience the harsh reality of betrayal, but what could this meeting mean for her destiny...?
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 the Yamatoba Empire, where two races, humans and night demons, have existed since time immemorial. Iku, whose hair and eyes are as pale as white snow, is mistreated by her family because of her strange, demon-like appearance. She is treated as little more than a servant until the day she is sold to a man for money, a fate she thought impossible to escape from... One day, however, the next head of a prominent family, Subaru, learns of Iku's secret and offers her a marriage proposal. Though it is a political marriage, the two, both burdened with a damaged past, gradually become attracted to each other...? A love story of destiny unfolds as the hearts of a couple who have never known love melt together!