The story takes place on Earth nearly a thousand years in the future. After a devastating war between artificial intelligence and humanity, monstrous creatures known as \"Tai Sui\" roam the land, drastically altering the natural environment and social order. In response, humanity developed \"BOX\"—a series of advanced technologies related to mysterious boxes. These \"Beast Boxes\" became humanity\'s key allies in the fierce resistance against their enemies. Elites capable of \"resonating\" with their Beast Box partners are known as \"Beast Box Masters.\" Among them, a once-overlooked Beast Box Master named Liu Ma is unexpectedly chosen by a small dinosaur-like Beast Box named \"Dio.\" Together, they begin their mission to protect the city-state. During grueling training, Liu Ma meets several other Beast Box Masters and their Beast Box companions. The group is soon tasked with reinforcing \"Vermilion City,\" marking the beginning of their epic journey.
After a hazy one-night encounter, Sayna found herself married to George. The end of that hellish marriage? Death. But then, she woke up—summoned back by her twin brother Yuri. Now, she’s returned to her youthful days at nineteen, before everything fell apart! Determined to live differently this time, she swore off marriage entirely. That is… until: \"I want to be that man for you.\" Duke Constantine proposes to her?!
Lee Sehwa had grown used to the daily taunts—Sakura, Hongdan, sometimes Samwol—but the disrespect still stung. No one listened when he told them to stop calling him those names; after all, who respects a debtor or a drug dealer? Yet, Sehwa refused to let them see him break, insisting over and over: his name was Lee Sehwa. Living in the outskirts, Sehwa dreamed of paying off his crushing debt and moving to the inner city. But everything changes when he crosses paths with Director Ki Taejeong, who is cold and sharp-tongued. Despite their turbulent start, the two grow closer in a world defined by power struggles and regret, forging a complicated love that neither saw coming.
Seol, a former member of the crime organization Misangpa, starts a new life as \"Snow\" in the \"Black Suit Gang,\" led by Yong, after their reunion in prison. Despite his delicate appearance, Seol has no interest in the world around him, and Handsome, who is fixated on him, is nothing more than an annoying presence. For over a year, the \"Black Suit Gang\" effortlessly evades police pursuit and thrives. When Yong brings information about a target, they decide to rob a small bank in a rural area. What should have been a simple job takes an unexpected turn when the team suddenly stops communicating. Seol soon discovers Handsome\'s true identity hidden within the vault, where a chaebol\'s slush fund is supposedly kept...
“I’ve clearly told you—I’m just an ordinary B0-class guide.” With a top-tier dual bloodline ability, Lee Yeoni lives and works in the countryside, keeping his looks and skills a secret. However, due to certain circumstances, he’s reassigned to the capital and becomes entangled with Tae Hajin, an S+ level esper. This sets off an unspoken power struggle between them. Tae Hajin, who is suspicious of Lee Yeoni, senses he’s concealing something and is intent on uncovering the truth. Lee Yeoni tries to thwart Tae Hajin’s efforts to expose him, but it proves challenging. To protect himself, he decides to use Tae Hajin as a shield and takes on the role of his personal guide.
At 19, Kim Gunho is transported to the 23rd century with enhanced abilities. After spending 50 painful years preventing an apocalypse, he returns to his younger self at 19. Now, with the threat gone and no one aware of his suffering, all he desires is to rest and even wishes to die. It will take 100 days to fully eliminate his enhanced cells. As he prepares to spend his final days in peace, he is unexpectedly visited by Ye Haejung, the boy he secretly loved before his time travel.
How many more times do I have to be a \"villainess\" before I can escape this life?\"I\" have lived as a villainess in many different Otome games. In all of them, the villainess\'s fiancée is captured by the heroine, the villainess is punished, and so on. No matter how hard I tried, that future would never change. \"Villainess? A broken marriage? I\'m sick of all of them. !!!!At the end of my last episode, I shouted out my complaints to the heavens. I was then reincarnated and began my life as \"Catherine the Villainess\'s daughter\" and it was somehow different from before! My fiancée, who was supposed to abandon me, says that he loves me ........Catherine!? This is a romantic comedy fantasy about the reincarnated villainess\'s daughter and an obsessed prince who can\'t stop loving her.
Juna, who had been secretly involved in wicked deeds to put her beloved Arendt on the throne, was betrayed by Arendt and his stepsister, Elena, when she had defeated all her enemies and was sent to the guillotine— Awakening as her 10-years-younger self, Juna vows to make them pay! To seek revenge, she uses the natural magic she had been hiding and visits Arendt\'s older brother, Clavis, to propose marriage. However, Arendt was the man whom Juna had driven to his death in her previous life for a crime she did not commit.
I\'ve transmigrated into a game I used to enjoy playing, \"The Demon King\'s Consort,\" as the villainess who dies after harassing the female lead! Worse still— I have a terminal condition! As a human mana stone, the more I use magic, the more it drains my life force... What kind of life is this...? No matter. I can simply just choose not to use magic, right? I\'ll preserve and protect my mana (= life force), gather a slush fund, and run away with my big sister to a warm and peaceful southern country...! Or so I thought... \"Take it, Lillian. It\'s your doll.\" My Father threw the male lead at my feet. The obsessive male lead that was destined to become a psychotic, possessive king in the future...!
After getting revenge on the Thulcaan Empire, Jack Valantier took his last breath. But just when he thinks it\'s all over, he finds himself transported back to when he was 14! From his negligent and wicked family to his loyal servant and caring sister, it\'s all just as he had remembered. But this time, Jack is armed to the teeth with decades of experience from his previous life! He\'s ready to give them hell, and those that have wronged him will pay dearly. Because this time, he\'s invincible.
Chapter 21 in Naver\'s 2023 Rookie Short Story Collection (2023 루키 단편선).
