Slice of Life

Elysia von Serenze, the eldest daughter of a wealthy baronet family, lived a carefree life without any worries. She had one secret: she remembered her past life. After living a busy and difficult life and dying in an accident, her dream in this reincarnated life was to live comfortably without any effort, just playing and enjoying life until the end. She had no interest in marriage, especially not in mediocre men.

At the “Spring Ball,” which she attended due to her parents’ insistence, she spotted Duke Cassius de Grendel. Watching the Duke stand like a statue, seemingly uninterested in anyone at the ball, Elysia found herself both puzzled and envious of his seemingly undisturbed life.

After attending the ball, Elysia was relieved that no marriage proposals came her way. However, out of the blue, Duke Cassius, with whom she hadn’t even exchanged a glance, proposed marriage. Why would he, fourth in line to the throne and the kingdom’s top bachelor, be interested in her? If she became the Duchess of Grendel, a position everyone covets, what would happen to her dream of living comfortably? And this man, he’s more stoic and stone-like than she imagined!

Elysia, who dreamed of a life free from troublesome matters, just playing and enjoying herself, wonders if she can live the easy life she desires.

“Stella, find the cursed jar and break it for us!”

In the Credion Empire, where she was held captive, Stella encountered small creatures. Moved by their earnest plea, which she found endearing, Stella decided to grant their request.

What emerged from the jar was none other than a pickaxe.

“It’s a noble pickaxe blessed by the goddess Terra! Now Stella can become a noble farmer too!”

Farming, they said. Though she was an illegitimate child, Stella had never been involved in farming, and she simply shook her head in disbelief.

However, as time passed, she found herself repeatedly reaching for the pickaxe, and it felt as if the garden outside was calling to her.

How strange, why do I suddenly want to farm so much?

***

Kai was solely focused on expanding his territory.

He showed no interest in anything else, but one day, he discovered a mysterious field in a corner of the imperial castle. Drawn by an inexplicable fragrance, he approached the area.

What he found there was… a carrot?

“Why are there carrots here…?”

“What’s this, are you hungry? You look like a low-ranking knight, so feel free to take that carrot and eat it.”

The sight of a stranger holding a pickaxe and speaking kindly made Kai, without realizing it, pick up a carrot and bite into it.

That night,

“What is it about that carrot… why can’t I stop thinking about it?”

“Nothing happened. Whether you agree or not, that’s how I will see it.”

She loved Ansel, the grandson of the Earl of Huntington, a summer guest at Longfield.
They had been childhood friends, but drifted apart due to their difference in status. Yet, she kept him in her heart until he became the fiancé of her only sister.
Eloise pulled her hand from his. Then she turned her gaze to the distant night street she had to walk, she replied. Though tears were streaming down her face, she spoke each word firmly so as not to appear any weaker…

“Let’s live as if nothing happened. As if we could forget by closing our eyes. As if we never loved each other.”
“……”
“You can do that.”

With those words, she turned and left. Having no more words to say, she desperately hoped he wouldn’t hold her back with every trembling step.

Why did I come to love you? After the wedding, when I see my sister standing beside you as your wife, will I really be able to accept everything then?

It was a night that felt as if her life had shattered into pieces. The days when she believed in love felt impossibly distant.

“I’m tired. I want to stop now.”

Dowook tilted his head slightly. He raised his subtly thick eyebrows as if to ask what that meant.

“You and I have been together for fifteen years, and we’ve been dating for eight.”
“Only eight years.”
“Yes, eight whole years.”

Dowook’s eyes darkened ominously. With those eyes, he called her softly, “Junhee.”

“I must have upset you because I’m drunk today. Are you angry because I called you out late at night while drunk? I won’t do it again. I’ll listen to you. I’ll be damn obedient. Please cut me some slack. You don’t contact me. You say you will, but you damn well don’t. So of course I’d be upset, wouldn’t I?”
“Being by your side isn’t enjoyable at all. It’s not exciting.”
“……”

He stubbed out his cigarette on the windowsill, glaring at her. His gestures were irritable. Then, as if the buttoned collar filling his nape was suffocating, he roughly pulled down the neckline of his shirt.
He glared at her as if he wanted to kill her. Junhee looked back at him defiantly. Dowook smirked.

“If it was going to be like this, we should have just had car sex.”

A low, deep laugh brushed against her nape.

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* Female Protagonist: Woo Junhee – The pride of Nonsan, daughter of Woo Donggu. Pretty, calm-natured, well-mannered, and studious, she spends every vacation at Heejeongwon as a pacemaker for the young master of a wealthy family.

* Male Protagonist: Choi Dowook – Dowook of Taesan. Born with outstanding looks and background, he exudes an overwhelming and magnetic aura, but becomes blindly obsessive and desperate when it comes to Woo Junhee.

On the day she was dumped by her long-time fiancé.
Of all the people she could run into on such a day, in such a place, it had to be Robin Tanner.
It was Olivie, who had already been rejected by him once, six years ago at her debutante ball.

“Oppa, do you want to sleep with me?”

Olivier impulsively blurted out words that were half in jest and half sincere.
But perhaps deep down, she hoped he would refuse.
Because she knew it would be troublesome if she fell for him.
However, her impulse took an unexpected turn.

“Sure.”
“…….”
“Let’s do that.”

***

“See.”
“Hmph.”
“You should have run away.”

He stepped back slightly, as if adjusting the intensity, then came in strongly.

“Hah.”

As she barely opened her eyes, trying to hold onto her fading consciousness,
Robin, whose gaze was as disordered as hers, let out a short gasp.

“Damn.”

With a low curse, Robin tilted his head back.

“You always drive me crazy.”

He exhaled a ragged breath and ran a hand through his hair, looking at Olivie.

『The man Seia Aden falls in love with becomes the Emperor of the Hellis Empire.』

She was born for Trisltan Hellis.
Solely to make him the Emperor of the Empire.

“If I am destined to love the Emperor, I will twist that fate to achieve my revenge.”

A miserable life, confined in a tower, unable to contact anyone.
Seia, who lost her family and country, has been preparing for revenge for a long time.

“When I become Emperor, I will set you free.”

She joins hands with Kyle Hellis, Tristan’s brother.
Now, they must use each other to gain the greatest benefit.
Even if it means shedding blood.

“Can I be the first to have your kiss? Before your husband?”
“Do you desire me?”

However, despite entering into a relationship with a predetermined end, they cannot suppress their attraction to each other.
Meanwhile, Crown Prince Tristan, who senses the subtle tension between the two,
kills his father, the Emperor, and usurps the throne ahead of them.

Thus, the three of them begin an irreversible war…….

Lena joined the knight’s order to earn a dowry. Despite being mistreated by her tyrannical superior, she persisted in her efforts to earn the dowry.
Granted a vacation, she planned to spend time with her fiancé and improve their relationship, only to discover his infidelity.
After breaking off the engagement, Lena raided her superior’s liquor stash to console herself, only to have him confess to her…

“You don’t have a fiancé to worry about anymore.”

Lena just blinked her eyes dumbly. The alcohol-addled thought process could not comprehend the meaning behind his words, leaving her frozen

“Lena Leshuriel.”

He took a step closer and met her gaze.

“How about formally dating me?”

Lena was unable to refuse as her superior leaned in to kiss her.

Jang Hee-tae.
A man who ran gambling dens, handled money, and manipulated people, living like a dog in the back alleys.

“Yeah, shut that mouth of yours. Your teeth will fly out if I swing this club.”

That day, he was threatening an idiot who had borrowed money but hadn’t repaid it with a golf club.

“Please, I, I have a woman I’m going to marry. Her family is really well-off, and she has a lot of money. You know the daughter of the HJ Foods CEO, right?”

Hee-tae laughed at the woman the idiot mentioned.
He thought no one else could be as stupid as a woman who’d date such a fool.

But when an unbelievably beautiful woman came into view and took the golf club from his hands, he burst into laughter.

“This is really something else, huh?”

***

Chae Soo-yeon.
Daughter of the CEO of HJ Food. The face of Korean traditional painting.
She was known by many names but was just a fool who couldn’t end an unhappy relationship.

“Just one question. Is that face worth paying to be with? Is he at least good in bed?”

Soo-yeon went to pay off her boyfriend’s debt and got entangled with the insolent Hee-tae.
But instead of taking the money, he kept hovering around her.

“You’re doing this because the debt isn’t settled, right?”
“If you want to settle the debt, you have to sleep with me.”

She found him, who shamelessly revealed his crude desires, uncomfortable and detestable.

“If I sleep with you, will you leave me alone?”
“If you satisfy me enough to make me leave.”

It seemed like a fleeting connection that could be brushed off as a moment of lust.
But the insolent man kept on.

“I’m trying to be cute because I feel sorry for talking shit.”

He invades her daily life.

**Disclaimer**

*The situation involving adoption mentioned in the prologue is a fictional setting created for the enjoyment of the novel and does not reflect reality.*

*Foreign languages, including Russian, have not been separately indicated. They are presented in the form of natural Korean dialogue.*

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For Moon-kyeong, marriage was an escape.
After all, Seojun had promised to let her go whenever she wanted to leave.
A year later, she confidently demands a divorce.

“Let’s get divorced.”

At that moment, this seemingly worldly man gave her a strange look.
His demeanor has changed beyond belief.

“Why, do you look at me like that?”
“You’re pretty.”
“What?”
“Your eyes.”

As Moon-kyeong reflexively turns away, their gazes entwine.
And the memories of that day come rushing back
The first kiss and the deep sensations they shared.

“Seo Moon-kyeong.”
“…”
“Stop crying. Don’t drive people crazy.”

As the divorce date approaches, emotions of love blossom between them.
A love meant for only one person, in

Meteor City, a city where heroes and villains run wild.
Belze, chief of an evil organization, succeeds in capturing the eye-catching hero Seo. Belze, who tried to film Seo, touching him in his private parts to exploit as his weakness, ends up being counterattacked by Seo during the filming…

“You created this mess, so you take responsibility then back off.”

That approach was far from being heroic.

* * *

“Hey, are you really going to do this? And you call yourself a hero?!”
“You don’t understand. Violence used against bad guys is righteous violence.”
“Ugh, you… you’re worse than a scum.”
“If you don’t like it, why don’t you join the side of justice too?”

Belze was eaten by Seo, the prominent hero of Meteor City, who is notorious for his villainous acts and unmatched animosity.

*Please enjoy the story, setting aside contemporary ethics and indulge in it lightly.*

I was living my life as an ordinary Korean citizen, but one day I suddenly became Juliet Capulet.
For a moment, I was terrified that I had become the Juliet who had met a tragic end, but then I realized that this was a subtly different world from the original story.
I decided to live a peaceful life without Romeo.

However, a presence that disrupts my peace emerges…

“I’m writing a play based on Miss Juliet.”

After the appearance of William Shakespeare, the author of “Romeo and Juliet” every situation around them conforms to the script he writes.

To Juliet, who only thinks of survival, her tragic lover Romeo, no… The culprit behind all this, William, approaches her?!

‘Even if Shakespeare falls completely for me, can he complete such a story?’

William intends to finish the story as per the original, without knowing anything.
And Juliet tries to survive by twisting the planned tragedy.

What will be the conclusion of the new masterpiece they create?!

“I love a woman other than you. So let’s break off our engagement, Reubellina.”

For ten years, Reubellina has stood by the side of the powerless Second Prince.
But her love was cruelly trampled on the day of their supposed wedding announcement.

Worse, this shameful incident was discovered by someone.
Tartenon Speraum, the Iron-Blooded Grand Duke of the North!

Reubellina begs him to keep it a secret, but he offers her one condition.
A 3-year contract marriage.

And so she went to the North, cultivated the barren land, fixed the chaotic internal affairs, and dealt with the corrupt nobles.
She did everything she could. She thought all she just had to do was leave now.

“Divorce? I don’t know what you’re talking about. Our contract period is not over yet.”
“There’s one day left. I wanted to tell you in advance… … .”
“I’m sorry, Reubellina. I had no intention of letting you go from the beginning.”

[What? Did I hear wrong?]

“Don’t even think about running away. You’re already mine.”

[Excuse me, Grand Duke. Why are you obsessed with me?]