The King's Feast

Pre-publication: My Secret Identity Is in Grimm's Fairy Tales

To become human again, Zhiya Yuan Wuchuan, a failed subject of a curse experiment, accepted a mission from a System that called itself "Grimm's Fairy Tales."

"Make all children believe in the existence of fairy tales, and let Grimm's name be remembered through the ages."

Zhiya Yuan Wuchuan smiled and promised the System, "I will play every character, and you will get what you want."

The System believed its Host, who seemed to have everything under control.

But it overlooked one thing: Zhiya Yuan Wuchuan had survived among cursed spirits and curse users since childhood. His nature was chaotic evil.

And so...

Snow White enrolled at Tokyo Jujutsu High. With a gentle touch, she dislocated a cursed spirit's jaw and forced a poisoned apple into its mouth as it stared at her in terror.

Little Red Riding Hood smiled sweetly at Gojo Satoru, with a brain hidden beneath the red cloth covering her basket.

Cinderella raised her glass slipper and smashed the heads of the jujutsu higher-ups.

New urban legends began spreading through Yokohama: anyone who tried to harm "Sleeping Beauty" would fall asleep, and anyone who refused someone's request would be turned into a frog...

And the protagonists of every story all declared, in unison, that they were members of "Grimm."

As everyone frantically searched for "Grimm," an elegant young man dressed in old-fashioned aristocratic clothes appeared on the streets of Yokohama, holding a walking stick.

Facing the wary ability users, he smiled and introduced himself. "My name is Grimm."

"Why should I wait for a knight or prince to rescue me? Snow White and Cinderella can build the kingdom of Grimm and become queens in their own right."

The System arrived late to check the results. Seeing that "Grimm" had already made a name for itself and was now known as Tokyo's second-largest power, it was dumbfounded.

Zhiya Yuan Wuchuan smiled. All children believe in fairy tales (meaning the fairy tale characters are so notorious that they can scare children into going to bed), and Grimm's name will be remembered (meaning every organization fears them and their reputation precedes them). Wasn't that mission a great success?

Pre-publication: My Ability Is Andersen

As one of Japan's top-tier stars, Chuanu Yuan Li had been coasting on his good looks for years. Then it all came crashing down, and he was cursed by the resentment of his obsessive admirers, whose love went unreturned.

One second before he could turn into a cursed spirit, a System calling itself "Andersen's Fairy Tales" showed up and demanded that Chuanu Yuan Li act as the stories' representative and make them known to everyone.

To stay alive, Chuanu Yuan Li had no choice but to play fairy tale characters, diligently building his fame to earn more life points.

And so...

[The Nightingale]

A young man stands below Tokyo Jujutsu High, singing of his devotion to Suguru Geto in a voice as beautiful and mournful as a nightingale's.

"I will sing for you forever, until you grow tired of me and forget me. Then I will silently watch over you until I chase away the shadow of death."

The students and teachers at the school: I can't believe the first one to find a partner was Suguru Geto, with those tiny eyes and thick eyebrows!

Suguru Geto: !!!

[Thumbelina]

A tiny young man lies in the palm of the strongest jujutsu sorcerer, sweetly cooing as he clings to him.

"Father, your love brought me into this world."

The students and teachers at the school: Ooh!

Gojo Satoru: Don't say stuff like that! It wasn't me! I didn't do it!

[The Little Mermaid]

A beautiful young mermaid leans against Yokohama's harbor. His tears turn into pearls as he passionately tells everyone how much he loves the prince.

"Love me. Only your love can save me. Otherwise, I will turn into foam at daybreak."

The Port Mafia, the Armed Detective Agency, and the Special Division for Unusual Powers are stunned. "Dazai! Did you even trick the Little Mermaid just to find someone to die with you?"

Osamu Dazai: ???

The nightingale drives death away, Thumbelina brings hope, the little mermaid turns into foam, and the little match girl warms the life of Boss Dazai... Every character faces certain death without hesitation for the person they love.

But Chuanu Yuan Li doesn't know...

While the fairy tale characters he plays are willing to die for love, the corresponding stories are being published by the System. As Andersen's Fairy Tales takes the whole country by storm, it also catches the attention of Tokyo Jujutsu High and Yokohama.

System: Even though the characters the representative plays are clearly a fierce hawk, a muscular Barbie, the sea's oversized son, and a girl who sells rocket launchers... the representative hasn't realized that his final role will be [The Emperor's New Clothes].

"You save lives and drive away despair, burning yourself into an undying light in the darkness, warming the world."

"So everyone holds up a candle for you, offering roses in hopes of your resurrection."

Novel blurb

"Her achievements and failings were not recorded on her blank tombstone, but her name is known throughout the world."

"Her name is the splendor of a prosperous Tang dynasty."

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When Wu Zhao appears in the world as a Heroic Spirit, there can only be one victor in every war.

Her empire is invincible.

Her armies are unstoppable.

Her fleets reach every sea.

Her ministers' names will go down in history.

And she is the only female emperor in five thousand years of Chinese history.

Heroic Spirits fall to her. The Rebellion of the Seven Kings ends at her hands. The Time Administration surrenders to her. Heian-kyo is thrown into chaos by her.

"The Holy Grail? The stone tablets? The Time Administration? Heian-kyo?"

"No. From beginning to end, all I want is for the world to bow before me!"

"Whether it is the prosperous Tang of a thousand years ago or the world of a thousand years from now, I, Zhao, shall possess all under heaven, with every nation paying homage at my court."

Note: Since the protagonist and the Eastern Heroic Spirits who appear in this novel are from ancient times, the story quotes many classical poems, especially from the Tang dynasty.

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