As an employee in the Time-Space Administration's secret identity division, Wangyue Xiao has a "wise" boss and coworkers who work themselves to the bone. Every day, she's forced to endure the miserable life of a corporate slave on a 24/7 schedule.
As the saying goes, who can stay sane forever? If you don't die in silence, you'll go mad in silence.
After years of acting around the clock, Wangyue Xiao successfully turns into a drama queen. She goes from reluctantly taking on assignments to actively throwing herself into the act, and she loves every minute of it.
[Repair]
A girl with obsessive-compulsive tendencies who loves repairing things. On her very first day meeting her new classmates, she finds herself trapped in an endless overtime hell.
"I love the feeling of repairing things and restoring them to their original state, but! You two demolition freaks! Apologize to my stubborn dark circles!"
"We were worried you'd have nothing to do. Look how thoughtful we are." The cat pulls down his sunglasses and grins smugly.
"Shoko, can the Reverse Cursed Technique get rid of dark circles?"
"Obviously not. Otherwise, would I have such terrible dark circles?" The beauty takes a drag on her cigarette.
[Puzzle Pieces]
A powerful sorcerer with an immortal body wakes unexpectedly a thousand years after being sealed in pieces.
"The world a thousand years from now is certainly prosperous and fascinating. Six Eyes brat, you and your ancestor have very similar tempers."
"Suguru, look. Now this is what you call immortal. Tengen's nothing compared to this."
"Satoru, don't say things that are true."
"You... really do say that birds of a feather flock together." The thousand-year-old sighs helplessly.
[Twin Sisters]
An older sister with a technique that lets her see through fate, who turns herself into a cursed object every time she uses it.
"Changing fate always comes at a price."
"You have to make sure you tell your little sister what you want to say, even if you're the closest people in the world. If you don't say it aloud, she won't understand."
"My little sister is the most outstanding girl in the world."
A younger sister who wields the power of time and space, yet can't save her older sister from her fate.
"Fate is the puppet strings that control people, and time is its follower."
"I can reverse time and space, but I can't tug on the strings of fate. It's only because I'm too weak. My sister, who can change fate, is far stronger than I am."
"My sister is the most outstanding and powerful person in the world."
[Fixed Prices]
A new student at the technical college who can turn valuable things into cursed energy and measures everything by its worth.
"Don't come too close. I don't like forming bonds with people."
"Tsk, the new student seems strange and hard to get along with." Yidian Hong sighs. "I'm really not favored by my surroundings, am I?"
"Everything in this world already has a fixed price. Intangible things are precious, tangible things are cheap, and human emotions are both precious and cheap."
"Are feelings another thing you put on a scale to weigh?" The cursed boy's eyes fill with sorrow.
"I simply think life is more valuable than feelings."
[Money Above All]
A merchant who believes money is everything, seeking a dark horse who can bring him wealth and victory.
"I believe money can do anything, and my technique works the same way. With enough money, you can even buy a person's soul."
"There are always some things you can't buy." The man with stitches across his forehead smiles.
"Then let's make a bet. I'll buy the winner's seat in this competition, and our souls will be the stakes."
"All right, I accept your bet." The binding is formed.
*Original secret identities.
*Many original ideas; a lot of the worldbuilding doesn't follow the original work.
Second revision dated: 2023.5.22
Theme: Don't accept your fate, and don't believe in fate.