[I will finish this, but I can't keep up with the rankings, so I'll write at my own pace. Please come back after it's complete.]
A young lady who wants to kill every day but is forced to be good x a wise gentleman who wants to die every day but ruthlessly chooses to survive
Cynthia was born to nobility and possessed extraordinary talent. As the sole heir of the Duke of Capet, she should have stood at the very top of the empire and lived a life admired by all.
If the Capet family hadn't been wiped out overnight, and if she hadn't been burdened with a mysterious curse.
They say the fifteen-year-old duchess is beautiful, immensely powerful in magic, and eccentric in temperament and behavior. She must have her butler, Mr. Edward, by her side at all times and stay within the barrier of a tower, or she might lose control at any moment.
Cynthia's response: You're right.
So.
"Mr. Edward, if I don't get to see Mr. Chronos's face today, I'll surely lose my mind, and maybe even... Thank you."
The girl is unfailingly polite. She smiles sweetly and innocently, hiding the sly calculation in her eyes.
"Also, please put three spoonfuls of sugar in tonight's chocolate cake."
Chronos is the most respected wise man in the empire.
They say he is as handsome as a god, and his deep blue eyes brim with the wisdom of the world. Though frail and always cold, with little time left to live, he still has countless noblewomen in the empire chasing after him.
Unfortunately, this wise gentleman is aloof and self-disciplined, beyond anyone's reach, and almost impossible to move.
Except when he casually saves someone, opens his eyes, and finds himself in their desolate old castle.
At first, Chronos thought he'd saved an unimportant, harmless girl.
Until he realized that beneath her bright innocence lay a cruelty wrapped around boundless ambition.
But she was too cunning.
So much so that Chronos thought he might try living for her.
"My dear Miss Cynthia."
"If you are to become the sharpest sword in these troubled times, I will be your one and only sheath."
"Chronos will protect, respect, and love you deeply."
At first, Miss Cynthia thought, This man is so cold. Should I give him a love potion?
Later, Mr. Chronos spent all night thinking about what he should wear to see Miss Cynthia the next day.
Notes:
1. The woman is physically stronger than the man, but this is not a gender-bender story.
2. This is my own take on Western fantasy, with mountains of original worldbuilding. History buffs will be traumatized.
3. The protagonist is the villain.
4. She just fell in love with a man and deceived him, then forced him to be hers. That's all.
5. Ad space available for rent.
Upcoming Western fantasy story about raising a child
Salia was eighteen when she learned that her godmother was a witch.
She'd eaten rat-shaped tiramisu since childhood.
Their family's tap water was a pitch-black magical potion.
Bats served as carrier pigeons, tombstones didn't get crosses, and pink roses were forbidden on clothes.
But the year she turned eighteen, Salia cast magic for the first time
And the day broke.
Her talent was for light magic.
On the magical continent, light and darkness aren't opposing forces. For most people, they complement and accompany each other. But many years ago, the High Priest of Light fell out with the witches, and the witches left the city-states with all the followers of dark magic.
From then on, dark magic could only be found deep in the forest.
The continent lost its shadows, and people seemed to float in the air.
Then one day, the only light witch on the continent cast a spell, and everything returned to normal.
So people called her the sun from the forest.
The real Salia: Mom just taught me to do it like this, QAQ.
Salia had always worried that her mother would abandon her once she learned that Salia used light magic.
Until one day, a follower asked the question.
"Esteemed witch, why do you still tolerate a filthy and useless light mage living in the forest?"
"Useless?" Her godmother wore a gown, her proud, icy beauty framed by the wide brim of her hat. "Salia is no useless little girl."
"She can bake the most delicious little cakes in the world."
Next book: [Strong Female Lead x Kept Man]
Look closely. This is a Buddhist monastery, and this man is Shen Buzhi. He wears a string of Buddhist beads around his wrist and was once the male lead of a story about a capital-city Buddhist prince and a beauty.
Look closely at the Buddhist cultivator beside him. He was once a male lead in a story about a capital-city Buddhist prince and a beauty, too.
In short, all the male leads from stories about capital-city Buddhist princes and beauties have transmigrated.
Now they're holding a debate over who the real Buddhist prince is.
A cool-looking man stands up and clears his throat. "I'm the male lead of a major author's book, and the most famous Buddhist prince."
Another man snorts and taps the table with his finger. "But you've read the warnings, haven't you? You know what people say about you."
Yet another stands up and brushes nonexistent dust off his kasaya. "I'm the male lead of the first story in the capital-city Buddhist prince genre."
The argument grows more heated, and Shen Buzhi escapes before the scene becomes even more chaotic.
What can he do? His character fell apart over the course of a 580,000-character story. He got his kidneys stolen, was caught up in a paternity misunderstanding, had a child, and only got a happy ending at the very end.
His creator only wanted to ride the trend, and his personality in the story had nothing to do with being a "cool, aloof Buddhist prince from the capital." Sitting among these people, Shen Buzhi feels like a husky that's wandered into a pack of wolves. What chance does he have?
But luckily, he meets his savior: a senior sister from a cultivation sect.
Gu Yan, a genius senior sister from the Sword Pavilion, meets a pitiful young Buddhist cultivator while out on an adventure. Even a fight with an ordinary little demon leaves him covered in mud and filthy from head to toe.
And since an elder has told her that she's too full of aggression, she takes the young Buddhist cultivator along with her.
Their adventure is no different from before, except that now they have a little follower. After Gu Yan finishes slaying a demon, someone is there to wipe her sword clean right away.
Until one day, after Gu Yan slays a demonic cultivator, she watches the young Buddhist cultivator run toward her and finally blurts out, before he can wipe her sword,
"Can't you see all the blood on my face?!"
Can't he wipe her face for once?!
Theme: Self-reliance
[ShinRan + Shugo Chara!] Before the Dawn Bell Rings
[Dream of the Red Chamber + Harry Potter] The Legend of the Lovers' Death
Before I Transmigrated into a Book, I Was Also a Buddhist Young Master of the Capital
Let's See Who's Richer
The Delicate One
The Witch Starts as a Baby
Teacher, My Kid Isn't a Dragon!
Young Master, You Haven't Regretted It, Have You?
What Bad Intentions Could a Little Moon Have?
Who Says He's Just a Nobody?!
Dream of the Red Chamber: When I Picked Up the Glass Lamp
The Wind and Snow Say Nothing
Love·False Butler·De·Real Old Father·Hua
Quiet notice: It will probably be updated in the next two days because I am writing (.)
There will definitely be 20,000 words this week, but I procrastinate a lot, so I might do something big in the last three days or something (.)
Cynthia is cute hahahahahaha
Please comment on the copy before reading it, read it carefully! >3
Good finals week, life and death are running at the same time.
Big thumbs up to those who are diligent
Possible additional advance charges: There are two characters in Beijing who are often included in storybooks and everyone knows about them. One is Miss Yu Chi of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Although her biological mother died young, she has a lovely and gentle nature. She was born with a lotus face and has a harmonious relationship with her stepmother and sisters. Everyone praises and likes her; The other one is the prince Feng Geng. He has great military exploits in his weak years, is also unparalleledly handsome, and is proficient in literature, Taoism and martial arts. He is the dream lover of girls in the boudoir. But everyone knows that Yu Chi dislikes Feng Geng the most. Whenever there is a banquet, the two of them can't get along. Even if they barely meet, Miss Yu's family always leaves first. So everyone regretted that this talented man and beautiful woman were a match made in heaven, but they could not become a beautiful son and a beautiful wife. Only Yuchi knew why she ran away. At the age of fourteen, Yuchi fell asleep with a storybook in his arms. He dreamed that he was like the character in the storybook, and could hear what others were thinking as long as they looked at each other. When I woke up, the dream came true. Yuchi:! Through this power, she found that she could hear many things she didn't know she knew. For example, the stepmother said: "The weather has been hot recently, so you don't need to come to say hello." But I always feel that the prime minister's residence is lonely and sparsely populated. Yesterday I cried on the couch for half an hour; Another example is that every time my little sister sees her, she always says, "Why don't I see you going out to play?" But I kept saying in my heart: "Come to me to play, come to me to play, come to me to play!" Yu Chi, who originally thought that his father and mother did not love and kiss his sister, suddenly turned from a pitiable child into the favorite of the chosen group. After harmonizing the relationship at home, Yu was late to the age of getting married. She found a way to meet with all the better men in Beijing, and went to screen them one by one in person. The second son of the General's Mansion looks heroic, but he has a hidden disease and is inhumane; The eldest son of Prince Cheng's palace appears to be a talented person, but he doesn't like to take a bath, and there will be layers of mud on his body; The young master in Taifu's family was obsessed with cleanliness and had to bathe four times and change five sets of clothes every day. Only the prince was good-looking and had no quirks, but when he saw her for the first time, he looked him up and down. Although he didn't say anything, he whispered in his heart: "Why is Miss Yu dressed like this today..." Yu Chi's mouth froze, and before he said anything more hurtful, he hurriedly looked away and left quickly. She thought to herself that even if the prince didn't like her, there were so many sons in the capital, and he could always find a good one. Unexpectedly, one day later, she had no choice but to meet the prince, but before she could escape, he stopped her at the rockery. Yu Chi was begging for mercy when he saw Feng Geng staring at him, his expression gloomy, but he could hold back his excitement and said: "Miss Yu today is also particularly touching!" Yuchi:? Yuchi:!
It's great, a total of 15,000! You are amazing!
Ah yes! Love!