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Horned Owl and King of the Night
Mimizuku to Yoru no Ou· ミミズクと夜の王
novel

Mimizuku, a small girl with chains on her wrists and ankles and the numbers "332" branded onto her forehead, wanders into the Forest of Night seeking to be eaten by a monster. However, when the ruler of the monsters, the mysterious and beautiful "King of Night," refuses to eat her, she tries to formulate a way to convince him otherwise.

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Yuki Kamakiri
Yukikamakiri· 雪蟷螂
novel

In a mountain range where even the tears are freezing, a woman nicknamed Yukikamakiri is rising up. May this wedding receive an eternal blessing. The War of Frozen Blood raged on for decades between two main tribes of this region, the Mirde, a clan believing in eternal life after death, and the Ferbie, a clan where even the women are ferocious warriors, and are said to be so violent in love that they "eat" the man they passionately love. As such, those women were nicknamed the "Yukikamakiri," the snow praying mantises. In order for the war to finally end, a promise was made : That the new young leaders of the respective clans are to be united under a political marriage of convenience. That promise was taken by the now deceased former leader of each clan. Ten years have passed since that promise was made. Can the peace really be achieve with this marriage with no love involved, a marriage going against the very nature of the snow praying mantises' violent and passionate love, and can the long hatred forgotten that easily?

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Dokuhakihime to Hoshi no Ishi
Dokuhaki Hime to Hoshi no Ishi· 毒吐姫と星の石
novel

Vion, a country that entrusts its destiny to the omniscient heaven. There was a princess who was abandoned in the downtown area by fortune-telling and lived by spitting out cursed words. In the tour of the stars and gods, the girl is recalled to the castle and forced to marry a neighboring country. Deprived of the voice, the only weapon. Embracing a star stone, the girl heads with despair. In the night forest infested with monsters, in the nearby Holy Sword Country Red Ark. The girl was greeted by a prince with unusual limbs, blessed by the King of the Night.