Tricia works at a coffee shop for now, but she dreams of starting her own business—a pet salon. The problem is that the bank doesn't want to finance her dream. But then a mysterious man walks into her coffee shop and introduces himself. His name is Lassiter Dragan, and he's a well-known venture capitalist! He tells her not to miss this chance and promises her a loan if she'll agree to play his wife over the holidays. Tricia knows this is the way to make her dreams come true, but a man that charming is dangerous! She's hesitant, but she decides to go along with his suggestion. Could this be the start of a Christmas miracle? (Source: Harlequin/SB Creative Corp.)

Irene has been the acting queen for 20 years, single-handedly managing the country's political affairs while her warmongering husband, King William, was away at the front. The day after she finally ends the long war and is about to hand over all administrative duties to the returning king and take a long-overdue rest, she suddenly wakes up in a strange bed. When she looks in the mirror, she finds herself 20 years younger, back in time, on the day before the tea party where she was chosen as the crown prince's fiancée.She is shocked and furious to learn that the twenty years of her life she gave to the state have been undone. Realizing she was caught in someone else's regression, she decides to do things differently in her second life. She refuses to become the crown prince's wife, determined to live a life of leisure. However, in her place, her beloved younger sister is chosen as the new crown princess, setting the stage for a new and unexpected future.

1. Frieren wa Ningen wo Shiritai (フリーレンは人間を知りたい, Frieren Wants to Learn About the Humans) \[Jona\]; 2023/05/24 2. Himmel Tabi Nikki (ヒンメル旅にっき, Himmel's Travel Diary) \[Yamaguchi Kazumi\]; 2023/05/25 3. Yuusha Himmel no Boukentan (勇者ヒンメルの冒険譚, The Adventures of Brave Himmel) \[Miura Ren\]; 2023/05/23 4. Chuubou no Frieren (厨房のフリーレン, Frieren at the Kitchen) \[Kassan\]; 2023/05/22 5. Yorimichi no Frieren (寄り道のフリーレン, Stopover Frieren) \[Igarashi Souichi\]; 2023/05/26

An official *Kyuuketsuki Sugu Shinu* anthology series.

He’s been transported to another world. And has become the adopted son of a powerful family. But the heavens are unjust, as he has been given a weak body and an even weaker cultivation rank. But heaven pitying him has given a magical space. Follow his journey in this new world.

Ye Chuan—a mental patient—sees all living creatures in the world as pigs. On the day he changes professions, he awakens a life-class occupation: Butcher. His teachers and classmates are gravely disappointed, and even his childhood sweetheart leaves him. However, the Butcher profession grants him extra damage against pigs and halves the damage he receives from them. Since he sees everyone as pigs, he uses a single butcher’s knife to rise up and become a god! (Source: Kuaikan, translated)

Bai Yifan has an antique ring that allows him to travel freely between the Earth and the fantasy world, and he has discovered that ordinary "plants and animals" on Earth will evolve into treasures when they are taken to the fantasy world. An apple evolves into a fruit of immortality, an egg will hatch into a phoenix, and a stray dog will become the descendant of dragons. He could even use tobacco to mind-control the enemy to his advantage! (Source: Tencent, translated)

Ye Lin is transported to a world overrun by demons. On the day of his class advancement, he becomes an SSS-rank Forbidden Spell Mage—only to be met with laughter and ridicule. Why? Because casting forbidden spells consumes the user's own life force. It's the most powerful class, but also a guaranteed death sentence. What they don't know is Ye Lin's secret: he's immortal. The class's fatal flaw means absolutely nothing to him. When they witness Ye Lin casually spamming hundreds of forbidden spells at once, everyone completely loses their minds. *"Just how many lives do you HAVE?!" "Are you seriously using ultimate-level spells as your basic attack?!"* (Source: Kuaikan, translated)

After finding out that my boyfriend was cheating on me with my little sister, I announced our break-up in a fit of rage. But never could I have imagined that the two of them would commit double suicide. Even the police believes that this was just an accident... But I felt that things weren't that simple. Since my university days, anyone who had a conflict with me would all perish in unnatural deaths...

Others walk their pets, either spirit creatures or lapdogs, but I, Qi Yuan, walk a kitchen knife. Everyone in the sect thinks I'm insane, but unexpectedly, my eyes can see hidden messages in them. Having traveled to this world of cultivation, I've discovered that all foundation-building techniques transform practitioners into sustenance for a certain entity. So, to build my foundation, I created my own techniques and collected spiritual objects, solely to build the foundation for the Heavenly Dao! (Source: Tencent, translated)