*“My wish as champion is for you to descend the tower and be my wife.”* Climbing a deadly tower, Oscar seeks the power of its master, the Witch of the Azure Moon. He hopes her incredible magic can break a curse that will kill any woman he takes for a wife. When the prince sees how beautiful Tinasha is, though, he has a better idea—since she’s surely strong enough to survive his curse, she should just marry him instead! Tinasha isn’t keen on the idea, but agrees to live with Oscar in the royal castle for a year while researching the spell placed on the prince. The witch’s pretty face hides several lifetimes of dark secrets, however—secrets that begin resurfacing… (Source: Yen Press)
Once upon a time in a faraway land, a beautiful witch lived atop a tall tower with no intention of descending. Instead, she awaited the brave knight who would overcome many perils to meet her. Should someone triumph over her many traps, she would grant them any one wish. One day, such a courageous prince did arrive, and he asked her to rid him of the curse preventing him from siring an heir. But the curse of another witch cannot be so easily lifted, and the only way to save his bloodline... is to become his bride?! (Source: Yen Press)
One day, college student Shizuku Minase stumbles from modern-day Japan into a fantasy world. While wandering through a backwater region of this world of sword and sorcery, she meets Eric, an eccentric young man studying a magical script. The pair strike a deal: He'll help Shizuku return home if she teaches him Japanese. Thus the pair set off across the magical continent of Farsas in search of a way back to Earth. (Source: Yen Press)
Irede: the world’s oldest pleasure town, built as an offering to a god. Here alone, myth has endured the passing of millennia. In a townscape dyed vermilion by the light of hanging lanterns, fine wine and masterful music sate the desires of guests who travel from across the continent to experience Irede’s wonders—and meet its beautiful courtesans. Yet all is not well here, as shades—supernatural entities born of human desires—lurk in the shadows, their motives known only to themselves, and deep beneath the earth, something primal stirs. When Xixu, a straight-laced military officer, arrives from the capital to become the town’s newest shadeslayer, he encounters Sari, a young courtesan with hair the color of moonlight. Thus begins a tale of love and conflict, of desire and blood, and of gods and men. (Source: J-Novel Club)
Irede, the town of fine drink, masterful performing arts, and holy courtesans, was built long ago as an offering to a god. Travelers gather here in droves from across the continent, but unbeknownst to them, shades—creatures who lead humans astray—lurk in the streets. Sari, a maiden with the ability to bind shades, is the proprietress of a living myth: the courtesan house Pale Moon. And when she meets Xixu, a shadeslayer fresh from the capital, restless shadows begin stirring beneath the town’s surface... (Source: J-Novel Club)
The rewriting of history ended when Oscar and Tinasha destroyed the Elteria spellbook. The king and the witch are reunited in a history that can never be rewritten, and their love story comes to an end. Oscar and Tinasha, who have escaped from the bounds of this world, are now entrusted with the mission of destroying the nine remaining spellbooks. The endless journey of the king and the witch, the repeating cycle of death and rebirth, begins again. (Source: Dengeki Bunko, translated)
*"Since you've come this far, I'll make you glad you chose me."* Sakura is entrusted with a "mission" by a friend. That mission: to become Rosie, the protagonist of her beloved book, "The Fairy Princess Tale," and avert the tragedy that unfolds in this world and stop the repeating loop. But she fails the first time—she dies and returns to her hometown two years ago, and seeks help from her favorite character, her childhood friend and prince of a neighboring country, Yule. If possible, she wants to save him as well, as he is destined to die. To save her loved one, the substitute young lady defies fate with all her might. (Source: Kadokawa, translated)

