Blessed be the devout who remain chaste among the tainted. A pious young debutante of the Kingdom of Brandt, Elke Eberhardt prays each day as she vies for the sacred title of Pontifex, which grants authority over the nation’s faith. Unfortunately for Elke, fate has other, crueler plans—as she catches the eye of Sir Reiner Mikhel, a notorious womanizer who has seduced countless noblewomen in Brandt. Despite her firm resolve to remain virtuous, Elke finds herself increasingly drawn to the temptations of this dark, ambitious nobleman, whose seductive gaze conceals his true intentions. (Source: WEBTOON)
Following a tragic accident at age 7, high schooler Yu Dan has been able to see the supernatural with his divine eye. When he finds himself haunted by an ancient being called a misfortune anomaly, Dan is led to the Moonlit House. There, he meets fox spirit Master Baek, who says the only way to avoid misfortune is to transfer it to someone else. Dan is adamant to find another path, but can he banish the calamity in time before it pulls him further into this peculiar world of dangers and spirits? (Source: Tapas)
In a world of secret benefactor and beneficiary relationships, the story of "Daddy-Long-Legs" continues with Andrea Yuriness stumbling upon a perplexing mystery. A serial killer is targeting young women, and the girls at Erta Academy are the most at risk! So she and her dormmates start a student-led investigation in order to protect all the girls on campus. But as someone with a secret benefactor herself, Andrea will soon realize that she has deeper ties to this case than she thought. (Source: Tapas)
The night before Su-Jeong plans to confess her feelings for Do-Jin, she runs into him on the street and is devastated to find out that he doesn't even know her name. Too afraid to face him in class the next day, Su-Jeong hides in the storage locker, where she meets Do-Jin's younger brother Jae-Yun. With Jae-Yun's help, will she able to win Do-Jin's heart? (Source: WEBTOON, edited) *Note: Includes four extra chapters.*
A man who has nothing to live for goes looking for Yuki, a girl he met five years ago. Yuki is now living in a nursery school, taking care of the children as their "Sensei". When the man is reunited with Yuki, she treats him as a "dear friend," and suggests that he can stay with her. Yuki offers him motherly love and genuine acceptance, so he stays at the day-care center hoping to "keep Yuki to himself" - but what happens? A depressed man now has a sweet and fluffy girl all over him in this obsessive doting love comedy! (Source: Comic Gamma Plus, translated)
What life is there for a creature forever trapped in a cage? Such questions ring true for Isabella Heloise, illegitimate child of an abusive count who uses her as a pawn for his political ambitions. When Isabella's betrothal to an influential noble is broken off, her value within the Heloise household plummets, prompting her to flee from her father’s violence. Isabella finds herself alone and destitute, only to be found by Ethan Holden, a dashing duke with a nonetheless ominous air. Can Isabella trust the handsome duke, or has she found herself in yet another cage? (Source: WEBTOON)
Alicia Sorcelion is a Noble Lady of the Empire, whose only sin was believing in love. When a doctored prophecy matches her likeness, Prelate Libenthius, a religious leader of the Empire's Central Pantheon, conspires to take advantage of Alicia, puppeting her as the "Saintess" of the empire and betrothing her to the Crown Prince, Viktor Lawrence. While she is praised by the masses,she conceals her apparent lack of divine power, and lives a secluded and lonely life, only finding solace in her love for Viktor, who she believes to reciprocate her feelings. After ViKtor becomes Emperor, he reveals that he too was using her as a pawn in his ambitious plans, and with the appearance of a new "True Saintess" appears, Alicia is branded as a traitor and "False Saintess" in the eyes of the public, eventually sentenced to burn at the stake as a witch and traitor of the Empire. Given another chance at life from the heavens, she opens her eyes in the past, with evidence of living a tragic future branded on her. Determined to avoid the prophecy at all costs, she aims to become a religious servant of the Empire, immune to the prophecy and the influence of her traitors. However her journey is not so easy, as her fate is tangled with a helping Cleric, Edwin, and her past tormentors continue to enact their conspiracy from her past future. (Source: POCKET COMICS) *Note: First released in English, with the initial eligible release in Japanese followed by Korean, making it a manga by our standards.*
Their story began with a marriage that was never meant to be. He is the heir to an honorable duke. She is the daughter of a wealthy widow from the New Continent. From the beginning, they belonged to different worlds. Raymond and Alexa despised each other as intensely as a sweltering summer day. When the duke and duchess divorced, they were relieved to become strangers once more. But when Raymond unexpectedly encounters Alexa again—standing beyond the glass of a grand department store—something changes. He wants her. He needs her. So he marries her. Presenting himself as her protector, Raymond positions himself as a shield against those who covet the heiress’s fortune. Duty weighs heavily on them. Their values clash. The resentment they expected soon takes root. Loving while still harboring hatred, their marriage begins to wither. “We are unhappy. Just like my mother. Just like your uncle.” “Then we will remain unhappy together.” When Alexa uncovers the final deception, despair threatens to consume her. Yet Raymond remains cold and calculating. “You have lost nothing in this marriage. Divorce is not an option.” As war breaks out and chaos spreads, the world around them begins to fracture. Within the gilded cage of their marriage, what will they ultimately discover—power, ruin, or something neither of them ever anticipated? **Original Novel:** Chapters: [KakaoPage](https://page.kakao.com/content/67399789), [Naver Series](https://page.kakao.com/content/67399789) Volumes: [Naver Series](https://series.naver.com/novel/detail.series?productNo=12929222), [Ridibooks](https://ridibooks.com/books/3885037718) **Official Translations:** English
