For the time being, this story is on hiatus because I have decided to rewrite it.... more>>

When it is time to start publishing the new version, I hope you all check it out. Please look at my profile page for updates!

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This is the story of two people, a Human and a Goddess, who lost their memories.  The Goddess, Itarr, was sealed up for hundreds of thousands of years and has regressed to being nothing more than a humanoid-like being of red energy.  The girl, Servi, woke up near a forest and died later that night.  Instead of ceasing to exist, she was brought before Itarr, who spoke of a way for them both to live.

Even though she was content with dying and fading away, Servi took Itarr up on her offer, and their souls became interconnected.  Together, as one being, they ventured forth off into the unknown world.

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What To Expect: After Prologue One and Prologue Two, the story becomes a slow burn, and It's filled with romance and hardships. Because of the story's slow burn-like nature, character growth and development will take time to achieve. The MC-- Servi-- is overpowered, but the tension is still there. Her conflicts, for the most part, are mainly internal in nature. She has her own sets of challenges and mountains to climb, and they are different when compared to the people around her. In short, Servi's life isn't an easy one even when she has the power to destroy an army. When the main couple gets together, expect there to be descriptive sex scenes.

However, there is a content warning because this story contains depictions of gore, rape, and torture, sometimes to an excessive degree.

Thank you for reading this!

And for the glossary, I plan to update it at the end of every Book. And I have pictures for some of the characters. I'd very much like it if you could take a look at them. You can find them in the glossary.

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Note: This is my first time ever writing a story that other people can read. I will do my utmost best! <<less

Our protagonist gets transmigrated to a free-use world where sex can be bartered for. It's a world with all kinds of magical beings, from angels to demons and everything in between. Protagonist will have to work hard to keep his little life, when he finds himself in the middle of a battle among the forces of good and evil.... more>>

All types of kinks will be explored in this story, so you have been warned.

Also, it is NOT a vanilla story. There will be no cheating involved but, some of the chapters can be rather intense.

*It can be a hard read till 100 chapters but it's quality will improve afterwards, along with some actual development of the plot.*

You can connect to my discord server with below link. https://discord.gg/jQKMScXuZD

Please consider supporting me on the Patreon if you liked the story. All patrons will have an early access to the unreleased chapters.
https://www.patreon.com/slayer104
Support on PayPal if you want to fund the character arts.
https://www.paypal.me/rootSlayer
Thanks,
Slayer104

Disclaimer: I don't own the rights of the cover image. If you are the owner, let me know and I will take it down. <<less

"We have in the studio Christian Grey, who won his fifth Oscar award yesterday"
"Madam President... that man is not someone we can play with"
"Goddamn it! We're the goddamn mafia, and we still can't attract one man?"
"My children, whoever can marry that man will inherit all my wealth"
"Forbes magazine has proclaimed Christian Grey as the most influential man in the world"... more>>

Christian Grey is the most desired man in the world, a man every woman would kill to have his hand with.
One of the world's most successful and perfect man, but is he really as perfect as everyone believes?
Follow the life of Christian Grey, a young man reincarnated in an upside down world where women are the dominant sex.
A world where men are valued for their appearances, pursued and taken advantage of by women.

Discord: https://discord.gg/VtHg4GqXtq
Patreon: https://patreon.com/Eroos
Webnovel: https://www.webnovel.com/book/reversal_21691685505030605
Tags:
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Short synopsis: A rock explores an apocalyptic world of magic and monsters as she kills things and has babies.... more>>

Discord: https://discord.gg/SRdW9T6UJu

Opal wakes up to a new life.
She fights and grows stronger, her thick skin keeping her unhurt in situations others would find lethal or at least troubling.
How will she approach this new life of enjoyable fighting and troublesome sexual situations?
Is she getting fat again? She probably ate too much delicious monster meat you say? She doesn't eat and monster meat is gross.
Strange.

What to expect:
A light-hearted look at dark situations.
A system with leveling, skills and magic.
Lots of combat focusing on effects more than detail.
Povs showing different, varied perspectives.
Opal making lots of babies.

Content Warning:
It won't let me include more than 25 tags so I picked the ones most relevant or important to the telling of the story.
This means many sexual tags were left out and due to the nature of the story you may want to know in advance some of the things planned for the story in the future.
Opal will be going a lot of places, meeting a lot of different types of people including evil bad guys who will add to her growing list of children.

Some of the planned events include but are not limited to:
Forced Marriages
Cheating
Rape
Incest
Possible NTR(Haven't decided yet)
BDSM
Blackmail
Slavery

If I ever do upload a chapter with NTR content I will tag it at the start of the chapter.

What not to expect: Soul destroying in depth depictions of the heavier subjects even if they are present in the novel. Expect them to happen but not for them to break the protagonist or the reader. I want to make my novel fun to read. Probably. <<less

Dark Elves.
Enchanting, mysterious, dominating mavericks blessed with haunting beauty, great magics and built by the Gods themselves to reign over the lives of others.
Hated by their Elven brethren and feared by the world at large. These slave-mongering beings stand tall and confident in the knowledge that they as a whole are of the elite.
Too skilled to be conquered, too powerful to destroy, too dangerous to engage.
They fear nothing.
Born to rule, it is said they bow to no one, can not be controlled and are impossible to tame.... more>>

But are they?

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Hello my name is David Saint and I'm the author of Guilty x Creatures.
Guilty x Creatures is an ongoing series set in an alternate universe in which all manner of fantasy beings exist against the backdrop of a technologically modern world.
A single chapter will be posted publicly once a month between the 1st and the 5th, while two chapters will be posted each month on the 1st and the 15th for Patreon subscribers.

Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/guiltyxcreatures

Contact: [email protected]

Original artwork by AkiBesuto who can be found at https://twitter.com/akibesuto?lang=en <<less

Summary: Noah's life sucked. He had no job prospects. All he did all day was play video games and watch porn. Worst of all, he... more>> lived in a home with six annoying sisters and a naggy mother. However, all that changed when he hit his head, only to find that the genders of the world had suddenly swapped. Women had become the leaders in charge, full of sex, violence, and shamelessness. Men were valued for their looks and pursued and taken advantage of by horny women. Now living with six horny perverted teenage girls and his soncon mother, can Noah rise up and take charge of the house or will he yield under this new society's standard? <<less

You have all read about Self Inserts and their adventures. Some are good, some are bad. All of them are entertaining. What would happen if the person involved had a choice about who they could become? What would they do? Be good? Be Bad? Have more fun than anyone ever deserves?... more>>

Join me as we explore a brand new Gamer-like existence with The Protagonist System!
(all characters and likenesses are copyright their respective owners)

Warning: I will not apologize that this story is completely wish fulfillment. It's a story and I'm going to have fun with it. <<less

The vast majority of people fall almost completely and utterly within the average. Maybe they're notably more intelligent, or stronger than the average, getting outside the standard deviation or two that most of the population lies within. So, what happens if after - or, perhaps, during - death, someone found out they were actually exceptional? And, even better, got a second chance?
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I'm not including it as a primary tag because the usual (sexual/fetishistic) connotations don't apply, but there will be 'gender-bender' in this story, that being actual transgender/transsexual characters who undergo physical transition, both MtF and FtM. The main character does not, and is male throughout the entire story. Along with that, there's... more>> some general exploration of sex and gender and sexuality - I approach that sort of thing with an eye to realism in general. If you don't like that, don't read. If you think you won't mind it and end up not, don't complain.

A story that I started writing on CHYOA, and is based on an interactive CYOA by Shadlith. Chapters tend to be short, and are written day-of posting, so everything is a bit rough and I have a lot that I eventually want to go back and rewrite. Also, some of the chapters will be combined from the CHYOA version, but no actual story changes will occur - this includes most notes about 'oopsies' that I made in regards to reasoning through things or forgetting to include certain things. Also, italics might be weird, because CHYOA's markup system is pretty crappy.
CHYOA series: https://chyoa.com/story/Strange-Salvation.51077
Strange Salvation Interactive CYOA by Shadlith: https://strangesalvation.neocities.org/Viewer%201.8/StrangeSalvationCYOA <<less

A 22nd Century man who used to play an Ero-game for women, called Power and Sword, is reincarnated into a world similar to the game. Born as a woman in a strange matriarchy, she must level up to defend against the coming war with the Demon Queendom.
And to level up, you need to...... more>>

Warning:
This story is for an 18+ audience.
All s*x described in the story are between characters who're 18+.
contains 18+ Yaoi, Yuri, etc.

Artwork by Laksana_
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My patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=69103800
My ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/allenpie
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Asylums. Narcotics. Forbidden love. And a whole bunch of mad hatters ready to plunge the world's magical underbelly into unrepairable mayhem. Fortunately, nothing is ever too hard with a system backing you up—especially when your moral values are skewed, and the only enemy standing in your way to the top is time. ... more>>

[Warning: this web novel will contain incest + yandere harem.]

Discord -> https://discord.gg/mkaJpcaQQ2 <<less

While searching for people to help their father around the farm before the Harvest Festival, Arven, Sylfinas, and Merrick encounter a Fenri named Kaera that is far away from her home because of an evil organization. They agree to return her to her homeland for various reasons after freeing her. For Arven, it means gaining additional experience in combat to aid him in following the footsteps of his brother and join the Ebony Legion, an elite military group of Adoran. For Sylfinas, it means to finally witness more parts of the world and ingest in other cultures, and to unlock his past hopefully. For Merrick, it's a means of escape. However, Kaera secretly prays that... more>> the new recruits can aid her in stopping a monster terrorizing her homeland and rebuild her reputation.

Two retired adventurers act as teachers to the fledging group but come out of retirement when they discover an ancient adversary beginning to stir once again. As they seek to prevent its return and gather forces of their organization, The Gatekeepers, they rekindle a forbidden flame. It may end up undoing everything they worked for.

The royal bloodline of Adoran is at its weakest. The king is dead and the prince is incompetent. As a result, seven prominent families vie for control of the crown at the risk of causing multiple wars that may end up balkanizing the entire kingdom or engulf the entire continent, giving the threat a chance to conquer everything in its path. However, a man ostracized by society may be the key to calming tensions and unite the land if it doesn't kill him first.
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Expect updates every Monday. I'll try my best to alert the readers if I'm unable to upload a chapter on the scheduled day as fast as possible. Any comments are welcome, and constructive criticism is greatly appreciated since this is my first ever story. I will ignore hate posts that offer no way for me to improve as a writer (i.e. "This story sucks," "You're a shit writer," and so on.) <<less

I lived a disappointing life. My greatest achievement was graduating high school with mediocre grades. I was good at making friends, but I never felt like my connections with them were real... My relationships with the opposite sex always ended as quickly as they started. I didn't go to college and I never had more than one job.... more>>

Hmm? How did I die? I was on my job making fries and thanks to the mistake of my coworker, I ended up being showered with oil. A terrible and painful way to go, right? It gets better... I thought that I would fade into nothingness, but I was wrong... I ended up in the Divine Realm of a strange Goddess who ended up laughing at me for more than ten minutes after I first met her...

Let's see what this "Goddess" wants from me. I want to go the afterlife and enjoy a mediocre eternity.
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Several days later... Goddess' POV:

Oh no! I mistook my cute believer's file for another one! I treated him badly because of that! What the hell do I do now!? He's gonna hate me! He's gonna hate me for sure! I messed up... There has to be a way to fix this situation!
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I apologize in advance for any spelling mistakes or any strange grammar. English is not my first language.

This is also the second story I have ever written. The first is not ready to be shared yet. Thanks!

The image is not mine but the story is. Here is the link for the image: https://www.deviantart.com/k-cross/art/Goblin-93633936

I will be releasing three chapters per week. Mainly on Monday-Wednesday-Friday.

Join the discord! https://discord.gg/uH6APbzrFR

I will ping as soon as I release a new chapter!

The illustrations in the glossary section were not made by me. I used a character generator. I willl be posting the links to show support to the creators of the character generators.

All the goblin sisters were made with: https://picrew.me/image_maker/625876

Thanks! <<less

Genres - Heavy Incest, R-20, Harem, Tragedy, Romance, Transmigration, Somewhat a Dark Fantasy, Action, Weak to Strong.... more>>

My Discord: [Universal Sect]
https://discord.gg/pDtMQbESKP

The main character will be somewhat close to the character of Vincent from the "Collateral" movie with Tom Cruise as the main lead. In looks and lack of empathy.

(He would also have the same name as Vincent after transmigration)

This is my first time writing, and my eng is only my 3rd language. I'm writing mostly for my own enjoyment.

I like psychos-type characters like Michael Mayers, Hannibal Lacter, or Vincent.

[I do not own this cover. I just saw it in google images and found it quite fitting for my mc, so, if you're the owner and want me to take it down, contact me in discord.]

Have a good day.

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David Strom is an orphan who goes through a lot of hardships in his life. His parents died in a plane crash when he was a child. Bullying at school. Hard college time... He studied a lot of different martial disciplines. He is tall and, handsome, with long white hair and somewhat crimson eyes.

But he overcame that all.

The most important person for him was his aunt. A beautiful and caring woman in her thirties.

One day on his way back home, his life changed... <<less

After an untimely death, Velen Arcturus, found himself as a formless soul in Hell. This wasn't a great surprise to him, he wasn't exactly what one could call a good person after all. However, when he's told that rather than being punished, he's being reincarnated into another world with his memories intact, he can't help but be excited. Only problem is, they want him to kill some Outsiders, or the next time he dies his soul will be destroyed.
And so begins a journey in a new world.... more>>

Author's Note: My first foray into actual writing something for public consumption. I don't particularly have a full roadmap of this story planned, so it could really go anywhere. Things are subject to change at my whim, though I'm not above being influenced, so feel free to leave criticism, or even things you might like to see. Seriously the amount of things that have completely changed, because of a single comment are tremendous. Don't be afraid to drop a comment or a dm if you want a question answered either.
Also being posted on Royal Road, by me of course.

Patreons get 2-3 month early chapter access, almost daily releases and access to polls that can and have affected the future direction and past of some major characters.
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/Tyboneous
Join my Discord - https://discord.gg/KGdFfbSyMa <<less

Benjamin was an ordinary high school student. After waking up on a certain day, he found out the gender values of society seemed to be... more>> reversed. <<less

Harutos life isn't going so well.... more>>

Sisters locked up

1 parent dead, 1 in a coma

Childhood friend/girlfriend cheated on him

Best friend slept with gf

He's single heartbroken but he's a nice guy. He's just wants everyone in his life to be happy.

Can he do it without becoming an asshole?

NTR protagonists always get robbed. They get the short end of the stick. Forced to lead a life of obsession for something they can't have, but what happens afterward?

The nice guy MC always doing the right thing and always gets disrespected and looked down on.

The waifu gets dicked down and drowns in pleasure while the cucked MC caters to her. But, what happens when love tries to steal the MC from her?

After reading over 100 NTR novels I have achieved NTR-NIRVANA and this is my attempt at a new genre. RNTR!

"REGRETORARE".... where the female that was stolen regrets her decision. This isnt about revenge, or the MC seeking justice. Its about a nice guy who was raised to love others AND DAMMIT HE'S GONNA DO IT.

(This is my first attempt at writing, beware of incest, horror, trap, and netorare tags. MOST NTR happens in flash backs because we are starting after it happened,
growth is very slow, the main point is MC didn't break and stopped taking shit from others.) <<less

Destiny‌ ‌is‌ ‌truly‌ ‌a‌ ‌miraculous‌ ‌thing.‌ ‌As‌ ‌if‌ ‌being‌ ‌thrown‌ ‌into‌ ‌another‌ world‌ ‌without‌ ‌any‌ ‌consent‌ ‌wasn’t‌ ‌enough,‌ ‌Yueshi‌ ‌came‌ ‌to‌ ‌learn‌ ‌that‌ ‌ his‌ ‌life‌ ‌hung‌ ‌by‌ ‌a‌ ‌thread.‌ ‌As‌ ‌death‌ ‌slowly‌ ‌encroached‌ ‌upon‌ ‌him,‌ ‌he‌ ‌felt‌ ‌that‌ ‌wherever‌ ‌the‌ ‌price‌ ‌was,‌ ‌he‌ ‌would‌ ‌pay‌ ‌it‌ ‌if‌ ‌it‌ ‌meant‌ ‌staying‌ ‌alive.‌ ‌He‌ ‌didn’t‌ ‌know,‌ ‌however,‌ ‌that‌ ‌his‌ ‌actions‌ ‌would‌ ‌be‌ ‌much‌ ‌heavier‌ ‌than‌ ‌he’d‌ ‌ever‌ ‌expected,‌ ‌and‌ ‌that‌ ‌they‌ ‌would‌ ‌soon‌ ‌send‌ ‌waves‌ ‌through‌ ‌Heavens‌ ‌and‌ ‌Earth‌ ‌–‌ ‌giving‌ ‌birth‌ ‌to‌ ‌a‌ ‌new‌ ‌era.‌ ‌... more>>

…‌ ‌

Men‌ ‌are‌ ‌dragons,‌ ‌women‌ ‌are‌ ‌phoenixes.‌ ‌Men‌ ‌are‌ ‌yang,‌ ‌women‌ ‌are‌ ‌yin;‌ ‌the‌ ‌principle‌ ‌of‌ ‌duality…‌ ‌two‌ ‌‌‌opposites‌ ‌that‌ ‌need‌ ‌each‌ ‌other‌ ‌to‌ ‌exist‌ ‌and‌ ‌to‌ ‌have‌ ‌meaning.‌ ‌With‌ ‌that‌ ‌said,‌ ‌when‌ ‌a‌ ‌Dragon‌ ascends,‌ ‌ten‌ ‌thousand‌ ‌Phoenixes‌ ‌chirp;‌ ‌when‌ ‌a‌ ‌Phoenix‌ ‌falls,‌ ‌ten‌ ‌thousand‌ ‌Dragons‌ ‌grieve.‌ ‌Dual‌ ‌cultivation…‌ ‌yin‌ ‌and‌ ‌yang…‌ ‌dragon‌ ‌ qi‌ ‌and‌ ‌phoenix‌ ‌qi…‌ ‌Yueshi‌ ‌will‌ ‌soon‌ ‌find‌ ‌that‌ ‌everything‌ ‌is‌ ‌far more complex ‌than‌ ‌he‌ ‌had‌ ‌ever‌ ‌imagined!‌

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Also posted on Webnovel and Royal Road - under the same username.

The resources used for the cover do not belong to me, and all credits go to their respective owners.

Release schedule: 1 Chapter / Day

Credit for the girls goes to: 著著呀 (Pixiv Id 49718843)
Credit for the font goes to: whoever made the Fighting Spirit Turbo font. <<less

The new year brings new arrivals to Emerald Bay,, with new families bringing new people into the three friends' lives. One is a shy girl, who's lost all hope but caries an extraordinary untapped potential and the other is a mysterious girl wise beyond her years who holds dark secrets.... more>>

As Evans' genius keeps him separated from his friends all too often, and Zack finds his popularity growing, Samantha finds herself having more and more trouble keeping the truth of their complex relationship a secret.

Meanwhile, a mysterious cult begins to exert its dark influence throughout the town, using both subtle and not so subtle methods of searching for candidates for some mysterious purpose. <<less

Swordsmasters,
Beings that have attained unrivaled power with the sword.... more>>

They live, eat, sleep, and die with their swords.

Swordsmaster Nova was one such being, fated to die on the battlefield with his sword. However, one faithful encounter with the Hero's party changed his life forever.

He learned friendship,
Camaraderie,
And he learned how to love.

Yet, fate is cruel. In the final battle against the Demon king, he sacrificed himself so that his friends can escape.

Five years after his death, he is reborn as a baby; the grandson (and later, granddaughter) of an Otherworlder; a child of a prestigious Swordsmen family—with all his previous life's memories intact.

Will he spend his new chance at life like before, rolling around desperately on the battlefield?
Will he leave his past life behind and make new connections?
Will he try to contact his retired comrades?
Or will he do all of those above?

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New chapter every 2-3 days
(GB will be in chapter 13)
Discord: https://discord.gg/sDtu2dHr4v
NOTE: However much early chapters might lead you to believe otherwise, this is not a light-hearted adventure.

Old Cover art by Dotturndot. Check out his story here: https://www.scribblehub.com/series/526260/half-a-demon-lords-journey/

New Cover Art by @Purplehorn on Twitter (or X if you're a big dummy) <<less

The guy lived a normal life, did normal things, and always wished for something spectacular to happen to him, like in all those Isekai stories.... more>> Without warning, his wish came true. He got a new life and an adventure he didn't plan for. <<less

Min was born in a tribe of Goblins, where she became a hunter due to her great stats. As a hunter, she lived a simply life with her hunting friends, leveling peacefully. But what happens when the Elven Kind discovers a great source of Mithril in their little cave system?... more>>

Warning: This fiction will contain great amounts of sex and violence. Goblin society in my story is a carnal one, where everyone has sex with everyone, even there own siblings... maybe parents too, who knows. Min will be subject to gang bangs by her hunting friends from chapter 2 onwards, albeit, willingly. Rape might enter the story in the future and it also might not. <<less

Get the latest chapters faster on my patreon. Support me on patreon to keep me motivated to write more chapters: www.patreon.com/ParodyGirl... more>>

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Sinopse:

I was watching an episode of Dungeon Ni Deai before going to sleep.

Before I went to sleep, I wished "I would like to go to that world."

Having masturbated before bed, I went to The world of Dungeon Ni Deai with a rather peculiar system.

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CONTAINS MIND CONTROL FOR A SHORT ARC OF A FEW CHAPTERS AND THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED R4P3 EVEN IF IT IS NOT VIOLENT AT ALL.

BE AWARE!!!! AFTER THIS SHORT ARC YOU WILL NEVER HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THIS AGAIN!!! <<less

A pervert father that tries to hold back his nature. A bitchy devout wife that treats him like a servant. A father in law that collects most of his earnings. This is Carl’s life. Now Carl decides that it is time to put everything behind him and start anew, but an incredible discovery about his father in law makes him decide that it is time to teach him a lesson… of course in his own, pervert way... ... more>>

Please support me on https://www.patreon.com/PinkCulture

Finally, the downloadable version of the first two Volumes is available on my p@treon.  To download it, you just have to be ANY TIER AT ALL.  Even a 1$ tier gives you the right to download the PDF version of the volume.  Also,  I won't be offended if you just pledge 1$ once just to download the book.  So go ahead!  Buy me a coffee.  :)

PinkCulture <<less

Promises are meant to be kept, but a promise to save a beloved sister leads a group of high school magical girls into a dream... more>> of many literary landscapes. Out of this dream of Carroll’s wonderlands and Baum’s fairylands and Poe’s nightmares comes a monster that threatens to invade the waking world. Their promise forms the opening act of a play they can’t stop, so to prevent this monster’s debut into their world, they must play their parts to the end at all hazards to their lives. If you love quirky magical girls, bloodthirsty femme fatales, fight scenes, love scenes, twisty plot lines, fantastic settings, the possibility of dreams, and the uncertainty of nightmares, this story is for you. <<less

Apparently I died then a ROB, robbed my soul from afterlife to ask me do something for him.
Then he let me choose 3 ability that i can use to help my journey.
I pick some the most OP abilities i have ever know.
HAHAHAHA.... more>>

I will be reincarnated to anime and eroge world.. which is most otaku dream!!
With my incoming overpowered ability it should be easy right?
.......

Mc wake up and see his new identity.
He realize he is still ducked.

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This is my first fic so dont really expect anything, really.
I dont own anything except probably the OC MC, Even the cover I take somewhere from internet.
English is not my main language, not even second, but my third language so expect some grammar or typo mistake. Not native english speaker.
I dont have editor either.

The update perhaps heavily depend on my mood.
Oh yeah, content warning btw. Also look at tag.

And last, my writing style might be weird. A lot time I will use MC POV.
I guess I'm playing too much eroge.

If you are looking R-18 content, It would be happen on much later.. I want to write proper progress between mc and her girls instead making them immediately go for mc without reason.

Anyway Just enjoy. Trying to write fanfic because covid anyway, filling time and self satisfaction. Stay safe.
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No longer crossposted with webnovel. No feedback, disrespecting community, yadayada. I have enough, lol. <<less