Summoned to the castle alongside five supernatural guardians, Selene, the Guardian of Shadow, is greeted with terrifying An entire city is being endangered by a catastrophic-level beast! As the others prepare to fight, Selene takes advantage of the chaos and puts a plan to steal the king’s and her allies’ powers into motion. With those, she can unlock the secrets of the ancient stone slab.Can Selene finally break free from her nightmarish loop of death and humiliation? The manga’s thrilling conclusion awaits!

Embracing her role as the Shadow Guardian, Selene begins uncovering the secrets of the stone tablet and the mystery behind the guardians’ supernatural abilities in hopes of escaping her endless hellish time loops where not even death offers her release. With the help of Dier, the former first prince who is also the Moon Guardian, Selene successfully absorbs the Water Guardian Alexei’s powers. Now, her sights are set on her next target—the Earth Guardian. But she soon finds out that the knight hailed as the strongest in the world won’t be so easy to take down...

Selene, now the head of the Vixent family, is living out her tenth time loop and is desperate to escape her cycle of death and humiliation. After attending a party with the young king and the six guardians, she's ambushed on her way home by a mysterious man.This new, formidable foe is none other than Dier Veldt, the former first prince of the kingdom. He’s also a seemingly immortal being who wields the unique power of the moon. Having glimpsed at Selene's time loops in his dreams, Dier becomes her sole ally and accomplice.Together, they decide to investigate the mysterious powers that bind them, uncovering secrets that could change their destinies forever.

Selene Vixent has died nine times. Each time, she’s betrayed and dumped by her fiancé, is abused by her noble family, and meets an untimely end—all because she doesn't awaken to the power of Sun, the so-called power of protection inherited by those in her family. Selene is determined to escape this cursed time loop, and after nine deaths, she abandons all attempts to be the perfect fiancée and daughter. She instead awakens to the power of Shadow—seen to be an ominous portent of misfortune—and fully embraces her new life as a villainess. However, everything changes when Dier Veldt, the former crown prince of the kingdom of Werkst, tells Selene he knows all about her time loops. He offers to help her under one she kills him. With her newfound villainous ways, can Selene break free of these endless time loops once and for all?

가주가 되고 싶었다. 공작의 사생아란 이유로 냉대 속에서 후계자로 이용당해 온 레티시아. 그녀의 헌신은 이세계에서 온 양녀 수진에 의해 물거품이 된다. 누명으로 인한 죽음. 그 끝에서 그녀는 열한 살의 나이로 다시 눈을 뜬다. ‘이번 생에는 내가 가야 할 길을 만들겠어.’ “가문을 나가겠습니다.” 버림받았던 공작가를 벗어나 북부로 향하는 레티시아. 그곳에서 만난 철혈의 윈터 백작에게 거래를 제안하는데. “저를 후원해 주세요, 백작님.” “공녀는 윈터를 위해 무얼 해 줄 수 있지? 나와 윈터가 그대를 아비로부터 비호해 준다면.” “계약의 대가로, 윈터 영지의 저주를 풀어 드리겠습니다.” 두 번째 삶에서 피하려 할수록, 위험하지만 매혹적인 인연들과 얽히게 되는데……. “날 멋대로 구하지 말았어야지. 내게 시선 하나 주지 않을 거였으면.” “마탑주는 정인으로 두고, 저를 남편으로 삼아 주세요.” 격변하는 두 번째 삶. 레티시아는 새로운 가족을 찾을 수 있을까?

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The awkward, romantic comedy manga about geeks in love that inspired the new anime! Can a professional man who's secretly a hardcore gamer and a woman who's secretly a fujoshi date without their hobbies getting in the way, or revealing each other's secrets? Extra-long book includes 2 Japanese volumes! Narumi and Hirotaka are, by all appearances, a power couple. They're young, good-looking professionals. But they have secrets from everyone but each other: They're serious geeks! Narumi is a fujoshi, and Hirotaka's a hardcore gamer. Their sweet, awkward love story started life as a webcomic before becoming a full-blown manga series by popular demand, and is about to become a major anime series!work.

Do you love Chinese fantasy? Do you want to understand it better? Maybe you're a longtime fan who would like a handy reference guide. Maybe you're new to the genre and don't have the time to watch hours of videos to catch up. Or maybe you're an aspiring writer hoping to create authentic cultivation or xianxia content. Regardless, this is the book for you. Here's why. I took some of the most popular videos in my Chinese Fantasy Novel FAQ YouTube series and put them into written form. 25 chapters, each packed with vital language and cultural information. I've also added examples from existing Chinese fantasy novel translations to make things more interesting, relevant, and understandable. Get it now! If you want to know exactly what content is inside, check out this complete chapter list: Chapter 1: The Industry and the Genres Chapter 2: Clans and Sects Chapter 3: Alcohol and “Wine” Chapter 4: Harems and Polygamy Chapter 5: Sworn Brotherhood Chapter 6: Courting Death Chapter 7: “Beat You to Death” Chapter 8: Forms of Address Among Family Members Chapter 9: Forms of Address in Sects and Other Organizations Chapter 10: “I, Your Father” Chapter 11: Confusion About Stars and Planets Chapter 12: Differences between Daoist Magics, Divine Abilities, and Magical Techniques Chapter 13: "Devils" and "Demons" Chapter 14: Clones Chapter 15: Spirit Stones Chapter 16: Qi Deviation, Fire Deviation, and Cultivation Deviation, etc.? Chapter 17: Nascent Souls Chapter 18: Breakthroughs and Bottlenecks Chapter 19: Why Immortals aren't "Immortal" Chapter 20: What is Cultivation? Chapter 21: The Ruthlessness and Brutality of the Cultivation World Chapter 22: What is the Jianghu? Chapter 23: Unheroic Heroes? Chapter 24: Unrealistic Sizes and Distances Chapter 25: Why Immortal Cultivators often don’t “act their age” Appendix 1: List of Chinese terms with pinyin Appendix 2: References