Sanam Teri Kasam Heroine

He never cries. Not when he was born. Not on his birthday. Not even when they tortured him. Everyone says Fiel Ashenhive should have died long ago. But he didn’t. He just watches. Quiet. Unmoved. Behind his silence lies a cursed mark. A sealed power that even the spirits fear. But how long can you stay quiet, when the world won't stop screaming?

SLASH! (So this is death?!!) I, Elysia, found myself dead before even reaching the Demon King's lair, and our Hero Party was completely annihilated. And this was done by none other than a fellow human—my former classmate. He had been mostly invisible during our time at the academy, but then he started committing one crime after another until he became a lackey of the Demon King. Who would have thought that the strongest party of humanity would be wiped out by humanity’s traitors? (If I could go back to the past, I swear I will kill you!) Just when I thought I could finally pass on, I opened my eyes. Five years back, when I first enrolled at Arcadia Academy. And there he was, the traitorous bastard of humanity... **** “Huh? Where am I?” One day, I opened my eyes to find myself in an unfamiliar place and came to realize this was the world within the novel Savior's Dawn that I had read. Everything seemed to be proceeding the same as in the novel—except for one thing. The main heroine is glaring at me as though she wants to kill me. Could I survive with the main heroine after my life?

Feng Yun transmigrates into a fantasy world filled with magical powers and immortals. Just as he was wondering about his future, the system activated... [Ding, activation confirmed. The novice gift package will be issued automatically.] ["Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining a random special physique: Sacred Dao Body of Chaos.] ["Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining the Supreme Foundation Building Treasure.] ["Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining a hundred million top-grade spirit stones.] ["Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining The Celestial Yin Yang Dual Cultivation Technique.] "Hmm, there is a dual cultivation technique, You guys do boring cultivation, I am going with the Dual Cultivation." Feng Yun laughed heartily. Years passed... decades passed... Feng Yun was sitting on the immortal throne, embraced by his immortal wives, and sighed in satisfaction, 'This is life.' ------------------------ Release Schedule: 7 chapters per week. ------------------------ DISCLAIMER: English isn't my native language, there's bound to be some errors here and there. ----------------------- Join Discord Server→ https://discord.gg/pZVsJWS

Ronald Kuangge transmigrates into an urban novel called "The Dragon King in The World" as a Rich Second-Generation that has to properly play his role as the Villain according to the plot in order to return back to earth. After finishing his villain role accordingly to the plot however, instead of going back to earth he has dreamt so long of doing, he ends up going back to the beginning of the story where he has do everything over once again. So in order to go back to earth, he has to act like a villain according to the story once again. Little does he know this time however, the heroines have also regressed back as well...

Seraphina Nightingale Nightshade was never the heroine. She wasn’t the villainess either—just a disposable step-sister, murdered by the brother who lost everything when the true heroine rejected him. She should have stayed dead. But in a world where magic means survival and only the rare-born Mer can bear life, Seraphina’s soul was never meant to rot in silence. She was a sealed god in human skin—until someone broke her cage. Now she’s back. Time fractures. Fate howls. And the girl who once died unnoticed rises to unmake the story that discarded her. By her side are the forgotten men—each bound by secrets, sins, and promises they were never allowed to keep. She is their moon, yes. But she is no gentle light. She is Polaris—the cold star that guides hunters through the dark. Pray you are not her prey.

Arnold wakes up trapped as Atlas, the hapless prince in Lara’s beloved otome game—only this version of Atlas has demons bowing at his feet and calling him their messiah. While Lara showers him with sisterly kisses and heartfelt confessions, hordes of fiends whisper promises of ultimate power if he’ll embrace his role as the Final Boss. But with every prophecy he shatters and every spoiler he wields, the original storyline unravels—demons rage, nobles panic, and the game itself tears to shreds. In a world built on scripted endings, Atlas will carve out his own destiny…one deadly choice at a time. In this LitRPG romance gone wrong, survival isn't just about beating the system—it's about escaping the heart of a yandere. Reader Goals: 50 Golden Tickets = 1 Extra Chapter 150 Power Stones = 1 Extra Chapter 1 Magic Castle = 2 Extra Chapters

Kim Hyul is incarnated in a role-playing game. The game revolves around the pure love of five heroines in a world where women are stronger than men. "Damn pure love" I will make the heroines fall in love with me .....Because I'm writing for fun now, I've already declined the contract, so the novel is free.......

A cynical, dominant soul is reincarnated as the destined villain of a popular fantasy novel. Armed with foreknowledge and a mysterious 'System,' he intends to subvert his tragic fate. However, his calculated manipulations to avoid death inadvertently awaken an obsessive, all-consuming love in the world's three most beautiful and powerful heroines—a proud princess, an ethereal mage, and a primal vampire—who, through his deliberate provocations, gradually realize their reality is a fabricated narrative, binding them to him in a love so profound and terrifying, it threatens to unravel the very fabric of their existence.

[R18 novel with a lot of sexual content] Artem never expected to take on the role of a villain, let alone transmigrate between harem novels. Bound by a system, his task is clear: steal the heroines from all the protagonists’. From Chinese Cultivation and Korean Gate to Japanese Isekai Fantasy, VRMMORPG, and beyond—no heroine is off-limits, and no protagonist is safe!

Chen Long adalah Kaisar Dao Tanpa Tanding di Alam Dewa Tertinggi yang tewas setelah dikhianati kekasih dan para bawahannya. Kini dia berinkarnasi di alam bawah terendah sebagai anak seorang menteri dari kerajaan tingkat ke 9, yang bisu, dikenal bodoh dan tidak bisa berkultivasi. Tapi itu semua karena unsur kehidupannya telah disegel oleh musuh-musuh lamanya. Saat dia secara kebetulan bersentuhan dengan harta Dao, segel itu terbuka. Dia bisa bicara, membuka pikiran, dan bisa memulai jalan kultivasinya. Saat itulah dia memulai perjalanannya, merintis jalannya ke dunia atas. Dengan kemampuannya mengenali dan mengaktifkan harta Dao, ramuan kuno dan formasi kuno, maka, jalannya terbuka lebar untuk sekali lagi menjadi Kaisar Dao Tanpa Tanding

Ryu Jinhyuk had no idea that he was destined to have nine wives and a future filled with brilliance. But one by one, every woman meant for him was stolen—by the perfect man known as Kang Daejin. His life collapsed. His first love left him. His luck vanished. And the world moved on without him. Until one strange night, he encountered a mysterious man and was handed a ring that would quietly alter the course of his fate. And then came Han Na—a strange girl, plain-faced and cursed with misfortune. But behind the ruin of fate lies a power no one can steal. Because sometimes, a true hero isn't born from destiny… …but from the remnants it left behind.

Did you just imprint on me?! After dying from overwork, Noa ends up possessing the body of Eleanora, the villainess from a novel. Noa simply wants to lead a peaceful life and tries not to interfere with the original story. That is, until a baby dragon that's meant to imprint on the heroine imprints on her instead...

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A streamer who had thousands of fans in Japan, who loved otome games, reviews them posting online and making a living out of streaming. One day one of her fans sent her a very horrible rated otome game but since she was curious and it was her passion to rate every otome game that ever existed, she downloaded it and played it for the whole day. "What the heck?! All the love interests are horrible on this game?!" The production company who made the game, [Love Lily Blossom Otome Game]. Such a long name by the way, made all the love interest have some sort of distorted personality and even if the heroine does end up with one of them, she'll be either locked in the love interest's mansion, exiled, or will be the love interest's slave?! Only the villainess was the only sensible one but even she got the worst ending too for being engaged with the crown prince- and dying at every route she's on. "The author of this game is... psychotic. Why invest a Millions of Yen in a game like this? I wish I could save the Villainess myself." One day, she suddenly dies and realizes she's not in her own body anymore. She was being pinned down by the Villainess in the wall proceeding to threaten her. "If you don't leave the crown prince alone. I'll have no choice but to use other ways to shut you up." she says coldly, glaring at the cowering girl. Well that was the Villainess thought but the former streamer was just so confused and excited she couldn't help but shout- "I-I'm the Heroine of Love Lily Bloom?!" The Villainess looked at her weirdly once the Heroine was eyed leveled with her gaze. Those pupils dilated and seemed to have formed heart shapes irises. "You-! I'm going to save you!" I, The Heroine Will Be Your Savior! November 2021: First Idea Made. April 28, 2022: Revised. Cover Artist 2022: Sage Auger Cover Artist 2023: Myka

“Everyone deserves a happy ending, don’t they?” … In the brutal fantasy RPG Fall of Ares, saving the world came at a cruel price — the deaths of every heroine the player had grown to love.  No matter how skilled you were, their sacrifices were inevitable.  The game warned you not to get attached. But one young man did. After beating the game and lamenting their tragic fates, he wakes up in its world — reborn as an extra, armed with one mission from a mysterious system: [Change their endings. Let them live.] Now enrolled at Mysteria Academy alongside the heroines doomed to die, he must rewrite fate itself.  For every girl he saves, he’s rewarded.  But the world resists change.  Calamities draw closer.  The true enemy — the Children of the Sky — are watching. And one of the heroines… remembers it all.

[WSA Entry 2025] I was betrayed in my first life. A cripple, broken and discarded— I died after catching the one I loved in bed with the only person I ever called a friend. That was the start of real torment. When I woke up, it was in another world. A goddess stood before me. She told me I could go back. Back to my world. Back to everything I lost. All I had to do… was play my part. The side character. And I did. I followed the script. Played my role to perfection. They hated me. Mocked me. Used me. Again and again. But I kept going. Because I believed her. Because I wanted to go home. Then one day, I found out. The hard way. It was all a lie. There was no going back. There never was. She used me. Again. Just like everyone else. Thrown away like trash once I outlived my usefulness. That was the day something inside me snapped. And so, I made a vow. I would take everything from her. I would enslave every single heroine she chose. And I would kill the hero she placed all her hopes on. If she wanted to protect this world… Then I would burn it down. But the more I tried, the more things started to change. And then one day— I found one of the heroines. One of the hero's yanderes I had enslaved. She stood there, trembling, a knife in her hand. “You’re not going anywhere,” she whispered, eyes wild. “I won’t let them have you. You belong to me.” ...What. The. Fuck. Is. Happening?!

A useless prince, yet brimming with kindness and compassion—his smile as warm as sunlight, illuminating this darkened era. But that was merely a mask, hiding the poisonous and mad nature beneath. A monster lurking behind a gentle shell. A system that feeds on stolen Heroines. He will outplay destiny—and rise as the world’s ultimate villain.

[NOVEL IS UNDERGOING INTENSE EDITATION] [WSA 2025 ENTRY] [Warning: This is a Comedy Parody Novel! Don't take it seriously!] _____________________ [Discord Server: https://discord.gg/6eZrtgjxqp] _____________________ "Damn it, why the hell am I the Villainess?" Petra, a human resources manager, just went through a painfully dumb breakup. To cope? She did what any sane woman would. Binge-read a guilty pleasure romance and smut novel series from her teenage years, only to realize that the heroines have brain-cell-deficiency. One way led to another, she wakes up as Verena D’Auvergne—a minor antagonist who turned out to be the ultimate villainess of the whole series after an incident. The very woman who stole all the love interests and died trying! "Forget the male leads, I have to make the heroines forgive me!" Can she, the ultimate villainess, capture the forgiveness of the very women she was meant to destroy? Or will the cursed System, and fate itself, force her to chase after love? _____________________ [Reminder: Yuri, GL, Yandere, No NSFW, Only Wholesome Romance, Toxic Heroines, Slow Paced, Slow Romance, Slow Burn, Slow Harem.] _____________________ 100 Power Stones - 1 Extra Chapter 200 Power Stones - 2 Extra Chapters 300 Power Stones - 3 Extra Chapters 100 Golden Ticket - 1 Extra Chapter 200 Golden Ticket - 2 Extra Chapter 300 Golden Ticket - 3 Extra Chapter 1 Gifted Castle - 10 Extra Chapters 1 Gifted Spacecraft - 15 Extra Chapters 1 Gifted Gachapon - 20 Extra Chapters

[Ding!] [Ultimate Tycoon's Perfect Life System Activated] [Spent $100,000 in an hour. 10x reward unlocked. Earned $1,000,000] [Make the Villain beg for your mercy. Get premium limited edition super car] [Destroy the hero who tried kill you. Get a villa worth of $500,000,000] [Become the ultimate tycoon] James was an orphan has never had any luck in life, but that changed when reincarnated in his favourite novel, and got the best gift a reader could have get. "Do you want a perfect life?" The moment he accepted he transmigrated in his favourite novel and woke as poor character who got off-screened by the author. But the story he knew isn't the same anymore, the characters have their own free will, villain's may become hero's, hero's may become villain's. Constantly trying the damage the original plot he knew. But as a veteran reader how could he lose? No matter what happens he will protect his waifus, he will thrive, he will rise. he will become the "Ultimate Tycoon"

Para Menteri: Tuanku, mengapa Anda menggendong Selir Putra Mahkota untuk menghadiri pengadilan? Putra Mahkota menggertakkan giginya: Saya hanya punya satu istri, dan Anda akan membayarnya jika saya kehilangannya? Dia adalah komandan muda tercantik di Departemen Perang. Dia dikhianati oleh bajingan di kehidupan sebelumnya dan meninggal secara tragis di dasar tebing. Dia hidup kembali dan memulai mode dominasi yang gila. Sebelum dia menyadarinya, dia menjadi harta karun di telapak tangan Putra Mahkota. Kepala Kasim: Yang Mulia, sesuatu yang buruk telah terjadi. Seseorang dari Istana Putra Mahkota memukuli selir Anda! Kaisar bersembunyi di bawah kursi naga dan gemetar: Tidak masalah, saya tidak mampu menyinggung Selir Putra Mahkota mereka!

Owen Drayke wakes up in the body of Gram Yuval—the infamous rival and NTR villain from the high fantasy novel Hero’s Last Crusade. A man fated to seduce the protagonist’s lovers, derail the hero’s journey, and die hated by all. But Owen wants nothing to do with any of it. He’s not here to steal girls, sabotage friendships, or trigger flags he doesn’t understand. All he wants is to survive this chaotic world, avoid every heroine like the plague, and somehow—somehow—find a way back to Earth. Unfortunately, fate, desire, and a dangerously attractive cast of heroines seem to have other plans. To escape the twisted story he’s trapped in, Owen will have to grow strong, dodge every seduction route, and forge his own path in a world that was never meant to let him go.

Alternative Title(s): Isha-Jō Heroine - The Former Doctor Turned Genius Healer Lady Is Now an Isekai Heroine - イシャジョーヒロイン -「元医者の天才ヒーラーお嬢様、異世界ヒロインやってます」 Wait, What Do You Mean I Got Reincarnated as a Heroine in Another World?! — And Now I Have to Save the Kingdom as a Healer Prodigy and Magician While Pretending to Be a Noble Lady Even Though I Was a Shut-In Doctor Back Home! - 「いや、ちょっと待って！？異世界転生したのが私でしかもヒロイン！？—— 昔は引きこもり医者だったのに、今は天才ヒーラー＆魔法使いとして王国を救えと？…ついでに貴族お嬢様の演技までしなきゃダメ！？」 --- DISCLAIMER: This story contains themes involving quantum mechanics, CGDCT, borderline (or maybe not) Girl’s Love, and plot-relevant mature scenes that are safe for general audiences. Follow Kairi Izumi—a quiet, eccentric, and somewhat conspicuous girl—who never felt like anything but an NPC in a story. Working behind the scenes, unnoticed by others, had always been part of her daily life, dwelling with medicine and toxins. So, it's no surprise she wasn't exactly turning heads. But then, a peculiar quantum anomaly shatters her carefully constructed anonymity, thrusting her into a bewildering new spotlight. Suddenly, Kairi's unique knowledge of obscure chemicals becomes crucial for navigating bizarre, shifting realities. Amidst this chaos, she finds herself unexpectedly drawn to a vibrant, magnetic girl—a connection that begins to unravel not only the mysteries of her altered world but also the burgeoning feelings within her own 'background character' heart. However, her sudden visibility attracts more than just newfound affection. A surprising confession from a powerful figure thrusts her into a dangerous web of political machinations, revealing hidden factions and the true, volatile nature of the realities she's caught between. Now, Kairi must navigate not only the quantum uncertainties and her blossoming relationship, but also a treacherous game of power where her unique position could either be a weapon or a target. As her bond with the magnetic girl deepens amidst these escalating stakes, Kairi must confront the intimate complexities of her new existence and decide if she's finally ready to take center stage as the protagonist of her own unfolding, unpredictable story.

"It doesn't matter how many heroines I fuck, all I want is to bind with them." After his childhood crush was killed by a notorious villain, Aiden brought it upon himself to hunt down the bastard. Attending an academy of heroes was the first step toward obtaining tremendous powers. But this villain doesn't give a shit about the academy's rules. Aiden was just here for one thing: bond with the super heroines of the academy and obtain their abilities through his intimate binding system. --- [Ding] [You've made Nova Star Heroine feel good... Binding] [Binding Completed; You have gained attributes of Nova Star Heroine] [Star Fist Lv. Max] --- [Ding] [You have satisfied the Illusion Heroine... Binding Completed] --- [Ding... You have awakened the Third Illusion Dimension Lv. Max] --- "I fucking need more," Aiden mutters. ————— Other tags: #Smut #R18 #Matured content (I'm not a kid)

The reborn soul is not your typical rebirth, it's rebirth of the mind, mentality and status, let's just say it's a "victim to victor" phase of the heroine's life,A story that actually....came to life through the tip of a teenager's thumb

Kael “Ashborn” Vyle was never meant to matter. Just a mere third-rate villain in a decadent magical world where power, legacy, and love are determined by one thing: the Bonded Fate system. In this world, having a Fated Ones means status. It means legitimacy. It means you're meant to be someone. But Kael is an Ashborn — a social curse, a dead-end. Someone doomed to never form a bond, never rise, never matter. He doesn’t need a Fated One. He doesn’t need approval. He only needs one thing: ‘Pain’. [Pain is a universal language. Across all worlds, it is shared by all living things.] [You, Host, are granted a unique privilege—to convert pain into power. Not by repressing it or lashing out—but by transforming it into currency.] What begins as a fake courtship soon spirals into a dangerous game of reputation, romance, and revenge. Because in this academy, love isn’t just emotion — it’s power. And Kael has finally found a way to break the system from within. He may be cursed by fate … But now, he controls it.

In a world of cultivation, dragons, and other fantastical beings, what happens if a villainous playboy gangster named Wang Jian is reincarnated? Pure chaos! Lin Feng: Wang Jian! How dare you capture my childhood friend and mess around with her?! Su Xian: I-I am with him willingly. Lin Feng: N-No way. You are lying. There is no way you would wear that maid dress otherwise! Wang Jian: It's not just her. Before Lin Feng could understand what he meant, in front of him appeared several women, all dressed in maid outfits. Upon seeing these women, his anger rose dramatically. Many of them were women who used to love him dearly. However, Lin Feng was merely the first protagonist who suffered at Wang Jian's hands. The game had just begun as Wang Jian's wicked desires knew no bounds and he began to target the other protagonists while seducing their women through psychological tricks and forceful methods. ~~ Tags: Male Protagonist, Anti-Hero, Villain, System, Huge Harem, Romance, Action, Adventure, Transmigration, Reincarnation, Imperial Family, Politics, Evil Protagonist, Demons, Unprincipled, Beautiful Female Leads, R18+, Rape, Rape Victims Become Lovers, MILFs, Schemes and Conspiracies, Beasts, Beast Companions, and so on etc. ~~ (A/N: Well, MC returns back to Earth to fulfil a test to become a Godking.) Join my discord through the following link. discord: https://discord.gg/wHXfwGGCV3

I lived and breathed The Snow Pearl, a beloved fantasy novel where a kind heroine fought against cruelty and injustice. I loathed the masked Empress—the villainess cloaked in scandal and darkness—who ruled the empire with terrifying magic. So why, after death, did I wake up as her? Behind the Empress’s veil lies a kingdom of lies, betrayal, and a truth far more twisted than the story ever told. The heroine I once adored is hiding her claws. The three men surrounding her aren't the saviors I thought. And the only soul standing by my side is a cold, beautiful man who claims loyalty, but hides secrets of his own. I was reincarnated as the villainess they feared... And from the Twilight Throne, I will decide who the real monsters are.

There’s a trend infecting stories lately—all because of boys reading these stories rather than men. Villains who think being "dark" means having dead eyes, a tragic past, and a dick that solves all problems. They get betrayed once, and suddenly it's their life's mission to destroy the world—or worse, emotionally blackmail heroines in the name of “revenge.” Slap on a black coat, stare at walls, say something like "love is weakness"—and boom, readers start calling them “deep.” But let’s be honest: > They’re not villains. They’re just edgy losers with a god complex and a hard-on trying to satisfy the inferiority of their readers. Some of them turn so cold, they forget why they started. Others get so lust-drunk, they think sleeping with a heroine is “domination.” That making her cry is “control.” They think power is measured by how many women they can ruin. But really? > They’re just boys trying to look like men. Just like their followers who are the boys who hide their masculinity inside a woman's virginity. They go around in the review section asking if the women of the main character would be stolen and all... giving it fantasy names like NTR and all nonsense. As if they want to scream their fear out. "Please don't, I hate it... because I am a gay who doesn't even have the confidence that my woman will remember me once she gets someone better...." one of the loser’s internal thoughts. They don't want their puny hearts to be crushed. Their masculinity is so weak that it crumbles the moment they think about some other man having the women they love and her forgetting those boys for the men. And they just project that weakness of themselves in their main characters, thinking that just like them, their main characters should be weak, should be a fantasy monger who hoards women like trying to hide the incapabilities of those followers who never in their life would have held a hand of a woman. Harem has now become a way to satisfy weak audiences who feel more women mean more security for their hearts. Forgetting that Harem in truth means the masculinity is so HUGE that it needs an ocean of FEMININE to hold. Tch, not like the boys with breakups and fear of being cucked will ever realize. They treat fantasy as escape and character as their way to feel that they are men. So, naturally, to have such a huge amount of followers, authors are forced to pour the density of such books holding such weak characters in the form of the cold MC who collects harem, manipulates one or two, fucks around, and finally satisfies readers until they feel bored and drop the book.... Because to those followers, they themselves realize in the long run that the story isn't satisfying even if the villain is the same cruel man. So why? Simply because they were until now reading kind boys wearing the mask of a man, and acting as a villain. Their MC, just like them, doesn't even know themselves, their needs, and what their inner soul wants... not understanding that... Fucking a woman doesn't make you her god. Breaking her spirit doesn't make you a king. And calling yourself a villain just because you were too weak to heal? That’s not power—that’s coping. And for followers—that's doping. Real villains? They don’t whine. They don’t treat women like checkboxes or trophies. They don’t mistake lust for legacy. > They don’t need to act cruel. They are cruel. Calm. Focused. Dangerous in silence. They don’t need to chase power—they embody it. This story isn’t about a guy who gets played and suddenly thinks he’s entitled to vengeance sex. This is about a villain who doesn’t.... Ah, screw this shit. Just read the story already! [ No Dumb Heroines ] [ No Cliche Plot ] [ Original Content ] [ Fan Services here and there ] [ R-18 might not come soon enough ] [ Yandere ] [ Tsundere ] [ MILF ] [ Dragon ] [ Elves ]

Viktor Thorne lived by one rule: NEVER MISS!, NEVER!.. Death should have been the end, but a goddess with a twisted sense of humor had other plans. She offers him a second chance in a world where magic flows like blood and monsters hunt in the shadows. The price?... Kill an innocent child named Seraphina Dragonheart, born under a cursed eclipse. This girl will grow up to be the greatest hero saving her world from the devastating Void Plague and toppling the merciless Hollow King. But, here's the catch that made even a goddess desperate enough to hire an assassin: Seraphina's heroic power will eventually consume her. The savior will become the destroyer, her unchecked strength threatening to unravel the fabric of reality itself. Would Victor Thorne succeed, or would the new life he's living distract him from his true mission this time? The clock ticks toward the Twin Moon eclipse when Seraphina will either die by his blade or ascend to godlike power.

A young man woke up to a world of magic and endless possibilities. He was transmigrated. Great! Only that he now had three huge problems. One, he had no memories of his past. Two, he was a villain destined to die no matter the outcome. And three, the heroines were all kinda... should he say, obsessed? Yeah, he was fucked. [Note] No Yuri. Conflicting emotions of MC due to loss of memory for the first part. Huge plot twist, so don't fall for whatever you see. NTR? Not. But probably netori. Beta MC? Big No. Harem? Yes! Don't ask me how but I'll make it possible. ..... More golden tickets for faster updates!