All I Ever Wanted

He thought he knew what he wanted. Then she showed up. A story about the quiet moments that change everything.

Prologue: The Boy Who Refused to Stop Thinking In a world where power meant everything, Cian Archdemon had nothing. No family. No friends. No protection. Only his mind — sharp, cold, relentless — was his weapon. The polished marble floors of Blackthorn International Academy glistened beneath the morning light, but no one noticed the beauty. Not when the stench of privilege, cruelty, and blood stained the halls. They hated him. A boy with no parents — dead in a car crash. A boy with no lineage — an outsider among the elite. A boy with sharp features, ghost-like skin, and eyes too cold, too calculating for a child. A boy… too curious. They cornered him. They bit him. They broke him. And as their fists crashed into his frail body… as blood pooled beneath him… Cian didn’t cry. Didn’t scream. Didn’t feel. He only thought. “Pain receptors… neural override… interesting… I wonder how long the body can survive on thought alone…” Even as his body collapsed onto the floor — his vision darkening, his chest refusing to rise — Cian's mind refused to die. And when the world around him finally faded… something else pulled him in. --- Elsewhere… across realms… In a grand palace filled with ancient magic and roaring beasts, a desperate kingdom cried out to the heavens. Their prince — their future — his soul shattered. His body empty. They summoned salvation. But fate… delivered something far more dangerous. --- Cian's fragmented soul… still whispering scientific theories… answered the call. His blood-stained consciousness was torn from death… Fused into a foreign body… Bound by ancient magic… And resurrected… Not as the boy they expected… but as the anomaly they could never control. Beast blood pumping through unfamiliar veins. A Curiosity System mutating within his soul. A mind… still overthinking. Still dissecting. Still unkillable. And as his eyes slowly opened in this new world… The only thing Cian felt was quiet, maddening excitement. “New environment detected… Variables unknown… Hypothesis: This world… will be my greatest experiment.” --- The boy who died thinking… was not gone. He had only just begun. --- Cian Archdemon: Beast of Curiosity The experiment begins now…

All Xenia wanted was a diploma, a perfect cap-and-gown photo, and maybe a few tears from her professors. But just after the shutter clicked—splat—blood on her face, and the dean turned into a zombie. So much for becoming a teacher. Now, instead of lesson plans, she’s dodging corpses and getting side-eyed by a team of grizzled survivors who think she’s useless. She can’t fight, she cries under pressure, and her idea of combat training was walking fast through campus when the lights flickered. But Xenia refuses to be a liability. Armed with nothing but textbooks, sarcasm, and a survival streak powered by sheer spite, she reinvents her role: the strategist, the planner, the brainiac behind the brawn. She’ll decode the outbreak, fortify hideouts, and maybe—just maybe—make apocalypse life slightly less awful. She didn’t train for this. She didn’t want this. But if knowledge is power? Then Xenia’s about to turn her GPA into a weaponized survival plan.

Victoria received a marriage certificate when she was about to be proposed to by her boyfriend. The marriage certificate showed that she had married a stranger two years ago. The stranger was a CEO who was known to be a perfectionist and arrogant named Matthias. What actually happened? Why couldn't she remember anything that happened two years ago due to an accident? What was on her mind now was that she really hated Matthias because all her dreams were destroyed in an instant and she was trapped in a marriage that she didn't want. Meanwhile, Matthias deliberately sent the marriage certificate to Victoria so that his woman's engagement to another man would be canceled. Matthias didn't know how Victoria could suddenly leave him two years ago. When he investigated the case of his wife's sudden disappearance, he just found out that his wife disappeared because of an accident that was deliberately hidden by his wife's adoptive family and her family. Matthias suspected that Victoria's accident was the result of evil deeds carried out by both families. Therefore, he decided to win Victoria's heart back even though Victoria hated him so much that she cursed him as the cruelest man who hindered her dreams. Because their relationship before the accident was very harmonious and they already loved each other. However, behind the hatred that was buried in Victoria's heart, every time she looked at the CEO's handsome face, she always wanted to cry. Who was Matthias's real identity? Then, why was Matthias so obsessed with her even though they had never met? In order to be free from her unwanted marriage and return to her boyfriend, she made a marriage contract with Matthias. If Matthias failed to win her heart for three months, then they had to divorce and had no right to have any contact with each other anymore. This actually made Matthias even more confident in wanting to win his wife back. Even though they always misunderstood each other, he still loved Victoria and wanted to take revenge on everyone who wanted to destroy their relationship two years ago.

'Kill monsters, eat meat' 'I mean, Kill monsters, save lives. Got it.' 'Tut, I could've sworn that the first one sounded better.' She wasn't a girl looking for freedom or self-righteous liberation by a hero, or whatever shit a girl who suffered for almost all her life would crave. -the shit of a life she was living was horrible, but it was bearable, and so she got used to it. Rather, instead of freedom, what this little missy wanted was money. Lots and lots of them so she never has to worry about the next day. Money - bountiful enough that when she has to spend, she doesn't need to look back or calculate her assets to see how much she has left. Money - bountiful enough to get all the fried chicken she could ever dream of. Yeah, you heard it, fried chicken. For those who did not have money to spare leisurely, getting fried chicken was like a pipe dream to them and she had been one of those unfortunate souls. A comfortable roof above her head and no worries as to when she would get ordered around to steal. No worries about when she would get her next meal-- That was her liberation. And she got it. Just that, she got it most absurdly. Awakened! Those were the people ruling the world, alongside beastly and deadly monsters who threatened the safety of average human beings. And those awakened call the shots. Alice never dreamed she would one day be awakened, and compared to others with their game-like system displaying their attributes and strength; she had a full-grown man whom only she could hear, watching her back at every turn and telling her what to do. He was kinda a pain in the ass but she couldn't complain. It was this gift he had bestowed on her that made her the most powerful Awakened there was with stats that even S-class awakeneds couldn't compare to. She was the boss, now. Mwa-hahahahaha. But life didn't go as easy and leisurely as she planned. With great power comes great responsibility, right? Well, in her case with great power comes great hunger. She couldn't go a moment without getting hungry and her stomach had become a bottomless pit. And to get food, she needed money, and to get money, she had to hunt monsters. The monsters plagued humanity, causing catastrophes and taking lives mercilessly. Those monsters, as scary as they may be, were her target and she had to face them head-on. The bigger the monsters the more money she would gain. Yeah, that was the plan, but... This guy acting as her system seemed to have other plans, putting her at the forefront of 'justice' and having her clean the mess he somewhat created. 'Ugh, I can already sense a shadow of foreboding. Someone, please tell me I'm not acting the main character role. I just want to eat, okay?'

One night, one chance, one choice! Everything seems normal until monsters emerge everywhere and plunge into into chaos. Some call it the apocalypse, others the end of days. However, for Dean, it's something else entirely. It's a chance to change his fate. He has nothing left to lose, but everything to win. This night will push him to his limits. Survival is just the beginning. The real question is-will he rise or fall? Get ready for an action-packed adventure filled with suspense and horror! And well, it wouldn't be a good story if there weren't some romance, right?

Following a less than ideal life and a harrowing death, the protagonist finds himself in the presence of a God, offering him a customized reincarnation into a world of his choosing, with his memories intact He decides to reincarnate into a world of Magic and Monsters, intrigued by the notion of being able to use fantastical powers that did not exist in his previous world Having grown up in a stifling high society and unloving family environment in his previous life, he chooses to reincarnate into a more simple life, opting to be a Commoner instead of a Noble, despite the oppressive class system present in the world of his reincarnation Following a detailed customization of the powers he chooses to acquire, he reincarnates into a peaceful, loving family in this new world, with the name Larrk Stryker, in a small village well away from Noble society While Larrk's fascination with Magic and the other powers he possesses in this world, along with the desire to be able to protect himself against any threat that might arise, drives him to master these abilities, all he really wants is a nice, peaceful life, one that's free of any strife or tragedy But whether or not such a life can be achieved in this world, remains to be seen, as the countless unfamiliar elements of this strange new world only give rise to countless more possibilities, both good and bad...

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When the protector of the law became the protector of the lawless. --- Gian Villareal, a skilled agent and law protector, must complete his last mission as the bodyguard of the granddaughter of the most influential man in town for a month before he returns to his hometown, no matter what it takes. However, his mission leads him to become the target of the game that lawbreakers played, forcing him to drop his role as a law defender and become the protector of the lawless in order to be freed.

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When Earth was suddenly wrapped by a colossal root known as the World Tree, humanity discovered a brutal fantasy realm hidden inside—complete quests, stats and deadly trials. Few failed and returned back to earth. Fewer survived it and proceeded. Ahrie Von Creed, One of the strongest trainees in terms of combat ability ever recorded in history, enters the World Tree ready to blaze through his trial… Unfortunately, his assigned Ent was out on a coffee break. By the time the Ent returns, the trial is nearly over—Ahrie is casually patching himself up with first aid. The Ent blinked at the scene. “Ohhh, a healer!” the Ent said, marking it down without a second thought. Class Assigned: Healer Skill Unlocked: [P.A.I.N.] – Physical Aid Initiated by Neutralization A high-impact healing skill. The stronger the hit, the faster you recover. “You're a healer?” “Yup.” Ahrie cracked his knuckles. “Stay still.” “WAIT, WHA—” “Activating [P.A.I.N.] — Physical Aid Initiated by Neutralization.” “...That doesn't sound like healing—” SMACK! “...HUH?!” “I—I’m healed?!” He’s not holy He’s not gentle. But he will keep you alive— If you can survive the treatment.

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