The side-Character's Gambit

Life had never been a smooth sail journey for anyone. Without the downs the ups of life had no meaning. Violet, a divorcee, what would she work out in her life to find? Sebastian, a high profile actor labelled as King of Mystery, also a divorcee, what would he seek to find in the aftermath? Pei Li, with dissociative disorder, how would her other self, Penny help them both to live in their messed up life? Wayne, an uprising artist giving his shot in acting and meddled with Pei Li and Penny's life by chance, what would he finds for himself in this life and what would he do to help both Pei Li and Penny achieve their lives' goals? Between four individuals crossing paths with each other, which "You" would each of them find in each of their life? (posting once a week. will post more if I have time)

Ling Yun was the son of a wealthy businessman. But one day, his mother finds out that her husband is having an affair with his secretary. And after that she decided to divorce her husband, but at that time she did not realize that she was pregnant with Ling Yun. After learning about her pregnancy, she decided to move to another city. And since then, their lives have been up and down. Because of the economic crush, and also his mother's health was getting worse. He decided to take the 'Dark' path, which led him to near death. But just as Ling Yun was nearing his end, he heard a little girl's voice asking him. "Do you want to live?" Tags : Drama, Romance, Big Harem, Dual Cultivation, Multi Race and world, Weak to Strong, Slow Plot At Beginning, Kind and Smart MC, Cruel Mc

The world is no longer broken. It is listening. After the fall of the old systems and the birth of a living Pattern that responds to human emotion, humanity enters what many believe is its gentlest era. Violence fades. Trauma softens. Cities grow quieter. Conflicts dissolve before they erupt. For the first time in history, the world seems to care. But peace has a cost. Every thought leaves a trace. Every grief creates a ripple. Every silence becomes a signal. As people grow accustomed to being heard, a deeper fear begins to surface: What happens when you can never be unheard? At the heart of this fragile new world rises Elias Solenne—a philosopher-visionary whose voice becomes a moral compass for millions. His words promise safety, dignity, and ethical clarity. His influence grows quietly. Beautifully. Dangerously. When silence itself becomes a form of rebellion, a secret movement emerges to protect the last places where the Pattern cannot listen. From underground sanctuaries to forbidden quiet zones, a scattered group of dissidents—later known as the Seven—begins pushing back against a future that feels too gentle to resist. Then the stories begin to change. A mysterious figure known only as the Being Between Worlds becomes a symbol of fear. A whistleblower named Calder Voss fractures the global narrative with an uncomfortable truth. And the Pattern, for the first time, must choose whether to obey humanity’s fear… or its conscience. As propaganda replaces reality and silence becomes currency, the world drifts toward a new kind of tyranny—one built not on force, but on meaning. In a battle where no one can afford to become a villain and no one is allowed to be a hero, humanity must confront its most terrifying question yet: If a world can listen to everything… who gets to decide what it should hear? Transfer Semester: The Listening World is a haunting, philosophical science-fiction novel about privacy, power, narrative control, and the unbearable weight of being perfectly understood. It is not a story about saving the world. It is a story about learning how not to own it.

Thank you for considering to read this fanfiction! I'm happy about any review or comment! Description: Alexander wakes up trapped in Tom Riddle’s Diary-Horcrux - a void of endless isolation - long before Ginny Weasley discovers it. Determined to escape, he plans to possess her and claim her body. It’s so annoying that she had to fall in love with Harry Potter of all things…

#WSA2026 Kael was born in the slums of the city on the Tower’s First Layer, where he spent his entire childhood in poverty. One day, monsters descending from the upper layers invaded the First Layer, slaughtering his family before his very eyes. Years later, driven by grief and determination, he swears to climb the Tower and eradicate the monstrous threat that looms over humanity. Or so I thought... ======================== https://discord.gg/QKbgJ9NkYy Chapter Length: around 1500 words ======================== ABSURDWORKS circle

[[[ MATURE CONTENT ]]] Dual Cultivation, NTRing Cultivators, Fucking Son of Heaven's Mother, Fiancee', Currupting Heroines and More...! What Happens When the Final Boss Gets Tired of Winning the Same Fight Forever? Of course, the Ultimate Villain becomes the Son of Heaven... and a DOCTOR! Meet Arjun: A 25-year-old medical student who thought his biggest problem was having parents who couldn't decide if he should save humans or animals. One truck accident later, he wakes up as Cang Wuhen — the son of the most feared villain in a cultivation world. But here's the kicker: This isn't just any villain origin story. The Heavenly Demon has been trapped in an endless time loop, fighting the same "destined hero," Lin Feng, over and over again. Every battle ends the same way — the hero loses, dies with his girl (actually seven girls), and the cycle resets. Fed up with this nonsense joke, the Heavenly Demon pulled the ultimate reverse psychology move: He lived 25 years as a normal human to develop actual emotions, then transferred back into his son's body armed with modern medical knowledge and a completely different mindset. The plan? Live this life differently than a Heaven's puppet villain, help people, and rescue damsels in distress too and hire them as Nurses. The instant target? Wife number one, Yue Lianhua (a fox-eared beauty seeking revenge), is convinced that this mysterious young master who can perform surgery and knows about "cars" might actually BE her supposedly dead husband reincarnated. (The fox bit the hook, and now the Villain becomes the Son of Heaven.) The question isn't whether he can steal the hero's wives... It's whether he can rewrite fate itself before the loop resets again. Because when you've got medical school debt, daddy issues, and the power to corrupt heroines, sometimes the best way to win is to change the entire game. Genre: Cultivation Fantasy, System, Harem, Reincarnation.

Faye and her elder brother return to town after years away. Adjusting isn’t easy, not with his personal troubles and not in a place that no longer feels like home. Everything feels strange. Different. Like she doesn’t belong. On her first day back, she clashes with a girl they meet by accident, and the encounter ends badly. The next morning, Faye walks into her new school only to discover that the same girl is not just anyone… she’s the Alpha of the pack and the school’s princess. Now they’re forced into the same space every day. They become enemies instantly, constantly getting on each other’s nerves. Pride clashes. Neither of them is willing to back down. Until one reckless night changes everything. They wake up in each other’s arms. Both agree it was a mistake. It never happened. It will never happen again. But what happens when proof is left behind? Faye discovers she’s carrying the Alpha Princess’s baby. Now two people who can’t stand each other must decide, will they keep fighting, or will they learn to stand together for the child that binds them? [Content Warning This story may contain explicit adult content, including violence, killing, bloodshed, and other mature themes. Some chapters may not include specific warnings.] Thank you for reading my book.

The youngest son of a Duke from the Pathlight Empire once wished for nothing more than a quiet and peaceful life after graduating from the Academy. However, just one year later, his parents received an unexpected request from the Academy itself there was a severe shortage of mentors, and they wished to appoint their son. Ard Le Ventias, the youngest son of Duke Ventias. After an exhausting discussion and facing the high expectations of his parents, Ard is forced to return to the Academy not as a student, but as a professor. Yet Ard holds firmly to his own principle: “In this second life, I will live quietly… and lazily.” Can Ard truly uphold his principle as a professor within the Academy? No NTR. I hate that shit. The MC ain’t weak either,he’s strong as hell, though he’ll run into even stronger enemies later on. Most of the time, he just chills and lets his students do the fighting. Join discord for illustration https://discord.gg/MBrz3JHMh

The universe learned to listen. Now it must learn to choose. After the Seam awakened and Echo became the conscience between worlds, existence itself changed. Civilizations no longer lived in silence. Choices carried weight. Consequences were witnessed. And humanity was no longer alone in shaping its own destiny. But peace born from legitimacy is fragile. Far from the center of influence, a new presence begins to emerge—one that does not value freedom, only survival. One that offers certainty instead of consent. Stability instead of choice. For the first time, the universe will face something Echo cannot simply listen to. Meanwhile, Aarav—the boy who once stood at the center of everything—has stepped away. No longer a symbol. No longer a reference point. Just human. And yet, his absence begins to matter more than his presence ever did. As civilizations begin choosing sides, and reality itself starts to bend around competing truths, Echo must confront a question it was never meant to answer: Is freedom worth the risk of extinction? Or is survival worth the loss of choice? In a universe where morality has gravity, every decision pulls reality with it. And not every world will fall in the same direction.