Life at University
By @Jack Daniels
After a lifetime spent shielding his delicate younger sister from the harsh realities of their impoverished life, Elias finally arrives at the prestigious Crestwood University. His 'cheat' isn't some grand magical power, but an uncanny ability to perfectly manipulate social perception, making him instantly likable, trustworthy, and forgettable when convenient. His only goal: secure a scholarship for his sister, even if it means navigating the cutthroat world of elite academia and charming every influential figure in his path. But when a dark secret threatens to unravel the university's perfect facade, Elias realizes his manipulation skills might be Crestwood's only hope, or its ultimate downfall. Can he maintain his carefully constructed lies when real danger emerges, or will the truth expose more than just the university's flaws?
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ALL THAT GLITTERS
By @Âprîl Gôld
Reyna Blair arrives at the prestigious Belmonte Academy, eager for a fresh start and a reunion with Rhett. Haunted by a past mistake she can't outrun, Reyna carries a heavy secret that makes every interaction a minefield. Belmonte isn't just a school; it's a gilded cage of power plays and hidden agendas, where every student is a piece in a larger game. Reyna possesses an uncanny ability to perceive the true desires and hidden fears of those around her, a gift she's always seen as a curse. Now, she must learn to wield this insight to navigate treacherous social currents, uncover who truly controls Belmonte, and protect the fragile new life she's trying to build. But the truth she seeks might shatter her more than any lie, forcing her to confront the very person she's trying to escape: herself.
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The Calculus of Temptation
By @Shivani Nair
Maya, a timid mathematics student, finds her quiet academic life irrevocably intertwined with the enigmatic Professor Vance. Vance, a cold, calculating prodigy, presents Maya with an impossible proposition: solve a series of ancient, cursed equations said to unravel reality itself, or face expulsion and a ruined future. As Maya delves into the forbidden theorems, she discovers each solution demands a piece of her humanity, twisting her once-pure intellect into something sharper, colder, and terrifyingly efficient. The campus, a hallowed ground of learning, conceals a sinister society that has long used these equations to manipulate global events. Maya must now decide if the allure of absolute knowledge and control is worth the price of her soul, or if she can outwit the very force that seeks to consume her. Her choices will determine not only her fate but the delicate balance of the world.
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The Cursed Prince of Hogwarts
By @Uvi
Orphaned and raised in the shadow of a forgotten prophecy, Hadrian Potter arrives at Hogwarts, bearing a sinister curse that grants him unparalleled magical aptitude but slowly transforms him into a creature of dark legend. Whispers follow him, painting him as the next Dark Lord, even as he struggles to control the growing darkness within. When the ancient wards of Hogwarts begin to falter, and a creeping malevolence stirs beneath the Forbidden Forest, Hadrian must choose: embrace the monstrous power that promises to save his friends, or fight a losing battle for his fading humanity. The fate of the wizarding world hinges on whether he can master the curse before it consumes him entirely, turning him into the very evil he's destined to fight.
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The Slumbering Virtuoso of Vrost
By @john1208
I stood dripping in bioluminescent sap before the entire Conservatory, the echoes of a thousand laughing students ringing in my ears. My tuning-sphere had been sabotaged during the grand assembly. My sweet step-sister, Liska, watched from the front row, weeping into her lace handkerchief while a translucent, jagged screen hovered above her head: 'Awaiting target's insecurity spike to initiate talent siphon.' But standing there in the cold, I only felt one thing: profound relief. A public failure meant a week of suspension, which meant a week of uninterrupted sleep in the damp, echoing greenhouses. Liska’s parasitic System feeds on self-doubt, but it’s starving to death. Every terrifying trap she lays to break my spirit - from haunted study halls to cursed acoustic instruments - only provides me with brilliant, accidental shortcuts that let me finish my assignments in half the time without trying. With my paranoid sidekick yammering about acoustic conspiracies and the shadows in the academy growing longer each day, I just want a nap. But as Liska grows desperate and the sabotages escalate into criminal territory, will I finally have to wake up and face the rot within my own family?
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The Artificer's Stolen Luck
By @john1208
Tavira Morzhan wakes up suspended from the ceiling of a flooded, abandoned clocktower with gravity reversed and no memory of how she got there. Told in alternating third-person perspectives between the hot-tempered tinkerer and her arrogant academic rival, Vadim, the story follows Tavira’s gritty daily life at the Galdurast Institute of Artifice. She only cares about two things: beating Vadim in the workshop and graduating to save her family from the toxic lower-city smog. She is completely unaware she is the protagonist of a novel, or that her transmigrated cousin, Lissea, harbors a parasitic System. To steal Tavira’s 'protagonist luck,' Lissea must physically pilfer her most cherished belongings. But every time Lissea steals a prized hammer or a lucky compass, a furious Tavira simply works twice as hard to forge a better one, inadvertently impressing the academy's masters and instantly unlocking greater opportunities. As the System's failures drive Lissea to desperate, easily exposed acts of sabotage, neither girl realizes the world’s plot has a hidden, unmentioned 30-day time limit before the city collapses entirely. Will Tavira’s relentless hard work be enough to arrest her saboteur cousin and halt the unseen countdown before everyone perishes?
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