The Silent Dirge of Kovnyigrad
By @john1208
In the smog-choked city of Kovnyigrad, Vigilant Olen Baranov is the rising star of the Iron Chancellors, a man whose dedication to the law is matched only by his cheeky disregard for authority. His latest assignment: to bring down Inessa Raskova, the infamous 'Iron Vixen' whose brutal tactics have secured her a chokehold on the city's Cinderstone trade. She is a monster in the eyes of the public, a ruthless tyrant responsible for countless ruined lives. But as Olen infiltrates her territory, he finds cracks in her iron-clad facade. He sees a woman secretly funneling medicine to the slums and protecting orphans from the very system he serves. He soon realizes that Inessa's criminal empire is a shield, built to expose a conspiracy reaching the highest echelons of power - a conspiracy born from the same tragedy that has haunted Olen's own past. Now, Olen must decide who the true villains of Kovnyigrad are. Can he uncover the truth before Inessa's lonely war costs her everything, including her life?
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I Vowed To Be Lazy, But The Villainess Keeps Dying On Me
By @john1208
Inspector Marek Hasek, a man whose genius is matched only by his profound laziness, is finally on his deathbed, ready for the eternal nap he's craved his entire life. But his final rest is interrupted by a vision: he’s back at the start of his most infamous case, investigating Zofia 'The Iron Widow' Niemczyk, the woman accused of orchestrating the Great Lumoss Heist that plunged the city of Praskov into darkness. Everyone knows Zofia is a monster, living lavishly off her crimes. But as Marek reluctantly relives his investigation, he uncovers the truth: Zofia is secretly funding an orphanage with her 'stolen' fortune. He finds himself falling for the woman he's meant to condemn, becoming her sole defender in a world that hates her. Just as he clears her name, she sacrifices herself to stop a city-wide catastrophe. Then he wakes up, on his deathbed, again. Forced into a time loop by a cryptic elder, Marek must repeatedly save the tragically self-sacrificing villainess he's come to love. Can a man who just wants to sleep finally break the cycle and give the city's secret saint the peaceful life she deserves, or is he doomed to watch her die forever?
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