El hyunlix
By @Noemy Encarnación
In the rain-slicked streets of modern South Korea, Hyunjin Felix lives a double life. To his classmates at the prestigious Seoul National University, he is a cold, untouchable model student who keeps everyone at arm's length. In reality, he is a starving vampire, hiding his bloodlust in a world where no supernatural powers exist to help him. When a human student accidentally discovers his secret, Hyunjin's carefully constructed facade begins to shatter. Lacking any magical cheats or thrall abilities, he must rely purely on his sharp wits and physical prowess to survive. As the university elite close in with dark suspicions, Hyunjin is forced to navigate a deadly game of cat-and-mouse. Every heartbeat threatens to expose his monstrous nature, forcing him to choose between his fading humanity and the raw instinct to survive. The stakes are simple: keep the secret, or become a dissected lab specimen in a world that fears the abnormal.
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The Archival Courier: Stitching High Society's Ruin
By @john1208
Tarnis Rohe hauls heavy garment bags as a low-level courier for the Ostran-Varo Textile Archive, enduring the daily mockery of the city’s hyper-pretentious fashion elites. They have no idea this dusty delivery boy is actually The Monolith - the legendary, anonymous designer whose bespoke structural garments dictate global social hierarchies. Traumatized by a corporate betrayal that left him with severe sensory-overload and achromatopsia, Tarnis finds solace in the quiet, failing vintage boutique of Savia Greskova. Savia is the illegitimate heiress of the Greskova Conglomerate, exiled to manage obsolete inventory while her arrogant half-brother flaunts stolen designs. When the elites sabotage Savia’s crucial exhibition, Tarnis steps out of the shadows. He begins secretly reconstructing her garments using his mythic tension-weaving techniques. As Savia's boutique suddenly produces masterpieces that terrify the industry's grandmasters, the Greskova patriarch and his sycophants try to crush them - only to realize the courier they spat on holds the authentic patents to every luxury brand they own. Will Tarnis reveal his identity to destroy her family, or will his traumatic past unravel him first?
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