Growth

Got tired of the life he had been led by the people who had clutched on him as their shield, sword and tool to safety, Lysander Guilts decided to make a gamble with a devil. Happiness? Bliss? Romance? Joy? Feelings he wanted to ownᅳ to experience on his own get him to anticipate the life he wishes most but what if all of that is bullshit talks? Responsibility. Outcast. Criminal Killer. Unknown. The Villain. The world will turn and his dice of fate will move in tune of what the 「Higher One」anticipates. It is for glee or for woe? Only 「That」knows.

Anjoh Kamado is living the high life. He is the most intelligent, most handsome and most achieving student in his school. He is also the heir of a world wide successful conglomerate. But none of that matters when he gets hit by a truck whilst running from a girl. Fortunately he wakes up as the first born royal in the kingdom of Amaris. Unfortunately in a week the kingdom is attacked and he loses all his wealth and status in an instant. Now he endeavors to take back his kingdom. But before he does so, he must undergo many trials and difficulties in order to become strong enough to fulfill his goals. He becomes close companions with two siblings who are later identified as Ginknights. Ginknights are a closed off corporation of individuals who are superior weapon masters and they take up the hardest jobs that normal adventurers can't handle. Alsi trains with them and learns their weapon crafting as well as their combat techniques. He also learns how to use kine(basically magic). He makes some more friends and with his skills and knowledge he moves forward in his mission. However he doesn't know that there is more involved than just taking back his kingdom.

🏆["Silver Medal" in System Category of "Meganovel Annual Writing Contest 2022"]🏆 Aoi, a Japanese kid, stumbles upon a portal and witnesses his parents die in front of a masked man wielding a gun in his hand. He becomes an orphan and lives with a foster family, which fortunately treats him as their own child. Hina, Aoi’s step-sister, grows up and takes a liking to Aoi. However, something terrible happens. After twelve years, portals have emerged once again and granted most people powers beyond their imaginations. And Aoi is one of them. He receives a system and a sniper as his primary weapon. But after everything he has been through, Aoi struggles to use his sniper and system. So when a portal materialises in their school, Aoi has no choice but to fend off the monsters inside the portal and hunt down the masked man who killed his parents twelve years ago.

Archie is a college student who's only there on scholarship. He's always the target of the other students' insults and mockery. He works 2 jobs after school to help support his mother and father. Archie discovers his girlfriend is only dating him as a joke and her new boyfriend, the school's most popular quarterback, is her real boyfriend. Archie fights with him and is expelled and put in jail for a night. His real father comes to bail him out and it is the most powerful man in the city: CEO and Founder of The Lockwood Corporation, Marshall Lockwood.

Kiyoshi is a young samurai cursed at birth with a demonic sword containing one-third of hell's army sealed away in it. He travels the war-torn lands as a mercenary and assassin, living a life alienated from the rest of the world. Until one day, a unique and dangerous job escorting a pregnant elder mage name Nzuri has the samurai questioning himself and what life has to offer. With everyday just being one mission after the next will the cursed samurai finally find peace in his life or is he destined to live a life of destruction and chaos. Only time with tell with dangers around every corner, but what can be more dangerous than a samurai that can bring the apocalypse but just having an off day?

Razel, is a reincarnated youth. In his previous life he was a lonely boy who spent his days playing video games. Then one day tragedy came into his life. It all ended for him, was what he thought, until he opened his eyes; to find a fantasy world, where science and magic go hand in hand. That could have been a joy, but that happiness was nipped in the bud, because he reincarnated as the eldest son of a poor family of barons without territory, and, above all, he is uglier than in his previous life. His tragic new life doesn't end there, as he woke up in the last video game he played. An otome game. But not just any otome game, it is one with an RPG theme so it is made up of strong and dangerous enemies. He will have to live his new life as a background character and help from the shadows to the capture objectives and the protagonist to avoid the end of the world and especially, the cruel villainess.

Ghwyr Lightfoot is a halfling who dreamt of becoming a renowned hero. He left his job as a townsguard and went to the capital to chase his dream. Unfortunately, it wasn't as easy as he thought. But Lady Luck didn't shun him just yet! After a fateful encounter with the Iron Bears, his fate slowly changed. He gets warped into a world of adventure, mystery, and monster-hunting he once craved. Will he fulfill his wish? Will his name be immortalized in the hearts of the people? Let's see what destiny has in store for him!

Kenric Osberd originally just wanted to be an ordinary young master, enjoying a comfortable and safe life without any desire to participate in the struggle for power because his secret work had made him satisfied. However, an unfortunate incident changed his mindset.   People who had been ignoring him suddenly attacked and tried to destroy him in various ways. He who initially lived by being an insignificant person now turns his life into a man who will be feared by everyone.   Revenge on the people who humiliated him? No, it wasn't.   Isn't death a luxury for the wicked? So rather, he wanted to teach them a lesson that would not be forgotten even in their sleep.

When the whole world knew him as a loser and the most pathetic underdog, Leonidas Maxwell was still trying to stand tall for his brother and his beloved lover. But when Leonidas was almost desperate to save his dying brother and asked for fund help, he found his lover betraying him; having an affair with someone he hated the most. Leonidas was on the verge of death because of his love, and thought he was a loser who begged for money until the end. But suddenly, a notification rang, a strange screen appeared and his life changed. When Leonidas had a system to make money fast, that's when dollars meant nothing to him!

The monochromatic colors of this world that I'm trapped with. The longing in my heart that wants to achieve a boundless color of life that fills someone with happiness. To the voice that whispers to me in the very corner of my room. Divulge with secrets that I don't know. Giving me joy from this sadness alone. The steps it gave beyond worlds. To embrace a new world of longing dream. To find something beyond happiness.  To achieve all this happiness. "I'll repress the old me and reach a new world filled with the smile I longed for."