The Lady And The Beast Manga

This is the Seven Deadly Cardinals - seven stories of seven different people, how they embody the heavenly cardinal in its goodness and then how they are dragged to become the opposite sin. No story is the same, no life is similar. The mental strength and capacity of one might be bigger, but that does not equal certainty of getting out from the troubles of life. There might be longing for what we don't have, driving us to do the unthinkable. Strengths becoming weaknesses, weakness breaking into new strength - it's dance of madness, chaos. Not all is set in stone. The stories include a lady that falls for a serial killer, an actor and tailor, the flower shop owner and orphanage, a priest and gangster mob, an office worker and a stalker, landlords son and new tenant, youth centre worker and how things did not go as it should.

“You are so poor, so poor that even a church rat can feed you. Just leave and allow Alexander to have sex with me.” This was the life story of Julius Sabbath, an ordinary university student wallowing in the miry clay of financial incapability and societal disrespect. For their own amusement and satisfaction, everyone poked fun at him. It became worse when his girlfriend confidently cheated on him, and every student in the university knew about it. When everything became too difficult for him, his story finally took a positive turn. Wait for Julius as he leverages his wealth, rising from the poorest to the richest in the country. "To the lady who betrayed me, and to those who mocked me, I'll make you all regret it, one after another."

For five years, Arthur was the joke of the city. As the "live-in" husband to the beautiful Lady Elara Peckham, he endured every insult hurled at him. To the Peckham family, Arthur was just a pathetic innkeeper. He was the house boy who was treated worse than a dog. Despite the bad treatment, he stayed for love. But the love shattered when he caught Elara cheating. And that was her final mistake. The "humble husband" is dead. Now, the true Arthur Blackwood is waking up, and he is bringing a storm of vengeance with him. One by one, he will dismantle their lives, bankrupt their businesses, expose their crimes, and watch as those who mocked him are forced to crawl in the dirt. When the Peckhams finally realize whose blood runs through Arthur's veins, they will beg for mercy, but Arthur is no longer in a forgiving mood.

Having a crazy continuous dream like a drama series during my childhood, I realize I’m in the body of a character named Airis Absalom, daughter of the Absalom duchy. She happens to be an introvert, respectful and beautiful lady, but she died a miserable death, killed by the heartless mad future emperor, Aiden Alexander Ambrose. Not only her death, but also Ardiane empire’s total downfall. In order for me to not meet the same end and prevent the disaster I’ve seen, I made a deal with the hero, Azher Alexander Ambrose, the 4th prince. I promised to make him the next emperor in return for him to sponsor my world travel – trying to find a way to return. Living in this dream-reality, will I be able to return and succeed in saving Ardiane?

Hidden beneath London’s modern glow, high society is governed by magic and corruption. Gavin Calloway lost everything when his fiancée, Lady Arabella, betrayed him and stripped his family of their power. Cast out into the dark underbelly of Soho, he discovers No. 13 Blackfriars Lane, an ancient pawnshop dead for a hundred years. To rebuild his strength, Gavin opens his doors to the desperate: noblewomen in trouble, mana-starved succubi, and rogue sorceresses. The cost of his help? Their bodies and forbidden magic laid bare across his pawn counter. With every intimate deal and soul debt collected, Gavin isn't just reclaiming what was lost, he is becoming the ultimate nightmare of those who ruined him.

In a world where your beast defines your bloodline, Leon is the academy’s punchline. While the elite flaunt obsidian dragons and celestial tigers, Leon is shackled to a "feeble" Xenomorph Queen—a low-rank insect that everyone assumes is good for nothing but digging dirt. But they are wrong. Dead wrong. Hidden beneath Leon’s calculated silence is the [Ancient Hive System], a relic of a lost era. It doesn’t just tame; it evolves. By feeding his Queen the marrow of prehistoric fossils and the genes of forgotten predators, Leon transforms a "paltry bug" into a biomechanical nightmare. Armed with the reinforced plating of a Triceratops and the lethal precision of an apex killer, his swarm is growing. While the "geniuses" mock his failing grades, Leon is building an empire in the shadows—a loyal, hive-minded legion that feels no pain, knows no fear, and answers only to him. The elite think they are the hunters. They haven't realized yet that in Leon’s world, they are nothing more than biological raw material for the next evolution. The Hive is hungry. And Leon has just given the order to feed.

Kevin Walker, a young man who was the son of a servant, was forced to get married with his master, Nira Smith, who was the Lady CEO of a multimillionaire company with a cold personality. As he was poor, he had to be harassed by his in-laws everyday. Even though Nira protected him we'll, sometimes she was also frustrated because of him. They were just a couple in name. Kevin on the other hand, was actually a house husband, who did everything from run errands to house chores. But in the end of the day, he still got the tag "useless". One day, Nira angrily told him, " How can you be like that? Don't you have any dignity? " Kevin was so unhappy that he left the house and suddenly a person came near him and bowed, "Young Master... "

Death, as the guide of all the souls leaving the physical world, takes the form of a human to speak with them. He has been wandering for a very long time that he, himself, doesn't know about his own existence. Ferrying billions of souls of humankind to the other side has been his job in a forever state that he can't escape. He considers himself a mere bystander, a storyteller—seeing histories unfold before his eyes, witnessing eras and wars end, watching humankind thriving. Endowed with a power of bringing deaths to humans upon touching them, he constantly seeks the feeling of physical human touch. Not until he meets Fivrelle, an immortal lady who desires death. The world is continuously evolving and growing. But to what extent? No matter what the world has become, Death will always be there, waiting.

***** Wall Of Tempest Dawn 1, Participants 551 2 death found, 5 seconds ago [Ghou Fe Ling] Nō of kill – 0 [Fire magic] Request to quit, Yes/No [Tap one] [0/65 quit] [Blink once to close] [Blink twice to open] ***** Just when Ghou Fe Ling thinks his place as the next emperor of the empire was secure, he is overpowered by a young lady who in the process, kills his supposed best friend. But with the beginning of her reigns comes a world of chaos that threatens the remains of the Ling Empire. Then comes the existence of Dragons and a single Tiamat, that makes it mission into releasing the lord of the Infernal, the second name of Hell. Read this book if you like : Dnd monsters, Anime, China based stories, lots of twists, hard-system fantasy, and many more. (Image for book cover not mine)

When an entire classroom is summoned to the Radiant Empire to become the world’s saviors, Evander expects a grand adventure. Instead, he is granted a seemingly useless, zero-mana support class: [Abyssal Coordinator]. Deemed a waste of resources by the corrupt royalty, Evander is stripped of his gear and thrown into the bottomless Abyssal Chasm to die. But the chasm is a gateway. Deep in the Underworld, a desperate and newly crowned Demon Queen, Vespera, is performing a forbidden ritual to summon a world-destroying Calamity Beast to save her collapsing realm. Instead of a monster, Evander crashes onto her altar. Due to a glitch in the magic circle and his unique class, a soul-link is forged between them. To survive the suspicious demon generals who expect an omnipotent tyrant, Evander must use his modern wits and unique system skills to act as the mastermind behind Vespera's throne. Meanwhile, using a remote avatar, he infiltrates the surface world to dismantle the "heroes" who betrayed him. He isn't just surviving; he’s playing both sides of an empire-spanning war.