

Layla Monroe, a mystic arts practitioner, is reborn as the third daughter of the Dugan family—only to be buried alive by her own father as a sacrifice. She survives a thunder strike and crawls back from death’s edge. Using her mystic arts, she takes revenge step by step, forcing her enemies to suffer their own cruelty. To survive, she enters a contract marriage with Crown Prince Julian Lauren, but through palace struggles, wit, and power, she rises—until even the cold prince falls for her, and she becomes unstoppable.

The kingdom of Narethia sees two baby girls born at the same moment. A high monk prophesies that one of them carries the phoenix destiny—the future mother of all under heaven. Which girl holds the phoenix fate will only be revealed after eighteen years during the marriage alliance. The King of Narethia believes the destined one must be Joselyn Osborne, so he spends vast amounts of gold and silver nurturing her while completely ignoring Lainey Osborne. Eighteen years later, with Narethia’s national strength failing, a marriage alliance becomes necessary. The King and Ashtyn Harper scheme to have Joselyn marry into the Myrraveth royal family while sending Lainey off to the barbaric wasteland. With her mother imprisoned in the palace, Lainey tearfully departs for marriage. After traveling thousands of miles to reach the Outlands, she is utterly shocked to discover that the so-called barbarian host is actually the King of Zuyenne,and the supposedly impoverished land is overflowing with gold, silver, and precious jewels...
![[ENG DUB] Beneath the Rouge, A Sword](https://acfs3.goodshort.com/dist/src/assets/images/pc/common/f901131c-default-book-cover.png)
The kingdom of Narethia sees two baby girls born at the same moment. A high monk prophesies that one of them carries the phoenix destiny—the future mother of all under heaven. Which girl holds the phoenix fate will only be revealed after eighteen years during the marriage alliance. The King of Narethia believes the destined one must be Joselyn Osborne, so he spends vast amounts of gold and silver nurturing her while completely ignoring Lainey Osborne. Eighteen years later, with Narethia’s national strength failing, a marriage alliance becomes necessary. The King and Ashtyn Harper scheme to have Joselyn marry into the Myrraveth royal family while sending Lainey off to the barbaric wasteland. With her mother imprisoned in the palace, Lainey tearfully departs for marriage. After traveling thousands of miles to reach the Outlands, she is utterly shocked to discover that the so-called barbarian host is actually the King of Zuyenne,and the supposedly impoverished land is overflowing with gold, silver, and precious jewels...

Bankrupt socialite Aliyah was put up for auction as collateral by her gambler fiancé, inadvertently awakening Caspian, a deep-sea kraken. He strangled the gambler and took Aliyah away as the "pearl" he had been searching for across millennia. This reclusive global tycoon imprisoned her on a luxury yacht, unleashing an obsessive and forceful love. When a hidden mastermind sowed discord between them, Caspian risked his life to protect her. Through life-and-death trials, the two forged a "Life-Sharing Covenant." Aliyah awakened her priestess bloodline and joined forces with Caspian to repel the ancient gods. In the end, their curse was dissolved by true love, and Caspian offered the entire ocean as a betrothal gift, crowning his queen with the "Heart of the Deep Sea."

During finals week, Rory is suddenly transported into a novel,becoming a notorious wastrel heir who lives disguised as a man. She knows the story well: the male lead, Yisroel, will one day become emperor, while she is destined to be a disposable minor villain erased after his ascension. To escape this fate, Rory must keep up her "playboy" persona while carefully earning Yisroel's favor.What she doesn't expect is that, along the way, Yisroel begins to fall for her.