Black Iron's Glory - Chapter 3: The Red-bricked Mansion

#1 In a small town, young Daisy endures a life of suffering under the tyranny of her stepfamily and the neglect of her father. Her once loving home now a prison, she and her mother are forced to serve her father's new wife and daughters. When a proposal arrives from a wealthy but disfigured nobleman, her father, eager to protect his other daughters, condemns Daisy to a seemingly bleak fate.

As a qualified female antagonist, Maya Monroe's daily task is to sneer and look down at the female lead, Kiki Monroe, to facilitate Kiki's slap in the face and rise to the top.Audition scene:Maya Monroe: How dare a little nobody compete with me for the role? This role is definitely mine!Netizens: Such boastful talk! Nonsense! Kiki, slap her in the face!The audition results come out, and Maya Monroe succeeds in the audition.Maya Monroe, who is obviously holding back: ......Netizens: Wow... Not only is she confident, but she's also so talented! I'm loving it!At the awards ceremony, Maya Monroe holds a bunch of trophies, looking helplessly at the camera.Kiki Monroe, sitting below, has long left the scene angrily, biting her little handkerchief.Host: You've been nominated for so many awards, Maya, what are your thoughts?Maya Monroe pauses for a moment: Actually, I'm not interested in awards.Fans suddenly go wild: Ahhh, sister is so classy, I love it!Maya Monroe's husband is the male lead's brother. According to the plot, this big shot divorces her due to being unable to stand Maya Monroe's arrogance and lets her fend for herself.To make Ian Rowe hate her, Maya Monroe tries her best to act outrageous.She deliberately knocks over Ian Rowe's soup, not knowing the chicken soup is poisoned.She arrogantly steals Ian Rowe's food, not knowing that it all comes from the culinary-struggling Ian Rowe.Maya Monroe: Quickly hate me!Ian Rowe: She... must like me!Another title for this story: “About My Efforts to Hold Back but Repeatedly Crush the Female Lead”, “About How Just Saying a Few Words Casually Makes a Bunch of People Like Me”, “Ah! It's Becoming Increasingly Hard to Be an Antagonist These Days”

Since the opening of the Dungeon Rifts-- also called D.Rifts or Drift Dimensions, the world has changed. It's become more militaristic and violent-- unpredictable, even. Monsters raze cities and bring diseases that birth new races. Magic exists in a constant state of hyperflux, birthing new powers and changing the functions of old ones.But none of that mattered for Rex. He wasn't a Drift Soldier-- as much as he wanted to be. He didn't have powers-- even if he wished he did, so when he graduated primary school, he expected to get his Drift Armament and find a bit of consistency for once in his life.But you know what they say about expectations......DING![Congratulations! You have awakened the Beast-Totem and unlocked your Werepanther System.][5 Totems Remaining....]*********Extra tags: kingdom building, military, martial arts, overpowered, scifi-fantasy, post-apocalyptic, factions,

Liohime Kitagami could only blink in utter confusion as the fully nude body of the woman came into view.And thus, only a single word creaked out from him in response.“….Eh?”The playful beaming smile of the young woman emerged right before she jumped at him and screamed with joy while her arms opened wide for an emphatic hug.“MASTER, WELCOME HOME!!!”It was at that moment that the life of Liohime Kitagami from the Shinigami Soldiers changed forever.In a modern fantasy world where powerful magic beasts are the norm, seventeen year-old Liohime undergoes his biggest undercover theft mission yet by sneaking into one of the branches of the most famous Magical Beast organizations. His life changes completely when his eyes casts upon his target- a mysterious green and white decorated egg.Unfortunately, his split second decision of taking it while almost out of time was a mistake. Thus, life with an extremely clingy sacred beast that could transform into a mythical young woman who displayed a hyperfixation of love for him had emerged.While understanding that this magical beast is probably more incredibly important than he might have thought, it is up to Liohime Kitagami to engage in countless day to day activities, adventures, recreational mishaps, dates and more with mayhem lurking around every corner in order to satisfy this Magical Beast Girl that won't leave him alone....***TW: BOO! Profanity and sexual themes included!....Hey, why are you not scared?