In a fantasy world plagued by demons, monsters, and magic, Y/n, an immortal swordsman with an undying curse crosses paths with an ageless elf mage, Frieren, and her group. To find a way to rid himself of the curse, he joins them in their trip to Aureole. On the way, he grows fond of the elf, though she was never the one for romantics. Will he change that? I don't own Frieren or the art.

"Didn't you like me?" he asked. "I didn't." He frowned. "Then... do you hate me?" "I don't." "...Then what do you think of me?" "An annoying moron." "I'm already sleep-deprived," I said flatly. "Why should I think about something else?" -- The game said she would die if she attended the academy. 
It also said she would die if she didn't. Either way, her death was guaranteed. So when I opened my eyes in the body of Melissa Valkyrie, a doomed noble lady fated to die in every route, I did what any sensible person would do: Nothing. No schemes.
No revenge.
No desperate attempts to "fix" the story.
No scrambling to survive a game that had already decided my ending. If death flags wanted me, they could wait until after my nap. -- Suddenly, the male lead walked over and placed my notes on the desk. "How did you solve these problems and still get a D in Mathematics?" I didn't look up. "Why answer all of them," I said "when the professor said the passing score is only thirty?" "Anything more is a violation of mental health." -- But unfortunately, the world mistook my laziness for confidence. 
And now everyone thinks I'm dangerous. Because apparently, doing nothing was the most dangerous move of all.

She has always looked at him like he was everything. And he... never really looked back. Elara Quinn Vale and Caelum Reyes have lived in the same world for years-side by side, always together, always mistaken for something more. To everyone else, they're already a love story waiting to be confirmed. But the truth is quieter. More painful. Because Elara fell first. Deeply, hopelessly... silently. And Caelum? He stayed-just not in the way she needed. When a confession finally breaks the fragile line between friendship and something more, Elara is forced to face the one thing she's been avoiding: loving him doesn't mean he'll choose her. So she walks away. And only then does Caelum begin to see her-the way she had always seen him. But some realizations come too late. And some girls... stop waiting. In a story about timing, self-worth, and the kind of love that doesn't beg to be chosen, *In the Direction of You* asks one question: What happens when the person you finally want... is no longer yours to lose?

Everyone expected the quiet princess to die. The tyrant king had buried wives before, and the fragile girl forced to marry him was supposed to become just another forgotten tragedy. But the soft-spoken queen does something no one expected. She survives. While the court fears the monster on the throne, she remains beside him calm, gentle, and far stronger than anyone realizes. At first, the king tells himself she is simply useful. Her mind is sharp. Her kindness dangerous in a palace built on cruelty. And kings protect what is useful. But the longer she stands beside him, the more the kingdom begins to notice something unsettling. The tyrant who trusted no one now watches her like she is the most valuable thing in his world. His words remain cold. His temper still deadly. But everyone can see the truth the king refuses to admit. The monster on the throne has fallen in love. And the quiet queen who was supposed to die has learned something even more dangerous The only way anyone could ever hurt her... Is by surviving the king who would burn kingdoms to the ground to protect what belongs to him.