Kaen was born in ash and raised in silence. The slums gave him nothing—until the forbidden fire inside him awakened. Now marked by a legacy that once burned kings to ash, he enters the elite Academy that would rather see him contained than crowned. Surrounded by noble heirs, hidden enemies, an...

"In an unexpected turn of events, all the third-year students were put into an unusual internship program as game testers. While the scenario may seem mundane to some, the twist lies in the fact that they are clearly from different majors such as marketing, hotel accommodation, culinary arts, and...

Ren Karibata is only nineteen when his life crumbles in an instant. Once a young trade administrator in the flourishing village of Riverbrick, Ren watches everything he loves burn to ash when the Kingdom of Suragato launches a brutal surprise attack. His parents are killed. His home reduced to ru...

The world is alive. It hears. It remembers. And now… it is wounded deeply. In a world filled with greedy and sinful humans, where power replaces justice, and the people are cheap meat for the machines of tyranny, their screams are no longer heard by kings, nobles, or blood merchants. But the w...

Pimil thought he could finally return home without getting beaten. He didn't expect to fall into a portal to another world... or die along the way. Reincarnated by mistake, he asks for a strong, muscular body—he gets the opposite: slim, delicate, almost too perfect... but utterly useless again...

In a war-torn land of thunder and mud, Ragnar, no hero, carries a vow from his mother’s deathbed, etched into his soul. Her cryptic words ignite a fire within him. When his kin desecrate her memory, he abandons them, stepping into the storm of shells and silent dead. Among broken soldiers, he reu...

This is a collection of short stories set within the Academy Showdown universe. The stories that end in cliffhangers (excluding flashbacks), may either be directly referenced or concluded at some point in the main story. However, some plot points featured here may be subject to change in the future.

One day at school, Haruki Minazuki finds a bento on his desk warm, homemade, and carefully packed. No note. No name. Just kindness in every bite. He doesn’t know who left it, but his eyes are drawn to Reina Kisaragi the quiet girl with a soft smile. They barely speak. Yet somehow, through ...

Taking place during the events of StarSpace 2, 16 year-old Chelbie Chile (who loves to build and drive many types of vehicles that ride on the road), adjusts to her new peaceful life with her friends in a world known as Animearth after fighting against Voltaze. However, adapting has been a ch...

Junie, a government employee from the Adventurers' Agency, lives a mundane life until his past catches up to him. Now, he must decide whether to embrace his adventurous past, or maintain his peaceful present.