Not praying for ten strings

In a world dominated by seven super-corporations, the Longevity Species that always occupied the pinnacle of power didn't allow for the enactment of written laws. The Floating Islands of prisons delimited by lines on the map, where resources would inevitably run out in the future...
People yearned for the birth of a true "Hero," yet they cynically awaited the fall of a Hero from grace.
As long as one was hailed by the media as a Hero, even murder could be forgiven, and every word they said would be adored. Even high and mighty Elves dared not provoke the edge of a Hero.
But if a Hero of the past committed even a minor offense, the moment their image crumbled, the forgiven sins would flare up like an inextinguishable furnace, and the stars of yesterday would instantly become unforgivable criminals...
"—Come become a Hero, Russell."
The most vicious criminal in the world thrust a knife into the boy's hand, whispering a low enticement.
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Solo female lead, Beast Ears, Spiritual Energy, Mechanical Angels, and other elements. Cyber-fantasy. Please refrain if not to your liking.

Tower of Overturn

"...No, I'm okay. Sorry, I just... lost my composure for a moment. But I'll try to adjust..."


Hearing Camarcel II say that, Inferior almost reflexively rejected the idea: "You should still have the baby, because I..."


In that instant, he vaguely felt a stirring in his heart.


"—Because I will definitely be a good father, absolutely!"


He said it with gritted teeth, with unwavering certainty: "Absolutely—not like that man! I will never... hurt you the way he hurt mother, never hurt you—as he hurt me, never, our child."


Watching this scene, Russell suddenly hesitated.


Could hatred for the pains of the past, fears of former times, also transform into a kind of love...


The girl who, because of her sins, did not want to repeat the evils of the past; the young man who, having endured suffering, didn't want others to suffer for the same reasons.


Chapter 104: Respect Those Who Want to Kill Me_3