Cross Infinite World announced on Tuesday that it has licensed five new light novel series:
Image courtesy of Cross Infinite WorldTitle: By a Twist of Fate, I'm Attending the Royal Academy in Disguise
Creators: Ringo (story), Tsukasa Satsuki (art)
Release date: May 31 (digital), physical version later
Summary: Cesia, a mere servant, is studying at the Royal Academy in place of the lazy, pampered daughter of the viscount she works for, all for a huge monetary reward later. upon successfully graduating, allowing her to live the rest of her life without any worries. She spends her days avoiding the weak bullying of the Academy ladies while working herself to the bone at the viscount's mansion—until just before graduation, when she is cheated out of her salary. completely disappeared! Furious, she vows revenge at all costs, when out of nowhere, the second prince appears and offers to help her? A brave heroine with a determined resistance and a mischievous prince who risks his life for his country meet in a love story where anything can happen!
Image courtesy of Cross Infinite WorldTitle: Come Villainessin': The Intrigue of a Former Civilian
Creator: Hiironoame (story), Misumi (art)
Release date: July 31 (digital), physical version later
Summary: Do you want to become a villain to save yourself? Dear sister? That was the deal promised to Mio Satou by Shizuki Sakurazaka, heir to the Sakurazaka Corporation, one of the most powerful conglomerates dominating Japan today. Terms? Take her place in life. Survive three years at an elite academy where the descendants of tycoons and tycoons roam, and in return, Shizuki will cure Mio's sister of her terminal illness. But in a revelation that turns Mio's world upside down, Shizuki reveals that their reality is based on an otome game from her past life, with her as the game's original antagonist—a face where her demise was essential in guiding the world to a happy ending. Now, as Mio once a “commoner” enters the maze of high society, can she successfully find her way to her predetermined death and rescue her sister, or is there something more to do than destruction? Is death waiting for her at the end of this journey?
Image provided by Cross Infinite WorldTitle: Soup Forest: The Story of a Woman Who Talked to Animals and a Former Mercenary
Creator: Syuu (story), Muni (art)
Release date: June 30 (digital), physical version later date
Summary: Sometimes it's animals, sometimes it's people, but, today too, the people who come to Olivia's restaurant all hold painful memories in their hearts.
Olivia, who runs a soup restaurant outside the forested town, has a secret she can't tell anyone. She can hear the inner voices of animals and people. This ability alienated her from her family to the point that they sent her to a convent when she was five years old. After escaping along the way, she was taken to the restaurant by the people who would become her adoptive grandparents. Twenty years later, Olivia continues to live with a closed heart from others, until one day, a former mercenary named Arthur stops by on a wet, rainy morning. And what are the feelings he begins to develop for her?
Soup Forest is a place of meeting and parting, a place filled with the blessings of the forest, a gathering place for both animals and people. They come together, share a meal, go their separate ways and continue with their lives.
Image provided by Cross Infinite WorldTitle: Former assassin reincarnated as a noble girl
Creators: Satsuki Otonashi (story), MiRea (art)
Release date: July 31 (digital), physical version at a later date
Summary: Enter Lady Selena, a former assassin who thought it would be easy to step into the role of a pampered lady, but finds herself aggravated by the way she sees things differently than her flower-mother smart and his scheming, deceitful (but completely ineffective) stepsister. She navigates tea parties filled with ladies trying to assert their dominance, attends an academy thick with ulterior motives, and avoids harassment thrown at her with icy glares and fierce opponents, but it was her cold heart that made her isolated and lonely..
One day, she learned that her step-sister was engaged to the second prince, a truth that forced her to leave home. However, she doesn't get far before running into someone, and that someone happens to be the first prince. Come see this cold-blooded former assassin who has never known love bravely ventures into aristocratic society!
Image provided by Cross Infinite WorldTitle: Too Strong to Belong! Banished to another world!
Creators: Kazuki Karasawa (story), Akane Rica (art)
Release date: August 31 (digital), physical version later
Summary: Sakurako longs to be loved. Unfortunately, her super strength scares everyone! If only she were normal… But then she would have died a long time ago. Her continued survival endangers time and space, so God sends Sakurako and her lovelorn best friend Kazuya to another world.
Um, a place where she can become a slim girl and finally get a boyfriend? Yes, please!
Will Sakurako become weak in the world of magic and monsters? Can Kazuya compete with the handsome hero in their exploration group? And what about a Demon King about to appear to destroy the world at any moment?
Source: Press release