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Sarah’s brown hair, which had been tied up beautifully, was loosened and fluttering in the wind. Her azure eyes sparkled beautifully in the breeze coming in through the open window. The servants of Ambrosia looked at the scene in fascination.

“……”

“……”

In the Empire, no, even on the continent, magicians were very rare. Magicians were people that did not like to be seen in public, so they built a magic tower and hid in it. They didn’t get along with people, so all of their personalities were eccentric, bad-tempered, and insanely crazy.

However, due to the immense power they possessed, rumors spread that there were infinite locations in the land where the magician resided. Even if those who coveted that ability searched for them, no one knew the location of the tower. Even if it was the greatest Emperor of any continent.

The magician they knew was such a being. A great being who could receive treatment equivalent to that of the imperial family no matter where they went.

“In the Duke of Ambrosia’s house, a magician is……”

Pushing past the mumbling servants, Sarah approached Claude. Then, slowly, with a tenacious gaze, she stared at the child’s face.

The dazzling platinum blonde hair characteristic of the Duke of Ambrosia was clinging to his tear-soaked cheeks. The eyes of the child, which widened in surprise, were green resembling the lovely Dieline.

Sarah’s heart ached when she found her childhood friend’s appearance in the form of a child.

‘So beautiful……’

It was hard to believe that the poor puppy-like Young Lord would become a villain to destroy the Empire in the distant future. The 6-year-old Claude Ambrosia was an angel she wanted to bite. More than she could have ever imagined.

“Fufu.”

A pleasant smile formed on Sarah’s lips. Sarah fell in love as soon as she met Claude’s clear and beautiful green eyes. She slowly reached her hand and offered the first greeting she had been preparing for a very long time.

“Hello, Young Lord Ambrosia? My name is Sarah Millen, your nanny and tutor from today.”

Seeing the face of a child who resembled her friend Dieline, the guilt that had always plagued her reared its ugly head. Sarah’s memory flashed back to the night when she decided to become Claude’s nanny.

* * *

It was a night with loud thunder and strong rainstorm.

“No, no…… I have to go back, I have to go back. Please, please!”

Sarah cried out, clawing at her hair and pounding her fists against her chest.

“I have to edit the contents, but I don’t have time……”

The desperation in her voice was palpable. She had a secret she couldn’t tell anyone else. A secret that was bigger than her being a magician, a secret that would never be understood.

“Why can’t I wake up in Park Hyeyeon’s body?”

Sarah Millen, a young lady of the Count family with a long history in the Empire, was also Park Hyeyeon, an ordinary citizen of the Republic of Korea.

That was the secret she had. She was a person who lived the lives of two people at the same time as a single soul.

“There was never a time when I couldn’t return to Park Hyeyeon’s body…… Something must be wrong.”

She could control the timing of switching between the two bodies at will. It made no sense for her to be unable to return to the other body unless the other body died. She could vividly feel that the souls of Park Hyeyeon and Sarah Millen were still connected. When Park Hyeyeon’s body was in a traffic accident, she felt something shaking her soul, but the string that seemed to break was definitely connected.

“I have to go back. I just have to go back and edit the novel. Dieline, I can’t let Dieline go crazy like this…… Ahhh!”

Sarah lost her reason and burst into tears at the helplessness she felt for the first time in her life.

“What’s the use of having all this power……?”

From the moment she was born, she realized that she was gifted with strong mana. With a power so powerful that her soul collapsed, she instinctively split her soul into two and threw one to the border of another dimension.

And so Park Hyeyeon was born in Korea, and Sarah Millen was born in the Crombell Empire.

Sarah Millen would fall asleep and wake up in Park Hyeyeon’s body. One day she would fall asleep in the body of Park Hyeyeon and wake up in the body of Sarah Millen. Although she lived the lives of Park Hyeyeon and Sarah Millen for a long time, only one day had passed in their respective worlds. That was why Sarah lived twice as long as most people and managed to balance her two lives well.

Unlike Sarah Millen, who had access to powerful mana at her disposal, Park Hyeyeon had the ability to ‘see into the future’, the future of the world in which Sarah Millen lived.

It was a very peaceful life.

Knock knock.

A gentle knock on the door brought Sarah out of her deep thoughts.

“Come in.”

“Umm, Milady. You have a guest.”

“At this time, who would come without prior notice.”

“It’s Duchess Dieline Ambrosia.”

The name from the servant’s mouth heavily pierced and pressed on Sarah’s heart. Thunder and rainstorm were still raging outside the window. Her close friend must have been rushing the horseman through this inclement weather.

The consequence of the sin committed by Park Hyeyeon had come to Sarah Millen.

“……Guide her to the drawing room.”

“Do you want me to help you wash your face?”

“Sure.”

Sarah was skillfully served by the servants, wondering where all this had gone wrong.

In this Empire, no, she had the most powerful magic in the world. It allowed her to have infinite glory. However, she did not know that not knowing the limits of her own power could lead to such an unexpected tragedy.

It all started there.

In the future she saw through her ‘foresight’, this beautiful Empire would be thrown into great chaos. In that future, Sarah hid her power and lived in seclusion, quietly nurturing her disciples. This might have been a choice made for fear of upsetting the balance of the world if she became actively involved.

‘In the end, I only try to save the world with my disciples after everything collapses.’

Sarah didn’t like it, but she knew she had no choice. So, with a broken heart, she wrote a novel based on the future of the continent that she saw in advance when she was awake as Park Hyeyeon. She wanted to see a story of people who wisely overcome a desperate situation without the help of an archmage.

Like the clichés of the romance fantasy novels that were popular at the time, this was a story of a man who embraced all the despair of the world being saved by a woman who embraced all the happiness of the world. So, in the end, it was a story of overcoming all hardships and finding peace.

‘Flower of Darkness.’

It was a novel written by her and no one else.

* * *

“…… Let’s go.”

Sarah slowly got up and headed to the drawing room. Now it was time to face the first sin she committed.

The door to the drawing room opened to reveal a woman fidgeting nervously with a fan. Sarah closed her eyes for a moment as she felt her heart sink.

“Duchess.”

Sarah slowly approached the woman and showed courtesy by bending her knees.

“Oh, Sarah. Please don’t call me that. I always asked you not to.”

Dieline, the Duchess of Ambrosia and Sarah’s long-time friend, quickly held her hand and led her. Before Sarah could sit on the sofa, Dieline held her hands tightly and shook them slightly.

“Sarah, my precious friend. You’re on my side, right? Right? You said you could do anything for me. Yes? Please help me, Sarah!”

“……Duchess.”

“Don’t call me like that!”

Dieline shrieked as she rose to her feet. Her eyes glowed sharply as she criticized Sarah.

“Don’t call me like that. Only you, only you can’t do that to me.”

“Okay, Dieline. I’m sorry. It’s my fault.”

As Sarah called her name affectionately, Dieline took a deep breath, feeling a little more real. Seeing Dieline slowly regaining her composure, Sarah had an intuition that she was now on the edge of a cliff.

“I have kept my promise with the Duke. Now I’m going to find Hugel. Even if I have to give up on me and Hugel’s child!”

“Dieline!”

“You have no idea how terrible this is. But I have no choice but to do this. Ambrosia needed a successor, and I’m giving birth soon. Then I’ll be able to leave.”

“Do you think you and Hugel’s child can become Ethan Ambrosia’s child? What will happen if this fact is known to the world?!”

“I am the Duchess of Ambrosia and Hugel is the second son of the Duke of Ambrosia! A child with Ambrosia’s blood was born from an orthodox and legal wife. What’s the problem? Huh?”

Dieline’s eyes now showed madness.

“I can do it. If the Duke leaves the child and never returns…… I’ll overlook everything.”