Chapter 03

Sarah's brown hair, which had been tied up beautifully, was loosened and fluttering in the wind. Her blue eyes, surrounded by the wind blowing in through the open window, glistened beautifully.

The servants of Ambrosia looked at the scene as if they were possessed.

"......"

"......"

In the Empire, no, even on the continent, magicians were very rare. Magicians were a tribe that did not like to appear in the world, and they built a 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 can receive treatment equivalent to that of the imperial family no matter where they go.

"In the Duke of Ambrosia house, a magician is...."

Leaving behind the words of the blankly muttering 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 is hard to believe that the poor puppy-like Young Lord will become a villain to destroy the Empire in the distant future.

The 6-year-old Claude Ambrosia was more than her imagination, like an angel that was cute enough to bite.

"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, who will be Young Lord's nanny and tutor from today."

Seeing the face of a child who resembled her friend Dieline, the guilt that had always plagued her was lifted.

Sarah remembered the night when she decided to become Claude's nanny.

***

It was a night with loud thunder and a strong rainstorm.

"No, no.... I have to go back, but I have to go back. Please, please!"

Sarah groaned as she ripped her hair out and punched her chest.

"I have to revise the contents, but I don't have time....."

Despair was dripping in the voice that flowed out in vain. She had a secret she couldn't tell anyone else. A secret that was greater and would never be understood than the secret that she was a magician.

"Why can't I wake up in Park Hyeyeon's body?"

Sarah Millen, a young lady of the Count family with a long history of the Empire, is 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..... Obviously, something was wrong."

The timing of going back and forth between the two bodies could be controlled at her will. It didn't make sense that one body couldn't return to the other unless one 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 shed 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 power so powerful that her soul collapsed, she instinctively split her soul into two and threw one to the border of another dimension.

In this way, Park Hyeyeon was born in Korea, and Sarah Millen was born in the Crombell Empire.

When Sarah Millen fell asleep, she woke up in Park Hyeyeon's body. While living in Park Hyeyeon's body, when she suddenly fell asleep one day, she woke up again in Sarah Millen's body repeatedly.

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's why Sarah lived twice as long as the others and managed to balance her two lives well.

Unlike Sarah Millen, who could freely wield powerful mana, Park Hyeyeon, who had the ability to predict the future, foresaw the future of the world in which Sarah Millen lived.

It was a very peaceful life.

Knock knock.

Sarah escaped from her deep thought at the sound of a careful knock.

"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 came to Sarah Millen.

"......Guide her to the living room."

"Do you want me to help you wash your face?"

"Okay."

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

In this Empire, no, she has the most powerful magic in the world. It allowed her to have her 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 came from there.

In the future as 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. She must have been concerned that the balance of the world would be disturbed if she, who had strong power, actively intervened.

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

Sarah knew well that she couldn't help it even though she didn't like it. 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 the stories 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 this world. So, in the end, it was a story of overcoming all hardships and restoring peace.

'Flower of Darkness.'

This novel was written by her and no one else.

***

"...... Let's go."

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

The door to the living room opened and she could see a woman nervously pulling out a fan. Sarah closed her eyes for a moment as she felt her chest tighten.

"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 screamed as she kicked off the match. She glowed sharply and criticized Sarah.

"Don't call me like that. Only you, you can do that to me."

"Okay, Dieline. I'm sorry. It's my fault."

As Sarah called her name affectionately, the real Dieline took a deep breath. 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. Even if I'll never return to the dukedom after leaving the child.... I decided to overlook everything."