I suddenly found myself 14 years before the original story began—
As the most powerful Archmage in the Empire.
[“…Please protect him.”]
That was the only thing I could remember.
Since the novel was discontinued, maybe they wanted me to make sure the story had an ending?
It’s a romance novel. The main characters will get their happy ending anyway. Since the story hasn’t started yet, I’ll just stay quietly in my territory.
But then, I ran into someone at the Imperial Palace—
The main villain of the novel, the Fourth Prince, who turns into a tyrant due to a tragic childhood.
He looked like a beast. His body was so thin you could see his bones.
I felt sorry for him, but changing a character’s backstory might mess with what I know about the plot—
[“The child has never had warm soup.”]
…Surely feeding him can’t hurt, right?
But then—
“Your Highness, isn’t it nice to be clean now?”
[“For the child, abuse and neglect were normal.”]
When I saw him shivering quietly as a servant poured cold water on him in the middle of the night,
I made up my mind.
“Your Highness. Will you become my student?”
I’ll make sure you get your happy ending too.
12 years later
“Your Highness, if you keep looking at her like that, you’ll get caught—by your master.”
“That’s fine, Marquis.”
The Fourth Prince, now an adult, was still the Archmage’s student.
“In fact, I hope I do get caught.”
Because his bold feelings for his teacher were no longer a secret.
