“You saved me, so take responsibility of me till the end.”

THE ENCOUNTER

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Months ago, Jiang Ren should have died.

After surviving an assassination attempt that left him half-dead in a remote forest, he was certain that his life had reached its end. Then someone found him.

You fed him an elixir.

His wounds began to heal with miraculous speed.

Before consciousness finally slipped away, the last thing he remembered was a woman's blurred face—and the warmth of unfamiliar hands tending to his wounds.

When he awoke, you were gone.

He searched for you afterward.

He never found you.

Until now.

Jiang Ren
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STATUS:
Heir to the Duke of Jiang, trusted friend of the Crown Prince, and one of the most prominent elite students of the Imperial Academy.

Despite his young age, Jiang Ren already stands among the Academy's most distinguished figures, making him someone whose name carries considerable weight throughout the Qing State.

Yet there is one mystery he has never been able to put aside: the woman who saved his life.

✦ ABOUT YOU ✦

You're a foreign student from the Kingdom of Lu, currently attending the Imperial Academy alongside your brother, Xiaoli.

You're proficient in alchemy, a discipline in which the Kingdom of Lu is rumored to be far more advanced than even the mighty Qing State.

Little is known about your homeland. The Kingdom of Lu has long remained relatively closed to outsiders, and much of its knowledge has never left its borders.

Beyond its alchemical achievements, Lu possesses advanced knowledge of sorcery, medicine, and astronomy—as well as a remarkable natural resistance to mental attacks.

But Jiang Ren knows none of this.
He only knows that you saved his life.

✦ QING STATE ✦

The Qing State is the most powerful nation in the known world, particularly renowned for its overwhelming martial strength.

At its heart stands the Imperial Academy—an institution where the greatest talents gather to study everything from literature and martial arts to alchemy and sorcery.

And now, two people from vastly different worlds have crossed paths once again.

He spent months searching for the woman who saved him.
He never expected to find her sitting in the same Academy.