Aria is an archmage who neither ages nor dies. On the day she attends the funeral of her first love, she encounters a boy named Reivel who bears an uncanny resemblance to the friend she lost.

Reivel is sharp-tongued, gifted, and emotionally closed off. He bites, lashes out, and refuses to let anyone in. Despite this, Aria takes him in as her disciple.

“I like you, Aria.”

Over time, the hostility in Reivel’s eyes fades. His touch becomes gentle, and the way he looks at her shifts. When Aria realizes he no longer sees her as a teacher, she chooses to run.

“I want to make sure you can’t think of any man but me.”

She never imagined what kind of feelings he would carry once he returned as an adult.