The ancient witch Rose was strong.

Born a leader, she lived to rule.

All things bowed to her.

The world was at the feet of the Ancient Witch Rose.

Even her fellow ancient witches were no exception.

‘Free.’

But Rose the Ancient Witch was bored with everything.

She’d never wanted a life of support, but that’s what she had to live.

• • Rose! Come play with me!

“Sylphid.”

• • I told you to call me Pepe, huh?

Only Sylphid, the wind spirit king, could soothe her heart.

Until one day, her life changed forever.

“Sylphid. I’m going away for a while.”

• • Where?

“The Frost Witch has asked for my help. I don’t know what it is yet, but I have to go.”

The Frost Witch, ruler of the snow, was in the north.

Rose, the ancient witch, was on her way.

She could use her spatial traveling magic if she wanted to, but she didn’t want to.

So she climbed the snowy mountain.

There was a blizzard on the mountain, but it didn’t matter to the ancient witch.

‘I’m tired of seeing snow.’

Ancient Witch Rose’s eyes sparkled for a moment, then sank back down.

‘Let’s use space traveling magic.’

This was the moment she made her decision.

“What is this?”

Ancient Witch Rose saw something.

There was something foreign in the white world of unrelenting snow.

It was a disheveled strand of jet-black hair on the snow.

Ancient Witch Rose’s eyes swept over the man’s pale skin and closed eyes.

“A man.”

The sentiment was short and tasteless.

Ancient Witch Rose turned to leave.

Kaaaaaah!

If it weren’t for the distant howl of a demon.

‘What should I do?’

Her pink eyes narrowed in thought.

Demons, she could handle them with a snap of her fingers.

‘But not this man.’

Normal humans could barely subdue a single demon without help.

Besides, this man was lying unconscious on the ground.

“Hmm.”

Normally, she would have passed by indifferently, but at that moment, she felt strangely moved.

In the end, the Ancient Witch Rose made a different choice than usual.

Kaaaaaah-!

“Shut up.”

She plunged her compressed magic power into the creature’s forehead.

The creature collapsed, and Ancient Witch Rose walked over to the man.

“Ugh…….”

The man’s eyelids fluttered open as he regained consciousness.

His red eyes slowly opened.

“Beautiful.”

The Ancient Witch Rose inadvertently admired.

She had seen all the most precious and beautiful things in the world, but she had never seen anything so glorious.

“W……. Who are you?”

“You, be mine.”

“What? What do you mean by that?”

“Since I saved your life, wouldn’t it be fitting that I take the rest of your life?”

The man gave her an incredulous look.

It was bizarre, but it was also cute.

That was their first meeting.

And now, many years later.

All that remained of the ancient witch Rose was a rage that burned hotter than the fires of hell.

‘You betrayed me.’

She could never forgive him.

She would dry up what remained of his seed in this world.

But then she found him reborn.

So she took Roselina’s body.

It did not matter how she awoke, curled up in a corner of Roselina’s body.

The ancient witch, Rose, stood before him.

‘I’ll kill him.’

She could have taken Argention’s life the moment she wanted.

However, the Ancient Witch Rose’s mind immediately wavered.

‘I can’t kill him that easily.’

He would have to suffer the same betrayal and pain she had.

So Ancient Witch Rose twisted her eyes and smiled.

“Argention. Did you defeat the demon for me?”

It was a beautiful smile, like a rose in full bloom.

As if to hide the sharp thorns hidden within.

Argention’s eyes flickered.

“I was just …… doing what I had to do.”

And then he turned away bluntly.

Argention stalked away, but Rose the Ancient Witch didn’t seem to mind.

That was what he did when he was embarrassed.

“Argention. Come with me.”

Argention stood there, afraid to speak.

‘Look. That’s the Palesdon I know.’

Ancient Witch Rose’s lips curled upward.

It hadn’t been hard to seduce him.

It was the next part that mattered.

‘I’ll make you think you’re the only one for me in the world, and then I’ll betray you.’

Rose, the ancient witch, was broken when all her affection and trust in the other was shattered.

Her sparkling heart was shattered and lost its light, and her mind was filled with anger and despair.

So it was only right that she give it back.

‘I want you to experience what I felt when I hit rock bottom.’

Rose, the ancient witch, smiled wickedly as she approached Argention.

“I didn’t even get a chance to thank you. Argention. Thank you.”

“Didn’t I tell you, I only did what I had to do…… What does that mean?”

Rose, the ancient witch, crossed her arms, and Argention gasped.

“It doesn’t mean anything, I’m just surprised.”

“Then you should tell me that you are…….”

“You’ll support me, won’t you?”

Rose, the ancient witch, interrupted Argention.

Argention, with her beaming smile, couldn’t push away the expecting her.

“Very well, then, I will escort you to Winfrote Castle.”

“I’d rather be alone than that.”

“What?”

Rose, the ancient witch, looked up at Argention with a twinkle in her eye.

“I want to be with you.”

“What’s that…….”

“I know you actually have feelings for me.”

Argention’s eyes widened at the shocking statement.

“Argention. You know my feelings without me telling you.”

The ancient witch Rose then drove a wedge.

“Is it wrong, then, that we want to be together?”

“……No, it isn’t.”

Finally, Argention nodded.

“Then will you stay with me?”

“Yes. But it’s cold and dangerous here, so I’ll take you somewhere safe.”

Argention could not look the ancient witch Rose in the eye.

But this time, she didn’t mind.

Palesdon was a shy man by nature.

‘He’s shy like that, but not at night.’

Argention trudged on, even though the snow was falling, making visibility difficult.

They walked quickly to a cave at the back of the canyon.

“Just go inside.”

Argention surrounded the entrance to the cave with an ether.

To keep out the cold and the demons at once.

‘Still attentive.’

Rose, the ancient witch, snapped out of her reverie.

‘Get a grip. After being betrayed like that, does he really think I’m going to be possessed again?’

She was only trying to get back at Palesdon.

No other emotions were to be mixed in with it.

Rose, the ancient witch, remembered her own desperate end and steeled herself.

‘If I’m seducing him now, it’s only for revenge, so I mustn’t be distracted.’

But the ancient witch Rose could not know.

What was ringing loudly in her ears now.

It sounded like Argention’s footsteps, or like the sound of her own heart.

“Roselina.”

The next moment, Argention was in front of Rose, the ancient witch.

She was speechless for some reason.

“…… Call me Rose.”

“Are you cold?”

Without answering, Argention turned away.

“No. More than that, I want you to call me Rose…….”

“But you’re shivering, aren’t you?”

Argention’s hand reached out and wrapped around the back of the ancient witch’s neck.

“If you’re cold, let me warm you.”

“S, sure.”

Ancient Witch Rose stuttered at Argention’s proactive demeanor.

‘You don’t change so quickly when we’re alone.’

But the warmth of Argention’s arms around her didn’t hurt.

‘Just a moment. Just a little more…….’

Rose, the ancient witch, wanted to stay in his arms just a little longer.

She stretched out her arms and wrapped them around his neck.

With a slow tug, she pulled him closer, and soon their faces were touching.

“Argention. You have no idea how long I’ve been waiting for this moment.”

Rose, the ancient witch, knew what Argention would do next.

There had been countless times when he’d pounced on her.

‘He’ll do it again.’

And then he’d be all over her.

As if on cue, Argention’s lips parted.

“Rose.”

“Yes, Argention.”

The lips of the ancient witch, Rose, opened smoothly, with conviction.

But at that moment.