[The quest <Purify the Essence of Aphoris> has been verified].

[Quest <Reveal the secret hidden in the curse of the rose! (7)> has been completed].

[As a reward, the scenario <The one who peeps and changes fate> will progress].

‘I was right after all!’

I rejoiced, seeing that I had completed the quest.

‘Ancient Witch Rose is losing her strength.’

I was still holding her shoulder.

Ancient Witch Rose was slowly collapsing.

“How dare you, after all this…….”

She still glared at me with bloodshot eyes.

“You think you can get away with this?”

“I do. I’m going to make you…….”

“How are you going to do that?”

I asked in a hushed voice.

“You’re nothing more than an emotional remnant of the ancient witch Rose, so you can’t do anything to me.”

“Kill…… discard…….”

“You showed off, but lacked any real power, and as proof, you even tried to touch a small child. What are you going to do about it?”

“I will…….”

Ancient Witch Rose’s power was rapidly depleting, and her voice was now fading into inaudibility.

I watched Ancient Witch Rose fade away, and only then did I turn around.

“Ms. Rose, the fake is gone!”

A breathless Rosa ran to me.

“It’s you, Ms. Rose, and I was counting on you!”

“There’s something more important than that right now, Rosa. Do you know what you did wrong?”

“……I’m sorry to interrupt, but I thought I might be able to help Ms. Rose.”

“It’s not like that.”

I scolded sternly, pulling her into a quick hug.

“You could have been in danger, and your safety is priority in any situation.”

“Rose……, I was wrong, and I’ll be really careful in the future.”

“You will. I believe you.”

“Yes! I’ll definitely live up to your faith, Ms. Rose!”

Rosa sobbed and nodded.

“How did you get to Aphoris?”

“That’s…….”

Rosa stammered, not speaking easily.

But I soon realized the answer.

As the essence of Aphoris was absorbed into me, the space disappeared completely.

Then I saw the people standing in front of me.

• • Rose!

“Pepe. You brought Rosa.”

• • Yes. Rose. There’s something I have to tell you, and if not now, then never…….

Pepe flew urgently toward me.

‘What can’t you say, if not now?’

But I didn’t hear him after all.

My vision went black and everything disappeared.

‘What is it?’

[Scenario <The one who peeps and changes fate>].

A notification popped up in the air.

Soon, the notification disappeared and my vision went black again.

***

“Ugh…….”

I felt like I’d blacked out.

‘Where am I?’

The first thing I felt was the cold floor.

‘Am I on the floor?’

I gingerly pushed myself up.

‘The wind is coming from somewhere.’

I could smell it in the air.

“If you quietly sign the divorce application and leave the mansion tonight, I will give you a substantial alimony. You would want that.”

The voice came on the wind, cold and dispassionate.

‘Where have I heard this before?’

I recognized the papers again.

A marriage license and a divorce petition.

‘Argention’s name is on them.’

It wasn’t the only one.

“I don’t know what you have up your sleeve in that useless head of yours, but it’s all for naught, insignificant Roselina.”

Argention continued to speak to me.

“Alimony is five million gold. That’s the most I’m willing to pay.”

The mention of five million gold.

There was no denying it now.

‘This is the situation when I was just transmigrated.’

Had I regressed to this moment?

‘Crazy. No way!’

I had just defeated the ancient witch Rose and absorbed her power!

I was about to become the strongest in the world!

‘Argention won’t even give me a divorce anyway, so what good is five million gold now!’

I wanted to vent my frustration.

But before I could speak, Argention left the room.

I pondered for a moment.

‘It is rare, but not unheard of, for a protagonist possessed by a Ropan to regress.’

[T/N: Ropan = Romantic Fantasy genre]

But there was a difference.

The protagonist regresses when she dies.

‘I didn’t die, I just defeated the ancient witch Rose.’

And then the air went blank.

‘Huh?’

Is there a system window now?

‘But I haven’t awakened at this point.’

[A new quest has occurred, do you want to check it?]

‘Let’s check the quest first and then think about it.’

[Untie the knot that was tied long ago!(1)

The scenario <The one who peeps and changes fate> is finally underway!

This scenario will take you through a strange but not unfamiliar experience.

And along the way, your choices will come together to change your destiny.

Everything is in your hands.

Remember, you are special, reserved for the worst by the ancient witch Rose.

There are knots that have been tied since before history began.

It’s up to you to decide whether to untie it or not.

Now it’s time to choose, will you change your destiny?

• • Requirement: Accept the quest <Untie the knot that was tied long ago!(1)>.

• • Reward: Reach a predetermined time and space]

‘I don’t know what you’re talking about.’

It was uncharacteristically unfriendly.

That made me even more curious about the quest.

‘At least I know that once I start a quest, there’s no turning back.’

Accepting the quest would allow me to complete this one.

‘It seems simple at first glance, but there’s no telling what’s to come, so I’d better tread carefully.’

I decided not to accept the quest for now and wait and see.

‘My choices changes my fate.’

I pushed myself up from my seat.

‘I should probably check to see if I’ve regressed.’

The system told me that if I accepted the quest, I would be able to reach a certain point in time and space.

‘So I’m not regressing, I’m time traveling or something?’

How can I tell the difference?

Pondering, I left the room.

‘When I was first possessed, I spent the night here with my eyes open.’

I made a different decision.

‘Let’s wander around and get some information.’

I made my way out of the mansion.

I sneaked out.

‘It’s a good thing there aren’t any servants around.’

It was quiet, but I managed to get out of the room and down the hall.

‘If I can get out that way, I can get out of the mansion.’

I stretched my arm as far as it would go and tried to open the mansion’s door.

If it weren’t for the alert that popped up in my mind.

[Warning!]

[Fate is calling on you for inaction!]

[If you do, your fate may change completely!]

I narrowed my eyes.

“What’s wrong with fate changing?”

Didn’t you say, I am ‘The one who breaks the wheel of fate?’

[If you change your fate now, the future is likely to be warped].

[If you try to mess with time that has already passed, the law of causality will move to eliminate you!]

‘The law of causality is out to get rid of me?’

With that dire warning, I finally gave up trying to get out of the mansion.

Instead, I got an important piece of information.

‘Right. I get it now.’

I hadn’t just regressed to the moment of possession.

The scenario <The One Who Peeps and Changes Fate> had brought me back to this moment, but only briefly.

‘In the future, I am the one who defeated the ancient witch.’

So if I act differently now, everything I’ve worked for will be undone.

‘I can’t let that happen.’

There was only one option left.

“Okay, I’ll accept the quest.”

At the same time, a notification popped up like popcorn.

[ Accepted quest <Untie the knot that was tied long ago!(1)> confirmed].

[You have completed the quest <Untie the knot that was tied long ago!(1)>]

[As a reward, you will receive <Reaching the time and space>].

‘Whether it’s porridge or rice, let’s do it.’

I said to myself as I watched my vision slowly begin to darken.

“Are you trying to leave the mansion at this hour?”

“Argention?”

At that moment, I heard Argention’s voice from above.

‘I’m in trouble.’

I didn’t see him again until the day after the possession, when we met again at the restaurant.

‘I messed up.’

I wonder how I could fix this.

“Don’t worry, I’ll do whatever you want, just go inside.”

I struggled to get away from Argention.

But even as I did, my vision was quickly darkening.

“It’s too late for you now, so you should go to…….”

I thought I heard a voice that sounded worried, but then all my senses were cut off.

Whhiiinnggg—-

A moment later, I opened my eyes.

Unlike a moment ago, I saw a white world filled with snow.

[You’ve arrived at the fixed time and space!]

‘This is a fixed time and space?’

Soon, the notification disappeared beyond the swirling blizzard.

‘What am I supposed to do here?’

Looking around, I spotted something.

‘That’s……!’