trigger warning for slight descriptions of self harm on chapters: 29, 30, and 43.

it still has not happened yet after 88 chapters lol

No because my favorite scenes of them were during that time when they lived in that cozy forest cottage by themselves. Its giving old married couple <33

2 years time skip?!? Damn but as I said the ML is probably helping her as of the moment in her state affairs and magical abilities. The incident probably scarred him when he found out what's really happening in her mind (mental state).

also it is referred to that even with the og Dahlia he liked or felt for her enough to look himself up for over three months. the details weren't given but it was hinted.

kaichen explaining the cute and platonically flirtatious things he wants to do with our fl, giving the readers butterflies.

then the next line- "He longed for her at night"

blush level 100

forbidden time magic was cast on Arcab, the lord or countess of who is dahlia. The day kept repeating (like in the grey man anime) and no one was aware of it except Dahlia. even outside of arcab it had only been a day since this whole fiasco but Dahlia had actually lived the same day for more than a hundred years. She went crazy, did experiments and killed her people, was killed tortured and mu*dered herself, and even tried to kill herself countless times. but the next day will start again and no one would remember except her. She was lonely and depressed, desperately wishing for kaichen to come and save her, she was done with it and especially hated how she couldn't even die. On the plus side tho, during this repeat period she learnt a lot of skills. she awoke her own magic, learnt spells and potions through trial and error tho, cooking and whatnot. Also found out her memory is so strong she could memorise everything if she has just read it once. lowkey jealous I want that ability

finally ML arrives and he has germophobia and another term that was mentioned but I forgot what, he is disgusted by the condition of her house, littered with bottles and dirt. basically, our FL is the 'medium' of the magic on arcab and ML needs her to study the sh*t going on. she agrees but demands they leave arcab. "anywhere but here. please"

In arcab Dahlia is known as an alcoholic and gambler. an addict, crazy woman, ruined their town. When in reality even the og Dahlia did a lot to try and keep the town going. A huge responsibility was pushed on her even before she could move on from the trauma of her parent's death. She tried her best but in the end to cope she turned to drinking, that was 2 years ago.

when FL comes here she decides to stop drinking but suffers from extreme withdrawal symptoms. another painful moment for the FL ML and readers. but the ML notices it's unnatural (ill come back to it)

so the ML agrees on taking her away from arcab. at first, FL decided not to clean her wreck of a house because it would be back the next day. But now that she was free from it, she had no reason to not clean. She, who had spent her time observing (stalking) her townspeople pities two people especially. Mimi who used to be her maid and a dear friend to og dahlia and Angel the newspaper boy. Mimi's brother was sick and FL (after experiments) found medicine for him and cured him but the curing process looked painful and Mimi shouted and kicked her out. it's frankly understandable. FL then recruited Angel, a kid hardly ten years old to manage her estate. This was her disguised way of helping him who works hard to support his siblings. He was an orphan and had to work day and night, despite that, would often sleep hungry.

so now they leave arcab and instead of the magic tower, the ML takes her to his house which no one has ever been to. Here are some cute fluffy and HILARIOUS scenes so I'd leave it so you guys should read it yourself.

in short tho, FL was the medium and the magic works according to her will which she thought was "tomorrow doesn't come". her withdrawal symptoms were very abnormal and so they tested and she wasn't an alcoholic, she was poisoned DUNDUN. It was the work of a terrorist group. they targeted arcab because it was far from the capital and quite conservative, that outsiders are not openly welcomed and something like that.

the friendship between ML and the crown prince is so fking cute and funny, quite refreshing. the ML is tsundere but so adorable. I love their interactions, second to the FL and MLs. third in rank would be fl's interactions with las and angel.

well after this and that and stuff, FL has to go back to arcab because the 'epidemic' that was supposed to be in some other place was now in arcab. Well, they get back and stuff and well they visit patients, low-key comedic and cute interactions between them. ML gets jealous for no reason lol.

but then the rebel grp leader, who is another magician named arteries something Idk kidnaps FL because 'cant loose our special lab rat' something.

the ML had gone home first on impulse because he suddenly got shy with the FL lol. and so they strike smh. anyway, y'all can guess what happened. during this time, both FL and ML actually admitted their feelings for each other to themselves. haven't really confessed to others. Julius boi had a big role of cupid to make our ML realise (did I mention ML gets h**ny seeing the FL many times a day >.<)

FL is unconscious for a week and ML takes care of the whole town in her stead and tells the that "Dahlia was victim to this poison first and turned to alcohol and gambling to hide her sickness". ML also rebels against the imperials for our fl.

anyway, when FL wakes up, she goes to his room to see his messy awesome figure and well they get smol cute interactions. that's all for now

Also, I like that their magic affinity is the exact opposite, you know opposite attracts 😌

Also FL doesn't have the memory of the original Dahlia, so I find it interesting to get to know what happened to original Dahlia and the reason why she acted the way she did bit by bit and putting it together from the MC perspective as well as the connection it has to the enemies' plan.