MFWSP 37 🔐

Synopsis Regressor VS Possessor​ God must hate me. If not, He wouldn’t have taken everything from me like this. I finally managed to find an abandoned mine where mana was said to flow— The day before I could put down the deposit, someone beat me to it. I fed beggars, gave them shelter, and built a hunter’s guild from scratch— A noble family swooped in, offering knighthood and a fortune, and took them away. Even then, I didn’t give up. I poured the last of my wealth into trying to buy a single painting. But just before we finalized the deal, the artist broke our agreement without warning. A life full of misfortune and failures. At the very end of it all, she appeared. “When the details got too confusing, I just watched what you did. Then at the last moment, I was just a little faster.” The one who stole all of my plans—Grace Servais. ”You’re the one I used as a benchmark, Iris.” She was a possessor. • • • In a twisted struggle with her, I returned to when I was eighteen. With all my memories intact. “So that’s how it was.” I murmured to myself, standing in front of the mirror. “I really had it all, didn’t I?”   Grace, now I understand, just a little, why you were so confident. Knowing the secrets of the world… really is a powerful weapon.