Mage [The Unparalleled]

Prologue:

“Hahahaha... Alice, I was finally able to refine the mana heart opening Solution. I’ve succeeded...” Inside a messy lab, Seth Clinton was laughing, clutching a porcelain bottle in his hand as if he had gone mad.

“” A glass cup fell onto the ground, spilling tea everywhere. A beautiful girl in a white casual gown stood by the doorway, blankly staring at the hysterical Seth. Only after a good while did she speak in a shivering voice, “Seth, did you succeed? Did you really succeed?”

Seth stared at the beautiful girl standing at the entrance grinning. He knew that alice had come to serve him a cup of tea. This piece of information had shocked Alice greatly; due to her excitement, the cup slipped from her hands and fell to the ground.

“alice, there is absolutely no error this time around. I just tried half of the bottle, but I could clearly feel as if a fire was burning down my heart.

i can see that it is gradually being opened and expanded. At the moment, my mana heart are still in the process of opening, but we have succeeded.”

Seth, while holding the porcelain bottle, excitedly walked up to the girl and grabbed her hands. “Alice, it has been hard for you. In all these years, I have been dedicated to researching the mana heart Solution and I did not take care of you. Instead, you had to take care of me. Let us marry. Afterward, we will start a company specializing in the production of the mana heart Solution. I believe our business will soon be a sensation throughout the world.”

The girl finally calmed down, but she still spoke in a shivering voice, “Did you take down the formula?”

Seth nodded his head, “Alice, don’t worry. I have all the information on my laptop, and tabs. come take a look...”

After Seth finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards his table.

Suddenly, he felt something cold, followed by an excruciating pain entering his body from his back. Upon seeing the tip of a blade emerging from his chest, he realized that someone had stabbed him through his heart from his back.

The pain caused him to feel extremely dizzy and his strength started to fade away, and his heart was pounding with a twisting pain. Seth slowly turned his head around as he unconsciously looked at the hands clasping the blade. It was Non other than Alice's. With his eyes wide open, he muttered, “Alice... Why? Why?”

He still could not believe that his lover whom he had loved dearly for many years would stab him.

“I’m sorry, Seth. I’m sorry...” Alice’s hands were trembling as a shudder went through her whole body. She had killed her lover. He was the man who she had loved for over a decade and the one who had showered her with endless affection.

Two teardrops appeared at the corners of Seth’s eyes. He felt his body becoming colder by the second, but due to the opening of his Mana heart, his body had became stronger, so he didn't die immediately.

As blood flowed out of his injured chest, and time flew by, He gradually lost his consciousness and his eyes began to lose its luster. However, he still did not want to close his eyes. He kept on staring at Alice as he murmured, “If you wanted the formula... you just had to say it and I would have given it to you... why?”

Seth did not shed his tears because he was dying. For as long as he could remember, he had never cried in his life. However, today, what hurt the most was not the injury on his back, but the pain caused by the brutal betrayal of the one he called his lover.

Perhaps even Alice did not know her position in Seth’s heart. If she had asked for it, Seth would have willingly died for her. However, Alice, the woman who he would have gladly died for, had stabbed him on this fateful day.

Maybe the question would remain unanswered for a long time. Perhaps he would not even be able to rest in his grave. His dim eyes finally closed, leaving the two teardrops by the corners of his eyes, and blood allover his body.

“drip...” Alice also shed two lines of tears, which fell on the corners of Seth's eyes, washing away his teardrops.

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young duke

The sharp cry of a bird woke Seth up. As soon as he raised his head, he saw a single crow flying above him, quickly disappearing together with its shrill cries.

“Where am I?” seth felt strange. He seemed to be sitting on a newly piled up tomb, surrounded by seven to eight children kneeling in front of him. Among them, a young girl wearing a floral blue skirt was holding a bamboo basket beside him.

As Seth was still confused about the situation, the young girl whispered with a gentle voice, “Everyone behaved well today, however, there are no more sweets left so let us call it a day and come back tomorrow to continue playing.”

“Were these games played in the previous emperor’s dynasty? Why does this scene feel so familiar?”

Seth was shocked because this scene resembled the last scene of a novel he read not too long ago. The main character, lansor became crazy because of what he had to do for his country. His beautiful best friend and childhood sweetheart left him for another man, and in the end, all he had left by his side was a servant named Abi. This present scene is the scene after Lansor went crazy because of his lost country and Abi gathered a few children to play with him.

"Long live the young noble, goodbye young noble. We will be back for more sweets tomorrow..." The children dispersed happily after chanting these words in a non-orderly manner.

Seth gazed all over the place, and he noticed a few young men and women were walking by. When he rested his eyes on a lady wearing a purple skirt, he was so infatuated by her beauty that he completely forgot about his current situation.

The lady in the purple skirt exchanged looks with Seth. She looked confused, sympathetic and was disappointed with him. The other young and attractive men and women seemed to be discussing and laughing about him while they passed by.

“Can’t be...”

All of a sudden, Seth thought of a horrible scenario. “Could it be that after my death, I was reborn into Lansor's body? Did our souls really crossed over to other bodies in this world?”

“And why would my soul crossover? What was I doing before this?”

At this point, Seth started to have a headache. He finally recalled that after he successfully developed the solution, his lover who he was willing to die for backstabbed him. With this thought, Jasper’s entire spirit was overwhelmed with sadness...

His throbbing headache caused him to think of this matter no further. There was an excessive amount of information flooding into his head. It was only after two full hours that Seth finally understood what was actually happening.

Upon feeling two drops of tears on the back of the hand, Seth raised his head from his knees and saw that it was a sad young girl, with long black hair. her beautiful face looked rather thin

Just like how Abi faithfully stayed beside Lansor, this girl called Lucy was the only person who stayed by him despite only being his servant. If not for Lucy, Seth would have never been reborn and no one would have known how long the original owner of this body, Jasper Sparrow would have been dead.

Other than her rather pale face, Luci also suffered from malnutrition. She was pale, her hair was all black, and she lacked the vibrant energy of a typical young lady.

“It still doesn’t make sense...” Seth shivered. The Sparrow clan was still a part of the noble clan, so even if Jasper's father was not able to succeed the position, in this rich country, he still should not have died of illness in poverty. Was it not possible for him to leave peace City and return to the Northern Fortress city as soon as possible? Alternatively, was it that there was no escorts or money given to the Sparrow Clan?

There was certainly something wrong here...

Seth looked up and saw Lucy wiping her slightly reddish eyes as she gently asked, “My lord, can we return now?”

Seth bowed his head and sighed, for not only Lucy but also his current state and body. Even while playing such a childish game, Lucy still had to be polite and ask for permission as if she was really in an empire state.

However, Seth recuperated very quickly and felt that he should be upset at himself the most. He had mixed feelings about whether he should be grateful or regretful that he was not dead, heartbroken that his lover was the one who murdered him or devastated that he was not on Earth and that he could no longer return to Earth.

Seeing Seth not say anything after a while, the cautious Lucy spoke again, “My lord, the sky is getting darker...”

Seth finally sighed as he looked at the setting sun. He was unsure if it was because he thought of Jasper, or if he was just lamenting about his own destiny. He eventually said, "Let’s go back...”

He saw Lucy's surprised look on her face, without feeling the need to explain any further, he sighed and said, “Let’s go back...”

Having said that, he wanted to stand up, pat off the soil on his legs, and leave. However as his leg were crossed for a long time, they were numb and asleep. Fortunately, Lucy was there to help him up.

As Lucy helped him out of the sparse forest, Seth was busy rearranging the thoughts that remained on his mind.

"What kind of world is this...?” The two quietly walked for a few minutes, when Seth mumbled this to himself.

“My lord, what did you just say?” Lucy asked as she did not understand what he had said earlier.