Amaranth

After failing at his first love and fleeing abroad, Ain returns home after ten years. At his eldest brother’s request, Ain heads to a magic tower to solve a mu*der case, only to discover that one of the suspects is his former lover, Rayen Fritz.

“I imagined it so many times. How you would have grown up.”

But for some reason, the lover who had wailed ten years ago on that day of pouring rain—screaming that he wanted to go back to the time before he ever met him—now calls out to Ain sweetly, his eyes filled with as much affection as in the past.

“You’re so beautiful, Ain. Far more beautiful than I imagined.”

“Rayen Fritz, we aren’t in a relationship where we should act like this anymore.”

“And why is that?”

It was as if he knew exactly what lingering feelings remained within Ain.

“We ended ten years ago.”

“I have been waiting only for your return this whole time.”

Ain, who struggled through the last ten years while suffering from severe depression, tries to push Rayen away. However, Rayen persists in trying to be with him, acting as if he has completely erased that day from his memory…

Rayen Fritz — An archmage praised as the genius of the century. Though he is an extraordinary beauty, he is such a magic fanatic that few people recognize his face, to the point where rumors of his looks haven’t even spread. He is waiting for his lover, Ain Ellard—whom he abandoned ten years ago for the sake of magic—to return to Ediran.

Ain Ellard — Ten years ago, he was dumped by Rayen and fled abroad, deeply wounded. After barely recovering from a period of severe depression, he returns to his home country, only to realize the moment he sees Rayen that he hasn’t fully erased his lingering feelings despite how much he suffered. At the request of his acquaintances, he often solves cases occurring around him.