"Wonwoo?"I called him still unsure if it's really him.

His eyes held a soft expression while a sad smile curved on his lips.

"Yes, Heun" He said.

I had a lot of questions going through my mind. Like how is he here?, Where was he all this time?, How did his appearance change like this? , How are we floating on air?, Why does he smell so good?

I still remember his voice and it wasn't this deep but then again the last time we met we were sixteen.

"Did you get hit by a truck and got transmigrated here as well?"I asked him seriously.

"Ah-well... you see.. It's more complicated" He said averting his gaze from my suspicious glaring.

"More complicated? What were you summoned here or something? Did someone kidnap you?"I became restless. I just really want to know what happened to him.

"Heun, I know you want to know everything but be patient I'll explain everything to you once I take you there"

"Where?" I asked curiously.

"The Royal library's secret archives" He smiled mischeviously.

The sun had already set and it was now night time with full moon in the sky. It was only moon visible and no stars.

Wonwoo somehow magically transported us into the Royal library within the blink of an eye.

Both of us got inside safely and he finally let me go out of his grasp.A blue orb of light appeared on his hand which illuminated everything.

"Isn't it forbidden to enter the Royal library at night?" I whispered fearing someone might hear us.

"Yep it is. It is even more forbidden to enter the secret archives.. so.. Follow me"He said and began to walk forward while interlocking his hands with mine.

"Uh- Wonwoo can you start explaining now?"

"Mmhmm. So what do you wanna know first?"

"How did you get here?"

"Magic"

"Huh? So you were a magician all along and you hid it from me!"I accidentally yelled.

Wonwoo quickly placed his hands over my mouth making me shut completely while he dragged me towards a corner of the shelves.

Faint foot steps were heard along with some shouting and yelling.

Wonwoo and I knelt down behind one of the shelves. There was complete silence and only our breathing could be heard. We were sitting way too close to each other. It kinda looked like we were hugging or maybe we were. I could feel his broad chest and hear the sound of his heart beating. It was beating uncontrollably fast. Wow all magicians have crazy heart beat I guess.

"Didn't the sound come from here?"I heard a coarse sound probably of some knights.

"Strange. There's no one here"Another man spoke up.

"You sure you heard it?"

"Yeah... I think so"

"Let's just sweep the area"

Thankfully they didn't come our way and instead went some other way.

"Crap, they went over to the secret archives section"Wonwoo whispered.

"Isn't that where we were going?"

"Yeah. Either way about your question earlier. Yes I am a magician and let me introduce myself to you. I am Elixir Vakaracia, the first son of the Vakaracia duchy... Pretty cool right?" He winked at me while I just stared blankly at him.

Vakaracia duchy has another heir? No there's no way. I went through Salvarina's memories back and forth but there's no mention of someone named Elixir let alone a heir!

"How is that even possible? The archmage, Duke Vakaracia, has only one son and that's Cesar-"

" Yes, I know the second male lead of the story 'four blossoms of spring'" He cut me off.

My jaw dropped.

"You've read that story?"

"You gave it to me. Remember?"

"No I don't. Remember you left like nine years ago" I knitted my eyebrows.

"Ah . Yes" He laughed awkwardly.

"It's cause Heun...Time works differently in both of our worlds. The truth is that I had left only for three years"

"That explains it...then you were here in this world all this time but what about your birth? "

"Heun, I originally belonged in this world. My mother is some high ranking noble in a faraway empire across the seas and my father is the archmage"

"Was this mentioned in the novel?"

"No. It wasn't. In the novel there's no description about me at all"

" My father was still married to the Vakaracia duchess and he cheated on her. My mother was pregnant and father couldn't do anything about it but to prevent the outside world from knowing and it's not like he can just kill a child with Vakaracia's blood. It is forbidden since only Vakaracians can do magic there are exceptions but our magic is the powerful when compared to all. A few weeks after my mother was pregnant the duchess got pregnant as well. I was born first and was blessed with the magic of time and space manipulation, a type of magic which wasn't inherited by anyone other than the first archmage"

"You're telling me that you have time and space manipulation attribute.. That's so cool"I whisper yelled.

"But ain't the first archmage like three hundred years old?"I added.

"Yes the first archmage Tesra, appeared three hundred years ago. Our empire was only founded not long before his appearance."

"Then... You came to earth using your magic and this world isn't some world inside a book but another dimension.. sort of?"

"Yes, Heun. You'll understand it once I take you to the secret archives"

I nodded.

"It seems like the knights have left" he mumbled

He grabbed my hands and we dashed towards the secret archives. Eventhough he called it secret archives it looked like any other normal aisle in a library. There wasn't even any security stationed there.

The blue light from his orb glowed brightly as I could see how huge the secret archives is. I looked up and noticed some kind of signboard hanging from above. The word 'Earth' was inscribed on it.

"We're here. Now Heun, pick a book" He said.

"Huh? We sneaked here in the middle of the night to read books​?. Tch. I thought there was something more interesting"I mumbled annoyed as I walked to one of the shelves to pick a book.

The first book I picked had a strange title on it.

'The boy who failed art school becomes the dictator' what kind of a strange title is this? This is ridiculous.

I flipped through the pages and was shocked the moment I saw the name 'Hitler' in it. I closed the book shut.

This is really ridiculous!

I glanced back at Wonwoo who stood there smiling at me.

I put the book back at it's place and took another one. This time the book had a funny title.

'The apple that created laws' . Hmmm. Might be a children's book. - is what I had thought untill I flipped through the pages and saw the name 'Newton' written in it a dozen times.

Turns out the book was about how Newton discovered gravity and the laws of motion. It also had a few derivations which I couldn't really get since physics wasn't my area of expertise.

"Oh . This one's about Newton" Wonwoo said while looking at it behind me.

Since when did he get this close!

I shut the book and placed it back on the shelf.

This is crazy! What are Newton's and Hitler's books doing in the library of a fantasy world inside a book?!

I felt like I was going crazy and began to pull out every other book I laid my eyes on.

Books about Marie Curie, Stephen Hawkings, Nelson Mandela, Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi were all here!

There was also books on Charlie Chaplin, Robin Williams and Marilyn Monroe.

I was done with it. I plopped down as I lost my reasoning.

"There... There, Heun"Wonwoo patted my head.

"It's​ hard to believe and accept right? It's alright.. It took me a while to accept this as well" He whispered and consoled me while he crouched down beside me.

"What does this mean? How are these books here?"I questioned.

"They were all written by different people here in this world"He answered.

What the...

"I know it's hard to understand let me make it simple for you. The books we read are small strips from a timeline or another dimension that we don't know. And the people who writes about this have a special gift to see between timelines and dimensions although they don't know it. "

" So these books they were all written by some people here in this world with their imagination?"

"Yes"

That explains everything but I still can't seem to accept it.

"So you're telling me that Romeo and Juliet is a true story which happened somewhere?"

"Yes"

" How about Titanic?"

"That also"

"What about Humpty Dumpty?"

"That..... I guess it did"

Hmmm.. I seem to understand where this is going.

I went there and took another book from the shelves.

This one was titled ' the lazy, normal teenager amidst the pandemic' . I read along a few pages and this book was about a virus attack on Earth.

Weird... There was nothing about a virus while I was on Earth. Maybe this is from another timeline or maybe another world.

"You understand everything now?" He asked while standing next to me.

"Yes I do but there's still one more thing that I have no clue of"

"And what's that?"He asked while raising his eyebrow.

"How did I got here and how did you know it was me?"I shot him a questioning gaze while he began to sweatdrop.

"Haha.. Heun, you see..."

"I am seeing"

"It's just that I kinda swapped your souls with Salvarina's"He averted his eyes and replied while scratching his head.

"You kinda.. What?!"I screamed and pinned him on the nearby shelf.

"So you were the one who was driving that horrible truck?!Do you have any idea what you did? I'm living as a dead villainess while she is living as me! "I got so mad at him that I began clenching his collars and yanking him.

Soon he took my hands off his collars and pinned me on the shelf back.

"Heun, it's not what you think it is. I was going to meet you that day but you were the one who got careless and ran in front of a damn truck. I had no choice but to pull your soul here as you were dying and this was the only option left. "His voice had gotten serious as he narrowed his eyes at me. Those deep blue eyes held anger and remorse.

"B-But what about my body and the real Salvarina? You said you swapped our souls"

"Yes I did. I was running out of options as you were loosing too much blood.Your life force looked weak so I swapped it with Salvarina's just after she had consumed the poison"

"Then Salvarina is living as me?"

"No. She can't survive in your body as I had said before your body lost too much blood it wasn't in any condition to take up a host"

I was in a deep thought."So where's Salvarina's soul?"I asked.

"It must've traveled back to the circle of life" He replied.

"....."

"......"

"I still don't understand why you swapped our souls like can't you just pull my soul here instead of going through all that swappy stuff?"

"Well... Salvarina's life force was still lingering in her body and also I don't know how to use my powers" He smiled and moved away from me.

"So this was like the only option?"I asked.

"Yep.. Anyways what's important now is that you're alive and well"He caressed my cheeks and gave me a small kiss on the forehead.

"No-No wait a minute. If you had transmigrated me as Salvarina then why weren't you there when I woke up? You didn't even visit me once!"

"I did visit you.You threw a tea pot at me when I did. Remember?"

"That's not called visiting... it's called stalking!"

"I did keep an eye on you now and then because I was worried... I just thought you'll need time to get adjusted to this new world besides that you were always surrounded by maids or someone" He pouted.

I punched him and pulled him into an embrace.

"I was alone you jerk" I voiced out in a shallow whisper.

He hugged me back and patted my head.

"I'm sorry it took so long, Heun"He whispered.

"Yeah.. well since we both are gonna live in this world we can't call each other our Korean names" I broke the hug and said.

"So you're gonna start calling me Elixir?"

"Why you don't like your name?"

"No.. I don't mind whatever you call me"

Uhm... Weird but "okay"

"Then should I start calling you Salvarina or how about lady Salvair, mylady"

"Neither... How about we shorten that name.. Salvarina is a bit long don't you think?"

"Hmmm then how about Sal?"

I shook my head. "No it was my neighbor's name"

"What about Salva?"

"I don't know it kinda rhymes with Salsa or Saliva?"

"Then... Salvari?"

"It reminds me of slavery"

"......."

"......"

Just when we both got quite a name ran into my mind.

""Rina!""Both of us said in unison.

"I love it!" I cheered.

"Then I'll call you Rina from now and you'll call me Elixir, mylady" He smiled and did a gentleman bow.

"You should drop the honorifics already"I said.

"I just wanted to treat you as a lady"He pouted.

"Yeah yeah.. Bring me one of those exquisite champagnes Sir Elixir" I replied back in one of those high class noble ladies tone.

Both of us laughed and talked many more hours not having a care about the world.

After that Elixir, who was previously my Wonwoo transported me back to my room in the Salvair mansion and I bid him goodbye completely oblivious of the raging storm started by my beloved maid Mary and my devilish father, the Duke.

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