The Villainous Family Loves Me Too Much!

Three years ago, Colin was collecting materials needed for making potions in a forest near the palace.

However, she saw magic power rising between the trees in one of the forest groves.

She rushed over quickly and was met with a gruesome scene that even her cruel nature found shocking.

From the bodies of a boy who looked to be her age, unrefined dark magic was ominously surging and merging into the body of an adult man, who looked like a knight.

By the time a black, snake-shaped smoke enveloped the knight’s body, he screamed in agonizing pain.

Another man, wearing a cape, was struggling to remove the magic power attached to the knight’s body but was helpless.

When the knight was completely consumed by the black smoke, the man yelled in despair towards the boy.

-Look at Dad, ■■■!

Due to the rushing wind of magical power, the latter part of the sentence couldn’t be heard clearly.

-■■■!

Presumably, that was the boy’s name.

* * *

“Aaaagh!”

“Lucian!”

It was an extremely unfamiliar sight.

Holding his head and howling, he looked like a trapped beast.

I thought he was always a calm and composed person no matter what happened.

Just looking at the Archduke was enough to realize how excruciatingly painful he was. It was as if his mind had gone mad, completely absorbed in agony.

In the Archduke’s eyes, there was no visible trauma, but that didn’t mean he could just stand there.

I hurriedly used healing magic, but it had no effect.

‘Healing magic isn’t working…’

If healing magic didn’t work, then this wasn’t a wound or pain.

At that moment, memories of what happened in the cave resurfaced.

When he found Gebino Augusto, his soul was separated from his body and was struggling in the ‘space-time gap’.

What saved him was the power of light.

‘Could it be the same problem this time as well?’

Judging by the movement of the Archduke, the soul wasn’t completely separated. But what struck his head was a ray of light.

‘I don’t know what it is, but as long as it’s light, only I can solve it.’

The problem was that the target to ask for permission to use the superpower was the Archduke…

“Aaaaaagh!”

I may not be in my right mind right now, and using my ability like this might cause unnecessary problems.

‘At that time, I was lucky to have black magic stones… Ah!’

I took out a small pouch that I always carried with me.

After sending all the black magic stones from the cave to the Magic Research Institute, the Archduke had separately handed this to me.

A small fragment of black magic stone to use in emergencies.

-It’s okay; I probably won’t need it anyway.

-Don’t act so naive and just keep it. You never know.

Back then, I didn’t know that I would end up using this on you…

I tightly gripped the black magic stone fragment in my right hand and stretched both hands out towards the Archduke.

‘Please, let this be the right way.’

Light slowly spread out from around me, and after a moment, the entire field of vision was engulfed in bright light.

‘A rift in space and time.’

I called it that for convenience, but in reality, there was no one who could say what exactly it was.

I referred to it as the ‘Infinite Loop of Hell.’

I had no way of knowing how past memories were selected, the exact reasons, or the method.

Only I, with the power of light, was allowed to travel through that space in this world.

So, I had no way of predicting what I would encounter in the Archduke’s memories.

“Lucian, are you very nervous?”

The moment a gentle voice of a man was heard, it felt like the view covered by light was slowly opening.

Dressed in a black formal suit and with slick silver hair swept back, a refined handsome man and a slightly more younger-looking Lucian were sitting side by side in the carriage.

‘Lucian?’

The man looked exactly like Lucian does now, with the only difference being his eye color.

‘Didn’t the Archduke of the past have demonic eyes?’

Unlike Lucian’s eyes, which had a reddish tint, the man’s eyes were shining turquoise, and unlike Lucian’s sharp and decadent atmosphere, the man exuded a warm aura.

“What is there to be nervous about? The imperial family?”

Despite his confident words, Lucian was trembling in both his hands and legs.

‘Huh, when he was young, he was an open book.’

The Archduke grinned at Lucian and held his trembling hand tightly.

“Her Majesty the Empress missed you a lot.”

“Me… Why?”

Lucian widened his eyes and raised his head looking at his father, as if wondering.

“It seems like Her Majesty had you in mind as the right mate.”

“No, absolutely not. Girls are so boring.”

It was astounding to see Lucian vehemently refusing, even waving his hands.

‘Was it really you who asked me to marry you first? It’s funny, really.’

But suddenly, Lucian’s whole body turned bright red.

“Hey, Lucian. It’s already difficult to bear this…”

“Father!”

“What’s wrong, don’t you know that your father is very familiar with the symptoms? The first time I saw your mother or the first night I had-“

“Father, I don’t want to hear that!”

While the two men were arguing, they arrived at the imperial palace.

However, complicated procedures awaited entry into the imperial palace.

First, the two had to pass a special inspection as soon as they got off.

From the presents prepared for the Empress, to their carriages and trivial luggage, the imperial knights thoroughly searched and questioned before they could meet Empress Helena.

In the case of the nobility of the Empire, if the knights even touched it, there would have been a big fuss.

But discrimination against Felosite has always been like that. Without any special reason or logic, just in a petty and naive way.

“You worked hard to come, brother. And our little prince.”

They were welcomed by my mother, Empress Helena, a beautiful woman with a sunny smile.

“I greet Her Majesty the Empress, the glory of Castien.”

Lucian, who looked around arrogantly with his arms folded, awkwardly bent over and gave an imperial bow.

“You two are very trustworthy. Let’s sit down and talk.”

The three sat around a table full of refreshments under a white gazebo.

“The prince has grown up beautifully. If possible, I would like to have him as my son-in-law.”

At the words of the Empress, Lucian put the tea back down with trembling hands.

“Thank you for saying that. But if the princess is precious, it is too much for this guy.”

The former Archduke laughed and said as if making fun of Lucian, but the Empress didn’t care and continued talking.

“You two will get along very well. Our Karena, like Prince Lucian, has very pretty eyes.”

As the former Archduke and Helena began to reminisce about their childhood, Lucian sat awkwardly, nibbling on the innocent cookies with an uninterested expression.

But then, he couldn’t wait any longer…

“I’m sorry, but may I take a walk alone for a moment?”

When Lucian politely asked, Helena, who was taken aback, gestured with a gracious smile and summoned a servant.

“Oh, dear. Didn’t the adults just talk about nonsense and not think about what Prince Lucian would like? I’ll attach a servant for you. You can take a short tour of the imperial palace.”

“No, thank you. I’ll go alone.”

Lucian bowed his head and quickly left the place.

After leaving Helena’s residence, Lucian walked for a long time.

“This is so boring. They built this and called it the imperial palace?”

At that moment, a young girl passed by Lucian quickly.

A very familiar face. It was me right after possession.

‘Is this Lucian’s Infinite Hell Loop or my Infinite Dark History Loop?!’

Young me with a confused expression was jumping around like a madwoman.

“Pfft!”

Seeing me like that, Lucian couldn’t help but laugh and let out a chuckle.

‘Oh, seriously…’

Past me was sitting blankly by the pond.

Then suddenly, I saw my reflection in the pond and admired it, touching it here and there.

‘Crazy, I must be crazy. Why am I doing this? Please, stop.’

I was so embarrassed to see myself touching my own face and thinking it was pretty…

I didn’t see it back then, but now I saw Lucian smiling and curious palace servants chuckling, looking at me.

That was all too clear.

But something was off. The way Lucian looked at me while I was acting foolish was a bit different.

‘Oh, there’s no way.’

The moment of foolishness just before I fell into the pond.

Lucian ran towards me, and what I remembered happened.