The Emperor, A Thousand Years Younger Than Me, Is Obsessed

A thousand-year scheme is shattered by a forest-raised youth of striking beauty. Ultimately, Ariel makes the painful choice to leave him behind. A decade later, that same boy—now the embittered Emperor Cedric—returns to invade her woodland home. Amid the flames engulfing the forest, he confronts her with an unexpected demand: “Marry me, Ariel.” Ariel, a millennia-old grand sorceress with no actual magical ability, now faces a startling new reality. It seems her carefully laid life plans are due for a drastic revision.