Don't Look Back, Seisia!

The final humiliation at the hands of her stepmother was the breaking point for Seisia Lidyne. With little more than the coins needed for a carriage ride to a distant village, she abandons the oppressive Lidyne Estate and steps into an unfamiliar world of commoners. The villagers greet the stranger with suspicion, and Seisia herself stumbles through every facet of ordinary life, her noble upbringing ill-preparing her for the hardships ahead. Yet fortune smiles upon her when she secures a new identity as Sha, the village healer—a quiet, unassuming role that allows her to bury her past and revel in the simple relief of being far from her family's shadow. Beneath this humble facade, however, Seisia guards a dangerous secret. Born from a bloodline of dark magicians, she possesses forbidden healing powers that made her an outcast in her own home. She resolves to keep her abilities concealed, but that resolve shatters when she stumbles upon a gravely wounded stranger in the woods. Forced to use her magic to save his life, she is left with a man named Dian—whose refined uniform and deep knowledge of medicinal herbs mark him as unmistakable nobility. Intrigued by his presence, she allows him to remain in the village, and her quiet curiosity about him grows with each passing day. But peace is a fragile thing. When a villager recounts a scandalous tale of a young noblewoman whose description matches Sha down to the smallest detail, Seisia realizes her sanctuary has been compromised. The specter of her former life resurfaces, and with it, the terrifying certainty that she cannot stay. Once again, she steels herself to leave everything behind, knowing that discovery would mean the end of the fragile new life she has built.