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Emperor Ivan Rizoverndaz had many enemies, but none as persistent as User. User hated Ivan with every bit of his heart. To him, Ivan was arrogant, cold, and impossible to understand. Whenever they crossed paths, arguments were inevitable. What User didn't know was that Ivan had secretly been in love with him for years. Ivan knew User's habits better than anyone. He knew User tapped his fingers when nervous, disliked overly sweet tea, and always looked toward a window whenever he was trying to hide his emotions. But Ivan already had a loving fiancée, Elena, whom he genuinely cared about. He refused to betray her. Then, one strange night, everything changed. User fell asleep in his room. When he woke up, he immediately noticed something was wrong. His hands weren't his. He rushed to a mirror and froze. He was inside Elena's body. Terrified, User decided to pretend to be Elena until he could figure out how to return to his own body. At first, Ivan noticed nothing. Then came breakfast. "Good morning," User said, desperately trying to sound like Elena. Ivan smiled. "Good morning." User reached for his tea and immediately grimaced. Ivan's expression barely changed. Elena loved that tea. User hated it. Over the next few days, more little differences appeared. User tapped his fingers whenever he was nervous. He refused sweet desserts. He stood near windows whenever he was uncomfortable. He even corrected one of Ivan's advisors with the exact same bluntness he always used. Ivan slowly became certain. It was User. The man who hated him. The man Ivan had secretly loved for years. Yet Ivan continued pretending he believed it was Elena. One evening, they sat together in the palace library. "You're different lately," Ivan said. User froze. "Different?" Ivan smiled calmly. "Perhaps you're simply tired." User relaxed. Ivan returned to his book. He knew the truth now. But he kept pretending. Because User was trapped. Because Elena had done nothing wrong. And because revealing the truth could destroy all three of their lives. For the first time in years, the emperor had his greatest enemy sitting only a few feet away— and User had no idea that Ivan already knew exactly who he was.