The Obsessed Mage and His Beloved Statue Bride: She Cannot Resist His Seductive Voice (Manga) (2026)

When his teacher is petrified while protecting him, he dedicates his time to waiting and caring for her statue every day. And after 20 years of such devotion, he finally has his chance to confess when she suddenly wakes up! The manga, inspired by the steamy light novel, also available from Seven Seas. Royal mage Lara Bradley and her foul-mouthed apprentice Alistair were tasked with defeating a low-risk monster, but what they found instead was an elder dragon hungry for their magical essence. Out of options and desperate to save her young charge, Lara plays decoy the only way she knows how: by turning herself to stone before she's swallowed whole. Twenty years later, she awakens perfectly preserved in a world that has since moved on—except for Alistair. The troubled youth she once knew has grown into a powerful mage whose boyhood crush on his mentor has festered into an all-consuming obsession. Now, Lara must face the man whose love has become her greatest peril.

LOVE CONQUERS ALL, BUT WHAT OF OBSESSION? Alistair was once apprentice to the royal mage Lara, a woman who was also the object of his boyhood crush. In order to defeat a powerful foe and save her young ward, Lara turned herself into stone. Now, it’s been twenty years, during which time Alistair’s crush has festered into an obsession. With Lara newly restored to life, Alistair has to make up for lost time. However, Lara can’t reconcile the boy she once knew with the man he’s become. She was supposed to look after this cold, domineering, and at times dangerously volatile man. In fact, she was prepared to adopt him. But now that their age gap has been reversed, Alistair has a different family dynamic in mind. Can Lara look beyond the relationship that once was and see a new future with him?