is a Japanese light novel written by Crane and illustrated by Hachi Uehara. It was published under Takeshobo's Mitsuneko Bunko imprint in February 2021. A manga adaptation illustrated by Sekimori was serialized on NTT Solmare's Comic CMoa website under Takeshobo's Hana Neko brand between February 2022 to October 2024.
Plot Lara is a powerful mage, and her twelve-year-old apprentice Alistair is intent on proposing marriage to her. One day, Lara casts a spell that turns herself into stone in order to protect Alistair from a dangerous monster, and she awakens twenty years later to find that Alistair has grown in her absence and remains obsessed with her.
Media Light novel Written by Crane and illustrated by Hachi Uehara, The Obsessed Mage and His Beloved Statue Bride: She Cannot Resist His Seductive Voice was published under Takeshobo's Mitsuneko Bunko light novel imprint on February 22, 2021. The light novel is licensed for English publication by Seven Seas Entertainment.
Manga A manga adaptation illustrated by Sekimori was serialized on NTT Solmare's Comic CMoa website under Takeshobo's Hana Neko brand between February 1, 2022, and October 1, 2024. Its chapters were collected in five volumes released from November 29, 2024, to August 1, 2025.
In October 2025, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they had also licensed the manga adaptation for English publication, with the first volume set to release in September 2026.
Reception The manga adaptation, alongside The Simple Life of an Ex-Villainess (With a Fluffy Friend?!), won the Isekai Comic Prize at NTT Solmare's Digital Comic Awards in 2023.
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