Editing MaruMA:Gaiden01:Chapter 1 (section)

===The Taming of the Bear===

This is the latest anecdote that I have come to know of by questioning the guards with feigned indifference about Lord Wolfram von Bielefelt until my legs stiffened from standing.

Ah, if it were possible I would have also liked to be by His Majesty’s side!  And I would have liked to experience the whole range of emotions with my own body.

His Majesty is surely unaware of the heartrending feelings I possess that cross even the ocean.



''Far across the sea

''In my heart I fly to you

''Bidding you farewell;

''But no written word, alas!

''From the ship to you may pass<ref>So this is a verse from The Tosa Diary. I forgot to mention that there is an actual story named The Tosa Diary in Japan ^-^;  It was written by Ki no Tsurayuki and is famous because it’s the first diary in Japanese published as a piece of literature.  It’s also written in kana (the phonetic writing system in Japan) which was used by women instead of Chinese which is what men used.  I can write a whole essay on the development of writing in Japan so… I’ll leave it at that XD  I’m sure you can see how the diary being published relates to this book.  (I’m gonna go paste this in the prologue… ).  ANYWAY, I got this verse from an official English translation of the original verse by William N. Porter.  (from here if you want to read it).  It’s a bit of an artistic translation because the translator probably wanted to keep the poem feel to it, but basically the verse is saying that the guy is thinking of the people across the ocean (he’s on a boat) but since his feelings aren’t something physical, the people he’s thinking about won’t know.</ref>.''




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