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− | ==Chapter 2: The events in a country== |
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− | In the midst of pitch darkness, cherry blossom petals continued to fall without end. |
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− | A figure approached. When he realized I was there, he smiled. |
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− | Like a small ripple, a warm feeling spread through my heart. So happy… |
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− | When I tried to approach, that person went back the way they came. |
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− | ---……brother…? |
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− | Chasing after the figure that distances itself. But regardless of how much I run, the gap continues to widen. |
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− | The hand that reaches out so desperately is so small, like a maple leaf. |
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− | --Why…… |
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− | I felt like crying. That was the only person there for me. |
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− | Don’t go. Don’t go. |
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− | Don’t leave me alone. |
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− | The cherry blossoms blew away. They became wisterias, they became sweet osmanthus…… they became snowflakes. |
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− | The figure blended in with the snow, and vanished. |
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− | I kept waiting. Through spring, through summer, through autumn, through winter. Always. |
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− | --Don’t go. |
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− | I don’t even dare to say those words. |
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− | --Don’t go. |
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− | Just as I felt I was about to fall to my knees in despair, someone grabbed my hand firmly from behind. |
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− | Surprised. ……I turned around slowly. |
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− | --Waking with a start, the familiar face of a guard was right beside him. |
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− | “……Sei-ran……?” |
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− | “Forgive me for presuming to enter without our permission. You were crying out in your sleep……” |
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− | The emperor slowly sat up on his bed. After taking the evening meal together with Shuurei and returning to his chambers, he’d apparently fell asleep. |
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− | He was covered in cold sweat. When he thought to wipe the sweat from his bow, the emperor finally realized that he was holding Seiran’s hand. |
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− | | Back to [[Saiunkoku Monogatari:Volume_1_Chapter2|Chapter 2]] |
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− | | Return to [[Saiunkoku Monogatari|Main Page]] |
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− | | Forward to [[Saiunkoku Monogatari:Volume_1_Chapter3|Chapter 3]] |
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