Ashes and Kingdoms

Satisfied, the old man asks. The woman laughed and listened back. Have you ever been satisfied?

In a one-country estate away from the royal capital Ordos is the residence of a man who was once an emperor. This is the last handful of the enormous assets that the prestigious Aedius family had. Now that the empire itself has declined and become completely poor, let us say that it is still sufficiently wealthy.

The rudimentary mansion, unconsciously decorated and comfortably relaxed, is a truly national setting that has cultivated soil and taken care of fruit trees for fruit.

It was a well-ventilated room, with an old man waking himself up on the sleeping table relative to his guests.

"I didn't know you were coming. Tenryu Hou's offer."

He made a smile with his bloody lips and pointed his white face at his guests. The lady, with her abundant hair of flaming colour, small-nosed and armed.

"You say you're dying now, so you can't stop coming. To not see the remnants of a former empire extinguish with these eyes. Though it seemed like he was dying and wasting his legs."

"Heh, heh."

The old man laughed, almost holding his mouth back.

"Unchanged, Lord Elecia of Flaming Dragon Hou"

I said, he was also doing the same quiet thing as he once did. Elecia takes it with her dragon-like eyes and returns only silence.

Somewhat, the old man asked.

"Satisfied?"

Zaa, and the wind runs out the window. Wave through the blue wheat fields and scatter the white flowers of Lee.

"Your hateful Diatius empire has become completely powerless. The man who took your companions and your sons was killed by his brother, and his surviving son put the empire on the verge of death. On the contrary, your country now boasts one of the best prosperity on the continent, and is as vibrant and radiant as any dragon marquis. It is no longer possible for the Empire to use force against Nornicom, or even to say that it is fearful.... Satisfied? Or is there still a shortage of firewood coming to your flames?"

I haven't had a lot of trouble with it. Elecia keeps staring at the old man. I glance at the answers that are buried there, but as much.

After a long silence, she laughed as the rose buds bared.

"Where is it, such as satisfaction? Have you ever been satisfied with that? Have you been completely satisfied with everything you've done or done in your life?

"... you don't. I still have a lot on my mind. When I heard you visited, I wondered if I should give you this neck... but I was stunned. All I can think of is untrained."

The old man responded, smiling bitterly, and looked down at his hand. Bones floated and wrinkled hands. Once I moved the empire and worked to rebuild it, now I'm powerless and I can't hold a bowl of food satisfactorily.

Elesia raised her eyebrows and looked frightened, as she despised his attitude like that.

"What more is it worth now, such as your neck? Be proud of yourself. If you were asked if you were satisfied, the answer is no. It can't be that the dragon marquis of the fire god Gens dropped the furnace fire."

After I ran out of clarity, she breathed one quietly. Open your lips and hesitate, pull and tie. Then again, I said it thoughtfully.

"There is no hatred already. The fact is that you can't forget what you once did and your chest still makes a disturbing noise every time you remember. But I don't hate the empire... and the heirs."

"I was relieved to hear that. It's going to be a little easier to travel to another world. We'll have to thank Glaus when we get there."

The old man said calmly, looking up at Elesia's slight wandering, a light appeared sneaky and interesting in the eyes of the grey tea.

"I suppose the pile of remorse that persists in piercing your heart has also burned out, thanks to the fierce battles you have waged on my behalf and the flames that have been fully set ablaze"

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Um, and Elecia coughs up deliberately and turns that way. Red cheeks. The old man grinned as if he were young.

"In those days, I was really showered with anger and love every time I returned home. How many times have I wanted to order you not to come back after reproducing your fierce argument with me and moaning, and finally, plunging me until I heartburned the love and admiration of the sweets?"

"If I were that man,"

Damn, and Elecia snaps like angry. But the anger on the upper side immediately aroused my admiration for a soul that is now not on earth. A nostalgic and merciful grin soothes his eyes and shakes his eyes.

"This is not the kind of stupidity I've been hearing every time I come. Bring your work to me with a blue-white face, don't try to cure me to break my body right away, only pinch the right one when you feel like it without eating properly...... ask me that story extensively in my bedroom. How many times did you put out a light fire because of that?"

"Ayatsumi"

Now the old man roars with a bitter laugh.

That said, we broke each other's words. An old man and a woman, between two different looking ages and temperaments as if, a memory left by one man crosses the bridge.

Suddenly, Elecia fluttered her long hair and turned her heel back. He just goes two steps and stops, turning only his face cold.

"Apparently, it was too early, so let us already excuse you today, His Majesty the former Emperor Varys. Whenever you travel to another world, I will surely cut off your untraining. Till then, scratch your feet with only a few lives left."

Leaving too ruthless a greeting for an old man who doesn't seem to have a few more lives, Elecia just heads to the door. To his youthful and dazzling back, Varys called out a mixed voice of envy and renunciation.

"Accepted. Look forward to the day."

After Flaming Dragon Hou returned, Varis was alone in his memory. That and this brilliantly brings back memories because of the way I saw my former haters, as they used to be.

Things you and your friends talked about as a young man. A mixed face of pride and backwardness that informs the queen of her neighbor that she has given her child. The day Vallis' son died, the warmth of his boneless hands leaned in silence at him crying.

The smile of my wife, who patiently and lovingly poured her love on her wretched husband. Soft voice. My daughter and son passed away before I knew I would admire and disobey my father all the way innocently.

- Not so far away, you will go to the same place as them.

It would be jealous for Elecia, ironically, while thinking, on the other hand, but.

Much remains to be done. I can't stop feeling it. Though he is completely retired, he is disturbed by various matters surrounding the Empire. If you had the same youthfulness, you would often be jealous of the occasional Tenryu Marquis.

In the end, I guess it means I can't be satisfied with anything.

"That's causal."

Huh, and crushing around bitterly, he drops his head on the pillow again. The fact that they told me to scratch my feet made me feel better. Nature and mouth loose and a grin.

Oh, I'm going to have a good dream today.

(Final)