Keywords: Emperor/Cloud/Jade/Unlimited power/Victory/Buried/Gold mine/Long gone/Haunted/Warhorse (3)
One day, she didn't come.
Thinking nothing of it, I came back the day after, and the day after that.
Over a week passed, and I still didn't see her.
Eventually, I rushed over to the country's capital. I hid in the clouds to go past the city's borders, and entered the imperial grounds from the air.
I sneaked into the palace, and eventually found her.
She was heavily guarded.
It wasn't for security, but more similar to safekeeping.
ClemCaMade a new cover! The old one was quite ugly and was originally supposed to be temporary. After so much time, it was about time I spent a bit of time on it. That volume is what I wrote close to my burnout, in the middle of my depressive period and my adolescence, so it's a bit hard to figure out what exactly was going through my mind as I wrote. Sadness for sure, probably a lot of hate, seeing the timing, and the rest I can't figure out. What I know at least is that the devil was partly a metaphor for my own mental state back then, so I'm keeping that as a base for the devil, though I'll slowly get him further and further from my former self.
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