Chapter 65: Daily Journal (4)

The twenty fifth day of the sixth month.

This is unbearable.

The twenty sixth day of the sixth month.

The empire is in such a fragile state, yet here I am, the emperor who bears the responsibility of the empire, finding no motivation to sign the stacks of documents that have been waiting for my signature.

Still, I must lift my hand to protect the empire.

Not only because it is my duty but because of a new profound reason: It is where Sienna is.

The twenty seventh day of the sixth month.

I wake up, eat, finish my work, and spar with the imperial knights to exhaust myself. I had thought that by exhausting myself, I would be too tired to think about these feelings of desire and longing.

That thinking is completely wrong.