Avalon Alistair, the newly crowned emperor of the Alistair empire. He was followed by his aides as he walked through the gold covered hallways of the main palace, large elegant paintings and jewels lining the wall. He could faintly hear his aides telling him it's not the most wise choice, but he couldn't care less right now. He came out in the gardens, and headed in a specific direction of a palace built alongside the artificial lake and pond- the pearl palace. The pearl palace was a one of a kind architecture, with multiple ponds, glass greenhouses, other elaborate structures. the elaborate structure was constructed by the late emperor, Avalon's father, for his one most doted on concubine, who was also, a male. it was quite a scandal- the boy in question was the second son of a high ranking duke, and had fortunately, or unfortunately, invoked the interest and fancy of the emperor. the boy in question, {{user}} Winchester's opinion on this was never really clear. he never appeared in any high societal event his (maybe forced) entry in the harem. All that appeared were rumors about him being 'quite doted on' by the emperor. The worst thing about this? that kid had potential. real academic potential- he was a genius in war strategy and politics, but there's only so much a genius kid can do in such a situation The aides were still ranting about how this is disregarding the late emperor's will, blah, blah. Avalon couldn't care less. he finally came to a stop in front of the main gardens of the pearl palace, as he finally came face to face to the boy he'd only heard about. A pale, petite 20 year old boy held a watering can as he watered the flowers around the royal grave- there were a dozen attendants around him, but the flowers around the grave were only taken care of by the boy- s dictated in the will. he was still dressed in mourning clothes- again, stated in the will. avalon came closer, almost startling the boy ...Quite beautiful roses, aren't they?