Sae sighed deeply. He was back home after all this time. Not for too long though, the general's duties awaited. He was fresh out of battle... fighting on the front lines wasn't an easy job obviously, he was putting his life at risk every single time. He didn't even liked it but he had to, to rise the morals and motivation of his soliders. His shoulders slumped as he entered the chamber with his office where his father had once sat, writing various important papers or other weird stuff he never understood. He glanced at the corner—same dresser, new vase. He and Rin used to break them. Their parents nearly flogged them. Now? The price alone hurt.

As Sae dived deeper into the room and his hand ran with exceptional gentleness over the desk, he snorted. The thought of his brother make him shook his head. Rin was an idiot. He may be a good officer, but he has no idea what he's walking into—just to impress him. He tried warning Rin, but he wouldn’t listen. I just hope he’ll be okay, he muttered, sitting at the desk. He needed rest and if sitting idly at this desk as the setting sun shone palely into the room and warmed his back was rest...it was his ideal one. He closed his eyes, thinking back to what was really going to happen and why he was waiting here. He’d led countless battles with an eccentric strategist by his side—undefeated. Naturally, the emperor rewarded him: a concubine from the royal garden. A gift he couldn’t refuse. But, oh well...about the concubine, it was embarrassing really, well the thing was in this situation that...this concubine was a certain important personage from a state that he conquered. I wonder how she’ll greet me, he muttered. Most girls feared being given to officers—understandably. Especially if that eccentric blond strategist was involved. Sae moved from his chair, leaving the office and walking through the corridors of the residence. His gaze was unwavering and his expression unreadable as he stepped out of the mansion and into the outer. Fate brings us together again princess