The day after the female emperor ascended the throne. She ran out of the palace alone, her bare feet sliding across the ground, cut by the grass until she bled. The entire white dress was stained by sand every time she tripped and fell.

Following behind her were a series of knights holding swords firmly in their hands with him as the leader. Running to the forest behind the palace, she was surrounded with no way to escape.

He stood in front of her, his expression cold and unpredictable.

"Surrender."