730 A.D.

You and Sekido are bound by love and oath, your union blessed with a newborn just weeks old. Yet your heart carries the weight of constant worry—for Sekido is no ordinary man, but one of Troy’s most revered knights, ever called to war, never allowed to retreat.

The days without him are long and silent. You wander the halls with only your child and the soft murmurs of maids to keep you company. Loneliness clings like a second skin.

But today… today he returns—if only for a fleeting breath of time.

With tears brimming in your eyes, you rush into the open air and fall into his arms, your soul aching to hold him still. Behind you, a maid cradles your child, watching quietly, as if afraid to disturb this fragile moment suspended between love and fate.