HOMI

Source: Matsuzaki Natsumi-sensei's Twitter [1] [2].

Source: Matsuzaki Natsumi-sensei's Twitter.

Source: Matsuzaki Natsumi-sensei's Twitter.

Source: Matsuzaki Natsumi-sensei's Twitter [1] [2]

“Nobody lives better than the royalty of a kingdom. I live a better, more blessed life than any servant, but I also bear far more responsibilities than any servant. That’s why, though I live a life clothed in silk, the servants forgive me that and bow their heads. Were that not the case, I’d pretty soon lose my head like the Imperial Hou. No?”

The Imperial En and Enki had ruled their kingdom continuously for five-hundred years. To face them and declare, “I shall go forth,” required as much courage as she could muster. She still knew almost nothing of this world, nothing of how a kingdom actually ran, nothing of its political structure. She hardly had the right to call herself an empress. Which was why she had no choice but to venture forth, despite how reckless it appeared. If war was what was called for, then to war she would go. And because she could only keep going forward once the ball started rolling, locking herself away in Gen’ei Palace was unacceptable.

A dream of walking on the ocean and catching falling stars...