Try to Escape, If You Can

“Stay by my side and live as a flower.”

“After all, every flower withers after a season passes.”

“Then for that one season, bloom beautifully by my side.”

“I… don’t want that.”

“I do. Not a common roadside wildflower, but one from my garden, for my eyes alone.”

***

Eliotz de Herminus, a man of the empire who possesses everything.

But ever since he became the cause of his older brother’s death, his world has changed.

To him, the world is nothing but ridiculous and trivial things.

He only lives to protect the one thing most precious to him.

One day, a small and insignificant woman appears before him.

“How easy it would be to have you.”

But she is someone he can almost grasp, yet never quite hold.

“I’ll give you everything. Even love, if you want it. But only if /you/ become my mistress.”

***

Annette Florin has never possessed anything.

Because nothing in this world has been given to me, I have never dared to desire anything that wasn’t mine.

But if I keep dreaming and working hard, maybe one day I can be happy too.

One day, a man crash-lands into her world.

“My heart trembles whenever I see you.”

For the first time, she has something she wants. Something she desperately wants.

But fate would never be on my side, would it?

“I love you with all my heart. But I cannot be your mistress, not even that one thing.”

***

I’ve never failed to get what I want.

You too must exist only for me.

So,

Try to escape, if you can.