Chapter 29: The Songstress in the Tower
“Say, Timona. Can’t I go outside?”
I asked while looking out the window on a night when I didn’t have training.
“Do you need to do something outside?”
“No? … I just want to get some fresh air.”
I am an Emperor by birth, but that doesn’t mean I only know how to be an emperor. I still have the middle-class sensibilities of my previous life. I act as a child emperor, and it would be nice if I can switch that emperor side of me off when I’m in my room… but I can’t since I’m not alone in my room.
I’m not unhappy with Timona. I just want some time alone… or more accurately, I want some time where I’m not the Emperor.
This is an urge I have to get rid of if I am going to continue to be the Emperor. I know that.
“… You can, but please don’t leave any tracks behind.”
“I know. I’ll be back in a bit.”