Chapter 4

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To Kakuchou there is no doubt that this King, too, will eventually fall. Yet he chose to follow him like he is following the weak mirage of Izana. He has devoted his life to him, even a weaker replica will still his desire to serve for a while at least.

"It's getting cold,"

Kakuchou says. His current king usually likes high places. He would sometimes stand on the roof of a tall building and stare if there are no meetings to attend, no fights to fight. He would stare and absorb the view of the city, yet he would never feel more hollow than in those moments.

Today however he insisted on going to the beach. It is deep winter, way past midnight, it is dark and cold and they are standing at the promenade by the sea, sandy beach glowing here and there under the moonlight that slips through cracks of heavy clouds, the water dark and they can hear the wind and waves more than they can see them rolling onto the beach, retreating into the sea with deep wet swooshing sounds.

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