He wants to become a strong man who can rule not only himself but the world. He doesn’t believe in fate, because that is a faith for the weak. But fate has played a “little” joke on him all the same.
She only wants to be an ordinary person, living a happy, peaceful life with the one she loves. But it turns out that even this is an impossible, extravagant wish.
(Since I moved this over from the bonus chapter of A False Name for Love, many parts are incomplete. Once I’ve finished writing it all, I’ll come back and polish it properly.)