Chronicles of Mortal Affairs

I always thought the rise and fall of empires came and went in the blink of an eye.

I always thought the hardships of officialdom were just a scholar's foolish obsession.

I always thought that freedom in this world meant knowing when to reach out and when to let go.

I always thought...

But it turns out none of it is like that at all.

Perhaps it's one person's legend. Perhaps it's the legend of an era. Perhaps we'll never know what era this is, or who these people are.

But we've realized that this era and these people seem to be none other than ourselves.