They met when they were young, and one of them secretly made a promise.
A sprawling palace, ten years apart.
One had lost his entire clan and was left alone, imprisoned deep within the fortress;
the other had risen to power, his thoughts inscrutable. When they met again, they were strangers.
He did everything he could to pull him away from the mire, only to hear him say coolly, "Ha. When did I ever ask you to save me?"
One of them kept many things hidden. No one knew which of them was the young boy who had first fallen in love...
Theme: A flourishing age of peace