The Locked Towers

The heroine is not all-powerful, not naive, and not a good-for-nothing. If that bothers you, read at your own risk.

This has nothing to do with the plot, but if that bothers you, read at your own risk.

She’s subtly scheming, not saintly, and knows nothing about tennis. If that bothers you, read at your own risk.

The main schools are Hyotei and Rikkai, and the story focuses on family intrigue. If that bothers you, read at your own risk.

That’s all. *Bows.* Please click on Chapter One.

Pearls roll up the jade hook in a hand,

As before, spring’s regrets lock the lofty rooms.

Who rules the flowers falling in the wind? My thoughts drift on.

The bluebird bears no message from beyond the clouds,

And lilacs knot their sorrow in the rain.

I look back: green waves flow beneath the dusk of the Three Chu, reaching the sky.