"I want to live!" Those are words the boy often says. On this continent where strength is everything, he runs alone in pursuit of the justice he believes in. He rises from a despised street urchin to become the ruler of an empire, paying the ultimate price for it all. His life? His friends? His lover? His power? His feelings? For the empire and its people, he gives up everything, only to meet an unexpected end. The instant he places the crown on his head, he becomes a traitor to the empire. This is not only an epic chronicling the empire's rebirth, its glory, and its collapse, but also a portrait of a boy adrift in his ideals. "I saved this crumbling empire. Could I really have been wrong? I was once used to living from one day to the next, but fate made me bathe in sword and fire. We struggled for our ideals, climbing step by step, step by step, from an ignored beggar to the pinnacle of power, even transforming ourselves into demons. But... why did it have to end like this?"
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