Only Child, Second Love

The second installment in the "Only Child Love" series. Each volume centers on a city-state, and every city-state has its own system. This is the second part of a dark epic of political intrigue. The series follows the protagonist as he travels through city-states in all four directions, witnessing firsthand how human nature decays, layer by layer, amid the chaos of war. It rejects quick-fix revenge and power-grab wish-fulfillment tropes, focusing instead on fate, wandering, desire, and disillusionment.