At eighteen, she was admitted to Imorica Institute of Technology, becoming the youngest student at the Empire's top university. Her advisor, Tang Chengyuan, gave her a research manuscript her mother had left behind twenty years ago. On its title page was a twin crest, identical to the black mark on her younger brother's body.
She said nothing. She simply put the manuscript away, took the bus home, stopped by the market for pork ribs and tomatoes, and cooked dinner for her brother. Just like yesterday. Just like every day.
The Gate of Yicheng was sealed above them, and the gatekeeper within had been waiting for a thousand years. Her younger brother was the key. Their mother had given her life to make sure he was whole. And there was only one thing she had to do: watch him grow up.
