Wren sat on the dusty ground hugging the small memory ball in his palm. This one, unlike the previous recoding of his mother, was only one-time view. He could not watch it again. The memory stored inside completely disappears after it was viewed once.
He gently caressed the smooth surface, contemplating his father's words. He asked him to be responsible and to protect the kingdom, but he also requested him not to take the throne.
"How can I protect the kingdoms without being the emperor?..."
He can be a protector of this realm and help out now and then when trouble arises, but that doesn't solve the root cause of the problem.
The rogue ministers.
They are the ones who separated the great nation into five kingdoms. His solution to this problem was very simple. To fulfill his father's wish, he only had to defeat the ten ministers, and he had to reform the kingdoms into one.
"And for that, I need to get strong... darn....."
