Chapter 12
Crown prince Ryoma was an old man, by almost any standard of how many winters he had seen, but he looked no older than his early thirties which made many underestimate him. It was something he actually enjoyed because when a rival underestimates one's opponents they would be careless making it easy for him to usurp them. Over the years he had stopped regularly attending the annual inner court disciple showcases as he didn't feel any desire to recruit from them anymore, but there was one person this year who had caught his eye. The young girl known as Minako Rize, the girl that had haunted him for so many years and now he was finally going to get to have an excuse to watch her intently. In his heart he hoped she impressed him, because otherwise his desire to approach her would make him see
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