AFTER a week of staying at the Mage Tower, Kallixto returned to the palace, even though his health had not yet fully recovered. Shun received him while slumped over his desk, dark circles shadowing his eyes, his hair unkempt. His secretary, equally exhausted, stood nearby with a stern expression, carefully reviewing a stack of legal documents.
Kallixto knocked on the open door to draw Shun’s attention. Shun slowly lifted his head, his sleepy eyes met his gaze, and he hastily adjusted his glasses as he focused on him.
"You've worked hard, Shun." Kallixto complimented.
“I have already accepted my fate as your secretary— that I will grow old buried beneath this mountain of papers. This work would be far easier if the newly appointed Empress and her noble factions were not so excessively pa
