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♫ No indulgence in self-admiration, no desire for splendor. ♫

♫ Living in a scene of bustling prosperity, viewing oneself as a made-up mirror image far away. ♫

♫ Removing her ornate woman's attire, ♫

♫ donning martial armor. ♫

♫ Gentle and wonderful scenery fills the eyes, ♫

♫ how is this not still a battlefield? ♫

♫ Autumn departs, winter arrives, just as Bailu ("white dew") turns to frost. ♫

♫ The road is distant, the days are long, and only finished by death in battle. ♫

♫ My heart wants to spend its last years with you, placed at your side. ♫

♫ However long our lifetimes, ♫

♫ there's no time for melancholy. ♫

♫ In the ash-grey sky, love exists above all, ♫

♫ just lift your head and look up hopefully. ♫

♫ Brave and chivalrous bones, yielding emotions forged into steel, ♫

♫ sharpened by practice to a cutting edge. ♫

♫ Time is like a blade carving every moment onto your face, ♫

♫ one will have no regrets, if you have loved. ♫

Oh My General

Since you were young until now, your mother has kept you in the house.

You haven't even stepped out of the Capital's main gates.

How is the world of sensual pleasures outside?

Do you know? This is a hard-to-come-by opportunity.

Your Majesty, you are right. I guarantee that I will complete the task.

After the flooding, there are bandits causing troubles.

They have been stealing food left and right. If you meet them, your life might get endangered.

Chedi Pass

Let's go look.

I feel that His Majesty wanted to use the excuse of providing disaster relief to check the strength of my manor,

and at the same time, get hold of my movements.

General.

The Nanping Junwang is afraid of work, lazy, greedy for money, and a womanizer.

He came to Xiushui to provide disaster relief just to earn money

and at the same time, get some beautiful women.

I've sent out this news. The rumors now have spread all over.

The citizens keep asking when the Imperial Envoy will arrive.

They've all put down their thoughts in complaining and are just focusing on hiding

their daughters, for they are afraid for that womanizing Junwang to see them.

That's great!

Episode 29

In times of calamity, being able to survive a day is a day. Being able to survive an hour is an hour.

They won't have time to care that much.

Brother, is there only this grain shop here in Xiushui?

Don't mention it anymore. Those evil businessmen don't care about our lives.

They kept all their stock.

Once we're starving badly, they will sell them to us at a high price.

Isn't your local magistrate intervening?

Why will he care? Ordinary citizens like us have no power or status.

Even if we have the guts, we dare not say so.

Lord Hai, once we've settled down, immediately set up a porridge station to give out to the affected citizens.

Yes.

Master! Master!

Young Master Zhang is outside the city gates waiting for us to enter the city.

Okay, let's go.

Come over here!

Young Master, Madam, we're here.

We're here.

Young Lord Yu, I've already prepared the local warehouse.

Your people are on their way there.

There are too many of them, so I could only let them look for a place to rest by themselves.

I'll settle you down first.

That's great. Sorry to disturb you then.

Please.

Young Lord Yu, this is a small courtyard that I've arranged for you.

Your house must be very luxurious and you must have gotten used to living in the Capital.

Suddenly coming to our province, you might feel uncomfortable with the simplicity of our homes.

No such thing.

This courtyard is designed in a refined and unique manner. Your father must be of literary excellence and highly cultured.

It's currently special times.

My father wants to be one with the citizens in their ups and downs, and so everything is simplified.

My family has been in business for generations. We never lacked money.

It's just that we hate those corrupt officials the most.

We admire officials who love their citizens like their own children.

Father has never been corrupt or accepted bribes. His life has been very simple but upright.

There's nothing wrong in enduring some hardships for the good of the people.

Your father is a good official.

It's already late. I need to rest early.

I'll just discuss with you the giving out of porridge tomorrow.

Okay. I'll take my leave then.

With the way you look, what idea do you have now?

How did you know that I have something on my mind?

No one knows a husband more than his wife. What part of your body do I not know clearly?

Shameless.

You've got the wrong notion. I'm talking about your thoughts.

I'm too lazy to play around with you.

Look. This ruyao tea set (T/N: pottery from the ru kiln - which produces a lot of Imperial goods, the best quality)

is an antique from the past dynasty. It is worth hundreds of gold.

If it is placed in our house, it wouldn't mean anything.

But outside, this is a difficult one to find.

It definitely isn't an item that a clean and upright official would be able to use.

Look at the stones in this garden. All are strange-looking rocks.

They came from the quarrying site in Jiangbei Region.

It's an oddity that cultured scholars like to collect.

These stones are very huge and are very expensive.

Adding the expenses for the people and items to transport them, the price will surely be higher.

There are even different values of stones?

Husband, you just entered this courtyard.

How come you were able to see so many details? So outstanding.

Of course. There are different kinds of stones.

There are "strange stones, fairy stones, different stones, character stones, and offering stones."

All are items that rich, idle people and refined literary people will collect.

Inside Imperial Tutor Liu's manor, there is a large fossil stone.

I heard that it was transported from far-away Zhejiang.

I heard that it was transported very carefully during the winter, therefore, it really cost a lot of labor fees

before it got transported into Dongjing. But due to the narrowness of the alleys, it couldn't be moved into his manor.

Imperial Tutor Liu then bought the several adjacent houses

and demolished them all, before he was able to transport that stone into his house.

It's really such a waste of labor and wealth resources.

Isn't that right?

For a lowly local magistrate like Magistrate Zhang,

his interests and hobbies are already comparable to Imperial Tutor Liu's.

He lives in a mansion and toys with huge rocks.

Isn't this all from extorting money from the citizens?

When do you plan then to arrest this local magistrate?

Why are you rushing? Give me some time. Let me think about it more.

Okay. If we find out that he's corrupt and is accepting bribes, let's just directly expose our identity,

remove him from his official position, and drag him back to the capital for sentencing.

Don't rush, Wife.

This Magistrate Zhang knows how to hide his wealth and did a lot of work for it.

It means that he must be a smart person.

I reckon that he won't leave that much evidence.

I am the distinguished disaster relief envoy.

If he will just get removed from office and suffer several floggings, that's too boring.

Since he wants to play, I'll play with him until the end and I'm satisfied.

Okay. Carefully think about it. I'll go out and observe the situation around here.

Go then.

I'll take my leave.

Forever Grand and Prosperous

The disaster relief will be starting. May Nanping Junwang instruct us on our tasks.

You two must be tired from the travel. Please sit down.

Yes.

For being able to unburden the Junwang, this level of exhaustion is nothing.

The disaster relief work is a very important task. It's heavy and long.

Method-wise, we can't rush it nor fake it.

Junwang, after going out and looking around, I wasn't able to find the mountain spring water that you want.

Stupid! In making tea, one must prioritize in using mountain spring water. If there's none, then use well water.

Go look for a nearby well.

You just left the Capital for half a day and you've already become dumb?

Following an Imperial envoy who knows nothing but how to have fun, how can our work get carried out?

Say, are the different music shops, bars, and brothels here in Xiushui open already at this time?

Junwang, we came out here to provide disaster relief and you still are thinking of looking for women?

Junwang, the quality of women here is poor. It can't compare to the ones in the Capital.

How about this? Just look for and admire women when we go back, okay?

Since time immemorial, this place has been famous for beautiful women.

I heard from the locals that Mingti Brothel's ladies are not bad and they are quite cheap.

- If you are interested... - What are you saying?

A lot of the newly-accepted ladies were refugees from the adjacent areas. They have no food to eat,

so they were sold by their parents to the brothels. Very pitiful.

As long as they're open, then that's great. You two go around these next few days.

You must choose the most famous and highest-level brothel.

Junwang, are you planning to bring us, a group of officials, to visit the brothels here?

Junwang, you must remember the Imperial grace.

You must think about the countless Jiangbei citizens who now find themselves facing deep water and scorching fire. (T/N: idiom, an abyss of suffering)

You must not make such a muddled action of going around brothels while doing your disaster relief task!

Lord Hai, don't get agitated first and let me finish.

Think about it. Those that got sold into brothels are from families that suffered the most from the calamity.

They are the children of the poorest places around here,

while those that are able to visit brothels are the richest idiots here in Xiushui.

It's easy for men to communicate their emotions when they go to brothels.

Disguise as guests to visit brothels, have chats with the beautiful women,

and make connections with their rich guests. In passing, try to analyze the real situation of the Xiushui disaster.

You can also investigate the doings of Magistrate Zhang. The more detailed, the better.

So you are asking us to go find women,

but in reality, it is to gather some information.

Junwang, this trick is quite wise.

Junwang came up with an original approach, an alternate route.

This is really a clever idea.

You two just be at ease and go. If there will be any problem, just blame it on me.

No matter how big the trouble is, I'll bear it.

Junwang, this... will you and General go, too?

That damned Ye Zhao doesn't even blush or skip a beat when she calls for women in a brothel.

Whether she's flirting with a girl, or other girls are flirting with her,

I don't want to see such tragic scenes.

My role now is a simple-minded, romantic, rich, and upright young merchant.

It's really inconvenient for me to go to a brothel. Because your master is stupid and rich,

managers like you

will exactly have a good chance to conspire to defraud me.

As for Ah Zhao, she must ensure my safety, so she has to stay by my side.

This... Is this appropriate?

Junwang, already said it. He'll bear all the problems. Why is Lord Hai still worrying?

This is all for our work.

It's currently special times. Work must always come first.

Lord Hai, stop worrying too much.

It's still Jinshi Bi who is young and thus able to adapt your thoughts quickly.

Lord Hai, what is your opinion then?

Since Junwang said it very reasonably, you have moved me.

We'll just do as you said then.

- That's more like it. Remember, be extravagant in your spending. - Okay.

- If you don't have any money, ask from me. - I understand.

Especially you, Lord Hai, you should try to act well.

But don't also get into your role too much.

We will keep this a secret and will never tell your wife.

Junwang, I thank you!

Xiao Xiazi, you go, too.

Remember, perform well.

I know already.

Your Highness, all the items have been adequately prepared.

The rations that we've been saving for ten years total five thousand dan. Your Highness, please take a look. (T/N: 250,000 kg/552,250 lbs US)

What about the money that government officials have been giving us?

One hundred thousand liang in silver, it is all here.

Lord, this is Miss Jiaoxing.

Today, she'll be the one to serve you. Hurry and go over there.

Lord, you two chat then. I'll take my leave now.

You may leave us.

Uncle, did you come here to just drink tea?

The tea here is not bad.

Uncle...

don't you find the night view today very beautiful?

Miss, you're joking with me. At this time,

the sky is still bright. It's still not nighttime.

What's the difference?

If Uncle say that it's night, then it's night.

Miss!

It's better to chat while sitting. Please sit first.

Miss, how long have you been in here?

Half a year.

Miss looks like a daughter of a good family.

How come you ended up here?

Oh, Miss, no need to overthink.

I'm just casually asking.

Uncle, do you really want to hear it?

Who are you?

Kneel!

Tell me. Who sent you? What is your name?

Your martial arts skills aren't that good either.

Speak!

Not talking, is that it?

Last time, we caught a spy trying to steal military information.

In the end, he was beaten by the General to the point that all his bones shattered and he got paralyzed waist down.

After staying in prison for several days, he died.

Very good. Continue not talking. Let the General beat you up to half-dead,

and you'll know how good she is.

I'll talk... My name is Chen Tiangou, I initially was a thief in prison.

It was Zhang Nanhua, Young Master Zhang who sent me here.

Young Master Zhang?

Right. Zhang Qingtian's son. (T/N: "upright and honorable")

He wants me to place this money from the local treasury in Young Lord Yu's room.

And then, when the government officials find this money with him,

they will then arrest you all!

General, forgive me! General, have mercy!

My heart got blinded and I fell into Young Master Zhang's trap!

Stealing government money is punishable by death.

Zhang Nanhua has such treacherous intention.

Leave the money. Tell me Zhang Nanhua's next plan.

Go back and tell him that you've accomplished your mission.

Okay.

- Did you hear it?- Talk!

- And then?- And then?

If you do well, I'll spare your life.

Oh, right, a sudden mudslide occurred in Chedi Pass a few days ago.

There were signs of explosions. Just one look and you know that it was man-made.

Tell me. Was it Zhang Nanhua who told you to do it?

General, have mercy! I swear that I only accepted this one task of placing the government money.

As for others, I don't know anything. I wouldn't dare to lie in front of you.

Hope General can investigate it clearly.

I surely will. If it wasn't your doing,

I also won't accuse you wrongly.

- Thank you, General.- Go now.

Hurry and leave.

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I'll go out for a while. Protect Yujin well.

- Yes.- Yes, General.

This Liu Xiyin was so beautiful, yet she died by falling off the cliff.

It's been so many days ago, but my chest still aches when I remember this.

Good thing this was found by the side of the cliff.

Allowing me to remember the person through her object, causing me to feel a bit better.

Master, this Liu Xiyin most likely wasn't a decent lady.

You just met her once. Why must you be this sad?

Don't hurt your health.

Beautiful women have such short lives.

Say, the heavens sent you to my side.

That is great, Baby! Come here. Baby, here...

You are also quite a beauty.

You wouldn't lose to that Liu Xiyin.

Father, I have something to see you about.

Come in.

Father. Stepmother.

Father, I've checked it.

They still have twenty-eight carts of grain with them.

Try counting it. How much money is that?

At our current situation, food is more valuable than gold.

But with this Hua Zhao, this "cash cow"

falling into my territory...

With the Emperor being so far away,

what can he do if we kill that Hua Zhao?

You must act cautiously.

You must not leak any news out.

Don't worry, Father. I've already properly arranged everything.

I'll go arrest tomorrow the thief that stole the government funds.

Huli, stop right there!

We've been buddies for so many years,

but you don't really have to follow me everywhere, right?

Tell me. You're doing these malicious and duplicitous actions, what really are you planning?

General, it wasn't I who bombed the bridge in Chedi Pass.

Who then?

Do you still remember that anonymous assassin who stabbed your chest?

Of course, I do.

When Yongguan Border Fortress fell, a masked man also appeared.

What you mean is these two people are connected?

Precisely.

When we came back from the war, I secretly made a promise

to investigate the identity of this masked man.

But I never thought that His Majesty would also come find me

to let me investigate who that spy was that secretly opened the city gates the night that Yongguancheng fell.

This person is highly-skilled in fighting and is always on the move.

I was unable to catch him.

But when I followed the tracks and continued investigating,

I discovered a larger prey.

Hence, you deliberately showed a weakness tonight

to lure me out just to tell me these matters?

Who then is that larger prey?

Prince Qi.

Prince Qi...

So the mastermind behind the fall of Yongguancheng is also Prince Qi?

I must personally kill him

to seek vengeance for my father and brother.

General, you must not.

Why?

While we haven't found hard evidences yet, you mustn't be reckless

to prevent alarming the enemies.

Right now, they are in an ongoing battle for power within the court. There are undercurrents surging up violently.

Western Xia and Liao are like ferocious tigers awaiting the chance to make a move.

Different conflicts are contesting and dueling.

His Majesty is standing tall and seeing far, but he keeps enduring it and not making any move.

On the one hand, he is activating the able ministers and tacticians.

On the other hand, he has no choice but to balance the different powers.

Tell me then, what should I do?

Wait for the right time.

Prince Qi will be making a lot more moves.

All are by way of betraying the empire's interest to achieve his goal of usurping the throne.

General, just keep calm.

Once I've solidified all the evidences, we will join hands again and return to the battlefield.

Seek vengeance for the Old General Ye.

Okay.

General, it's already late.

You should go back and rest now.

I will now take my leave.

My assessment was accurate.

Brothels are indeed a good place to get information.

In playing among the flowers, we all are good players. (T/N: flowers = women)

Even Lord Hai did quite well like everybody else.

Just spending all this money,

picking some simple-minded, hedonistic rich kids,

tricking them to talk and they surely will say everything.

What did they say?

After the flooding, the rich families and evil merchants started stocking up on grain.

They totally didn't care about the survival of the ordinary citizens and started pushing the price of grain up.

So hateful.

And that Magistrate Zhang played favorites and committed irregularities. He took bribes and bent the law.

Completely abusing his power for personal gains.

He even accepts bribes to switch rich people sentenced to death with beggars.

These people should be beheaded.

The Capital is right under the feet of the Emperor.

Even if the officials and noble there would do evil things, they had to consider having a sense of propriety.

They won't dare to do it too often.

But this Xiushui Province is a far and remote place.

A measly local magistrate dared to challenge His Majesty in terms of being overbearing.

So hateful.

The more you think of it, the more it gets absurd.

When I was still head of our hedonistic group, I dared not monopolize the market. Forcefully taking away the men...

women of good family!

He actually dared to bully me!

I'll make sure that asshole gets a tragic death!

Husband, don't get agitated.

If you say that he'll have a tragic death, he surely will.

Junwang, although this Zhang father and son are taking bribes and breaking the law,

they still should be punished based on our state's law.

Moreover, these two have done their evil deeds so cleanly.

Under the situation of having no hard evidence,

we can't really accuse them of a crime based on rumors.

Why can't we use a rumor to convict them?

This is against the rules.

What bullshit rules!

My words is the rule.

Whoever wants to go be a just and incorruptible official can go do that! (T/N: colloquialism - "ancient sky god")

I am a muddled official that likes to take shortcuts.

So what if I treat a few lives as mere trifles?

What Husband said is right.

In strictly punishing these evil people, being a muddled official is more satisfying.

Well said!

Wife, your latest performance is getting better.

When you marry a chicken or a dog, you follow it.

Since I married Yujin, I should follow you.

I will always remember these words.

Oh my god... Having such a General and a Junwang... he...

It's really my Song's great fortune.

Master! Master! A few inspectors from the local government are outside.

They said that they are here to arrest the thief who stole the government funds.

Arrest who?

Arrest me.

Arrest General Zhao?

Husband.

Bullshit! He's too bold!

Forever Grand and Prosperous

Where is the thief?

Let's go.

Shimmering Imperial Palace

Harmonious Wind, Auspicious Clouds

Present right here.

You are Hua Zhao?

Search!

Harmonious Wind, Auspicious Clouds

Evil thief Hua Zhao, you stole from the local government's treasury. The evidence is here.

Come back with me to the local yamen to answer for your crime!

Sure.

Ah Zhao.

Hurry and come with me!

How dare you! Where did you get your guts

to arrest us?

Why can't we?

The country has its laws. A house has its rules.

Why can't we?

If Young Lord Hua Zhao really didn't break any law,

my father will surely give him justice.

What you said is also correct.

Uncle once taught me that a person should bear the consequences of his actions.

Since you are suspecting him, then just take him back with you.

Anyway, if you're clean, it will show.

Those that do bad things will suffer retribution.

I am able to bear any kind of results.

I'm going now.

- Go then. - You're not going?

Definitely not.

Okay.

Let's go!

Then Young Lord Yi, I'll take my leave.

Looks like someone is going to die.

Someone will die sooner or later.

Local Yamen

I don't know.

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Since time immemorial, Jiangbei province has produced a lot of gifted scholars.

This board was written by Old Master Hu.

Oh..?

Lord Hu is from an aristocratic family. They are officials in every generation.

Currently, his son-in-law, Master Lu Zhenting

is having everything going well for him in the Capital.

Lu Zhenting...

That man who runs a casino.

A few days ago, I even had a duel with him.

These few words were a bit slanted.

Yes... The words were indeed a bit misaligned.

Why do you two keep mumbling to each other?

Didn't you see that I'm already in the court?

Criminal, kneel down!

During the conducting of a trial, a criminal must kneel?

That's a wise opinion. A criminal indeed should kneel.

Kneel then.

Yes!

What are you doing? Are you blind?

Don't you know who I am?

Unruly!

Send in the criminal's family.

Send in the family members!

Hurry up. Hurry up.

General Ye, please be seated.

General Ye?

Which General Ye?

There are just a few named "General Ye" in the Imperial court.

The most famous one seems to be that one.

She joined the battlefield when she was battlefield.

The Living God of Hell that kills just like cutting off hemp.

The Great General of the World's Military Force.

The main wife of that...

...City Patrol Censor, the Nanping Junwang?

- Young Lord Yu's appearance doesn't look like a high, noble, and distinguished Junwang. - Husband!

This Hua Zhao doesn't look like a woman at all.

How could they be husband and wife?

Just because she says that she's the Great General Ye, so she is?

There are so many swindlers and liars right now.

Who knows if she's real or not?

Unruly!

General Ye, this person snarling while in the court,

should his mouth be slapped?

Slap his mouth?

I am slow-witted.

An evil person like him should be heavily-punished with twenty strokes of the paddle!

Men! Flog him twenty times!

- Yes! - You!

- Kneel! - Father, save me!

Father! Father! Save me!

Wait!

Father!

Private Assistant Pu would not be diligent if there's no benefit.

He would never fawn anyone for no reason at all.

Her actions indeed are military-like.

I fear that her identity is true.

- Unworthy son! Unworthy son! - Father!

General, I didn't know that you would patrolling our area and didn't welcome you right away.

Hope the General can forgive me.

Enough. Enough. Stop hitting.

Magistrate Zhang, tell me. What crimes did you commit?

General, for the Xiushui Province Disaster

just to let the rich families to release their grain and help in disaster relief, I've been very busy.

When I returned to my manor, I heard about the treasury getting robbed.

My heart was then burning with anxiety.

But a tipster pointed that the local funds appeared

in the lodging of the Imperial envoy.

Thinking about it now, the stealing must have been the work of that thief Chen Tiangou.

He framed others and misled me.

Hope General can consider how I have been sympathetic to my citizens' plight

and forgive me for my crime of oversight.

Send in the witness!

Send in the witness!

General.

Talk.

Bailiff Li said that before Magistrate Zhang took office here, he already frequently twists the law in order to obtain bribes.

He has accepted tens of thousands in funds from others.

Before the flooding occurred, the dam already showed cracks.

He instead didn't do anything.

He only focused on merrymaking and having fun.

After the dam collapsed, he even bribed an evil businessman to do some superficial work on the dam

to make it look fine beforehand.

Internally, he drove up the price of rice,

forcing a lot of families unaffected by the flooding to be ruined, too.

Scoundrel! Such a scoundrel!

Slander!

Miss Jiaoxing encountered great misfortunes.

Everything that she said is true.

But that Bailiff Li is not a good person.

He ran amuck in villages and exploited the ordinary citizens there.

I initially planned to fire him.

He bore grudges

and started spreading rumors about me to destroy my reputation.

Good thing the heavens have eyes

and made him fall into the water while drunk, causing him to die.

But after dying, he still left a lot of slanderous words and even fooled Miss Jiaoxing.

Hope General can investigate it clearly.

You're lying! You're lying!

Sister Taohong died because of you!

I don't know that Miss Taohong.

Really good. For a frequent visitor of brothels like you,

how could you not recognize Taohong?

She drank with you.

There are so many people drinking with me.

Everyone in Changchun Brothel knows this.

General, I am indeed a bit of a womanizer.

I frequently couldn't control myself and went to those places to drink by myself.

I indeed shouldn't have done those things.

I am wrong. I admit my mistakes.

Hope the General can understand and forgive me.

Shameless bastard!

You have done so many evil things!

You deserve to die a tragic death.

General Ye, this woman is making rude remarks.

Should she be slapped?

What do you mean, slapped?

As long as a beautiful woman doesn't curse herself, it's just right for her to curse anyone.

The young lady has been kneeling for a long time. Her legs must be painful now.

Men! Bring a seat to let her sit on it.

Quickly go get a seat.

Let Miss Jiangxing talk while sitting.

The General indeed must be feared...

but I usually have been conniving with Magistrate Zhang.

Pulling out a carrot will drag the mud out with it, too.

If he admits his crime, Magistrate Zhang will surely drag me with him.

Even more so, I won't get any good from this.

Private Assistant.

Do you have anything to say?

General Ye, I've been working under Magistrate Zhang.

But for private matters... it's not convenient for me to ask too much.

The past local magistrates would also accept some money to subsidize themselves.

Of course, Magistrate Zhang is no exception.

Oh, right. This is also a crime.

Private Assistant Pu is such a friend. He is keeping silent about major crimes and just admitting the minor ones.

My efforts in training didn't go to waste.

Magistrate Zhang, those other mansions of yours and those ruyao tea cups,

what's the story behind them?

Replying to General, there was a rich salt merchant that migrated to another place.

He then rented out his mansion to me.

He collects fifty or sixty liang in silver from me every year.

A provincial magistrate will be in office for only four years.

Why would I spend so much money to buy such a huge mansion?

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♫ From disaffection and doubt until trust is formed ♫

♫ How many times must two people embrace tightly before one won't feel like a stranger? ♫

♫ Turning back to think about the past life, while living in the present lifetime ♫

♫ In this lifetime, to never casually mention separation ♫

♫ Sincerely you embrace me, to remember my body's warmth ♫

♫ In the center of my heart, your fingerprints are engraved ♫

♫ Both love and hate, seriously taken to heart ♫

♫ Only for one not to live one's life in vain ♫

♫ I am willing to be loyally steadfast to you ♫

♫ Using this in exchange for a missing depth of affection ♫

♫ I'm grateful for your recognizing my worth ♫

♫ For granting me a healthy body ♫

♫ Even though the world is rich and diverse ♫

♫ It cannot compare to your pure and honest gaze ♫

♫ I am willing to be loyally steadfast to you ♫

♫ Using this in exchange for a missing depth of affection ♫

♫ I'm grateful for your recognizing my worth ♫

♫ For granting me a healthy body ♫

♫ Even though the world is rich and diverse ♫

♫ It cannot compare to your pure and honest gaze ♫

♫ I am willing to be loyally steadfast to you ♫

♫ Not caring about the scars ♫

♫ Setting aside my pride ♫

♫ and submitting to you ♫

♫ Even if I disappoint the entire world ♫

♫ I will never turn my back on you ♫

♫ My only care in this life is one person ♫

♫ It's you ♫