Donβt Recklessly Rescue a Slave
Synopsis Medea,Β theΒ onlyΒ daughterΒ ofΒ theΒ HouseΒ ofΒ DukeΒ Leshanin,Β hadΒ aΒ singleΒ goal:Β toΒ saveΒ thoseΒ whoΒ wouldΒ fallΒ victimΒ toΒ herΒ fatherβsΒ rebellion,Β andΒ toΒ sabotageΒ theΒ coupΒ soΒ itΒ wouldΒ fail. βMiss,Β pleaseβ¦Β donβtΒ abandonΒ me!ββIΒ wonβtΒ beΒ presumptuousΒ again!Β Please,Β Miss!β TheΒ boyΒ criedΒ outΒ inΒ desperation,Β asΒ ifΒ heΒ hadΒ beenΒ forsaken,Β evenΒ thoughΒ sheΒ hadΒ grantedΒ himΒ freedom. βMiss.βββ¦β¦Lucian.β ItΒ hadΒ beenΒ tenΒ yearsΒ sinceΒ theirΒ lastΒ meeting.NoΒ longerΒ theΒ ladyΒ andΒ theΒ slave,Β butΒ aΒ rebelΒ ofΒ aΒ foreignΒ landΒ andΒ theΒ emperorΒ ofΒ aΒ kingdom. βWhyΒ didΒ youΒ abandonΒ me?ββTheΒ oneΒ IΒ serveβpast,Β present,Β andΒ futureβwillΒ alwaysΒ beΒ you,Β Miss.ββWhereverΒ youΒ go,Β IΒ willΒ findΒ you.β DespiteΒ LucianβsΒ desperateΒ pleas,Β MedeaΒ lookedΒ atΒ himΒ withΒ indifferentΒ eyes. ββ¦β¦AreΒ youβ¦Β abandoningΒ meΒ again?β TearsΒ welledΒ andΒ fellΒ fromΒ eyesΒ asΒ deepΒ asΒ aΒ lake.