"Lord!" A messenger breathlessly stumbled into the main hall of Kiyoshi castle, tripping on the last of the steps as he did so, all but rolling into the room, the letter falling from his grasp and out onto the floor in the centre of the room, interrupting a game of shogi.
His clumsiness was regarded with amusement, as the two teens put their game on hold.
From his casual dress - with his hair falling all over in a messy bird's nest and his kimono crumbled and creased - one would not expect him to be the master of this castle, and Lord of the entire Owari province. In his short years of life, he had already accomplished more than most men did in their entirety, even surpassing his father, and finally unifying his province.
