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Akame Mei Ling was in the spacious chamber. It was actually a completely independent house inside the castle. There she had ample freedom to pursue her activities. She distracted herself by practicing Tai Chi, studying the I Ching and perfecting her calligraphy.

The other woman greeted her.

-- Your beauty dulls the dawning sun," she said with a nod of admiration.

-- It will not always be so," she replied with a soft smile, grateful for the compliment.

-- The master of the house has arrived," reported the other.

-- And with an additional nuisance, he indicated with a gesture of annoyance.

-- How dangerous?

-- Terrible. He's about to be the victim of an obsession. He almost lost control. She is an ordinary girl, with no manners, but with a strange power and dominion over him.

The woman looked at her with surprise.

-- So much so that she asked me to marry her.

-- Good luck, my lady.

--It will be very difficult for us to go through the various steps of courtship.