"Please let me see Her Excellency! I beg of you!"
"Go back! Your mother is not here! How dare you trespass before Her Excellency, the Shogun!"
The loyal guard shoved the boy who was trying to force his way in, sending his rain-soaked white robes sprawling into the mud. The disheveled boy scrambled back to his feet, long hair plastered to his face, unable to conceal his panic and despair.
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