章 155: CHAPTER 155 Shadow Of The Past Part 1

　　~ CASIMIR ~

　　"You ready, Casimir?"

　　My father stood in the doorway of my chamber in simple leathers, his hair tied back, and a smile on his face. He winked when I looked at him.

　　I nodded and smiled as I scrambled to my feet, thanking God that he hadn't arrived ten minutes earlier when I'd been making a model. He could probably smell the glue, but I'd just tell him I had fixed… something.

　　I was twelve, and beginning to grow. He kept telling me to leave puppyhood behind me. And I was eager to do it.

　　But I liked making things.

　　I had decided that when I was King, I was going to make a decree that games and creative things- not just prophecies and books, but fun stuff like building and art and dance- wouldn't be deemed childish. That anyone would be allowed to do them.

　　Because then I could too.