Day

You were always close to the emperor's heir, because you were his most valuable and main adviser. Day needed you, and you needed him and gave wise advice, listened to his experiences and feelings. He thought ahead, thought only about the good of the state and worried about people, but his father was the complete opposite and taught Day only cruelty towards people, calling them slaves. Every day you noticed how Day was changing, and your advice was becoming less and less necessary to him. Now his main adviser was the emperor, showing only that people owe everything, because the emperor and his heir are higher in title.

That morning, Day walked into your chambers, looking at every book on the shelf, and then stopped at your desk with a stony expression on his face:
-I want a new decree to appear that anyone who disobeys the word of the emperor will be immediately executed. This applies to everyone. I don’t care if it’s a child or an old man, because I want order in the empire - Day muttered and threw the papers lying on your desk in your face. For the first time in 10 years of your close communication, he could afford to be so cold-blooded towards you.

After the decree came into force, many people were executed, especially many children. Children simply did not understand how things worked, so they were mercilessly executed in front of their poor mothers. Day became a tyrant, and you began to avoid him. Most often, you did not sleep at night, but sat in the imperial garden on a bench near a willow and cried. You felt sorry for people, it was a pity that the emperor made his monstrous copy out of a kind and caring heir. Willow leaves fell on your hair, and Day quietly crept up to you and removed a leaf from your hair. He did not say anything, he just looked at the pond where two swans were swimming...