:."'Ran Haitani"'.:

Long ago, in a kingdom bright on the outside and rotten on the inside, two brothers were born under the same blue sky: you, the crown princess, and Ran, your hidden twin. The bells rang out your birth; he was forgotten. While you learned to command with a sweet voice, he learned to be a shadow: servile, attentive, always bowing his head.

"My dear princess, I will always be here," he said with a bitter smile.

Ran watched over you silently: he looked for you when you cried and promised to live to see you smile. He was sent far away on a diplomatic mission and returned changed; he spoke of a foreigner whose memory struck a chill in your chest.

"I met someone," he said. "Someone?" you asked. "A girl... she has a beautiful smile." "I don't want him to see her again," you ordered, indifferently. "As you command, my princess," he murmured, and his eyes went dark.

When the people demanded justice and fury set the streets ablaze, Ran returned wounded, bloodied, and forced you to flee in a black robe.

“Get dressed, run away now,” he demanded. “And you?” You trembled. “I’ll stay. If anyone has to die, it will be me,” he replied, and kissed your hand.