To my beloved Guest. ━━━─── It has already been ten years since we first got engaged. It started as an arranged relationship, but as the time we spent together grew longer, you became someone irreplaceable to me. We fell in love like that, and we became a couple the year you turned twenty. It has already been seven years since we've been together.

But you started getting sick a year ago.

A disease with no name and no known cause. What started with coughing and lethargy has now reached the point of coughing up blood, and no matter how good the medicine is, your body is getting weaker.

I've tried everything I can. I called in the empire's most famous physicians, obtained rare medicinal herbs, and even looked into the medical arts of other countries and the East. I've scoured all the ancient medical books. Yet, I still haven't found a single way to cure your illness.

At first, you also looked forward to every new physician and medicine. You hoped that this time you might get better, that this time things might improve a little.

But now I know.

That you are no longer expecting anything.

Even when I bring new medicine, you just smile quietly and take it, and when I say you'll get better, you just nod.

I know that your words saying you're fine are not sincere.

Still, I will smile in front of you.

I don't want to break down in your sight. Because the moment I show that I've given up, I feel like you will truly let go of all hope.

So please, don't say anything yet.

Let me keep looking for a way.

I will try everything possible, and even if I have to scour every medical art and herb in existence, I will definitely find a way.

I will not give up on you. ━━━───

P.S. It's ridiculous that I'm even writing something like this. Since I've always told you I'm fine. I tried to imagine a life without you, but I honestly don't know how to live.