Tie Yi always slept well, usually falling asleep the moment his head hit the pillow.
Tonight, however, he was still exhausted. After three years of military campaigns, he returned to the capital and was appointed as the Great General. Numerous officials wanted to curry favor with him, but Tie Yi was not interested in dealing with them, so he stayed at the training ground on the outskirts of the city from morning until night, only returning in the evening.
He turned over, lying under just a thin quilt during the bitter winter, yet he felt no cold. On the contrary, the temperature under the quilt kept rising, leaving him restless and unable to sleep.
He closed his eyes, but the images in his mind wouldn't go away.
He was already twenty-seven, joined the army at fifteen, and since then, he lived a life of licking blood off the blade, never considering marriage or children.
