Innocence and Trust

Innocence and Trust is a short fiction.

Annotated Story


The story of Yasuki Kaneko is about how innocent faces can hide treachery. Kaneko was young but brilliant, and while her brothers planned to become powerful in the courts she studied the ways of poison, treason and quile. She rose to become a Master among the Kolat. Kaneko spents a few years spying and controlling the Imperial Court, until a minor scandal gave her enemies a way of getting rid of her. As they were leading her to her execution she escaped, and she was only 17 years old. Tales would surface of Kaneko from time to time, naming her an assassin, spy or actress called the Black Knife. Eventually no more stories surfaced, but the last stories seemed to indicate she may have travelled to the Burning Sands and become the wife of a powerful lord. Possibly plotting vengeance against those who drove her away.

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Not Present, But Mentioned

 * Yasuki Kaneko