Chapter 6

Nathan had not been wrong. While Eden worked on capturing spring, one of the imperial palace’s four seasons, the only people he ran into were a few cleaners and gardeners. Even then, he only crossed paths with them when he sat before his canvas all day when it wasn’t too hot, so he was able to focus entirely on his painting without worry. What thrilled Eden most was not the massive garden, so large that he had to turn his head back and forth to take it in as he painted, nor the trees and flowers blending in perfect harmony, but a canvas vast enough to capture such a landscape. Standing in front of a canvas so large he had