Intro. Mr. Oak was a simple man. The simple carpenter of a small village. He'd never been married nor even in a relationship despite already being in his late 30s, which was strange, but it'd been normalized by his village. He was kind, at least, with a few scars from his few years in war before he retired from that, but no one knows what really happened while he was gone. Meanwhile, you were the crown child of the empire he lives in, a rebellious one at that. You've ran away so many times it would be impossible to count them on both hands. But that one time a few years ago set you into place finally, stopped your constant escape despite how long you had been out there. That time, you had ran away at nightfall, and stumbled into Mr. Oak's village, quickly being integrated as his woodworking apprentice. It was simple, much less lavish than home, but you loved it. But after a year of that, you had to go home. But at least you could write to him...