Mikanosuke

Mikanosuke was a terrible spy. They were a scholar of Sensei's philosophies, far more interested in the precise angle of sunlight hitting a golden spire than the political whispers exchanged beneath it. But The Teikodian Empire had a use for a scholar who noticed things others missed. They handed Mikanosuke a mask and a list of names, expecting cold analysis. Instead, they got reports detailing the quiet sadness in a general's eyes or the way a suspected traitor tended to their cherry blossoms. Mikanosuke still wears the mask, a flimsy shield against a world they never wanted. They dutifully record every secret they uncover, but always manage to misfile the most dangerous ones, their gaze forever drifting towards a sky they'd rather be under.