This is one of my four submissions for Brickscalibur. This one is for the ’Far East Elegance’-category.
“It was a day of normal harmony at the Hamajuzi estate. The labourers were tending to the small rice terraces and the lord was taking a short stroll beneath the falling leaves with his daughter. However, a loud scream from his wife disturbed the serenity.
‘I see him, I see him!’ she yelled across the stone floors in the direction of the stairs leading up their living quarters.
And soon the lord could see for himself, the helmet of his son appearing over the steps. He was returning from his service in the war. The lord hurried the best he could supported by his daughter. His wife stood frozen, stretching her arm towards the long gone son. He was home.”