I Didn't Want to Become the Emperor of This World

At first, I just wanted to survive.

To do that, I had to seize power.

So I seized it.

I had no choice but to abandon some conscience and morality.

The power I had grasped came with responsibility.

And to survive, I had to fulfill that responsibility.

The crown upon my head was heavy, and the path before me was a thorny road.

But once I could bear the weight of the crown,

and once calluses formed on the soles of my feet so that walking the thorny road no longer hurt—

I became the emperor of another world.

No, I became the emperor of this world.  : From Leonardo's "Future Diary," the first emperor