Ill try but i think your reffering to Goosebumps.
I had begun by tracing the Japanese characters with a pencil.
*begun is a past participle
It would be B., 20 years because at the end of the story, Odysseus's son is an adult.
The emperor lived a life of ridiculous opulence. His subjects were really there to serve and entertain him. he did whatever he wanted
