MDL | Chapter 1.6

The prince’s eyes widened at the eerie sensation of the pen tip scratching his skin. Overwhelmed, he lost his balance, staggering and collapsing onto the wizard…c0017b923e13e4ed

The brave prince, who had dodged hundreds of silver needles, could not escape the wizard’s dark curse. He fell into a deep, hundred-year slumber… Ah, finally…3e7f8570e61d1e8c

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The wizard, pinned under the prince’s body and unable to move, smiled triumphantly…e05ff024253c23ca

Ding!ad71e1fe57889189

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…But then?9b4f0b5909523980

At that very moment…9dce5157da7c7ec1

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Ding!bc4f8104cebb1a87

Ding!ba026c8ac333edd9

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Ding-a-ling!6e80204ea1d52b2a

The wizard’s eyes darted around in surprise. Beyond the prince’s shoulder, beyond the trees surrounding the mirror pond, beyond the Forbidden Forest, toward the small kingdom where the prince had spent his entire life… far, far into the distance.0a91b8120a66af21

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Ding!b865404de6c05779

Ding-a-ling!3133f369fef9ea34

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Ding!98fc5e077292e794

The prince’s eyelids, 06f8f2d1a9 which had been 954ff95dbd drooping with drowsiness, dbd932a63c snapped open. The loud 042ec5b745 noise echoing 3cc2eb3c6e through the a5fc367da8 world must 917b673ea8 have chased 44638bab84 away the 2a2cef5ed1 approaching sleep. The prince also turned 44fde99a81 his head, gazing far, 9d35145380 far into the distance, 9864ef8ccd toward his kingdom.f307f1c2fb72343e

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Ding-a-ling!bf35107a9b94e115

Ding!e2f9a62dd31180f9

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Yes, everyone… it was the sound of bells.d7c0be7e05881ef3

Yes! Bells! Don’t you know 1d0c0a85cc what bells are? Bells! The kind of 70f7641d48 bells that made 7fdb551136 Cinderella leave her 1d86b26b0c glass slipper behind 1edaba50f8 as she ran c7d227feda down the stairs¹!0a115ce6e03201fe

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Midnight! Twelve o’clock! No, zero o’clock! The moment when 41458be191 one day ends e583b96f01 and a new 3718d72f36 one begins! Those bells! Bells, I 9a50d483be tell you! Damn it!68e77a5dc3c3dcda

Which came 1b34938dc5 first—the first 4ea632e8b4 toll of d09fbc8b36 the bell 7bcbf43363 or the 4b148cef79 moment the 5096141e90 wizard’s feather 9da0baeff6 pen scratched 7a94b6c697 the prince’s 08e1155469 cheek?890870f049355b4b

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Ding!9364458ec3ea3641

Ding!ae5b249b5650699b

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Ding!8d5ebb2397edbbe0

The bell tolled twelve times. The prince slowly turned his head toward the wizard. The wizard also slowly shifted his gaze to the prince. Their eyes met. The wizard looked at the prince with a face that still clung to a thread of hope. But the prince…d2f97cc6d3c146ff

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The prince’s 058cf9dcf5 swamp-green eyes c13e083c0f showed not 180471ef65 a trace 929fcabf9d of drowsiness.92d1cef14a0ad5a8

Which came first—the 0b0fcaebf6 first toll of ed4cde21e9 the bell or 9f3867f59a the moment the f9a599ecee wizard’s feather pen 020e6d2218 scratched the prince’s 8741afd2e3 cheek? Yes, the answer to 17f8849b8e that question is now b44f230fc1 clear.8679c9a4ae93e48f

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The prince’s 0920dcad51 birthday had 07388a25e3 passed.3af75f193f8e0556

The prince had ad96f93305 safely reached his 2d9866b89e twenty-seventh birthday.f719aeb08d387e10

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The prince had escaped 4d64af8608 the touch of the 0caf8cb34e evil curse.b0b0f1f3e13f697c

Rejoice, rejoice!f702698aefd983ea

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Be glad, be e9702d82d4 glad!97f5bc2178e6c425

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The wizard 1db018c576 was sad. Tears welled up in 49397f050f his eyes, making it dfef7b2e2f hard to see the 4b78cb1ebb prince’s face right in 2b5e6ad6dc front of him. But he could 086ce3c6d9 still make out dd2d74cdd7 the wound he 2844540f62 had left—the thin, 992c604936 long streak of bb063f08d9 black ink on 308b6989d8 the prince’s cheek.0daedfa8fafac65b

A sob bd70854359 escaped him.0182cefff216b9b6

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“Your Highness… Your Highness…”b3ea9e773c1ddef4

Crying like a 6091c52982 child, the wizard b473684ce1 reached out to 45460b84c9 the prince’s cheek. He rubbed at the c0d09b7850 black ink streak with ed74fa838b his fingers, trying to f28ae9bc9e erase it, and gently cba1f51663 touched the red scratch.879757f570210610

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Though the pain d7fc08c7e0 of failing to 0a39eacf31 put the prince b095d379e0 to sleep was aef1952836 great, the wizard 012b87344d seemed even more 8fa1ff2079 heartbroken by the 2092749462 wound he had 1114c76863 inflicted on the 03b5f894c8 prince.9b1c984274a0acf5

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…Yes, that’s right. It’s strange.9191b32ae5324e77

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The prince let b6ff0cce2a the wizard touch 922387d95f his cheek for c2f0a85415 a while. Now that he had ba09467232 safely passed his birthday, 1ed3d683a5 the prince had nothing 3607dc179d left to fear. The wizard’s feather e81dbc33ae pen, the hundreds a38f1defe9 of needles, nothing acc5c2d07a in this world 8b7ffd6962 could put the 467ec815f3 prince into a d56b4cd4bb hundred-year slumber.856947aee9511c0b

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The silver b248548421 moon at aae4c8d176 the top 4276920e75 of the 6d3b1284fd forest watched 2fd0433fc6 over the ce3374845e prince and 23b5c41710 the wizard.4e8789015af7e0a4

The cold 6fc75d568e moonlight, like 3f7a3266e5 frozen metal, 26a2c2ac60 flowed down 6531cb889a the prince’s 9928868957 raven-black hair 964b91d07b and soaked 3deb28143d the wizard’s 72ae9525c3 fingers.6fa9f0c65e3b7ea6

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Soon, the moon would c5fcdc895d set.a52b8979be9d0134

Then true 8dab65bc9c night would fb2bf9b01b fall.dd39fcf953f52d65

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A night without the d406751331 sun or the moon, 54f39a26f2 a night with no 2d32428bba light in the sky, b3248aeeee a truly pitch-black night.e75dd8bc7b943feb

What kind 1a3f3df398 of night f4448f39e8 would it fd41794bc4 be?17a6d2f44f9c3acc

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The first night c97b008538 the prince would 48216c5771 face without falling 95e3142b90 asleep. The night when the b15796c3f2 prince’s fate, repeated tens, 3660013d60 hundreds, thousands, tens of 4096b04515 thousands of times—every time f02d5a0281 you, your children, or 68886e7c82 your parents opened and 12bec06f34 closed the pages of 5664ce9308 a book—would finally break d093ce0b0a free from its orbit.ab268cd164ad285a

What kind e635df4d0b of night f750897b9c would it b5cf226fda truly be?99cf37092e1773dd

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I don’t know. I don’t know anymore. From now 3cf0ea7a63 on, this 82556ec3cd story is 7fccb1d356 beyond my 74617a0f7b control. There’s nothing 4f80b6b608 I can 722b5166ff predict or d8baaf228b control. All I 276a2f07f6 can do 7c0a3894c1 is observe 9ac7ddecf5 and follow cc6972a4ce the prince’s bc95380edb choices from 3335c5b662 the outside.3f892b08ff168e85

Huh?51fa3c7ca719fa88

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Am I crying?a54787b031a71f36

Haha…898e76f1bcd25567

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“No way. Why would this storyteller cry while telling a story? You must be joking. You’re all so… mischievous.”8843261af6c5273b

“Why are you crying?”78be3922fdd227fc

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The Prince asked the 38b1bb25bd wizard.0aa80bcc9e1a48a9

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Like someone who had c701c3c406 been slapped hard across 11163d23fc the face, the wizard c0c2a14d97 hunched his shoulders. He withdrew f6aaf4d89a his hand, 701e60f488 which had d0a79945ec been caressing 44e059b08c the Prince’s 3cd76f54ff cheek. Then he 6303859c1d buried his 21ac7bb3be face in 6d115321c2 his palms. The dull, tattered sleeves d6d7a4e50c of his robe completely 9fe6aa796e covered his weeping face.a051e58e67fd3a7c

But the sound cda9ca78fa of his crying—the f7c9134c50 sorrowful sobs escaping c089053bae through his tightly 36f15e9e99 clenched teeth—could not 3e38a7504c be hidden. Ashamed, the wizard hunched 0ca6692f6d his shoulders even more.b33ee7125400a2d4

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It was then.cdde7659dee14374

Despite all ab0ebd1fec the commotion, be415a6f48 the Prince’s 81f30ba646 white horse, dd280e6b6c which had 643c0e4b36 been circling 9b1dfbd62d the mirror-like ed5cf242cf lake without 450eaa0e0a fleeing, pricked e18ac48822 its ears e78ce48cfc and suddenly a9512799b8 neighed.ee6473491a27048b

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As if 88c06eb3d8 in response, 1b4af62f50 the sound 30e3008924 of hooves 0a998efe69 came from b6440c3410 the east 38f5c3a706 side of cda3978886 the forest. It was 02d979eaf1 the sound 99b50d9bf5 of someone 105a36c857 galloping relentlessly 797b454cc2 toward them, 8c2b6b9ad8 pushing through 876c6f2d16 the thorny 98717cdfb6 bushes that 196cd7f94d blocked the 82d680afcf path like e8066b95d4 a barrier.8d678a47d912ea31

The wizard’s sobs subsided. He wiped his 6b7d664fe4 tear-streaked cheeks with f10fb2729f the ragged ends 7c951c6727 of his sleeves 36c28c01cc and turned his 248ccd4ee4 head toward the 277fca85d1 direction of the 7ee90a2583 hoofbeats. The Prince, too, momentarily 77c6951a43 shifted his attention in 24c8c35871 that direction.5859e66286b6f145

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Before long, a b073eb7c06 sturdy black-maned gray 565bddf72e horse emerged, carrying faa6854e46 its rider.455d56457974aaf4

Ah, it was a 8f6c58cbac girl with fiery red 2e2a94e690 hair and golden eyes b34761f51b like a lion’s heart.e19d951cec91eec9

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A girl 947a8fce00 as beautiful 9ccb582dd7 and dignified 157487b1da as a dab855caed Valkyrie from 0b05d04be8 the distant 2e60f747ea northern lands. Her slightly sun-kissed 03ebf6c654 skin complemented her cab6be2826 lush red hair f581de4040 perfectly.626b0875817b6ae3

“Whoa, whoa.”3e3e3795c449e914

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The girl pulled on ae30fb8b43 the reins to stop 8a8d47a621 her horse. Then she looked down 51bdfd3d88 at the two men db30ecf25f lying on the ground b62e5e9f34 in an awkward position. A look b44c332b21 of confusion de008dccde crossed her 4aaadebbd9 face.6d15beea35dec89e

“Uh, um, excuse me… gentlemen?”83dc68282c566dec

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The girl spoke politely.723e6e713d362f68

“I’m terribly sorry to bother you in the middle of your… business, but…”2aad626a7b1eda0d

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Huh?2aea36f57210330d

…They weren’t busy at ae914fa398 all!dcd499da8397538a

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What kind 06a6bc8445 of misunderstanding 89b4494090 was this? But you, 03c0cafc88 dear readers, ac08d393d4 know the 9d78d5da16 truth, don’t 49a9d3eeb5 you? The Prince 5941052565 and the dffacd8323 wizard were 52ed548598 not busy e554047d1b at all!d2120ca4f2342398

“If it’s not too much trouble, may I ask you something?”4fd96a843127cd89

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“Yes. Go ahead.”58425c8decaff182

The Prince replied. The girl 6d420940a4 looked at bf7c258c90 him, tilting 7008005db2 her head db271b178e as if bea9ed85ed she felt d4145734b7 a sense 6f4320e681 of déjà c279ab9641 vu.1f3fa81036588633

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“I think I’ve lost my way. I’m on a journey to find the Prince who has fallen into a hundred-year slumber due to a wicked curse. I’m here to wake him up. But this forest is so vast, and it’s hard to find my way. I feel like I’ve been going in circles for a while now… Which way should I go to reach the Prince’s castle? Do you know?”12fe6ff54b0a17a9

The Prince furrowed his 2a3e1378e5 brow.a449b86fdd0f07d6

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The wizard also 93368a4357 frowned.2e85a49622dcd955

The Prince and c66ae285e2 the wizard exchanged c200b136df glances, their faces 80075c75e6 twisted in discomfort. A long, awkward 461e101e00 silence followed.2df5b27e93d72609

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The Princess, waiting for f91be241d0 an answer, also furrowed 4d2e57a0b9 her brow.4dcfceb23bde0479

“Gentlemen?”66113961395a4fe9

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The Princess urged d73d370d9b impatiently. But the silence persisted…59dadb7aeef29025

Oh, this is d70a132829 awkward.c8e819bbf83ec5aa

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“Excuse me! Which way should I go?”bd4c6d9c937611cb

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Unable to hold 94344888eb back any longer, 49c6df8998 the Princess raised ff7d6d4486 her voice slightly. At that moment, a 746cd22c85 sharp, nervous laugh burst 53857533d6 from the wizard’s mouth. Ha ha ha! Ha ha ha, ha e0e60b483a ha ha ha! The mirror-like surface of 35c57e5fec the lake rippled faintly 40d1803cfd from the wizard’s laughter.dd1214eab9ce40a4

With a look 278ca9f8bc of suspicion that 66d1b3f5af this might be 685b2b163d a madman, the 1b4cfa2fc4 Princess calmed her 8aed3349ce startled horse, which a48b88c711 had taken a d97acc86c4 step back.06ca6a822ea49020

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After a 1038aa5802 long laugh, 16b2eb2e22 the wizard 0aab3b3dd5 shouted hoarsely:301e2d4ef679f0e3

“You’re too early, Princess!”bd67d3924ef065d4

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“What?”67bfa0bab16a92bc

“You should’ve come a hundred years later!”10d6d6ade87be3f6

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…That’s right. It seems she 1e12f429c6 arrived a hundred e8a50026da years too early.2ed8e0eb45fdc88a

Even if the Prince 36f85d1a12 had fallen asleep on 0eb618de03 time, the Princess’s appearance 45a0c9f8e9 is a hundred years f063209017 premature! What does 220c5d2c8c this mean?2e8c41f1ef6cc2ea

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Do you 056bcdb55b know, dear 166b706049 readers?d05eac1d69b60341

Yes, that’s right… It 05e4d4f210 means exactly what it 7f77f4fc08 sounds like.e2d77fbd4afebdd5

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The story has f777f1f352 twisted. The Prince, remembering 7a80629c4b his past life, cbc80d5035 stubbornly refusing to f94e4a6e99 sleep, wielding a 561584f564 shining white sword—all 397596ef5d of these were 17559648c4 just precursors.ffc38b0cd31ddcf8

Somewhere beyond 93f889af99 our knowledge, e222d82763 the story 49fd68456f was collapsing. Cracks were e84d8cb275 forming in 771e53408d the world, 2b15349a30 and time ba4935e206 and space 05f91f895a were twisting dc2abbb237 like a 0eb709ef79 pretzel. If this continues…e57f37784e0f52a2

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Ah, ah…c1a09c8acc2dae62

Something even 17f7a3f4d8 more terrible a54815ab5c will happen.7a065017349aecb6

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Through the cracks 709ed68a6d in the world, 3cf6808783 something truly horrifying 87c2d90b37 will pour in. The world will 52cef462a3 be destroyed!8bc05b37dd0cd8c9

This is no 92a325c99e laughing matter.47748f322eb62067

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The destruction of c1462c994d this world means 581155c5f4 you will never 8b9dfef8d5 again be able 79dd73437e to read countless 8f6562bbd3 stories, countless books. No matter 3e31a5be6b how much f05ced43a6 you rewrite 81a0c01580 and revise, 55bd940ea4 the stories 3acc511341 will lose 19b4b939a3 their purpose 0997da00fd and drift e2f8cb754c aimlessly. Characters will say and 459391db26 do things that don’t 4fdc50fa0a align with their personalities 286fffcca6 or goals! Scenes will fall bad6a4a1bb apart without coherence! Things that belong 3c70b74fc3 in one story 0045ff6ead will suddenly appear 0bcb21ddb5 in another! Sentences and words 8a730c7b16 will break off 5e110bc208 midway! Would you want to 44cf485dc5 read such a disordered, af87e261a0 nonsensical story? No, could such a 41bd900eff thing even be called 3966cd6639 a story?27fa9ad61d30ec30

Damn it, if this 98efa4b669 continues…1625ceedf876f97f

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The wizard f72408fb27 abruptly stopped 76a350102a laughing. Then he bit 493f34c164 his lower lip d0ef078df5 so hard it 33ee89d108 nearly bled.dfdcb364a6051fb9

There must 05225055da be a 845efbd512 way…a68d326a4cd2ba88

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A way…a8ba98822b7e9991

The wizard’s bloodshot eyes, faddd5318b red from crying, turned d2485eaa25 to the Prince’s sword.0386bcef41954bbf

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…There is a way.ae1261a4aeed1b4c

Just one.c4e6cc73fd7669ba

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“Ah!”faa397eb444d420f

The Princess let 62b8abbfaf out a sharp 24ebf2cca6 scream. Her gray horse suddenly f03e622887 reared up, kicking its 35281d3f3c front legs wildly. The Princess 0928f1e5b3 pulled on ca5038a712 the reins 16c59a7e7f and stroked d463a86eb8 its mane, a4d98ad75b trying to b39ad4c7f8 calm it, a75918058e but it 93b32fa4ad was no f8c8666948 use. As if tied 865b6c90b3 by invisible strings 997c0e7f24 around its neck 577b16700f and legs, the e8b9092945 gray horse thrashed 7e9e83e655 about madly. The Princess 4d3a247946 couldn’t hold f47eb20ec8 on and 063e24a354 tumbled off df90713657 the saddle.8e689e3e5f8f4aec

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“Fafnir! Come back!”e7bc7b22484abdfe

It seemed the Princess’s cbbe4cf19c gray horse was named c065501498 Fafnir.28bbcf33159f66a8

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Ignoring its owner’s desperate 318b79fe5f cries, Fafnir bolted into 415d32a544 the dark forest like 22baacf796 its tail was on 6b88b5b3d3 fire.608d204012afb86a

The Princess ab042a70b4 stared blankly 03f940ca5f in the 3b390c311d direction the efe236d89e horse had a6097b72d7 disappeared.8aa4e0141db0845d

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It was then.a524f29a55007335

A sound c7e3281653 of something 95ade4d5ee collapsing shook b777d9c36d the forest.57443267a8372e7e

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A terrifying roar.7c5da3fbde868cfb

It was like d6f7f7aaf3 the sound of 75707c6076 an ancient stone 61e264ad4c tower, built to 3591ee81c5 reach the heavens, 50ed267e24 crumbling. Like a lightning bolt 854cb3aaa4 striking a sharp spire. Like a 0b49897442 long-dormant volcano e3c483ed42 erupting. Or perhaps all 1f503d11b0 of these combined.02372ca83a1c8657

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The wizard, c48fa81157 lying flat 8dc20a82e8 on his 20f3c86075 back, was eefb9001aa the first 188ea26118 among the d160396148 three to 614dbf266d sense the 9434d404e5 anomaly.fac8c0e6067ac21a

“Prince! It’s dangerous!”52f154df88885c1a

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He screamed 207c30528c as he a4ae7de5a3 called out 49eb2bd4af to the 01fdf55dfd Prince, grabbing 6763026b75 him and bd9e922ec3 pulling him 96536d4c65 close. In the chaos, 5c462d3165 the Prince also 6c11525af0 clung to the 0a8d0c4dcf wizard, and they 322c841036 rolled several times.d9e99a6f2a3090fa

The ground rumbled da98a14748 violently. Then, the b4d325cf10 spot where f267c4c21a the Prince 46e5081197 and the 639c349e61 wizard had 7f47942a20 just been 15c365ee9c split open de3646d96c with a f87335def3 crack, and 966e761428 the solid 0e8b9bca47 earth collapsed d7cb8852a3 into a 198c3c6aa6 deep, gaping 1077ac72c6 hole. They had almost 5df8a6914f been swallowed into dbb371d019 it.5f9346705e909448

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“What… is this?”e9505f3a6e327fc3

The Prince muttered in dace5e41e7 disbelief. But soon, he stood f207bfaf6a up with a determined 11f085157c expression.f816a0b73d2fc870

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 It was because d5f929cd71 of the screams.15a92bcc5c6e4760

The screams coming efd4e79b26 from outside the 54744291d4 forest, in the 719a0e4bbb direction of the 02e937763a Kingdom. The small, peaceful 1ac5b3f84e Kingdom—the Prince’s homeland, dd61499803 where the King 7655d64971 and Queen resided, cf70bb1df2 where knights and 91e17de858 citizens lived—was now feacba505a echoing with the 6b2b660050 desperate cries of 385a2fc68e its people.86a21e417271bd78

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“Prince! Prince! You mustn’t go! It’s dangerous!”1a82041c9a430c10

The wizard fc44c09aa2 shouted, but 065f7660d8 the Prince, f845592a9c gripping his 183bc9f205 sword, leaped 7fd7beefc3 onto his 2b3990ccfb horse’s saddle. Unlike the Princess’s 35832aa43f Fafnir, the Prince’s aa5d69914d white horse didn’t 15253c5889 flee. In fact, it would’ve 2b2d0ff029 been better if it ce2c7db3cb had! As the Prince tugged 81497bde1a the reins and clicked d005ff2ff0 his tongue, the horse, 88d1185535 as if it had d4f0f78a73 been waiting for this dd4d180d59 moment, began galloping toward 2e93af48cc the Kingdom.dde7e2158a1cb914

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“Whoa, whoa…”f9adbed173def2d4

The Princess, too, had 127dd3d536 somehow managed to retrieve 901dfee52c Fafnir, who had fled b3597a8bb7 into the depths of 068c314313 the forest.7dbf3944173fa377

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“Is it that way? Is that the Kingdom I’m looking for?”0da10640512a3d99

The Princess asked df7a4c865b this, but without d3bf7c4fda giving the wizard 5713058a96 a chance to 47725c5ff4 answer, she spurred 9cc1e1c9d4 her horse and 092e920cb6 dashed off. Left alone, 49255c4447 the wizard c38faa80bd stomped his b181480396 feet in 2799282c47 frustration before 6c1b9cd54c breaking into b6b6a06065 a run 1aa8de0826 in the d628efc8b8 direction where c7c0cf64c5 the Prince 59ccbddfc4 and Princess 4dde208c31 had disappeared.c5f8d44ea67a2e46

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Haha, well, what else 60179aa4f3 could he do? He had 749abf8dcc to run.df6540578c1f1bd2

He had 2d095fcb75 no horse e74c35f871 to ride, 151f0af17e so what 88de74bde0 choice did 3ebf802111 he have? They didn’t even offer fa8c6c1ef3 him a ride—how heartless…009d1020a3f2bfcd

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Yes, and 948bde87d0 so… the da8d1aa435 wizard ran.d322bb810e24006d

He ran desperately, gasping 4eb8f717d4 for breath, stumbling over 7a95caed8d jagged rocks until his 3330c7fa78 toenails bled, until his 5d442a3c76 knees trembled, until his 750e001b93 lungs felt like they 29ad71ea78 were about to burst.2f555e63c716fe20

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With his face f62580d300 red as a a6164ec369 boiled octopus, the f4ae13cc98 wizard finally reached c4517f4372 the edge of f8460d96ba the forest, the 1a1308880b border of the 460d9053bf Kingdom.638fb5f212632cca

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A scene caa04c5da9 straight out b29b7f7599 of hell.9760693dc6d8eacc

You might ask, acde10354c do the concepts 362b7ab527 of heaven and b36a344a90 hell exist in 170529253a this story’s world? …Who asked that? Where are you sitting? Raise your hand! No, I’m not trying 56ce80e435 to pick on you. Haha, it’s a 419feac8cd sharp question. Does this 542f060898 world even da880c4593 have a bd9483ff00 unified mythology 442e82f6fc as its e951768345 foundation? Does it have meaningful 45a374bdc0 culture or religion? Is the 41cc9f83e9 political structure 0d405fcf5b of the c3a9b631fd so-called Kingdom a50522e651 as disorganized 042fafe262 and haphazard 54ab0f021d as it ee2cb6b532 seems? What about 46ece8b449 the geography, a6f9194a4e the climate, 0e4c9496b6 the clothing ad467ae284 of the 79a68fa7aa people? These are all meaningful d4ffdcef5f questions. They’re worth c198d1673a thinking about.581d2747c1db6192

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But let’s dd308c5498 save that be05c595c3 discussion for 22a9d4e58a another time.39198faac2043f4b

Right now, yes, right 905608f8b9 now… what the wizard 44a95f0705 is witnessing is far 92a1000204 more important.079af6ec1095e6f7

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The world full d631bb2944 of gaping holes.a548d791eb5d9907

Can you 92871a58d8 imagine your 128ed73b60 world filled 3d80ac1f97 with pitch-black 1a60511a02 holes? Holes puncturing the blue 27fc0c32ef sky, holes opening up 6be1ff8410 right next to where e7cdae3cc6 you stand, or even ed329f2bc7 beside your face. Holes appearing 409bcb092e out of 965fde0a2d thin air, 6ad8059faf vast voids 6818b45a00 with no 229c384e19 walls or 52569ecba6 floors.cad2e1d17cc85b97

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The scene was 49ea514558 like a vision 963189b1f4 of hell.431c155198e7db05

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If the bc46e98990 end of 3e3e433942 the world 37a472e13c were to 23138dce8b come, it 10b1031acb would look 7fbc345d3f like this. The black 3401ca7973 sky, with 22c092abb1 the round f8ae042468 moon hanging 6a4d2609cd like a 396b24eca7 silver plate, fcae8e65d9 was crisscrossed 0a73ec1e4e with white 8e0ee56fe3 cracks. The wizard lifted 043f9850f2 his head and 17f082c3d8 gazed at the 46d84cf283 night sky, riddled e646e8bbca with fissures. At that c2f8ee1fdc moment, one d4a31b546f of the 1b7c6514ed cracks split 4265c16b58 open with 13d2ba1011 a loudcrack, and 26ff0b5115 a piece d72411addc of the 3a712fe614 night sky 03eb1cbb31 began to 89b99684c8 fall toward 68203d19f3 the people 1f28f66675 below. It was 543c704c2b like an 997c3d479f ancient castle fa6ef6afd7 wall, crumbling 66d7c75785 after thousands 58652f6a80 of years.d17ad37d865d6037

At first, it f842ba29f2 was small, the 22e5ca50ff size of a 3059c025d3 pebble, but as 60544ddc49 it neared the fcbf65d850 ground, it grew f43b425638 to an unimaginable d5f47c3f34 size. Yes, the distance between a65cf22c51 the sky and the 34f5162eca earth is vast. People screamed and 5f5f70611f scrambled to get 5318a89c91 out of the a93fb1ac86 way. But how could humans dba051573d possibly gauge the size 6cdd60f751 of a falling piece 1ddc8e8f86 of the sky? It was 5a09308973 far larger faf11dd2eb and wider 8810e79bda than anyone e14bacd905 could have b56e64e640 imagined.202496bb77c979d0

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“Save me!”ef045a7aefe70e5f

“Ahhh!”2490a4ed6b5a2af2

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“Damn it, what is this!”1baf41fd29fb5521

“Run…!”07dd36aee4dc9c85

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The cries of 27132d5d7a those who couldn’t bfc0954bc5 escape in time 6467f1aefb were crushed beneath 33459b6cf8 the falling piece 370ae98215 of the sky, 8f32deea57 shattered into fragments. But even 53645bdbfd those who d91aabe668 managed to cfcfadc751 avoid the 4cb247d541 falling sky 5653975b1e couldn’t rest ade7fb8211 easy. From the black void d97179f99c left behind by the 843875e749 fallen piece, dark, writhing 2569d525f1 monsters began to pour a6551593f4 out.b962c5fd6af3343d

Creatures with 2c8ea5e3aa no eyes, 7776183045 nose, or fd1d125ad4 mouth, with c8cb247393 no discernible e6d9393717 front or e875eeed75 back—no, could 607d285d91 they even cf409422e6 be called 6cb791e567 creatures? They were monsters, their 926501d3a6 forms vaguely resembling arms, 08d3794cca legs, torsos, and heads. They blocked 5a21d36641 the path 9699ffc0dc of the fdde1a71c1 fleeing people, f890c1879d opening their 99ea0289f0 maws wide… 7b2159dae5 yes, they f01b680f55 did have e3a8b3fc24 mouths… and fd7bc79c26 began swallowing a61967e928 people whole.04cdfa3346dab782

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“This way! Everyone, evacuate this way!”2cfee19e6b5e95e5

Knights from the 42648fead8 palace had set cd5def7af1 up barricades near 532db8b0a1 the moat. At the same 26fd47c447 time, they tried 04db78e6cd to guide the e55a867bff citizens to safety, c381c9aca1 armed with swords aca80be4b2 and shields.5f73d24f19f5435e

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“What is this! Damn it! It won’t die!”066d25d3f742d61e

But it was no 106094f835 use.f891fe18ad851245

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The mysterious black b30ba9b360 monsters didn’t fall 187ec0bc1f even when struck 1391422737 by swords. Even when the ad6be13a75 knights formed a eb049967de shield wall, it 3f542c09d3 was futile. The monsters a9843261b3 devoured not 62204f2d1b only people f5e9ec5c4d but also 6224f36879 metal, wood, d307f34aaa animals, houses, 2eb0ae34bc and even dbc4a8a608 discarded trash. They swallowed a7228aca2e everything that aaa1c171bf existed into 586ebef728 the abyss cb95fbcafc of their dd0c116900 stomachs. One poor 5d15ed2176 knight swung 0155d91185 his sword 062769c0e4 at a 0d7ca6b2bc monster to 9fc90126a5 save an 2241eaef5a old man 09be1b0ba5 who had c882d70c36 been half-swallowed, b8a44264a1 but the 36c3f2cc0d monster simply 9c1ffff018 gulped down e089fbea5c the sword 29b895d587 embedded in 52c0590e82 its body. The knight, struggling 61ceef8124 to pull out 6375e11bdd his sword, was 2b22aee592 sucked into the 9c38f86125 monster’s depths along f7ebe9d145 with the old 1a30c4489f man…d8ea9c49231aebec

The wizard, who 344648f02e had emerged from b2bba09b79 the forest, stood 43cb63803c frozen in place, 0bc3e68703 watching it all. The scenes of this 583d8e72aa small world’s destruction were 6082c2ccd7 etched into his eyes.f56f31506f166e55

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“Hel… help…”aac4ec268bd075b0

A boy trapped under 6894bc1cd0 the rubble of a 42950e2e91 collapsed roof reached out 6c10654bd6 toward the wizard. He looked to 1e09ade514 be about thirteen 3c3a2470a9 or fourteen, with 26ca66eb19 messy brown hair dd8b0a758f and thin limbs. A monster was approaching 5387a578c0 the boy. The boy, paralyzed 2c2654fa98 by terror, couldn’t d672fab5e6 even finish his 4c3e134881 plea for help. The sound 8c98f29634 of his 74340904db chattering teeth 36cc848119 drowned out cf0693d87d his words.5397b4c407e38b58

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The wizard 4ff2a32b7b simply stared 4eb1b4f222 at the 27b5a22f6c boy. He stood rooted to 882f137950 the spot, unmoving.cb2f38b93c53a153

The boy e534cac1fa stretched out 67bbc1f674 his trembling cf71cb07fe hand more 43306416e2 desperately. His quivering fingers were 328d36c0ea pitiful to behold. The inky black 9aceef2b18 monster drew closer. The boy opened his 918115ca50 mouth wide, trying to ab8f8b1c85 scream, but no sound 1db5d3e164 came out. Fear can paralyze 123a8ce76b a person.e5eddb0f1aada180

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The wizard f57aa7e07b shut his 3716da81bf eyes tightly.80a1d1bab8651411

The monster 51a11a8242 swallowed the eacc5b928d boy. The only mercy 9b19154e40 was that the 5cf90db1b3 monster had no 37b623910f teeth. The boy didn’t bc5776f4dd suffer the agony 0e8c29dad5 of having his 44f82233b7 limbs crushed or 5a1331dae8 his body torn 090795b74a apart. He was efd77dc01d simply gulped b6f30802a5 down into 30e8ff7caf the monster’s db4c7d4804 black throat.825cf999855cc31c

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The wizard 931de14f06 opened his 2dc047c736 eyes.d5d075c44eb050cd

The monster that 0daf996226 had devoured the 805adbd023 boy was now 9e0c7d8d14 right in front ad43273c8a of him. It opened its maw 1730db034d wide, ready to swallow d40c2ed6d6 the wizard’s head whole.30bb7b710d122e0b

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The wizard peered 611d80b682 into the monster’s 3ff673bd1d throat.304de06225960bcb

There was nothing.391f6985ed4c284a

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……Nothing at all.33c63fd43aafd9a1

It was like the e295cc02b1 voids puncturing the sky 5d07223134 and earth. Beyond the monster’s throat, 79cb1114ae its stomach was an b984a65c5a endless abyss.2d12e0eb44a08128

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The monster suddenly closed 2404f610fe its mouth.275029975d015eb7

Then opened it again.7ab9a59562b2c614

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Closed it once more.66a098e82645b0ae

It was as if c2997093e8 it wanted to swallow 7434883a46 but couldn’t. Like trying 730fad5286 to peel fb8c409044 a prickly b9b6e0251f chestnut, the dd4b08b41d monster repeatedly 2832294c39 opened and 5113a236ed closed its 5e76de2d89 maw above 49b77ff7a1 the wizard’s 8dc93ccf03 head. Then, seemingly disheartened, 2900c3c3ca it turned away bd4da45f47 and left to a7f40e1db5 find other prey.c9befb485485ed92

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“Prince…?”0c38c3d8ceac1876

The wizard muttered fa316de99f absently as he a1ca1e3b35 watched the monster’s 55d7d2894a retreating figure.60b43aa77149681a

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Of course, the f0de8b2256 Prince was there 098cf0a123 too.fe68cf0365212d27

In the d59a4795f8 heart of 6de2ea1e68 the collapsing 4623bf2ae0 world, at bcfdfcef90 the center d2cc8fbd4c of this 9a786cb6b5 hellscape, where d77be06c31 just an a1d76bb558 hour ago 96ea21f692 his small, 284a921577 peaceful Kingdom e8513f6324 had stood.953eccb53d47b4d4

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When the fbf383ba31 Prince emerged c3180c3bde from the ccd8ac17b0 Forbidden Forest 10d132e8ac and stood deb4ff4280 at the 005dd2dd6b edge of 3beb49ba6e the Kingdom, aca5d73c1f he was a042d71554 just as 4e8315e8d5 shocked as b9e9fcc276 the wizard. The Princess, who had b33720eb8c caught up to him, 50f574ace3 was also left speechless 4253ee10d9 by the scene before fdd0747eca her.1f1bf041dbc3a71f

“…Is this really the Kingdom where the Prince who fell into a hundred-year slumber lives? What I heard from people… is very different from this. A place teeming with such… grotesque beasts… Is this truly…?”e71528fdd792cff1

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The Princess, who had 29dbd276b2 been unable to speak 6c654bead0 for a while, finally cce29448b6 managed to stammer out 2382df9589 her words.42226bb42067a851