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ACT 1 Six years ago, when I was just fourteen, I’d like to share with you what happened. I was a fresh recruit, newly arrived at the royal palace. I was a boy with unruly curls, dressed in a loose robe of colorful patchwork, and clumsily applied makeup. In short, I was a naive child, not knowing who was who, or even what was where. I had, in fact, first seen the esteemed portrait of His Majesty, King Tristan V, on the hallway walls of the palace. Looking back now, I can hardly…-
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That evening, a grand banquet was held to celebrate the execution of the traitor. The palace was filled with the clinking of glasses and bursts of laughter. The nobles who had despised Catherine were in a festive mood. No sooner had they drained their glasses than they were refilled, and they laughed to the point of blushing at the slightest thing. It wasn’t just imagination that they appeared even more indulgent than usual. Beyond the hollow laughter, an underlying emotion…
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