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…0a200badf91d09f4

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…8ee4b5315d1e945e

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The wizard, pinned under the prince’s body and unable to move, smiled triumphantly…674844c9385e2653

Ding!5277c59b3b11ca5a

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…But then?4dc13961f56a54b2

At that very moment…b93249baa81cf3ea

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Ding!b7b44348ede35ee6

Ding!99b8f901363f129b

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Ding-a-ling!c62254a96d4a0b3f

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.fcf2e5c2f6daf287

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Ding!16decdc54ae5e1f8

Ding-a-ling!7e81d7d0ba45fe23

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Ding!f308e5ae8b142d7c

The prince’s eyelids, which 763bb5c615 had been drooping with 1a5a231762 drowsiness, snapped open. The loud noise echoing 3b5a23dfea through the world must fd245f882d have chased away the 37c303efb0 approaching sleep. The prince also turned 68c9bac0d7 his head, gazing far, 34289e91f2 far into the distance, 73749c7bfd toward his kingdom.16809df026192a28

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Ding-a-ling!6dbdc3d8552c1a07

Ding!c355f52e2c411ded

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Yes, everyone… it was the sound of bells.a84be84657305716

Yes! Bells! Don’t you 379334592d know what 632120ddfa bells are? Bells! The kind 4b0f76f7b2 of bells 593e317f9e that made b4afd17941 Cinderella leave a7ddb4669e her glass e2364e82e3 slipper behind e6c05fa12e as she 7186f8d0fa ran down 30996cac9d the stairs¹!46b7afa1c9650709

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Midnight! Twelve o’clock! No, zero o’clock! The moment when 6f6ef06027 one day ends 779ef16b66 and a new d3323ed031 one begins! Those bells! Bells, I 9205460076 tell you! Damn it!4f4de600974f6e83

Which came first—the first bdd60c8ec2 toll of the bell b13f926b8d or the moment the 07daee2139 wizard’s feather pen scratched 56354e2976 the prince’s cheek?ec3430ecddf758f4

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Ding!e8fbdf017c134193

Ding!e3c7171f3f5cb215

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Ding!08a7668e41e65783

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…11cc18d6b073f038

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The prince’s swamp-green aa8dfb44db eyes showed not 4ff216dcaa a trace of 303a2e4372 drowsiness.8d0286a55dbbf361

Which came first—the first 94c963a8ef toll of the bell bad70ebece or the moment the 01075c5538 wizard’s feather pen scratched 6b7e99f752 the prince’s cheek? Yes, the answer to 2cade7180e that question is now 737b3725a3 clear.ae573876bb5d2d85

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The prince’s birthday had 09a83f0bfa passed.6417ca880b44d2d0

The prince had safely e743a20237 reached his twenty-seventh birthday.d6463c7021b8b890

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The prince had 9803594bc5 escaped the touch 35fd0e370e of the evil 1ba9fdfee4 curse.da4e56e5974117f4

Rejoice, rejoice!367099326530fe08

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Be glad, 35a95049f6 be glad!f0e6a2479116d053

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The wizard was 6265201319 sad. Tears welled up in 0b4a912abb his eyes, making it d7ec2b6d7e hard to see the afe036fd30 prince’s face right in 3d01589a8b front of him. But he could 584c3053d8 still make out ee5b4540af the wound he d611fd206b had left—the thin, a553f015d2 long streak of 5bb1652e2c black ink on b9bb6f7f37 the prince’s cheek.379f6f1bd52fb47a

A sob escaped 220f1ef6ce him.59ebf7e2fb604933

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“Your Highness… Your Highness…”56ecaa72075763ad

Crying like a child, 6af54ed71e the wizard reached out 79a0652818 to the prince’s cheek. He rubbed c1bba52d38 at the c92312efff black ink 7f67be3651 streak with 81d097ab4e his fingers, 7b013fde94 trying to 22a92f9bdb erase it, 95468672bd and gently 95cb74dd98 touched the c81ceaff4c red scratch.d66b485a4b369c4d

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Though the 279aa9a824 pain of 429b539d52 failing to e07bfc913d put the 558cfc9458 prince to c2d35df089 sleep was 22d6af1757 great, the 6c0a1f132a wizard seemed 52cf66c817 even more 00790c11da heartbroken by 6069bfdb3b the wound 437f783b44 he had e414e0139d inflicted on ea907d9c71 the prince.0ffe63e569e7ea0d

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…Yes, that’s right. It’s strange.15006880f10384e9

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The prince 2ec43456db let the 2fb4e9780e wizard touch 998b321278 his cheek 6a594568d6 for a d0ca8833bb while. Now that he 26857c5b7a had safely passed d806844071 his birthday, the c4b8fc3c8f prince had nothing 732902a336 left to fear. The wizard’s feather a25f79b884 pen, the hundreds 99085674fb of needles, nothing ba76fe0eb1 in this world 31eeac2410 could put the 9cf2325e07 prince into a 2bf38abb67 hundred-year slumber.14939ce6f30d5074

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The silver moon ae5cea8329 at the top bf9f2d4f15 of the forest e468467d82 watched over the b6ed5b835d prince and the 4dbfc0f606 wizard.741333f4af071c1f

The cold a89157d520 moonlight, like 0abae13b2a frozen metal, 3cb447394d flowed down 3a9ed329bc the prince’s a972e53fd3 raven-black hair 25b02e987b and soaked 5ee33cb972 the wizard’s 316334cc7c fingers.772873a2d5fb8ff4

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Soon, the moon would c483f74908 set.3d01c9364e35073a

Then true night would c10a3daa2a fall.3be11e6676f70aee

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A night without the 6473f41151 sun or the moon, 39e11c95c5 a night with no 0b25ede7cc light in the sky, f79fb2250c a truly pitch-black night.e09f2fc4d705ea21

What kind of d1aa504b34 night would it 41c9d0ee7b be?dd9456bddb422b72

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The first night c1b29be62a the prince would db528e6f47 face without falling 92b6c3e300 asleep. The night when the a986057331 prince’s fate, repeated tens, af6fe3d7fa hundreds, thousands, tens of 54bf563d8b thousands of times—every time f79c052557 you, your children, or b493530479 your parents opened and 61b4429470 closed the pages of 51ee6e2380 a book—would finally break 85a936608d free from its orbit.089b89cc2e7e57e8

What kind of night edd99ea523 would it truly be?a6214508f87ae397

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I don’t know. I don’t know 4c520a7dfc anymore. From now b8e4a40da7 on, this 4cb4b7ec31 story is 0cdf3d4265 beyond my 03ff6334f4 control. There’s nothing I ac29a8ff42 can predict or 5ce76a68ad control. All I 954b00c4ca can do b5902ecf0d is observe ea1ba1e662 and follow ca0c554ed4 the prince’s c6e17340b1 choices from 69f424636a the outside.08a8af8df7c142eb

Huh?e9bbbe0f40815588

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Am I crying?2fc7ff1061ae276f

Haha…7e5fcf6091d041b3

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“No way. Why would this storyteller cry while telling a story? You must be joking. You’re all so… mischievous.”4db74582fb8030cd

“Why are you crying?”61443a05df25767b

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The Prince asked the 571203fa0a wizard.c420cbd2f13e9492

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Like someone who eafc9b4e1e had been slapped 1a8f52747c hard across the c7ba6100b0 face, the wizard d4cc7799e8 hunched his shoulders. He withdrew his hand, 68ca97427c which had been caressing 0ec217e2a8 the Prince’s cheek. Then he buried his ca4f844447 face in his palms. The dull, tattered sleeves 72c251e732 of his robe completely 5f0a4a4506 covered his weeping face.8c55293929315fef

But the ff412b8619 sound of 0776c06105 his crying—the 2309757bd1 sorrowful sobs 11bbbd4048 escaping through 88df4e342e his tightly 192bf4220e clenched teeth—could 0f06251fb6 not be f8b2567769 hidden. Ashamed, the 172eb8094f wizard hunched 13e3b4b2f2 his shoulders 7aab8e906c even more.08a5f2335f9f436b

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It was then.3d3663e5b489a6a5

Despite all 0c377e32c1 the commotion, e69fd88e3c the Prince’s fb38bb23ee white horse, 07bbcfdd8a which had 8724eec05b been circling ecbbf83465 the mirror-like 303fd3f09e lake without a3ec24dd19 fleeing, pricked e68986a790 its ears fa1efd3f05 and suddenly 0240fa01a2 neighed.8bde8675aa209190

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As if in 1d0832335d response, the sound 7c6d2a73b4 of hooves came 0617a5a682 from the east 0bc1903343 side of the 38c2dcf1fd forest. It was the sound 85322425b5 of someone galloping relentlessly d1bccfb688 toward them, pushing through 3c72045d43 the thorny bushes that 276eb55f8f blocked the path like 953582e98b a barrier.f97aa286c3f57a91

The wizard’s sobs subsided. He wiped his tear-streaked b8e6781507 cheeks with the ragged dbbd7d04a9 ends of his sleeves 946e344138 and turned his head 9f286f154c toward the direction of 2a541e3a2b the hoofbeats. The Prince, too, momentarily 8501d2856f shifted his attention in 9afd180610 that direction.cff2f74ffc21bd8f

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Before long, a 015054eb9f sturdy black-maned gray b8971a1e0e horse emerged, carrying 8a91bda842 its rider.35815eecb6004bde

Ah, it was 08dc2694be a girl with 2e91391808 fiery red hair 3f64888cd5 and golden eyes 4233bd8d4e like a lion’s f4afd4b044 heart.f580d82182e44118

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A girl e724ceebe8 as beautiful b67b4fc589 and dignified 8773576194 as a cb1964a93f Valkyrie from 6711d640f6 the distant c9c8401d21 northern lands. Her slightly sun-kissed bf993d1d36 skin complemented her b5260263ca lush red hair 8c5de16344 perfectly.890bd7a7caee1dde

“Whoa, whoa.”0d7d9ba977e0c27e

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The girl pulled 3204ad0d8d on the reins 14f62bb5ca to stop her 2dabc2dae6 horse. Then she 9cad68d1bd looked down 4cccdf04e7 at the 36645c784d two men 339c81ba03 lying on cc87f87448 the ground afcd721d27 in an 42c48949b1 awkward position. A look c45a914781 of confusion ccedf460ba crossed her 3f8e61cb9e face.8207e85e9eb1ac56

“Uh, um, excuse me… gentlemen?”5ae49783ea9bfbbb

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The girl 1b756f80db spoke politely.c04dc9ac1b293204

“I’m terribly sorry to bother you in the middle of your… business, but…”f7db83498c768c9f

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Huh?f3cecad64d720da8

…They weren’t busy at 2350528906 all!52ae550460cb8bef

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What kind of ba7b715382 misunderstanding was this? But you, dear readers, b006260e47 know the truth, don’t 76e9638c2e you? The Prince and 0c31c79dc2 the wizard were 7b00c9d547 not busy at 7c5bfe9d87 all!7056f401bd73fb48

“If it’s not too much trouble, may I ask you something?”fba6fd660e193918

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“Yes. Go ahead.”aeeeaa5a56c55c29

The Prince replied. The girl looked at e00be33865 him, tilting her head 74ab9727a5 as if she felt 02ebd0e317 a sense of déjà 1db09f8bdf vu.b69b1e6b850c0421

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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?”4242aefc4e5872bd

The Prince 081aa5d0c7 furrowed his 3c72cc0e06 brow.002ca1ad4d3d60b9

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The wizard also 58be3dd03f frowned.f601328f5a7d66f4

The Prince and 407476cc5d the wizard exchanged 303bd13427 glances, their faces 71d664cca9 twisted in discomfort. A long, awkward silence 501b272da2 followed.d6d04e279eeb4bbe

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The Princess, waiting for a6b9a4a299 an answer, also furrowed 49a550f110 her brow.d61a38b741cd8311

“Gentlemen?”6a26a7072f35bc49

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The Princess urged 8356f8baf7 impatiently. But the 6e66525358 silence persisted…6e73a18005486ca8

Oh, this is awkward.eef7cb64f023cf1e

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“Excuse me! Which way should I go?”a7943c825723b449

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Unable to hold back d0d5b7f236 any longer, the Princess 918a4a92f7 raised her voice slightly. At that 4d46150027 moment, a 4bf0ac6236 sharp, nervous 679e06129f laugh burst 49ad36a869 from the 3b22b04b8b wizard’s mouth. Ha ha ha! Ha ha b2969c2059 ha, ha 3063105f3c ha ha 55237fda7f ha! The mirror-like surface of dc26e40418 the lake rippled faintly 88d47de603 from the wizard’s laughter.4caf6ae682e993be

With a ba4e7c2e5d look of 84bcfb7bf0 suspicion that 8535012f4e this might 20bb57b53f be a 6b7f5a8006 madman, the 0277c2e445 Princess calmed 1e754fedcc her startled d7205348ce horse, which f7a394a72a had taken ff1e744ca5 a step 8362e20138 back.47503a6f0b3a258a

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After a long laugh, 44f3a6db95 the wizard shouted hoarsely:8c07ab337fdaa7ca

“You’re too early, Princess!”a06cea14c71407fe

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“What?”af9f74cd8fb24dba

“You should’ve come a hundred years later!”643ea314f1ec1d9c

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…That’s right. It seems she arrived ce82a506d7 a hundred years too 4daa945ede early.ede8959e900784a9

Even if the 28a1319d26 Prince had fallen 0f19226de0 asleep on time, 99676e6c38 the Princess’s appearance 40ffb122e3 is a hundred 3955628aab years premature! What does this b42721d6e8 mean?1cdbe3213e7ee670

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Do you know, dear 15b2c807ec readers?9f48e5fc1e45b103

Yes, that’s a31b75a215 right… It ff2f01afab means exactly e89b8bfe34 what it f319592b5a sounds like.920859bd265f9e4a

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The story has twisted. The Prince, remembering his 0b1d7c551c past life, stubbornly refusing d44e4a3234 to sleep, wielding a aa6d206c8c shining white sword—all of c0eb527e0e these were just precursors.048a0a297fdbf034

Somewhere beyond 9d036217f6 our knowledge, df30934e8f the story 8b1ee8873e was collapsing. Cracks were forming 87e734e6a8 in the world, 8acafbbe3a and time and 051c4e2ef6 space were twisting 9aafcfc9e3 like a pretzel. If this continues…14c7e3cbb4def479

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Ah, ah…c59a0e33e77a48dd

Something even more 7d71a341ed terrible will happen.9a0ab3706ae8a8b2

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Through the cracks in b889b8006a the world, something truly 8807356df5 horrifying will pour in. The world 48191acd78 will be 24f1ad093f destroyed!dd86ec7ff8ab9ffe

This is no laughing b0a8445278 matter.21b8d17b88e35774

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The destruction of this 9da7f0bedf world means you will c9971f0ba5 never again be able 3a57cfa42c to read countless stories, db87d59a61 countless books. No matter how a7b6fdddec much you rewrite ee368a51d8 and revise, the 66ec26fe21 stories will lose 6c6ab17754 their purpose and 98f3a30e91 drift aimlessly. Characters will 488d07445a say and 9e41bc0629 do things 2b3d0db05c that don’t 57e325c441 align with c40884c69f their personalities 4a3911589d or goals! Scenes will fall apart 825c3f34f5 without coherence! Things that belong in 4d76c0d683 one story will suddenly b86470f67c appear in another! Sentences and words will 919a5b3063 break off midway! Would you d6231b5620 want to a81b5cd3cd read such 43b6116c73 a disordered, 0af7308aec nonsensical story? No, could such 5199a7c564 a thing even a7c3969113 be called a 2162b82464 story?fd6e570847edd05e

Damn it, if this d5034772b2 continues…9bffbcded26d4aee

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The wizard abruptly 90cd96d987 stopped laughing. Then he dd85e6da6c bit his 87f40fa1ec lower lip 1564a56bb2 so hard 17be1711c8 it nearly 56e4eb77b6 bled.94247bd302739f13

There must be a8bf5f2a68 a way…987c62c117b61c90

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A way…ae57c8ec4d84b553

The wizard’s 8c3fc5d454 bloodshot eyes, d0bffbcb8f red from 0b43d2b796 crying, turned 0028e87cd0 to the cc9f9b17ff Prince’s sword.5ff4babd876eb841

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…There is cc6f2afb99 a way.31f7a6fffb36c955

Just one.65f5d98e19fe3567

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“Ah!”ff2eb5b5bc5ceb94

The Princess let 2f23e804bf out a sharp 9fdf2f37d6 scream. Her gray horse 9f3ed29909 suddenly reared up, 23ad09be33 kicking its front 2155a89866 legs wildly. The Princess pulled on 7d5cac6be4 the reins and stroked 0893147637 its mane, trying to 45d446ce43 calm it, but it 0b7412ce3d was no use. As if tied 38e480e3e8 by invisible strings 699d9097ef around its neck e399215cd4 and legs, the c6ab660447 gray horse thrashed c42943f163 about madly. The Princess couldn’t hold 2e843830af on and tumbled off 7e54eb3a01 the saddle.1cc6d7ee40ad9e8b

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“Fafnir! Come back!”3555f04e078bac60

It seemed d702c80028 the Princess’s 797ff05fb8 gray horse 933a44eb33 was named 5aff335353 Fafnir.b065dd564b5e19ed

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Ignoring its owner’s desperate 14d1cf7dd7 cries, Fafnir bolted into 0ee485dfb9 the dark forest like 64dab55e29 its tail was on 6b56debe0d fire.7d956ed6545b72ae

The Princess stared blankly 8c61bcb280 in the direction the 97b5d88bf0 horse had disappeared.3ec825420f4533ac

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It was then.ecb591b6339c0c74

A sound of c219efd7a3 something collapsing shook a26a49f803 the forest.b136a0c3dcf06658

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A terrifying roar.c90cda0692d3eb62

It was f96b120404 like the d897821218 sound of b6b94aa6ae an ancient 44fbfd954c stone tower, 290514d834 built to 676e2bb7cd reach the ebca93e358 heavens, crumbling. Like a e363b6cbd7 lightning bolt 911984274c striking a 3f72126535 sharp spire. Like a long-dormant 7c62a41118 volcano erupting. Or perhaps e3fa84bab6 all of f3a885fb55 these combined.282623402a3f02f5

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The wizard, 485ee19eff lying flat 341c24f3c7 on his 8b48431dfb back, was 6d79d2524c the first d99014d86d among the 914d0f65e8 three to 9f9136bab9 sense the d303192dc8 anomaly.4ac5facba53e54bc

“Prince! It’s dangerous!”85496cf328729c18

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He screamed 6fdba4e256 as he 953600e1a3 called out aea598842a to the 19577a4c20 Prince, grabbing b47171ca34 him and 88c0f3b106 pulling him 47bd7db5c0 close. In the 6791c2a88d chaos, the 2957aada46 Prince also aaefe309de clung to 87078633c3 the wizard, b9f025b154 and they ba7b03ddca rolled several c53212e105 times.ae037f47d5b713e2

The ground 5f462a88d1 rumbled violently. Then, the spot where 062bb71a1b the Prince and the 0087f5f5cf wizard had just been b97abe971f split open with a 0bd9a2ae83 crack, and the solid 5c76437a20 earth collapsed into a 0eb3422bff deep, gaping hole. They had almost b62ec4d92f been swallowed into 2f0eab0b2f it.f61b7eb8944ca158

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“What… is this?”4c2252ff946dca9c

The Prince muttered a50bfd9d56 in disbelief. But soon, he 41e2d5d332 stood up with 595edea4c1 a determined expression.bfdc7d6a810fe7b8

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 It was because of 636de1ffc6 the screams.af93e7a904797fda

The screams 01f0cd80a3 coming from 4306f0f967 outside the 630c09ade0 forest, in 21972cd085 the direction 4a6b75877c of the 7cf5bd0f88 Kingdom. The small, c5500ae383 peaceful Kingdom—the 7d15864a35 Prince’s homeland, 60c12c5f10 where the e1a3014d4e King and 53d0bb0da6 Queen resided, d42d9a7fe7 where knights 220c981c8f and citizens f5a69d480d lived—was now ba2425c2f3 echoing with 27d2af62ce the desperate 410c586b89 cries of 1716d9e270 its people.3b0d2d808681168c

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“Prince! Prince! You mustn’t go! It’s dangerous!”6f958e5e3b53fdc9

The wizard d4ac88ca35 shouted, but 7736e3ce50 the Prince, ca35b51bc3 gripping his d18012342d sword, leaped 65d42eae45 onto his 123f02003e horse’s saddle. Unlike the Princess’s effd66ae63 Fafnir, the Prince’s 4d63745624 white horse didn’t 98750907f3 flee. In fact, it bae2ee7c27 would’ve been better 921b187343 if it had! As the b466d4c71b Prince tugged 774a3d27f1 the reins d5344980d6 and clicked 30ac5aff32 his tongue, 6e94bc9077 the horse, f20bc56c51 as if 05af2e29bf it had 55259ee362 been waiting 5cee807c77 for this dbe2693bea moment, began 69b7fc0589 galloping toward 868a0f6da7 the Kingdom.ebcb27fb1c615d15

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“Whoa, whoa…”51752f5d40e5f8de

The Princess, too, bb8f54e2de had somehow managed 3684731f6b to retrieve Fafnir, 2a81894a9d who had fled c44ecdb673 into the depths b5adfafc5b of the forest.c8e36ce2d01e1a9d

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“Is it that way? Is that the Kingdom I’m looking for?”96208376efb60494

The Princess asked d07d5f8566 this, but without 5f75218748 giving the wizard 5ada702262 a chance to a24756557a answer, she spurred 33e220c07b her horse and a90e8f5cd7 dashed off. Left alone, the a76498fd78 wizard stomped his becb0aa7ca feet in frustration e13e2c81a1 before breaking into 7675e916b6 a run in 8ba5017a3c the direction where f1f7cd8df2 the Prince and e4b2062192 Princess had disappeared.6a5ba982fbe7336a

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Haha, well, d54e52d365 what else c89557e237 could he d1736e2f3d do? He had to run.846a51192b837d4b

He had no horse cd285aa6da to ride, so what 44ef1256fd choice did he have? They didn’t 5efded4f90 even offer 7527e6a40b him a df19469325 ride—how heartless…b61a644a89ac6565

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Yes, and 4007c562c7 so… the a7e23a0c97 wizard ran.fd0ab067c83a277a

He ran 9ccbc74cb5 desperately, gasping 9580dabfc4 for breath, 0a2e117f16 stumbling over 633fefb354 jagged rocks a0755bdeee until his 97e12e17b9 toenails bled, aeffca1e36 until his 470d254930 knees trembled, 5cb6e22426 until his 18132cbe19 lungs felt cb99725e72 like they 08d22baf24 were about 4a1f526f66 to burst.f540654c799a4500

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With his face a655415ed8 red as a 3ada57166d boiled octopus, the 3c8480e1a6 wizard finally reached 308307a678 the edge of e50b8d94a4 the forest, the 1c77f745dc border of the 3981683aa1 Kingdom.ca73eef5836589cd

And there, he e18f65ff98 saw it.08835a6380f6595b

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A scene straight 744b456311 out of hell.8b2c8747a033f4dd

You might ask, 7ffa51cfef do the concepts 0a551b3734 of heaven and a44f0e2d7f hell exist in a7007b795d this story’s world? …Who asked that? Where are you 79548de7bf sitting? Raise your hand! No, I’m c39354a2a2 not trying f5dda4de16 to pick 2561f53d81 on you. Haha, it’s a 389890aca5 sharp question. Does this world even 2778aee624 have a unified mythology 42139acfec as its foundation? Does it have b233c7e223 meaningful culture or 8e205b3bcb religion? Is the adf6da14e0 political structure a9fecc6ceb of the efa28d93dd so-called Kingdom e7e7df7543 as disorganized 94a43f3215 and haphazard 18b3a1f188 as it a6beea84da seems? What about the 262b403b80 geography, the climate, 38d203b5e9 the clothing of 350b459e38 the people? These are all meaningful 250bf3d675 questions. They’re worth thinking about.ce95160192e95e6f

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But let’s 71a48a0a95 save that ddb67592c6 discussion for b6cd2f0dbf another time.3258946c3d6d42e5

Right now, 19e907bb40 yes, right 98c13fa7f1 now… what 284ebb129e the wizard b559fce542 is witnessing 802b84e533 is far f13cca1754 more important.62a5bd693b55d77b

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The world dd5215f1b9 full of d6f7208809 gaping holes.d3b925e084a715be

Can you imagine your b7e7a5061f world filled with pitch-black d71ad99923 holes? Holes puncturing the blue 86b033b543 sky, holes opening up 08dab87897 right next to where bc199f6f8a you stand, or even eeacf206dc beside your face. Holes appearing out 10ffa5f20e of thin air, f892e1508e vast voids with e7d1fa6316 no walls or 7800598705 floors.12e039336b766bcb

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The scene was like 08048ed015 a vision of hell.e47ca8edd20ac730

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If the end 57d6dc491d of the world 05042118f5 were to come, 7680379eaa it would look dd6dd38d13 like this. The black sky, 1796b9ff1d with the round d1622d2a25 moon hanging like 8e34be6d6a a silver plate, 6c805f2b50 was crisscrossed with b9781d646b white cracks. The wizard lifted fb2f83813a his head and c370883dc6 gazed at the 58c9a75f2d night sky, riddled eeb66dafad with fissures. At that moment, one 470d92a7ab of the cracks split 4e15aeb6d6 open with a loudcrack, and a piece 715cf9b561 of the night sky 11b4f095ac began to fall toward aa35904ede the people below. It was like 12bfd63a2d an ancient castle ca9ddbed52 wall, crumbling after 21f6749c18 thousands of years.901a0ec9d0aaee3f

At first, af0e35c722 it was 52619241f7 small, the ed59c1d11e size of e6665c460a a pebble, bb5fa638a2 but as 2db1aa8042 it neared cdfe3d4398 the ground, 368a650717 it grew 175d86ce48 to an 1caa558947 unimaginable size. Yes, the 788ff066b9 distance between 0830212b9b the sky 05ba0ff269 and the 19067e32fd earth is d0a78e5316 vast. People screamed and scrambled 3e2f355970 to get out of ead5032c46 the way. But how d9ecbc7d7e could humans d65581b536 possibly gauge 3b4ab7d900 the size 8467422cb3 of a d36dd36e6b falling piece b5bf7de150 of the e52026c91c sky? It was far larger 0d0acf03c6 and wider than anyone 680c08d3dd could have imagined.a7a5f22dde3a6cc4

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“Save me!”579aa589ac9437b9

“Ahhh!”469401f7a67150d0

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“Damn it, what is this!”8fba0eee02d70a8f

“Run…!”30223e6072b16107

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The cries of d135bc223b those who couldn’t 11d2a75be1 escape in time 624363c75a were crushed beneath 6eb17aa103 the falling piece 9dc9de5c51 of the sky, c22b65e88a shattered into fragments. But even those ce8dec6183 who managed to 409a3d3f00 avoid the falling 6ab8d02f2c sky couldn’t rest 28c031c92d easy. From the black void 64c6ce62ad left behind by the 744af8ba5f fallen piece, dark, writhing f67dc977b2 monsters began to pour 465051fe11 out.81af9cc3b06c18e0

Creatures with 3bc476bcc1 no eyes, ddc7978569 nose, or 45fb837ce3 mouth, with d07cf23212 no discernible 4561a2e69b front or e0e54c036c back—no, could ad0bca40ea they even 34dba7ebfc be called a2c8b9dcc0 creatures? They were monsters, 18cbb793fd their forms vaguely 672134e8cb resembling arms, legs, ecf8e73b53 torsos, and heads. They blocked the path c47ec4d83e of the fleeing people, d79bd5bad6 opening their maws wide… 3132aea38e yes, they did have 619c3fa4de mouths… and began swallowing a33a540a85 people whole.8ba9c97434458e90

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“This way! Everyone, evacuate this way!”ff2906d88c20d564

Knights from the ce27dfdf5e palace had set 1132c79f0e up barricades near 7f56f1b83a the moat. At the same time, 5006fc905d they tried to guide d5f9c9faf6 the citizens to safety, f89427070a armed with swords and b01e718341 shields.f6ae1437d9288840

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“What is this! Damn it! It won’t die!”0a28ce04ab046a87

But it was no c7bff4c945 use.55fdc82ec507c03e

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The mysterious f53cd9e690 black monsters e6a82cde82 didn’t fall 2d9bb63ddb even when e1e21bf378 struck by abfb471399 swords. Even when 0b55ad0f55 the knights 947be938b0 formed a d6975f22a3 shield wall, 49f709c129 it was 7cf4f0cea6 futile. The monsters devoured not 95331a2c4c only people but also 8575871182 metal, wood, animals, houses, 2b53e95cce and even discarded trash. They swallowed ac843db2f5 everything that 2cbbb6db26 existed into 3f03361aa3 the abyss 97132deea6 of their b7041f774f stomachs. One poor 347ecffd4b knight swung 2b3946f444 his sword d6f5247bf9 at a 038600d98a monster to 8b0f90591a save an 031f1fe263 old man 1d19e517d8 who had 792b256939 been half-swallowed, 5f74bc3ab4 but the 02af346952 monster simply 413cf94da8 gulped down 17308c72ee the sword e5faf791cd embedded in b0a76d338e its body. The knight, b2e1f6d47b struggling to 9d011c5e21 pull out 6aadf39260 his sword, d9060e57e9 was sucked c0ebfc63b8 into the fe7ad2a811 monster’s depths eab10086cd along with 0a4140029c the old 0562a10fe2 man…6b22dd212f6dcd3f

The wizard, who had 439ebf17ac emerged from the forest, 247960b503 stood frozen in place, 31584ccd0b watching it all. The scenes of this daf9ac8e4a small world’s destruction were 7d741ade0b etched into his eyes.08b6d6fe21088afc

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“Hel… help…”eabba3887e6ca19a

A boy trapped under 6cdb617d20 the rubble of a 8a7b7037c5 collapsed roof reached out 8c2af3fabb toward the wizard. He looked to be 57f4cc63a1 about thirteen or fourteen, f42d96517d with messy brown hair 02139834cd and thin limbs. A monster was approaching f2b8eab89b the boy. The boy, paralyzed by 7dc6eb3d4c terror, couldn’t even finish ae66412810 his plea for help. The sound of e9047721ba his chattering teeth ae25a4ec78 drowned out his 5af469dbbe words.3690e3eac969b950

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The wizard simply 8aa7193992 stared at the 73aa5b4f34 boy. He stood 50e1948ff6 rooted to 219c0a0bb6 the spot, 4c68af3c9b unmoving.ee15bbb6efb254e8

The boy 961b782116 stretched out 8d8e40206f his trembling 2ce7614f10 hand more fc464653c1 desperately. His quivering fingers 46c2bb45ac were pitiful to c360a2e3d1 behold. The inky black monster e58212b4be drew closer. The boy opened c51bcdd06c his mouth wide, 01b837b716 trying to scream, 2e1a7bf8a1 but no sound e34d852e73 came out. Fear can 562eb550ba paralyze a 871303f4f3 person.098e21f685f2f6e8

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The wizard shut 1fa21b982f his eyes tightly.4eeeea4970cdc47a

The monster swallowed 6dd88760de the boy. The only mercy e49ccf442e was that the 4b81ddc682 monster had no 022167d71a teeth. The boy 89659d9a45 didn’t suffer 35fe7cef6a the agony 1d85b1a5ed of having b01d0a017a his limbs 19a4e8e782 crushed or bd912215ad his body e281006d36 torn apart. He was simply 37cab3560c gulped down into c344b21636 the monster’s black 45994a0b2b throat.cadebc2bd6c5c652

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The wizard cd5a81d17b opened his 5974110ed0 eyes.c4cb46bad89f7a5a

The monster that had 3b8d2a9f94 devoured the boy was b4735a4d5c now right in front 1b1229c605 of him. It opened d114f2b922 its maw 5df7591f4c wide, ready 53cf2a0be0 to swallow d8f31b4d6d the wizard’s 8ddcf65543 head whole.8214fc5ea0938e31

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The wizard 6092118a7e peered into 32b39fed82 the monster’s 8ae049e1e9 throat.0629430d5a3fa85e

There was nothing.9365ea7473a9c3f9

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……Nothing at all.c8483ad7f1af627f

It was like the ea12561ef2 voids puncturing the sky 27db2c173e and earth. Beyond the af4910c483 monster’s throat, 51fb47de06 its stomach 075a52380c was an 049778a5cf endless abyss.e2993b9071deaaf4

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The monster suddenly 49ab5af5e4 closed its mouth.2e1c20b121aafcfe

Then opened it ccb4094d35 again.1ce00483a94b66f7

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Closed it once more.e34de0a9e460f6b9

It was as if e1e9c9e456 it wanted to swallow b290518625 but couldn’t. Like trying to peel ed77ef63f3 a prickly chestnut, the cb07264820 monster repeatedly opened and b2fdd47a4c closed its maw above 85b7ff9f5c the wizard’s head. Then, seemingly 1af4b32ad8 disheartened, it 068bbcb571 turned away 85b54f62d0 and left fd708fc698 to find e660bc7dac other prey.cb5a3b7fc39fd71a

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“Prince…?”287597419c742c44

The wizard muttered 7ca008c44f absently as he 355bf69a12 watched the monster’s bc64ed79ce retreating figure.329d286b869ad721

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Of course, 9f7a24c8f4 the Prince 435c96a0eb was there 3301e460ba too.ae2021e824eb24f6

In the heart of c2e4d7ce07 the collapsing world, at 8e32876c8b the center of this 5fe50b2277 hellscape, where just an c9d89df5b3 hour ago his small, a953bd7082 peaceful Kingdom had stood.516b0c79c523d6c8

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When the Prince 3ed2736483 emerged from the ea2a5b112b Forbidden Forest and e2d73d596a stood at the 9eccb649b8 edge of the 12bccc0165 Kingdom, he was f1c2f48110 just as shocked 73d318a297 as the wizard. The Princess, who had 4870c7bb09 caught up to him, 0c47ac2647 was also left speechless 27bfece742 by the scene before 399684508b her.b46d9fb8f5612983

“…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…?”0f03abe02f1c5df2

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The Princess, who had bd04c2e24d been unable to speak 17351e9b6e for a while, finally 0aca42108e managed to stammer out b83d2c0c72 her words.2c96d88898dbaf42