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…9eb1f45b93ed0ce5

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…f0b53ed58f5d4d23

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The wizard, pinned under the prince’s body and unable to move, smiled triumphantly…05efe07a42624139

Ding!760e322e72043ce9

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…But then?484065cbbfd5ca09

At that very moment…de985a8395208754

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Ding!589271d376eb23f8

Ding!6317acd6c49804d9

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Ding-a-ling!16d25fd2320445d1

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.3312de75271a23d3

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Ding!400e436706841edd

Ding-a-ling!0ec56a2101a1ca0d

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Ding!c3aff47c7412f21a

The prince’s eyelids, 4a73f510f4 which had been ccf97c131d drooping with drowsiness, d5c1754f40 snapped open. The loud noise 3ed57acce3 echoing through the 4b8610357c world must have a15fd389d1 chased away the 943d93fbaa approaching sleep. The prince c665ccca8f also turned e238bac579 his head, 465de40bd9 gazing far, 359a073d1a far into ebff24dbea the distance, f064ec453f toward his 45fb9bf354 kingdom.ab2cb8a1f416752e

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Ding-a-ling!442f5d575a3aab6f

Ding!e98b7380192673f8

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Yes, everyone… it was the sound of bells.2438881d4ed76136

Yes! Bells! Don’t you know what abb66940b8 bells are? Bells! The kind of bells 265c635be9 that made Cinderella leave 4195da9555 her glass slipper behind a7997d10e0 as she ran down f48f7e100a the stairs¹!8f8224f865789ca0

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Midnight! Twelve o’clock! No, zero o’clock! The moment a22bd9e378 when one cc96ab9afe day ends 6113dacb1d and a 69a4af898f new one 978a0067cf begins! Those bells! Bells, I tell 949114971c you! Damn it!75642812f5bd74f0

Which came first—the 601674c861 first toll of 4b2a93fd02 the bell or 1c958a9cf2 the moment the cea234b288 wizard’s feather pen 3eb30ffbec scratched the prince’s c4d3a2bae3 cheek?e1753ae854029288

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Ding!aed2acb6e72d953c

Ding!cfb4e1a0aecaf3d6

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Ding!10e485e345cabe56

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…5b7fb97e2ed6b1b9

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The prince’s swamp-green 3993185604 eyes showed not 5a1ca02dca a trace of 9d7c9b348e drowsiness.04a26c146901de2e

Which came bd02117195 first—the first 239f315c39 toll of 51652d429a the bell d336e17b60 or the e613b8f623 moment the 950f208abd wizard’s feather a6c2bba368 pen scratched eae17aca1a the prince’s 45929beb4f cheek? Yes, the da304a3f6e answer to 8f55a6e2a0 that question 9902382700 is now 7523e43463 clear.22d0bd72037646cf

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The prince’s birthday had 21c74b8ce5 passed.001243a48d04a030

The prince had safely f2c7268ad4 reached his twenty-seventh birthday.98bfbcd19a2a83b4

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The prince had 2462bc19eb escaped the touch 16f4ca996f of the evil 2a3e2fdb2a curse.1d5d1a2f5d8e4577

Rejoice, rejoice!2b512c1dbfab82f9

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Be glad, 6f71fd1850 be glad!8162105b71c3c9df

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The wizard was 196f98eb02 sad. Tears welled up in 40275b6ae1 his eyes, making it b598d3f293 hard to see the 629ca54259 prince’s face right in 1d30300c69 front of him. But he 31bb1307ba could still b4c8b0cf9f make out 959176c93b the wound 694ca4949b he had ecc3a532d1 left—the thin, 7f2828e961 long streak 037f97da0e of black cf97824a31 ink on 2b3e82f7cc the prince’s e2f759decc cheek.799bce77e1ecb5a8

A sob escaped him.e197b398eb12170b

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“Your Highness… Your Highness…”c844a306f2b9cf33

Crying like a child, 6e4396b1f6 the wizard reached out b100d52c29 to the prince’s cheek. He rubbed at af36621b4c the black ink 5f7d0a95e6 streak with his 8e7b7734d5 fingers, trying to 52efe576ff erase it, and cbeaf1c28b gently touched the 27b789b58e red scratch.f11cd09cb077e075

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Though the 19359c3044 pain of 6cc7297f3c failing to 0249d5248c put the 2aec7c9c15 prince to 57d55c9451 sleep was e6f05298d0 great, the 3ea8fdb442 wizard seemed b8d3bb1519 even more af5eae5cb2 heartbroken by ebf0239f3a the wound cdaadaec82 he had 234473cb1b inflicted on 8dedae6431 the prince.e50f9cac83402451

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…Yes, that’s right. It’s strange.50bb61606cdff1bf

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The prince 0be5cc4e59 let the 0d4739bb0f wizard touch 8161e68673 his cheek babccffbd3 for a 7288b84207 while. Now that he had 75e701ff3a safely passed his birthday, 00854fcc30 the prince had nothing f551e8da0b left to fear. The wizard’s feather pen, 60a9ca7a6a the hundreds of needles, 283c24d0cf nothing in this world 1ca8f0f0fb could put the prince 121ab8d2d1 into a hundred-year slumber.fc66c81d40068afa

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The silver moon at bf51bab909 the top of the 96e3d4337d forest watched over the 107f4bc199 prince and the wizard.59319ecf558573b0

The cold moonlight, like 0be56dc87e frozen metal, flowed down e88bf0c89e the prince’s raven-black hair 33b63f0a25 and soaked the wizard’s 208b5988e8 fingers.a4fd3b9d8fe90bb9

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Soon, the moon 2342bb52a6 would set.4bc7ecbe1a991c8d

Then true a4de247407 night would 46f2e7874e fall.afefca83d14159c7

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A night without the 8303a6aa42 sun or the moon, 7a87b07e92 a night with no d46cab705f light in the sky, 8239bcbbfd a truly pitch-black night.4d01b0078bc78547

What kind 86ee1f1275 of night 5d68e223fb would it 7e80d8c336 be?2d2ef2b86045ef73

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The first 0d70bf7576 night the 57e2c036d5 prince would 454ea9dbcc face without 92a86241e7 falling asleep. The night ca34a537b4 when the 138f04f31e prince’s fate, 59706ed796 repeated tens, 9897fca4fb hundreds, thousands, 55254899b1 tens of d9c19dbbfb thousands of 6b91ecc660 times—every time 0b4d5ce69f you, your f6d365a99d children, or ed5791491f your parents b7ad2505e1 opened and 7c2683c1fb closed the 698f884a36 pages of 83af606076 a book—would 3f5183186c finally break 62d4dd2505 free from 2627a8af1d its orbit.1de9529e5b74648f

What kind of night 34cc5cdcc9 would it truly be?ba9e49b9c9b5339b

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I don’t know. I don’t 0f9c94fc04 know anymore. From now 5a2b43d7d0 on, this f87c251c74 story is 0a21fa7651 beyond my b4f22513e0 control. There’s nothing I can 9c18591611 predict or control. All I can do 32211d032a is observe and follow c013fbe614 the prince’s choices from f5ab9d3fcb the outside.d525b4cfd143d69d

Huh?39b7247aa02adb57

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Am I crying?1bb2978f2cc5701d

Haha…66f4cd0f32501d03

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“No way. Why would this storyteller cry while telling a story? You must be joking. You’re all so… mischievous.”a0b08e456870c967

“Why are you crying?”e13af314e0eda1ec

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The Prince asked the 491ebfcc76 wizard.8922985d8b875e91

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Like someone who had 8622271b82 been slapped hard across aecd1152ca the face, the wizard b805412def hunched his shoulders. He withdrew his d99be13e60 hand, which had 07bbab7989 been caressing the e29834b941 Prince’s cheek. Then he buried his 7cf18c8aa2 face in his palms. The dull, fe4b8d67a9 tattered sleeves fe0bb6d06e of his 4dbb261ee4 robe completely 2e432499a5 covered his dc4b97c702 weeping face.58139ab186a20358

But the sound 2643c9cfa4 of his crying—the 1374a52cc7 sorrowful sobs escaping 46d84c4e78 through his tightly e832e12233 clenched teeth—could not daa9345186 be hidden. Ashamed, the wizard 400b6f84f6 hunched his shoulders 4270aacaa4 even more.2a1bf5783b93631a

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It was then.9bf50b8e0e2ef898

Despite all b6c46cb752 the commotion, 3da47bdedb the Prince’s 10c85fcaef white horse, 29d904ca68 which had 388ecf265b been circling 659552d40c the mirror-like 756331a4cf lake without b98a8c8dab fleeing, pricked d60e241dea its ears 00e40af846 and suddenly f78ab5fc33 neighed.67ccf526be8df406

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As if in 2a47f4b8a1 response, the sound e025fb8cab of hooves came ffb7b613c9 from the east fbb5f5dfa7 side of the 18dd1ad66a forest. It was the dfde4024ef sound of someone b6ba043c51 galloping relentlessly toward 47df209f3b them, pushing through 586307c9b4 the thorny bushes c3f287d883 that blocked the 32537634c4 path like a 1abc2f5b61 barrier.d9fcef7b105e3393

The wizard’s sobs fa62a0b222 subsided. He wiped c98e6620f1 his tear-streaked ef113b2c18 cheeks with 99db8c3f7b the ragged effe48e8c1 ends of e0ba566565 his sleeves 316c95eed4 and turned 09e0157241 his head 896d2b79dc toward the c5fbae8ffc direction of c83c440247 the hoofbeats. The Prince, too, momentarily 5a3dbf3891 shifted his attention in fdf1677a4e that direction.1c344e63559d596a

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Before long, a 935a545013 sturdy black-maned gray 0a70a2adae horse emerged, carrying 38043dd0ca its rider.620a3c21fcd841c6

Ah, it 94c013a1a1 was a 8ab3d89aba girl with e11f7731da fiery red edb90a2690 hair and 41495396df golden eyes 9270d05ba6 like a 74c83c5bc4 lion’s heart.eeddeed8c1cfe24a

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A girl as beautiful 3c27e02787 and dignified as a 2e8c4b9969 Valkyrie from the distant 87d915e9a3 northern lands. Her slightly 3e3be6a268 sun-kissed skin 4ed283e71b complemented her 4cecf73218 lush red 738b7dd610 hair perfectly.18c3cf0a06327674

“Whoa, whoa.”91d4a0e38bf0926e

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The girl pulled e78bd7d323 on the reins 73577c3431 to stop her 479f3facc5 horse. Then she 7d98bf5713 looked down a5278a2fe2 at the c28d908a43 two men 4fa2327262 lying on 04bb0fcb79 the ground 9cfa02bc78 in an ed415822c5 awkward position. A look 4694ed6396 of confusion 12be762d27 crossed her 78f026c372 face.2dbac1dec2348b3a

“Uh, um, excuse me… gentlemen?”cd380d6b2f73ea10

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The girl 2ed3fc8a63 spoke politely.99d2613c3a7aeefa

“I’m terribly sorry to bother you in the middle of your… business, but…”370508aceda723db

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Huh?bf64462c22708b84

…They weren’t ec402df682 busy at aad5d9e37f all!8bdafa75e1c2f6f3

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What kind of 8f52720140 misunderstanding was this? But you, 9259c1ad79 dear readers, 1c71adc684 know the 2d557edd59 truth, don’t 7b60966ea1 you? The Prince and 47bbfc6bcd the wizard were d25e2d084d not busy at 167589696b all!ddc3880af88565fa

“If it’s not too much trouble, may I ask you something?”6bdceafd1fba7503

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“Yes. Go ahead.”f02b298491f35d0d

The Prince replied. The girl looked at 65db5c7215 him, tilting her head d7d5fccb4b as if she felt 761bca62d5 a sense of déjà 43ee183b6e vu.c4536cf403dbe85e

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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?”2bd0165c75393ccb

The Prince 3ecb798900 furrowed his 2be1df7d17 brow.2505e58bb2c1c3a3

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The wizard 28c51bba34 also frowned.15211a95af7e10b6

The Prince ba4c45bd3a and the 0cf076cbe2 wizard exchanged 82e63f739f glances, their 81a6ae8943 faces twisted f36fdd241c in discomfort. A long, awkward d933fb348e silence followed.805b6db6f9268499

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The Princess, 8087e33c66 waiting for 92dd3c1845 an answer, 798b608123 also furrowed c7933e2bfd her brow.c89b5747e5923be4

“Gentlemen?”609e41dc43dd8588

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The Princess urged impatiently. But the de8b50fec2 silence persisted…22258b9c626a87e7

Oh, this is 849bc87fad awkward.0ff2abe7a8548d12

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“Excuse me! Which way should I go?”1bbcf47c29fbd477

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Unable to hold 4a0bf7bcdb back any longer, 4549d7e968 the Princess raised efca1fd35a her voice slightly. At that moment, a 950ac17c80 sharp, nervous laugh burst 7337a40c24 from the wizard’s mouth. Ha ha ha! Ha ha d7cb1add8a ha, ha 70e0991984 ha ha 0fcaf762e8 ha! The mirror-like surface of 603464ab19 the lake rippled faintly 42dc53b53e from the wizard’s laughter.59cd3593c21bc939

With a 406723395c look of 3217c6769e suspicion that a1f68b92d3 this might 489984efb3 be a 26f486f3f5 madman, the 8eb2d1181f Princess calmed 171523f135 her startled 1936552df3 horse, which f467f4ea3f had taken 0c65d2a9de a step c9fbd31742 back.4cd90fc19550e7c0

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After a long laugh, dfc9548aa8 the wizard shouted hoarsely:315725be4b69efac

“You’re too early, Princess!”de54bdce93c99137

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“What?”1dc1cb8b4d07721d

“You should’ve come a hundred years later!”446a5bf76b40f62c

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…That’s right. It seems 453eae25ca she arrived 753404d171 a hundred 9add633d7e years too 793eafcce0 early.5ecf9391d0da8e01

Even if the 056b0c8bd5 Prince had fallen 506ffac18d asleep on time, de69d368bd the Princess’s appearance 99114e5a91 is a hundred d49a478c95 years premature! What does this mean?2e083946a130a414

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Do you know, 5d86e4cae8 dear readers?8276cae7089e2e83

Yes, that’s right… a12a16c372 It means exactly 2a89f7a688 what it sounds 012e29127f like.d757fa38cd6e5287

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The story has e84d7ec43b twisted. The Prince, 3afe0db39c remembering his 050f16107f past life, a484d8766f stubbornly refusing 8533210e42 to sleep, 7b715067cc wielding a 04506212dc shining white f9618560ea sword—all of d2702c1762 these were ce25a804cb just precursors.bbc17da64d1d5cfc

Somewhere beyond af2c683731 our knowledge, b23d1d472a the story 7d8e63c83f was collapsing. Cracks were forming e078ca8814 in the world, 19b0f6f45b and time and 844a6f719d space were twisting 6cd424a213 like a pretzel. If this continues…45bb1d5071732fb7

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Ah, ah…76df418fd1621629

Something even 4db3bb8a14 more terrible e32cabf40c will happen.d23850f19848367b

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Through the cracks in 9f6849bed2 the world, something truly 649b088565 horrifying will pour in. The world 48919ae590 will be 68f6d7d4b2 destroyed!9f3b11ff4f64ae5b

This is 8b251c5fcd no laughing 9c374eb58b matter.0458bd8dd0f090f3

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The destruction of 82e40ae14e this world means 0153c225e4 you will never 087284763a again be able 0c29972e80 to read countless 3974d317c0 stories, countless books. No matter how c1d6aa255d much you rewrite 1aa96c11f9 and revise, the 1321999de0 stories will lose 10d24e23c8 their purpose and a4be65bcc7 drift aimlessly. Characters will 3a7b27151a say and c8a52d750b do things ddd4b9cd94 that don’t e38ed2073f align with c031b24925 their personalities bfc44e700a or goals! Scenes will 3559bc6c1e fall apart acf0a5bf86 without coherence! Things that belong b14053f915 in one story 67d142e88d will suddenly appear b9546ee8e7 in another! Sentences and words 189016bd8a will break off 87a71ddab8 midway! Would you want e7a25b34e2 to read such d8b177daa7 a disordered, nonsensical 19afd0707b story? No, could such a 128a182d58 thing even be called 7b1d071140 a story?e5d20787d8127ea0

Damn it, if this 5bb5f195e5 continues…332fb28bda60eb81

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The wizard abruptly 339b7305e3 stopped laughing. Then he bit 46031d8ab4 his lower lip e2caf0514f so hard it 176cf59e7e nearly bled.5a1f1791bad4bdd7

There must be a 8c38a8da77 way…6e48888bff4f7926

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A way…cc61d46eb361da52

The wizard’s bloodshot eyes, 7d1e620005 red from crying, turned aaf0647783 to the Prince’s sword.5cf111b635cf26f1

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…There is a 7b5a7fbc46 way.aa4643e33eb33145

Just one.b78bb1bdc8df4e57

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“Ah!”8b164722ed36f650

The Princess let 0317d948ab out a sharp c1c55ffeec scream. Her gray horse suddenly 1a2a954a49 reared up, kicking its 00cd10c12a front legs wildly. The Princess pulled 6976b2aaa9 on the reins 1c69f3c9f9 and stroked its 7ec9b1306b mane, trying to f0fd34189f calm it, but 8f8fece74e it was no a5d22c94b7 use. As if tied 7b29251b25 by invisible strings 6e73dba1a8 around its neck 1fb596b4c6 and legs, the 7625399652 gray horse thrashed 1749d65d91 about madly. The Princess b0493b3628 couldn’t hold 0197b49402 on and 64e38a7246 tumbled off 5914391e79 the saddle.c25550f1ccba35ba

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“Fafnir! Come back!”76bf3166605babbe

It seemed the 50bc1ffca6 Princess’s gray horse cd3d8eff17 was named Fafnir.338fac9dfb9270a9

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Ignoring its 73634160fa owner’s desperate 9daf9e5268 cries, Fafnir 4a6feeca2c bolted into a972b446dd the dark 70b0b5d1d5 forest like 799a04394b its tail 2567b75305 was on d84820700a fire.5d6faca159d47a9e

The Princess 58c700b0c8 stared blankly 19b7540c88 in the c3d7fbaec6 direction the e94d67d539 horse had 3007691186 disappeared.cc2fbf0ae0c31b90

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It was then.9fb2cc9f4eda888a

A sound 51209564ff of something 07e94d1217 collapsing shook f31f1386d2 the forest.52473acd004183d6

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A terrifying roar.ff141ae2bbbb2b09

It was d7fd5ec369 like the d77934b702 sound of 014fa3057b an ancient dd937ea224 stone tower, 4c359bd35d built to 0ab6a7be37 reach the d6f63c6eea heavens, crumbling. Like a lightning bolt 1938ff5480 striking a sharp spire. Like a long-dormant volcano 2bcbf1bb8b erupting. Or perhaps 325608974c all of fcd6953972 these combined.03032875df1ed8ef

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The wizard, f0adb64188 lying flat 91a937b29f on his 86bdc8554f back, was cef4d5b591 the first 1119f083bf among the 46b1785065 three to 9fc3a42be8 sense the 1b18fbfc9a anomaly.7a40fc35962e4c6c

“Prince! It’s dangerous!”709ba9b349ae7a4a

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He screamed 729a725bb9 as he cdf86e74b1 called out 3826d50205 to the 841ace495c Prince, grabbing d30398e0ad him and fc02ae1444 pulling him fc87939d39 close. In the chaos, the bdd6f8517a Prince also clung to 85549a6158 the wizard, and they 4d2a13b708 rolled several times.5cba1e1c1d58dabc

The ground 3a3633449d rumbled violently. Then, the e42a6db058 spot where 6c556ed3f5 the Prince 34ca46fc56 and the a0d38468bd wizard had f82b3a6c72 just been 9e3fcc1281 split open 67da4e6a24 with a af9e99b743 crack, and bf7c9d412c the solid 842e4c66b5 earth collapsed dbc640dd5c into a 610df301ce deep, gaping 1a70b29ab8 hole. They had a005a2829e almost been 044d137a0e swallowed into 1385c08917 it.1b588617ae4d5024

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“What… is this?”c3aabae276363afc

The Prince muttered 5facc0cad4 in disbelief. But soon, ee2844e86e he stood 446e834246 up with 52ccd73420 a determined faa54451fb expression.6da76f95e24b7c43

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 It was because 3d1ff20367 of the screams.7ab0e9b02d258bf5

The screams coming 5a92c18847 from outside the d6800a87d9 forest, in the 616280b512 direction of the ea30be0cf1 Kingdom. The small, ca56deccc0 peaceful Kingdom—the bb30da5467 Prince’s homeland, 3a7dbf8605 where the 4c2ea60b04 King and 3cb2554f44 Queen resided, 8b30a97ecd where knights 38f1841d4d and citizens 7a075cf7d6 lived—was now 6aeed2afdd echoing with 689d62f771 the desperate 358ac84b57 cries of 5e37579e88 its people.a49be0694a7dab6b

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“Prince! Prince! You mustn’t go! It’s dangerous!”c47d4fc4995524d8

The wizard shouted, but 9b173a0af1 the Prince, gripping his e51a610cd7 sword, leaped onto his 1033807424 horse’s saddle. Unlike the 0cfe7fac95 Princess’s Fafnir, 414bdc329d the Prince’s 88cc0f8b9b white horse 3cc161b7c7 didn’t flee. In fact, 03939aa5e7 it would’ve db45430f5f been better 11e22b1af7 if it c3701acdf3 had! As the Prince tugged b068627bba the reins and clicked 4c22136565 his tongue, the horse, b4640d323b as if it had 131da34467 been waiting for this aca279b23d moment, began galloping toward b654e5044a the Kingdom.0918b83ec5b7fa66

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“Whoa, whoa…”487d7e94e4c1f9e2

The Princess, 0923032542 too, had 96d5da48c1 somehow managed 6a9e3aa18a to retrieve 75c8662a0d Fafnir, who 43a946df65 had fled 6d579b6695 into the eac9bcc1e1 depths of 8abe0b078d the forest.31dea171d93da2b3

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“Is it that way? Is that the Kingdom I’m looking for?”2aa21ee523f8d467

The Princess asked c99439348f this, but without 8cf084ffaf giving the wizard 4e475bc9bf a chance to eba34c3aa3 answer, she spurred c26fcb5b83 her horse and b309a5c765 dashed off. Left alone, 1c33e60665 the wizard b21a16af37 stomped his d7958fba13 feet in be98cee1a5 frustration before 84aaa5d292 breaking into fcb2fe4f3b a run 2ca012f9e1 in the 74ec9c3e65 direction where 87ace794d3 the Prince c31fe20b1a and Princess 1470693307 had disappeared.3f6eca9c16942b9a

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Haha, well, what else 98d3cf624b could he do? He had to 1153d0790e run.f70beb4c8f38adf7

He had d67b2433fc no horse c50dd329f2 to ride, b5f2e1f21c so what c13c607276 choice did 7cce8d3fa1 he have? They didn’t aea160e7d2 even offer 87e7f76012 him a 91205b9c66 ride—how heartless…b7664ad627419ad6

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Yes, and so… b48e0556d2 the wizard ran.940cc9753f3deeee

He ran desperately, gasping 2971b7555e for breath, stumbling over 3b8ff99270 jagged rocks until his c705bbf351 toenails bled, until his 868f8bf71d knees trembled, until his 698558047c lungs felt like they c59f2e0896 were about to burst.94e5639d74768178

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With his face red 62fb7064f8 as a boiled octopus, 4586964883 the wizard finally reached debd2f93d1 the edge of the f189743de5 forest, the border of 7c34c8ec39 the Kingdom.0cc19ce2b692e61d

And there, he saw 2f0c72688c it.3a7023e21055ae67

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A scene 9447aa67eb straight out 53f887a6f6 of hell.9c73317fedf52f5e

You might 05c4c7e9b2 ask, do 97573fb0bf the concepts d987c6294f of heaven ef7dc91e34 and hell 751e1c289b exist in 8bb770b3e1 this story’s 32a52b69e5 world? …Who asked that? Where are e93536245a you sitting? Raise your hand! No, I’m not trying c0c250e17b to pick on you. Haha, it’s a sharp a852a64499 question. Does this world even 75c15d9ff8 have a unified mythology 5ee2aa5847 as its foundation? Does it 82fabafc21 have meaningful f4dc02507b culture or d0c44721f8 religion? Is the political structure afdd985310 of the so-called Kingdom 4ec1735b9c as disorganized and haphazard 51c219aa89 as it seems? What about the fcb1b9751d geography, the climate, b78d549100 the clothing of cc13621079 the people? These are 2583a4329c all meaningful 570fcf4cdd questions. They’re worth c57dbfc611 thinking about.f32b03b185ea271c

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But let’s 33b898facb save that ce0832089e discussion for 05b364586a another time.07b3a36ba539b644

Right now, yes, 3628221568 right now… what dd04e05f94 the wizard is ea7aebb94e witnessing is far 3f24d4bc9c more important.3a7504a181c90f4b

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The world full 922e9c1623 of gaping holes.121f21583e1a9d43

Can you 79bc82c0a7 imagine your 8447f3cfd8 world filled b2b35fe418 with pitch-black cca4397141 holes? Holes puncturing the 0bc6ba00e5 blue sky, holes 5008f2ab8c opening up right 824b441d60 next to where 70fa7ec943 you stand, or 455623b09b even beside your 3a15a8d603 face. Holes appearing out 85aca1a1f9 of thin air, 2e209177bd vast voids with c6fd6a8502 no walls or ec5cb4175d floors.329ff6e512b2bafa

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The scene was acc0074be7 like a vision b88a9b7473 of hell.36a8f9066273fee9

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If the end ff7647d9bd of the world 87a5814d41 were to come, 98cd3c20f8 it would look 2d5f52bd44 like this. The black sky, with 36a794ad39 the round moon hanging 9c6e8713a9 like a silver plate, 4d44f7c6ed was crisscrossed with white bc5bdd6fbb cracks. The wizard 38a8c47347 lifted his 9270de654b head and de9b710fea gazed at a2c81a47be the night 1ecb784523 sky, riddled 0ce6f9dd9d with fissures. At that moment, 9559d8c5cb one of the 81662b3a4d cracks split open 0aff612149 with a loudcrack, and 93f83fad0f a piece 38926653cd of the 9376b4b377 night sky 39109c4ac9 began to cdab764fba fall toward 18c2ff6ef6 the people 5c93dbc78a below. It was 1ec4e8767c like an d566dae1b4 ancient castle 4f1c0f752a wall, crumbling 3b3345386d after thousands 77d7271faa of years.ec71f45f3295b63a

At first, it was 594eec5c6b small, the size of b4634be6ff a pebble, but as bace278c59 it neared the ground, 1fd0cd6203 it grew to an 479778e59b unimaginable size. Yes, the distance between b1da998d16 the sky and the c14784dc67 earth is vast. People screamed and scrambled 0ad7e0359b to get out of f49374793d the way. But how could 915839040c humans possibly gauge 63a24a42f5 the size of 15c7582f27 a falling piece 6bd5537153 of the sky? It was far larger 243f08d777 and wider than anyone 80314b6cfc could have imagined.34eaca1e6fb9e430

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“Save me!”9ebdc391887b1e31

“Ahhh!”3d2c9238dc1e2d1f

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“Damn it, what is this!”6e3744290ff1958f

“Run…!”2b828c0e7a664f61

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The cries of 91673a324a those who couldn’t d89e911250 escape in time e8b3d2ef47 were crushed beneath 2a8ea901e2 the falling piece 09a0ebc7e3 of the sky, 9b3640e618 shattered into fragments. But even ad8d33ae8b those who eff63910ca managed to d9b046248b avoid the 50810c88f9 falling sky 92d1915f0a couldn’t rest fd4a7cd315 easy. From the black void 51d8433996 left behind by the e13f322f09 fallen piece, dark, writhing 08b02a2421 monsters began to pour ed58b0cfcd out.cd4fd776e2154eb9

Creatures with no eyes, 43e73da74a nose, or mouth, with 72e7c21e2d no discernible front or ad16f78f51 back—no, could they even 0d48d96995 be called creatures? They were monsters, their d5523d138d forms vaguely resembling arms, 72b13df9d5 legs, torsos, and heads. They blocked the path bb43bc79da of the fleeing people, c7ee93d263 opening their maws wide… e159bfff0b yes, they did have d095a1bad0 mouths… and began swallowing 3b7bf9c588 people whole.b09c97ad373ed836

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“This way! Everyone, evacuate this way!”16454d499f581322

Knights from the 6d3f923b02 palace had set 0f2e441ffa up barricades near c9daecaa4d the moat. At the 8fceb97465 same time, 1c3ab2b38c they tried 5cef9bf581 to guide 65a3d703bd the citizens 58f749c515 to safety, 2b39f19705 armed with bee471aba9 swords and 3f7b6e66ee shields.be78925569d80cb3

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“What is this! Damn it! It won’t die!”ee5f2de123bd8067

But it 2cf5b3c579 was no 5e74329ee6 use.b4938d42662e6239

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The mysterious black 9f3bcd9059 monsters didn’t fall 148ff398f4 even when struck 0c7fdba0fe by swords. Even when the e127c6dddf knights formed a 3526c1ebb7 shield wall, it 194f7cc61e was futile. The monsters devoured not 34937b19ef only people but also bef8e3ad1d metal, wood, animals, houses, e03c3b9afc and even discarded trash. They swallowed everything that 8cee7fb739 existed into the abyss 32b3e18934 of their stomachs. One poor knight 45e38c2c03 swung his sword d12e68246f at a monster 7037c8ae8c to save an 01c3a39cfd old man who 24d1f65bc1 had been half-swallowed, 1ce52b510b but the monster 733b196b95 simply gulped down b159e96787 the sword embedded 7cbf00ef3d in its body. The knight, struggling to bbeaa92b76 pull out his sword, 8158c95092 was sucked into the 47a6917d8f monster’s depths along with 4c7c9768da the old man…659fbcb063be6953

The wizard, f33cf6ebe1 who had a201e47b64 emerged from b4ae70ecae the forest, c72a08d9a1 stood frozen f22eb33dd9 in place, 1906c06898 watching it a098a32491 all. The scenes of this 078e9ab695 small world’s destruction were e1cd3d6bd2 etched into his eyes.d533daafd2d24882

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“Hel… help…”36ec54619e1d6035

A boy a4452887c2 trapped under b6e3a556b2 the rubble ac90983d26 of a 41c1b90a3e collapsed roof a6c789ac2d reached out 20022fb877 toward the 65b6b525c4 wizard. He looked a315ff2b37 to be dab7bd26c4 about thirteen 7f86a23c95 or fourteen, b5117d51f9 with messy c8165cf376 brown hair 04daae0fc4 and thin 27ed9c3b4e limbs. A monster e0b73b9194 was approaching ffc4517626 the boy. The boy, 86d24694cb paralyzed by 21df56f85b terror, couldn’t 6a939a6416 even finish c3a7260092 his plea 61b22c4fa7 for help. The sound of f601bbb642 his chattering teeth c4ed41b5bc drowned out his 19a7279ed3 words.8e01abf04018a6c9

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The wizard simply stared 490e3cfe0d at the boy. He stood rooted to 68d57361d6 the spot, unmoving.c60898d1fe77094b

The boy 96f0aa9d15 stretched out df75e78ce9 his trembling 2a85a33d84 hand more 9b6c1213a0 desperately. His quivering f3168b6d36 fingers were a9a7e4779a pitiful to fd5ca159df behold. The inky 0ea9c50fd3 black monster 5360b7b20a drew closer. The boy opened his ba82f2e322 mouth wide, trying to f616f048e8 scream, but no sound e609a3eb48 came out. Fear can paralyze 391961c21a a person.f30c9d16e5e8f9a6

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The wizard shut 446c169ad3 his eyes tightly.d4043fad2504db78

The monster 776c3c8047 swallowed the 90b41c72a5 boy. The only mercy was 7b7d43fcbc that the monster had 2c8a0b882f no teeth. The boy 3d19e05ba1 didn’t suffer 11edfd7945 the agony 7e3e7eb983 of having 241dc1b62e his limbs 1da6a512df crushed or 2e435f02f0 his body 85b2079ab7 torn apart. He was 0cbe2c9510 simply gulped 865c146ece down into 493e63559e the monster’s 278d0a0583 black throat.7eec1d683c77b25d

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The wizard opened 02c6dfbffa his eyes.32ee8fa138e9c7c3

The monster that had 8131e175ad devoured the boy was 23c4d0f7ca now right in front 6321f6dd44 of him. It opened c447ec6300 its maw 9ec4d8fce3 wide, ready 21577afa86 to swallow 855e101881 the wizard’s 58e5c633bd head whole.efd9ad0d1db31b98

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The wizard peered 8c4a9a3add into the monster’s 807c4ad07a throat.e440f2f92f13ff25

There was nothing.fd7fddbec71cff7e

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……Nothing at all.791703aacce6b6cb

It was c76f930f02 like the 174da04dd4 voids puncturing e4d5eb7570 the sky 263f6d9368 and earth. Beyond the monster’s throat, 6d3a3bd490 its stomach was an 0574d07ee1 endless abyss.104c4df2c11e1aaa

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The monster suddenly 4a02714d7e closed its mouth.3cd6c11b4dd4d120

Then opened it 725a1e82f9 again.72a9fdacea7e1a17

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Closed it once 2907a6c0f6 more.62130cfa3de85828

It was as 03b24ff061 if it wanted fd46d4d0d8 to swallow but 3d98703681 couldn’t. Like trying to peel 79530c069b a prickly chestnut, the f4164d1be8 monster repeatedly opened and 2699a71a16 closed its maw above 4c9c3e04bd the wizard’s head. Then, seemingly disheartened, 1d2b580d73 it turned away 9257bf6a95 and left to a18fd468c1 find other prey.ff9a17dcf442dfc8

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“Prince…?”246c778c7cefe8eb

The wizard muttered absently 43cb54af1f as he watched the c19dc21e80 monster’s retreating figure.5ce867ba506dd99e

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Of course, the Prince 848fce9adf was there too.c1727f783598b4bc

In the heart of c34685d195 the collapsing world, at c2fa82c051 the center of this f2ad7f4313 hellscape, where just an 8f0b1e2322 hour ago his small, f0c3861764 peaceful Kingdom had stood.d7e05fcb477e705e

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When the Prince 7f7aca0a61 emerged from the 21e6c1c1dd Forbidden Forest and 80c3f655e3 stood at the 39e0a82e4b edge of the bc4cac577f Kingdom, he was df6847a5e2 just as shocked 3c74c1193e as the wizard. The Princess, who ab97404984 had caught up a9c7522118 to him, was 4e95daaef9 also left speechless 038c8d040b by the scene 63a87ebe4c before her.8e522ad48b935f48

“…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…?”8b37fcb52eb64057

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The Princess, who had 6b9767b438 been unable to speak 11719cab3c for a while, finally a367e47e11 managed to stammer out 77ce5aa4e8 her words.002535e602403d9c