“You don’t just fuel your ideas. Your ideas fuel you.”   CHAPTER II: Old Man with Horses; You Have Amnesia, Prince Sigmund      FAIRY TALES DON’T exist, I have known. It is all but fantasy. When I was young, I was told that they are mere illusions put into words. A made-up idea to fuel children’s imagination. To inspire creative people into building something beautiful with their bare minds.       But right now, somehow… I thought I could start believing it.      First thing I spotted by the time I awoke was the foreign environment I was in. The smell of air was different. The sky was unfamiliar. The sea was gone. T

“Playing the role of someone else is hard, until you start forgetting who you are.”   CHAPTER IV: The Army and His Troupe; Details About the Country, Donn Heriota       ON THE SECOND crimson-carpeted floor of the cobblestone castle situated yet another big chamber. I was inside. We were inside: Raul, Beto, and I, with this young warrior lady. She followed us up here in the room where the king and queen presently occupy. I had no problems with that. I couldn’t care less about anything except the way I had to bestow myself to the bloodline, claiming I sure am their child.      I was looking at the two most important people of the town right now. Their eyes were on fire—not the type that could burn me alive. It was filled with compassion and woe and tender

“There is nothing more dangerous than knowing nothing.”   CHAPTER VI: Chaos of Yesterday Lies Tomorrow; A Message on the Black Paper      IN THAT EVENING, the diners were immediately told to go back to their units. I encountered Raul and Beto on my way from the hall and they didn’t seem to understand the situation. Too bad, they were just about to eat and this happened. I did not have the time to explain the details to them anymore, for Meredith was bossing me around. We had to report it to the King and Queen right away after all, as we should. So I commanded some maids to entertain the two and never let them go home with empty bellies instead.      We found the King and Queen in the middle of some business. An

“And like dandelions, life can be beautiful too, if you wish to seek the beauty in it.”   CHAPTER VIII: Betrothed; The Unexpected Revelation      BY THE SUN was on its way up back with the clouds again, was also when we finally reached a shade—which was the gatehouse. I was not particularly fretting about the load, nor the heat from the sun. I am used to this. I used to work in a hotter temperature than this in a certain market of Piterbern, with two sacks of either farm vegetables or field corn on my back, loading and unloading cargoes, and even assigned to clean a particularly wide stinky area in the market when one of the merchant’s assistant was not around. Of course, I would never decline a task, especially when I know I need extra money. I was that diligent before. <

“It does not only take bravery, but also the capability of you embracing that certain something you only fear to face before.”   X: Besieging the Royal King and Queen; Robin Asking for Consent      “WHAT IN THE world do you think you are wearing?!” I quietly hissed at him. I swallowed and gaped my lips. How in the world!      Ragen was almost unrecognizable. With his thick brows covered in makeup, concealing both, with his nose gotten long and pointy, with his teeth crooked—one of them was literally shining gold, his hair long and frizzy, his body hidden completely under thick dark clothes, and with