Episode 6.3
"I see that the song of the witch is of to your liking."
"Chaney. Is that true?"
"You an whether it's a true story or not? Hmm, I wonder about that. After all, minstrels' songs have spices and flavors added to them for entertainnt's sake. But it is considered a fact that such a country once existed, and that it was brought to ruins by an infighting between its princes. I can't say for sure if there's any more to the story however."
"The tale must be famous in this country."
"Yes. I think it's a well known legend on this whole continent. I have heard versions with radically different details, however the important characters all share commonality. In any case, the country was destroyed 300 years ago. No one really cares about its historical accuracy. After all, people would rather listen to curious, bizarre and mystical legends than the dull reality of true history."
It's a tale depicting the fall of a country.
There was once a country called Wapud.
It was a large and prosperous kingdom that had been around for a long ti.
A king called Mahazar once ruled over the kingdom.
He was a wise king who led Wapud Kingdom to its peak of prosperity.
Under the reign of King Mahazar, a great majority of the continent was put under Wapud Kingdom's control, the country was flourishing, and the people never starved.
The knights were fad for their strength, never failing to foil invasions from any foreign country, and purging bandits in the country's highways.
The king had three great sons who got along well with each other, every one of them inherited the sagacity of the king. Everybody believed that no shadow would ever befall upon the country's prosperity regardless of which son succeeded the throne.
King Mahazar was of long life, and his sons eventually grew old as well. However, the king's three sons had two sons each, and every one of them inherited their fathers' qualities as they all grew up to be excellent individuals. All six grandsons deeply respected King Mahazar as well, as such, there was nary a worry over the country's future.
One day, one of the sons brought a lovely girl before King Mahazar. She was to personally take care of the king's personal needs. The girl was of humble origin, however she was wise, kind and an expert in healing magic. The girl devoted her all to keep the king's well being as she wholeheartedly served upon him.
The king loved the girl. He never granted her any political says, however he would answer to every need of the girl. The girl made one wish. In order to protect the king's life, she wished to learn magic skills and techniques under the most capable mages there were.
The best of the best of mages were invited to the royal palace to beco the girl's tutors. Books were gathered up without regards to expenses. The girl eventually beca the kingdom's best mage, possessing knowledge about life and death surpassed by none.
King Mahazar's three sons died of old age. At this point of ti, the king rarely showed his figure before other people as he shut himself up inside his bedroom and issued imperial commands only through the girl.
Even the king's grandsons couldn't get an audience with the king. The grandsons felt loneso about it while holding their suspicions. However, every one of the imperial edicts issued by the king was both appropriate and put considerations into the populace well beings, as such, the country never fell into disorder.
Everyone thought the kingdom would be forever prosperous.
One day, one of King Mahazar's grandsons broke the ban and went to et the king.
What the prince witnessed was a re shadow of the old King Mahazar as he had been reduced into an unsightly corpse with maggots gnawing on him, kept alive by a mysterious power.
Even with tears streaming down his face, the prince implored the king to tell him how he got to be like that.
The king spoke.
There was once an artifact left behind by the founder king deep in the royal palace. It was the magic gem of a mighty ancient dragon.
The girl who found out about the existence of that magic gem succumbed to her greed.
For the sake of preserving her beauty for all eternity and keeping her guardian, that is the king, alive forever, the two had perford a secret art. The girl who ca up with the secret art at the terminus of her magic research had once given up on it since she couldn't obtain the necessary dium to perform the art, however, once she was aware of the existence of the ancient dragon's magic gem, there was nothing that could put a brake on her desire.
The secret art was perford. It succeeded on the girl, but failed on the king. Due to his advanced age, the king's vitality couldn't endure the severity of the secret art.
The king died.
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