Jin Yu stood in front of her floor-to-ceiling mirror, combing her long hair and her papal white robe.

The robe had been worn continuously for sixteen years since her accession to the throne.

In all sixteen years, she had never worn anything other than this robe.

Of course, the same was true of the popes before her.

After all, this is their duty, and this garment is also their glory and their symbol.

Unless they abdicate or die, they will wear it for the rest of their lives.

After taking care of her robe, Jinyu sighed slowly.

This has nothing to do with the papal robe itself, which has been worn for sixteen years.

After all, this robe can be used as a symbol of the pope's status, and it naturally has its value.

Forever shrouded in the blessings of the Light, it will not be polluted by the dust of the outside world, nor will it cause any discomfort to the wearer of this garment.

In other words, the robe has an astonishing level of defense and isolation, both physically and magically and otherwise.

If it were not for the extreme evil stain or the destruction of the blessing of guarding the garment, then the garment would have been eternal pure.

So pure that even after Jinyu, who has been wearing this dress for sixteen years, takes it off, there will be no residual afterglow on it.

But despite this, she sighed.

And this wasn't the first time she'd sighed in the past few days.

"Your Majesty, do you have anything on your mind?" The bead particles that had just recovered from a great injury stood beside Jin Yu like a stone statue, and said in her usual tone.

"Huh." Jin Yu shook her white robe, looked at the bead particles in the mirror, and said, "Bead particles, let me tell you a story." ”

Storytelling?

When Zhu Particle heard this, he couldn't help but be a little surprised for a while.

Her impression of His Majesty Jinyu, who is not smiling, is not a person who can be gentle enough to tell stories.

But despite this, if Jinyu did have this heart, then she couldn't be happier.

After all, maybe in this world, the person who can enjoy this honor may be the only one.

So the bead particles stood still obediently, nodded, and made the appearance of a listener.

"It's a very cliché story, you can't laugh at me when you hear it." The corners of Jinyu's mouth rose slightly, this time she didn't use the self-title of 'this king'.

Rather, in the impression of Zhu Particles, she has not used this self-title for a long time.

Maybe she's tired.

"How dare you make fun of Your Majesty, you really said it." The bead particles will bow their heads slightly, maintaining the necessary humility.

"Okay, bead particles." Jinyu sighed again, "Don't talk to me in this tone in the future, cherish the last days with me, at least, in the last days of my life, I want to be equal to people." ”

"Then, since Your Majesty said so, I have to serve you like this, because ......"

"That's enough." Jinyu shook her head, "That's really enough." ”

The man who was the Pope slowly turned his body towards the beads, and there was a hint of unskillful tenderness in his tone, "At least, I want you to treat me equally." ”

Hearing this, the bead particles immediately froze in place as if they had been struck by a bolt of lightning.

She was already standing like a stone statue, but now she is even straighter.

"I, I see, Your Majesty."

The bead particles stayed for a while before they came to their senses.

"Hmm." Jin Yu looked at the appearance of the bead particles, nodded slowly, and then turned her body back.

"Well, I'll tell you the story." Jin Yu began to pull back her long hair, revealing the back of her snow-white neck.

"By the way, since I'm going to tell a story, why don't you help me tie my hair?" Jin Yu beckoned to the person in the mirror and handed the hairpin behind her.

"Ahhh As Jinyu's personal maid, Zhu Particle immediately greeted her, took the hairpin and comb in Jinyu's hand, and began to pull Jinyu's hair.

"Huh." Jinyu smiled lightly, "Thank you." ”

This is the first thank you that comes out of Jinyu's mouth.

The hand holding the bead particle's hair trembled slightly.

"Well, then, I can probably finally get started." Jinyu looked at the girl in the mirror who helped her pull her hair and began her story.

……

Once upon a time there was an ancient kingdom in which all the people lived by light.

Light is their bread, their rain and dew, and at the same time their air.

If there is no light, then there is nothing.

Therefore, under such conditions, the kingdom will never be able to welcome the night.

For as long as they see the night, they will die if they lose the light.

Therefore, in order to bring light to the people at night, the king of this kingdom has an important duty.

Shine a light on the country.

Of course, before we do that, we first have to talk about the basic setting of the people of this kingdom.

Because they are born of light, these people all contain a power called a light source in their bodies, and the scale of this power is described as 'lumens' for the time being.

This setting is very important.

Because in this country, the system used by people to elect the king is the lumen system.

As the name suggests, whoever has the highest lumens will be the king.

And those who become kings are to be charged with the duty of rising day and night, and illuminating the whole kingdom by night, as is the case in every generation.

So being a king in this country is not something to be happy about.

But at least, it's something that deserves to be happy for the people.

After all, being alive is more important than anything else.

But at this point, one might ask, if the king is in charge of lighting the night, then who is in charge of the affairs of the country?

The answer is simple, Queen.

That's right, the king's position in the whole country is equivalent to a spiritual leader, and the queen is the one who really holds the real power.

So when people elect a king, the standard of judgment is lumens, and when they elect a queen, it depends on real materials.

Of course, the kings and queens mentioned here do not represent any other divisions.

In some times, the king may be female and the queen may be male, while in others, the gender of the two is reversed.

There was even a time when kings and queens were both male and all female.

After all, sexual orientation is not the same for everyone.

In short, in thousands of years of constant light, the country has always lived well, and no one has died because of the extinguishment of the light in the middle.

Yes, in all these thousands of years, that light has never been extinguished, not once.