What is happiness?

It is acquired after loss.

It is to have it after longing.

For the king and queen, their daughter, Princess Manyue, was lost and gained, even if they saw her, they could cry happily.

For Princess Manyue, she longs to get in touch with the world beyond the canyon, to get in touch with more new things, so much so that her mother, whom she sees as dependent, has become a carp, and can only stay in the pond outside the witch's hut, unable to go anywhere, and now she has everything she longs for.

Happiness is contagious.

A princess who is benevolent, beautiful, and innocent and shares happiness with the people can naturally easily gain the love of all citizens.

However, the good times were short-lived.

……

Three months later, one morning.

Perhaps the bad news had already spread, and everyone in the palace looked a little solemn, and the carefree laughter and laughter of the past receded like a tide......

Seven or eight peasants from all over the kingdom were invited by city officials into the main hall of the parliamentary chamber.

The ornate palace gates opened.

Looking at the red carpet on the floor, the king, queen, and princess at the top of the palace, and the ministers on either side of the parliament chamber.

Seeing such a high standard, these seven or eight gray-haired old men looked a little nervous.

An old farmer took off his boots and walked barefoot on the carpet with a basket on his back.

He was afraid of staining the carpet in the Capitol Chamber......

The other old peasants followed suit, took off their boots, stepped on the carpet of the parliament hall, and walked to the center of the hall.

Under everyone's gaze, these seven or eight old farmers opened their back baskets, which contained seven or eight of the most common foods.

Wheat, rice, red tomatoes, apples, soybeans, mung beans and potatoes......

Without exception, the food had become moldy, the fruit had grown black spots, and the fruit that should have been full had dried up.

"Your Majesty, the dark forces have begun to affect our crops, and since this year, moldy food has been found everywhere, and it is impossible to eat it at all, which will cause a large reduction in the yield of our crops, which will lead to famine, which will surely lead to a great disaster......," said the Home Secretary with a worried face.

The king frowned.

At this moment, an elderly scholar wearing an astrological robe who had been studying the occult for many years stepped forward, this is a scholar of the kingdom, and he only heard him say: "Your Majesty, and you colleagues, I don't know if you have heard of the legend of Brundy, the goddess of life......"

Teresa, who was guarding the princess's side, was immediately refreshed.

Because of Teresa's great achievements, Princess Manyue relied on her very much, and now Teresa has become the princess's guard knight, personally protecting the safety of Princess Manyue.

"Legend has it that when chaos first opened, the world was only barren continents and lifeless oceans, and it was Brundy, the mother of life, who used the world stone to create everything in the world, and then an evil human warrior stole the world stone, and this world full of life began to fall into the ...... of twisted darkness."

"And what do you mean?" The king asked.

"Only by finding the World Stone and returning it to the goddess Brendy can we truly save the world, otherwise the darkness will swallow the earth day by day, and disasters will come little by little, according to the speed of expansion of the dark forest, maybe this generation or the next generation, our entire Beacon Kingdom will be swallowed by the dark forest, and we will usher in eternal darkness, Your Majesty! Night is coming. ”

"And where is the World Stone?"

"Yes, where are the mythical things that we can participate in."

The ministers in the hall discussed one after another.

Hearing this, the scholar sighed and said, "I don't know, the World Stone has disappeared for thousands of years, and no one has seen it at all, maybe the only thing we can do is pray." ”

"So what's the use of that?"

"yes, yes......"

Knock knock knock......

The king tapped on the table, and all the ministers stopped the discussion.

I heard the king say with a calm face: "Order the city-states to immediately start improving seeds, cultivating more farmland, opening up new sources of food, and opening warehouses for relief in the severely affected areas." ”

"The king is wise." The ministers saluted and said.

Seven or eight old peasants also shouted the king's wisdom.

However, everyone knows that this is only a stopgap measure, according to the scholars, at most a hundred years, the entire kingdom of Beacon will be swallowed by the dark forest, and there is only evil and twisted power, corrupted and corrupted souls, and humans will not be able to survive in it.

At this time.

A palace guard stormed the kingdom's council hall with a panicked face.

This kind of thing only happened once three months ago.

That time, it was Teresa's cavalry team that successfully found the princess Manyue, who had been missing for more than ten years, and the soldiers who came to report it also broke in so recklessly.

"There is a terrible plague in Chestnut Town, half of the townspeople have died, and half of the townspeople are on their way to flee, and they are heading towards the interior of the kingdom, and the plague may spread to the whole kingdom......

"According to them, the plague was spread by an old witch on her own initiative, and the old witch also said that as long as it is ......" The soldier looked up at the king and queen, and after a pause, he still reported truthfully: "The old witch said that as long as the princess Manyue returned to her, she was willing to stop the spread of the plague and save all those infected by the plague." ”

"Nonsense." The king stood up with a flushed face, his eyebrows raised in anger.

"Summons the order to isolate the residents of Chestnut Town who are infected by the plague, and everything about the old witch is a rumor, and those who spread rumors in vain will be sent to prison and the meeting will be dismissed!" The king brushed his sleeves away, and the queen pulled Princess Manyue and quietly left.

The ministers looked at each other worriedly, and then left the parliament chamber.

……

above the terrace of the palace.

The blonde-haired princess Manyue, with a long sword hanging from her waist, looked heroically into the distance, her eyes were contemplative, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

Theresa, who was guarding on the side, showed a look of worry in her eyes, which was different from the usually innocent and romantic Princess Manyue.

Ever since the princess had sat in on the morning proceedings of the Parliament chamber, she had been silent, looking into the distance.

"Your Royal Highness, you don't have to worry, you have to trust that His Majesty the King will take care of everything."

The princess, however, did not answer the question, but only listened to her ask. "Teresa, do you say that this beautiful country will disappear completely in less than a hundred years?"

"Princess......" Teresa called softly, but she didn't know how to enlighten her.

"Teresa, actually...... Actually, I'm not an ordinary girl. Princess Manyue seemed to have made up a lot of determination to say this.

In Teresa's stunned gaze, Princess Manyue pulled out the long sword at her waist, pointed the sword in the direction she was looking at, and only heard her say passionately: "I can clearly feel the approximate location of the goddess Brundy, she is in that direction, but it's a pity that I don't have the World Stone, otherwise ......"

The princess gritted her teeth lightly, and her face showed a hint of unwillingness.