336 Happily ever after

Once upon a time, there was a sickly prince trapped in a huge castle. The prince was often lonely, having no one to rely on but the old queen.

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One day, the sickly prince overheard the old queen talking with her noble family. The noble family offered to keep the sickly prince safe, for his existence was a threat to some bad members of the royal family. However, no one could protect the sickly prince better than the old queen regardless of her safety.

Therefore, the sickly prince thought he should run away… and so he did.

On his venture out of the castle, the prince heard a stray cat. He followed it, only for the cat to lead him to an unused area in the deeper part of the castle. In that part of the castle resided a terrifying monster no one had ever known about.

The prince gazed at the huge shadow that stretched near his feet.

In fear of ending up inside the monster’s stomach, the prince tried to run away. However, because he was sick, he didn’t get far. The only thing he could do was look back as he listened to the echoes of the monster approaching.

“I’m scared,” whispered the prince, shutting his eyes and accepting his fate.

“Huh?”

Suddenly, instead of a scary monster, the person who came out of the darkness was a plump servant girl. The prince peeked through his eyes, only to see that the big shadow stretching over his feet previously was simply the shadow of a… frog, leaping right beside her. (3)

And that was how the sickly prince and the little servant’s friendship started, along with her animal kingdom.

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Penny read the children’s book, which she found questionable in many points. She wondered how this could be a children’s book when some parts of it were honestly brutal. But then again, she didn’t focus on that. Instead, she focused on the fact that this book reminded her of a person’s story.

To be precise, her and Zoren’s story.

different, but the description

know he was running away that day,” she whispered, assuming the premise originated from reality. “No wonder, even as a child, he

truly

heard that Chunchun had rescued him that day, not the other way around. It placed a smile on

the prince and the servant girl parting ways because the prince needed to see a witch who

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the peasant girl was still there. However, instead of being a peasant girl, she was actually a fairy who had looked after the

long life and ruled the

ever after,” she whispered as she slowly closed the book,

back. “I should’ve checked

if she had, she wouldn’t have known the

*Knock Knock*

ears. Penny slowly turned to the door,

door slowly

on

Brother?” she

everything okay?”

stride inside and sit on the chair near her desk.

snapped his eyes to her

between her brows, confused. “Sorry

sorry for mentioning them,” he clarified apologetically. “You seemed very happy today, and I…

“Oh.”

with puppy eyes. “I didn’t mean to ruin your mood. I know

more he spoke, the more her lips curled up. Before he could

frowned. “Penny, why are you laughing at

until she was tearing up. “I’m sorry, Second Brother. It’s just that you look so cute. I can’t believe you’ve become

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