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is said.

"to whom?"

"Here you are, Kimi, the future king of Lapland."

The more Kimi listened, the more she felt strange, "The crops in the field died, and the water in the well turned into sand, did it all happen because of you?"

"The misfortune that Lapland suffers is actually because of you."

"Me? Am I going to let my people suffer from drought and famine?" Kimi suddenly felt angry.

"When you kill the unicorn, you break the seal of the curse, which is why Lapland suffers."

Kimi approached him and threatened, "If you cast this curse, then undo it, otherwise it will take your life."

Dennis shook his head, "I am not the one who cast the curse, only you can undo the curse, and you will be tested."

"You're under arrest." Kimi reached out to grab him, but in vain, the man disappeared right under his nose.

Just as they looked around in vain, he reappeared on the stairs behind them.

"The curse will disappear only when you prove yourself and make amends for killing the unicorn. If you fail the test, the curse will haunt Lapland forever." After saying this, Dennis disappeared into thin air inside.

test

Sebastian told Bernie about their encounter with the unicorn guardian Dennis at the palace last night at breakfast time, this was the second time Sebastian saw him, the first time was when Kimi killed the unicorn in the forest.

"How does Kimi feel about this curse?" From what Bernie knew of the crown prince, he wouldn't trust Dennis easily.

"He didn't believe it was his fault, he believed Dennis was responsible for it."

There was only one biscuit on the plate in Bernie's hand, "This is all we have left."

Sebastian didn't complain. Now that the whole city has nothing to eat, a biscuit is good enough. He picked up the cup next to him, and there was still tea, which was a surprise, "Where did the water for the tea come from?"

"We're lucky." At this point Bernie paused for a moment, "You didn't pour the bathwater last night."

Sebastian spat out the water he had just drank in his mouth, "You made tea with my bath water?"

"It's not that bad, maybe a little...soapy." In this case, Bernie wasn't that particular.

Sebastian nibbled on the biscuit dejectedly, and the biscuit became hard to swallow without water.

Bernie told him, "If you don't want to drink the bath water, you better let Kimi know the truth."

The crown prince didn't sleep well all night, and when he put on his clothes in the morning, he found a few holes in his leather boots, and he couldn't help being furious.

"That mouse bit through my sheepskin boots." He held the boots up to Sebastian's eyes and shook them, "See."

"The mouse must be hungry too, but at least it's eating better than us." Sebastian wanted to lighten the mood.

"You think that's funny?" Kimi thinks it's all because he's a bad guy, and throws the boot on him, "Catch that damn mouse, or I'll make boots out of your skin."

"About what Dennis said last night, did you think about it afterward?" Sebastian picked up the boot and threw it in the trash.

"He escaped last night, but we now know the target." Kimi still refused to believe that it was his fault, "I have already told my father that I will find this Dennis and end this."

"What if what he said is true?" Sebastian went over to help him make the bed.

"Are you saying that I'm the one who made the subjects suffer?" Kimi came up to him with her arms akimbo and questioned.

"I believe you didn't do it on purpose." Sebastian lifted the goose down quilt, and the quilt covered the slightly funny face of the Crown Prince who was opposite the bed because of his anger. After the quilt fell slowly, Sebastian suddenly thought that it might be better to say something, "That day in In the forest, when you killed the unicorn, I saw Dennis."

"Why didn't you say it then?"

"He just passed by and then disappeared. I thought it was a hallucination, but he did appear."

Kimi didn't care, "What does that mean?"

"Have you ever thought about it? He might be right." Sebastian began to panic, the man's head was a lump of elm.

"He was walking around in the forest, so it's even more unbelievable." Kimi refused to think about the whole thing in his own way.

Sebastian continued to persuade him, "Then why did he come to the palace and lie to you?"

"He was cornered, so he came to accuse me, and then escaped by himself." Kimi used his own logic to overthrow the facts before him.

"He can disappear into thin air without a sound, there's no need to waste his tongue to get away." Sebastian really wants to pry his head open to see if it's all wood.

"Wizards like him, my father once warned me that they won't give up until the country is destroyed." All the bad impressions in Kimi's mind of things beyond nature and science were instilled in him by the king since he was a child.

"I believe what he said." Sebastian was on the verge of despair at his stubborn master.

"Then you're an idiot, you can't believe a word a wizard says, you'd better keep that in mind." Kimi picked up her armor and weapon, "I think I already know what Dennis' next move is, before he does it We're going to be ready."

It was Kimi and Sebastian's turn to guard the granary at night. Kimi came back after turning around and saw his manservant snoring against the sack, accompanied by the sound of smacking his lips.

His master exhaustedly patrolled around, and the male servant actually slept comfortably here. Kimi picked up a rattan frame at hand and threw it on his head.

"You slept so soundly. You didn't even know that a thief came and emptied the house."

Sebastian woke up inexplicably, rubbing his head in pain.

"And stop smacking your lips, it's annoying."

"I'm thirsty." Sebastian hadn't had a drink in a day if you didn't count the morning shower.

"Everyone is thirsty." There was no water in the palace, and Kimi's lips were parted.

Sebastian stands up and does jumping exercises to distract himself from falling asleep from hunger and thirst.

Suddenly, Kimi heard some movement next door, he turned around and told Sebastian to stop and keep silent, the master and servant came to the next room on tiptoe, blocking the thief who stole a bag of food and was about to leave.

"Who are you?" Kimi pointed his sword at him.

"My name is, my name is Massa, Your Highness." The man said cozily.

"It's very comfortable to take food in the palace." Seeing that the other party is just a commoner, Kimi put away his sword, "The king ordered that stealing food during this period will be punished with capital punishment, do you know?"

The farmer named Massa softened all of a sudden, "Please, Your Highness, I am not for myself. I have a two-year-old son who has been starving for several days and can't cry."

"Everyone is the same." Kimi is also in a difficult situation during such a difficult period.

"I know it's wrong to steal, but I can't just watch him starve to death."

"Then you will let your children watch you be executed?" From the words, Kimi could feel that he was not a bad person, it was the disaster that forced the people of duty to take this path.

"No..." The honest Massa cried out in fright.

"So you should go home." Kimi didn't want to make it difficult for him, "If you are found out next time, I won't let you go so easily."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Massa put down the bag of grain and was about to leave, when Kimi stopped him again, picked up the bag of grain on the ground and threw it to him, "Save it, your whole family will depend on it for a while."

"You have shown your kindness, Your Highness, and this will pay off." After finishing speaking, the frightened honest man showed a meaningful smile on his face.

In the early morning of the next day, Sebastian was awakened by the cheers outside. It turned out that the sand in the well disappeared and clear water appeared again.

For breakfast, Kimi and Sebastian each downed a pitcher of water.

"I never knew that water can be so delicious." Kimi sighed, wiping her mouth, and only realized its importance after losing it.

"My throat was so dry that it was smoking." Sebastian also filled his stomach with water and couldn't eat anything else. "Finally the drought has eased."

"It's so strange why there's water again all of a sudden." Kimi saw his manservant's hesitation, "I think you must have some explanation for this, tell me."

"Dennis said that you will be tested. Last night in the granary, you let the man go. He said that kindness will be rewarded." Sebastian felt a little strange when he heard Massa say that.

"That's just words of gratitude." Kimi, who was born with thick lines, didn't think much about it.

"Maybe that was your first test? You passed, so the curse began to wear off, and this is your reward." Sebastian pointed to the water bottle in his hand.