Northern Lights

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Kimi picked up the glass and looked at the clear water inside, feeling a little troubled.

"I know I'm soft-spoken." Seeing his expression like this, Sebastian was a little discouraged.

"That... I agree." Kimi hummed the words like a mosquito.

"If you're tested again." His voice couldn't be quieter, but Sebastian hears it, and he strikes while the iron is hot. "You have a chance to end this disaster, and I know that's your greatest wish."

Seeing him shaken, Sebastian continued, "Maybe we should find Dennis."

"I can't negotiate with the magician, my father will never agree." This time Kimi refused less resolutely.

"Then don't let him know."

Kimi looked at his little manservant and realized he wasn't as stupid as he used to think.

In the afternoon, the crown prince and his valet each rode a horse to the valley where the unicorn was found, and Kimi had decided to go to the test.

The valley was so big, so they split up to look for it, and Kimi saw a white figure passing by, and before he had time to call Sebastian, he chased after him alone.

Dennis's disappearing figure was much faster than him. He chased to the entrance of a cave. He saw Massa who stole food from the palace last night. At this moment, he was sitting leisurely beside a pile of food. Almost more than a palace.

"It's you? You thief." He had so much food, and Kimi realized she was being tricked by him.

"It was already obvious when you caught me stealing food." Massa's glib expression was far from the honesty of that night.

"Lucky for you, I still have important things to do." Kimi didn't want Dennis to be missed by this guy.

"You don't really believe what I said about the child, do you?" Massa mocked.

"Who on earth are you? You use your child as a cover for yourself."

"Your subjects will starve, all because you let thieves steal their rations, so they don't trust you."

Kimi didn't want to continue talking to him, "You have no right to speak for my subjects."

"If it was your father, he would never be fooled like this." Massa was unwilling to let it go.

"Take care of your mouth, otherwise I don't mind spending some time teaching you." Kimi clenched his sword hand involuntarily.

"Your father will put me to death, and you don't have the guts to do it, do you, Kimi?" Massa came up to him, "He must regret making you a heir, and if he was given another chance, he would definitely wait for you Think about it when your younger brother is an adult."

"You have no idea what my father is thinking." Kimi gritted her teeth.

"You will risk your life for a manservant, and you will let me, a thief, because of the kindness of a woman. You can't be a king at all, you will only shame him." Every word of Massa pierced his heart on the apex.

"Take your sword." Kimi didn't have time to think about why he knew so much, the anger made him lose his mind.

"The king must be worried about you when you are on the throne." Massa raised his sword and easily received his move, nimbly dodged his next attack, and swung his sword towards him, "He was worried that you didn't Enough power to counter the enemy."

Obviously his swordsmanship and strength are above Kimi's, and what's even worse is that he never stopped saying, "The king must doubt whether you are his son."

This sentence added fuel to the flames. Kimi saw the opportunity and swung his sword, but the man disappeared out of thin air. The inertia of the force made him stumble, and when he turned around, he saw Dennis.

"You did this?" Kimi demanded him.

Dennis held a staff in his hand and said unhurriedly, "This is a test of your heart."

"What does your trick mean?" Kimi looked at him unreasonably.

"Why did you kill that man?" Dennis asked him back.

"He insulted me."

"You can choose to turn a blind eye, and you won't get hurt for it." Dennis proved lighthearted.

Kimi didn't want to bother with his tricks anymore, pointed at him with a sword and said, "I order you to withdraw the curse."

"I don't have the ability to do that."

"Then die." Kimi swung his sword and slashed at him, but missed and fell to the ground.

"You will kill people for your own vanity. You failed this test, and Lapland will pay a heavy price for this." Dennis appeared in another place.

"But my subjects are innocent." Kimi yelled at him on the ground.

"The suffering of the subjects of Lapland is not my fault, but yours."

Kimi still wanted to argue with him, but Dennis disappeared into thin air again.

When they returned to the palace, they found that most of the food in the treasury was moldy and rotten, and the water source turned into useless yellow sand again. They didn't expect that the retribution for him failing the test would come so quickly, and it was even more serious.

Ultimate test

The food supply in the palace also began to be tense, and the king ordered that no food be distributed to the civilians. Kimi also fought for this matter, but the king was determined to leave the food to the army that was more useful to the country, and his fight did not work.

Bernie grilled a plate of beetles, but neither he nor Sebastian dared to eat first, so they just sat facing each other.

"I know Kimi is stubborn, pig-headed, and obnoxious, but he cares about his subjects more than himself. He won't forgive himself for making his subjects suffer." Sebastian was still worried about the Crown Prince.

"You've got to make sure he doesn't do anything reckless."

"With his current mood, I don't know what he will do."

"So you need to replenish your strength." Bernie pushed the plate containing the beetles to him.

"Are you sure it's not poisonous?" Sebastian hesitated.

"Sure." Bernie picked up an oily worm, "They say it tastes like chicken."

"Really?" Sebastian couldn't believe it.

"In order not to starve, I hope they are right." After speaking, Bernie took a bite first, and the green liquid in the bug flowed out.

Sebastian closed his eyes and put the worm in his mouth. It was a crispy shell on the outside, sticky on the inside, and the taste was too strange to express in words, "It's not like chicken at all."

Bernie also had a duped look on his face.

The crown prince has been depressed all day, not because he is hungry, but because he is worried about the future of Lapland.

"Eat something." Sebastian brought him a plate of fried meat.

"I don't have an appetite." Kimi glanced at the plate of fried meat with a lot of chili peppers. It's so late, he can still find meat. It's not easy.

Sebastian worried that he saw something, "But you have to eat something."

"Can't eat it, at least not when my subjects are starving." Kimi frowned, "Do you really think I caused this curse?"

"I'm afraid so." He's surprised Sebastian is asking that.

Kimi punched the table, "I have to go to Dennis again to see if he will give me another chance."

"No problem, but you have to eat something first, so you can pass the test with strength." Sebastian put the fried meat in front of him.

He was right. Kimi didn't want to let him down. He lowered his head and took a bite, but felt something was wrong. Although he added a lot of seasonings, he had never tried this taste and texture. "What kind of meat is this? The taste is really good." strangeness."

"It's…pork," Sebastian stammers.

"This is not pork." Kimi was not fooled by him, "Pork doesn't taste like this at all, what kind of meat is this?"

Before Sebastian answered, Kimi suddenly remembered that his room seemed much quieter today, "It's rat meat, isn't it?"

"Just close your eyes and swallow it." Sebastian had to admit now that he had guessed.

Kimi took several sips of water to suppress the nausea of ​​eating rat meat, "I'm so rude, eating delicious chunks in front of you, while you are still hungry."

Sebastian felt that his eyes were wrong, and he blocked the door when he tried to escape.

"Open your mouth." Kimi stuffed a piece of rat meat into his mouth, "Just close your eyes and swallow it."

"The taste is actually pretty good," Sebastian said stiffly after swallowing the rat meat.

"I'm glad you like it, because this plate is all yours." Kimi put the plate in his hand, "Eat it all, don't let a piece go to waste."

After nightfall, Sebastian went to Dennis in the forest and begged him to give Kimi one more chance to lift the curse.

Dennis was amazed by Sebastian's loyalty and trust to Kimi, and promised that there would be another test tomorrow in Godlov's Labyrinth, but it was the last chance, and if it failed, Lapland would fall apart under the curse.

After Sebastian went back, he told Kimi the news, and wanted to go to Godlev Labyrinth with him, but Kimi refused him.