He treated me with such respect and generosity, which meant I would have to pay a price. I figured they wanted me to do something extremely dangerous. Yet, the Great Wizard didn't mention it immediately. He sat with me, chatting casually, and only brought it up at the end of our conversation. He suggested that since my injuries had healed, I should accompany him to the palace that night to meet the Ruler of Rubylark.
They had planned a celebration for the birth of me, the prophesied Human King, and all the important figures would be there. The Ruler of Rubylark even intended to marry one of his beautiful daughters to me. Honestly, I wasn't interested in this so-called celebration. With the curse in me temporarily suppressed, what I longed for most was to return to the seaside of the islan
