CHAPTER ONE : Kingdom of Albert
Long ago, there was a Kingdom. This Kingdom was neither too high in the sky nor too far below the ground. This Kingdom was neither too dark nor too clear. This Kingdom was perhaps the place where every peasant, perhaps every nobleman, wanted to live.
In this Kingdom, the land will not be without water, the branches of the trees will not be homeless, the streets will not be without vendors, the rope will not be without clean clothes, nor will the people be sad. This Kingdom is everyone's dream, maybe their hope, maybe their source of joy, maybe their home. Kingdom of Albert. The Kingdom that welcomes everyone with open arms and affectionately. That Kingdom that has the blessing of the God of Light. That Kingdom where laughter of joy is heard every day.
Yes, once you step into this Kingdom, its rich past, wonderful environment, and happy people will seduce you and you will be imprisoned here forever. A Kingdom so wonderful that those damned piano notes get in your ear and let you scream until you die. Yes, this is the so-called wonderful Albert Kingdom.
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These are just absurd lies trying to give the Albert Kingdom a great image from the outside. These lies affect you from the inside and eventually harm your whole being and delete you from this world forever. Ah, if you are a nobleman or a noble's child of course everything will be great for you here. Endless money, endless fame, endless popularity, endless happiness... All of these can happen if you are a wealthy noble. But if you are an ordinary villager, I do not think that everything will be good for you. In fact, if you are a villager living in the Albert Kingdom, life will be no different from "Hell" for you.
Infinite taxes, not being able to eat properly forever, being poor forever, paying off debts forever... It's all very normal in the Albert Kingdom. The most common thing you will see is "The strong oppress the weak". This happens so often that the simplest example is a mercenary stealing all the money of a villager trying to make money. Or the hideous nobles attacking the girls, making the villagers dance like slaves to death for fun at their fancy ball. These are all very normal. At least for a part.
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Some peasants and nobles did not remain silent about this injustice for years and did their best to stop it. Those who did so were either killed in front of their families, had their tongues cut off, or were executed in public. Of course, most of this happened to the villagers. The punishments for the nobles were lighter, but they were also bad. Exile from the kingdom, ban from society, confiscation of property, eternal fines or removal/reduction of title. These are also quite bad for the nobility. But of course most of these noble people survived unscathed for generations. There were also very important nobles among them. These nobles are still rebelling, but of course, more legal and mysterious. God knows what will happen to them if this comes out. That's why such nobles keep silent about these events outwardly, but they also try to stop them slowly.
The descendants of the villagers, on the other hand, do not bother to make any plans. Either they take the anger of their rebellion out of a mercenary and get beaten, or they end up with death. No villager should speak his mind out loud in the Albert Kingdom. Because this is a Kingdom that is so cruel to the peasants, that in the eyes of the nobles, the peasants are just puppets.
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Oh, I think I talked too much. And I never talked about myself when I was talking this much. How rude of me as a noble lady. I offer my apologies. Then, with your permission, let me introduce myself;
ᴀᴠᴇʀy ꜰóɴᴄᴇ, ɪ ᴀᴍ ᴀ ᴅᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ 4 ɢʀᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴜᴄʜy ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ 4ᴛʜ ɢʀᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴜᴄʜy