Mugen Monogatari: The Infinity War of Heroes
Chapter 34: The Legend of the Princess and the Dragon
Once upon a time there was a very beautiful, powerful kingdom and respected by many other kingdoms, it was the kingdom of Acean. The king of that kingdom was the most respected by his people, he was so kind and dashing wherever he was. He was also called – referred to as the greatest king of all kings, a perfect king. Years – years became king, he never once knew the name of love, he did not even believe in true love until finally he met a princess from the kingdom of Varecan. For the first time he had become nervous, his heart was beating very fast even faster than when he was fighting and was about to die. The king asked – ask the officials of the kingdom.
“does what I am experiencing is due to an illness or a curse.?”
The high-ranking officials looked at each other and one of them replied
“totally... It was a disease as well as a curse”
The king was surprised and very frightened when he heard the answers of the higher-ups, the king asked again.
“if this is a disease how to cure it..? Then if this is a curse how to lift it.?”
The officers answered
“noble, this is a disease called love, your heart will feel restless when not with him but when you are near it you will feel comfortable... This is also called a curse because if the noble cannot reach it then the noble can die and the only way to lift this curse is... Have him, marry him and love him”
A few months passed the queen was pregnant, this news began to spread throughout the kingdom, everyone was happy and began to throw a party, nature was as if – would also be happy, too, during her pregnancy there was not a disaster that struck the kingdom, the weather was always bright and warm. Now when the queen gave birth, the weather is now starting to change, in the labor time is very painful water droplets began to fall from the sky, nature also share the pain. Then the light came out from behind the clouds, shining on the palace where the queen gave birth, everyone thought this was a miracle, the goddess had come down from heaven to bless the queen's son. A daughter was finally born, she had even been emitting her aura since she was born, the aura of a person blessed by a goddess. As a commemoration of the birth of his daughter, the king held a very large feast, the king also planted a tree in his private garden in the palace.
5 Years passed, every day in the palace was colored with laughter. Her cute behavior makes everyone happy, all love the princess. One day while the princess was playing in the king's private garden, she saw a beautiful tree. The king told him what the tree was and why it was planted there, the king also told his love story. The princess loved the king's story, and she said that if she would one day meet his love in a very beautiful place like heaven, the king supported her with a laugh. The princess was angry and ran towards the tree, when she wanted to hide behind the tree she found an object. He asked the king about the object he got, the king also explained that the object the princess brought was a dragon egg, finally the princess decided to take care of him, and the princess also took care of him, the king did not allow it, but he surrendered. One month had passed the egg was hatched, a tiny baby dragon appeared from inside the egg, the princess was very happy, she continued to take care and invite the dragon to play every day.
Years – years passed by the princess is now an adult, her face is more beautiful than her mother, she inherited her father's knowledge, a family that is very harmonious and full of happiness. The baby dragon was now a real dragon, its scales were white, had a large body and looked handsome. Now it was time for the princess to search for her future life partner, all the princes from various kingdoms came to propose, but none of them were accepted. The princess had already explained to her father that she still wanted to get her love as she said as a child, because the king loved the princess so much, the king finally approved of her daughter. The king apologized to all the princes who had come to propose to his daughter, but one of the princes still insisted on proposing and ended up being expelled from the kingdom. The prince was furious, he instigated all the princes who came to the kingdom when the princes came home. He makes a story that makes the princess look evil, he also spreads a news that he heard on the street while in the kingdom, he says that the princess takes care of a dragon to scare her people. All the princes who heard this foolishly believed the story, they began to declare war on the kingdom, a kingdom against dozens of kingdoms began.
War ensued for – years already several times the evil prince tried to negotiate but was rejected, finally the evil prince gathered many witches throughout the continent to curse the kingdom. The king's head will be stuck in a spear and on a red river, the queen will bathe in fire and the princess will age starting from her hair, his face was shattered and his body would feel the pain of the thousands of soldiers who died during this battle, and his kingdom would disappear from the historical record.
Finally the curse occurred in sequence, first the king has died and followed by the queen, the queen, now the time of the princess but when her hair began to whiten the dragon who cared for the princess used her power to fight the curse. Since no one knew how to lift the curse, the dragon froze the princess in a crystal and the curse stopped. The goddess came down and said, To eliminate this curse the dragon must make a sacrifice of an ancient creature. Then the dragon thought to sacrifice his life, the princess had been taking care of him since childhood now is the time for return. He placed the crystal in a tree where the princess found the dragon while it was still an egg.
Hundreds of years have passed now the dragon has become an ancient dragon. All this time the dragon had killed thousands of people who wanted to destroy the crystal, every day for that long the dragon was crying, until his tears created a well. Now it was time for the princess to wake up, the dragon sacrificed her life and finally the princess was free from the curse, the dragon finally died. Although it has been freed but the princess's hair is still whitened. The princess saw the dragon and started crying, the dragon tried to stay alive to sacrifice his life to the princess inside his head she kept saying “this is still not the time for me to die, I still have a purpose and I will never die before my goal is reached”, even though the dragon is an animal, but the animal also has a purpose. The princess kissed the dragon, then the dragon began to shine and disappear, slowly appearing dragon scales on the princess' body but the princess only smiled. Now that the princess decided to remain in her ruined kingdom, she would remain there despite having to wait for thousands of years until someone finally took her to see a paradise and became her true love.
