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On that bitterly cold, snowy day, they had shared a hearty fireside dinner in the kingdom's magnificent but deserted palace with Princess Mira Roser, the kingdom's last princess. They had chatted happily for half the night and learned everything that had happened to her: that the princess had lost her memory; that a mysterious warning had been left in a letter; and that the force responsible for destroying the entire kingdom had been neither an internal nor an external war, nor a coup or military mutiny, but a demon named "Gabriel." It would awaken at sunset, wreak havoc on the country before sunrise, and seemed to have slaughtered everyone in the kingdom. It wouldn't stop until it had killed the princess, too. After hearing all that, Elaina was completely dumbfounded.
So, after enjoying a comfortable night's rest in a warm, soft guest room in the palace, then a delicious and hearty breakfast that the princess had prepared especially for them first thing the next morning, Elaina felt a little guilty. She had no choice but to change her original plan and prepare to give the pitiful princess of this unpopulated kingdom a little help—help her deal with the evil dragon Gabriel, who wouldn't stop until he had killed the kingdom's last person?
Of course, Elaina wasn't going to foolishly help her with a "witch versus evil dragon" battle. Before the "witch versus evil dragon" drama that would begin that night, she was going to help the princess dig a pit in the planned battlefield!
After all, if she ate and drank for free and slept over for a night, then did nothing but say thanks and walk away, that would be awful... How could Elaina, the youngest witch in history, whose beauty and talent shone as brightly as