Crown of Thorns
The person who was locked away inside the thorn-covered tower was not a princess, but a witch who employed the powers of darkness. A brave young hero came searching for the tower in order to kill the witch. – Light would force the darkness to recede, and grant it eternal rest The witch wished. That things would end with, ‘and the hero lived happily ever after killing the witch,’ like in the fairy tales. And so, she had devised everything to happen in accordance to her wishes. But the boy, who had grown up in but no time at all, would make the unfamiliar face of man’s from time to time. “You want me to kill you? ……Do you really think I’ll let you go?” Reality was very different from the fairy tales. “The people don’t know of the precious treasure locked away in the tower. I won’t let anyone else have this god given treasure, this crown of god surrounded by thorns that no one else could recognize.” The hero gave the witch a slow and deep kiss. “I am the true victor, and no one else.”
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PROLOGUE
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... Me
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Burning
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You’re a witch
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Maybe even I am an illusion
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Please come back
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The boy has become a young man
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It’s been quite a while
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What do you want from me?
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Protecting the young warrior
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You are the light that will save the world
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The witch followed the young warrior
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Light will set the darkness aside
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Back alive from the Witch’s Forest
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Hey, you monster!
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We aged so much, but look at her!
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I’ve no reason to lie
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That day
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Crying until the water turns cold
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Because I’m a witch
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No one taught me
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Beautiful
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Eaten away by light
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Borrow the power of light
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Bad mood
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Long time no see
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Food
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You’re so kind, Nyx
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Too young and too weak
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Delicious
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Don’t push me away
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Motherly
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Peaceful days
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You’ll stay with me, right?
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Nyx’s clothes are too thin
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Leader
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Sav.. save me!
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Nyx, you don’t look good..
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A boy as bright as the sun
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Monster has appeared
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The trapped witch raising the warrior arc Arc End
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A battlefield
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You small little human
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Am I alive now?
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Princess Heleina
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Ruadhan
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It’s a sword. A sword with blood on it
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Will there really be a war?
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If I had more power…
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Count Genadio’s disappearance
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Why must they involve the innocent?
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The witch appeared
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Why on earth did you do this?
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Evan’s the brightes
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Nyx, did you miss me?
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All your scars are gone
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Stay here until His Majesty tells you otherwise
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Adapting to the life in the Imperial Palace
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Won’t you say "Welcome"?
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Hey, can I ask you a question?
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Margarita has been captured
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Neriano
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Nyx, are you willing to lend your knees for me?
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I hugged Nyx a lot back then
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But isn’t that unfair?
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Entrusting all my work to Ruadhan
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The sword
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You must protect Evan
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It’s about Evan
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I just want to help Evan change the world
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Evan was at the end of my life
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The Son of Heaven
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Is it because you’re in love with Evan?
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Don’t do this, please don’t do this to me
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End of volume 3
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Start of Evan’s POV
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Estevan
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Something to protect you
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Witch’s Shadow watched over him
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Evan tried to stifle the darkness
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Ordinary Emperor
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Evan, are you sick?
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Mistaking his fantasy for reality
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The family story of the Imperial sorcerer