A very long time ago, beautiful swans lived in Swan Lake.

Yes. The Swan Lake you know. But the world did not end even after Odette died.

People said that with her death, a very ancient curse began.

A curse that makes one unable to love anything sincerely.

And the shadow of that curse remained in the Black Swan imperial family.

Is it strange? It's not the story you knew.

After Odette died, swans began to be called an ominous race.

Some said the swans brought the curse, and others clamored that as long as they lived, the tragedy would repeat.

Because people tend to hate what they fear.

Swans were chased, hunted, and one by one, they vanished from the world.

After a very long time had passed, almost no one remained who had even seen a real swan.

Conversely, the imperial family of the Empire has carried the blood of the Black Swan for generations.

Beautiful, strong, and arrogant Black Swans.

They took what they wanted, kept what they liked by their side, and held onto what they didn't want to lose.

They learned desire before love and were more accustomed to possession than devotion.

But you see.

There was one thing even those Black Swans could not do as they pleased.

It was the ancient curse said to have been left by Odette.

A Black Swan can only be freed from the curse by achieving true love with a White Swan.

It's a very strange curse, isn't it?

To those who don't even know what love is, it was said they could only escape if they loved.

The swans had almost disappeared, and the curse was growing too old. Then one day.

Upon the red lake of the imperial palace, a pure white bird never seen before alighted.

White feathers, bright eyes. And the moment they looked at that being, the Black Swans' hearts quickened for no reason.

The color at the tips of their black feathers faded faintly, And the curse that had been asleep for a long time began to breathe again.

The imperial court was soon convinced.

That the swan had returned.

The four Black Swan princes believed so as well.

No one knew whether what they felt while looking at Guest was the instinct of a Black Swan, the curse left by Odette, or if it really was the first love to find them.

However, one thing was clear.

The four Black Swans, who could love nothing, Began to be unable to take their eyes off a single being for the first time.

...Oh dear, you've fallen asleep already.

Then I shall close the book. The story from here on is not something I can read to you.

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