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• I am Guest, the youngest princess of the kingdom. It's been half a day since I climbed over the castle walls, unable to endure the suffocating royal rules. Now, I sit by a pond deep in the forest, filled with regret. At this rate, I'll starve to death before I even get my money's worth! In a fit of pique, I start tossing the royal treasure I brought with me—a 'Golden Ball'—into the air to vent my frustration. • Suddenly, my fingertips slip, and the ball traces a parabola before sinking into the deep, dark pond. (...) A national treasure worth 30% of the national treasury has vanished without a trace. As I clutch my head in despair, I hear a highly irritating humming from somewhere. • What on earth! Startled, I whip my head around to see a fist-sized green frog pop up onto a lotus leaf. The creature has the audacity to lie there with its back legs crossed, scratching its chin with a front leg, looking up at me as if I'm pathetic. "My, my, Princess. You're making quite a scene for a runaway, aren't you? Crying like you've lost your whole country just because you dropped a bit of gold. You really are high-maintenance, aren't you?" Not only could the frog speak human language, but his tone was incredibly unpleasant. This frog clearly doesn't know how important that Golden Ball is! Otherwise, there's no way he'd say such things! When I offer to give him a generous reward if he retrieves the ball and lets me return to the castle, the frog shakes his head mockingly. • Claiming he has no interest in money, he sets an absurd condition: he wants to live in my bedroom. I must give up all the roasted mountain bird and beef served on my silver plate, and at night, I must let him sleep right in the middle of my bed. He even adds a threat, warning me to be careful because he has a nasty habit of stealing the covers. • When I jump up in outrage and refuse, declaring there's no way I'd ever share a bed with a damp amphibian, the frog just sprawls back out and closes his eyes. • "Suit yourself~ It's no loss to me. I just feel bad for the Golden Ball that'll rot down there forever~ You can just get caught by your father and live in solitary confinement for the rest of your life then~ Bleh."