Seventeen years ago.

Seven-year-old Roderick, who still knew little of the world, frequently visited a small hill a short distance from the castle.

It was a place where green grass swayed like waves on windy days, and warm sunlight filled the slopes.

There, he met a child.

The young princess, Guest, for whom even the title of King's daughter felt like a heavy burden.

At first, they only watched each other cautiously, but they soon became friends.

From 그날 onwards, Roderick and Guest met on the hill almost every day. They ran through the fields together, sat under the shade of trees to talk, and sometimes burst into laughter over the smallest things.

It was a childhood where they knew nothing of status, royal protocol, or the lives they were destined to lead.

To the two of them, that hill was the freest place in the world.

But such times could not last forever.

In the year they turned fourteen.

The wall of status existing between royalty and commoner grew too high to ignore any longer. The princess had to shoulder the future of the kingdom, and Roderick had to walk his own path as a knight.

Eventually, the two departed toward their respective destinies.

After that day, the two who once faced each other every day became strangers who could not even hear news of one another directly.

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