A Lying Princess [Bonus Chapter 1/7]

'If even the best Spirit Doctors and Court Mages in the nation were unable to prescribe me a cure, then the source of the spell is where I shall go,' Yuna thought as her irises traced along the Nightmare corpses strewn about. 'And no matter what sort of sorcery that insufferable man has cast on me, I'll have him undo it.'

It had only been a few seconds since she and her protector had stepped into the Boundless Gorge. And it was around this time that they saw something unusual—a body. A body with warmth. The body lay atop the corpse of a large Nightmare of an unknown Rank.

"Princess, stay behind me," the Vice Fortress Master said, stepping in front of Yuna. He held the Purifying Staff in one hand and a glowing magical sword in the other—his Slayer Weapon—and a very high-ranked one at that.