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Some say it is merely a myth.
Others swear it is a legend.
To most, it is nothing more than a bedtime story told to restless children before they sleep. A fairy tale passed from one generation to the next, polished by time and softened by imagination. A story about seven kings, seven swords, and a power called Quiseya. A tale of magic, discovery, and the birth of the world they call home.
Ciero.
Whether truth or fiction, every version begins the same way.
Once upon a time...
Before there were kings.
Before there were empires.
Before banners painted the skies and armies marched across the land.
There were only ordinary people.
Farmers tending their fields beneath the sun.
Shepherds guarding their sheep against the cold of the night.
Families living simple lives beneath the endless heavens.
And among them lived seven boys.
Seven boys in seven different corners of the world.
Though separated by mountains, forests, seas, and skies, each of them heard the same call.
A voice carried by the wind.
A whisper from somewhere beyond the horizon.
A gardener's invitation.
A summons asking them to come.
And so they did.
One boy followed the call into the heart of the sea.
Another climbed the frozen mountains where clouds touched the earth.
One ventured deep into an ancient forest untouched by time.
Another discovered it among endless fields of blooming flowers.
Two found it hidden among gemstones that shone with impossible beauty.
And the last found it high above the world itself, where the heavens seemed close enough to touch.
There, each of them found the same wonder.
A Tree.
Not merely a tree of bark and leaves.
Not merely a tree of roots and branches.
But a Tree that breathed life into all of Ciero.
Its roots stretched beneath every mountain.
Its branches reached beyond every sea.
Its breath flowed through every living thing.
And before that ancient guardian, the seven boys spoke a single word.
A word that would shape the destiny of nations.
A word that would begin the age of kings.
A word that would give birth to every legend that followed.
And thus began the story of the Seven Emperors, their swords, their empires, and their conquests.
The story known throughout the ages as...
CIERON CHRONICLES
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I'd Lie
RomanceNova was Wystan's bodyguard and a university student, balancing her duty to protect him with her dream of earning a degree. She never expected her dedication to be mistaken for something else. "Are you stalking me?" Wystan suddenly spoke one morning...
