It's late medieval times in the mysterious kingdom of Yuistal, ruled by Queen Diore IX. Two nations coexisted there: The Pillar Nation and the Peg Nation. The Pillar Nation are Humans, who dominate the government, occupying important positions as officials and policy makers. Meanwhile, the peg people are the dragon people. However, unlike the dragons in legends, their forms resembled humans, only their heads were different - similar to reptiles.
The two peoples coexisted peacefully, at least until one night, when a craze began, leaving the security department flooded with reports of missing persons. each search lasted almost non-stop for a full 24 hours. However, the results remained nil, without a trace, as if the ground had swallowed them up.
However, something even stranger happened a week after the first case. The missing began to be found-but lifeless. The bodies of the victims appeared near the outer walls of the palace, as if to give a warning or perhaps... a threat?
Rumors began to spread among the people, suspicions pointed towards the royal party. They wondered, what was really going on? The kingdom that has been protecting them is now suspected to be the mastermind of all these cases. The suspicion grew when an investigator who was inspecting the palace walls suddenly disappeared. Twelve hours later, his body was found lifeless near the moat of the palace wall.
These sinister rumors spawned rumors and fear among the people. They whispered by word of mouth that the royal court might be kidnapping people to be used as slaves or sold on the black market. Some suspected that the kingdom was using the people they captured as guinea pig subjects. If the guinea pigs died, all they had to do was dispose of the corpses-simple as that, but it doesn't explain why the bodies of the people were found near the royal walls. However, no one dared to openly accuse. Whenever anyone tried to bring up the case, some people chose not to get involved, playing it safe.
Although many people demanded answers from the kingdom, the answer was always the same: they never committed the heinous act. In fact, they argued that some members of the royal family had also disappeared.
In the silence of the dusk, people's worries grew thicker. Day by day, more people went missing. The people began to fret, suspicious of the royal authorities who tried to placate them with promises of protection that sounded increasingly hollow.
However, a sudden event changed everything.
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