The king woke up that evening, tired and distressed. The entire kingdom was in shambles, and it was his entire fault. If he hadn't been so eager to prove himself, none of this would have happened. It all started on that fateful morning, when his counsel told him that his people believed he was a weak, greedy coward. He had been outraged, but he felt that he needed to do something about it. He decided to go on a quest to prove himself. In the end, he failed the quest, and barely made it back to his kingdom alive. He had been forced to buy his life back with all of the treasures in his kingdom, so when he returned, he was forced to tax his people so that he would have enough to give to his enemies. He had to give everything in the castle treasury as well. He let out a low sigh. His people were poorer now than they had ever been, and every day, he had to turn away dozens of hungry mouths, because he had no food to spare. If he didn’t do something soon, his kingdom would die out. But what could he do, and if he did find an answer to that question, there was still one more to be answered. Would whatever her could do actually help? There’s supposed to be 450+, but Scratch keeps deleting the other 200 oof
