Suitors from far and wide sought Stella’s hand in marriage, only to be met with her icy rejection. When word spread that even the emperor himself had expressed interest in the alluring beauty, the town panicked. Fearing that the stubborn girl’s defiance would bring the emperor’s wrath upon the village, they resorted to an ancient rite to shatter her pride and strip her of arrogance.
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