Chapter 230: Chapter 217: Fairy Tale Twenty

Brother Preserved Egg's prosthetic limbs were indeed mighty, in a full burst of energy, the steel at the lower levels of the Corrosion Pool was smashed open with a few "clangs".

Indeed, there, a crudely made piece of paper was somehow floating atop the still-hot molten iron, completely unaffected.

So, to cut the long story short, let's get straight to the point.

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"The Candle"

Once upon a time, in a small town, there was a girl.

She was ugly and poor, and her parents had left her at an early age; she had lived alone and miserably for many years.

Because of her looks, she had no friends and, of course, no one liked her, so her life was incredibly lonely; she always dreamed of having someone to keep her company.

Perhaps God heard her prayers

...Perhaps.

In any case, on a winter's night, a drunkard barged into her home.