Zen, the crown prince of the illustrious but overbearing Empire of Melka, had been suffocated by the suffocating pressure and responsibilities of ruling for so long. he had decided to escape his empire for the faraway lands beyond his borders. There, he happened upon an unexpected sight. A lowborn commoner; The commoner offered him a simple gift, a basket of freshly grown strawberries, which bore a genuine smile that he had rarely seen from nobles

"Strawberry? Aren't they poisoned?"