The Vow That Withered

Woodcutter Soren accidentally breaks the seal of the Dark Elf King, gaining three wishes to rewrite his life. On his deathbed, he binds the elf king with a marriage contract, asking him to protect his granddaughter and the kingdom for six years. The princess, devoted to light and disdainful of shadow, sees his silent protection as pathetic dependence—until the contract burns away and enemies stand at the gates, only then realizing she has pushed away the kingdom's last......