"Don't hurt me! Don't!!! Why is everyone disgusting me like this? I know my mistake now. Please! Please break the curse for me." -Prince V-

Riia woke up from nightmare of that mysterious bird as usual. This time she happened to hear more different words of him. At the same time, she started to feel so much pain on her chest for no reason. 

"Look like waking up and cry is my habit now. And why is my chest so hurt?... His voice sounds so miserable... Hik hik I don't know why but I pity him so much even it's just a dream." the kind-hearted girl faced another hard time at the silent night. 

"My chest, heart and feeling is hurt... God, I'm hurt... Hik hik..." Riia became devastated more than any other night due to the physical and mental pain of that repeated dream. 

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Camping trip day has come. Riia had been impatient for this trip even now she is on the way, she's still so impatient to arrive and does her secret mission. She has brought along the drawing of that bird; Black Swan. 

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< Palgonsan Mountain >

"Yayyyyyyy, finally we're here."

The five best friends screamed out happiness when they reached the entrance of Palgonsan Mountain.

"Help to take photos for me here!"

"Me too!"

"Riia, what are you doing there? Come here and take the photos together!" 

The young boy and girls were too excited to see the view of Daegu for the first time.

Riia was more than excited. She was excited but mostly nervous.

"Hopefully!" she whispered with very small voice to herself with a hopeful smile before ran to join group photo taking. 

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The five university students carried their stuffs and climbed up the mountain. 

Riia kept wandering here and there along the way. She didn't have full soul in her body. Her soul, attention, and focus isn't on the beautiful nature. It is all about finding the strange creature from the unpopular tale who has been appearing in her dream for several years. 

After one and half hour, they finally reached camping area. They enjoyed playing at waterfall, catching fish, singing, dancing and eating together.

Palgonsan is really a great place to visit....

A day almost ended. Riia hasn't got any clue about that swan yet. Well, she hasn't tried finding him yet. She was holding her purpose all alone. She wanted to tell her friends the truth about the reason she came here but she's afraid her friends would call her crazy. She decided to continue hiding the real purpose. 

As today they have walked a lot. After they ate dinner, they went to their tents right to sleep.

Riia slept with one of her friend. Everyone fell asleep fast due to the tiredness they spent on climbing and playing together. Except Riia who still stays awake and couldn't calm her mind of how she should start finding the black swan inside this thick forest. 

Riia came out from tent and went to sit under a big tree which isn't so far from the tent. She took out her back swan drawing and looked at it emotionally. 

"Am I too superstitious? So I came all the way here just to find this creature? So funny!" Riia scoffed. She found herself so funny and silly. 

"But, there must be something..." she murmured.

Placing her drawing on her chest holding tight while looking up at the night sky..... Just by doing that, she felt less sadness. 

"To the moon, you know right why I'm here? I believe in a tale and came all the way here to find a prince. If Black Swan Prince does exist and he needs help, please lead me the way go find him. Noone deserves to be in pain like that... Especially him... I mean his pain pains me too." Riia sobbed to think about the pain the cursed prince has been living with not one or two years but many hundreds years already. 

She kept sobbing while looking at the full moon. The smell of nature is so good but it couldn't help her not to feel sad... Without realizing Riia fell asleep in that position; lying her back on the tree while holding the precious drawing close to her chest. 

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< Inside a Cave >

*Crying Sound*

"Please don't be hurt! I'll help you. I will... I will!!!"

"Who? Who!!!" Prince V in the form of black swan woke up from his almost 3 years of meditation after hearing the