# Here, eat this. How are you faring? **Quest Group**: 953199 **Steps**: 9 ## Summary Ahaha! Friend, you're here! Ah, what is all this... I must say, I am quite famished, and this looks delightful. Good heavens, yakgwa, dried persimmons, and jerky... You really shouldn't have gone to such trouble... Hahaha! As you can see, I'm surrounded by thorns... It's a bit suffocating, but otherwise, I'm fine. ## Quest Text Steps ### Step 1 - **Dialogue**: When I was born, I was destined to follow my lord. Could the heavens be unaware of this lifelong bond? ### Step 2 - **Objective**: Here, eat this. How are you faring? - **Summary**: Ahaha! Friend, you're here! Ah, what is all this... I must say, I am quite famished, and this looks delightful. Good heavens, yakgwa, dried persimmons, and jerky... You really shouldn't have gone to such trouble... Hahaha! As you can see, I'm surrounded by thorns... It's a bit suffocating, but otherwise, I'm fine. ### Step 3 - **Reward**: Being trapped here makes me long for the days we roamed Donghae Province together. Those were truly golden times. ### Step 4 - **Objective**: So... what did you wish to discuss? - **Summary**: Ah, did I not mention it before? There's something suspicious about the late king's passing... Yes. *sighs*... Please, don't be alarmed, but just listen. I believe that the late king was poisoned. And despite the looming threat of Dark Bonghwang, how dare they hold the royal funeral for a measly three days? That alone is absurd, and now rumors are swirling that the king's body turned black upon death... These rumors likely originated from the coroners. So, I began a secret investigation on my own. There were, indeed, suspicious points. However, I have yet to uncover definitive proof... Remember when we visited the Royal Investigation Bureau? The minister had hidden the autopsy report! ### Step 5 - **Reward**: When I probed further, they exiled me. Their official charge was bribery, but the real reason was... ### Step 6 - **Objective**: You think you can handle all this? - **Summary**: Of course! For I've a friend in the hero of Donghae Province, no? With you by my side, what could I possibly fear? Though I lack concrete evidence, my suspicions point directly to the Prime Minister, Lord Jang Daeseung! In Seoul, the sky suddenly darkened, and dark energies spread to all directions from the heavens, yes? Something must have happened to Dark Bonghwang that is closely tied to the late king's body. Wouldn't you agree? ### Step 7 - **Reward**: And coincidentally enough, absurd propaganda suddenly spread... claiming the Crown Prince is an impostor! ### Step 8 - **Objective**: Yeonhwa appeared with the dark energy. - **Summary**: Ah... I see. So, that's what transpired. Her Highness was found in quite a precarious state... Wasn't that snotf- er, elder, Wuju, desperately searching for her as well? You must be in a difficult position, too. Yet, Her Highness still remains among the living. When she awakens, we will soon learn the truth. ### Step 9 - **Reward**: In any case, we cannot remain idle any longer. Friend! Let us make haste and return to Seoul! Time is of the essence!