<div align="center"><span class="bbc_u">Bondage Adventure: Heroines of the Great Kingdom<br/><br/>Chapter 1: The Roots of Corruption</span><br/><br/>(https://i.imgur.com/UDsenDs.png)</div><br/>The Palatine Princess Clarise Celestine Olympia Esthar smiled benevolently as her guests entered the throne room, and only the tightness of her fingers around the Amethyst Rod hinted at her worry. Other than the beautiful young princess, the only other person in the room was her loyal bodyguard, the silent knight-captain Gloriana.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Captain Gloriana</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://i.imgur.com/u3BVqwk.jpg)</div></div><br/><br/>Clarise cleared her throat and spoke to the six women she had summoned here. The princess' voice was sweet and melodic, and along with her angelic appearance, it was easy to see why she was so beloved by the common people, in contrast to her fearsome father.<br/><br/>“I bid you welcome to Our presence. We are aware that these are unconventional circumstances, and that you may wonder why We have summoned you here for a task of great importance, instead of Our own soldiers. The truth is, you are here because you are outsiders, and not the kind of people We would usually request services of. We do not mean to sound disrespectful! Indeed, you were all chosen for this summons over many others. We have heard stories of your skills and your exploits, some of which I would think the most implausible fictions had I read them in a book rather than heard of them from reliable witnesses.<br/><br/>“I bid you please…..<em>introduce yourselves.</em>”