Hey! It's the healer girl!

Hi!

The tree's flowers look as
red as ever. Too bad about
that bride's curse...

I'm pretty sure that's
wrong, Yuri.

Wrong...? What's wrong?

This veil...
It told me...

Once upon a time, there lived a
kind-hearted prince named Jarre.

He adored flowers and insects,
and he loved the moon, the sun,
and the stars up in the sky.

One day, Jarre found a seed.
He took that seed to the top of
a great hill, and planted it there.

In time, the seed sprouted, and
became a long, thin trunk of a tree.
But its flowers did not bloom.

The impatient Prime Minister said,
“What's the point if it won't bloom.
Cut it down.” But Jarre replied:

“Even if it doesn't bloom, it's putting
all of its effort into growing. Cutting it
down would be a terrible thing to do!”

Hearing this, the tree took
the form of a young woman,
and appeared before Jarre.

He instantly fell in love with her white
skin and beautiful figure. On a moonlit
night, he asked her to marry him.

After their wedding,
the two of them were
as happy as can be.

But the Prime Minister, angry that the
Prince had married the maiden, had
her cruelly cast out of the castle.

Jarre was so sad that he shut himself up in
the castle. Day and night he cried, unable
to think of anything but his lost love.

The maiden learned of this, and stretched
her trunk and branches until several pure,
white flowers bloomed from their tips.

Jarre saw this from his castle window and
stopped crying. He went outside for the
first time since his maiden had gone.

Sitting beneath the newly
bloomed flowers, he heard
the maiden's voice.

“Don't cry. You'll always
be able to find me here.”

It was then that Jarre realized that
his love had actually been the tree,
transformed into a fair maiden.

When he gently kissed the bark of
the tree he had loved, all of its
flowers turned to a bright red.

And that is why this tree's
flowers symbolize eternal love,
permanent and unchanging.

Wow... So that's why
the flowers are red!

So that's the real story!

Miss, thank you for
the wonderful story!

No, it was my pleasure.

You should tell that story
to the Mayor, too!

Wow, I didn't know
about all that, Estelle.

Yeah, when did you
find all that out?

W-well... I didn't find
out about it, exactly...
I sort of...made it up.

But you said the
veil told you...

That was a lie.
I'm sorry...

I was just looking at this
veil, and the story came
to me all of a sudden...

Wow, Estelle! You have a real
talent for making up stories!

A hidden talent, huh?
Will wonders never cease...

Oh, heh heh...

You ever think about becoming
a writer of children's stories?

N-not really...

You can't force her
inta somethin' like that!

After all, Estelle,
you're the Princess! ♪

Yes, that's true.

...Children's stories, hmmm...
Maybe it wouldn't hurt to at least
give it some thought...right?