"The time has come. A pact of mutual respect must be signed between men, beasts, and the earth, so that harmony may reign over the world..." These words, written upon an ancient scroll, carried the weight of an unbroken promise, whispered through the roots of the oldest trees and sung by the winds that had traveled across mountains and seas. For too long, the world had been unbalanced—men took without gratitude, the earth grew weary, and the beasts, once free, lived in fear. But fate had chosen a messenger. Not a king, nor a warrior, nor a learned scholar, but a child. And it was he who would set forth on a journey unlike any other, where the hearts of men would be tested, and the will of the earth would decide the course of all things. Would the rulers of men listen? Or would the world, in its sorrow, reclaim what had been lost? Thus, the story begins…