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Princess ChatterboxAuthor: Yumeno Kyūsaku

Original Title	オシャベリ姫
Author	夢野久作
Genre	Detective & Mystery
Author Type	Male Author
Summary	In a kingdom ruled by a weary king and queen, Princess Chatterbox’s ceaseless chatter tests even her parents’ patience. Renowned for her beauty and boundless imagination, the princess weaves tales so vivid they blur reality—like a nightmare of a dagger-wielding thief stealing royal treasures or maids ensnared by golden and silver spiders spinning enchanted threads. Each story spirals into chaos, leaving her parents torn between exasperation and alarm. When her latest yarn—a prophetic dream of auspicious daggers and spiders—contradicts her maids’ claims, the king’s fury erupts. Accused of lies, the defiant princess is cast into a stone prison, where darkness births surreal new worlds: a realm of chattering larks, a frog-infested hospital, and a silent iron kingdom where mouths are painted illusions. Yet her gift for storytelling becomes both curse and key, unraveling mysteries that defy logic. Whimsical yet shadowed with peril, her journey teases a deeper truth—where words hold power to enchant, deceive, or perhaps rewrite fate itself.