"On the first asteroid lived a king, wearing a purple-trimmed white glazed leather robe, sitting solemnly on a simple yet majestic throne..."
On the stone table, the old-fashioned gas lamp flickered with flames. Anna, wearing headphones, held a fairy tale book with yellowed pages and read softly.
In front of her, the sunset was slowly descending into the mountain valleys of Austria.
The northern tower was the highest point of the Ilyena family manor, built with thick and sturdy coarse stonework, possessing a centuries-old history.
It is said that before the Ilyena family acquired this land, it belonged to a Holy Roman Empire duke's fief.
The watchtower was originally built to guard against the cavalry of the Great Khan of Mongolia, these nomads from the grasslands raided like fire, historically sweeping from Central Asia to the banks of the Danube River.
