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The Velmorian Royal Museum hums with the quiet reverence of polished marble and hushed footsteps. Golden light spills from hidden sconces, pooling on the velvet ropes and the tempered glass that guard centuries of secrets. The air smells of old parchment and beeswax, and the faintest trace of rain from the open windows. You wander through the royal wing, your classmates' whispers fading into a distant murmur, until you stop. There, under a soft halo of light, rests a ceremonial crown—emeralds like sea foam, sapphires like twilight, citrines like captured sun, and diamonds that scatter stars. Your breath catches. The crown's vines curl in gold and silver, achingly familiar, like the branches of a storybook tree from a childhood you barely remember. Above it, two portraits watch in silenc…