Japanese → English transcript

In front of everyone,

the princess removed all unnecessary ornaments on the spot,

just to pass through the golden gate.

Wind chimes were hung on that gate.

It was devised so that only women with the proper figure could pass through

without making a sound.

Princess Shiron was the first to step forward. Bathed in everyone’s gaze,

she calmly and firmly passed through the golden gate.

She did not touch a single wind chime.

Next was the princess who had come from Egypt. Her footsteps were light,

and she passed through perfectly,

but what drew everyone’s eyes more than anything was Princess Mia.

She lifted her veil and revealed an astonishingly beautiful face,

then cast off her cloak and displayed a body that looked as if it had been

carved from stone. All the men there averted their eyes.

They could not look into hers. Moving with complete confidence,

Mia cleared the first barrier without any trouble.

However, beauty alone was not enough to become queen,

they also had to show intelligence and courage.

So the king had his close retainers devise three riddles.

But those questions were no challenge to them. All three gave perfect answers,

and they were still completely evenly matched. With no other options left,

the king produced the final trial.

Several servants carried in a table.

As the three princesses watched in bewilderment,

three empty cups were placed before them.

Then the servant poured something into each.

The king said that one of the cups contained a lethal poison,

and that a single sip would kill them on the spot. To prove he was serious,

he had three condemned prisoners brought in and tested it there before them.

One of them collapsed and died instantly. The entire room froze.

Then the servants replaced the cups with new ones,

covered the eyes of the three princesses with black cloth, and shuffled the cups.

When they opened their eyes again, the king spoke once more.

He said they were free to leave now,

but that would at the same time mean giving up every chance of becoming queen.

The first to step forward was the princess from Egypt,

but she did not approach the cups.

Shillon, who walked straight away,

said it was better to go home alive and inherit her family estate.

The princess hesitated.

But for the chance to become queen, she resolved to try anyway.

However, when she actually stood before the cups, she froze,

because choosing the wrong one meant death.

So she suggested letting Mia go first. And Mia was eerily calm.

She picked up one cup and drained it in a single gulp. Everyone held their breath,

but she was completely fine.

That made Shiller even more terrified. After much wavering,

she chose the cup on the far right,

but in the end she simply could not summon the courage to drink it.

The choice to drop out was unavoidable.

So Mia picked up another goblet and drained it,

and Cylin completely froze on the spot.

But what happened next shocked everyone even more.

Mia grabbed the last goblet and emptied it without a moment’s hesitation.

The entire room fell silent.

And she still showed absolutely no signs of poisoning.

In fact, Mia had seen through everything from the very beginning.

She knew the king would never truly use poison.

The condemned prisoner who collapsed first had only been acting,

and the king was deeply impressed by her attitude. Right then and there,

he declared Mia the new queen.

She had used her own intelligence and courage to completely change

the course of her life.