(S3) Bonus Short 2

**(S3) Bonus Short 2** is the 2nd bonus episode between seasons 3 and 4 of Cursed Princess Club, and the 112th episode in total.

## Synopsis

*Jolie tells the story of how she was cursed. It starts in the Lace Kingdom, with a mysterious being called "The Dealer"...*
## Characters

*Characters are linked in order of appearance. First appearances will be in bold.*

* Prince Saffron
* Princess Jolie
* Princess Thermidora
* **The Dealer** (flashback)
* **The Lace King and Queen** (flashback)

## Music

CPC OST vol. 8

* "The Dealer" (excerpt #1)

## Location

* Pastel Kingdom
	+ Haunted Forest
		- Cursed Princess Club
* Lace Kingdom (flashback)

## Story

Saffron and the other club members settle in as Jolie is about to tell the story of her curse. Saffron doesn't actually want to hear it, but his cursed hand makes him stay, and Jolie menacingly assures him that the story isn't that bleak. She explains that it all started before she was born in the Lace Kingdom. In the past, a fire had recently decimated all of the Lace citizens' homes, crops, and livestock. Jolie's parents, the Lace King and the Lace Queen, had depleted their entire kingdom's savings to provide their citizens with shelter and food, and they didn't have any money left to feed people for another day.

Suddenly, a mysterious man appeared in the Lace Palace, though no guard recalled allowing him to enter. That mysterious man introduced himself as a simple dealer that came with an offer: he can bring great health and an abundance of crops to the entire Lace Kingdom as early as tomorrow. He didn't charge interest, only taking a small fee which wasn't monetary. The Lace King was wary about the offer because it sounded too good to be true, like 'a deal with the devil'. The dealer assured the King that his price is simply that once the kingdom had grown a bountiful harvest, he got to pick one of their finest items.

The Lace King was slightly relieved after hearing the dealer's explanation. Although he still felt wary, desperation welled up within his chest at the gravity of his kingdom's current circumstances, so he reached out and shook hands with the dealer. The dealer departed as oddly as he appeared, mysteriously poofing away. Just as he had promised, the Lace Kingdom's fortune began turning around, including the birth of Jolie - the Lace Kingdom's princess with gorgeous pink eyes. On one seemingly peaceful day when Jolie was six months old, the Dealer suddenly reappeared to collect his price from the pan Jolie's mashed peas were cooking in...

## Gallery

The Dealer appears for the first time.The Lace King and Queen look through their window.The Lace Kingdom, decimated after a fire.The restored Lace Kingdom.A six-month-old Jolie and her parents.The Dealer materializes from a pot of mashed peas.
## Episode credits

* Art, writing, and music by LambCat
* Edited by Eunice Baik

## Notes and Trivia

* This episode introduce another pseudohuman in Cursed Princess Club (Webtoon) story, which is The Dealer that looks and behaves like a demon.
* The off-comment by Jolie's father, the king of Lace Kingdom, regarding to wanna sell his "royal kidney" shows that organ trade which requires surgery skill is exist in this world