There once was a kingdom ruled by a young, kind and noble king. His country was beautiful and rich. Its people were happy and grateful. Yet there was one odd thing in this blessed land: there were no mirrors, no sparkling, polished dishes, no objects whatsoever in which reflections could be seen. This way the good ruler did not even suspect that in reality he was, alas, appallingly ugly.His lieges loved their monarch so much that they hid the truth in every possible way and praised his non-existent beauty. And his wife, who was the most beautiful woman in the country, always shared a bed with him in the dark.One day, rumors reached the king's ears that in one of his fertile green valleys an extraordinary azure lake had appeared. And so he went to look at it. and in the motionless surface of the lake the king saw his reflection... a beautiful golden-locked young man with perfect facial features and clear blue eyes looked right at him. The good king returned to his palace with a brightness and lightness in his heart, enlivened and happy by what he saw... but the lake that had uttered a lie became black and cursed. Sunce then its waters were destined to forever exude poison and stench, and its waves were to forever moan and cry... All the grass and trees around the lake died out, birds were dying in their flight, and people who accidentally wandered to its shores were falling eternally asleep.Yet for a long while the king forgot about this lake. His country flourished from day to day. Its folk became happier with every day. And it seemed that it would stay that way until death took the king and the lies of his people to the grave. But it so happened that the beautiful queen met and fell in love with the man she dreamed of while sharing the bed with her husband. Boundless love and passion veiled her blue eyes, turning them black and shiny. And in the eyes of his wife, the king saw the reflection of his real face and thus saw his ugliness. His mind became clouded, and his heart was filled with the poison of pain and hatred. He deemed his loyal lieges to be vile liars, and from this moment the country became a prison without windows and doors.One day he left his palace and went to the shore of a now stinking lake, that was moaning because of its lies. Since then nobody saw him again. The once prosperous kingdom fell into decay and disarray, people became embittered and went to war against neighboring countries. Soon the whole kingdom was in ruins, while the black lake was overflowing, threatening to swallow everything around...They say that the country would have perished if its inhabitants had not managed to contain the poison of malice in the Chalice of Evil.– What is the name of this country? And what is this cup? – asked Mira.Yara thought for a moment, and then said:– Why do you need to know that? The important thing is that everything ended well.