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>>20804752
It was fuel not for a search of treasure, but to search for someone she lost.

actual spoilers: In summary, there was once a princess in a desert kingdom, named Nazrin, with the strange ability to find gold from where it was thought not to exist. The truth of this ability is that she was able to talk to a mouse, who would bring her all sorts of gems as appreciation for talking to it. She would exchange the gems for gold with a spirit who called herself "Esther", who came to her room every night that the moon and the stars are the brightest.

The kingdom that Nazrin belonged to was pluinged into chaos, as invaders slaughtered every man, woman, and child. They killed everyone except for Nazrin, whose abilities the invaders were aware of.

Nazrin withered away in the confines of her cell. She waited and waited, but Esther never came to visit again. One day, having grown sick of her confinement, Nazrin made a request to the mouse:

Eat her body, and carry her soul eastwards, towards a shining star.
There, she would meet Esther again.

The death and destruction left by the invaders spread east, but the mouse never forgot its duty. It ran and ran, carrying Nazrin's flesh, her soul, until it reached a place where the strife that had plagued them both hadn't reached yet. Over time, the mouse took on the form of its long dead friend which it had consumed the whole way.

In this land, which later came to be Japan, Nazrin met Esther again. The end. Just like with any dark Zounose story: there's always light at the end of the tunnel.

The story has some references to middle-eastern and buddhist mythology. Esther could be a reference to Ishtar, who was inspired by Durga, from which Shou's tiger design may have come from (Bishamonten doesn't seem to be associated with them). Nazrin mentions that she knew about Shou's location from a god named Kubera, which shares some characteristics with Bishamonten.

>>20602945
Bumping my thread with an oldie but goodie. A sad little story about Nazrin and Shou.