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“The tsarevna and Misha and some other archers chased him away.”

“Is that what you do with the tsarevna all day?”

“Mama and Papa let him stay with the tsarevna because the tsar specifically asked for him, and they don’t want to make enemies in the castle.”

So good that the warlike tsarevna had asked for him personally.

She stopped an arm's length away and said, “I never introduced myself. Vasilisa Tsarevna, the heir to the throne of Kiev, no matter what my father’s henchmen think.”