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Yet King Daccias refuses to relinquish the cure, a legendary potion called the Separator.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWaruu, an orphan determined to break these ties, discovers he's the king's doppelgänger. He's certain that if he can switch places, he can save the kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut if anyone learns his true identity, he'll lose everything — including the people he's desperately trying to protect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKing Daccias wants nothing more than for his subjects to cease threatening to behead him if he doesn't hand over the Separator. 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