Thorns

Far away in the kingdom of LiLindale, on the outskirt of the border a boy named Elijah tended to the farm with his mother. He was a brilliant boy, kind as well but he had a bit of a problem. He had severe social anxiety but in that point of time it wasn't known about. Whenever he would speak, his throat would feel as if he ate a bunch of thorns and tightened around them. He could talk to his mother well and even sing to the animals, but when it came to another person talking to him he could never reply. That's why it all goes downhill when a certain prince finds himself to the village mute.