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Curse of the Black Witch (II)

It didn't take long for the original harmony of the kingdom to change completely, with the hostility of disputes emanating from everywhere.

By Michaell BrawnPublished 2 years ago 3 min read
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It didn't take long for the original harmony of the kingdom to change completely, with the hostility of disputes emanating from everywhere. Lovers, relatives, and friends, often because of any small matter of daily quarrels, people are angry, lonely, aggrieved, and very nostalgic for the good old days, but can no longer find their way back. Looking at the original beautiful and happy kingdom in this tragic situation, the king's heart is very painful. He thought of many ways, such as the kingdom issuing a decree to each thing to provide a fixed color name; such as not allowing people to talk openly about the color of anything, eliminating the possibility of disputes; and then letting the scientific officers do tests to see if they can find out what the world is like in the eyes of everyone ...... Unfortunately, all to no avail. People still only want to believe what they see, even if it is not true. Finally, even the wise king could not think of a new way to come, had to gather a group of his most valiant knights under his command, led them to defeat the fire-breathing dragon, cut the spreading thorns, and finally caught the culprit of all this in the depths of the forbidden land, the black witch who cast a curse. The king asked the black witch to lift the curse, but her answer was only a sly smile: "Even if the filters that blind people's eyes will fail, misunderstandings can be removed, the truth can be revealed, but the resentment I put into the curse can never disappear." The angry king swung his sword and cut off her head. The black witch's head fell to the ground and rolled over a few times, her blood-stained face still smiling, and her open eyes still looking straight at the king, the cold, unpredictable eyes made him shudder. After the death of the Black Witch, the magic filter that blinded people's eyes disappeared, and people could see things in their original colors again, just like in the past. But the strife did not stop there. In the face of the truth, although the past differences and misunderstandings are eliminated, the pain left in people's hearts can not be erased. The owner of the vegetable store will not forget the customers' unreasonable scolding, the tailor will not forget the neighbor girl's complaint and dislike, and the poet will not forget the vicious and harsh feedback from the readers. In the days to come, the people of this kingdom can no longer do the once peaceful and friendly, they will continue to be driven by suspicion, for all kinds of petty disputes, and even fights, and then from it grows new hatred, the cycle is endless. Although the filter in the eye disappears, this pain and resentment will become another filter, firmly hooped in each person's heart. And such a heart will never be rescued. Faced with such a situation, the king threw away his sword in despair, disbanded his loyal knights, and spent his days locked up in the gloomy palace, overwhelmed by the guilt of his initial intrusion into the forbidden place, no matter how chaotic it was outside the palace, he no longer had the heart to pay attention to it. He fell into the deepest nightmares. When he woke up from the nightmare countless times, the king's eyes would be filled with the head of the Black Witch rolling to the ground, her eyes still staring straight at the king, a deep, inscrutable smile on her face. "Even though the filters that blind people's eyes will fail, misunderstandings can be removed, and the truth can be revealed, the resentment I put into the curse will never go away."

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