I have become stronger, but also shorter [comprehensive]

"Hey, young man, long time no see. Because it's time to tell the story again, the big brother of the flower in the paradise is here again~"

"Who are you?"

"Ah, this attitude is too hurtful! We have had friendly exchanges for a long time, and we have formed a partner who should have a deep friendship."

"Whoever is a partner with you, a flamboyant guy, it's fine to break into the dreams of minors and chatter endlessly. Now you are so crazy that you don't even let the baby go."

It can be seen that the person who was forcibly disturbed very much rejected the nightmare that reappeared after many days, and directly stated that he did not want to hear any stories, but only wanted to continue the dream surrounded by coffee jelly.

However, the situation has developed to this point, and his personal wishes are not respected.

The Magician of Flowers, who swaggered into his dream for several days, came again.

He said, as compensation for the host who disturbed the dream, tell the host a story.

Or this perfunctory reason.

Even without a symbolic change in the lines, it really makes people want to throw out this nightmare who claims to be a magician.

"I just want to ask how you came out, are you following us like a stalker and peeping by the way? Forget it, just ask one question."

In the dream world that was involuntarily smeared into a pink dream, the psychic was temporarily released from the baby's body, and regained a height that was quite short but quite suitable for his age.

He opened his mouth and went straight to the topic: "Magician of Flowers, didn't you say before that the story you can tell has come to an end? This time, you want to tell something famous again."

"Ah, this."

The Magician of Flowers probably has almost forgotten his rhetoric about fooling the human youth.

However, this did not prevent him from blinking, and he made up a reason on the spot and continued to fool around.

"Telling the whole story is the good character of a storyteller. If you do too much to whet the reader's appetite, your conscience will be disturbed."

The magician who couldn't see where the conscience was disturbed finished speaking, and obviously didn't intend to waste any more time on these unimportant details.

Originally, he didn't intend to finish the follow-up of the "story".

Not only because that part touched on the magician's own "story," but also contained content that would be unbearable to those in the know.

Like a wound that has not healed or scarred for thousands of years, even a light touch will bring pain like burning flesh.

Therefore, most people should not like the feeling of being poked hard in the wound.

Magicians don't like it either.

However, due to the special situation, there must be someone to explain in advance.

"Where were we last time? Well, the Egyptian chapter is over, isn't it? After that, after another few hundred years or so, the man came to a country called Britain—"

"Ah."

"—After staying in Britain for a while, he left again, this time without going around, and went straight to Israel."

"...Wait a minute, what happened in Britain? You skipped a lot of it in one go!"

"Huh? Oh? Oops, did I accidentally forget something unimportant again? It's okay, it's not important at all anyway, let's get to the point happily!"

Well, then ignore what is said to be "not important at all", and the story of Britain is left behind for the time being.

The protagonist of the story remains the same, it is the same person that the magician of flowers told the boy with superpowers in his dream.

If listening to stories and getting acquainted with people can be marked as equal, then the boy has a panoramic view of the many changes in men from the beginning to the middle of the journey.

Of course he didn't know "him", and the magician didn't tell the story very clearly, so he could only listen, guess and add his own associations.

At the beginning of the story, the stage is in Uruk, and that is also the time when a man is at his most vigorous.

"He" hasn't encountered many turning points in the future. He has wine, friends, and people he likes and wants to pursue.

I can't imagine what "he" looked like at that time, but it should be shining like the sun, making it impossible to look directly at.

Unexpectedly, the setbacks would come one after another, each more violent than the last.

And these successive blows, swiftly—to the audience, it is "quick", but in real time, it seems quite long—to dim the light of "him", and it is almost invisible outside. the point.

It cannot be said that "he" was swallowed up by the wave of malice, because "he" didn't actually give in, and didn't even mean to bend his spine in the slightest.

It can only be said that "he" has gradually understood some things in the long years of thousands of years.

That is the cruelest rule in the world that cannot be changed or overturned even if it is as strong as "him".

"—For that man, the cruelest thing is time itself."

Regarding this topic, I seem to have mentioned it briefly in the previous conversations, but I didn't say anything in depth.

Now, for the ending of the "story" that will follow, the flower magician can only briefly mention the human youth.

"Because he is immortal, and birth, old age, sickness and death are the endings that cannot be avoided as long as there is a beginning and end of life. This fundamentally sets up a prison. In this world, it is destined that not many lives can keep up with him. pace."

"His friend died thousands of years ago, and his enemy has lost its trace in the world. No matter how hard he searches, he can't find it. The hope is slim, almost empty."

"Even if in the process of wandering, I happen to meet someone who hits it off, and I have a new fate somewhere, that relationship won't last long, and it will dissipate like smoke... Haha, there may not even be a trace Will stay."

The boy heard the magician's laughter.

Not a mockery of the silently dissipating smoke, it seemed, including himself.He was laughing at himself.

"Young man, you should know, oh-cough, men always say, he doesn't like children, right?"

"Yes, eh—he's saying that now, too."

"Some of his words have to be listened to in reverse. For example, he actually likes children the most, and well-behaved girls. Once he surrounds him, he will have nothing to do, so sometimes he is really partial. This is more than I don't know where the gentlemanly demeanor of knights and knights comes from, alas."

"You, what a sour smell."

"Ah? Huh? Suddenly there was a strong gust of wind, young man, did you say something unimportant just now?"

As usual, the magician brushed off the content that involved his own selfishness, even though he became sour, he was really sour.

All right.

So much has been laid before, and now I can finally officially enter the topic I will talk about today.

"Well, from now on - I have to change the protagonist."

"what?"

"The protagonist of the story has changed from a man to a woman. Hahaha, don't look at me like a liar. Telling it from her perspective is better than telling it directly."

Therefore, when this story, which lasted for more than ten days, reached a critical point, the main character was temporarily changed.

At the beginning of the narration, the magician summarized her with a concise and clear term, and the intuition and indifference that belonged to the bystander seemed to be regained in the ending.

"Witch."

"?"

"The protagonist this time is a witch."

said the magician.

"The first woman who was dubbed the 'witch' not only became a shadow over countless people in this world, but even in the thousands of years after that, she also spread fear in the hearts of everyone. Now open a certain A religious holy book, where you can see her name in an important part."

"Legends have it that the witch was resurrected from the dead, and the apostle who turned into hell returned to the world, killing innocent believers of the gods, disrupting the order on the earth, and even came to the palace to try to assassinate the most wise and great monarch of the richest country at that time."

"It is written in the legend: the [wise] monarch saw through the identity of the witch early, and because of the glory of God, the witch's assassination failed, she disappeared in full view, returned to hell, and never appeared again , and the kingdom that has been protected by the gods has thus returned to peace."

The first step is here.

Saiki Kusuo: "The private emotions that affect the senses are finally gone, and this is like a story."

The magician chuckled and didn't explain too much.

The background was briefly introduced here, and the boy with super powers took a while to realize it.

This magician still did not take the usual route in telling the story. He directly threw the ending of the story up, so that the audience would know that the new protagonist of the story finally returned to hell—in fact, he died.

Then, he opened his mouth unhurriedly, turned back the time, and started from the beginning.

"When the witch has not yet become a witch, she is still a pure and gentle girl."

"She came from a small aristocratic family in a powerful country at that time. The family background is not to say excellent, but it is also generous, which can give her a carefree growth environment."

"If it weren't for the accident that became the turning point and that man, her life would not be any different from that of the noble lady who grew up, married and had children safely."

……

A long time ago, there was a pure girl who had nothing to do with a "witch".

She is only in her teens, lively and lovely, innocent and simple, coupled with her beautiful singing voice from time to time, she really looks like a singing oriole all the time.

Every week, the girl would sit in her family's carriage, and under the protection of the guards, slowly walk through a winding mountain road to her grandmother's house in another town outside the mountain.

The time spent in the carriage was too long, and it was a bit boring.

Whenever passing by the mountain road, the girl would fiddle with her thick and smooth purple braids, while singing her favorite songs in a brisk mood.

Here is a wilderness with almost no people in the mountains, and the singing voice of the girl is very pleasant, so there is no need to worry about disturbing others when singing——

No wonder.

One unlucky guy was quarreled by her, and she quarreled more than ten or twenty times.

It was a boring man who would go to the cliff to bask in the sun and take a nap when he had nothing to do.

He thought this place was out of the way enough, as long as he ran far enough and lay high enough, he would not be able to catch up with the extremely annoying official documents and asking for trouble.

It turns out that the theory doesn't hold up at all.

One second he was lying on the cliff and sleeping just right, and the next second there was a sound coming from below, eight times out of ten.

If it weren't for the "noise" that could barely be included in the "reasonably audible noise", the guy who disturbed his quietness would have disappeared into the sky.

Out of laziness or laziness in changing places.

Oh, I have to add that the girl's singing relieved the pressure in his heart to a certain extent.

The man's sneaking place has always been placed on the cliff, and people passing by the mountain road can't see him on the top, and he never thought of showing his face.

In this way, maintain a balance that only one side knows.

On the day when the soft singing no longer resounds in the mountains, the man will leave indifferently, looking for a truly quiet place to rest.

However, the so-called turning point of fate came here.

It was the innocent girl who had the accident.

On the way through the mountain road again, her guard suddenly had evil thoughts, intending to do something wrong to the girl who has no power to restrain the chicken.

The girl didn't have the strength to break free, but she was still struggling in despair.

The man who happened to be on the cliff that day appeared at this time.

For her singing, for her courage to never give up even in desperate situations, and for the girl's blue eyes that reminded him of some memories, the man saved her.

He sent the girl back home, but unexpectedly, the girl's family believed that the girl had lost her innocence, and planned to stone her to wash away the shame of the family.

This is no way.

Although the person he rescued did it casually, he couldn't just watch her escape and fall into the wolf pit.

The man can only abandon the initiative and beg him to take his girl away.

It was from this moment that the man became the "god" in the girl's heart, and also the only existence she respected and admired the most and served him far higher than herself.

Yes, the past that the girl abandoned contained her former beliefs.

The country she was born in has religious beliefs. It should be said that many countries at that time had the same belief.

Due to the background of the times and politics, pagans and non-believers were brutally suppressed and excluded at that time.

At the least, he was exiled, and at the worst, he died under the harsh punishment order without mercy, and even harmed his family.

Countless excluded people have left the country where they originally lived and lived in exile. They don't know where they are or whether they are dead or alive.Even if he can live, he is doomed not to have a peaceful day again.

If it were in the past, the girl would never believe that she would resolutely leave her hometown and walk on a "wrong road" that she would never have taken in the past.

What will happen if you go down?

Will be marked with shame, will suffer infamy, will--die?

When the girl chose to "abandon" without hesitation, she didn't consider any of these issues.

She has unshakable devotion and confidence in the man who rescued herself from hell, and she doesn't care even if she steps into "hell" in the real sense.

As it turned out, though, she was lucky.

The man who picked her up looked difficult to get along with, but he was actually a particularly gentle adult.

He was even a noble king.

……Um.

In fact, before coming to the country established by men, the girl had never heard of the name of this country.

Because, here is too small.

Even though it is next to the girl's hometown, this country with a slightly unique name has no sense of existence. Its land area is not as large as a country, and it can at most be compared to a small town.

It is still very poor and dilapidated, and the total number of people in the whole country is only [-].

Most of the reasons for being broke and poor may be on the king.

A king is good at everything, but he is not suitable to be a king.

The king does not like luxury, does not seek pleasure, is honest and honest, has a noble character, regards money as dung, and establishes the country only out of the righteousness of sheltering homeless wandering civilians——

"All right, all right, you've flattered me too much."

Afterwards, Wang, who was praised so much that his skin got goosebumps, said: "Jianguo was not my original intention, and I don't know why I caused a big trouble out of nowhere. It's all them! If you insist on following me, you won't leave. !"

I understand, I understand, and I will make the following corrections:

Conquered by the majesty and charisma of the king, the abandoned and exiled pagans gathered and voluntarily became the subjects of the king, thus creating this unique country throughout history.

Here, there is no status or inferiority, and beliefs are completely free, and everyone is as close as brothers and sisters.

"On the premise of keeping the bottom line, do whatever you want" is a request Wang often raises.

He is indeed not interested in the things that almost all kings in the world like. Gold, silver and jewelry can't let him take a second look. He is so clean that the appearance of a prince and princess is far away. The black dress is extremely simple and cannot reflect the dignity of a king.

In view of the fact that the king is too frugal, too incapable of enjoying, and too incapable of being a king to govern the country and lead the people of the whole country to get rid of poverty and become rich, if there is no reliable manager to come forward, the country will end sooner or later.

It is impossible to expect Wang to suddenly enlighten himself.

Because he really hates the official business that he has to handle by himself, and he feels sick just looking at the parchment, so he really can't be a conscientious overworked king.

Moreover, even his empty palace with nothing but the throne was built by the people who couldn't bear it anymore and rushed in with a hoe to build it for him.

After all, Wang Jianpu has no objection to taking the sky as his seat and the ground as his seat. If the conditions are improved a bit, he can just find a place where there is no air leakage and he can stay in peace.

The arrival of the girl happened to save this country (which was about to be cheated to death by Wang's unique personality).

Unlike the man who picked her up, the girl is a genuine talent.

The man took her to the king of the neighboring country, his drinking buddy, and exchanged a hostage for the girl to learn how to manage the country from the king of the neighboring country (also the king of the girl's home country).

It’s weird.

Strange people do all kinds of strange things, and the girl was obviously shocked that her king and her former king turned out to be good friends who didn't know when they met.

Such two people give people the feeling that it is impossible to have any intersection, but they not only have, but also have such a good relationship in private.

However, the reason has nothing to do with her, and she didn't ask, so she took this opportunity to study with the vigor that was almost harsh on herself to death.

In just a few short years, the girl was successfully recruited from the king of the neighboring country, and as the acting consul of the king, took over the state affairs that had become a pain in the king's skin.

She has outstanding talent and perseverance far surpassing most people in the world. It is not surprising that she can achieve this achievement in the end.

However, under the background of the times at that time, only in that strange and unique country could she be given the opportunity to become a ruler as a woman.

Putting it anywhere other than "there" won't do.

This is also the luck of girls—ah, they should be women now.

After meeting the beloved king, her life has become full of luck.When the consul said that, there must have been a soft and happy smile on his face.

Under the governance of an outstanding consul, the country has become prosperous and prosperous, changing its dilapidated appearance before.

Wang also breathed a sigh of relief because of this, and regained a lot of free time. He can take a nap at a high place, and he doesn't have to worry about being woken up by people making a lot of noise...

"Then, there is a turning point that makes me, who doesn't like tragedies, hate it?"

"Huh? You actually guessed it?"

"Nonsense, we all know that this young girl will be a witch in the future, and the happy situation I'm talking about now will definitely be destroyed. I suddenly don't want to know the follow-up—forget it, you'd better continue talking, about your deliberately The 'hostage' that was skipped."

"Sharp," said the magician in a tone of extreme reluctance.

"I'd love to skip it all here, or take my own pen and cross out this continuation of the 'story' - too bad, the 'past' or something, which happens to be out of my 'seeing' domain Inside."

"Come on, go on, young man, I promise you, I will finish the story of the king."

"It's just that now it's time to temporarily change the protagonist again. Let's shift the attention away from the girl. Smart boy, you can now know the real follow-up."

"The 'hostage' mentioned earlier is the key person who cannot be forgotten once this story is told, and also the [hero] who draws the final conclusion to this story, haha."

"He is the darling of God, a puppet who is not loved by others, and has never had love. He is a machine that only needs to run smoothly."

"Such...such...a machine that cannot be a 'human', how can it..."

Words blurred, but quickly reassembled and became clear.

"His life should have been carried on step by step like this, without color. Whether it's sad or happy, whether it's like or hate, it should have nothing to do with him. It's not what he deserves."

"But he is so lucky."

"This unpopular person was lucky to be favored by another person. He should have nothing, so he got the treasure that too many people want but can't get."

"About this disgusting lucky guy."

"his name is--"