Human are ugly.
She could
not shake the feeling that those pigs never learn its lesson. Surrounded by
uneasiness, she glanced upon the poor-looked man in front of her. The man has
been crying for hours while stating how his life has been a series of
misfortune.
“I want to
be handsome. Oh… and also, rich! Yeah, RICH!!”
Oh, not this kind of wish again. Nobody
could hear her. Not even her master. Her voice can only be heard by herself.
Well, after all, she is only an observer to the entire tragedies that occurs in
this world.
“Shall I
grant your wish, human? But in exchange, you must pay some prices.” Now the
woman who has been silent all the time spoke out. Her voice is like an oasis,
refreshing the gloomy mood in the room.
The
poor-looked man nod furiously. He will pay it, without fail. He really fed up
with the lifestyle he has been living. He want thing to change, he want to be
respected, he want to be loved, and he want easiness in his life. Egoistic?
Yes. But, human is all about greediness, right?
“The price…
lets see… I want you to bring me your sister’s liver,” said the woman
mercilessly. One thing that human should understand is that asking a witch to
grant their wishes will cost much, not financially, but mentally. The liver
price was cheaper than the price her master asked to a little kid last month.
That time, her master, the Witch, asked for the kid’s future.
The
poor-looked man, as she expected, agreed to the condition. He promised the
witch to be back in two days with a big smile on his face. In the other side,
the Witch does not look very happy when the man left. She was slightly
disappointed.
**
Human are
beautiful.
The Witch
always believe in the picture books she read in her young age. Long before she
was appointed as the state official witch, she lived deep in the mountain
together with a black cat named Nora. The only human she know at that time were
only a man who every week visit her, bringing second-hand books from the city.
Many were fiction novels with difficult words and complicated story, some were
cute picture books told about princesses and the cheesy love story.
The Witch
loved the picture books. The social awkward witch has a general thought that
human basically will behave the same way like in the picture books. She believed
that human are kind, wise, and forgiving creatures. Even though in fact, the
human who visit her after became the official witch were nothing but greedy and
worthless creatures.
“Someday,
you will fall and regret what you believe in.”
The Witch
still remembers that one sentence a client of her blurted. That client asked
the witch to give her a handsome husband, she ditching her former husband who
were ugly because she got bored with him. The price was fairly cheap, a
handsome husband in exchange for her beautiful silky hair. She accepted the
requirement faster than the speed of sound.
“Human are
beautiful. They always trying their best to achieve their dream! They can do
anything, they are free,” said the Witch. In fact, she wants to convince
herself that human is greater than her. She had no freedom, her future has been
decided since she was born. That is why she wants to take a pride of her
identity as a witch that said to be the greatest supporter for the humanity… according to the state.
***
Human are
ugly.
She has
meet hundreds of witches in her life. Over generation, she always there, sat
silently in the witches’ heart. She had seen the worst. She had seen so many
endings of the so-called greatest supporter for the humanity.
“You know,
it feels so wrong receiving all of these prices,” the Witch said herself while
looking at her storage room. The Witch plays with a red bundle of meat in her
hand. It was a liver. The liver of the ill-destined little sister of a greedy
man.
The
poor-looked man final visit to the witch this morning can be considered a
legend. He was smiling when the witch finally casted some spell on him. He had
abandoned his status as a brother … as well as a human being.
She was
very disgusted by the poor-looked man, oh, now he not poor-looked anymore. But
still, the man added more to her theory that human is indeed inhuman.
“I don’t
know what to do with all these prices. Should I give it to the state?”
You are a fool. She hated the Witch for
her foolness. The previous official witch she knew will never hand her
belongings to the state, not even think about the idea. The prices should be
the source of the Witch power, it should have consumed by the Witch only, to
gain immortality. But, well… The immortal witch can still die. Like the previous official witch.
The Witch
embraces her gently. It is like she know the anxiety within her and trying to
hush it by softly whisper, “I’d like to talk to you, should I make you alive?
Is it a good idea, oh the blue sapphire pendant?”
***
The last
time the Witch going outside her mansion was before her coming of age ceremony.
Around five years ago, after the ceremony she never allowed to go outside by
the state. They say it was to keep the witch pure in order to maintain her
power in granting wishes.
“Now, where
are we going?” ask the Witch.
The two men
who sit in front of her never answer the question. They are just looking at each
other in anguish, forbidden to talk to the Witch. One of them handed a piece of
letter to the Witch in exchange of talking.
The Witch
smiles. She never meets any human who are not her client and once she meet
them, they are restrained to talk to her? What a joke.
Oh, the President house? Is it already the
time? She still remember the President. The flamboyant, the selfish, and
the fake. She knows the President better than the Witch. She knows the
President since the country was still in the monarchy era, she knows him even
since the day he was born.
Even the
President smile has been engraved in her memories.
***
Soon after
arrived in the Palace the Witch was escorted to the private room with a city
view balcony. Being in other room beside her mansion, the Witch is totally
excited. She touches all the furniture that exist in the room, jump on the
jumpy expensive bed, and admiring the shiny and big bathtub. She compare all
the things in the private room with her old and rusty mansion.
Around
twenty minutes later the man who declared himself as a President enter the
room. Beside him is a wheelchair with a pale-faced beautiful woman whose face
frightens even an angel, but has already gone from this world.
“My wife
has died from an uncured illness,” said the 45 years old President.
The Witch
wondering when was the last time she meet the President. The first time she met
him was before the ceremony, there the President was still young and handsome
together with his beautiful wife, all happy, not like now where he has aged and
collecting white hairs.
“I want you
to revive her, I can’t life without her.”
“…I am no
God. I can’t revive dead person.”
There are
three sacred rules that must be obeyed by witches. First, they should not marry
a human. Second, they should not revive a human who has died.
“I willing
to pay any price for her.. Just please, make her live again. I will give you
anything!!”
The kind
Witch drowns in her thought for a second. She suddenly remembers the picture
book she had always loved. She has never been in love with anyone so she could
not understand the President feeling for his wife. But the book said that love
can make people sacrifice anything, it is the strongest and most beautiful trait
a human can possess. Also, helping human whose she perceived as beautiful even
though she must goes against the rule is not a bad thing for her.
“But the
price must be equal.. In this case it might be your life,” said the Witch.
The room
goes silent.
“I… I… will
pay it even with my life,” said the President determined after glanced upon the
blue sapphire pendant he once knew.
“Then,
please come closer here.”
The Witch
casts a forbidden spell on the President and his wife. One minute, two minutes…
If thing goes right the President should have die after the spell ended. But… no, the one who unconscious after
the spell ended is…
The Witch.
And once
again, the President, smiles.
***
Human has
always been ugly.
One day
there was a witch who fell in love with a human and lost her power. Not only
that, she also been cursed with an incurred illness.
One day
there was a manipulative and selfish man who fell in love with a beautiful
witch. He managed to marry the beautiful witch but ended up with a curse that
his wife will die within 5 years.
One day
there was a blue sapphire pendant that has been watching the witches through
generation. All she can do is witnessing the never-ending loops of the witch
murders while silently hating on human.
One day
there was a kind-hearted and naïve witch who loves human. She lives generously
while dreaming one day she would have a human friend. She even bravely goes
against the sacred rules in order to help human.
There are
three sacred rules that must be obeyed by witches. First, they should not marry
a human. Second, they should not revive a human who has died. And third, a
witch who already died can only be revived in exchange of other witch’s soul.
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