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In times past, a King and Queen longed for a child, saying to each other daily, "Would that we had a child!" Yet, they remained childless.
One day, while the Queen was bathing, a black python emerged from the water, coiled around her body, and bound her.
In a ghastly voice, it declared, "Your wish shall be fulfilled; within a year, you shall bear a daughter. However, a great calamity shall follow."
Before the Queen could respond, the python forced itself into her mouth, but she felt nothing going down her throat and dismissed it as her overactive imagination.
However, as foretold, the Queen gave birth to a stunningly beautiful daughter. The King, overjoyed, ordained a grand feast. He invited relations, friends, acquaintances, and the five wise men from his kingdom. However, he only provided four golden plates, leaving one wise man without a place.
Despite this, the feast was celebrated with splendor. As it concluded, the wise men presented the child with gifts: virtue, beauty, riches, and more. When the fourth was done, the uninvited fifth wise man appeared.
Without greeting or respect, he cried, "On her 19th birthday, the Princess shall prick herself with a spindle and awaken the monster within! It will hunt you till you're all dead! Only a true hero can stop this calamity by exchanging lip contact with her!"
He departed, leaving everyone terrified. True heroes seemed like mere legends, and many barely believed in them.
Some suggested banishing the Princess, but the King couldn't bear the thought. Desperate to save his child, he commanded that all spindles in the kingdom be burned, and the prophecy be kept secret for eternity.
The princess grew into a beautiful young woman, endowed with the gifts of the wise men. However, some of them did it to gain her hand in marriage - her physical beauty was noticed by everyone in the kingdom.
Not only that, but she was not only lovely but also modest, sweet, kind, and clever. When she turned 19, the King and Queen embarked on a journey abroad, leaving the maiden alone in the castle.
With time on her hands, she wandered into every nook and corner, exploring the castle's chambers and parlors. Her curiosity eventually led her to an old tower, where she climbed a narrow, winding stair to a small door with a rusty key protruding from the lock.
She turned the key, and the door creaked open, revealing a black python spinning flax with its tail.
She smiled at the creature, "Good day, kind sir. What are you doing?"
The python replied in an annoyed tone, "I am spinning."
Despite the creature's hostility, the young girl's curiosity got the better of her. A hint of a smile played on her lips as she asked;
"What is that which you're twisting so briskly?"
The python remained silent, showing its dissatisfaction, but the Princess persisted, pleasing it in any way possible.
Eventually, the python gave up, and she took the spindle, beginning to spin. However, she soon pricked her finger, fulfilling the evil prophecy.
At that moment, the princess stumbled backward, and a blood-curdling roar erupted from her mouth, causing the castle to tremble.
That night, she devoured the entire royal guard, and when her parents returned, they met the same gruesome fate.
The whole kingdom soon got devoured by her, and she set out on a journey to find a hero who could save her from the cannibalistic curse.
However, everywhere she went, she left behind a trail of destruction, with not even bones remaining, until found one forgotten island.
The island was rumored to be home to a hero with the extraordinary ability to transform the wicked into saints and demons into angels.
The young maiden found the hero, standing before him, she declared;
"I'll let you kiss me."
The narrator's voice faded, and the darkness surrounding Shinji gave way to blinding theater stage lights.
The three skeletons that had chopped off his legs were gone, replaced by a pair of pale legs in a black wedding dress, adorned with bloodstains.
"What the hell?" Shinji muttered, but his pain resumed, and his screams echoed once more.
The five figures wearing V for Vendetta masks remained unmoved, and the one without a chest declared;
"Kiss the princess, or die!"
A joyous feline chimed in, "The second presentation of today's show has arrived!"
The desert area erupted in applause, with clapping sounds echoing through the sand as if people were standing on it.
However, Shinji's screams of agony drowned out the applause as he bled profusely from his severed legs. His blood evaporated in an instant.
Shinji cried out in his mind;
'Why must I die in the most excruciating way possible?! Why, God, why are you doing this to me?! You said you'd help those who help themselves, and betraying all those people was my way of helping myself! Just kill me now; I don't want to feel this kind of pain!'
However, no one replied to him. Instead, the pair of legs in front of him began walking slowly toward him.
The owner whispered in a sweet voice, "I know you can save me… only you can…"
As she reached Shinji, she grasped his collar, lifting him. Her stunning face momentarily halted his screams; her long black hair, piercing red eyes, and even the bloodstains on her face seemed captivating.
Breaking the brown-haired man out of his reverie, she muttered in a slightly joyous tone, "I will kiss you…"
The woman's mouth opened wide, and Shinji's body went numb, his pain vanishing. His pupils shrunk to pinpoints as she continued to open her mouth, stretching until a human could fit inside.
Rows and columns of razor-sharp teeth gleamed within, dripping with blood and adorned with the flesh of her past victims.
Seeing such a sight, the young man couldn't help but cry out in his mind;
'God, I'm sorry! I don't want to die!'
However, his desperate cry came too late, as the woman's jaws closed around him, pulling him into her mouth.