Chapter 105 Magic Mirror: Aurora is the most beautiful
People say that the queen of the White Kingdom, who is Snow White's stepmother, is very beautiful, but very proud and arrogant, and has a strong jealousy. As long as she hears that someone is prettier than her, she can't stand it.
What outsiders don't know is that behind this terrible jealousy, there is also a big secret hidden: the queen is also a terrible witch, mastering some evil black magic. She used magic to charm the king of the White Kingdom, making him indulge in her beauty and obey her orders. No matter how extreme the queen's request is, the king will always obey!
However, the queen was most worried about: one day, the king saw someone more beautiful than her, and felt that she was not the most beautiful person, so he would not be deceived by her. That would be too bad!
As a witch, the queen has a magical mirror. She often goes to the mirror to admire herself and asks the mirror:
"Mirror, mirror, tell me, who is the most beautiful person in the world?"
Looking at the face reflected in the magic mirror, the queen fell into deep thought.
She rephrased the question:
"Who is the most beautiful woman in the world?"
The magic mirror answered again to a man whom the queen did not know.
This time it's a woman. It's a princess in a kingdom that the queen doesn't know, a princess that she's never heard of.
The queen fell into deeper thought.
She reflected on her problem:
"Well, this world is too big, and this continent is too vast.
"'Handsome princes' and 'beautiful princesses' are everywhere, too many to count. There are always many princesses I don't know who are definitely more beautiful than me!
"How about setting your goal lower?"
The Queen revised the question again:
"Mirror, Mirror, tell me, who is the most beautiful woman in the Western Continent?"
"Still don't recognize it. Change it again."
"Mirror, Mirror, tell me, who is the most beautiful woman in the White Kingdom and the surrounding areas?"
"Uh... let's change it again."
"Mirror, Mirror, tell me, who is the most beautiful woman in the White Kingdom?"
This time, Magic Mirror finally gave a suitable answer:
"Of course it is you, my queen!"
The queen laughed and was quite satisfied:
"I knew I was definitely the most beautiful. Look at my big watery eyes and crimson lips, who can compare with me!"
She covered her mouth with the back of her hand to stop herself from looking too proud.
For many years after that, the queen asked this every day. The answer given by the magic mirror has not changed.
Every time she heard the compliments from the magic mirror, the queen would smile with satisfaction.
Later, an organization called the "Witches" found the queen and invited her to join. Almost all the characters in it are extremely powerful witches.
The queen is not interested in magical communication, and unlike most witches in this organization, she does not have outstanding magical talents. But she needed a magic potion that would keep her young forever, so she agreed to join.
However, the queen rarely participated in the daily exchanges between the witches. She only used the magic mirror to answer questions from time to time in exchange for a bottle of youth potion.
The days passed.
The queen discovered that Snow White was becoming more beautiful day by day!
As Snow White grows older, she becomes more and more beautiful. Her skin is as white and tender as snow, and as ruddy as blood, and her hair is as black as ebony.
"What if one day my daughter is more beautiful than me?"
With such tension and worry, the queen still asked the magic mirror once a day. She was relieved after hearing the magic mirror say, "Of course the most beautiful woman in the White Kingdom is you, the queen."
But even so, when she got up the next day, the queen became worried again and asked the magic mirror anxiously, fearing that the magic mirror would suddenly tell her today:
"Queen, you are indeed beautiful, but your daughter Snow White is 1,000 times more beautiful than you!"
Finally one day, what the queen was worried about happened!
As usual, she asked the magic mirror again.
"Who is the most beautiful woman in the White Kingdom!"
However, this time, the magic mirror hesitated for a long time and became hesitant.
"Tell me quickly, Magic Mirror!" the queen urged.
The magic mirror trembled and said:
"My noble queen, please promise that after I tell the truth, you will not break me, throw me from the building, or do other radical things."
"I agree to your request!"
The queen promised immediately, and she could not wait to hear the answer.
"It's over. Is this day finally coming? If my daughter is really more beautiful than me, what should I do?"
Countless thoughts gathered in the queen's mind, and an evil idea settled in her head.
Magic Mirror breathed a long sigh of relief and solemnly gave the answer:
"Queen, you are indeed beautiful. But there is a beautiful little princess who is a thousand times more beautiful than you!"
The queen held her breath.
Sure enough, it is so!
"The most beautiful woman in the White Kingdom is undoubtedly Aurora!" The magic mirror finally gave the answer.
"I knew it!"
The queen roared and walked out of the room angrily.
"I'm sorry, my daughter Snow White. I can't tolerate you being more beautiful than me, I must kill you quietly!"
Just two steps outside the door, the queen noticed something was wrong. "Wait, did I do something wrong?"
The queen ran back to the room and asked the magic mirror:
"You said, what is the name of the most beautiful person in the kingdom...?"
"Aurora."
The magic mirror answered and displayed a dynamic image——
That was Aurora riding a white horse through the emerald green forest with Rhine.
This little girl has blond hair and blue eyes, is beautiful, and seems to have a breathtaking and extraordinary temperament.
The queen was silent.
"No. Who are you?"
"I don't know you at all!"
At this time, the queen's anxious heart also relaxed a little:
"Okay, okay, I thought the most beautiful one in the kingdom would be my daughter Snow White! It would be a bit difficult if someone knew about killing my daughter. Now, the one who surpasses me in beauty is Stranger, that’s fine.”
The queen looked at the two children riding white horses through the forest in the magic mirror scene, and roughly judged:
"Judging from the direction they are traveling, the two children will be near the palace soon.
"It would be terrible if the king saw that Aurora and found someone in the White Kingdom more beautiful than me. My charm magic might fail!
"No, this girl named Aurora must be killed!"
The queen was determined and secretly recruited a strong hunter.
She had long been prepared for the day when Snow White's beauty would surpass hers, and this hunter was the killer she had prepared in advance!
"I order you to kill Aurora! After you are done, I will give you a large amount of gold and silver as a reward." The queen ordered.
"No problem, Her Majesty the Queen, I promise to complete the mission!"
The hunter stood up straight and nodded desperately.
The hunter had long heard that the queen was jealous of Snow White's beauty and might hire someone to kill her daughter at any time, so she kept secretly contacting him.
In order to one day use him as a hunter as a black glove to secretly assassinate Snow White!
Therefore, since the queen first contacted him secretly a few years ago, the hunter had mentally prepared himself for "doing something big" today.
He now needs a lot of money to take care of his elderly adoptive father and young daughter! After he kills Snow White, he can...
"Wait!"
"Who are you talking about?"
The hunter suddenly showed a puzzled expression:
"Who is Aurora?"
"Ahem..." The queen then remembered that the plan had changed, and the assassination target had become someone whom the hunter didn't know at all.
The queen quickly ran back into the house, used magic to quickly copy Aurora's portrait, and marked Aurora's location on the map.
"The target you want to assassinate is called Aurora, right here! Her portrait is under this stack of paper."
"You dig out the target's heart and give it to me, and the mission is completed. I will give you a generous reward."
After the hunter heard his mission, he always felt that something was wrong.
"Wait, wait, isn't it her daughter Snow White that the queen wants to kill?" He couldn't help but think.
In the past few years, he has completely misunderstood the queen's purpose!
"That's right. Although she is not her biological child, she is still her daughter. No matter how jealous the queen of the White Kingdom is, how could she be so vicious as to want to kill her own daughter?" The hunter couldn't help but think.
Thinking of this, the hunter suddenly felt that he had wrongly blamed the queen!
This queen, whom people say has an extreme personality, is actually not that bad after all...
The hunter accepted the task, picked up the sharp knife, left the palace, and walked into the forest.
As he walked, the hunter took out the target's portrait and looked at it.
After seeing the little girl in the portrait, the hunter was confused.
"This target named Aurora looks like just a little girl. Why does the queen want to kill her?"
"I really don't understand. As a queen with a violent personality, if she just wants to kill a civilian who doesn't like it, can't she just let a soldier do it? Why did she contact me secretly years in advance?"< br>
"It's not like killing your own daughter is something that cannot be known to His Majesty the King. Is there any need to be so secretive?"
The hunter was too lazy to think too much and just walked into the forest.
——Anyway, he just wants a sum of money to take care of his old carpenter adoptive father and young daughter. The specific reason is not important at all!
After seeing the hunter disappear into the forest from a distance, the queen suddenly felt uneasy again.
"I heard that the hunter also has a little daughter, who is about the same size as the girl I want to kill named Aurora."
"When it comes time to actually take action, when the hunter looks at the pitiful appearance of the beautiful girl, will he remember his daughter and feel compassion for her, and show mercy?"
She decided to wait for a while and then use the magic mirror to confirm whether the hunter succeeded in the assassination or showed mercy?
……
In the forest.
Rhine and Aurora stopped to rest and let the horses lean against the river to drink water.
At this time, the two of them saw a tall and majestic hunter holding a sharp knife walking towards them!
(End of chapter)