# E7 - A Cruel Fairy Tale: The Beautiful Princess
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THE STORY I'M ABOUT TO TELL YOU NOW
REALLY HAPPENED ABOUT SIX HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
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BUT I'D LIKE YOU TO LISTEN
AS IF IT WAS FICTION.
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BECAUSE IT HAPPENED TOO FAR IN THE PAST
TO SOUND REALISTIC,
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AND A STORY LIKE THIS WITH NO MORALS
OR SALVATION IS BETTER OFF LEFT AS A LIE.
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*About six hundred years ago, in a country that
no longer leaves a name anywhere in this world,*
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*there was a very beautiful girl.*
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*She was born as the sole daughter
of wealthy nobility,*
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*with beauty known to everyone in the country.*
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*She was so beautiful that a portrait of her
was displayed in every household.*
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*Regardless of age, gender, or social status,
everyone was enthralled by her.*
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*She was given a title from the emperor
for her beauty alone.*
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*Everyone in the country called her
"Beautiful Princess" and loved her.*
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*Citizens formed long lines to the castle she lived in
to get a glimpse of her rumored beauty.*
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*Each and every day, a mound of presents
was placed in front of the castle.*
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*"I turned your beauty into a song, Princess.
Please accept this."*
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*A musician said thus
and played his violin.*
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*"I turned your beauty into a poem, Princess.
Please accept this."*
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*A poet said thus
and read his poem out loud.*
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*"I turned your beauty into statues, Princess.
Please accept these."*
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*An artist said thus
and carved out a hundred statues.*
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*But no gift would make the princess smile.*
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*Nobody looks at me.*
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*The princess lamented
all alone in her room.*
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*Beautiful this, beautiful that.*
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*They all sing praises,
but they say nothing more.*
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*None of those people know
what kind of person I am.*
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*They don't know who I am on the inside.*
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*That agonized the Beautiful Princess.*
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*No matter what she does, no matter what
she says, the response is simply, "Beautiful."*
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*Whether it be success or failure,
whether she does good things or bad,*
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*the assessment she received
was always the same.*
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*Whatever she did was beautiful.*
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*Asleep or awake, she was beautiful.*
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*"Beautiful Princess"
was a very apt description.*
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*Such a beauty must be from
that of an enchantress.*
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*At this rate, it wouldn't matter
whether or not I have my own will.*
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*I am not a slave to my own appearance.*
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*Beauty I just happened to be born into
is nothing but a hinderance.*
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*I would rather have them look at my soul
more than my looks.*
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*Her great will, unspoiled by her own beauty,
greatly touched the heart*
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*of an old witch who lived
in this country for quite some time.*
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*"Beautiful Princess, I will turn your beauty
so transparent that nobody can see it."*
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*"Instead, I will make your heart
visible to everyone around you."*
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*"From now on,
your soul will be what they judge."*
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*The old witch cast a spell
and waved her wand.*
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*The clear skin of the princess
really became transparent.*
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*"Thank you. Thank you so much."*
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*The Beautiful Princess gave thanks
from the bottom of her heart.*
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*Her outward beauty was gone,*
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*but the princess's soul
proved to be even more beautiful.*
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*Word of her brilliance traveled all over
the country without her even leaving her castle.*
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*The princess's father felt shame for not noticing
his daughter's beautiful soul for all this time,*
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*and after greeting her in the morning,
he jumped off the balcony to punish himself.*
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*The princess's mother was proud to have given birth
to a daughter with such a wonderful soul.*
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*She felt that such a feat was simply enough
to end her role in this world,*
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*and peacefully passed away
after eating breakfast.*
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*The musician thought he could not possibly express
the Beautiful Princess's kindness in song.*
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*So he decided a suitable gift
would be to offer what he held most dear,*
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*and more cherished than life itself,
which was his wrists to play his instrument.*
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*He chopped his wrists off
and presented them to the princess.*
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*The poet thought he could not possibly express
the Beautiful Princess's wisdom in poetry,*
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*so he decided a suitable gift
would be what he held most dear,*
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*and what he cherished more than life itself,
his tongue to recite his poems.*
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*He ripped his tongue out
and presented it to the princess.*
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*The artist thought he could not possibly express
the Beautiful Princess's bravery in statues,*
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*so he decided a suitable gift would be
what he held most dear,*
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*and what he cherished more than life itself,
his eyes to inspect the materials.*
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*He gouged his eyes out
and presented them to the princess.*
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*All the citizens had burned their portraits
of the princess that they had long cherished.*
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*They wondered why they took such great care
of such trivial things for all this time.*
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*While thinking reluctantly
that it was not suitable as a gift at all,*
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*they sacrificed their own lives,
the lives of their parents and siblings,*
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*the lives of their children,
and the lives of their grandchildren.*
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*It didn't take long before the mountain of presents,
or rather the mountain of corpses,*
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*that laid before the castle, was stacked
higher than the height of the castle itself.*
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*Oh, what a tragedy!*
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*I didn't think this would happen!*
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*Losing all hope from the mountain of corpses
and river of blood offered to the nature of her soul,*
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*the princess sought out the old witch
to have her magic dispelled.*
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*But it was too late, as the old witch
was the first one to see the princess's soul,*
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*and had already sacrificed her head,*
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*which she cherished more than life itself and was filled
with all the knowledge she gained over the years.*
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*Seeing the old lady's severed head,
the princess broke down into tears.*
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*Such a scene that evoked pity, of her
beautiful heart shedding tears for someone else,*
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*further enchanted the citizens of the country.*
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*They scrambled and raced to offer their lives or things cherished more than life itself to the princess.*
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*To console the princess, they smiled as they
laid down their lives one after another.*
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*The mountain of corpses that piled up,
or rather the castle made of corpses,*
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*became infamous and talk of it rang across
the capital and even to neighboring countries.*
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*But all the armies that rushed over, upon seeing
the authority of the Beautiful Princess up close,*
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*gladly, and willingly,
became a part of the corpse castle.*
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*I've had enough.
Everyone is going to die.*
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*But I can't save even one person.*
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*The more things I do, the more I speak,
everyone would keep dying.*
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*I want to die myself.*
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*But she could not die.*
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*The strength of the princess's will
did not allow for that.*
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*The princess was also
unable to fall into insanity.*
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*"Then you shall embark on a journey."*
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*That was when
the old lady's severed head spoke up.*
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*The tears that the princess shed
had created a miracle.*
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*The old lady came back to life
for just one brief moment.*
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*Someday, you may be able to save those who die
for your beautiful soul that is beyond enchanting.*
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*Until then, you need to keep
distancing yourself from other people.*
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*Do not get close to anyone.
You shall live alone.*
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*With that said,
the old lady passed away yet again.*
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*And thus, leaving behind a castle stained scarlet
with blood and a castle of corpses,*
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*the Beautiful Princess embarked
on a never-ending journey.*
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*She followed the advice,
almost a curse, of the old witch.*
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*So that no one will die anymore...*
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*A solitary journey to escape it all,
where she cannot have any companions.*
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*It would be a while longer yet
before she turns into a vampire.*
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*But the vampiric tale of the princess, of Kiss-shot
Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade,*
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*covered in red blood had started here.*
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*And her innocent soul finally saves
a tiny life offered to her for the first time*
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*in an incident roughly
six hundred years later.*
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A CRUEL FAIRYTALE
THE BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS