Snow was falling outside the high iron windows.
The little black cat in the girl's arms slowly opened its eyes.
"Are you okay?"
The girl smiled happily when she saw the kitten opened its eyes. Her amber eyes looked so beautiful when she smiled, and her snow-white skin was like the snow falling outside the window.
The cold wind kept pouring in from the cracks between the window and the wall. The kitten in the girl's arms was shivering with cold. She used her thin skirt to wrap the kitten as tightly as possible, and she also shrank into the iron The corner of the room separated by a fence.
This is a prison, and the girl is the prisoner.
But the girl imprisoned here has done nothing wrong, it’s just that half of the demon blood flows in her body. She is born with magical power that surpasses ordinary people, and she lives longer than others. The people around her have long since aged. She was still the same young girl as before.
So she was guilty, so she was called a witch.
Witches are pagans and are existences not allowed by God, so whoever is recognized as a witch by the church as an envoy of God will be burned at the stake. This is the so-called witch hunting.
"Where did you come from, kitten?"
The girl in the corner put her face against the kitten's face and listened quietly to the kitten's purring.
She picked up the kitten last night. She heard the kitten's cry in the wind and snow last night. She scratched the moss-covered stone wall and got her tender hands covered with sores before dragging her heavy anklets up. window.
The kitten fell under the window, and its blood dyed the snow bright red. If left alone, it would definitely die.
The girl wanted to save the kitten, but was resisted by the bars that were colder than the snow.
She jumped out of the window and slapped the iron bars to attract the guards.
"There is a kitten outside the window, please save it!" the girl prayed.
"Why are you making such a fuss, damn witch!"
The girl woke up the guard from his sweet dream, which made the guard who was covered in flesh extremely dissatisfied.
"Please, it will die if this continues!"
Prayers turned into supplications.
"Ah?! When a beast dies, it dies. Please be more honest."
But pleading could not arouse the slightest sympathy from the human being in front of her. The devil in the cage was begging for rescue, but the free man ruthlessly crushed this longing.
The girl cried.
She never cried. She never cried when she was alone since she was a child. She never cried when people treated her like a stranger and said bad things to her. She never cried when she was caught and awaiting execution.
But at this moment, she cried.
"Please, Mr. Guard, I will give you my blood, and I promise not to tell anyone!"
"......All right."
The guard was moved, but not because of the girl's kindness.
Legend has it that if you drink the blood of a witch, you can stay young like a witch forever. However, it is taboo to accept the blood of a witch and you will be treated as an alien. But on this night when there is no one, greed has defeated the will of man.
Next, the kitten was thrown in like garbage. The girl quickly hugged the kitten. Such a fragile life could no longer withstand any torture.
"Give me your blood quickly!"
The guard was almost crazy and threw the knife directly at the girl's feet.
The girl picked up the knife, and the sharply sharpened blade shone in the firelight. The guards never knew that the girl could kill everyone here with this knife and then walk out intact.
However, the girl cut her finger with a knife and dripped blood into the guard's fat hand.
After the guard got the blood, he licked it crazily, and then ran out like crazy. After the next day, no one saw him again.
After the guard left, the girl tore her skirt and bandaged the kitten's injured foot. Being so thin and weak, she could only do this for the little guy.
She hugged the kitten tightly, gave the kitten the remaining warmth, and fell asleep quietly while praying for the kitten's safety.
...
The girl gently played with the beard of the kitten that had woken up, and whispered to the little guy:
"You know, I have to leave when this snow stops."
The girl's sentence was postponed because of the snowstorm. When the snowstorm stopped, she would be crucified and burned alive.
The little black cat had the same golden amber pupils as the girl. It could not speak and just looked at the girl's beautiful face quietly.
Maybe a miracle.
The snowstorm lasted for 10 days without stopping.
During this period, the kitten's injuries had already recovered to some extent. It could easily jump out of the prison, but it did not choose to leave and stayed by the girl's side every day.
The girl was also very happy to have such a little friend to spend the last moments of her life with her.
She played with the kitten and used pebbles to draw a magic circle for the kitten to see. She told the kitten everything about herself. These short ten days almost made up for her entire lonely childhood.
However, good times do not last long, and dreams always break at the best time.
The snow finally stopped, and the girl's road finally came to an end.
She was forcibly separated from the kitten by a group of well-dressed church apostles, and then tied to the execution platform. Iron nails penetrated her hands and nailed her to a high cross for the viewing of the crazy crowd in the audience.
The oiled firewood at his feet was easily ignited. The flames engulfed the girl's skin and dried her blood. The pain was indescribable, but the girl did not cry out.
On the roof in the distance, the fierce fire was imprinted in the eyes of the little black cat. It looked at the girl in the distance sadly, and the next moment the girl also spotted it. She smiled at it in the distance amid the blazing fire. .
Tears flowed from the corners of the eyes of the little black cat. It was always quiet and whined, and then the whine turned into a neigh. The little black cat turned into a huge black beast.
The beast tore apart the house, tore apart the humans who were watching the girl, and tore into pieces the fire that lit the girl, leaving nothing behind.
Finally it stopped in front of the girl who stopped it.
The beast carried the girl and fled to the distant forest, and the humans who were chasing them set off a fire that burned down the entire forest. The fire burned for ten days and ten nights before stopping, but the humans searched the entire wreckage but could not find it. The body of the girl.
"Legend has it that even now, the girl's soul wanders in the forest, guiding people who are lost. The story ends here."
The woman wearing a cloak slowly closed the old book. The little black cat by the fire opened her eyes slightly because of the sound of closing the book, and then fell asleep lazily again.
In a peaceful little house, this woman is entertaining a lost child.
"Hey, are you asking me who I am? Yes...just call me,"
The woman was slightly startled, thought for a moment and then answered.
"Just call me, Witch of the Forest."
