Medusa
Sugar coatedYes, one of the most common mythology plots and I love it
It was always the same nightmare, she was burning, flames across every inch of her skin as the Goddess she swore to serve laughed with her despair, the same goddess she loved more than she loved herself.
-Goddess...please
The goddess just moved her hand and Shuhua felt her body being taken somewhere and when she collapsed onto the ground she screamed in agony
-NO
Shuhua sighed when she noticed that she was having another nightmare, it wasn't actually a nightmare but a memory, a memory of how she got to that place, there was a deep longing in her chest, she had been condemned to loneliness for something she was not to blame
It was harvest day so Shuhua left the cave and went towards her vegetable garden, on the way she passed some statues, they were men that have been sent out to kill her, over the years many warriors have appeared on the island in search of fame and they all had the same fate, they became stone statues. She walked for a few more meters when her snakes starting hissing
-What? Another one? They'll never give up, will they?
Shuhua sighed and walked in the direction the snakes indicated.
-Dammit
Someone cursed and the serpents move in unison, preparing to attack, Shuhua hid behind a tree and looked, with her back to her was a woman, she had long black hair and carried a sword, the snakes all hiss their warnings making the woman turn and made eye contact with Shuhua
-Is someone there?
A moment passes and Shuhua is surprised, this is the first human that didn’t become petrified stone
-Hello?
That's when Shuhua noticed that the stranger's eyes were white as milk, she is blind! What is a blind person doing here?
-Is anyone there? Please
Shuhua then noticed that despite the armor and the sword the woman seemed to tremble and was holding the sword awkwardly.
-Are you lost?
The woman turned towards Shuhua's voice
-I...I, I should kill a monster that lives here, something called Medusa
Shuhua snickered and the snakes hissed at the woman
-What is that sound?
Shuhua approached the woman
-How could a blind woman defeat a monster?
The woman just sighed
-I didn't have much choice.
-What do you mean?
-My uncles sold me to a priest and he sent me here
The woman shrunk into herself as she said this
-Why did your uncles sell you?
-I am blind since birth and when my parents died my uncles said I was a burden so they sold me to the priest
The snakes hissed disgusted at what they heard while Shuhua felt her blood boil, how could they do this to her?
-Are you hungry?
The snakes hissed disapprovingly but the young woman smiled at her
-I don't want to bother you.
-Nonsense, I can guide you to my cave
-You live in a cave?
-It's...safe
-Well, I can't complain, can I?
The woman said with a smile
-My name is Seo Soojin
Shuhua was in a dilemma, should she introduce herself with the name the warriors called her and reveal herself to Soojin or should she use her real name?
-My name is Yeh Shuhua, can I touch you?
-Sure
Shuhua held her and guided her to the cave trying to ignore the snakes complaining
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