Occult Stories
Copyright© 2024 by Nikus Janestus
Chapter 1: Enlightenment wizard
“Watch me!” Follow my ideals! Contemplate my solutions! Everything you can think of, I am able to understand and accomplish; everything you want to obtain, I can give you.”
As if they were words immediately removed from the mind of a narcissist, the one known as The Magician rehearses yet another new play. It’s not like he’s going to blatantly say things like that in public, but he needs to get into character; the rest is improvisation. He then opens the curtain on another new bunch of unfortunates.
“Lord, you promised us a good harvest!” says the first. “It would’ve been better if you had said nothing. What are we going to do now?” says the second.
The Magician looks ahead and says, “I never promised you anything; the harvest was good, and the land was fertile. What did you do then? Stopped plowing new land, thinking that the abundance would continue forever. No one is capable of receiving without first giving.”
“But we won’t survive next winter the way we are!” protests the first. “We ask that you use your magic to recover the lost harvest!” says the second.
The wizard looks at the first, responding to his protests: “How do you expect to solve your own problems without first sacrificing something?” He then looks at the second: “How can I use any magic if what was lost perished by your own hands?” He then turns his attention forward to the two: “Bring me what you consider most valuable. I promise that I will not separate you from your possessions.”
The men seem dissatisfied but leave, as if they had expected it. The next day, they reappear before the curtain, with the first man carrying a golden amulet, while the second one came with his family.
The magician begins the new exchange of words, looking at the first man: “Tell me, what is the value of this amulet to you, to the point of presenting it before me?”.
The first man responds, “This is an artifact passed down from generation to generation in my family. With it, I don’t need to fear demons or misery.”
The Wizard immediately gives the word: “What if I told you that what you hold is actually cursed, preparing to bring you great misfortune at your most vulnerable moment, just as it happened to your parents?” The first man goes into shock. He never thought that the amulet actually had an adverse effect, and he knows that the magician’s words are absolute.
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