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It had been a year since Prince Ashitaka of the Emishi had been born. The young prince had already learned to walk and talk much faster than any of the other children his age. Everyone could agree that the prince was smart and chosen for a great destiny.
Though everyone else in the village rejoiced at how Ashitaka was growing, all it did was bring more worry to the king and queen. Each day could be the time Ashitaka was cursed and forced to leave his people.
The king had noticed his wife's excessive worrying about their first born. He decided to ask Hii-sama to do another stone casting to look into the future. Perhaps something had changed and the prince would not be cured after all.
The royal Emishi family dressed in their finest clothing and walked to Hii-sama's elevated hut. The queen had Ashitaka on her back as she and her husband climbed the sturdy old latter. Inside the hut, as always, sat Hii-sama dressed in her normal red and pink robes and her old gray hair in a topknot.
The old woman stood and smiled. She bowed to the royal family as they enter her hut.
"Greetings your majesties. And what brings the royal family of the Emishi to my hut this early in the morning?" asked Hii-sama.
The king stepped forward a frown upon his strong and handsome face.
"My wife and I have come to ask you to once again look into our son's future." stated the king.
Hii-sama quickly grabbed her stones and began to look into the future. She tossed the stones and snapped a few pieces of bamboo before turning back to the king and queen. Hii-sama frowned and shook her head.
"I am sorry your majesties, but the prediction I have made is the same as it was over a year age. I checked several times and it always ends the same. The young prince will be cursed and there is nothing we can do to change that." exclaimed Hii-sama.
The queen began to cry and clung to her son even tighter than before. The sudden pressure made the young prince begin to cry.
"Don't cry sweetie. Mommy's here and mommy will keep you safe. I promise." silently said the queen.
The king thanked Hii-sama for her time and left the hut with his wife and son. When Hii-sama was sure the royal family had left she turned back to her stones. A small smile crossed the old woman's face.
"The prince might be cursed, but there is still hope. I can see a great power that will free him of his curse. And I see the love of a girl, a princess in her own way, in the prince's future. Yes the prince might be cursed but that curse will lift an even greater darkness from the world and replace it with light." assured Hii-sama.
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