Once upon a time in the western countries, there was a little country named Xidar. The King of this country loves his citizen, and the princess was very clever. Beside that, there was also a hunter who could shoot very precisely. There was no other hunter who could beat his skill. However, he never harms animals. Even when he encounters a fierce beast, he would only shoot it till it faints.

One day, he was practicing his shooting skill in the woods. That night, he saw some light from the woods and started walking to that direction curiously.

When the hunter went near to the light, he noticed that there were 3 trolls roasting a cow. There’s a greedy one called Little Greed, an easily up set one called Little Anger, and the evil one called Little Devil.

Little Greed tore down a piece of meat and said: “Let me have a try and I’ll tell you whether it’s cooked or not.” The hunter saw this and thought that it might get ill if it eats that piece of meat.

And so, he shot the meat down from the troll’s grip.

Little Greed had no idea how could that piece of meat fall from his hand. At first he thought that it was 2 of the other trolls that have been snatching his meat. But he stayed silence as he did not have any proof. When he started tearing out a piece of meat again, the hunter did the same thing.

Only this time, Little Greed could tolerate no more. It slapped the other trolls and yelled: “Why are you two snatching my meat!?”

Little Anger then replied angrily: “It wasn’t me! It was the hunter over there!”

Little Greed, at first, never trusted the other trolls and wanted to put it to test. It tore out a piece of meat again, and the outcome was still the same.

Then, the hunter came nearer. The trolls were amazed by his shooting skill and invited him to stay for dinner.

After they had their dinner, Little Greed said: “There’s a pretty princess living in a palace just across the river by the woods. We like her and we want to make her our wife. Moreover, we want to take over her money.”

Little Anger said: “But there’s a dog outside the castle. Anything happens and it will start barking and waking everyone up. That way we couldn’t even get close to the palace.”

Little Devil then mentioned: “It’ll be better if we could kill the King and then, I could be the King.”

Then Little Greed asked the hunter to join them. It said: “Can you give us a hand and kill the dog with your shooting skill? We could really need to get into the castle without that dog.”

Although those trolls weren’t good-hearted, the hunter was still thinking the way to save the King, the princess, and also a way to make the trolls turn good.

Little Anger said impatiently: “Why are you still thinking? Or you’re not going to help us?”

The hunter then replied: “Err…. No! It’s just a small matter, and I will help you.”

He acted as if he was going to help them, but deep down, he was plotting a plan.

All set, and there they went. When they were on a boat in the middle of the river, Little Anger demanded the hunter to kill the dog. The clever hunter just shot at a Papaya tree beside the dog. A papaya just fell from the tree, hit the dog and knocked it out.

The trolls thought that the dog was dead and they were so delighted about it. They can’t wait to enter the castle, but the hunter said: “Don’t rush, three of you just guard outside the castle and I’ll check if it’s safe inside.”

Being as silent as he could, the hunter entered the palace. All he could see was the King and the guards being in a deep slumber. Then he slowly pushed a big fancy door and entered another room. There was no one in that room but he saw a glimmering silver sword hanging on the wall. He took the sword down and noticed that there was a golden lion head carved on the handle. Besides looking gorgeously, there was a sentence on it that said: “Having this sword will grant you infinite wisdom and courage.” He thought for himself: “I could temporarily borrow this sword. I could really get use of it in this situation I’m facing.”

He went off to another direction of the palace with the sword. He entered another fancy door which stated ‘The Princess’ Bedroom’. He saw the princess sleeping and though: “Wow, the princess is very pretty! She looks like the peace angel that mom has described to me! The King and the princess are both kind, I must dedicate myself to protect them! But how am I going to settle the problem without hurting anyone? What should I do?” At this moment, the hunter got so troubled.

All of a sudden…

“Dear little hunter, you’re not only brave, but very kind too!”

The hunter was so shocked when he heard that voice! He looked around the room but there was no one in sight. He couldn’t stop questioning himself: “Who was that!?”

Before he could even finish questioning himself, a strong brilliant light started shining out from the sword. He was surrounded by millions of colourful sparkles. He was so afraid that he threw the sword on the floor.

“The… the sword! The sword is shining! What’s happening!?”
“Please don’t be afraid little hunter or you wouldn’t be able to think calmly.”
“What?! It can even speak!?”
“Of course! I’m not just an ordinary sword. I’ve been the protector of this country for million years. I’m the Leo Sword of Wisdom and Courage!”
“Hey! I heard that name before! But I thought that it was just a fairy tale.”
“Courage and Hope are always in everyone’s heart. Only a compassionate courage can awaken me. And I’m your Hope!”
“Mighty Leo Sword, are you a great weapon? But what can I do now? I want to settle the problem without harming anyone.”
“The Leo Sword never slays an enemy’s flesh, but the great devil and demon deep down in their heart! And you, are not using me with your hand, but your heart!”
“To grab the sword by my heart! That means the heart is fundamental!”
“That’s right! Let’s face our enemy! Together with your kind and courage, I’m sure that we’ll unleash our potential to the fullest!”

Grabbing the sword with his hand, the hunter felt a strong courage rushing in his heart which he had never felt before. He knew a lot through the sword, such as the King being a kind person and well-respected. The people could live so happily all because of the King’s effort. Suddenly, he realized that to protect the King and to save the 3 trolls are his missions. He too, was shining brilliantly! The trolls could easily spot the hunter with his glowing light as he walked to them. The atmosphere was so strong but they could feel no anxiety but warmth…

The hunter said: “Please go back to where you’re from and please don’t do any evil things anymore.”

Little Anger thought that he’s rather naïve, but it had a familiar feeling from the hunter’s light. He said with a low tone: “Hey… Are you going to get all of these to yourself?”

Little Devil said: “Don’t ever think that you could defeat us just with that little glimmer on you. You wouldn’t want to know how we finish you up!”

“I’m not doing this for myself, but for the 3 of you! I don’t want you to continue doing the wrong thing. As for the King, it’s your loss losing him as he’s a kind King! Wake up! If you are willing to change yourselves, I’m sure that the King will give you a second chance!”

Little Greed: “Who wants to be in his country?! There was a good King back then but he’s dead and he’s not here to care for us anymore. I don’t think he’s the only good King. I think that if we’re the Kings the country would be even stronger! As for you! You promised us to help us, but now you betrayed us! You’re not even a good boy!”

Little Anger and Little Devil both said: “Yea! The country would be even richer if we’re the kings.”

The hunter pointed at Little Greed and said: “The King has been protecting his people, sharing his wealth with his people. He even forgot to sleep and eat just because he wants his people to have a better life. Can you do this? You’re just being greedy and wanted to kill him because of his money, who’s the bad person now!?”

Little Greed was speechless as he knew that he could never be as caring as the King.

Then the hunter pointed at Little Anger and said: “You’re not better than the King either! You have a bad temper and you’d blame on everyone and leaving your responsibility behind when something happened! But the King is so friendly to everyone. He faces his problems calmly and bravely without allowing his anger to take over his thought.”

Similarly, Little Anger turned silent.

Little Devil quarreled: “This doesn’t mean that he’s a good King. I’m sure I could be a better King than him!”

The hunter asked: “What is it then?”

Little Devil: “I have great strength! I could eliminate all the enemies in the war! I have lots of fighting plans! I could even snatch other country’s land and make my country bigger and stronger! Just look at this King. He’s so old and he couldn’t even grab an apple. All he could do was just smiling at people. What else can he do?”

Little Hunter: “A person who runs the country with power and violence will only make his people suffer! The King might look a little weak, but it doesn’t mean that he couldn’t protect his own people. The King runs the country with a bloodless revolution, not bloodlust! Moreover, he gained trust from other countries. While facing the enemy, the King faces them with bravery and wisdom. He recalls the kind and good buried n the enemy’s heart, and at the end, they became friends. So please, put down your weapon!”

“Haha haha!” The laughter grabbed all of their attention out of nowhere. When they turn around, they saw the King standing behind.

Little Devil thought to himself: “He’s brave, not bringing a single weapon with him. Wait, he seems familiar.”

“He’s not being unafraid. He just knows that you’re all good deep down.”

Little Anger shouted: “Who’s talking again? I thought you weren’t afraid of us, but it seems like you brought weapon.”

This moment, the Leo Sword gave out a brilliant glow again!
“It’s me!”
It flew to the sky and started spinning. In the same time, it was releasing lights like fireworks. Everyone was stunned and a wide mouth. The sword flew to the King and he grabbed it immediately. A soft and warm glimmer came from the King as his appearance seemed to change. He’s not an old man anymore, he look strong and brilliant. This was his true form! And there was even a mighty lion standing behind the King!

The trolls kneeled down right away and mumbled: “Is… is it Sutra?”

The hunter was shocked and said: “There’s a lion behind the King!”

“Don’t be afraid. That’s the true form of the Leo Sword, a mercy lion with wisdom and courage as a warrior. And you three, it’s been a long time since we last met. I never know that we would meet again under such condition. How are you?”

Three of the trolls cried and said: “Your Majesty! We didn’t think you’d still be alive! We thought that we wouldn’t see you again! Please forgive our silliness!”

“The King knows them?” the hunter asked curiously.

The Mighty Lion replied: “Little hunter, the King you see in front of you is no ordinary King. Back then, he’s the Lotus-Sutra King that freed the mankind and chased the Great Devil away! And these 3 trolls were the royal warriors of the Sutra King and they fought together. Unfortunately they became such a miserable creature.”

“What!? They were royal warriors? They were just trying to harm the King!” The hunter scratched his head and asked: “And Sutra King is a real person? But I thought this story happened hundreds of years ago? How could the people from the story still be living?”

“I’m no legend. I’m just doing my responsibility. You 3, stop kneeling and get up on your feet.”

Little Greed started crying and begged: “Your Majesty, please let us serve you once again. Without you, we’re just living an aimless life.”

Little Devil said: “It’s all our fault for not behaving well disciplined after the King wanted to disband the team. We were given a piece of land to build up our own country, but we never do so because of the overwhelming of the devil in our heart after a little victory.”

Little Anger said: “Yes, soon we finished all our money. We knew that you decided to stay in low profile, and we never look for you since then. Then we became greedy and to harm the others to keep on living. Fortunately, we found you your majesty! You’re the only one who could wake us up! Please forgive us!”

“I never left you. You were all in my heart. I will not blame you since I knew that you were good deep down. You were only defeated by the problems from reality. Luckily it’s not too late for you to wake up. I stayed low profile because I need to do researches about the ways to give mankind a better and happier life. Finally, I know how to let the world stay peaceful. We must always recall the kindness deep down in everyone, leading them to a life with no regrets. There’s no darkness that could defeat sunlight. The journey of our lives is to discover this sun and allowing it to shine brilliantly. None of the other forces could defeat us when we unite everyone’s kindness. Then the great devil wouldn’t even get a chance. The war we’re fighting now, is for other people’s happiness. All we need is a faithful heart of wisdom and courage. I welcome you to join me again, together with your old comrades, we can make this land a land full of happiness.”

“What a great and noble person! Hurray for the King!” the hunter shouted.

The Mighty Lion looking at the hunter: “Young one, The Sutra King is currently 316 years old! He’s waiting for a successor to carry on his mission. Are you interested?”

“Yes! Of course! I must become a kind person full of wisdom and courage!”

Little hunter, thank you.



(Maybe to be continued…)


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