(English)

10 years passed after Magic Mirror said that not the queen, but Snow White was the most beautiful woman in the world. The queen could endure no more that Snow White become more beautiful, so decided to kill her.

After some days, somebody who had a letter which would be sent to the prince of the enemy state was captured. The letter said some national secrets sent to him, and said Snow White informed those national secrets to him to getting his love. Snow White denied writing such letter, but the handwriting of the letter was completely same as that of Snow White. To make matters worse, Snow White had continuously insisted on reconciling with the enemy state.

Snow White was sentenced to beheading execution.

On next day, at the main square of the capital city, a stage for the beheading execution of Snow White the princess was set up. On a stage was a chopping block.

Until Snow White was escorted behind the chopping block, all of the people jeered to her, "You dirty traitor!" But, when she looked at them with a gentle glance, her extreme beauty and elegance let most of the people stop blaming.

Snow White did last speech.

"I will die because of the sin I never committed. But, though I don't know who manipulated my sin, I forgive all of them. I hope I will be the last convict bleeding innocent blood. Now, I will follow my fate."

The executioner requested to her.

"Your Highness, could you expose your shoulder?"

"If I do such, so my neck is better exposed, could you cut my neck in one blow?"

"Sure. I will cleanly cut your neck in a blow."

Snow White exposed her snow-white shoulder and knelt down behind the chopping block. She duck her upper body and put her slim neck on the block with stretching her neck.

She said, "My preparation is finished. Now, decapitate me!" and opened her arms wide.

The executioner's cold silver color axe hit the very middle of Snow White's snow-white neck. Soon, a big thud that the axe hit the chopping block. As the promise, in a blow, the executioner cleanly cut off Snow White's delicate and tender neck.

A pole was erected on the stage. Snow White's decapitated head was exhibited during 3 days by being hung on top of the pole. Her headless corpse was exhibited together with still exposing shoulders by being laid under the pole. Snow White's face kept calm, and on her face, the trace of pain was almost nothing.

Originally, the corpse of the convicts of treason was prohibited being buried. But, on last day of exhibiting Snow White's decapitated head, the queen announced that she gave a little mercy to her and would bury her head and headless corpse separately like normal convicts executed by beheading.

Snow White's decapitated head and headless body were brought into a small room of the queen's palace. According to the queen's direction, the coffin containing her headless corpse went to the cemetery of the headless corpse of the convict being executed by beheading. After that, the queen secretly the small coffin containing Snow White's head into her own bedroom.

The queen took Snow White's decapitated head out the coffin, and stroked the cutting plane of her head. All of the traces of injuries of being decapitated were disappeared. And she used a magic to give embalming effect to Snow White's head.

After all things were done, the queen put Snow White's decapitated head on a small shelf of next to her Magic Mirror. And finally, she asked to Magic Mirror.

"Mirror, Mirror. Who is the most beautiful woman in the world?"

Magic Mirror answered, "Your Majesty, you are the most beautiful woman in the world." It's been 10 years for her to hear such an answer again.

The queen smiled broadly and spoke to Snow White's decapitated head.

"You said though you didn't know who manipulated your sin, you forgive all of them. You just need to forgive only one woman, that is, me. And I am convinced that I am truly forgiven by you, for no traces of resentment existed on your face.

In fact, now, both you and me get profit. I become the most beautiful woman in the world again, and your face will not be rotten in earth, but rather, will maintain beauty and elegance like the time you were alive. By my magic, I will maintain your face be young and beautiful eternally."

But, even though she was already decapitated, Snow White's face was much more beautiful and elegant than the queen's face.

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