The wizard's bride

- "I will ask you one last time: do you want to be my bride?"

- "...I do! But you will have to spare my men!"

How did I find myself in this situation? It's a long story. 

Until a few weeks ago I was the prince of a small but proud kingdom

in war against a wizard king. 

In the last battle, we were routed, and we lost the army and the capital.

I was captured, but my father managed to escape, and knowing that the

king is still alive, our people refused to bow to the evil wizard.

A few days ago the sorcerer ordered his soldiers to drag me in chains

in the Grand Square of our capital, to show everyone his power and to

humiliate me.

In front of my assembled people, he started to cast a spell, and I felt

terrible pain all over my body. After a couple of minutes of agony, I

realized that my clothes were incredibly loose... 

Something had happened to my body! The people gathered there looked

at me shocked.

Looking down I realized that I had become a girl!

I passed out from shock.

I woke up in the dungeons, in this unknown body, wearing women's

clothes, and I cried for hours.

Yesterday the wizard came to talk to me: apparently my people still

refused to recognize him as the new sovereign, so his advisers had

suggested another solution to him: he would have to marry me, thus

obtaining his legitimacy to the throne. 

My reaction was to laugh and then spit on him.

He, unperturbed, announced that this being the case he would have

me hanged the following morning.

This morning I was ready to face my destiny proudly, but once I got

to the gallows I saw other men being dragged into the square. My men!

My most trusted soldiers, brothers in many battles! 

That damned wizard wanted to execute them with me. 

Looking at their eyes, I realized I could not afford it... even at the cost

of the maximum of humiliations.

I had to accept the wizard's proposal, I had no other choice...