Everyone looked at Ruth Frazer, waiting for her alternative version.
"I think the idea of the witch advising the king sounds a bit off. Leaving aside how a witch during the era of slavery could meet the king, even if she did, didn't she know the danger of doing so? Being burned to death in the end without escaping feels really far-fetched..."
Ruth Frazer slowly said, "Is it possible...that the witch actually had a lover? Because war was imminent, her lover was conscripted. The witch knew that Kalinga couldn't resist Ashoka's war elephant army, and in order to save her beloved, she risked her life to advise the king."
Someone immediately laughed, "Oh, oh, oh, that's women for you, that's women! They can tie everything to love. The idea of personal and national grudges seems far-fetched, but introducing a lover makes it all seem reasonable?"
