Claudia, on this beautiful sunny morning, was walking in her garden, enjoying the fresh air and the sweet scent of flowers. As she walked between the well-kept rows of her plantations, something unusual caught her attention. There, there was a tiny village, barely visible to the naked eye.

Intrigued, Claudia leaned down to take a closer look. She saw tiny villagers going about their business, harvesting vegetables and fruits that seemed gigantic compared to their size. Their life seemed simple, peaceful, almost idyllic. In the village, a large white flower stood majestic, with petals of immaculate purity. The villagers seemed to venerate it, no doubt considering it a source of magic and blessing.

But for Claudia, this discovery was not charming. This garden was her kingdom, her haven of peace, and she could not tolerate the intrusion of these small creatures, as harmless as they seemed. The idea that they could settle here made her furious. How dare they invade her space without permission?

Determined to chase them away, Claudia raised a foot shod in her high-heeled wooden sandals, her gaze filled with contempt. The white flower, once a symbol of life and abundance for these beings, was the first to be crushed under her filthy sole.

Without the slightest hesitation, she brought her feet down on the village, crushing the fragile houses like simple blades of grass under the weight of her foot. The villagers, panicked, tried to flee, but their fate was sealed. Claudia stomped through the village methodically, crushing the tiny inhabitants as if they were insects beneath her feet, reducing them to a shapeless pulp, unresponsive to their silent cries.

Claudia paused for a moment, contemplating her work with icy satisfaction. To her, order had been restored, the garden was hers again, with no trace of the l*ttle society she had just annihilated. She turned on her heel and walked away, leaving behind the crushed remains of what had been, moments before, a flourishing village.

CC - The Garden of Crushed Illusions