Fairy tale: Little Red Riding Hood's wolf mentor

The carriage bumped along the center of the road.

The ground vibrated slightly, and in the forest on the other side, the Giant Bone Guardians walked alongside Lake and Polo.

“Hey, Polo, it's just the two of us again.”

Lake put down her notebook, on which a more detailed route was sketched, showing the many people from various places in the Fertile Plains.

Lake was able to refine the route of the journey.

“Yeah, just like when we first left the bishop's town.”

Polo looked around, and after Invi and Danse left, the not-so-small carriage felt much more spacious.

“But as long as you're here, I don't feel lonely!”

As she spoke, the girl smiled slyly, gently hugged Polo, buried her face in his fluffy wolf fur, and then looked up, her water-blue pupils meeting Polo's:

“Polo, I want to eat blueberry cake!”

“Huh? It's only been less than an hour since breakfast, right? Besides, eating so many sweets will make you fat.”

“Won't!”

Lake puffed out her cheeks, spread a pair of white jade hands in front of Polo, and drawled in a spoiled tone, “Polo, I want to eat——”

“Okay, okay.”

Polo shook his head helplessly, and a blueberry cake materialized in Lake's palm.

Watching Lake eat the cake in small bites, Polo also smiled, thought for a moment, closed the magic notebook in front of him, and golden light surged in his claws, revealing several pages.

These pages were newly acquired by Polo after the Dancer's affair was over.

[Circular Regression: Red Shoes · Dance of Liberation]

[Complete the unlocking ceremony to gain Fairy Tale Authority!]

[Fairy Tale Authority: Your heart is beating, you feel the blood coursing through your body, they are boiling—you will recall the power of the mad dance, the melody in your heart is rising, and your soul will dance in liberation]

[Unlocking Ceremony: Help Karen retrieve her severed feet and those… lost, cursed dancing shoes]

[Description: Dancing is never a crime, unrestrained depravity is.]

Polo could feel the effect of this circular regression.

To be precise… Polo could use the power similar to the Mad Dancer's again at any time, of course, this time, the power from the circular regression had no irremovable side effects.

“Not bad, at least, my body won't become so weak.”

Polo shook his head, he didn't expect that one day, he would feel that a wolf's body was so weak.

“It's just that the remaining two… look a bit useless.”

While thinking, Polo opened the next two pages, which were not circular regressions.

But two Spiral Beacons.

Previously, both the [Spiral Beacon: Hunter] used by Lake and the [Spiral Beacon: Witch] used by Polo had undoubtedly played a huge role.

Allowing Lake and Polo to slightly catch up with the enemies they encountered.

And also the cornerstone to confront those transcendents.

“Polo, so how useless are the remaining two pages?”

Lake also leaned her head over, looking at the last two pages Polo had turned out.

The style and layout of these two pages were extremely similar, with two cartoon figures standing opposite each other on them.

The first page depicted a magnificent palace as the background.

The main body was a handsome man dressed in gorgeous clothes and wearing a small crown.

The text on it read:

[Spiral Beacon: Prince]

[Ascension Rank: 1]

[You have killed many princes, and from them, you have also collected quite a few sparkles...]

[Fairy Tale Authority: You will possess the corresponding court etiquette mastered by the slain princes, and others will be more likely to respect you]

[Description: Prince, before courage, romance, justice, and other qualities, what you need to do is to master the temperament of a prince]

[The mortals will therefore be subdued by your power, and no one will underestimate you]

The other page depicted a girl wearing a pure white gauze skirt and a golden crown.

Her expression was equally reserved and noble.

[Spiral Beacon: Princess]

[Ascension Rank: 1]

[You have killed many princesses, beauty, manners, speech... making their charm extraordinary]

[Fairy Tale Authority: You will possess the corresponding court etiquette mastered by the slain princesses, and others will be more likely to respect you]

[Description: Princess, before wisdom, kindness, and sacrifice, the first thing to have is superficial elegance]

[Of course, so far, everything you have is just the beginning]

It seemed that this spiral beacon was at least somewhat related to the deaths of the twelve princes from other countries and the eleven princesses from the Kingdom of Stetz.

“What does this mean? It was the Mad Dancer who killed those princes and princesses, right? Why is it recorded on us?”

Polo complained as he looked at the text on it, “Do the possessed princes and princesses count as princes and princesses?”

“So… what's the use of these two new spiral beacons anyway?”

Lake looked at the authority on it, a hint of doubt in her eyes.

“Useless.”

Polo activated [Spiral Beacon: Prince], squinted his eyes to feel it, and then shrugged his shoulders, “At least it's useless now?

Just like it says on it, I can master some court etiquette, such as dancing, titles, and dining and other messy things.”

Then, he handed the other [Spiral Beacon: Princess] page to Lake and blinked his eyes:

“But… this one is yours, my dear princess.”

“Eh? But I'm not a princess…”

Lake heard Polo's words, remembered something, a blush flashed across her fair face, but quickly calmed down, took the page,

“Really, then I'll accept it, Prince Big Bad Wolf.”

In the distance, the road gradually widened, and the two's carriage merged into the main road, further away, smoke was already rising slowly.

“Ahead, which country is the place where the towering magic vine is located?”

Polo leaned out of the carriage and looked around, then turned to ask Lake.

“It's the Kingdom of Biwei.”

Lake didn't flip through the notebook, and said affirmatively, then showed a smile, “This time, I've prepared a lot in advance!”

Saying that, she tugged the horse's reins, and the two horses turned to a fork in the road.

“Moreover, the magic vine we are going to should be next to a village.”

……

The trees on both sides became somewhat sparse.

In the distance, a dilapidated village appeared in front of Lake and Polo, but when Lake saw the huge plant shadow in the center of the village.

The girl's face suddenly turned pale.

Before the carriage could stop, she quickly jumped down and ran forward.

“No, it can't be… it shouldn't be…”

In the center of the village, a thick vine fell on top of several houses.

But this vine was not like what she had seen in the magic mirror, but withered and dark—undoubtedly, it had completely died!

Huge, equally yellowed leaves were scattered all over the ground.