Fairy tale: Little Red Riding Hood's wolf mentor

"That boss seemed… easy to talk to, and even gave me the buyer's map.

It's just, why did his subordinates do such a thing, turning black and white upside down?"

Unfolding the map in her hands, Leike and Polo got back into the carriage and headed towards the home of the magic bean buyer, Jack.

"Hey, it's not that he's easy to talk to."

With no one else watching, Polo finally spoke, "He just recognizes your identity."

"Recognizes me?"

Leike was taken aback, "But I've never met him before?"

"But that doesn't conflict with him recognizing you, you know?"

Polo slowly explained, "That guy's sword is made with the array engraving craftsmanship of the Bo'ren Kingdom. The moment he saw you, his emotions showed a momentary unnaturalness."

Polo smiled and stated his conclusion,

"So, that guy was showing such respect because you are the 'Savior Angel' of the Bo'ren Kingdom, ordering his subordinates' hands to be chopped off, offering money, and giving information."

"Eh? Is that so?"

Leike's expression faltered. From Polo's description, she quickly realized what the 'unnaturalness' she had felt earlier was.

"Really… oh well, I'll spare them then."

Leike sighed, picked up the map given by the town boss, and marked Jack's house with a circle on the map.

It wasn't far from their current location, and they would arrive soon.

"But why would a little boy use a cow to trade for some beans that he doesn't even know the purpose of?"

Leike couldn't help but mutter to herself.

"You can't imagine anything until you see the boy."

Polo shrugged, "I just hope he doesn't plant those magic beans now. At least leave a few for us. After all, the magic mirror's instruction to us is the beans of the vine, not the vine itself."

"Those vines can grow so high… I remember you told me a long time ago that there are vines in this world that can grow to the clouds overnight…"

"Oh, that time."

Polo thought for a moment, recalling that he had said those words to comfort the girl when Leike was sad because she couldn't revive the forest witch.

Now, he suddenly thought of the name "Jack" again.

"Leike, I thought of a fairy tale, do you want to hear it?"

Polo thought for a moment and asked.

"Fairy tale?"

Leike's eyes lit up, "Is it about this magic vine?"

"Yes, part of it is about this, and there are giants and stuff… The name of this story is 'Jack and the Beanstalk'."

As Polo spoke, he looked at a huge cloud in the distance above, and after a little thought, he sorted out the plot of the story in his memory, and then continued:

"Once upon a time, there was a boy named Jack, and he lived with his mother, Clara, and a cow named Milky White. They were very poor, but they loved each other very much.

One day, Jack's mother walked up to Jack and shouted, 'Jack, I've run out of the last bit of flour, and we don't have any more food.

You must take Milky White to the market and sell it for a good price…'"

//Grimm's Fairy Tales · Jack and the Beanstalk, the picture is the original text, which is slightly different from what I saw, but the difference is not big

The overall story is about a clever, resourceful, and courageous young hero, Jack, who is not afraid of powerful enemies, uses his intelligence to kill the giant, and obtains wealth and a happy life.

"…The giant chased after him, also wanting to climb down the vine to the ground, but Jack, who had already reached the ground, raised his axe and cut off the bean sprouts. The giant fell from mid-air and died with a broken head and bleeding.

After that, Jack lived a happy life with the golden harp and the goose that lays golden eggs."

After Polo finished telling the story, Leike's water-blue eyes still seemed a little dazed. She thought of something else from this story.

"So, this vine is likely to grow to the sky and connect to the giant's palace?!"

Leike looked at the distant sky. The sun did not show any brilliance. The weather at dusk seemed a little gloomy. She could only see a thick cloud in the distant sky.

"And the protagonist's name is Jack, which is the same name as the boy who bought the beans, and even the thing used for the exchange—a cow—is exactly the same."

Leike sighed, then winked at Polo, "Take it out, Polo."

"You want it now? What if it's not this fairy tale?"

Polo curled his lips.

"So is it?"

"Okay, this time it's probably this fairy tale."

As he spoke, Polo raised his paw, and a golden page materialized.

On it was drawn a castle located in the clouds. In front of the castle stood a tall giant, and below the castle, a vine extended towards the clouds.

[Circular Return: Jack and the Beanstalk · Vine Enters the Clouds]

[Fairy Tale Authority: Unknown]

[Unsealing Ceremony: Through the vine, reach the clouds, enter the giant's castle, and find the hen that lays golden eggs and the harp that plays itself]

[Description: The emerald green vine pierces into the clouds. The line of sight passes through the snow-white clouds and looks at the shadow under the sunlight. It is a majestic castle, standing solemnly, with ethereal harp music]

"Okay, from the looks of it, there might really be a giant in the sky."

Polo shrugged. Leike also pondered, reached into the side of the luggage, pulled out a queen's notebook, and quickly opened it to find one of the pages.

On it was recorded a historical record of the Bo'ren royal family.

And this historical record wrote…

[The hero holding the stars stepped forward, and the tall king stepped back]

[Finally, the tall king fled into the clouds, forever losing the ladder to return to the ground, and could only be trapped in the sky alone]

[After that, there were no more giants, because of the alliance of tricks…]

"Is this giant in the clouds the giant king who was driven to the clouds by the Bo'ren founder?"

Leike and Polo looked at each other and continued forward.

The answer to this question, after listening to the fairy tale of "Jack and the Beanstalk", the two had almost guessed what it was.

"In short, if that Jack doesn't have magic beans yet, it would be better if we could get a few…"

Leike shook her head and said.

"Uh, if you put it that way, we might be one step late again."

Just then, Polo spoke.

Leike also turned to the front of the carriage at the same time, her pupils suddenly shrinking. She saw a black line appearing in the sky ahead!

Closer, it was a bundle of vines!

Not far away, at the edge of the forest, next to a wooden house, several thick vines were breaking through the cover of the trees, entwining each other, without any support—

Just like that, growing straight upwards, the end of the vine was the cloud covering the sky!

"The Bo'ren person in that town said that Jack only bought them yesterday?"

"Okay, this vine is like the one in the fairy tale. As expected, it's—overnight!"

The carriage stopped, and Polo and Leike's eyes moved away from the cloud-like vines.

Instead, they shifted to the front, below the vines, to the small house where Jack and his mother should be living. The door of the small house was half-covered, and no human voice could be heard.

"Go into the house and see if there are any left?"

As Polo spoke, he twitched his nose. Although he hadn't opened the door yet, he had already smelled a somewhat unusual smell—the smell of blood.

Leike walked forward and gently pushed open the small house.

"Squeak—"

With the groan of the wooden door.

In an instant, a richer smell of blood gushed out, and a piece of bright red came into view—

In the center, was a woman's corpse. From the fatal wound caused by a huge sharp weapon tearing, blood gushed out, and had already dyed the wooden floor crimson red!