Fairy tale: Little Red Riding Hood's wolf mentor

At the end of the "Saint Selection Festival", all the Saints turned and left with the newly selected Saints.

In the distance, the magnificent, miraculous, and sweet candy castle slowly opened its doors, revealing the colorful food landscapes piled up inside.

Above the sky, pink clouds continued to swirl slowly.

Iridescent bubbles fell again, carrying all kinds of delicacies.

All the residents shouted excitedly.

Eating the delicacies, everyone's eyes were filled with carefree satisfaction.

"Sir, can we... bring others to the sacred ground of the Abundance Angel?"

Lake looked at the Saint who gave badges to him and Polo and asked.

The Saint turned his head, looked at the old soldier Inve, and the Hansel and Gretel siblings below, thought for a moment, and asked:

"Sir, what is your cooking level?"

As he spoke, he pointed to Lake and Polo, "Can you also make the kind of food from just now?"

"No."

Hearing the old soldier's concise answer, the Saint shook his head regretfully and said:

"Then it's a pity, sir, the Abundance Angel will not agree to you entering the sacred ground."

Then, he looked at Hansel and Gretel.

The two children were eating cake, their round eyes looking at the candy castle in the distance, revealing undisguised yearning and longing.

The Saint smiled and changed his words, saying:

"However, the Abundance Angel welcomes children very much. You two little ones, with the guarantee of these two newly advanced Saints, have a chance to go in together."

Hearing these words, Hansel and Gretel's eyes instantly overflowed with excited light.

"That's great!"

The siblings said subconsciously, but then they paused, looked at Lake and Polo, and focused on Polo, who looked like their father, and asked in a low voice:

"Is it okay? Sir."

Looking at the expressions of the two children, Lake and Polo originally wanted to say something, but they hesitated for a moment and nodded in agreement.

"Of course, but after you go... don't run around."

On the other side, the old soldier also waved to Lake and Polo:

"It's okay, you go, the thing I gave you..."

"I remember, Mr. Inve, don't worry, we will help you."

Lake put his hand into his chest, touched something, and then nodded.

"Thank you, both of you. Dans and I will wait in the city."

The old soldier nodded and turned to leave.

"Let's go, go to the candy... castle to take a look?"

Lake rubbed the heads of the two children, then nodded to the Saint leading the way, and then followed the crowd towards the castle in the distance.

The moat of the castle was filled with colorful juice.

The bridge over the moat was also pieced together with chocolate and hard candy, but it did not break when stepped on, appearing very sturdy.

This time, the newly promoted Saints were selected from hundreds of people, and there were as many as thirty.

Everyone stared intently at the delicacies that made up the castle.

They couldn't help but exclaim in their mouths.

When passing by the castle wall, Lake and Polo exchanged glances. Lake quickly reached out to the city wall, and a few fingers forcefully pried—

"Crack—"

With a crisp sound, a whole piece of candy brick was pried off.

"Hey, this is the sacred ground—"

A newly promoted Saint saw this scene, widened his eyes, and couldn't help but say.

The other Saints also looked surprised.

"It's okay."

But at this time, the old Saint leading the way smiled, "Food is meant to be eaten. The Abundance Angel has always thought this way. You can eat it if you want."

As he spoke, the missing candy block on the castle wall had already been restored.

Just like all the food.

The other newly promoted Saints heard this and immediately showed joy. They thanked the Abundance Angel repeatedly and also became less reserved, reaching out from the surrounding castle to take candy and put it in their mouths.

Most of the people here, through the "Saint Selection Festival", in addition to their faith in the Abundance Angel, were more drawn by the miracle-like castle.

A castle completely built of food was right in front of them.

Most people with aspirations wanted to taste it.

And Lake and Polo, of course, did not just do this to "taste" it. Lake and Polo divided the candy in their hands into two small pieces and handed them to Hansel and Gretel beside them.

Then they opened their mouths and put the remaining two parts in their mouths.

"How is it? Polo? Is it okay?"

Lake chewed the fruit candy in his mouth and looked at Polo.

"The taste is good, sweet..."

Polo replied.

"Indeed, I think so too... Wait, Polo, you clearly know that's not what I'm asking!"

The girl squinted and shouted.

"Okay, okay, don't be so anxious."

Polo shrugged, spread out his hands, and the golden page that only the two of them could see reappeared. On it was still the candy house in the style of a fairy tale.

[Looping Return: Candy House · Dessert Feast]

"We may still be a little short, but confirming the location has already reduced the difficulty a lot."

Above it, the words "Ritual Completed" did not appear, and the corresponding fairy tale authority was still in an "Unknown" state.

But some new prompts appeared.

[Unlocking Ritual: Find the candy house hidden in the depths of the forest, taste the delicacies that make up the candy house]

[Unlocking Ritual Completion Progress 1/10]

[Completed: Apple Candy Wall]

[Oh, this green candy brick... tastes like green apple!]

"It looks like we still have to taste other parts."

Polo said.

Lake thought for a while, then took out a piece of candy fragment with colorful patterns from his arms and handed it to Polo:

"Then taste this?"

Polo put the candy in his mouth, a piece of hard candy, a mixed flavor of another style.

[Unlocking Ritual Completion Progress 2/10]

[Completed: Apple Candy Wall, Candy Cane Railing]

[Hmm, the taste is good. This candy cane railing also has a special flavor!]

"It seems that this requirement is quite simple."

Polo smiled, "From the outside, I can see that the external candy composition of this castle is more than ten kinds!"

As the two were talking, a brightly lit front hall appeared ahead.

More than thirty old Saints were already waiting inside.

And standing beside them were humanoid gingerbread men?!

No, that's not right!

Polo's eyes widened. He discovered that those gingerbread men who looked like sculptures were actually moving, and the moving limbs showed no signs of stiffness!

The gingerbread men were holding stacks of gold and white Saint robes.

The Saints respectfully took the Saint robes from the gingerbread men and handed them to each newcomer.

Even Hansel and Gretel, whom Polo and Lake brought, were given smaller-sized robes—

This made Polo even more wary of this "Abundance Angel" or the people in the candy castle.

The robes were very loose and could be directly draped over the body.

And some kind of magic was applied to them, spotless and without any wrinkles.

After that, another chocolate-carved door opened.

It was an even larger hall.

The surrounding candies were still shining with faint light, and transparent colored neon filled the entire space.

The aroma of food became even richer.

In front of them, several long tables were placed in the center of the room, knives, forks, bowls, and plates reflecting golden and red light under the candlelight, and various delicacies were placed among them.

The Saint guided the people who came to be seated.

Polo scanned the audience. Including the new Saints, there were nearly a hundred.

"Uh, how many Saints from Sweet had come here before?"

Polo patted the fat townsperson on the other side. The townsperson was still immersed in joy and was stunned for a moment when Polo suddenly patted his shoulder.

"Oh, at least a thousand, right?"

The fat townsperson came back to his senses and said.

"So the number of Saints here is not all of them?"

Polo thought for a moment and made a judgment.

"Friend, that's not the case."

At this time, a Saint seemed to have heard the conversation and walked over.

Polo noticed that the Saint's badge on his chest was slightly different from the Saint he had seen before. The fine lines on the chocolate also had a special luster.

A number, thirty-two.

"Then why is that?"

Polo thought for a moment and asked, "I haven't heard of any Saints being... driven out again, have I?"

"Their cultivation and soul have broken through the realm. With the help of the Abundance Angel, they have escaped the depravity of the human world and ascended to heaven."

"Ah?"

Polo was stunned. At the same time as he heard the word "heaven", he felt a bang in his memory.

He seemed to remember something, a fragmented darkness, ruins and wreckage above the clouds, endless black tides...

Those memories seemed to have spontaneously hidden deep in his memory after that time.

Until this time, the dark and incomprehensible torn picture reappeared before his eyes.

His head ached terribly.

"Heaven?"

At this time, Polo was already starting to feel that something was wrong, but in order to convince himself, he still needed obvious evidence!

"Thank you, sir."

Polo didn't say anything more to the Saint. He just cupped his hands and said.

"It's okay, we are all on the road to eliminating hunger. This is the holy grace of the Abundance Angel. Only in this way can we save humanity from the darkness."

At this time, under the guidance of the Saints, the newly promoted Saints also took their seats one after another.

Everyone had already put on the gold and white robes.

When entering the candy castle, Lake's red cloak had already switched to invisible mode.

And the effect of [Cute Girl] was actively hidden.

Lake's golden hair was tied with a red ribbon, and even without the effect of [Cute Girl], she still had a pure beauty.

"We come because of food, so that all human beings will no longer be plagued by hunger."

A Saint sitting at the head of the table began to speak.

The chocolate badge on his chest, the surface of the golden metal foil, emitted a faint light of numbers, and this number was one.

"The soil of hunger blooms with the joy of harvest, the haze of hunger dissipates under the radiance of abundance, love and food create miracles here, and every soul swims in the ocean of abundance..."

Polo noticed that among all the Saints, only the thirty-six sitting at the head of the table had numbers floating on their chest badges.

At this time, they were all praying, reciting hymns.

The badges on their chests emitted light in the recitation, and all the delicacies also lit up with tempting luster.

Everyone watched in surprise.

At the same time, in the aroma of food and radiance, a strange aura began to rise rapidly and condense. Everyone, including Lake and Polo, seemed to feel a kind of... pressure from the level of life!

"May your name be remembered by the stars, may your grace cross the plains to the ends of the world...

At the moment of abundance, every awakened mind that has escaped from hunger will offer you the most sincere praise and admiration!"

Those Saints chanted, and seeing this scene, all the newly promoted Saints held their breath.

No one said another word, because they had already foreseen what was about to happen.

An angel, a god symbolizing salvation and holiness, was about to descend here!

The feast on the table, the various radiances, and the candy walls on all sides complemented each other. The stained glass on the walls, solidified with colored transparent sugar water, projected beautiful neon.

Rotating, interweaving.

Gathering in the front of the room, on the snow-white altar!

Turning into... a large expanse of bright, dazzling brilliance!

In the dazzling light that brought tears to the eyes, huge white wings suddenly bloomed, and then disappeared into the air in the interplay of light and shadow.

Those rays of light began to fade, revealing the phantom of a human-shaped outline within.

In a fleeting glimpse, only that stunningly beautiful and holy face was revealed, and then it disappeared back into the air.

That face, which resembled a human but was extremely beautiful, fascinated most of the newly promoted Saints.

Such a holy, beautiful, and ethereal power.

It was firmly engraved in the hearts of everyone present.

And the ascetic monks among the three newly promoted Saints were even more tearful. They had already left their seats and knelt on the ground prostrate before that figure even began.

"The Abundance Angel acknowledges your holy deeds, he has blessed this dinner, this will be your first holy meal."

After that radiant "Abundance Angel" disappeared, the light emitted by the delicacies on the table did not disappear.

The newly promoted Saints looked at the holy meal on the table, and their eyes revealed a trace of fanaticism.

"The ground is barren, emaciated bones fill the wilderness, in the midst of wailing, snow-white wings descend from the sky, the angel lifts the iron lid in her hand, and pink light instantly sweeps across the fields.

Hunger recedes, and all food will never decrease.

People wept with joy and asked the angel's name, obeying the name, Abundance."

The Saints with numbers on their badges spoke, then he picked up a silver-white knife, raised it in his hand, let everyone see it, and then said:

"Taste the holy meal, all you Saints."

In the evening, all the Saints and visitors were assigned to individual rooms.

The castle had many rooms, and even with nearly a hundred Saints distributed throughout, it still felt spacious and deserted. In the corridors under the night, only the gingerbread men could be seen, standing motionless in the shadows.

“Knock, knock, knock—”

At that moment, Poro's door was knocked.

Poro opened his eyes, opened the door, and Lake cautiously walked in, then closed the door.

Poro then revealed his true form, drawing a magic circle in the air with his claws, forming a domain that enclosed the two of them.

——A simple soundproofing magic.

“Is there really something wrong with that angel?”

Lake watched Poro complete his actions and finally asked.

“I... I’m still not sure, but there is definitely something wrong with her.”

Poro shook his head, “In the ‘miracles’ she performed, I didn’t sense any magical aura, but I felt that they were indeed something that magic could achieve.

It's like the characteristics of magic are hidden?

Besides, you and I both know that Heaven... is long gone. Where did those hundreds of missing Saints go?”

Poro sighed and looked at the Queen’s magic notebook in front of him, shaking his head.

“Yes, I don’t think she seems like... the angel Mr. Inve saw back then? Or is there some misunderstanding?”

Lake untied the ribbon from her head, and her golden hair cascaded down.

This ribbon didn't belong to Poro, but was given by the veteran, Inve.

“Mr. Inve clearly said that if it were the angel he had seen before, he would definitely recognize her.

Because, this ribbon... originally belonged to that angel.”