Fairy tale: Little Red Riding Hood's wolf mentor

Cloudtop, behind the Giant's Castle, in front of the orphanage cabin covered in lush greenery.

Jack sat on a chair, gazing inside the house at the numerous tables and chairs. Despite the passage of time, they remained miraculously undamaged due to the influence of magic.

"Mr. Giant, were there many children living here before?"

Jack picked up a wooden doll from a nearby cabinet.

Since arriving here, the seemingly terrifying giant had not engaged in any of the bloodthirsty behavior of the legendary tales, but instead had settled Jack into this house.

Also, at Jack's request, he hadn't told anyone where the child was.

The Giant King was not human, but his words of comfort to Jack carried a genuine emotion.

This soothed the wounds in Jack's heart, which had just experienced the death of his mother.

"Yes, that was a long, long time ago, but after they grew up, I sent them away."

The Giant King replied.

"Mr. Giant, will there come a day when you'll drive me away too? But I don't want to go back to the ground, those people, they... I'm scared."

Jack said softly after hearing this.

"It doesn't matter, you can stay as long as you want."

The Giant King lowered his body and said in words that didn't match his appearance, "You can stay until you don't want to anymore, but I need to rest for a few days—

If you're bored, you can go play in the forest, the plants in the garden like children and won't hurt you."

After speaking, the Giant King stood up.

He walked towards the castle gate not far away. Jack watched the Giant King's figure, picked up a wild fruit, and bit into it.

It was very sweet, just like in a dream.

"Mom would definitely want to eat it too, if I brought it back..."

Thinking of this, the boy realized something, his eyes became dull, and a tear fell.

"Don't be sad, separation will always be the norm for your human lives, you can treat this place as your home.

It has been a long time since any children have come here."

But just then, Jack heard a voice, like a clear, cold female voice.

He looked back and saw a beautiful golden bird standing on the windowsill, its feathers shining with a golden color and light.

"Hello, Miss Bird."

Jack paused for a moment and asked, "Mr. Giant said he's tired and needs to rest for a few days, what's wrong?"

The golden bird looked at the boy's innocent face, paused for a moment, and replied:

"Mr. Giant is sleeping for longer and longer periods of time, but he will wake up soon, don't worry."

"Does Mr. Giant sleep at different times than me?"

"Different, but Mr. Giant originally didn't need to sleep, but there's a hole in the sky, and inside, there are many bad guys, if you don't plug the hole, those bad guys will run out—and then destroy the world."

"Bad guys... destroy the world?!"

Jack was stunned for a moment, but the child's mind and imagination allowed him to quickly accept everything, "So, Mr. Giant is saving the world?"

"You could say that, Mr. Giant is plugging those holes."

Hearing the golden bird's answer, a hint of envy and admiration appeared in Jack's eyes.

"So, Mr. Giant is different from the stories Mom told—he's a great hero? He doesn't kill people, but protects them instead?"

The golden bird listened and didn't immediately affirm, but remained silent for a while before saying:

"Not entirely right, now, he is a hero, but that doesn't hide the bloodiness hidden in the past."

"What does this mean?"

Jack was a little confused, but the golden bird spread a wing, patted Jack's head, and then got up and flew into the clouds:

"Live well here, he likes children very much, if you want to know... he should tell you in the future."

...

Two days had passed since then on the cloud-top floating island.

Inside a tavern in the Biwei Kingdom, Leike and Polo sat at a corner table. It wasn't a restaurant, and there weren't many people in the tavern.

Leike spread out the map she had recorded on the table.

The symbols marking the locations of the vines had already been marked with a slight mark.

Beside it, a magic vine seed the size of a finger was carefully placed on a handkerchief.

"I thought we were going to fight that giant, I was always vigilant when leaving the magic vine, but we didn't."

Polo stared at the magic vine seed.

Through the second-tier 【Spiral Beacon: Witch】, Polo could see the magical structure within.

It did contain a lot of magic. In this world, all magical items have special magical structures.

This seed was no exception, and among them, in addition to magic, it also contained some extremely strong vitality.

It was like... the heart of the forest.

"Polo, is the Giant King really a good person now? If he needs these gems, will they really be used for something very important?"

Leike suddenly said.

She took out the two gems from her bag again. They were still shining faintly in the shadows, like colorful fireflies.

"Should we give him this gem?"

"Don't think so much, if there really is a particularly important reason, he will tell us the reason, and now, there is still the next thing to do."

Polo said, raising his hand and a golden light appeared, "But seeing the harp and the golden bird is not without gain."

A page of a book emerged.

【Circular Return: Jack and the Beanstalk·Vines Enter the Clouds】

【The golden bird, standing on top of the shadow, ethereal melody, dancing clouds obscure the abyss hanging high in the sky】

【Fairy Tale Authority: You can make a vine grow explosively out of thin air, but their power is limited and will wither within three days. Only one can exist at the same time】

【Unsealing Ceremony: Through the vines, reach the cloud, enter the giant's castle, find the hen that lays golden eggs, and the harp that plays itself】

【Description: Emerald green vines penetrate into the clouds, the line of sight passes through the white clouds, looking at the shadow under the sun, it is a majestic castle, standing majestically, the sound of the harp is ethereal】

"With this book page, can you make ordinary vines... look like they go straight into the clouds?"

"I can feel that this authority should only be used on vines, and the effect should not be the same as these seeds given by the Giant King."

Polo thought for a while, put away this book page that was temporarily useless, and then smiled at Leike, "Compared to this, about the giant on the cloud top, do I have a second fairy tale to listen to?"

"Story? The second fairy tale about the Giant King?"

Leike's eyes lit up, she put the gems and seeds back into the bag and hung them on her waist, "What is it?"

"The name of this story is—The Giant's Garden."

"Its content begins with a giant's large garden..."

//Oscar Wilde Fairy Tale · The Giant's Garden, similar to the one in the Chinese textbook, there is an upper limit to the number of pictures reviewed every day, it may not be complete

"The child smiled at the giant and said to him: 'You let me play in your garden, today, I want to take you to my garden—that is heaven.'

That afternoon, when the children ran into the garden, they saw the giant lying under a tree, he was dead, covered in white flowers."

Leike listened carefully to the whole story, and a little daze was revealed in her eyes:

"So this whole story, is like this."

"Yes, but the distortion of this story is even greater."

Polo remembered the crude cross-shaped tombstone in the garden, the children in the Giant King's mouth, and the emptiness of heaven, "But now it seems, it is indeed such a story."

Polo said, a new page appeared.

Above it was a garden, in which a giant lowered his body, touching each other with his thick fingers and a child.

【Circular Return: The Giant's Garden·Pure Spring Day】

【Fairy Tale Authority: Unknown】

【Unsealing Ceremony: Protect that beautiful, vibrant garden, and drive out desires】

【Description: The bright spring light has come to this beautiful garden again, the ice and snow melt, and the withered plants grow vigorously under the spring breeze. They grow new buds and bloom flowers—】

【Only the purest heart can make this beautiful scenery last forever】

"This circular return seems to be related to the Giant's Garden..."

Polo stared at the description of the unsealing ceremony, speculating about what might need to be done.

This time, the items on it seemed a bit abstract and difficult to understand.

But Leike and Polo had already left the forest formed by the Giant's Garden.

What's more...

What does that desire refer to?

Protection, how should we protect it?

Who would destroy it?

If someone were to destroy that garden, the Giant King would definitely take action first, right?

"Forget it, let's finish the more important things first, and then think about whether to do this circular return."

Polo sighed, he put away the book page, the corner of his eye had already seen the direction of the tavern door, "The person we are waiting for is here."

"Creak—"

The wooden door opened.

A man dressed as a hunter, walked through the tavern crowd, straight to Leike and Polo's table, and sat down.

"Miss, are you my client?"

The man looked at Leike and said.

"Yes, sir, are you the best guide here?"

Leike also looked at the person in front of her. Judging from his attire, he was indeed an experienced person.

"If you are going to a certain forest, I am indeed the best, Miss."

The old hunter said, took the coins pushed over by Leike, and then pressed his other hand on the map under Leike's coins, unfolded it, and looked at an area marked on it.

That was a forest.

"You, are you going here?"

A trace of surprise appeared on the old hunter's face, "Why? There's nothing there?"

"Yes, we are going there, this location, there is a forest, right?"

Leike asked.

She remembered very clearly what the magic mirror showed that day.

A withered, dilapidated forest center, a girl burying flowers and plants—that's who they were looking for.

"We want to go to the forest to find a... little girl, she looks about twelve or thirteen years old?"

Leike hesitated for a moment, and then added.

Who knew, when the old hunter heard this, he fell into deep thought. After a long time, he pushed back the coins he had already accepted, and sighed helplessly.

"Sorry, Miss, I'm afraid I can't do this one."

The old hunter smiled bitterly, "This is not a matter of money, that forest has probably withered ten years ago. There is magic there—I have been to all the surrounding forests, but I can't enter there alone."

The old hunter stood up apologetically, preparing to leave the tavern. Before leaving, he thought for a while, then turned his head and whispered to Leike:

"You better not think about being able to get there—ordinary people have no way. There is magic in that forest.

Many old hunters, and some arrogant treasure hunters, have been lost there. Only a few people were lucky enough to come back, and most of them were half-starved to death."

After speaking, without waiting for Leike to ask, he pushed open the tavern door and left.

"Magic? Lost?"

When Leike and Polo heard the old hunter's words, they all thought of something.

"Is it a forest maze?"

"It seems that we can't find any guides, but we have cracked so many mazes, this time it should be no problem, right?"

Leike looked at Polo.

"Well, it's just that it will take some time—"

Polo put a piece of food transformed from circular return into his mouth, and looked at Leike.

After eating the remaining things on the table, the two packed up their not-so-many luggage, and also walked towards the wooden door of the tavern at the same time.

But just then, a boy with some scratches on his face walked up to Leike and Polo.

He stared at the red cloak on Leike's body, and then moved his gaze to the bag on Leike's waist, which contained gems and seeds.

"What's wrong? Little friend."

Leike also noticed the boy in front of him. The boy's face was pale, he looked extremely tired, and his expression changed. He seemed to have decided something, gritted his teeth and said:

"Sister, Mr. Giant said... you are a kind good person, a hero of mankind..."

The boy said softly.

Listening to the boy's words, Leike and Polo were stunned, and they reacted to something.

"You said... Mr. Giant?"

"Yes, it's Mr. Giant who lives in the sky, in the castle."

The boy pointed to the sky, and said to Leike and Polo, a trace of pleading flashed in those eyes, "There are bad guys in the garden, they are hurting Mr. Giant.

They also released those bad guys from the holes, Miss Bird and I, can't beat them..."

The boy said softly.

Although the boy's words seemed a bit incoherent, Leike and Polo also roughly understood what the boy was trying to express.

Their expressions became a little horrified.

"Those angels in heaven... are out again?!"

"Yes, Miss Bird gave me a leaf so I could find you."

As the boy spoke, he took out a leaf etched with intricate magical patterns. The tip of the leaf pointed towards the pouch at Rake's waist.

Poro recognized it as a leaf from a magical vine.

"Little friend, what's your name?"

"I'm Jack."

......

One day prior, not long after Rake and Poro departed, a team of several dozen people arrived at the base of the vine.

They wore various armors and carried different weapons, looking up at the vine that stretched straight into the clouds.

"This is it. The Giant King's lair is up there, in the sky. There are many magical plants there."

The leading axe-wielding strongman spoke, and in his words, the other mercenaries revealed desire and greed. Most of them were thinking about what the strongman had described – a garden of treasures.

Only one young hunter had a pure passion in his eyes.

He adjusted the hunting rifle on his back, saying nothing.

"Follow me to the clouds, kill the Giant King, and avenge the Boron Kingdom!"

The axe-wielding strongman shouted.

"Kill the giant!"

"Avenge the dead!"

Subsequently, everyone began to climb upwards, using both hands and feet, stepping on the leaves of the vine.

Like a line of black ants on the surface of a tree trunk.