Fairy tale: Little Red Riding Hood's wolf mentor

"Hans, what that Second Boss said about the noble..."

"Yes, he is the Grand Duke of the Sino Kingdom, and also the employer I worked hard for seven years a few years ago."

Hans held a badge in his hand.

This is the emblem only possessed by knights conferred by the Duke of the Sino Kingdom!

But now... it appears in the hands of a bandit leader!

"Looks like your employer is indeed not a good person in secret."

Poro curled his lips.

The information revealed by the "Second Boss" was not much; he was tight-lipped and didn't say anything about the Duke's deeper secrets.

Perhaps this is also related to Poro and the others not being proficient in interrogation techniques.

Of course, the greater possibility is that this "Second Boss" has undergone unusual training, or has some handle in the Duke's hands.

"So it seems... back then, I was stopped by this group of bandits, probably on the order of that 'Duke'?"

Hans murmured, unconsciously clenching the badge.

Just then, the door of the room opened, and a bandit who didn't know the truth walked in, stunned for a moment when he saw Poro's disguised appearance.

"Second Boss? What are you doing in the kitchen..."

"Oh, I caught two chefs and wanted to see the secret ingredients they added."

Poro, disguised as the Second Boss, replied calmly.

Then, Lake, behind him, continued to pour the second tube of potion into the large pot.

"Second Boss, don't we already have..."

"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, do what you should do!"

Poro's expression turned cold.

The little bandit instantly shivered and excused himself.

"Is the Bishop's magic potion still effective?"

"According to 'The Doctrine of Magic Potions,' the medicinal properties are about to evaporate, so I poured all the tubes I brought into it."

"Okay."

Poro looked at the iron pot with white steam rising from it, "The rest depends on the luck of those bandits."

In the stronghold, the bandits have centralized meals.

That is to say - most of the bandits will eat the food in the iron pot!

"There is also a Big Boss, he should know... quite a bit, right?"

Poro said, filling a pot with wine and adding some medicine to it, then walked towards the center of the stronghold, where the two bosses lived.

"You two wait outside and deal with those who have eaten."

In the very center of the stronghold, a wooden house.

"Big Brother, good wine!"

Poro placed the wine in his hand in front of the Big Boss.

"Why are you calling me Big Brother today?"

The Big Boss was a little strange, but didn't suspect much, and drank the wine Poro poured out.

Seeing this, Poro felt relieved:

"Tomorrow, I'm going to the Duke's side."

"Well, get things done, Duke is our protector, wasn't it that the old chieftain was outwardly obedient but inwardly defiant, that it was our turn to take over?"

The Big Boss said casually after drinking the wine.

There were still some knives and swords hanging on the wall, it can be seen that this is also a person with considerable martial arts, but after drinking the wine, I am afraid that he will never have the opportunity to take it again in his life!

...

The next day, in front of the stronghold, several carriages concealing emblems stopped.

On top of it, a fair-skinned man in exquisite clothes got out of the car and cupped his hands towards the well-disguised Poro:

"Second Boss, are the goods for this time all ready?"

"Of course, this time's offerings, and the heads that the Duke wants, we are all ready!"

Saying that, Poro gestured behind him to the carriages and goods loaded in front of the stronghold, and then handed a head wrapped in a cloth strip to the special envoy.

The special envoy opened the cloth, checked the head inside, and nodded slightly;

"Well done."

Afterwards, the special envoy glanced at the tightly closed gate of the stronghold and asked casually,

"There doesn't seem to be anyone today, where did they all go?"

"Oh, we robbed a fat sheep yesterday, and let the little ones eat more for dinner, and now they are all asleep in the stronghold, I also let the gatekeepers go back, so as not to say anything idle."

"That's cautious... What about the Big Boss? Didn't he come out today either?"

"The Big Boss is not feeling well and it's difficult to welcome him."

"Oh, is that so."

The special envoy looked at the badge in Poro's hand, symbolizing the Duke's contact, but he didn't suspect anything.

He scanned Lake and Hans behind Poro with his eyes, and Hans's face was covered with a cloth at this time.

"These two, are they the Second Boss's followers?"

"Yes, I don't know if..."

"You bandits are always hiding your heads and tails, when you get to the Duke's place, if there are no murder cases, don't cover your faces, if there are murder cases, hide them a little and don't come out - understand?"

"Of course, Mr. Special Envoy!"

"Well, then get on the horse and get to the city earlier--"

Poro and the others didn't say much, and followed the special envoy's gesture to get on their horses.

Several silent servants got off the carriage that came with the special envoy and took over the freight convoy that had been sorted out in front of the stronghold gate.

The horses moved steadily on the mountain road, and the mountains on both sides disappeared.

And in front, a magnificent city appeared after the forest mist.

Unlike the small towns and villages passed on the road before, this is the real and only capital of the Sino Kingdom, with many elite soldiers standing on the tall city walls.

The special envoy showed a token to the soldiers guarding the city, and crossed the inspection line to enter the city.

Lake and Poro looked at the surrounding prosperous scene, although they knew that this was the end of the journey, but...

They never expected that they would enter the capital of the Sino Kingdom in this form!

Is this... the country where Snow White and that... magic mirror are located?

Poro looked around.

Different from the fairy tales of his previous life, Poro looked at the people coming and going, the surrounding foreign buildings with pointed roofs, and... in the farthest place, the golden-domed palace.

This gave him a strange sense of reality.

The Duke's mansion had arrived, and the special envoy instructed a servant to arrange accommodation for Poro and the others, and hurriedly took the head to the depths of the Duke's mansion.

"Distinguished guests, please follow me."

The waiter in clean white clothes bowed slightly and said to Poro and the others, "The Duke is a little busy recently, you may need to wait a few days."

"Okay."

Poro responded concisely.

The few people exchanged glances, and walked towards the depths of the Duke's mansion.

The Duke's mansion is very large, with shrubs trimmed into special shapes surrounding the water, forming a garden, and there are many courtyards built in it.

And the guest room is at the other end of the garden.

On a courtyard seat in the garden, sat an old woman with gray-white hair, motionless, as if admiring the red and green flowers on one side.

When Poro and the others left, her wrinkled eyelids lifted slightly.

Her gaze, focused on Lake's bright red back--

"Mag...ic?"

...

In the Sino Kingdom, deep in the palace in the center of the capital.

In a heavily guarded tower, a hexagonal crystal stone emitted a faint blue magic light.

Five slender and eerie fingers slowly opened, and nails painted with purple-red paint slowly stroked across the smooth mirror surface--

"Magic Mirror, Magic Mirror, tell me, the witch hunter I hired, now - why hasn't he brought Snow White back yet?"

"Your Majesty the Queen, this is because... the witch hunter has died."

In the mirror, a androgynous voice came, and a picture of a disfigured corpse appeared on it.

"What!?"

The Queen's voice was a little surprised.

But then, she laughed angrily, "Heh, as expected, he's a useless waste!"

Inside the room, the faint blue magic light illuminated the only shadow.

After a while, the Queen's voice murmured again:

"It doesn't matter, I have many more methods, that body - can only be mine!"