Fairy Tale: Little Red Riding Hood's Wolf Mentor

Chapter 14 Soldier Post
"Coming?"

Early in the morning, inside the sentry post, several guards made way to let the washerwoman in.

Poro moved his nose. The air was filled with the smell of sweat and rusty iron. The washerwoman brought Lake and Poro to a room that looked like a warehouse deep in the outpost.

There were a lot of miscellaneous items, including bows and arrows, swords, armor, and many broken straw dolls used for practice.

"These are what we're going to wash today."

A fat guard manager pointed to a pile of armor and swords in the room and said.

Then, he looked at Lake and Poro who were following the washerwoman, and finally asked in confusion,

"By the way, why did you bring a...little girl with you today?"

"I've been a little tired of washing by myself lately, and this little girl happened to be willing to help, so I brought her along."

The washerwoman explained.

The guard captain looked at Lake, who was wearing a bright red cloak, and suddenly frowned:

"I don't think I've seen this little girl before. Could it be..."

"Uncle, I asked Auntie to bring me here. If it's inconvenient, I'll just leave."

Lake naturally took off her hood, revealing her face, and said to the guard with pure blue eyes.

"Uh, little sister, that's not what I meant..."

The fat guard's face flushed instantly, and the guilt of bullying the little girl arose from the bottom of his heart.

"It's just duty... An angel like you can certainly be anywhere."

Having said that, the guard looked at Lake blankly again and left the room.

After that, the washerwoman began to teach Lake how to wash armor and equipment.

She originally thought that the delicate hands of this girl, who looked delicate and fair, would not be able to withstand the ravages of such work, but to her surprise, Lake quickly learned how to do it and started to scrub.

"What a well-behaved child! If only I could have a child like him..."

The washerwoman praised her endlessly and let Lake work on her own.

"Hey, Little Red Riding Hood!"

At this time, Poro came forward quietly, lowered his voice, and said quietly,

"This fairy power is too terrifying for you—are you a succubus?"

"Succubus? What's that?"

Lake blinked curiously.

"A demon that seduces men with its beautiful appearance."

Poro said bluntly.

"You big bad wolf, you're talking nonsense again!"

When Lake heard this, her eyebrows raised, and she grabbed the hair on the back of the Poro's neck and pressed it to the ground.

Just as the man and the wolf were fighting, the door of the warehouse opened.

The fat steward came in again, looking somewhat respectful. Behind him was a tall guard.

Poro recognized him immediately. The guard was the captain of the guard whom he met at the town gate yesterday and praised himself as a "good dog"!

As the captain of the guard entered the room, he saw Lake wearing a bright red hood and Poro beside her.

"Huh? What's going on?"

The captain of the guard was stunned for a moment.

"Oh, that's right, Lord Commander."

The fat steward wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at Poro, and said with some stammering,

"This girl is new here, helping with cleaning equipment, and this dog is..."

"With that girl, right?"

The captain of the guards, that is... the commander of the guards, spoke up.

"How do you know, sir?"

"It's okay, I saw them yesterday."

The guard leader waved his hand and shouted to the Poro:

"Polo, roll over!"

"?"

I have already activated the fairy tale power, and you still want me to be a dog?
It’s okay for Lake to order me like this, just forgive her because she is pretty. Who do you think you are?

Forget it, just wait!

The overall situation is important, little guard, you will suffer the consequences in the future!
Then the Poro rolled on the ground smoothly. "Haha, good dog, good dog—I think we'll have one like this at the outpost in the future!"

The commander of the guards laughed, then began to take off his armor, which was...more exquisite than that of other guards, and put it aside.

Then, he took down a cleaner set of clothes from the wall of the warehouse and put them on.

"Commander, are you going today to..."

"Go on patrol, those guys want to go to the execution ground one after another and watch the beheading - what's the point of having so many people?

He's just a brat who slandered the bishop. Who would dare to rob the execution ground for him? "

The guard commander curled his lips and said,
"Humph, those guys just need some training!

As a result, I, the commander, can only go to the town gate to take a closer look!"

As he spoke, the guard commander stretched his arms, put his sword back into his waist, and walked out of the warehouse with the steward.

"That captain of soldiers I met yesterday seemed... to be of high rank?"

Lake blinked and spoke quietly to Poro.

The light in Poro's eyes flickered, and finally solidified into a smile.

"Yes, this way, it will save a lot of trouble and the success rate will be much higher!"

"Polo, you mean..."

Lake was stunned. After listening to Poro's plan last night, she instantly understood something.

She followed Poro's gaze and looked at the armor that the guard commander had taken off. That armor was completely different from the armor of other ordinary guards.

Whether in style or sophistication, it is far superior to its peers!
Judging from the equipment in the entire warehouse, the guard commander should be the person with the highest status in this outpost.

"Yes, I didn't know who the armor belonged to, nor did I know where the guards were today."

The Poro looked at the armor and licked his lips.

"Now, I know everything!"

Humph, you want me, the great Wolf King, to roll around?

Hey, karma's here, bro!

……

The execution ground is located near the center of the town.

The guards were fully armed and kept the townspeople out.
On the tall wooden execution rack, the executioner guards and a white-robed priest holding a holy book were already standing in their corresponding positions.

The townspeople stretched their necks out, as if they were ducks being held and lifted upward by invisible hands.

Finally, with the shouts of the guards, a ragged and skinny boy was taken to the execution rack.

He was covered in wounds, almost as if he had been dragged.

As soon as he showed up, he was cursed by countless townspeople.

"You are a morally corrupt villain!"

"Heretics who disobey God, die!"

"How dare you slander the Bishop, who is God's spokesperson, and even defame the witch hunter who single-handedly eliminated the vicious witch? You deserve to die!"

"This kid must be the devil reincarnated—he must be hanged!"

"Hang him!"

"Hang him!"

"..."

After hearing these voices, the skinny-faced young man's already weak body became even more shaky.

His eyes were red, like an angry beast, and his cracked lips were opening and closing as he excitedly wanted to shout something to the crowd!
But when he opened his mouth, he found that it was empty.

His tongue was cut off!

"Although you have committed unforgivable sins, God's love is unconditional. You can find spiritual comfort by repenting and confessing your sins. Perhaps this will reduce the time you spend in hell."

The priest in white robes said this, leaning down and placing a piece of paper in front of the young man.

There were a few words written on the piece of paper - confession.

When the young man saw these words, his eyes were red with anger. He stretched out his hand and tore the white paper into pieces!

Seeing this scene, the townspeople in the audience were even more outraged!
The priest in white looked at the boy tearing up the paper indifferently. He did not stop him or say anything. He just sighed with pity and turned away.

Then two guards came forward.

They tied up the boy again and pressed his head against the circular sling in front of him!
"The execution begins!"

(End of this chapter)