Fairy Tale: Little Red Riding Hood's Wolf Mentor

Chapter 34 Mountain Village Wild Store
Beside the road, a mountain stands tall.

Ahead, a mountain village appeared.

“That’s the only village within a dozen miles of here.

Although it is closest to the main road, this mountain blocks the scorching sun and north wind from the other side, so it is still relatively safe for now."

Hans paused, then suddenly said, "But it was there that my pig was exchanged for a goose."

"why?"

"I'm not sure yet..."

Hans's eyes changed as he added, "Anyway, don't do anything unnecessary when you get there, and don't make any plans for dinner. Go to the tavern and rest early so you can leave early tomorrow."

The village is remote and there are few people in the tavern. Most of them are villagers, chatting casually.

"Boss, two rooms, no dinner required."

Lake, wearing a hood, pushed a few silver coins onto the table.

"Guest, it's not enough."

The boss looked at the few people and fixed his eyes on Lake's backpack and some prey brought from the road.

"what about now?"

Lake was stunned for a moment, then took out another silver coin from her backpack.

"Oh, that's enough now."

The tavern owner smiled, took out two keys and placed them on the table.

"Do you really not need to prepare dinner? Our dinner here is very special."

"No need, uncle."

Watching Lake and others walk up the stairs, a hint of greed appeared in the eyes of the tavern owner. When Lake took out coins from his backpack, he saw a flash of golden light inside!

It's gold!
He waved his hand and called a bartender in the tavern.

"Are there any fat sheep?"

"Hard goods, there is gold!"

The tavern owner muttered, gesturing to the silver coins on the table.

"Gold!?"

The bartender opened his eyes, revealing his undisguised greed!

"Can our village swallow it?"

"One looks like a hunter, but from the sound of her voice, she's just a little girl, not very powerful. Another is tall and thin, with a face that looks very sad. She would be lying down after a few blows!
The main thing is that they have dogs with them, and they look quite fierce. A bite from them would be terrible."

"Okay, call more people tomorrow!"

Upstairs, in the room, the pub's interior furnishings looked a bit shabby.

There were many cracks in the walls, and even the bed had some gaps, so it creaked and shook when I lay on it.

The Poro's ears twitched and he frowned.

"There really seems to be something fishy about this village. This tavern was empty just now, so why is it suddenly..."

"Did you hear anything, Poro?"

"There were footsteps. We had just come up when quite a few people came downstairs."

"Then... why don't we stop staying here and go rest outdoors?"

Lake was stunned and asked nervously.

Poro looked at the gradually darkening sky outside and shook his head:

"Forget it. I've already paid for the accommodation. Maybe it's just a habit of eating late-night snacks in this village. There's no need to be too sensitive."

Even so, Poro still adopts a more alert posture when sleeping.

As a dog's advantage, it can also be keenly aware of the movements around it when sleeping.

But fortunately, nothing happened that night.

Could it be that I am too worried?
It wasn't until the next day that the fat tavern owner took the two room keys, looked at Lake, and said with a smile:

"There's still... ten gold coins for the room fee."

"what?"

Lake was stunned and said, "That's not right. I clearly paid the room fee in advance when I checked in yesterday. Why do I have to pay again today..."

"Oh, yesterday you paid for the room." The tavern owner still had a warm fake smile on his face, "But today, you have to pay for the damage to the room!"

"Huh? I clearly took good care of the guest room and didn't make any mess?!"

Lake argued.

"Oh, the room you stayed in had cracked walls and a broken bed—you don't want to pay for it?"

The expression on the tavern owner's face disappeared instantly and he shouted loudly.

"It was obviously broken when I lived here!"

Lake said loudly, feeling a little aggrieved.

"What? You mean—I gave you a bad room!? Everyone in the village knows that my tavern is the best!"

The tavern owner sneered, raised his hand and slammed it on the table!
"Villagers, someone wants to live in a house in the village but won't pay! This is just looking down on us!"

The tavern owner shouted loudly.

Then, in just a moment, more than a dozen villagers sitting at the tables in the entire tavern stood up!
They all looked at Lake and the others with angry eyes!

"What's going on? You're hiding your face and staying at the hotel without paying. Are you a robber?"

"You broke something in the store and you want to leave without paying for it?"

“Do you have any morals?!”

"She looks like a little girl, but I never thought she would do something like this!?"

"You even brought a dog to stay in the hotel. It's such a dirty thing. It's ruined the hotel. How are other people going to stay there in the future?"

"That's right! Don't even think about leaving without paying!"

"Don't try to bully the people in our village!"

"..."

Lake's face turned pale. She looked at the people pointing at her from all directions, and her voice became trembling:
"No, I really didn't..."

"Don't explain, Lake."

Poro looked silently at the villagers around him. Most of the villagers were holding pitchforks, sticks and knives in their hands, and a large number of them were staring at him.

These villagers... came prepared!

"These people are in cahoots with the store owner. They've set up a trap and are after our money."

Poro licked his lips, "Even if all the items in his shop were added together, they wouldn't be worth half a gold coin!"

At this moment, Hans, who was standing behind, suddenly took a step forward.

He scanned the surroundings with numb eyes, and suddenly gave a fake smile. He turned to Lake and Poro and said:

"Yes, I remember now. They stole my pigs just like that before—but it was much smaller than this!"

Then Hans looked at the villagers again and said:
“You guys did this before, a few people said they lost their pigs, and then they found someone who said he would help me and exchange my pigs for geese.

You took the pig and made me feel grateful—what a good plan!"

Hans paused again, staring intently at the villagers clutching their weapons. "What about now? After not seeing you for a few years, you're so obsessed with convenience... You're not even willing to give me the goose?"

Several villagers were stunned and looked at each other.

Hans' words seemed to tear off their last fig leaf. Finally, a villager shouted angrily from the crowd:

"I didn't expect that a pig thief like you would dare to come back?"

"These guys must be scammers! No need to negotiate with them, just beat them to death!"

"Bring back the stolen goods!"

Then, the villagers raised their sticks, knives and forks and surrounded them in a crowd!
"Okay Lake, this is a shady shop, we have to run away now!"

The Poro looked at the villagers in the tavern, then looked at the tavern door that was later closed by the villagers. His sharp claws lightly scratched the wooden floor, and he calculated that he had to rush over and knock down at least a few villagers.

"Why on earth...why are there so many of them doing this?"

Lake was still a little confused, but the hand that reached under the cloak had already grasped the handle of the silver dagger.

Then, the cold light was unsheathed.

"It's probably greed, all humans are like that..."

On the other side, Lucky Hans still looked relaxed, but his tone was a little cold, "But the fortunes of these people, today——

It’s the end!

(End of this chapter)