Fairy Tale: Little Red Riding Hood's Wolf Mentor

Chapter 43 The Duke's Death
The silence in the audience lasted only a few seconds.

Then, there was an extreme outburst of frenzy!

"what--"

"Your Excellency the Duke—"

"Someone! Come quickly!"

In an instant, huge chaos swept the entire hall!
No one had expected this sudden change. The guards around them, who had already drawn their swords, had no time to care about Lake Poro and his men. They all stared at the Duke who was obviously dead!
Most of the confidants were at a loss, their faces were pale, and they didn't know what to do!
After all, they had never dealt with the Duke's sudden death during an ordinary meeting!
The red witch sitting next to the Duke raised her hand tremblingly, wiped off a piece of flesh and blood stuck on her face, and held it in front of her eyes.

why?
How could he die suddenly?
Why... today?!

The probability of the overhead chandelier malfunctioning is extremely small.

The probability of it falling when there are people around is smaller.

And the probability of it hitting the Duke's head is almost zero!
This is... a kind of magic! ?

But soon, the Red Witch adjusted her mentality and her expression gradually turned cold.

The wrinkled, skull-like hand tightened slightly.

The Duke is dead...that's a small matter!
An ordinary person, no matter how high his status is, is just an ant!
That’s right, although the Red Witch was the Duke’s magic advisor, she herself looked down on the Duke.

Money...power...what use are these to a witch?
At least it doesn't make any sense to the Scarlet Witch.

She was a magic consultant—there were other, deeper reasons!
"The Duke is dead, and I don't have complete control... Tsk, the Queen might blame me..."

The Red Witch gritted her teeth and thought, "Although this death was an accident, it also fulfills part of the Queen's request - I must get the opportunity to solve that problem!"

But now that things have come to this, a sinister look flashed in the Red Witch's eyes—

That red magic cloak!
She originally wanted to use the Duke to get the magic tool.

Even for a witch like her, magic props are extremely rare, and every witch is good at different magic.

The Duke is dead, but this magical object—must never be let go!
"Someone come! Catch the one from before..."

She stood up and shouted orders to the guards of the Duke's Palace.

But when she wanted to catch Lake and others, she found to her embarrassment that there was no one across from the table.

Poro and the others had already made a plan and took advantage of everyone's confusion to leave the moment the chandelier fell!
The Red Witch's face twitched, and she gritted her teeth at the Duke's confidants around her:

"How could the chandelier suddenly fall down?! Someone must be doing this behind the scenes!

The Duke had previously recognized the identity of the evil witch in the red cloak and tried to test her. Apparently, the witch, having been seen through, became enraged and used magic to kill the Duke!

The close associates nearby also reacted after hearing this.

How could a perfectly good chandelier suddenly fall down? And it hit the Duke?!

"yes……"

"Makes sense!"

"Those guys have escaped. They must be on the run from the crime!"

"Send the cavalry to capture them and hang them!"

"..."

……

The sound of knights' horses' hooves pounded the streets.

The ground was shaking, and countless armored knights rushed into the tavern, holding several portraits, searching for the traces of the Poros.

The tavern owner was a weather-beaten-looking man. Sitting on the chair next to him was the proprietress, who was in a daze.

The boss looked at the search warrant carefully and shook his head.

But the knights still walked towards the guest rooms on the second floor of the tavern.

"Squeak--squeak--"

The old floorboards made a teeth-grinding sound, getting closer and closer.

"Boom bang bang-"

There was a violent knock on the door, and heavy footsteps pounded repeatedly on the wooden floor of the tavern.

"Open the door!"

Lake opened the door.

The red cloak had already switched to invisible mode. The fully armed soldiers outside the door looked down at the lovely girl and were stunned for a moment.

"Uncle, what's the matter?"

Lake asked in a clear voice.

"Ah, no—nothing—"

When the soldier saw Lake, he inexplicably thought of his innocent and lovely daughter.

A child like this can't be a bad person, right?
But just in case, he still took out a few wanted posters.

The first picture shows the appearance of the second-in-command of the Shanzhai, and the background description below is:
[A former knight of the Duke's palace, he later degenerated into a bandit, burning, killing, and looting, and even plotting to assassinate the Duke, a ruthless and ruthless person...]

The second picture shows Lake wearing a hood, but there is nothing inside the hood:
[Suspected to be a female, evil sorcerer, wearing a crimson cloak. Before becoming a bandit, she massacred villagers and was extremely vicious...]

The third one shows Hans, with messy hair covering half of his face:

[Robber, extremely vicious...]

"Little girl, have you seen these people?"

"No, uncle!"

Lake looked carefully and shook her head, "My brother is the only one in the room!"

The soldier didn't suspect anything, nodded and left.

Lake closed the door and looked inside the house.

Hans was forced to shave his head and change his clothes, becoming much more energetic. At least... even if the Duke was there in person that day, he might not be able to recognize him.

Poro transformed into his original form, lying on the bed beside him, looking at a purchased map in front of him.

"This is wrong..."

Poro frowned, his ears pricked up slightly, his canine hearing allowing him to hear sounds outside the tavern.

The capital of the Kingdom of Sinuo is very large, and even for the Duke's Mansion, it would be difficult to search the entire city.

When he and his companions escaped from the Duke's Mansion, they immediately changed their clothes.

But for some reason, the soldiers of the Duke's Mansion were concentrated in the area near where they were. Even some houses outside were checked by the influx of soldiers.

"They may have a way to determine our approximate location."

Poro made a judgment, "We can't stay here for long, let's leave at night!"

"How on earth did they know for sure?"

Lake was also a little confused.

"If there are no problems with our evacuation..."

The Poro shifted his gaze to Lake's cloak and said slowly, "Perhaps it's a kind of magic?"

He thought of the Duke, who had wanted Lake's cloak before. It could be seen that this was a magic prop, not necessarily from the Duke, but it meant that there was someone who knew magic in the Duke's mansion!
That night, Poro, Lake and Hans quietly climbed down from the window.

There are also soldiers patrolling the streets at night, but the cover of darkness still greatly obscures their vision.

"He's gone away—away!"

At every street corner, the Poro would hold his breath and listen, waiting for the sound of the soldiers' footsteps to fade away before walking out.

But just when the few people walked a few blocks away.

In a room in the previous tavern, the old woman with gray hair suddenly opened her eyes!
"I can't sit still anymore. Finally, I caught you rats!"

An armored knight entered and saluted.

"East District Flying Wing Street—why not catch them now?"

In an instant, a group of cavalry emerged from the surrounding streets, holding torches, and chased in the direction where Pororek and others fled!
The rushing horses' hooves tear the tranquility of the night apart!
Swords and guns are drawn, showing their sharpness!

Poro was the first to hear the slight vibration from the ground. He turned his head and looked behind him, a solemn look in his dark green eyes:
"We...may have to change our route."

"Is it the cavalry?"

Lake unfolded the map in her hand, looked at the route markings on it again, and recalled the plan Poro had made during the day.

"Yeah, we can't outrun the cavalry."

Poro looked at the dark houses around him, "But they are not omnipotent!"

(End of this chapter)