Fairy Tale: Little Red Riding Hood's Wolf Mentor

Chapter 80 The Fall of Paradise
The magnificent scenery of heaven began to distort like an illusion.

The colorful flowers began to wither and die rapidly.

The neon lights became darker and dirtier, gradually becoming... the same dark and dirty color as the surface of oil!

The holy spiritual song gradually began to change its tune and become chaotic. The clear timbre transformed into an extremely chaotic whisper that was a thousand times sharper and more piercing than the noise, mixed with countless cries and screams.

Rather than the sound of heaven, it is more like a decadent song under purgatory!
The angel's eyes shed dark tears of blood.

Wings withered, halo shattered, flesh faded...

It turned into one dried corpse after another hanging in the air, shaking!
The light was completely extinguished, the sun and the moon glowed with blood, and all the exposed brilliance was sucked back in even faster than at the beginning. The sounds became increasingly chaotic and finally lost all rhythm.

Or rather... it has merged into the strange world behind the mirror.

It turned into... a frantic sound that completely betrayed reason!

"All these changes, this endless darkness, come from..."

The magic mirror's voice echoed in front of the magic mirror, still clear and steady amidst the trembling of the entire world...

But at this moment, its sound stopped abruptly.

Inside the magic mirror, above the dark and decadent sky, God's white robe quickly turned a dirty yellow of decay, and the shadow cast by that human face in the darkness grew darker and darker, as if absorbing all the light!

Finally, his entire human form turned into a pitch-black black hole.

All the light from the dark heaven was absorbed by Him!

The final scene was just the rustling whispers within the boundless black tide.

That dirty, yellowed white robe.

At the center of the vortex, within a yellowish white robe, stood an indescribable figure that ordinary people could hardly look directly at. Its gaze was projected inch by inch—

“Kacha—kacha—”

The surface of the magic mirror was instantly covered with spider-web-like cracks!
"Bam—"

Immediately afterwards, it collapsed and exploded!

Only the last piece remained, a fragment in the center of the mirror, flashing with a hint of magic light, suspended in the air.

"For the past hundred years, I have always given true knowledge to those who asked questions. Today, you gave me a—

You should be called Poro, but anyway...thank you, Poro."

The magic mirror's voice regained its composure, but it seemed weak.

Inside the mirror, two spots of light flickered, like two flames about to go out.

"Let me give you a piece of advice first. I don't know where your 'perfect beauty' comes from, but try to minimize its use.

As for my answer to you, I'm sorry, today, I can only say an incomplete sentence.

Don't be sad, I won't die. Although I haven't seen the reason yet, I just felt that you carry a piece of my... omniscience. "

At this point, the magic mirror paused, let out an incomprehensible low laugh, and without waiting for Poro to ask further questions, he spoke again.
"Finally, listen carefully, I'll give you the answer in installments—"

Under the horrified gazes of several people, the magic mirror said word by word:

“God is dead.”

The next moment, the sound of the magic mirror disappeared, and was replaced by the extremely weird hymn of decadence from the dark heaven just now!
The last piece of mirror fell to the ground, and the two beams of light in it dissipated. The pitch-black darkness, like a tide, surged out from the shattered mirror on the ground!
They spread rapidly on the ground, it was a silent erosion!

The Poros looked at the ground, which was collapsing and falling into the abyss like a tide!

The moment their vision came into contact with the darkness, everyone's ears began to ring violently.

"What is this?!"

Poro even clearly felt that his soul began to tremble in fear!
Both the body and the soul were rapidly warning - if you were touched by this thing, there would definitely be no good outcome!

All the exhibits in the house began to decay rapidly before encountering that darkness. The aura of decay chased after them like a tide of death breaking through the realm!
The walls are filled with books, the knowledge recorded by the queen over the years...

About to fall into the abyss and disappear without a trace.

"Quick, grab what you can, and then—get going!"

Looking at the wall of books, and hearing the sound of bricks and stones being torn apart behind him, and the cold light of intertwined shadows, Poro gritted his teeth and rushed to the bookshelf on one side.

There are so many books that even if we take them all away, it would be difficult to finish reading them.

Poro's eyes quickly scanned the books and locked onto the one at the very edge. That book looked much older than the others.

The queen often reads such books, and there is a high probability that they contain more powerful magic!
Lake also quickly ran to the bookshelf on the side.

The Queen's bookshelf was not randomly stacked, but rather stored with books according to a certain regional pattern.

Lake had noticed this keenly when she entered the room earlier!
She ran to the bookshelf marked "Kingdom of Boren" and pulled out several notebooks with hands more flexible than a Poro's!

After that, the bookshelf closest to the magic mirror fell into darkness!
"Bang—Crack—"

The bookshelf and cabinet decayed rapidly in the darkness and collapsed to the ground! !
Several people reacted instantly and ran towards the bottom of the tower without looking back.

As the few people ran down the ladder, the speed at which the black tide spread began to increase exponentially!
"Run—don't stop!"

Feeling like they were being stabbed in the back, several people fled from the tower, but the sky outside the tower was also covered with dark clouds and there was not a trace of light to be seen.

The entire capital was shaking, and the sound of houses tearing apart under the weight continued!

"We must...get out of here!"

Behind them, the tower had been completely swallowed by darkness, and the surging black tide had begun to spread beyond the sky and earth.

Speed ​​is getting faster and faster!
The sound of the hymn of decadence grew louder and louder.

The cold and rotten air went in and out of the lungs like a knife, bringing with it a painful and bloody smell.

The black tide is spreading.

But it was as if... the entire palace was spontaneously falling into the abyss.

Corpses were swallowed up one after another. The golden and white palace walls, the luxurious decorations and treasure houses, the entire Kingdom of Sinuo, the richest and most luxurious area, all fell into the twisted, ugly and irreversible abyss!

The golden spires, towering towers, precious flowers and plants withered and the leaves fell.

Finally, after Poro and others escaped from the palace, the black tide began to slow down.

But at this time, the entire Sinuo Palace had completely disappeared.

The rumbling sounds throughout the world began to gradually subside.

Pororek and others were gasping for breath. Snow White used the queen's body, so although her soul was originally that of a weak girl, she still escaped this time.

The actual darkness stopped at the outskirts of the palace.

Falling, fading, returning to normal...

All matter covered by shadows sublimates like shadows.

In the end, all that was left before everyone's eyes was a huge empty pit, with nothing but darkness leading down to the bottomless abyss.

……

Several people looked at the huge deep pit in front of them and were speechless for a long time.

Such extreme horror...a scene beyond the limits of human imagination, made everyone feel cold all over.

Thunder and lightning flashed under the dark clouds in the sky.

Pale lightning flashed on the faces of several people.

Then, cold rain fell from the sky.

The cold was biting, penetrating into the spine from the outside in, but... it calmed the two men and the wolf down a little.

"God has..."

Poro couldn't help but repeat it, but he still resisted the urge to finish reading it.

"Does something like this happen in fairy tales?"

Lake's eyes were also staring blankly at the scene that looked like a chasm.

"It would be nice if I really lived in the fairy tale you told me before."

Snow White suddenly spoke with some sadness.

She looked at the part of the world she had been exposed to since she was a child, and today - it was finally completely wiped out, not even a brick or tile remained, only a deep pit filled with nothingness.

Several people staggered out of the royal capital.

There are also many houses for civilians in the capital of Sinuo.

But those houses are much more fragile than the palace buildings.

In the earthquake that just occurred, countless houses collapsed to the ground, with bricks, tiles, broken beams scattered on the ground.

There were cries one after another, many people were wailing, stretching out their hands and digging for something among the ruins.

Poro saw a dirty man holding a bloody child in his hands.

He knelt on the ground, kowtowed on the stone bricks again and again in the muddy rain!
Tears mixed with rain.

He raised his upper body, blood trickling down his forehead. He looked at the gloomy sky and shouted in a trembling, hoarse voice—

“Oh my God—why, why is this happening!?”

A hellish scene.

God.

God!

“God, is it because of God’s death that this happened?

Is it because of the magic mirror that I saw the truth hidden by that 'heaven'?"

Lake stared blankly at the scene around her. All the people were suffering. These people had done nothing wrong, yet they were suddenly met with disaster under the shaking earth.

Poro also inexplicably thought of the decayed and collapsed paradise within the magic mirror.

And I thought of... outside the original forest, the bishop who used the name of God and indulged in evil desires!
The words of the magic mirror are even more profound and thought-provoking.

There is a God in this world, but... God is dead!
"I don't know either."

Poro's dark green eyes also slowly sank.

The footsteps stepped on the puddles on the ground, creating a splash of water.

It was back to the intersection where several people rushed into the forest.

At this moment, Snow White suddenly stopped.

"what happened?"

Poro and Lake were stunned for a moment, looking at the Snow White in front of them...who had turned into a queen.

"Where are you going after this?"

Snow White asked seriously, and Poro and Lake both saw the clear hesitation and confusion in Snow White's eyes.

"Continue traveling, um... just like the answer Lake got in the first question, to save someone... who is very important to her."

Poro said, fortunately, when he escaped, Lake was still holding a few notebooks tightly in his arms, and the answer to the first question was recorded -

The notebook on how to save the forest witch was placed at the very back. Even after the violent escape, it was still intact.

"Um……"

Snow White looked at Lake, her gaze lingering on her body, where she was still wearing some of Prince Boren's armor, and... the sword and dagger at her waist.

A hint of sadness flashed in his eyes.

"Thank you, I don't have anyone important anymore."

Snow White looked towards the center of the royal capital again. The beautiful golden spire that was originally there had disappeared forever. The prosperous royal capital was now left with only the crying of the residents of Sinuo and the ruins.

"After that, I want to..."

Lake had an idea and walked forward, patting Snow White's back comfortingly.

This ill-fated girl finally covered her face and cried.

"My home and everyone I knew have disappeared. I... may be a princess, but I can do nothing. Everyone is dead...

Why, why can’t this world be like in fairy tales…”

Snow White leaned over, leaning against Lake, who was now shorter than her, and sobbed, "I also want my parents' love, and I also want... to be able to communicate happily with others.

But since I was a child, everyone has treated me with absolute respect.

I thought that as I grew up, such things would disappear one day, but when I became an adult, all I saw was undisguised desire! "

Snow White slowly raised her red eyes and looked at Lake, saying word by word:

"I really envy you guys, really... really envy you!

I envy you for being able to get along without any barriers, and I envy you for having the perseverance and ability to travel together, just like... I once imagined it in that ruined palace prison!"

Lake opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say to comfort the girl in front of her.

She just slowly opened her arms, hugged Snow White's somewhat weak shoulders, and gently patted Snow White's back.

Snow White's emotions gradually stabilized.

She gently pushed Lake away, bent her knees slightly towards the two of them, and performed an elegant and standard court salute.

"Thank you for taking care of me these past few days. I won't burden you any more. Let's part ways right here...

You are the best and purest people I have ever met to treat me. I really... thank you very much."

"Where are you going after this?"

Lake looked at Snow White and finally asked with concern.

"I no longer want to... face more people, and... the people of the Kingdom of Sinuo."

Snow White still looked behind her, at the lush forest on the east side of the royal capital.

Even after the shocking change in the royal capital, the forest continued to grow lushly.

Over a long period of time, the hundreds of soldiers swallowed by the forest will make the place sparsely populated, and in the true horror legend, it will become a complete "Jedi"!
"You want to go back to that forest?"

Lake opened her eyes wide, she had already thought of Snow White's answer.

"Yes, I have lived there for a long time, and I know where the streams are and where the wild vegetables and fruits are.

Although the dwarf's cave is scary, I might be able to live alone in other parts of the forest..."

Snow White whispered.

Lake and Poro were shocked. They looked at Snow White in front of them but did not say anything to keep her.

They knew that Snow White had considered most of the situations when she made this decision.

For a princess who has to live in such a situation all her life, it is better for her to live alone than to force herself to continue to interact with others.

"Then... take care."

Poro said.

"Goodbye, Snow White."

Lake also waved.

"Well, thank you."

Snow White nodded gracefully, turned around, and walked towards the huge forest...

The branches and leaves pressed down, obscuring the spires of the buildings in the royal capital behind them.

Snow White gradually immersed herself in the natural scenery and tranquility. The animals in the forest were startled and left when she crossed the grass, but this still made her feel very safe.

At least now, there won't be so many eyes filled with desire.

She walked back into the dwarf's hut and looked at the blood-stained scene after the illusion disappeared. If it were before, she would have been terrified.

But now, somehow, she felt less scared.

She lifted the hem of the queen's dress, wiped the blood off a small chair, sat down, and was stunned for a while.

As night fell outside and the sky gradually darkened, she came to her senses, reached into her arms, and took out a dusty book.

This is also... a notebook rescued from the Queen's tower.

She picked up the cover of the book, slowly opened it, and looked at the twisted and obscure words inside.

Choosing the forest does not necessarily mean decadence and comfort - the waves have begun to surge, how can it be so easy to return to calm?

"Maybe we can meet again in the future..."

She shook her head to clear her mind of distracting thoughts.

……

It was not until Snow White's figure disappeared at the end of their sight that Lake and Poro looked at each other.

"Polo, if I remember correctly...is there another one about that circular return?"

"Yeah, but it seems I can't use it actively."

Poro spread out his claws, and gold condensed.

[Circular Return: Snow White and the Mirror of Truth]

[The unsealing ceremony has been completed, and the fairy tale power has been obtained! ]

The final question leads to the ultimate truth, but the reality of the world is distorted and confused... The tool used to spy on the truth is shattered - a broken mirror cannot be mended!

[Fairy Tale Power: You cannot use it actively, but at certain moments, this fragment will give you the answer you seek.]

[Description: The narrator's vision should not be blinded. You need to break through the haze to see the true face!]

[At the moment of birth, a will hides within it. Will it give you a complete answer as promised?]

[Are you ready? Face... the curse of true knowledge!]

The fairytale power of the golden pages was activated, but like the previous [Circular Return: Snow White·Peerless Beauty], [Circular Return: Snow White·Magic Mirror of Truth] also carried a strong sense of weirdness.

The magic mirror painted on the surface of the book also became a little different.

Specifically... spider-web-like cracks appeared on the mirror surface.

And in the piece of fragment in the center, there seem to be two spots of light?

"Answer?"

Poro sighed and continued, "I do have a lot of questions in my mind right now, but it doesn't give me any answers. What do you mean by... certain moments?"

Lake also thought about it, patted Poro's shoulder, and said:
"It doesn't matter. As long as we keep going, we'll eventually find the answer... When my grandma wakes up, maybe she'll tell us directly!"

The gloom on Lake's face gradually dissipated. "My grandmother is a forest witch. She knows a lot!"

Poro looked at the smile on the girl's face and felt a lot more relaxed.

This girl's optimistic smile always carries a unique charm.

"Well, let's go back to the city and rest up, find a map or something, then we should be ready to go."

The Poro nodded, a faint smile also appearing on the corner of his mouth.

……

In the capital of the Kingdom of Sinuo, the houses near the royal capital collapsed severely.

In places further out of the royal capital, the damage to houses was much less severe.

The dark clouds gradually dissipated under the heavy rain, but the drizzling rain continued.

Fortunately... Lake's cloak can protect her from the rain.

So she held the Poro in her arms, which saved the Poro from getting soaked.

However, as they went deeper into the more populated areas, Lake thought about it and decided to make her hood invisible. The raindrops falling from the sky began to deflect to the side before they touched the invisible cloak.

So even though they were walking in the rain, the man and the wolf were still dry.

Residents on the roadside were busy dealing with this sudden natural disaster.

Or... they were discussing the sudden earthquake and the disappearance of the palace.

No one noticed anything unusual about Rek Poro.

There were still some scattered soldiers in the city.

Their status was not high, they were just ordinary security soldiers in the city. It was also because of this that these soldiers avoided being annihilated twice when entering the east forest and the tragedy in the palace.

Like ordinary residents, they are also filled with confusion and helplessness about the future.

Lake's red cloak wanted poster was still hanging on the wall, wet by the rain, but no one noticed it anymore.

The girl walked on the street holding the Poro, looking for shops that were not greatly affected.

Some shops collapsed in the earthquake.

The victims, covered in dirt and wounds, and some greedy people were snatching some of the scattered goods.

But Lake and Poro will not join in.

The backpack hidden outside the city has been retrieved, and the gold inside is still there, so there is probably more than enough to buy anything.

Now... there are a few more books that may record magic.

"It's getting dark, and today looks a bit chaotic. How about...we find a place to rest first?"

Poro looked at the sky. Although the wind and rain were approaching the edge, the light of dusk had already appeared on the horizon.

In such an environment, even shops that have not been damaged will most likely close down.

"Well, why don't you take a look at the books we found? Maybe we can become magicians for once!"

Lake nodded, and she and Poro thought about looking for an empty house where they could rest for a night.

But at this moment, a tall man walked out of the crowd and came in front of Lake and Poro.

He looked weathered, like a retired veteran, with a cigarette dangling from his cracked lips.

"Are you two looking for...a place to stay?"

(End of this chapter)