Chapter 27: Your Highness Little Red Riding Hood

Unlike before, Xie Yaoyao was now a Third-tier Traveler with the 【Hunter】 Entry.

He was also the only force Owen could still unite after the Pharmacist died and the Woodcutter defected.

Therefore, Owen told Xie Yaoyao the whole story from beginning to end.

Twelve years ago, the Razika Kingdom experienced a rare plague, and half the people in the entire royal capital were infected with this terrible disease.

Just when the King was at his wit's end, a powerful forest witch appeared.

The witch promised she could concoct a magical Potion to cure the people's plague.

But in exchange, the witch demanded the child in the womb of the Queen, who was ten months pregnant, to be her disciple.

The King agreed to the witch's request without any hesitation and signed a contract.

After receiving the promise, the witch did indeed refine a magical Potion that could cure the plague; after all, the plague had been spread by the witch herself.

Upon learning the truth, the King had no way to act, as the contract he had signed was a magic contract carefully prepared by the witch.

Two months later, the Queen successfully gave birth to a little Princess.

At the moment of the little Princess's birth, the witch could not wait to take her away.

However, the Queen could not bear to part with the newborn little Princess and begged the witch to let her live with the little Princess for three years.

The witch felt the little Princess was still too young, so she agreed to the Queen's request.

During these three years, the Queen used all her maternal love to hand-weave a cute little red hood to give to the little Princess.

When the witch came to take the little Princess away three years later, she did not expect that the little red hood, condensed with the Queen's maternal love, would prevent anyone harboring malice from touching the little Princess.

This made the witch furious, and she threatened that since the King did not abide by the contract, she would use the plague to kill everyone in the royal capital to take revenge on the King.

In the end, the King had no choice but to let the Queen take the little Princess to live in this Yangtela Village, which was closest to where the forest witch lived, and to enter the forest to meet the witch at least once a year as agreed.

Owen and these others were all sent by the King to protect the Queen and the Princess.

But after the little Princess and the others arrived at Yangtela Village, the cunning witch immediately cast an evil spell to seal Yangtela Village and trap everyone inside.

Except for Travelers from other worlds like Xie Yaoyao, no one else could freely enter or leave the village.

Of course, as the witch's nominal disciple, the little Princess was also an exception.

Unfortunately, the little Princess was still young and could not go out alone to seek help; she could only go to the witch's hut in the forest every year to study witchcraft and magic as agreed.

"That doesn't seem like such a bad thing, right? Just follow along and learn!"

Xie Yaoyao thought to himself, I'd like to learn, but I haven't had the chance!

Owen shook his head with a bitter smile.

By this time, the two had walked out of the village, turned past a winding river, and a small house appeared before them.

A woman dressed as a village woman, leading a little girl wearing a red hood, stood in the courtyard and happened to hear Xie Yaoyao's question.

"At first, we also held onto such wishful thinking to comfort ourselves, until Nelly secretly heard the witch talking to her pet toad when she was eight years old."

Hearing the woman's voice, Owen hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"Your Majesty the Queen! Your Highness the Princess! This is the Lord Xie Yaoyao I mentioned to you before!"

Clearly, this woman, dressed simply but possessing a graceful temperament, was indeed the Queen who had accompanied the little Princess here, and the Entry above her head confirmed this.

"【Queen】, a purple occupation Entry! You are the most noble woman in this country! Power is also a kind of strength; sometimes it is even more powerful than other strengths!"

But that was not the point; the point was the protagonist of the story, the little Princess known as 'Little Red Riding Hood'.

From the moment Owen first saw this Princess, Xie Yaoyao felt a bit surprised in his heart.

The moment he saw the little Princess in front of him, Xie Yaoyao knew his thoughts were correct; this little Princess was that legendary, famous 'Little Red Riding Hood'!

The Entry on her head was also written clearly!

【Child of Destiny】, a gold Entry! You are the protagonist of the legend, you are the darling of fate, you are 'Little Red Riding Hood'!

Xie Yaoyao finally understood why Owen and the others had offered such high quest rewards in the previous quests.

This was a quest involving a legendary figure, even though the current plot was very different from the one in Xie Yaoyao's memory.

But the moment he saw the little girl in front of him, Xie Yaoyao understood in his heart.

"Your Majesty the Queen, Your Highness the Princess! It is an honor to meet you!"

Little Red Riding Hood looked at Xie Yaoyao as he greeted her, blushed, nodded shyly, and then immediately hid behind her mother, only sticking out half of her little head to look curiously at the stranger in front of her.

Looking at her shy daughter, the Queen's face was full of love; after reaching out to touch Little Red Riding Hood's head, she turned back to thank Xie Yaoyao.

"Hello! Brave Traveler, thank you very much for your willingness to help us!"

"It's nothing. Lord Owen has always said we are friends, and helping friends requires no thanks."

"You are truly a loyal friend, but the Razika royal family will not treat friends unfairly!"

This Queen clearly understood social conventions, or perhaps these natives of the Fairytale World were all very familiar with the situation of Travelers.

From the moment Owen issued the quest to him, Xie Yaoyao had this feeling; these people in the Fairytale World all had a sense of being NPCs.

"I wonder what the conversation between the witch and the toad that Your Majesty the Queen just mentioned refers to..."

Before Xie Yaoyao could finish his sentence, he heard Owen beside him suddenly shout loudly.

"Who's there?"

A silver-white blade of battle aura shot out from Owen's rapier, and a wolf shadow nimbly dodged the attack and quickly fled toward the depths of the forest.

Owen chased after it without hesitation, and at the same time, Xie Yaoyao immediately drew his hunting rifle 【Roarer】 to block in front of Little Red Riding Hood and her mother.

Xie Yaoyao's actions made the Queen's eyes flicker, and she then grabbed Little Red Riding Hood's hand and became vigilant.

The moment the wolf shadow appeared, Xie Yaoyao immediately recognized it as the Werewolf Meng Xi, whom he and Owen had joined forces to kill not long ago.

Xie Yaoyao still clearly remembered that this guy had even contributed the two Entries 【Bloodthirsty】 and 【Sharp Fangs and Claws】 to him.

The guy hadn't fought back just now, so he couldn't see the Entry on his head, and he didn't know if he had obtained any new Entries in the past few days.

Xie Yaoyao was somewhat eager to try; although his talent dictated that as long as he developed steadily and slowly stacked Entries, he would one day be invincible in the world.

However, killing people and setting fires brings golden belts!

Killing people to trigger an Entry is also quite sweet!

Shaking his head, he temporarily cast aside these evil thoughts; it was better to consider the task at hand first.

Tasks involving legendary figures like Little Red Riding Hood were never simple to begin with, and now with the intrusion of the Werewolf Meng Xi, he had to heighten his vigilance!

Before long, Owen returned alone.

Clearly, he was worried about Little Red Riding Hood and her mother.

"It's so strange! Why would the witch send a Werewolf to watch us? It's completely unnecessary; with the magic contract in place, she knows full well we can't run away."

Owen was full of confusion, but the Queen provided the answer.

"Perhaps it is because the witch sensed the village's magic had been broken and sent someone to investigate."

Clearly, Owen and the Queen had mistaken Meng Xi for a werewolf scout sent by the witch.

Xie Yaoyao opened his mouth, but in the end, he said nothing.

Forget it, let them misunderstand!

Increasing their vigilance a bit would also be beneficial for completing the task!