Chapter 3592: The Story Before the Fireplace

The god stood by the window watching them in front of the fireplace, while Xia De carefully looked at Miss Ge Er De's mother. The other party should be at the thirteenth tier at this time, and looking at her appearance, she was even younger than the middle-aged Miss Ge Er De.

Not everyone is qualified to make requests to the god, and not everyone is qualified to bet with the god. Although she is not a demigod, her means and talent are terrifyingly strong. If given time, she might not be unable to advance to a demigod.

Xia De even felt that if the other party could make that terrifying kingdom more real, she might even be able to become a demigod by virtue of this. Miss Ge Er De's understanding of her mother did not seem to be comprehensive. This is a more terrifying witch than she described.

"Before the story begins, let's chat a little bit. I saw a coin with your portrait in the story. Why is your title Wang Hou, not Emperor?"

Xia De bent his right arm and placed it on the armrest of the back chair, and the witch with peach-colored long hair replied:

"Because I haven't touched the power of the demigod level yet. The title of Emperor is reserved for the future me. However, the Wang Hou in the story is just a projection with my own personality and power. I have never entered it directly. After all, if the creator of the world goes down, the story will not be so interesting.

I control the shadow that is identical to my appearance through the mirror in my hand. The story you are going to tell will definitely have her."

Xia De asked again:

"Then how should I tell the story? Do I need to enter your kingdom?"

"No, no need."

The huge storybook on the round table between the two opened, and the ink written on it jumped and flew upward, and finally formed an overhead view of a huge land in the light curtain projected by the book.

There are cities and forests, lakes and ancient castles, and the edge of the world is the azure ocean. This irregular land is the general shape of her Wonder "Kingdom". This Wonder is really terrifyingly large.

"You have already had a preliminary understanding of my kingdom, so tell a story in your heart based on this kingdom, and I will arrange actors to cooperate with your narration, but their actions may not necessarily meet your arrangements."

The witch slowly shook her right hand, making the projection of the kingdom suspended between the round tables even larger:

"I discovered the evil of human nature and understood that this is what the artificial humans I created lack the most. Now prove to me that your story can bring some beauty to this kingdom."

"If it's just like this, I can't win your Wonder... I need the help of my companions, I need actors I can command, and I also need some props that can influence the story."

"This is of course possible. You can place an item on your body in the kingdom to use, such as that sword; I also allow you to manipulate your companions to replace the characters in the story, but..."

She said to Xia De with a smile:

"Although I will not deliberately manipulate the story's progress to go against you, everything in the kingdom has the trajectory of destiny. When the story begins, everything enters the established destiny. The companions you manipulate can only do things that should exist in their destiny."

She reached out and made a gesture of invitation, so half a chessboard appeared on the table on Xia De's side. Beside the chessboard were four chess pieces. The appearance of the chess pieces was clearly the appearance of Miss Ge Er De, Miss Luo Wa Lei, Miss Ke En Si, and Wen Ni.

"In addition, I will give you ten blank artificial humans. You can put them into the story at any time. They have average-level wisdom and strength. Are you satisfied with this?"

Xia De considered it:

"I don't want ten, I only want seven."

The witch blinked:

"Are you going to perform some kind of ritual? Okay, then seven."

Seven chess pieces without any markings also appeared on the table, which made the table with storybooks, chessboards, porcelain teacups, and teapots look even more messy.

Xia De did not observe those chess pieces. He closed his eyes and thought for a while. When he opened his eyes, he asked:

"Before the story begins, I have one last question: You seem to look down on Miss Ge Er De? She came directly here to find the reason why she was adopted by you."

The witch replied:

"It's not looking down, it's just that she doesn't have the qualifications I want to see. The learning life at Za La Si Academy made her weak and too kind. If she doesn't even have the ability to face the work I am doing, she will never want to take over my research results.

So I gave her up and expelled her. As for the reason for adopting her, isn't that very simple? Every witch hopes that her research can be passed on, but it's a pity that Ge Er De is a failure in my eyes. Of course, I also admit that I didn't invest enough time and attention in her, which made her deeply influenced by those equally weak witches."

Xia De nodded, the conditions were met:

"Alright then, let's start the story."

He pulled out the restless cat from his clothes and put it on his lap. Telling a story in front of the fireplace while petting the cat made his mood relax a little. Little Mia seemed to be observing the surroundings, while Xia De's eyes looked at the palace part of the kingdom projected by the book:

"Our story begins in the center of the kingdom. A long, long time ago, on a snowy day, the Wang Hou of the kingdom gave birth to a princess with snow-white skin. She named her daughter 'Snow White'."

"A story about a princess? This is indeed a common fairy tale theme, but young man, I said that all the stories in this kingdom are destined to only lead to the worst ending."

In the projection above the fairy tale book, the palace part became larger and larger, until the scene of the Wang Hou giving birth to her daughter on a snowy day appeared.

The weak Wang Hou looked at her daughter in swaddling clothes with happiness, and her appearance was not the appearance of the witch opposite Xia De. Not only were there pictures but also sounds, the whistling wind and the baby's whimpering were incomparably real.

The owner of the fairy tale book told the things that happened next. This was not her arrangement, she was just narrating the content of a series of pictures that followed:

"The Wang Hou who gave birth to Snow White soon died of illness, so the King married a new Wang Hou, a more beautiful Wang Hou with powerful strength."

The witch appeared in the story. She was originally the Wang Hou of this kingdom, so there was no problem with this story development.

Next, Xia De opened his mouth, his side face illuminated by the firelight of the fireplace:

"Days passed by, and the princess born on a snowy day also grew up day by day."

Xia De reached out and took Miss Ge Er De's chess piece and placed it on the chessboard. Being the daughter of the "Wang Hou" was her destiny. Therefore, in the story above the book, the princess-dressed Miss Ge Er De really appeared.

She looked much younger than Xia De knew, but thanks to the beauty that witches were born with, her dress didn't look particularly out of place:

"Everyone likes the kind-natured Snow White. Just as her biological mother wished, her skin was really as white and tender as snow, and it showed a red as red as blood, and her hair was as black and bright as ebony."

And the witch opposite the table continued to tell the "destiny":

"Since you described her as so beautiful, do you know that this is the source of disaster? The Wang Hou heard the praise of the citizens for Snow White, so she went to ask the powerful magic mirror she possessed that knew everything: Magic mirror, magic mirror, who is the most beautiful person in the world?

The magic mirror replied: Of course it is Snow White."

All this was not Xia De deliberately guiding, it seemed that all destinies were leading to such a result.

Xia De glanced at the god who was listening carefully to the two telling the story, and the god reminded him when he looked over:

"You are at a disadvantage."

"The Wang Hou who learned the result from the magic mirror was very angry, she..."

"She is Snow White's stepmother, she cannot kill her with her own hands, at least not in the palace, this is not logical."

Xia De reminded, the witch opposite the table nodded:

"Yes, so you see."

In the picture projected by the book, the man dressed as a hunter was summoned to the Wang Hou and was granted a mission. And the moment the hunter appeared, Xia De, who felt relieved, picked up Miss Ke En Si's chess piece on the table:

"This is the real hunter."

As Miss Ke En Si's chess piece was also put into the chessboard, the male hunter in the picture was immediately replaced by the female hunter. Miss Ke En Si, who had a firm expression, obviously did not want to accept such a task, but under the pressure of the Wang Hou, she still agreed:

"Respected Wang Hou, I will execute your order."

The princess in the appearance of Miss Ge Er De and the hunter in the appearance of Miss Ke En Si walked towards the forest outside the castle. As the picture changed and the birds and insects in the forest gradually appeared, Xia De asked the witch opposite the table:

"They look like they still maintain their own personalities in the story, so do they still have memories in reality?"

"This depends on how strong their will is. I know you think they are companions, even if they accept the order, the huntress will not kill my daughter.

But have you ever thought—that huntress inherited the loyalty of the huntress, will she really not take action according to your idea? In this world, anything that may lead to a bad ending will eventually move towards the worst direction."

Xia De didn't commit himself, just watching the two witches in the picture walking through the dense forest. When they seemed to want to stop, he used the hand that had just petted Little Mia to pick up Miss Luo Wa Lei's chess piece and replaced Miss Ge Er De's chess piece:

"Then I choose to change people. The Snow White in the setting is just called Snow White, not 'Ge Er De', so it should be possible to change people to perform halfway, right?"

Xia De asked, the witch frowned and looked at the picture, and the "princess" in the picture really turned into the appearance of the red-haired blood-kin girl the moment the new chess piece fell into the chessboard. ===== CHAPTER 3593 =====