Chapter 31: Like a fairy tale... (I)

"It's time! Let you squeeze in front!"

Looking at Sandro who was pulled out of the crowd, Old Feng laughed and scolded with gloating.

"Hmph!" Cocoli, who was sitting on the side, had a stern face, pouted her mouth high, and turned her head aside. She had not forgiven the old otaku.

"I still think it's better for adults to care about their own problems first!" Sandro grinned and murmured to Feng Kan.

"Uh..." Old Feng was speechless. Is this still the freckled boy who admired him a lot? How could there be such a big change? Such a big or small attitude! Did he learn from that bastard?

Everyone sat in front of Smanda in a circle and a half, like a group of kindergarten children waiting to listen to stories, while Smanda was tasting black tea. It seemed that the old man was very satisfied with Ainius's craftsmanship.

"Sandro, do you know the 'Sunshine Wedding'?" Smanda sorted out his thoughts and suddenly looked up and asked Sandro.

"'Sacred Light Wedding'? Of course I know! Although I was still young at that time, who among the St. Ostans didn't know about the 'Sacred Light Wedding'?"

Feng Kan poked Sandro with his elbow and asked in a low voice curiously: "Hey! What is this 'Holy Light Wedding'?"

"Don't talk nonsense! The 'Holy Light Wedding' is..."

"Yeah!"

Sandro shrank his neck, lowered his eyebrows and said weakly, "Listen to the Count!"

"Then... I'll talk to you from the beginning!" Smanda was very satisfied with Sandro's attitude, so he began to "story" with his usual kind smile...

"Okay! OK! Sashamei loves listening to stories the most!"

I just couldn't understand! I just asked Cocoli why she could become a magician! The old man talked about the "Holy Light Wedding" that doesn't mean? He also started from the beginning! Is it very wordy when he is old?

Feng Kan muttered dissatisfiedly, but as the saying goes, it is hard to offend the anger of the public! The old otakus dare not disturb the other people's interest! Especially when he saw the starry eyes of Sashami and Juyu, the two eyes were full of interest! If he was uninterested at this time, he knew what these two gossip pioneers would do! Well... Sashami would definitely not do anything! But... Juyu... this is not accurate...

"That was...sixteen years ago..." Smanda raised her head slightly, her eyes deep, and gradually became addicted to her memories...

"I accompanied Prince Charles and his brothers, including Jace, to follow the ancestral teachings of the Fastro royal family, and spent three years traveling to most countries in the Trantac Continent! Although it was the time when our St. Ostan and the orcs' Santa Alliance joined forces to join forces with the Jamins Empire in the human kingdom, I won't say much about the difficulties and obstacles along the way! However, since we have always concealed our real names, we can say that although we are full of dangers along the way, we can say that although we are full of dangers..."

Smanda's tone was neither anxious nor slow, like a calm stream flowing through everyone's hearts, but everyone understood that the situation at that time would never be as light as he said...

"That year, His Highness Charles was seventeen years old. Because he was about to return to the capital before His Highness's 18th birthday, everyone decided to end the trip and start heading towards the capital! When passing through the edge of the Great Baral Mountains, we encountered a migration group from the Santa Alliance!

This kind of thing was very common, we often contacted people from the Santa Alliance, and the orcs in St. Ostan also settled in their own country in this way, but this extremely ordinary encounter happened unexpectedly…”

Smanda slowly lowered her head, sucked a sip of black tea, moistening her throat, and then gently wiped the golden edges of the thin porcelain tea cup, the corners of her mouth bent into a gentle curve, and her eyes were filled with helpless warmth...

"..." Everyone calmed down and waited for him to continue talking, and the old otaku no longer had the resentment he had at the beginning...

"His Highness Charles meets Miss Clena!" Smanda sighed softly, smiled helplessly and shook his head, as if he was a prank against the beloved and naughty little brother. "At that time, everyone felt that the flower named love bloomed quietly in the hearts of the two young people..."

"Father and Mother Queen?" Cocoli heard the story of her parents meeting for the first time. This is nonsense. If she could witness her parents' encounter, it would be really a mystery...

"So they got married?" Sasami asked with her naive big eyes blinking.

"Hahaha..." Smanda was amused by the little girl, "Miss Sashamei, many things in this world are not that simple!"

"That……"

"Although it's cliché, this is what happened! Just like the love story sung by those minstrels: a young and handsome prince met a gentle, beautiful and kind village girl. From then on, sweet love nourished the hearts of the two like Supolish honey wine, making them intoxicated by the deep honey love and unable to extricate themselves. The two have lived a happy and happy life from now on..."

"This is impossible!" The old otakus added a sentence to Smanda in his heart!

"But this is impossible..."

"I'll tell me!"

"Before this, even the tribes of various ethnic groups within the Santa Alliance did not have the custom of intermarriage, let alone humans! What's more, the identities of the two are very special! Needless to say, Miss Clena herself is the granddaughter of her tribe's beast king god priest Lord Kovalen. She must also embark on a sacrificial path and cannot leave her tribe!"

"Bad status!"

The old otakus swears in his heart, and he has always been very disgusted with this kind of thing! The two of them who were obviously in love, but they separated because of the obstruction of secular ethics! How many lovers in history have never had a good end to this? This really made him extremely unhappy!

"Miss Clena was only fourteen years old at that time, but even though both of them were so young, they knew very well the responsibilities they had to bear! So, despite the pain, the two decided to bury this short relationship deep in their hearts and regard it as the best memory! Miss Clena will then inherit the work of her grandfather and continue to guide the tribe forward; and His Highness Charles will return to the capital, choose one of the fiancee candidates selected from the nobles to marry, and then inherit the throne, just like the previous king...

It is precisely because of the shortness that they cherished the time together even more! That was the first time I saw Your Highness so happy. I once thought I would never see Your Highness so happy again..."

Everyone was silent. Although they knew that the two of them were together in the end, their minds of being confused, helpless, difficult choices, and painful struggles were as empathetic as the substance, as if a big rock was pressing heavily into everyone's hearts.

"So what happened later..." Feng Kan couldn't help but interrupt.

"Shh--" More than twenty index fingers were standing in front of more than twenty mouths, and they all expressed their dissatisfaction to him...

"Ok! OK!!...I won't speak..." Faced with the unified action of everyone, the old otaku had to raise his hand to surrender...

"Just like the mischief of the goddess of fate, the relationship between the two is destined to have no result! Of course, if nothing happened later..."

"..." Lao Feng learned his lesson this time, and he gritted his teeth and didn't say a word, but he despised Smanda's way of swearing in his heart a hundred times!

"After saying goodbye to the orc friends of the migration group, we continue to rush! His Highness Charles became taciturn along the way, as if he had lost his soul! Everyone felt sad when they saw it, but there was no other way, so they deliberately or unintentionally slowed down their progress, hoping that this would slightly relieve His Highness Charles' pain...

That day, we rested in Soma Town, not far from the king, but a message came from the tavern in the town: Miss Clena's migration group had entered the border of St. Ostan and had chosen a place to settle down at the foot of Mount Oraso! But..."

Smanda's expression suddenly became solemn, as if he had returned to the scene when he received the news.

"A trace of a Phantom Fox appeared in that area!"

"Phantom Fox?" Hearing this name, Cocoli and the guards' members all showed a look of horror, and the scene began to stir.

"What is this 'Phantom Fox'? Is it a true ancestral monster?" Old Feng asked in confusion.

"The Phantom Fox is not a true ancestral monster!" Sandro looked at Cocoli and saw that the little princess ignored the old otaku's intention, so he explained.

"That's the monster?"

"The Phantom Fox is not a monster either!"

"Then this..."

"The Phantom Fox is the puppet of the true ancestor Sorabis, a curse that wanders between life and death!" Smanda answered Feng Kan's question for Sandro.

“…”

"All true ancestor monsters are solitary actions, but only Sorabis is an exception!" Smanda continued to explain, "Sorbis will control these things that should not exist in the world to hunt, so in terms of power, Sorabis is not the most powerful among the true ancestor monsters, but it is the most terrifying! Because other true ancestor monsters only have one year of action, and the rest of the time is sleeping, and even when Sorabis is sleeping, there will be a Phantom Fox hunting for it without interruption!"

"Is the Phantom Fox very strong?" Sashamei asked, biting her index finger.

"The Phantom Fox is not strong!" Smanda smiled, "In terms of speed, the Phantom Fox is not as good as the Wind Fox; in terms of strength, the Phantom Fox is not as good as the burst dog; in terms of endurance, the Phantom Fox is not as good as the Wind Wolf in the Grassland..."

"Why do you seem to be afraid of it?"

"But the damage they cause is amazing! No creatures survive where they have been! The terrifying thing about the Phantom Fox is..." Smanda took a deep breath, "As long as you see it, or hear its screams, you will try every means to approach it! Even if it bites off your throat, you will not have a slight idea of ​​hurting it!"

"What a terrifying hypnotic hint!" Feng Kan felt creepy. Enemies with powerful power are not scary. If we can't beat them, can't we run away? But enemies who are committed to taking your life but still can make you not have a hint of hostility. That is really terrifying. It's just a death trap!

"But the Phantom Fox is not invincible! The 'Awakening Light' of Aussettine is their nemesis! When we got the information, there was already news that the temple in that area had sent a Paladin to encircle the Phantom Fox..."

“Isn’t that great?”

"But we are closer to Mount Oraso than the temple!"

"..." Feng Kan had already realized what was going on later!

"Although we also expected His Highness Charles' reaction and made measures, we still couldn't watch him! That night, His Highness Charles knocked out the guard who was guarding him, stole a horse and went alone towards Mount Oraso!"

Speaking of this, Smanda shook his head helplessly and amusedly, as if he saw the poor guard tied by His Highness like a Boroan sausage.

"In the end, feelings still defeated reason!" Washiyu sighed. Kenjiro nodded in agreement with his eyes closed.

"I'm impulsive enough! But... I like it!" Feng Kan also nodded secretly.
Chapter completed!