By the time Roger left the woods, the sky was already lit up with a hint of fish-belly white, and smoke was faintly rising in the direction of the town in the distance.

A new day begins.

After dawn, the heavenly candy house disappeared and was replaced by a dilapidated wooden house.

Roger didn't know what to judge about what Hensel and Gretel were doing, and what happened here was very similar to a fairy tale that had been circulated on the European continent.

Candy House.

In that story, too, there are two children named Gretel and Hänsel.

The difference is that these two children were abandoned by their fathers, but they found their way home in the night three times and twice.

But the vicious stepmother kicked them out of the house anyway, and the child strayed into the candy house in the woods in the dark and was caught by a witch.

But the story ends with the two children using their wits to defeat the witch, bring back the jewels in the candy house, and return home to live happily ever after with their father.

"A fairy tale is a fairy tale after all."

"Reality is often much crueler than fairy tales."

Similar stories, similar names, all this made Roger faintly suspicious.

The so-called Grimm's fairy tales are just some small stories compiled by the Brothers Grimm in the process of collecting fragments of the fairy tale world.

Within the Knights of the Round Table there is a real version.

There are many stories in fairy tales, and Roger doesn't know if the Knights of the Round Table have as many manuscripts as in fairy tales.

Roger speculated that some of them might be true, while others came from later processing.

What puzzled Roger was the story he had just participated in.

If the story is based on a real fairy tale manuscript, it should belong to the Knights of the Round Table like Little Red Riding Hood.

But it just fell out.

What is it that makes something that should belong to the Knights of the Round Table appear here?

Roger didn't know that he had acquired Little Red Riding Hood from a misguided mission, and in fact it was the story he had just experienced that should have puzzled him.

"A story within a story?"

Although she didn't get the fairy tale manuscript, Roger was not much discouraged, and the mountain girl had warned her to beware of the dangers in the Sleeping Valley.

This made Roger faintly excited while vigilant, the golden pages were an extremely important part of the fairy tale manuscript.

It's more inclusive, and it can often be used as a base to build a huge area, forming a small world.

"Could it be that behind this Sleepy Valley is a golden page?"

As he walked, Roger suddenly smelled a breath of blood, and as he walked through the bushes, two corpses came into view.

The flesh on the surface of the corpse had been devoured, and even the internal organs had been turned all over the place, and a large mass of heavy stones was wrapped in the abdomen.

Through the costumes, Roger easily recognized the identities of the two.

It was Mr. and Mrs. John.

For these two men, even the most painful punishment is not too much.

When Roger returns to the town, he naturally attracts the attention of the townspeople, who make up a story about a husband and wife looking for a girl who is eaten by wild beasts.

The crowd did not suspect it, and soon the sheriff organized the hands of the people to find the bodies of John and his wife in the woods.

There weren't many hierarchies in the village, and apart from the mayor, there were only sheriffs and a few guards left to keep them safe.

Although Roger is a strange face, with the events of yesterday and the tragedy that happened in John's house, even if some people have doubts, it is not good to say anything more at this time.

In this way, Roger naturally integrated into the town, and inherited John's dilapidated house with him.

After a brief tidying up, Roger wandered around town under the pretext of looking for a job.

Through most of the day's understanding, I also have a little impression of the whole town, although the villagers are more xenophobic, but the folk customs are relatively simple.

Here, too, Roger found any supernatural powers.

The oldest and most prestigious in the town is the mayor, and as night falls, Roger sneaks into the mayor's house in the dark.

Hearing the strange noise coming from the room, Roger felt that he had to wait, but he leaned against the wall and could not wait for the count of 30 when a muffled voice came from the room.

The old guy disarmed.

"At his age, it's not a bad fight."

Watching the fat maid fade away in the dark, Roger pushed the door in, and the first time he saw the old mayor, he activated the seal of the Axes.

"Tell me all about Sleepy Valley."

Roger hadn't collected much information in the town all day, so he turned his mind to the mayor of the town, who had the most seniority and knowledge.

The old mayor was just an ordinary person, and his eyes suddenly became cloudy under the influence of the Law Seal.

"Sleepy Valley?"

"That's an old legend."

"It is said that once upon a time there was a very prosperous country in the valley, where the king was merciful and the queen was beautiful, and the inhabitants lived in peace and contentment."

"Everyone was eating sweet white bread and wearing gorgeous clothes."

Speaking of clothes, Roger looked at the old mayor's thin body, and helped the other party cover it with great quality.

Well......

Now it looks much more elegant.

"The whole kingdom was very happy, even the king's only daughter, who was born beautiful and generous, and very sympathetic to the people."

"But then a wicked woman cursed the princess and caused disaster to the whole country."

"As a result, the kingdom fell asleep and was gradually sealed in the valley by vines, and it was even rumored that whoever approached the valley would fall into a terrible nightmare."

"Sleep on the ground and become fertilizer for plants."

"Do you know where Sleepy Hollow is?"

Roger asked.

The old mayor shook his head at first, but then suddenly he got up from the bed, and he bent down and took out a wooden box under the bed with a shudder.

The surface of the box was carved with a bright rose, the flower was budding, and when the box was opened, the mayor took out a brooch in the shape of a rose.

"It is said that the princess in the Sleeping Valley is affected by a spell, and as long as someone can wake up the princess, she can get the princess's love and become the new king of the country."

Mayor Mare handed the box to Roger, "In the prophecy, a prince will come here and wake up the princess." ”

Roger took the box with a strange expression.

"Prince?"

"Is it me?"

Then he asked the mayor about some legends and stories related to Sleepy Hollow, the old man was a little old, had just done strenuous activities, and was affected by Roger's seal, and at this time he could not hold on a little.

In order to avoid irreversible damage to the mayor, Roger took the box in his hand and quietly left the room.

The next day, before dawn, he got up early and went into the nearby woods, and did not return to the town until the sun went down.

The cursed sword he was carrying was packed into a hollowed-out wooden stick by Roger, and it was not obtrusive for him to carry with him.

Early in the morning of the third day, while Roger was wandering in the woods, there was a sudden commotion in the woods.

"Finally found this place of the hell."

"Matt, go ahead and have a look."

Hearing this voice, Roger was stunned at first, but soon he saw a group of people walking out of the woods.

A young man at the head looked delighted when he saw Roger.

"Hey, tree cutter, did you know there's a place nearby called Sleepy Hollow?"

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