Fairy tale: Little Red Riding Hood's wolf mentor

"Do the people here seem...less evil than the previous village?"

Lake bit into the apple in her hand. "That auntie selling fruit even gave me an extra one!"

"After all, this town is quite large, almost like a small city."

Polo looked at the crowds of people at the market and continued, "There seem to be many merchants here as well. Villages full of only evil people should be rare."

Because this town was far from the previous evil village.

Lake and Polo arrived here a day and a night later. It was already high noon when they entered the town.

Without needing to rush to find a tavern, they could stroll around the town.

Polo also craned his neck, looking around, but didn't see any suspicious people.

Could it be that this time...it really was because Hans the ox was sick?

"Wow, little girl, your dog is so handsome!"

Someone even looked at Polo in amazement and said to Lake.

Polo wasn't too surprised. After all, to be on the safe side, in crowded places, [Little Red Riding Hood - Wolf's Disguise] was always activated—

The disguise target is a dog.

Although he didn't deliberately transform, he could still guide most ordinary people to change their first impression.

As long as...he didn't do too many outrageous things.

"Of course."

Lake nodded proudly.

"Little girl, is your dog for sale? I'll give you five silver coins."

The man looked at Polo again reluctantly.

"Impossible! Even if you gave me all the gold in the world, I wouldn't trade him!"

Lake became a little angry. "I won't be separated from Polo!"

Looking at the girl's determined expression, the man was a little surprised, nodded, and left.

Polo was very touched by the girl's words. As for being treated like a dog...that was nothing, he was used to it.

But this town was obviously different from the previous ones they had visited.

Located on a plain, the economy here was fairly developed.

Correspondingly, the taverns and accommodations here became a lot more troublesome.

"I'm sorry, miss, we don't allow pets inside."

The waiter at the tavern door said with an apologetic bow.

"It's okay, Polo. We brought so much money. I'll go in and discuss it first. The owner should agree."

Lake patted Polo's head apologetically. Seeing Polo agree, she walked into the tavern.

In this gap, Polo saw a somewhat familiar passerby walking out of the crowd—it was the guy who had "praised" him as a handsome dog a few minutes ago.

"Oh, we meet again, handsome little guy. Where's your owner? Did she go in to eat?"

The man bent down, wanting to touch Polo's head.

Polo dodged impatiently. Although the person in front of him looked very enthusiastic, Polo wasn't a real dog and didn't like being touched on the head by others.

"Haha, he's a good dog. Are you hungry?"

The man wasn't discouraged. Instead, he took out a sausage.

He broke it in half, put half of it in his mouth, and put the other half in front of Polo's face.

Although sausages weren't expensive in this world, it was still something most people wouldn't do, to casually give one to a "dog."

Moreover, this person's clothing wasn't that of a wealthy person.

Could it be that this person...really liked dogs to this extent?

Polo observed the man carefully again, seeing that he had eaten the other section of the sausage, even swallowing it. Even if there was poison, the dose wouldn't be enough to kill him.

Should he...see what this guy was up to?

Plus, there was Hans's inexplicably crazy ox...

Polo thought for a moment and then opened his mouth and gently bit down—

Guess what? Hey, there really was anesthetic!

Polo keenly felt his body rapidly becoming tired.

Of course, the uniqueness of his soul was enough to exempt him from this abnormality, and he could even directly kill this guy with a fake smile, but he thought about it and pretended to go limp and fall down.

Seeing this, the man casually spat the sausage in his mouth into the corner of the wall, took out a cloth bag from his arms, stuffed Polo into it, carried it on his shoulder, and then turned and ran—

The man was very confident in his "dosage" and didn't use any rope.

So Polo could remember the outside environment through the opening of the bag.

Soon, the man carried Polo to a remote courtyard, which was full of the sounds of various animals.

There were not only dogs, but also livestock such as horses, mules, and oxen.

"Little Si, what did you catch again?"

Inside the yard, three burly men were sitting.

"A good dog! He's smart, watching me eat the bait before taking the hook!"

The "Little Si" who was carrying Polo casually opened an empty cage and stuffed Polo into it.

"If he wasn't so loyal, I would have kept him for myself—but selling him to those nobles can fetch a good price!"

"Will there be trouble with the master...?"

"There definitely won't be. I could tell at a glance that she's a little girl from out of town, and...a skinny guy. Even if they come looking, what can they do?"

"That's right, big brother, you've crippled more than one out-of-towner!"

"Ha! Our business is booming. When the time comes, Little Si, you can buy an apartment and marry a wife. Isn't that simple?"

"Hey, it's still your medicine that's good, big brother. This dose won't hurt people, but animals will suffer!"

"That's right. I gave it to an old farmer's ox the day before yesterday. The ox went crazy and broke three of the old guy's ribs—guess what?"

"What, Third Brother?"

"I bought the old guy's ox for a few copper coins, and he even thanked us!"

"Hahaha..."

"Now that all four of us brothers are here, let's eat first—"

The men laughed and talked as they began to eat and drink. When dusk arrived, they went to the house behind the yard, drunk and full.

Polo waited until only the "Third Brother" of the four men was left in the yard before slowly getting up.

There were many cages in the yard, holding animals.

Poultry such as horses, sheep, and pigs were firmly tied with ropes.

There were also some obviously special cats and dogs, who, like himself, were locked in iron cages. Many of them were grabbing the edges of the cages, wanting to get out.

Hmm...don't worry, everyone. I'll let you out in a bit.

Polo's cage was located directly behind "Third Brother". The cage also had a normal latch, which was almost impossible for low-intelligence animals to open.

But Polo extended his sharp claws and gently flicked it open, and the cage door opened silently.

At this time, the "Third Brother" was still drinking some leftover wine in his cup.

When he noticed a gray-black shadow, like a ghost, had come behind him—it was already too late!

Polo jumped up and bit the throat of this ordinary man.

Crack—

"Third Brother" bled profusely. He didn't even have time to scream before he fell on the chair and died on the spot!

Afterwards, Polo looked at the two-story building behind the yard and narrowed his eyes.

At this time, the "Second Brother" was putting the dishes from eating and drinking into a basin to wash. Then, he felt someone pat his shoulder.

"What are you doing?"

He turned his head without any precautions, and his pupils shrank—

It was a wolf, standing upright, holding his shoulder, and waiting with its bloody mouth open!

After biting off the second throat that came close to his mouth, Polo narrowed his eyes slightly. Based on the sound and smell, the "Big Brother" and the "Little Si" who caught him were chatting in the same room.

This was not good for a sneak attack.

Most importantly, the "Big Brother" of these four was strong and tall, a full two meters tall!

"I have to hurry, or Lake will definitely be worried."

Polo quickly disposed of "Second Brother's" body and stroked his beard.

Tsk, so troublesome!

I just wanted to eat a sausage, but I stirred up a hornet's nest!

I won't eat anything that Lake doesn't feed me in the future!