Fairy tale: Little Red Riding Hood's wolf mentor

"Bai Xue, you've worked hard. Come and eat with us."

A dwarf squeezed out a smile on his ugly face.

"The clothes were washed very clean, thank you."

Another dwarf said caringly, just like a normal person.

"Pulu is back today too. Those villains in the forest haven't left yet, so you'll have to stay with us for a while longer."

The dwarf next to Poro also spoke.

But only when seeing these dwarves in private could Poro truly feel the sense of incongruity, a chill that shot straight to the top of his head—

These dwarves are all acting!

At this moment, they were like one kind old man after another. Their ugly appearance also seemed less terrible under their words.

"Thank you, thank you all."

Snow White showed a grateful expression, her voice equally as pleasant as heavenly music.

She walked forward with standard courtly steps, gracefully sat down at the dining table, and in front of her, in the extra prepared eighth bowl, were dishes that the dwarves had also served for her.

"Outside, no matter who sees me… they become somewhat crazy. I… don't want to go out anymore."

Snow White lowered her head with some sorrow.

Poro forcibly controlled his body, shifting his gaze elsewhere. This abnormal disturbance beyond the spiritual level was already enough to cause considerable damage to his body!

But those dwarves didn't seem to have such concerns.

They still used kind words, comforting her in a tone like friendly neighbors:

"It's okay, just stay here. You can stay as long as you like."

"Yes, just treat this place as your own home."

Snow White's gratitude deepened, and her eyes even became a little red:

"Thank you, I will help you make beds, wash clothes, sew… I won't be a burden to you!"

The dwarves comforted her, talking and laughing.

Everything they discussed, as well as the actions and expressions they made, were like those of kind old men. If Poro didn't know their true nature, he would probably be kept in the dark as well!

But… why are these dwarves doing this?

Since they are not affected by Snow White, then why… are they still taking her in and deceiving her like this?

Could it be that Snow White's appearance can make them kind?

Poro's heart was full of doubts, but he couldn't ask directly, he could only eat the food in the bowl along with the other dwarves and Snow White.

Snow White's appearance was still etched in his memory.

This made him feel that the food had lost a lot of its flavor.

No, this isn't right!

Every time Poro slightly recalled Snow White's perfect appearance, it would instantly appear—and at the same time, his body would feel that strange agitation!

No, this can't continue!

Fortunately, Poro's soul was not controlled by this influence. In his spiritual world, Poro erased Snow White's appearance inch by inch, forcibly forgetting it, not recalling it—

Then he replaced it with Lake's appearance.

Hmm, much more comfortable.

Poro decided to reduce the frequency of eye contact with Snow White without attracting attention.

Then he lowered his head and ate heartily.

The sky outside the window turned black, and the plates had been washed.

The dwarves led Snow White towards the depths of the house, to a bedroom with white brick floors.

Inside the room, the jade white stone pillar entwined with vines stood in the center of the house, and the small circular bed was covered with clean blankets.

"Pulu is back today, next cycle, Guji will be out patrolling the forest."

One dwarf pointed to one of the seven beds for Snow White, then looked at another dwarf, "Guji, is that okay?"

Through the previous conversations of several dwarves, as well as the exchanges at the dinner table, Poro had almost figured out the names of the dwarves.

Judging from the order in which they sat down at the table, they were:

Big Dwarf Danglang, Second Dwarf Kacha, Third Dwarf Pata, Fourth Dwarf Gezhi, Fifth Dwarf Bala, Sixth Dwarf Pulu, and… Seventh Dwarf Guji.

"Of course, I'll bring back some new prey."

The dwarf named "Guji" showed a kind smile and nodded to Snow White, "Bai Xue, then you can sleep in my bed for these twelve days."

"Thank you, Grandpa Guji."

Snow White thanked him softly, then walked to the bed, lay down, and covered herself with the blanket.

Afterward, the other dwarves also found their own beds and lay down, and Poro also went to the empty bed and lay in it.

Finally, the dwarf named Guji walked to Snow White's window in the dim candlelight of the bedroom.

He gently placed a hand on Snow White's forehead.

"Have a good dream, Bai Xue."

He said, a flash of purple light in his eyes.

After that, Snow White's breathing gradually became steady, and she fell into a deep sleep.

On the other side, Poro had no sleepiness at all.

He heard Guji's footsteps leaving the room. After a while, the footsteps became louder again, Guji was back—

Then, there was the sound of some kind of container being placed on the ground.

"She has entered deep sleep."

After a while, the dwarf named "Guji" spoke again.

In his words, there was no longer the feigned gentleness and love, and he even seemed a little more sinister than during the day.

At this time, Poro, who had not fallen asleep, heard the sound of the other six dwarves in the beds getting out of bed.

So, Poro hurriedly got up as well.

He saw the six dwarves walking to the wall facing the foot of their beds and taking down a lamp hanging on it.

What are they going to do?!

Poro was a little puzzled, but he could only imitate the actions of the other dwarves and take down the lamp corresponding to "Pulu".

But then, the other six dwarves raised their hands, a faint purple light lit up on their fingertips, and pointed at the inside of the lamp—

Then, with a hiss!

The lamps lit up with purple flames!

Ah?!

Poro's expression froze, his legs twitched, but then, he stopped the desire to flee, and in a moment of quick thinking, he stroked his waist.

A match appeared in his hand, lit, and quickly stretched into the lamp—

Phew…

Poro breathed a sigh of relief.

It's lit!

And… it's also a faint purple light!

Was some kind of magic applied to the lamp? Or some special fuel?

Poro was a little puzzled, but he himself knew nothing about magic, so he could only watch what the dwarves were going to do—

The six dwarves are… dancing!?

That absurd and bizarre scene instantly impacted Poro's mind.

He saw the dwarves, holding lanterns burning with purple fire, twisting their bodies around the pillar in the center of the bedroom, but it was more like—

It was more like an extremely abnormal twisting movement!

To be more precise…

It was like a series of actions that gave up reason, such as being drunk, epileptic, shamanistic, possessed, etc., mixed together, but strangely not falling down!

Damn!

Dancing in the middle of the night?

But in order not to be discovered, Poro, disguised as Dwarf Old Six "Pulu", had no choice but to learn to dance together.

As for the movements…

It was to freely adapt and intersperse a series of pleasing movements learned in his previous life, such as radio exercises, aerobics, cheerleading, disco, etc., and accelerate them to a state where he would not fall down…

Others are sleeping while you're discoing?

Is this the dwarves' traditional culture?!

But as he danced, Poro discovered… this unusual dance began to produce some abnormal changes!

The seven faint purple lights began to rise in the dance.

Poro felt that… under the illumination of these purple lights, his body began to stir strangely, he even felt that even if he didn't control himself…

His body would spontaneously dance wildly!

The faint purple light spread in the dim room.

In the next moment, Poro's pupils contracted, and even greater astonishment suppressed his surprise at the changes in his body!

He finally understood—where those inexplicable feelings of incongruity he had felt earlier came from—

In the places illuminated by the faint purple light.

Like a curtain, being slowly unveiled!

The originally spotless white floor tiles, reddish-brown bloodstains, slowly climbed and extended in all directions, and the originally bland air gradually mixed with a strong fishy smell!

Weird shadows danced in the light of the fire.

The clean curtain slipped, gradually revealing the true face of the… demon cave behind it!