Fairy Tale: Little Red Riding Hood's Wolf Mentor

Chapter 2 The cabin in the woods
"Run! We must run!"

Poro gritted his teeth and ran towards the center of the forest with all his strength.

To prevent being tracked by hunters, he deliberately stepped into several streams to eliminate his footprints and traces.

The place where he met the hunter was actually a deep forest.

But he didn't dare to take the risk of running back and running into the hunter again - so he decided to cross the forest and leave from the other side!

At this moment, a bright red figure suddenly flashed out from the dark green forest!
It was a girl wearing a bright red cloak.

Under the red hood, the girl's face is pretty and elegant, and her golden hair blown by the breeze sparkles like the sun.

And those pure blue eyes, like deep-sea gems, revealed a hint of cunning.

"Hey, big stupid wolf, where are you going in such a hurry?"

When the girl in the red cloak saw the Poro, her eyes lit up, and she raised her jade-white arm and waved happily.

"It's Little Red Riding Hood..."

Poro gave a bitter laugh, thought for a moment, and then stopped. "It's getting dark. You should go home early. Although I'm the only wolf in the forest, what if some wild beast comes from other forests?"

Soon after crossing over, Poro met Little Red Riding Hood.

Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother are the only two humans living in the center of the forest that Poro knows. In Poro's memory, they seem to have never left the forest.

At first, Poro did doubt that there was something special about them.

But after a long period of observation, Poro discovered that they ate crops they grew themselves and drank water from forest streams.

Grandma always lies in the rocking chair in the house, and Little Red Riding Hood spends more time with her, but she is just an ordinary girl.

No matter how strange it is, it can’t be stranger than the animals in the forest can talk!

"Big stupid wolf, I told you, the forest is safe."

Little Red Riding Hood waved her hand and said disapprovingly, "You still haven't told me why you are running so fast!"

This forest is safe for you, but for me... not necessarily!

Poro sighed and said:
"I may have to leave this forest. Today may be the last time we meet!"

"Ok?"

Little Red Riding Hood opened her bright eyes slightly after hearing this.

Before the Poro could react, Little Red Riding Hood quickly stepped forward and grabbed the Poro's tail.
"why?"

"I……"

Poro looked into Little Red Riding Hood's azure eyes and could only explain, "A hunter came into the forest and almost killed me. I had a hard time tricking him!"

"hunter?"

A trace of surprise flashed in the eyes of the red-cloaked girl. "How could it be? Hunters usually only stay in the shallow forest. There are enough animals there, so why would they go to the deep forest? How can ordinary people get in?"

"Okay, time to let go, right?"

The Poro tilted his head, looked at his caught tail, and then looked at the girl's cheek under her red hood.

He also felt a little reluctant.

Although he is a wolf, he has a human soul, which makes it difficult for him not to have feelings for such an angelically beautiful and pure girl like a stream.

But... life is more important.

"Little Red Riding Hood, if you're reluctant, I'll let you hold me, but if the hunters catch up, I'll probably be finished—and it would be even worse if I implicate you!"

After hearing this, Little Red Riding Hood actually stepped forward and hugged Poro's waist!

"Uh… what are you doing? Do you like being hugged from behind?"

Soon, Poro discovered something was wrong. The girl seemed to want to drag him to the center of the forest.

"Stop playing around, that hunter is really dangerous!"

"Don't leave, come to my house!"

The red-hooded girl put her face close to the Poro's ear and said in a somewhat forceful voice, "You'll be fine—I promise!"

Poro took a long breath and accepted his fate:

"Then... let me go as quickly as possible, I'm going to be strangled to death by you!"

"Then don't run!"

"I won't run."

……

In the very center of the forest is a small open space, in the center of which is a wooden house with a natural style.

There were a few poultry wandering around in the vegetable garden behind the house.

"Big stupid wolf, are you hungry?"

Inside the house, Little Red Riding Hood brought out a plate of steaming roast chicken and placed it in front of Poro, "Hey, this is a bargain for you. I don't usually get to eat meat!"

Poro wanted to say something to refuse, but the aroma of meat made him unable to speak.

"Do you want to eat together?" Poro asked embarrassedly, looking at the girl in front of him who was supporting her cheek with her hand.

"It's okay, just eat it."

Little Red Riding Hood thought for a moment, then took out a clay pot from under the table, poured out a cup of light yellow juice, and pushed it towards Poro.

"If you feel choked, you can drink some mango juice. Um... When you're full, tell me about the hunter."

"hunter……"

Although Poro no longer restricted his eating habits after becoming a wolf, when he was a guest at Little Red Riding Hood's house, Poro still showed his former human courtesy - eating little by little with a knife and fork.

"That guy is definitely dangerous. I'll tell you quickly while we eat. Even though I've cleaned up the traces of my escape, I can't necessarily hide it from that kind of hunter!"

Then, Poro thought briefly and said,

"In the morning, I wanted to go out and get some food. You know, wolves always eat small animals, so I ate some dumb rabbits, snakes, and frogs. If that doesn't work, I'll eat some bugs... Uh, I'm getting off topic.

Anyway, I haven't seen anyone other than you in a long time. That hunter suddenly appeared like a ghost, and when I tried to run, he cut down the tree behind me with a knife!"

Poro felt a little flustered when he said this.

Although it had seen talking animals since traveling through time, this was the first time it had seen an individual power like the hunter, which was truly different from its previous life!
"Can you imagine? A tree as thick as a man's arms! And the hunter used a knife a few fingers long!"

Poro gestured for a moment and continued, "Then, he put the knife back into his waistband, took out the hunting rifle with his other hand, and pressed it against my chest..."

Then, the Poro recounted the conversation between him and the hunter word for word, and focused on describing the hunter's "action" of skinning the rabbit with a few cuts.

After finishing his speech, Poro still felt a little uneasy. He picked up the glass of juice, but instead of licking it, he poured it into his mouth and finally spoke:

"How about... forget it? I don't think you can protect me after all."

"Hey, big stupid wolf, you've already eaten, and you still want to leave? You don't trust me!"

Little Red Riding Hood puffed her lips angrily after hearing this, "Don't worry, my grandma is very powerful!"

Very impressive? How impressive could an ordinary old lady like that be?

The image of that silver-haired old man who always lay in the rocking chair outside the house to bask in the sun instantly appeared in Poro's mind.

But he still hesitated and asked:

"By the way, you have lived in the forest for so long. Have you ever heard of witches in the forest?"

Little Red Riding Hood shook her head affirmatively:

"I haven't heard of it. Grandma and I have always been the only ones living in the center of the forest!"

"I knew it……"

"But my grandmother is a forest witch!"

"puff--"

The mango juice that Poro had just poured into his mouth suddenly spurted out, "What the hell is your grandmother?"

"Hey, big stupid wolf, how rude! I have to clean the table later if you do that!"

Little Red Riding Hood muttered something, then said in a clearer voice, "My grandmother is a forest witch. Did you hear me clearly this time?"

"Isn't that still a witch?"

"Hey, you're so brave! Spit out the chicken you just ate!"

……

This forest is roughly divided into three parts.

The most extensive outer shallow forest is accessible to ordinary people and nourishes many surrounding villages and towns and hunters. Between the shallow forest and the deep forest, there is an unknown maze.

Most ordinary people cannot enter it. They will unconsciously get lost in the deep forest and return to the shallow forest.

And in the center of the deep forest, which is the real center of the entire forest, is where Little Red Riding Hood's home is.

The woods here are not big, but the magic covering them is no longer as simple as a "maze".

The sun sets and everything becomes pitch black.

But at this moment, an uninvited guest was standing outside the central forest!

"Heh, little wolf, you can run quite fast, huh?"

In the hunter's hand, there was an iron box lighter with a flickering flame, and the skin on his face twitched unconsciously.

He looked at the forest in front of him, as if he sensed something, and began to laugh strangely.

“Finally, I smell…real prey!

My swords and guns are already impatient, I really hope that I can...get the long-awaited satisfaction!"

As he spoke, he took a step forward—

The next moment, the silent forest suddenly boiled over!

Countless branches, leaves, grass stems and vines on the ground... like a poisonous snake spitting out its tongue, rushed and swept towards the hunter from all directions!

There was a rustling sound, like the roar of the forest!

(End of this chapter)