Chapter 357 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

When Roger left the woods, the sky was already lit up with a hint of fish belly white, and smoke from the kitchen was faintly rising in the direction of the distant town.

A new day begins.

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

Roger doesn't know how to judge what Henzel and Gretel have done. What happened here is very similar to a fairy tale circulating on the European continent.

Candy House.

There are also two children named Gretel and Henzel in that story.

The difference is that these two children were abandoned by their father, but they found their way home again and again in the night.

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

But the ending of the story is that the two children defeated the witch with their own wisdom, and brought back the jewelry in the candy house, and returned home to live a happy life with their father.

"Fairy tales are fairy tales after all."

"Reality is often crueler than fairy tales."

Similar stories, similar names, all of which 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.

The real version circulated within the Knights of the Round Table.

There are many stories in fairy tales, and Roger does not know whether the number of manuscripts held by the Knights of the Round Table is the same as in fairy tales.

Roger guessed that some of them might be real, while others came from later processing.

What puzzled Roger was the story he had just been involved in.

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

But it just slipped out.

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

Roger still didn't know that the Little Red Riding Hood he got came from an accidental mission. In fact, what should have puzzled him was the story he just experienced.

"A story within a story?"

Although he did not get the manuscript of the fairy tale, Roger was not discouraged much. Shannv once reminded her to be careful of the dangers in Sleeping Hollow.

This made Roger faintly excited while being vigilant. The golden pages are an extremely important part of fairy tale manuscripts.

It is more inclusive, and can often build a huge area based on it to form a small world.

"Is there a golden page hidden behind this Sleepy Hollow?"

As he was walking, Roger suddenly smelled a bloody smell. He walked through the bushes, and two corpses came into view.

The flesh on the surface of the corpse has been swallowed up, and even the internal organs have been turned over everywhere, and a large group of heavy stones is wrapped in the abdominal cavity.

Through the clothes, Roger easily recognized the identity of the two.

It was the Johns.

For these two people, no matter how painful the punishment is, it is not an exaggeration.

When Roger returned to the town, it naturally attracted the attention of the residents of the town. He made up a story of a couple looking for their daughter and being eaten by a beast.

Everyone had no doubts, and soon there were sheriffs organized to find the bodies of John and his wife in the woods.

There is not much hierarchy in the village, except for the mayor, the sheriff and a few guards are left to maintain the safety for a while.

Although Roger is an unfamiliar face, with the events of yesterday and the tragedy that happened at John's house, even if someone has doubts, it is not good to say anything more at this time.

In this way, Roger integrated into the town logically, and even inherited John's dilapidated house.

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

Through most of the day's understanding, I also got a little impression of the whole town. Although the villagers are relatively exclusive, the folk customs are relatively simple.

Here, too, Roger did not find any supernatural powers.

The oldest and most prestigious person in the town is the mayor. As night fell, Roger sneaked into the mayor's house quietly in the dark.

Hearing the abnormal noise from the room, Roger felt that he had to wait, but before he could count 30 against the wall, a suppressed voice came from the room.

The old guy is disarmed.

"It's not bad for his age."

Watching the fat maid go away in the dark, Roger pushed in the door, and the first time he saw the old town mayor, he activated the Axifa seal.

"Tell me all about Sleepy Hollow."

Roger didn't gather much information in the town through side-by-side all day, so he hit his idea on the most senior and knowledgeable mayor.

The old town mayor was just an ordinary person. Under the influence of the seal, his eyes suddenly became cloudy.

"Sleeping Valley?"

"That's an old legend."

"It is said that a long time ago, in the valley, there existed a very prosperous country, the king of this country was kind and the queen was beautiful, and the inhabitants lived in peace and contentment."

"Everyone eats sweet white bread and wears fancy clothes."

Speaking of clothes, Roger looked at the thin body of the old mayor, and helped him cover it with good quality.

Um……

It looks much more elegant now.

"People in the whole kingdom are very happy, even the king's only daughter, who is beautiful and generous, and is very considerate to the people."

"But then, a vicious woman cursed the princess and brought disaster to the whole country."

"The kingdom fell asleep because of this, and was gradually covered and sealed in the valley by vines. There were even rumors that whoever approached this valley would fall into a terrible nightmare."

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

"Do you know where Sleepy Hollow is?"

Roger asked.

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

A bright rose was carved on the surface of the box. The flower was budding. When the box was opened, the mayor took out a rose-shaped brooch.

"It is said that the princess in Sleepy Hollow is affected by a spell. As long as someone can wake up the princess, they can get the princess's love and become the new king of this country."

The mayor 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 look.

"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, he had just carried out vigorous activities, and he was influenced by Roger's seal. At this time, he could no longer hold on.

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 got into the nearby forest. He didn't return to town until the sun went down.

The Sword of Cursed that Roger was carrying was put into a hollowed out wooden stick, and it was not awkward for him to carry it with him.

In the early morning of the third day, while Roger was wandering in the woods, there was a sudden noise in the woods.

"Finally found this ghost place."

"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 saw Roger with a look of joy.

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

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