The forest is not far from the castle.
Perhaps because it is a fairy tale world, the kingdom here is more like a city-state than a country. Its foundation is entirely built on a few cities, and its territory is far smaller than the players imagine. After leaving the castle, Gu Moli and others reached the outskirts of the forest in just a few hours.
"I see."
"Is the villa of the seven dwarfs located here?"
"I think so?"
Bad Luck Sister and Bad Brother were still a little confused, but Victory Formula had already stepped forward like a leader: "Since we are here to find Snow White, we have to go in."
"And if Snow White really escaped into the forest, she might be in the dwarfs' cottage now."
"We have to find her as soon as possible."
Before Victory Formula finished speaking, Gu Moli spoke again.
"But there is another possibility."
"That means Snow White hasn't found the dwarfs' cottage yet."
"She might be wandering somewhere in this forest right now... What do you think?"
"... .ah."
Victory Formula paused, and apparently realized what was happening: "Then shall we search the forest now?"
"Need not."
Gu Moli shook his head: "The dwarfs' villa is in the deepest part of the forest. You guys go directly to the deep forest. I will search the outskirts of the forest. There are some things I am concerned about, so I want to look for them first."
"ah?"
Victory Formula opened his mouth, and it looked like he clearly didn't agree with Gu Moli's choice.
But just at this moment.
A burst of intense percussion music accompanied by rhythmic singing suddenly spread out.
"You betrayed my love~, you forced me to leave~, and when I finally knew the truth, I burst into tears~~! You betrayed my love~, you owed me a debt of conscience~, and no matter how much love you give, you can't buy it back~~! It was you who wanted to separate, and now you want to use true love to coax me back..."
Victory formula: “???”
The atmosphere was awkward for a while before Victory Formula spoke with a twitching eye.
"... Well, Brother Leng, what does this mean?"
"Hmm."
Gu Moli nodded and said seriously: "Obviously, this song of love transaction is hinting that you are forcing me to leave, which means that we should act separately."
"Huh?"
Is this really the case
Looking at the doubtful Victory Equation, Gu Moli said without any guilt: "Believe me, it's right. Look at this word. As long as you force me to leave, I can find the truth. And this truth cannot be obtained no matter how much I pay. This shows that the truth is very important."
“… …Fuck.”
It sounds like this is really the case!
That makes sense!
Finally, under Gu Moli's persuasion, Victory Formula reluctantly agreed to Gu Moli's solo action. As for Unlucky Sister and Terrible Brother, the two of them had recognized Victory Formula as their strong supporter and did not express any opinions about Gu Moli's departure.
After watching the Victory Formula team go deep into the forest.
Gu Moli started a new action.
Of course, he didn't do it for the simple reason of looking for clues. In fact, he already had some guesses about the script, but he just hadn't found any evidence yet.
Speculation without evidence is just speculation.
So he came to find evidence.
"If I'm not mistaken, there must be something in this forest, something that can prove my guess, and there must be clues hidden in it..."
"The love transaction just now also proves that my route is correct."
"Where on earth is it..."
The love transaction that was a revelation just now can actually be interpreted in many ways. One of them is the statement Gu Moli used when fooling people about the victory formula. The key sentences are "forced me to leave", "finally knew the truth", and "no matter how much you pay, you can't buy it back".
But just replace it with a few other keywords.
You can get completely different content.
"Betrayed, I burst into tears when I knew the truth, and I was in debt..."
Someone betrayed someone else, and ended up bearing a lifetime debt because he knew the truth... ..can't you understand it this way
Of course, this was an explanation that Gu Moli forced out based on his own conjecture, but since he could piece together such an explanation from the song, it meant that this was possible.
Just as he said.
Any speculation requires evidence, but evidence will not come to you just standing there, so you need to go look for it. If you can't find it, it only means that your speculation is wrong. If that's the case, Gu Moli will naturally go deep into the forest to meet up with Victory Formula and the others.
... ..and want to prove the correctness of his speculation.
We must find that place!
"... I guess that woman must be doing the same thing as me."
"What will she do?"
"It's a pity that I wasn't there, otherwise it would have been very interesting..."
Gu Moli muttered to himself as he searched everywhere in the forest. After searching for about an hour, he finally made a discovery beside a stream in the forest.
It was a small wooden house built beside the stream. Next to the house was a small field planted with vegetables. There was also a scarecrow standing in the field. However, apart from the vegetables, both the wooden house and the scarecrow looked like they had not been moved for at least several years.
Ahaha! Found it!
“It is indeed so!”
It was not until this moment that Gu Moli had the confidence to express his previous guess.
That's right
“That’s not really….”
"... ..not Snow White's timeline!"
Inside the castle, in the room where the player first appears, Zhiji Nanxun confidently stated his conclusion.
"There are three conditions for passing the level: saving the princess, finding the princess, and killing the princess. In fact, there are non-conflicting explanations, that is, these princesses refer to different people! From the very beginning, the conditions did not mention Snow White, but only gave the vague explanation of the princess."
The Ascension Pavilion Master frowned upon hearing this: "But there is only one princess in this country, Snow White, right?"
"No, no, no, think more broadly."
Zhiji Nanxun shook his head and looked at the Ascension Pavilion Master with disappointment: "Your brain is not quick enough. In fact, the man should have thought of it, but he is more cautious and wants to verify it. I just don't know how he plans to do it. It's a pity that I was not there, otherwise it would be very interesting."
"What's the meaning... ."
"queen."
Zhiji Nanxun said word by word: "Why couldn't the queen have been a princess before?"
"But we all know that the queen is a witch..."
"... .ah!"
The Master of Shengxian Pavilion was actually not stupid. Under the half-smiling gaze of Zhiji Nanxun, he finally reacted.
"... Who says we are in Snow White's time?"
"With the same world view, why can't it appear after Snow White's story time?"
"For example..."
"The beautiful Snow White finally became the queen of a country. Twenty years later...?"
Damn it!
If you think about it carefully, the queen did have black hair like a waterfall and skin as white as snow. If you really compare them, she actually fits the image of Snow White...!
"But, but what's the evidence?"
"Of course."
Zhiji Nanxun grinned and said, "We will get ready later and go directly to the queen's bedroom. You have seen the magic mirror on the queen's back before."
"... You plan to ask the magic mirror? But what about your sweetheart? What about that side quest?"
The Master of Shengxian Pavilion felt that he could not keep up with the pace of finding a true friend.
"It doesn't matter when you send the heart and liver, right?"
Zhiji Nanxun looked at the Ascension Pavilion Master with a strange look in his eyes: "And I know that the magic mirror may not be on the same page with the queen. Anyway, if it were me, if there was someone who didn't know what was good for him and asked me who was the most beautiful woman like a repeater every day, I would have fallen out with her long ago."
"But what if the magic mirror and the queen are of the same mind?"
"Never mind, it's always a good idea to give it a try!"
"But if we fail, won't we be doomed?!"
"Just be at ease."
Zhiji Nanxun patted the Ascension Pavilion Master on the shoulder, and then took the initiative to show the other party a piece of his skill panel.
... ... ... ... ... ..
Skill Card: Portal
Quality: Rare
Rank: E
Effect: A mysterious magic recorded in a magic book. Its power can open the Horadric portal and teleport the user to a set location at the fastest speed without any chanting time. However, because the effect was too abnormal, this thing was quickly cut off.
Limited magic: Each scenario can only be used once, but the equipment will not occupy the skill card slot
Equipment requirements: None
Equipment restrictions: None
Cooling time: One time
Note: Which damn guy designed that anti-human stone that cannot be harmed or moved for ten seconds before being able to teleport
... ... ... ... ... ... ..
"See? With this, we can escape before anyone finds us."
"Is this going to be okay?"
"Well."
Finally, the Master of Shengxian Pavilion was convinced.
But I don’t know why.
He always felt that something was wrong.