Master Trainer from Hogwarts

Chapter 218 The Gravekeeper's Decision
"What about the Black Queen? I don't seem to have heard anything about the Black Queen in your story just now."

Allen sorted out the history of Fairy Tale Town just mentioned by the gravekeeper, and roughly figured out a context.

"The Black Queen..."

The gravekeeper was silent, and even showed a bit of panic and hatred. After a while, he said, "Fairy Tale Town is not only this big."

"Before the war, the White Queen ruled the south of Fairy Tale Town, where there are fertile land and abundant fish. The Red Queen ruled the north of Fairy Tale Town, where there are steep mountains and dense forests."

"And the place we are in now is the exchange area jointly divided by the two queens, which is the origin of Fairy Tale Town."

"However, the war with the church and the subsequent war with the two queens completely changed the appearance of Fairy Tale Town. Not only has the area shrunk by more than ten times, but it is also surrounded by the Whispering Forest, making it impossible for the residents to leave. Go find the two queens to find out what happened."

"And after Fairy Tale Town was isolated, the Black Queen appeared. She was like a silent tyrant and a ghost, bringing terrifying dreams to everyone..."

"Wait." Allen interrupted the gravekeeper.

"The two queens are not dead?"

The gravekeeper looked in Alan's direction strangely, "Who told you that the two queens are dead?"

"Fairy Tale Town, Fairy Tale Town, the white queen's head hangs upside down on the spire, and the red queen's heart is buried in the ground. Be careful when it gets dark. The black queen is waiting for you to fall asleep."

Allen repeated the nursery rhyme from Marek's mouth, and asked, "Have you heard of this nursery rhyme?"

The gravekeeper shook his head, "I've never heard of it, but you can't say that the two queens are dead in your ballad?"

Allen looked at the serious gravekeeper.

Well, the other party is a stitch monster, maybe they can't understand that it is difficult for people to survive after being beheaded and their hearts gouged out, even those powerful magical creatures, unless the two queens prepare otherwise.

Seeing that Allen didn't continue to ask, the gravekeeper said according to his own thoughts, "Although the residents of Fairy Tale Town lost their former harmony due to the chaos caused by the war, and began to become cunning and greedy, compared with the outside world, there are still more good people here."

"But after the arrival of the Black Queen, everything will be different. After people fall asleep, once they collide with the Black Queen in their dreams, their bodies in the real world will disappear, and their spirits will be imprisoned in the dream world of Fairy Tale Town forever."

"That's why people dare not sleep. This terrifying atmosphere intensifies the changes in Fairy Tale Town. Apart from the Whispering Forest, it also gradually becomes terrifying after nightfall."

"The dead come alive and attack those who don't sleep."

"Some of my friends disappeared into the dream world, some were killed by dead things, and some fled to the Whispering Forest. They wanted to cross the lightless plain and find the two queens to rescue them."

"But none of them have heard from them without exception."

"Because of my special nature, I don't need to sleep, and I'm not a real living thing, so I'm still here until I meet you."

Allen nodded subconsciously, and he had roughly guessed the reason why the gravekeeper hadn't disappeared so far.

"Then do you know the priest in the church?"

This is another problem for Allen, because the existence of the gravekeeper can be explained, but the existence of the church priest becomes weird.

Because no matter from his background or from his performance, he should not continue to appear in Fairy Tale Town.

"know."

The gravekeeper nodded and said, "He appeared in Fairy Tale Town after the two queens disappeared, but he is also a prisoner here, and he can never leave again."

Speaking of this, the gravekeeper looked at the empty chair in front of him, and said with some hope, "You said before that you can take people out of here?"

"Yes." Allen said affirmatively, "Do you want to leave here?"

Hearing Alan's question, the light of hope in the gravekeeper's eyes gradually faded, "Forget it, the outside world will not accept me. Instead of this, I might as well stay here and wait for the two queens. Anyway, I have plenty of time."

Allen didn't say much, because the tomb keeper went out like this, there was no way for the outside world to accept him, and he would even become a rare treasure, which would be snatched up by all the mysterious forces outside.

After getting a preliminary understanding of the truth about Fairy Tale Town, he can be regarded as having completed the first exploration mission, and the rest can wait for the next exploration. "By the way, can you wake up these children? I can take them away, and there seems to be something wrong with one of the children named Alice. Do you know the reason?"

Hearing Alice, the gravekeeper looked nervous and ashamed, "Alice is a good girl, in exchange for [Lucid Dreams] for her companions, she probably exchanged something important to the Forest Witch."

He said regretfully, "Damn it! I should have prevented them from trading a long time ago, but unfortunately I couldn't help them stay awake in their dreams."

Allen sighed, "It's not your fault."

Although the deal with the witch is to drink poison to quench thirst, it is indeed the only way to survive, otherwise these children would not be able to persist for so long.

The gravekeeper stood up, and the laughter and laughter brought to him by the children after they came to this dead fairy tale town appeared in his mind.

After wandering around for a while, he said firmly, "I'm going to find the forest witch and exchange Alice's things."

As he spoke, he wanted to pick up the grave shovel.

Allen stopped the gravekeeper, and then asked, "Does that forest witch also need to sleep in the dark?"

The gravekeeper nodded and said, "Of course, she created [Lucid Dreams] to resist the power of the Black Queen in the dream."

"That's easy." Allen smiled, "I can go with you to visit the forest witch."

If it was in normal times, Alan would still have a lot of scruples when facing a witch whose strength is unknown, but in this weird world, the other party must now enter the dream, which means that the witch's power is extremely weak, and he might still be able to take advantage of the opportunity.

"Thank you!"

The gravekeeper said a little excitedly that he was kind-hearted and even more worried about the safety of the children than Allen, because these children were just as miserable as he was.

Allen first stored the children's bodies in the irregular purple stone given by Nicolas May, and then followed the gravekeeper to the Whispering Forest.

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