The magician of the fairy tale world

Tinderbox!

The familiar term suddenly awakened Rhine's memories.

"Call her back!"

Rhine remembered the classic Andersen fairy tale "Tinderbox", sometimes called "The Soldier and the Tinderbox".

In this story, an ordinary soldier obtained gold and a magic tinderbox from a tree hole with the help of a witch.

But the soldier did not hand over the tinderbox to the witch as agreed, but killed the witch who told him the secret and took the tinderbox for himself.

After that, he relied on the magic of the tinderbox to gain wealth, killed the old king, became the new king, and married the old king's daughter, a beautiful princess who was imprisoned deep in the palace.

Its plot routine can be described as a standard "loser counterattack after picking up the golden finger" plot, and the ending is not unexpected.

And now the witch who went to find the tinderbox turned out to be Grandma Rosa!

"I saw it, I saw a dangerous future. Grandma Rosa may be in danger!" Rhine said seriously.

"But she has been gone for a while...maybe she can't catch up..." Violet Fairy's face was full of clouds.

...

Most of the day ago.

On the road at the border of the kingdom.

A hunchbacked, white-haired old witch looked at the tree hole of a big tree beside the road and shouted:

"Did you get the tinderbox?"

This old witch is none other than Granny Rosa.

This 173-year-old old witch has lived in the forest for a long time, rarely going out, and rarely shows up in front of the public in the kingdom. Only other witches and princes and nobles know her.

Among the 13 kind witches in the kingdom, Rosa's magic is the least good at fighting.

But she also has her own strengths - she can hear some wonderful whispers from time to time, which contain useful knowledge.

Not long ago, the whispers told Granny Rosa a secret involving a secret room left by an ancient legendary magician and a powerful magic item in the secret room - the tinderbox.

This secret room is guarded by three magical and terrifying creatures, and the tinderbox is the prop that controls them. Its value far exceeds all the gold and silver in the secret room, and it is a priceless treasure!

"Princess Aurora is destined to become a heroic rider. Ordinary war horses cannot withstand her battles. The magical creatures summoned by the tinderbox are just suitable to be her mount!

"Hahaha, I didn't expect that I, an old thing who has lived for hundreds of years and has no strengths, also contributed to defeating the black witch Maleficent.

"When I get the tinderbox, I will give it to Aurora as a gift for her 10th birthday. Oh, I wonder how happy she will be when she receives this gift."

Granny Rosa imagined the process of giving the tinderbox to Aurora, and suddenly laughed. Her wrinkles were squeezed together by the smile, and they became deeper, like the marks left by the wind and frost of the years.

In her mind, Aurora's beautiful face and the girl's beautiful singing like the sound of nature emerged.

——Aurora's voice that made people sink into and couldn't extricate themselves from it was the gift she personally gave to the little princess at the baptism ceremony 10 years ago.

The voice conveyed by the ear also told Granny Rosa how to "pass" this secret room, which involves a strange magic ritual - as long as on the right day of the astrology, find the first person dressed as a soldier on this road, and give him the blue plaid apron after casting the spell, the magical creature guarding the secret room will be quiet and take away the money and tinderbox without hindrance.

Of course, Granny Rosa would not let others help her for nothing.

As long as the tinderbox can be obtained, it doesn't matter if all the money in the tree hole is given to the soldier.

"The gold in the tree hole is definitely a windfall for an ordinary soldier!

"He can live a good life, eat good food, live in a good house, and use the remaining money to marry a wife who is in love with him, have his own family and children, and live a life of ease. "

There were sporadic sounds from under the tree hole, and from time to time there were soldiers' exclamations and laughter.

It seemed that everything was progressing in an orderly manner... Grandma Rosa thought.

Just then, the soldier's voice came from under the tree hole:

"I got the tinderbox, pull me up quickly!"

Grandma Rosa pulled the soldier out.

The soldier's pockets, leather boots, marching bags, and hats were all filled with gold and silver coins.

"Well, thank you, handsome and strong soldier. Now all the gold belongs to you, give me the tinderbox. "Granny Rosa smiled.

The next second, Grandma Rosa's eyes widened.

The soldier's sword pierced her chest.

As a 173-year-old, Rosa was too slow to even react.

The soldier pulled out his sword with all his might.

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The scarlet blood gushed out like a fountain, hot as fire.

"This old witch cares so much about this tinderbox, it must be a good thing! Now it belongs to me! "

The soldier laughed.

Then, he took the tinderbox and money, humming a cheerful tune, and went straight to the city.

In the pool of blood, the 173-year-old woman opened her mouth wide, and had not yet recovered from the shock of the sudden attack.

Her eyes bulged and opened wider than any other day.

In her pupils, the soldier's back was reflected, and she watched him walk farther and farther away with the tinderbox.

She didn't expect that the soldier would be so greedy.

The soldier walked further and further away, muttering softly:

"If what the Ender prisoner said is true, the kingdom is really cursed, and the disaster will come in a few years, then I can only enjoy it for a year or two, and then I will have to start escaping from this doomed country..."

Ten minutes later.

After making sure that the soldier was completely gone, the old witch, who was lying in a pool of blood and should have died, suddenly opened her eyes again.

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