The air seemed to stop for a moment when she asked that question.
"Is that it?" The steward swallowed nervously. He did not understand why Lin Sanjiu would suddenly ask about the mirror. "A knight who was recently conferred the title of knight offered this mirror to the king … It is worth a lot of money. You can have it if you want, but let go of His Highness!"
Lin Sanjiu stared at the mirror without moving. After a few seconds, she let out a long sigh.
"Does that knight have a blue beard?" Lin Sanjiu asked, hoping that the steward would shake his head.
However, a flash of surprise flashed across the steward's face. He seemed to be puzzled as to why Lin Sanjiu asked a question she already knew the answer to. After that, he nodded. Lin Sanjiu did not hear what he said after that. Her mind was completely occupied by this illogical thought.
From the conversation she overheard, the person who was going to make a deal with the old man was definitely Blue Beard. However, how could it be the past and the future at the same time?
Lin Sanjiu opened her mouth but no sound came out. The steward's gaze was glued to her body. She only remembered that she was holding someone's throat when she felt a hard lump squirming under her palm. She quickly released her grip and jumped up.
Once he could breathe again, Prince Syd's face flushed red. He curled up like a tomato and coughed violently for a while. Even though Lin Sanjiu was still in a daze, her movements were swift. The moment her sword fell to the ground with a clang, the steward, who was about to turn around and call for help, was knocked into the wall by a black shadow. The steward knocked the back of his head against the lampstand and fainted.
Prince Syd's eyes followed the movement of the mouthpiece and landed on Lin Sanjiu's hand. His face turned pale and he froze for a few seconds. Suddenly, he clutched his throat and laughed viciously, "You witch, you devil! Even if you kill me today, you won't be able to save your accomplice … "
Lin Sanjiu had just raised her foot to walk out, but she put it down again.
"What do you mean?" She looked at Prince Syd from the corner of her eyes.
"The dinner that I sent to Cinderella was poisoned —" The man's arrogant tone could not be changed even in the face of a huge crisis. "She should be dead by now!"
… Damn it!
Even after a long time, Prince Sid's last words still lingered in her mind. Lin Sanjiu cursed inwardly. Then, she increased her speed. The howling wind filled her ears. For a moment, she couldn't hear anything. All she could hear was the corridor and the room flying past her.
Along the way, Lin Sanjiu knocked over at least twenty maids. Ignoring the loud screams behind her, Lin Sanjiu rushed to the door. Just as she kicked the door open, she saw a spoon filled with salad being shoved into Cinderella's mouth.
"Don't eat —"
Before Lin Sanjiu could finish her sentence, she lost her balance and fell into a patch of grass.
This time, Lin Sanjiu's surprise did not last for even half a second. She rolled away and stood up immediately.
Under the azure sky, the warm sunlight shone on the grass, giving off an even stronger scent of grass.
She felt like she had returned to the place where she first met Little Red Riding Hood.
The forest, the bushes, the clouds in the distance … If there was anything different, it would be the presence of the stone tablet in front of her.
Lin Sanjiu's heart suddenly raced. Adrenaline rushed into her veins. Biting her lip, Lin Sanjiu looked around and slowly walked to the front of the stone tablet.
There was a small paragraph of words written on the stone tablet that she had never seen before.
Requirements for the 72nd Pocket Dimension:
[The three main characters are currently in mortal danger.] [You can only do one thing according to the content of the pocket dimension to save the three main characters.
In order to better define the concept of "one thing", you will receive 5 Action Points. Anything that required more than 5 action points, which was more than "one" thing, could not be done.
If you do not complete this task within 30 minutes from the time you see this stone tablet, you will fail.]
PS: Trust me, you will definitely want them to live. Because after completing this task, if the lives of the three protagonists are saved, then you can walk past this stone tablet.
The paragraph of words ended with an ambiguous sentence. Lin Sanjiu raised her head, a little confused. Her gaze fell on a small line of words at the top of the tablet. She immediately understood the meaning of "walk past this stone tablet".
[Boundary Line]
This stone tablet is the dividing line. Behind this stone tablet is the beautiful Garden of Eden.
Lin Sanjiu couldn't help turning her head to take a look. Behind the stone tablet, there was still a field that was no different from the grassland under her feet. Beside it, there was a bunch of wild daisies that were taller than their peers. They stretched over the edge and reached into the air behind the stone tablet. Lin Sanjiu spent a lot of effort to suppress her urge to cross over. She sat on the ground and stared at the grassland in the distance. Her eyebrows gradually locked together.
It seemed like she was the 72nd person to enter this pocket dimension. The reason why there were different times was probably because every person who entered would encounter different content...
Lin Sanjiu didn't care whether the previous people were dead or alive. She just sat there in a daze, racking her brain to recall every detail she encountered ever since she stepped into the pocket dimension.
Regarding the matter of saving the main character, she actually had a vague premonition in her heart. Three times in a row, she was teleported away at the critical moment of life and death for several people. It seemed that such a request was reasonable … but she did not expect that there would be such a restriction.
"What can I do to save three people at the same time?
No, maybe it's like a domino effect. When one thing happens, it will naturally cause changes in the future... "Lin Sanjiu felt her mind had just cleared up when she suddenly remembered that there were two Bluebeards in Cinderella's palace at the same time. She was instantly stumped.
When Lin Sanjiu thought about the 30-minute time limit and realized that almost 5 minutes had passed, she started to feel anxious. She grabbed a stone and threw it. Unexpectedly, the stone didn't fly out of her hand. It was still stuck to her hand.
She looked down and saw a line of words on the stone: [Throw Stone. Consume 5 Action Points.] [Confirm?]
"No, no, no. Cancel! I don't want to do this! " Lin Sanjiu was startled. She yelled a few times, and the stone slipped from her hand and fell into the bushes.
"That was close." She wiped the cold sweat off her forehead and stood up carefully. Then, she took another tentative step forward.
"If I need to consume Action Points just to take a step, I might as well just admit defeat."
Fortunately, there were no words appearing anywhere.
"In other words, as long as I don't interact with the objects or characters in the pocket dimension, I can move however I want?" Lin Sanjiu felt a little more confident. She took a few steps forward and sure enough, nothing happened.
"It's much easier now that I can move without fear." Lin Sanjiu couldn't think of what she should do at the moment, so she decided to check out her surroundings first. At the very least, she had to figure out which story she was in.
As a Growth-type, Lin Sanjiu could indeed feel that her physique was growing slowly and continuously. Now, when she sprinted at full speed, it took her less than a minute to see a small village.
The most eye-catching symbol of the village was a rooster with a piece of metal on top of a house. The beautifully painted rooster was swaying to the west along with the wind.
"This isn't where Cinderella lives..."
Lin Sanjiu looked around as she walked along the road, trying her best not to bump into anything. It was not so easy, for everyone seemed to be invisible to her, as if she were air, and kept bumping into her.
Lin Sanjiu dodged the two kids who were running and fighting with each other. They did not seem to notice anything unusual around them. They shouted, "I heard that those people are very beautiful!" Then, they ran away.
Lin Sanjiu looked at their backs and an idea came to her mind. She chased after them.
She didn't know if it was luck or the pocket dimension's arrangement, but when she saw Emma, who was about 16 years old and had a pointy chin, she almost didn't recognize her.
"Please take me in. I'm a fast learner." Emma's mature charm was gone. Instead, it was replaced by a pair of crystal clear eyes that were filled with fear and trepidation. "If I don't have this job, my daughter and I won't be able to survive..."
The song and dance troupe that was passing by the town and heading to the palace was stationed in the house of the rooster. They were going to continue their journey the next day. The news spread like wildfire in the town and even attracted Emma's attention. The leader of the song and dance troupe was a middle-aged woman who was very picky. She looked at Emma's waist and didn't seem to find anything unsatisfactory, "What about your daughter?"
Lin Sanjiu stood in the middle of the house. Neither of them could see her.
"I can entrust her to my aunt," Emma lowered her head as if she was trying to hide the embarrassment on her face. "If I can earn some money and send it back, my aunt will treat her well..."
Lin Sanjiu crossed her arms when she heard that. Suddenly, a thought struck her.
If she stopped Emma from joining the song and dance troupe, she would have to depend on her daughter. Since Emma was no longer an erotic dancer, the three generations of her would not have to live separately after they had Red Riding Hood. If they didn't live separately, they wouldn't meet the werewolves. If that was the case, Red Riding Hood would be saved.
Also, without Emma, the hunters might not surround the small wooden house... If the werewolves did not sneak into the hunters and attack the prince who was passing by, Cinderella's life might be spared!
Lin Sanjiu's heart was burning for a few seconds before it suddenly cooled down. No matter how she thought about it, "stopping Emma" had nothing to do with Lila. She still couldn't escape death.
With that delay, Emma left the house with a radiant smile on her face when she saw that the leader had agreed to her request. Lin Sanjiu sighed inwardly and quickly followed behind her. She squeezed through the gap between the door and the door.
Lin Sanjiu was like a ghost now. She didn't even dare to open the door as it would consume 5 Action Points. It was very inconvenient.
As Lin Sanjiu couldn't use her hands to push open the door, her vision was somewhat affected even if she had an excellent physique. Just as Lin Sanjiu stepped out of the door, a small shadow suddenly bumped into her calf.
Lin Sanjiu quickly steadied herself and fixed her gaze on a brick in front of her.
"Knocking down young Bluebeard will consume 5 Action Points. Are you sure? "
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