Next to the Dark Tea Forest stood a tall castle with black walls and tiles. The castle was heavily guarded. Apart from the walls, there was also a moat.
The only gate that connected to the interior of the castle could only be accessed after the bridge was down.
This was the castle of the Count of Dark Tea.
At the southwest of the castle, which was also the edge of the Dark Forest, two small heads poked out from behind a tall pile of grass.
One was Angor, and the other was Rabbit Chacha.
"Huh? That's a puppet with boots on its head?" Angor looked at the strange puppet outside the moat. The puppet was wearing a black eyepatch and a pair of tall boots. It looked like a scarecrow at first glance. It only had one leg, and it was hopping around the moat while patrolling.
"Don't look at it! It's a puppet guard under the Count of Dark Tea. If you look at it for too long, it'll find you, "Rabbit Chacha explained in a low voice.
"Really?" Angor muttered in a low voice.
Rabbit Chacha replied, "It's not Psionic Awareness. It's an ability that Earl Dark Tea gave it. Its abilities are anti-detection and the Eye of Death. "
Anti-detection? Angor could understand it. But the Eye of Death? What was that?
Rabbit Chacha explained in a low voice, "Anything it sees, be it a human, me, or any other living being, will die instantly.
That's the power of the Eye of Death. "
"Die instantly? No exceptions? "Angor frowned.
Rabbit Chacha: "There are exceptions.
As long as your life energy is higher than the puppet's, you won't be affected by the Eye of Death. But … "
Rabbit Chacha looked at Angor from head to toe.
"You won't be able to. Your life energy is weaker than a normal human's. You'll die if it sees you."
He didn't enter the omen with his real body. Instead, he was just a sentient being.
His life energy was indeed low. Once he was targeted by the Imperial Puppet Guards,
He would die for sure.
As for whether his death would affect the real world … that was for sure.
There were plenty of alchemists who died in the omens. Even the mysterious alchemist Froste once followed died in the omen, let alone Angor.
So …
Angor was planning to observe the situation from afar.
Now he was at once relieved.
However, when Angor was about to look away, the puppet suddenly noticed something and turned its head to look at the pile of grass.
"Shit!" He quickly tried to lie down.
However,
Rabbit Cha Cha pulled him back.
"Don't lie down. You'll attract its attention if you lie down," Rabbit Chacha said softly.
"But if we don't lie down, it'll see our hats." Angor looked worried.
Angor was wearing a teacup hat, while Rabbit Chacha was wearing a colorful teapot hat.
As long as it was a human,
They would have noticed that something was wrong.
Rabbit Chacha: "It doesn't matter if they see your hat. There are teacups and teapots on the straw pile.
Isn't that normal? "
"Huh?"
He had no idea what Rabbit Chacha was talking about.
However, it still followed its words and stopped moving.
The puppet soldier looked at the straw and then looked at the teacups and teapots on the straw pile.
Without any expression on his face, he hopped and skipped to other places to patrol.
He listened to the puppet guard's footsteps as it left.
Angor could not believe it.
Did it really not notice them?
There are such colorful teapots on the straw pile.
Are you blind?
Seeing Angor's look of disbelief, Rabbit Chacha tugged at Angor's sleeve.
Rabbit Chacha tugged at his collar. "This isn't the human world. This is the Teapot Kingdom. Teapots and teacups can appear anywhere.
It's normal. If you don't believe me, look at the moat. "
Angor looked at where Rabbit Chacha was pointing.
Two fish were floating on the surface of the moat.
And they looked like … two teapots.
"They're Teapot Piranhas.
Don't underestimate them. Count Dark Tea raised them in the moat. They're very dangerous and fierce! "
Despite Rabbit Chacha's explanation, Angor did not see how they were dangerous. Still, he decided to listen to Rabbit Chacha.
This country felt too absurd and unruly. Even the puppet Imperial Guards had an unreasonable ability like the Eyes of Death Piercing.
It was just like the Nightmare Realm. Wait, is this the Nightmare Realm?
Angor shook his head.
He shook his head and tried to clear his mind. Even if this was the Nightmare Realm, he was not Shava.
He was just a mortal without any abilities.
If he wanted to stay alive, it was better to follow Chacha.
He spent years trying to gain sympathy from Rabbit Chacha. In the end, he even used several fairy tales to convince Rabbit Chacha to come out of hiding.
Since he had sacrificed so much, he had to follow Chacha Demon.
Yes, Angor and Rabbit Chacha showed up at Earl Blacktea's castle because of Angor's "pitiful" act.
When Angor learned that Count Dark Tea had a "mirror", he had a feeling that the mirror might be the source of the omen.
However, to find the mirror, he would have to enter Count Dark Tea's castle and take a great risk.
Therefore, Angor set his eyes on Rabbit Chacha.
According to Rabbit Chacha, it once sneaked into Count Dark Tea's storage to look for a beautiful hat.
Angor did not know if Chacha was bragging or telling the truth, but he decided to ask Chacha to help him.
He could tell that Chacha had a "good feeling" about him, so he decided to throw away his pride and put on an act.
However, this was not enough.
When Chacha asked for several bedtime stories, Angor racked his brain to come up with several fairy tales to make Chacha happy. Only then did he manage to get Chacha out of the castle.
That was how Chacha and Rabbit Chacha came together.
…
According to Chacha, their first task was to sneak into Count Dark Tea's castle.
With the tight security of Black Tea Castle, it wouldn't be easy to sneak in. At present, the safest way that Chacha could think of was to seek the help of his friend, Julie.
Julie was Count Dark Tea's mount. However, she was only one of the mounts.
Earl Dark Tea had a total of three mounts, which corresponded to three horses. One was a pure white pegasus, one was a black warhorse, and the last one was a brown-maned horse that didn't attract much attention.
The brown-maned horse was Julie.
According to Rabbit Chacha, Count Dark Tea preferred pegasus and warhorses. However, he usually used Julie's brown horse most of the time.
Brown horses were more approachable to the people.
In order to create a friendly image for the people in his territory, Count Dark Tea would always choose a brown horse that did not have any special features.
Regardless of whether it was effective or not, Julie was very lucky. She stood out from the countless brown horses and became one of the Black Earl's three mounts.
Furthermore, compared to the well-fed Pegasus and Warhorse, the brown horse Julie had more freedom. She could freely graze outside the castle, and she could also enter the castle stables to rest.
This freedom allowed Earl Black Tea to show his friendliness to the people, but it also gave them a chance to sneak into the earl's castle.
"Let's walk around the outside of the castle later. If we meet Julie, I can sneak you into the castle today. But if Julie doesn't eat grass outside the castle today, we can only wait for the next opportunity," Rabbit Chacha said softly.
Angor nodded with a "whatever you say, Demon King Chacha" look.
Next, they began to move slowly in the grass to look for Julie.
"Is Julie trustworthy?" Angor asked a question he had been wondering for a long time.
Rabbit Chacha said, "Don't worry, it used to be like me, a guide. It's friendly to humans."
"Guide?"
Rabbit Chacha: "It's to guide people who accidentally came to the Teapot Nation. This is an organization set up by the previous Empress's human husband. Those who can become receptionists are all moderates. "
At this point, Rabbit Chacha sighed. "However, with the birth of the new Emperor, this organization was also abolished. We, the guides, were scattered all over the kingdom.
"By the way, Julie was able to stand out from the other brown horses because of her gentle personality. She was able to easily capture the hearts of the citizens of Earl Black Tea's territory. However, she was unable to capture the heart of Earl Black Tea."
Angor recalled Feng's story, "Louis's Hat".
When Louis came to Teapot Kingdom to save his wife, a guide helped him. Furthermore, in the description of the story, the guide was a rabbit named … Cha Cha.
In order to help Louis, Chacha sacrificed its life. Luigi used Chacha's fur to make a hat.
The hat was the most important item in the story — Louis's Hat.
It was also the origin of the crazy hat.
Angor named the rabbit he created in Queen's Town "Chacha" because of this story.
Angor considered for a moment. "Since you're a guide, do you know someone called Louis?"
Rabbit Chacha tried to recall and shook its head. "No."
Angor sighed in relief. "That's good. That's good."
"Who's that?" Rabbit Chacha asked. Why did Angor mention the name?
"You don't need to know. Just … stay away from him."
Rabbit Chacha was confused. Just as it was about to continue asking, it caught a glimpse of brown from the corner of its eye.
"Found it! That's Julie!"
Angor was thinking about how to explain "Louis" to Chacha, but Julie's appearance helped him save his breath.
Angor followed Chacha's direction. He saw a large horse with a brown mane, wagging its tail as it grazed on the lush grassland.
"That's Julie?"
Rabbit Chacha nodded. "Yes. Let's go find her."
It's really Julie? Angor thought Julie would dress up like Rabbit Chacha, but it turned out to be just an ordinary horse.
Rabbit Chacha thought Angor was still worried when he didn't follow. "Don't worry. Julie can tell good from evil. As long as you're kind, she won't do anything to you. "
Of course, if Angor harbored evil intentions, Rabbit Chacha might abandon him right now, let alone Julie.
Angor wasn't worried about that. He came here by accident, so there was no way Julie was going to harm him. As for kindness, as long as it could save him from the omen, he would show it even to Count Black Tea.
With that in mind, Angor quickly followed Rabbit Chacha.
…
Was Julie friendly?
If the crows in Black Tea Forest were the standard, Julie was way too friendly. But if Rabbit Chacha was the standard, things were different.
Julie was looking at Angor with suspicion.
Angor even wondered if Julie saw evil intentions in him.
After Angor was stared at for three whole minutes, Julie finally spoke to Rabbit Chacha again.
From Julie's words, she didn't see any evil intentions in Angor. There was kindness, but there was still the cunning of a human. Julie advised Rabbit Chacha to be careful.
However, Rabbit Chacha waved a hand. "I know he has his own plans. But I also know he won't hurt me."
Julie asked why.
Rabbit Chacha didn't know what to say. She only mumbled something. It was an instinct.
Julie said in a low voice, "Intuition is unreliable."
Then she looked at Angor and spoke even more softly, "… Humans are unreliable too."
Angor didn't know if Rabbit Chacha heard Julie's muttering, but he did.
Julie's attitude wasn't as bad as the crows, but Angor couldn't tell that she was "friendly to humans" like Rabbit Chacha said.
From Julie's words, Angor could tell that she did not trust humans at all.
Fortunately, Julie did not reject Chacha's request even though she was slightly different from what Rabbit Chacha had said. She only said in a very serious tone, "Don't worry.
"I can take you into the castle, but only to the stables. I can't help you with anything else."
Julie was only a horse. She could graze outside the castle, but inside the castle, she had to stay in the stables.
Thinking about it, if a horse were to wander around the castle hall, there would obviously be a problem.
Besides, even Count Dark Tea's favorite horses, Pegasus and Warhorse, also stayed in their stables. It was just that their stables were deeper inside the castle, which was more luxurious.
"No problem!" Rabbit Chacha nodded. "Leave the rest to me. I know the castle very well!"
This wasn't Chacha's first time sneaking into the castle. Julie knew that.
Even so, sneaking into the castle was still dangerous. Chacha was fine by herself, but Julie didn't understand why Chacha was bringing a human inside. After all, humans tended to panic when faced with the unknown, especially in a castle full of traps. They could easily fall into a trap.
Chacha didn't have to worry about traveling alone, but bringing a human with her would greatly increase the chance of being discovered.
In Julie's opinion, Chacha was just looking for trouble.
But Chacha was her friend, and Julie knew she couldn't persuade Chacha, so she could only let it be.
"Since you're going in, get ready. I'll be back when the sky is dyed red."
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