Fantasy Lord: I Have a Moving Castle

Chapter 51: Chapter 4 Little Red Riding Hood, Mushroom Fairy

Chapter 51: Chapter 4 Little Red Riding Hood, Mushroom Fairy

This time, the Clover Mantis, which had been preparing for a long while, did not fail.

It charged into the bushes like lightning, breaking branches, leaves, and vines in an instant, with nothing able to impede the Clover Mantis in the slightest.

In a flash, green leaves flew wildly, and broken branches shot out in all directions.

Startled by the sudden onslaught, the red figure shrank back sharply, about to burrow into the ground and flee, but the Clover Mantis caught it firmly with its foot, then yanked hard, pulling it out of the soil.

The hands of the Clover Mantis were like two blades, and should it grab with its hands, it’s likely to injure the unknown creature, and even accidentally kill it.

Char had instructed it to capture its prey alive, so the Clover Mantis used its feet instead.

Footsteps sounded, and Char ran over hastily, but before he could get a clear view of what the Clover Mantis had caught, Betty let out a startled cry ahead of him.

“It’s Little Red Riding Hood!”

Caught under the foot of the Clover Mantis was a figure slightly larger than Betty.

The little creature had a large head, the red dome resembling a red hat sprinkled with white spots, and its body was white, tender, and plump, looking adorably clumsy, just like a fairy that had taken the form of a mushroom.

It was indeed the most classic image from fairy tales, a mushroom with a red cap and white stem.

Like Betty, this tiny figure was surrounded by fairy light powder, but whereas Betty’s was pink and light green, reminiscent of a pink tulip, the light powder around this little one was red and white, the iconic colors of the classic red-capped, white-stemmed mushroom.

The one who had been spying on them turned out to be a little fairy!

Char was first taken aback, then overjoyed beyond measure.

Catching this Mushroom Fairy-like little creature made him much happier than finding a young Rain Sound Kingfisher.

That’s because a little fairy was of much greater value than a young Rain Sound Kingfisher.

How much could a little fairy help him?

One only had to look at Betty to know.

Betty had fully become the “Castle’s” gardener and vegetable supplier.

The fresh flowers at home and the vegetables in the garden were all managed by her, and the vegetables he had been eating these days all came from Betty’s efforts.

She could be likened to the ancient Greek deity in charge of flowers and vegetables!

Besides being a great help in productive life, Betty also played a role in combat.

In the previous battle against the goblins, Betty had played a significant part.

Of course, among such numerous benefits, what Char valued most was the “Natural Seal.”

After temporarily enlisting Betty under his command, he had acquired a “Natural Seal,” and the degree of help the “Natural Seal” provided was clear for all to see.

Merely one percent of the “Natural Seal” had greatly improved his perception, upgraded his “Universal Arrow Skill,” and even increased his professional level by one – to the extent that the speed of his attribute improvement had significantly accelerated.

What if he could obtain another “Natural Seal”?

Then he would once again reap massive benefits.

Leaving aside the prospect of advancing his “Universal Arrow Skill” to LV3 and consequently increasing his professional level to 4—for after all, any leveling system is bound to get harder the further one progresses; just because one “Natural Seal” had previously facilitated an upgrade for both his professional level and “Universal Arrow Skill” doesn’t mean it would still be possible now.

But at the very least, further enhancing his perception and speeding up his arrow skill improvement was still achievable.

It was as if he had been given a large wave of Experience, resulting in a clear increase in his attributes. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

This was significant, both for him personally and for the Castle.

Had it not been for the acceleration of his strength growth due to the “Natural Seal,” enabling him to become a Level 3 archer during the goblin crisis, he might not have made it to the Clover Mantis’s rescue.

With a heart full of surprise, Char focused his attention on the Mushroom Fairy, and its panel immediately appeared.

[Little Red Riding Hood]

[Skills]: Drilling Ground Hole (1st ring), Spore Poison Powder (1st ring), Mushroom Growth (1st ring), Explosive Mushroom (1st ring)

[Challenge Level]: 1/2

[Introduction]: Little Red Riding Hood is one of the fairies naturally born from mushrooms, which they transform from. They are timid and shy, prefer to live alone, and come and go like shadows, for they possess the ability to burrow. Moreover, Little Red Riding Hoods are innate Mushroom Masters, easily finding and cultivating all sorts of delicious mushrooms.

‘So the Mushroom Spirit is called “Little Red Riding Hood,” he thought Betty was just using a nickname.’

Char thought to himself.

Little Red Riding Hood had one less skill than the Flower Fairy, but each had reached the 1st ring, and its Challenge Level was higher, reaching 1/2.

In terms of combat ability, it was slightly stronger than Betty.

However, to Char’s surprise, it wasn’t these aspects that mattered. After all, he was not currently lacking a combatant with a Challenge Level of 1/2.

What truly delighted him was that Little Red Riding Hood was also a born Mushroom Master.

Mushrooms are also a food source, and his current diet was rather limited, with meat being the only abundant category, including birds, crabs, fish, and turtles.

Beyond that, the variety was rather bland, with vegetables consisting only of beets and tomatoes, though he planned to grow more types of vegetables later, but had not yet taken action.

Now, if he could tame the Little Red Riding Hood, he would immediately be able to diversify his menu.

The forest was a fungi’s paradise, heavens knew how drool-inducing it was for him to see a forest full of colorful, eye-catching mushrooms every day during his time in this otherworldly realm!

In his past life, he was quite fond of eating a variety of mushrooms, and after crossing over, being suddenly exposed to so many appetizing fungi was irresistible.

Especially right after he had crossed over, when he could hardly fill his stomach, walking through the forest seeing fungi everywhere only made him salivate more, unable to help swallowing his saliva.

But at that time he could only resist, as he did not recognize any of these fungi. Glancing around, he did not know any of the fungi of this otherworldly world.

To eat them rashly would be very dangerous.

He dared not bet on the Half-Elf’s resistance to mushrooms, nor on the Lotus Leaf Spring being able to detoxify them.

Now, with Little Red Riding Hood the Mushroom Master here, he could tell at a glance which fungi were edible and which were not.

Finally, he could pick and enjoy delicious fungi!

Thinking this, Char couldn’t help but start to swallow his saliva.

Not only that, but the appearance of Little Red Riding Hood was also significant for the Castle upgrade. The second phase of the Castle upgrade primarily involved dividing it into different functional areas.

Besides dividing the first carriage into a Prayer Room, bedroom, living room, kitchen, and washroom, the second carriage also needed divided areas like a vegetable room, chicken coop, pigsty, and more, focusing on a pastoral, personal estate theme.

Of course, what is to be built is a choice left to the players, who can mix and match as they please, and a Mushroom House is one of the options.

With Little Red Riding Hood, he could easily construct a Mushroom House.