The Knight from the Fairytales

Chapter 96: Unconventional Approach

Chapter 96: Not Playing by the Rules

Holding the cloth bag containing countless magical artifacts, Beihai said with a sense of responsibility that this thing already represented all of that Fat Man's family assets, and nothing was left behind. The Fat Man really liked collecting things, but when he set out, he had brought everything with him, except for Cinderella's Glass Slipper and some famous but rather useless components.

Holding the bag, Beihai ran off to search for Aurora's figure while simultaneously rummaging through it to test the waters of various magical items. For example, a magical Crystal Ball that could show you anything you wanted to see. The Fat Man must have relied on this divine artifact to understand this world's mysterious magic. As soon as he took it out, the ball shone with rainbow-colored stars.

Soon, the stars dispersed, and a clear projection began to unfold. Beihai quickly realized he could use this Crystal Ball's guidance to find his teammates.

Besides that, for high-speed movement, apart from running with his legs, he could also use a Magic Broom. You could ride it like a horse, or even play at sword-riding flight.

Honestly, Beihai was feeling a bit emotional now. There was a time when he would rack his brains for a single magical artifact. To say his intentions were pure back then was completely impossible. But now, he had gotten his hands on such a huge bag all at once.

In fact, by the time Beihai found Aurora, the Wishing Star's map was already gone.

According to Aurora, a few bears and a girl had snatched the Wishing Star's map. Of course, there was definitely more to this story, given Aurora's blessings were in play. Forget a few bears, even a hundred bears wouldn't have been a problem!

However, Beihai was also extremely curious. What reason could have made Aurora simply give the Wishing Star away like that?

"Little Princess Aurora, the Wishing Star was just taken. Do we need to get it back?""Guardian Knight, I don't think we need to. I don't have that great a need for the Wishing Star. I just felt the other party needed that thing more than I did."

"Just because of that? I mean, is there a possibility that thing could help you break the curse?"

Beihai truly hadn't expected that a reason so flimsy, one that wasn't even a proper reason, could cause them to lose a wish-granting opportunity just like that.

Although a wish itself might not break a curse, causing trouble for that old Witch or indirectly using the wish could potentially exploit some loophole. It wasn't impossible to indirectly finish off the old Witch.

To pull off such an operation, Aurora, blessed with so many blessings and even the ability to make her thoughts reality, would most likely be able to use a wish to counter her.

But precisely because she acted this way, that was Aurora for you!

"Wait, just because she needed it? But... but I need it too! Kind Princess, I need it way more than they do! A girl and a few bears, what kind of wish could they have? And they kept calling themselves bullies. I find it a little hard to believe. If they really succeeded, it would be a very serious problem for the world."

Puss in Boots had thought it was purely a difference in strength, or that they had used underhanded tricks. He never, ever expected it was just this reason.

As the saying goes, you don't need it, but I do! I only have one life left now, and there's still that guy relentlessly chasing me.

I need to get my own life back, to reclaim that legendary life.

Puss in Boots clearly couldn't accept this outcome. His two paws waved erratically, pointing one moment towards where the bears had left, then pointing at himself, then pointing somewhere else. There was no clear purpose, because right now his brain didn't know which priority was higher.

Chase after them? Or berate Aurora first? Or when will that God of Death arrive? Need to prepare. All these things piled together were indeed a bit chaotic.

"Don't worry, we'll get it back."

Seeing his frantic, flustered state, Aurora spoke up to comfort him.

Beihai, however, had other thoughts. Like that famous God of Death Wolf. That guy was very handsome, and looking at it from another angle, that wolf was also the cat's fan.

"Orange Cat, I recall the God of Death is chasing an arrogant, conceited, brash, cowardly, evasive fellow."

Beihai still had some affirmation for this cat's combat power, but right now his mind was in turmoil, a complete mess, and trying to straighten it out was difficult.

Clearly, these words stabbed right into Puss in Boots's little heart. He seemed to grasp a feeling, but it wasn't very clear. However, faced with such non-complimentary words, he habitually retorted.

"What? Cowardly? Evasive? I don't have that! If you're talking about conceited, the strong are always proud. Is that a fault too?"

Kitty, the black cat, agreed wholeheartedly.

"Who says it isn't? Look at you on this journey. You really have been a bit arrogant, brash, and even a little timid. And when you encounter things, you always like to run away. Even regarding matters about me, you're the same. But I don't want to hear your excuses anyway. I think what that Knight said is right. You really do have all these flaws."

"So that's how you all rate me? Fine, fine. Maybe you haven't heard of my legends from before. Before I retired, I dared to do anything. I've raided bird nests, and I've even been chopped by a guillotine blade. But everyone has had their glorious peak moments. What I want to do is simple: take back that glorious moment, reclaim the life that belongs to me. If this is your choice, I'll go alone. Well then, thank you for taking care of me along the way. Thanks."

As he spoke, he made to move forward. No one behind him spoke up to stop him or offer him a way out.

At this moment, as he walked away, not a single soul followed this lonely cat.

"Wait, wait, hold on a second. Don't any of you have something to say? I mean, if you begged me a little, I'd still be willing to take you with me."

Puss in Boots finally couldn't hold it in any longer. How was this different from what he expected? Shouldn't everyone be trying to persuade him, then have him rejoin the team?

Kitty chose that moment to roll her eyes perfectly.

"Give it a rest. Just go. If you were leaving out of spite, I'd think slightly more highly of you."

"Listen to you talk. I'll reluctantly stay then."

"I didn't tell you to stay."

"Come on, I know you're just embarrassed."

Although he really wanted to leave out of spite—maybe his retreating figure would look cool—considering the God of Death Wolf was chasing him, all things considered, it was better to stick with the main group.

That was the cat's thought.