RPGCh40 - Fairy Tale (VIII)

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“Don’t use the AOE sleep skill.” 9aYHU2

The formless voice diffused in the cabin, slightly jostling the nearly stagnant atmosphere. Watching the footprints that had appeared out of thin air near the doorway, Shan Ziwei had a peculiar feeling of oddness and excitement. The feeling was difficult to describe. 

Humans lived in a 3 dimensional world. It was possible to move in any direction in space and perceive any form of length, width or height. However, the fourth dimension, time, was not something they could manipulate. For humans, it was an immutable dimension. Hence, progression through time was limited. There was only one direction to go. One could not jump to the future or go back to the past. Similarly, people’s occupation of space was also limited, since they could not be in two places at once. 

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Shanzi Wei couldn’t help tightening his hold on Bluebeard’s Key. He finally realized that this small golden key stain with a bit of dark red was actually a super op prop that opened up the fourth dimension.

When this fourth dimension, time, could be manipulated, many strange and fantastic situations could be brought into existence. For example, travelling through time and space, or talking to yourself from the past or future. Sx78Rd

Like now.

Following his future self’s instructions, he’d come to the Mobius Cabin when the sun shined the brightest, and here, he became his future self and met his past self who had come to look for a poisonous apple.

From beginning to end, he was the only one involved. It was him who spoke, and it was also him who listened. One came from the future, and the other came from the past. As the name of this cabin implied, the two sides connected to form a ring with no beginning nor end: a mobius ring.

Shan Ziwei stared unblinkingly at the empty space in front of the cabin doors and wanted to laugh at the past him who’d  been scared out of his wits. Now he understood everything. Facing the past him, he felt a subtle sense of superiority and amusement.

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He ended up laughing too.

 “That’s right, it’s exactly what you’re thinking. Don’t open your eyes, you mustn’t see me and I mustn’t see you——you know why.”

That’s right, they knew exactly why. No one in the world knew better than he ‘himself’ as to why they shouldn’t see each other.

“I’ve got the poisoned apple here with me. Now, remember well what I’m about to say.” 3xAlqN

There was no sign of anyone opposite Shan Ziwei. When speaking, it was like talking to thin air, but he knew that the other party was listening very closely, exactly like he had in the past. 

“I’ll put the poisoned apple opposite you. Once I say ‘go’, you can open your eyes and take the poisoned apple to the current Snow White.” Shan Ziwei said very slowly. He inevitably recalled his previous conversation. The two scenes merged together in front of his eyes. “Once the princess bites the apple, take the poisoned apple to Mobius Cabin when the sun shines the brightest.”

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When he was ready, Shan Ziwei gave ‘him’ the signal to act. 

“Go.”

There was no movement from the other party. They quietly acted like they weren’t there, pretending like there was only one person in the room from beginning to end. Shan Ziwei’s heart tightened for a moment, but then suddenly recalled that he’d initially had doubts as well. So he said to ‘him’,  p9ayh5

“Yes, it’s me.”

Shan Ziwei heavily emphasized ‘me’. The only one here was ‘me’, no second person was present. This word was like a hammer, breaking open the other party’s resolve. Shan Ziwei heard a burst of squelching footsteps. Clearly the other ‘him’ had lots of mud on his shoe. Whenever he walked, his shoes made small squishing sounds against the floor. Shan Ziwei just listened as the sound of the footsteps got closer and closer, finally pausing less than a meter away, before quickly retreating to the doorway.

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“I want to go to wherever Princess Snow White is.” 

After hearing ‘him’ say such, the surroundings became still again. sdd2Na

Shan Ziwei waited a bit longer, before opening his eyes. The poisonous apple on the table had already disappeared. The cabin in the woods was exactly as it was when he first entered; he was the only one in the cabin. Shan Ziwei was a little excited and circled the little cabin a few times, before gradually calming down.

No matter how strange and shocking the experience just now was, it didn’t have anything to do with what he had to do next. After the poisonous apple incident came to an end, Snow White’s story was basically the same as Princess Rose’s. The only thing left for them was for the prince to arrive and save the princess. 

There was no need to hesitate. Target destination: Princess Donkeyskin.

With some excitement, Shan Ziwei walked to the wooden door of Mobius Cabin and reached out to insert Bluebeard’s key into the keyhole. 4opMyZ

“I want…”

Shan Ziwei’s voice halted for a moment. He’d wanted to say ‘Princess Donkeyskin’, but he suddenly saw his wrinkled hands. He’d almost forgotten that he was still disguised as an old granny. His appearance was quite different from the first time he met with Princess Donkeyskin. As such, Shan Ziwei’s words made a sharp u-turn, and set the destination as the Queen’s dressing room. Then, he used his disguise skill to dress himself as the cold and noble white haired Queen once again.

After confirming that there was nothing else missing, Shan Ziwei held Bluebeard’s key and set his destination to Princess Donkeyskin’s place again. 

“I want to go to wherever Princess Donkeyskin, who’d just received a sky-blue dress, is.” Y6BJkc

As always, he closed his eyes before walking through the mercury film. As soon as he walked out, he heard a voice in front of him. 

“The skirt has arrived. My lovely daughter, it’s time for you to keep your promise. “

Wow, he’d just arrive and it was already so intense. 

Shan Ziwei was frightened. The speaker was definitely that depraved father of Princess Donkeyskin. His voice was full of self-satisfaction. bwXvqt

The princess was also certainly here. When Shan Ziwei heard the slightly nervous breathing of another individual, he could tell that the princess was already anxious to the point of breaking down.

“Royal Father, please let me think about it for another night.”

“Hm. I’ll see you again tomorrow.” The king made to leave. He left one more sentence before leaving, evidently already confident in the princess’s ultimate decision. “No matter what you want, whatever it is, I can do it for you unconditionally.”

After the king left, the room was silent for a while. Shan Ziwei heard the princess utter a word in a low, almost sobbing voice, akin to a tiny kitten abandoned in the rain. sw9NhR

“Godmother…”

Shan Ziwei’s eyes were shocked open by that call. He saw the princess sitting on the bed just like the last time. Her long hair fell down like an inky waterfall, landing on the skirt spread out at her feet. It was the dress from the story that was described as “more beautiful than the wide-blue sky and lustrous golden clouds”. The princess gazed at it with a face as white as the fresh snow, melting at a single touch.

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Shan Ziwei looked around the room reflexively to make sure there was nothing strange in the room… such as a pile of blue dolls. Then, he lightly coughed to alert the princess to his presence. The princess immediately raised her head. Seeing him, her dull eyes suddenly glittered with a layer of light, “Godmother!”

The young girl with black hair grabbed that dress and climbed down from the bed. She eagerly came to Shan Ziwei’s side and reached out as if she wanted to hug him. Shan Ziwei backed away from the princess’s touch. The atmosphere immediately changed. The princess took in his gesture of obvious refusal. Her face, which had been flushed with excitement, gradually fell. Her expression was heartbreaking. qWCQU7

In order to break the awkward mood, Shan Ziwei reached out of his own accord to feel the dress in the princess’s hand.

“What a surprise.” Shan Ziwei said with nO AwkWaRDNess. “Your father actually managed to make this beautiful dress” 

The princess pursed her red lips and gave a weak smile. The scene was somewhat stagnant for a bit. Shan Ziwei strangely couldn’t meet the princess’s eyes. Instead, he could only put his eyes on the sky-colored dress.

In fact, it was no surprise that the king could make this dress. He could only say that the Princess Donkeyskin’s fairy godmother was simply dumb and too naive. She actually came up with such a stupid idea three times in a row. After this first idea failed, the godmother in the story then suggested that the princess ask the king to make a dress the color of the moon and then a dress the color of the sun, etc. OI3cjQ

Shan Ziwei carefully recalled the entire story of Princess Donkeyskin. The more he remembered, the more he felt that the princess really didn’t need so many dresses. In <Princess Donkeyskin>, the fairy godmother told the princess to ask the king for a dress the color of the sky, a dress the color of the moon, a dress the color of the sun and finally, a pelt of donkeyskin. None of these requests were difficult for the king to fulfill. So after getting the donkeyskin, the fairy godmother simply took the princess and ran away from the palace. In the later stages of the plot, the princess could only use the donkeyskin and a single, gorgeous dress. The story didn’t really say which dress it was. Each of the three skirts were very beautiful, and it seemed like just one was enough.

Maybe he could shorten the plot a little… Skip the moon colored dress and the sun colored dress and just let the princess go ask the king for the donkeyskin pelt. Then he could immediately take the princess and  escape the palace.

Shan Ziwei acted upon his thoughts. He said to the princess who had been watching him this entire time, “Last time, I didn’t think things though carefully enough. I have a new idea, it will definitely work. Ask your father again, but this time, ask for the skin of his prized donkey. If you tell him, erm tell, tell him that you want this donkey’s skin, he will definitely not agree. “

Shan Ziwei choked on his words. His attention was drawn to his falling Clubs SP. The last part was spoken nearly subconsciously. i315Kx

Wait, Clubs SP, you, why tf are you cliff diving and seeking death?!?

Shan Ziwei was not experiencing any kind of extreme emotions right now, so the dip could only be due to a violation of one of the scenarios.Thus, he quickly went to flip through the scenarios column. The culprit was quickly found.

Scenario 4: You attended Snow White’s wedding.

Before he knew it, scenario 4 had already silently activated. There was no time to take care of Princess Donkeyskin’s storyline anymore. Shan Ziwei made a sharp u-turn and rapidly left behind some words without any punctuation, “youjustdoasItellyouIneedtogofirst.” M qcxk

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Shan Ziwei left in such a rush that he failed to notice that the princess was on the verge of breaking down. The black-haired girl ran out of the room following the witch, but lost sight of her the moment she ran past the door. What greeted her outside was only the sight of one of the king’s guards walking towards her. 

“Your Highness, what is your command?”

The bodyguard seemed to ask respectfully, but stood immovable as he blocked the princess from leaving. The black-haired girl stood motionless, as if frozen into a beautiful ice sculpture. She looked at the guard in front of her, the light in her eyes falling like a meteor,fading into a bottomless black abyss. ephCWk

“Tell Royal Father that I want to see him.” The princess curled her blood red lips. The smile on her face teetered on the fine line between reason and madness. “I have something I wish to say to him.”


Iz: Wait, if the future him told the past him to do what the future him would do, how did the first past him know what to do as the future him? Like shouldn’t there be a first ‘him’ that didn’t receive any instruction before he became the future him that told the past him what to do and begin the unending loop? Also don’t even get me started on the multiple future hims that could be in the cabin at the same time… My brain hurts QAQ  

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Rinrin: ayesh, didn’t expect it was Donkeyskin that blackened first (?) (I mean, all the others are more subtext….wait does this still count as subtext?) Hmm….wonder if jealousy over another self will occur this early

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15 comments

  1. Poor Shan Ziewi has to micro-manage all these yandere ‘princesses’ to auctually complete this board, poor man.

    Thank you for translating!!!💋❤💕😍❤

  2. Ahh that’s why it’s the Mobius cabin! I didn’t notice that until now.

    And the game really is just full of pits, but trying to skip and shorten the plot seems like a bad idea…Well, not like those fairy tales were going to turn out like he expected in the first place.

  3. Wait, is Snow White really getting married? But her, well, ‘true love’ isn’t even in the wedding right now. I lowkey expected her not to wake up.

    Thanks for the chapter <3

    • I feel like Shan Ziwei is being told to attend Snow White’s wedding bc its his wedding too 😂😂 cuz it never said to “attend as a [insert whatever] in Snow White’s wedding” 😂😂

  4. Well that’s why it’s not logically feasible as we don’t know how it began… Similar to time paradox

  5. and where did he got the magical apple? must be from the future or smth

    thank you for the chapter!

  6. whats wrong with the pretty princesses? did their childhood trauma hurt them??

  7. My brain hurts with all this time stuff 😵‍💫 still, can’t help but laugh at his attempt to juggle all these different princesses that’re all turning into the same one lol

  8. Tf with this arc I thought he can do anything as long as there’s a beginning and an ending only he can fill the middle by any kind of means,but seriously he’s just following the script on the story,did I miss something ,can someone tell me why he became like this.. I mean not so genius to bend some parts of the story in the middle,and why the eff there’s so many princess ,no prince or king for him at all I thought this was bl ,sorry for my tantrums (´・ﻌ・`)