Grimm's Travels and Witch Rowling (Please Follow Up)

[Grimm's Travels] and [Witch Rowling] (Please Follow Up)

Holy Radiance Calendar, year 1005, the first day of the new year.

Ever since Rock Bear Knight and Frost Wolf Knight were attacked, reports of Evil Spirit attacks had been coming in from various places now and then, though no one knew whether they were true.

In response to the recent spate of Evil Spirit attacks across the land, Holy Radiance Church claimed that one of the church's bishops had developed a Spirit-Expelling Holy Water that was extremely effective against [Evil Spirits]: "Holy Light No. 1."

One only needed to take one bottle every seven days, and after a month, one would be immune to all evils.

As soon as this holy water was released, it was priced at ten Gold Coins a bottle. The first batch of three thousand bottles sold out within a week, and even achieved the astonishing feat of... zero bad reviews.

Regarding this, Levi said that the nobles of this world really were easy to fool.

But it was understandable. He came from the modern world, so naturally he did not understand these people's fanatical faith in the church.

"Ever since that incident, Evil Spirits have been appearing more and more often."

"Wizards, Wizards... how am I supposed to find traces of Wizards?"

Levi rummaged through some Parchment books in his father's study. So far, this world had neither papermaking nor printing.

So even in a noble family like his father's, the collection of books at home was very limited.

In the end, he found nothing.

Knight Fred hurried into the study, his face excited as he said to Levi, "Young Master, I've brought you a birthday present you absolutely could never have imagined."

For the usually steady Knight Fred to be this excited, Levi grew curious as well. He saw Knight Fred order his men to push in a wheeled cage covered with a curtain.

Knight Fred lifted the curtain, and three furry little things were curled up in the corner.

"Bears?" Levi's expression turned strange.

In front of him were three bears the size of calves.

Why had Knight Fred given him three bears?

"Young Master, these aren't ordinary bears. They're cubs of Northern Giant Bears."

"What? Northern Giant Bears?" Levi was shocked.

He had heard of these things. Once fully grown, they were beasts comparable to Formal Knights.

"Last night, a peasant woman discovered something sneaking into her yard in the middle of the night and stealing the chickens she raised. Then she found this little fellow. It tried to run, but happened to run into the Militia patrolling at night. Don't be fooled by the fact that it's still a baby—it took a lot of effort to catch it."

Knight Fred lifted out one black-and-white mottled cub, pinching the nape of its neck like he had grabbed hold of its fate. The cub bared its fangs and brandished its claws, wanting to attack Fred, but unfortunately, it was all in vain.

There were still chicken feathers around the cub's mouth. It was hard to imagine that such a tiny thing would one day become the fearsome Northern Giant Bear.

The other two cubs whimpered, seeming to worry about their sibling.

None of the three cubs were fat. For bears, they could even be called skin and bones.

It was clear they had been hungry for a long time. If Knight Fred had not found them, they probably would have starved to death in a few days.

"Where's their mother? She won't follow the cubs' scent and come looking for trouble, will she?" Levi was a little worried. The current him was no match for a Northern Giant Bear.

"Don't worry. From the looks of it, their mother probably died long ago or abandoned them. Normally, this is when bears hibernate. If they aren't staying in their den at this time, it means something happened to their mother."

"If these Northern Giant Bear cubs were put on the Black Market, each one would be worth more than a hundred Gold Coins. Many princes and nobles want to tame these fierce beasts from a young age, so when they grow up, it's the same as having a capable knight-level pet."

"But I suggest we raise them ourselves. Northern Giant Bear cubs are a rare sight. It's just that feeding them will cost quite a bit of money..."

Knight Fred was in a very good mood and did his utmost to persuade Levi to keep the three cubs.

"Fine, let's raise them. Put them in the castle for now and assign some people to take good care of them." Levi came to the three cubs and looked the little fellows over carefully, then said, "This grey one will be called Little Grey. That white one will be called Little White. As for this mottled one, it'll be called... Little Fatty. Who told it to be the fattest?"

Levi had the servants properly settle the cubs. These little fellows would need at least seven years before they could be of any use, and since they were wild, he did not even know whether they could be raised successfully. So he could not place his hopes on external things like these. Improving his own strength was what mattered most.

After sending away the yowling cubs, Levi looked at Knight Fred and asked, "Lord Fred, how is the search for books related to Wizards going on your end?"

Fred smiled and said, "You really do care about this Wizard matter. Don't worry, I've already sent people to look. Most of what they found are basically biographies of rangers or some fictional stories; they can't be taken seriously. I did find one book on hand. I got it from a wandering merchant, and it records a legend about Wizards. You can take a look."

Knight Fred handed over a roll of Parchment. It was very old and worn.

"Grimm's Travels."

The author was someone who called himself "Grimm." Clearly, Grimm was a pen name. As for who he actually was, no one knew.

Levi returned to his room, opened the travelogue, and began reading from the beginning.

Grimm described himself as a traveling merchant. The contents of the travelogue were not extensive. It mainly recorded some strange tales and oddities Grimm had heard during his travels, one of which was about Wizards.

"Holy Radiance Calendar, year 847. On the sea east of Stormwind City in the Emerald Kingdom, the merchant ship I was on was wrecked in a storm. I clung to a wooden plank and prayed to the Heavenly Father, begging to survive this disaster. Perhaps my devout faith moved the Heavenly Father, for I lived. The waves washed me onto a nameless island. I did not know where I was. Starving and parched, I searched the island everywhere for food, and then I saw many magical creatures that overturned everything I had imagined."

"There were three-legged toads, with the face of a beautiful woman growing on their backs; swans with six pairs of wings, holy and beautiful, like the legendary twelve-winged angels beside the Heavenly Father; and red mushrooms that could run. Damn it, that thing could even speak human language, and it tore off a piece of flesh from its own body and fed it to me. After eating the mushroom, I fell asleep in a daze. I vaguely remember a beautiful lady sitting beside me..."

"I do not remember what happened afterward. When I woke, I was already on a fishing boat. The fishermen said they had found me floating on a wooden plank and rescued me. I think I may have encountered the legendary Wizards. Only Wizards would study and create all sorts of strange creatures. Moreover, I discovered that after eating the flesh and blood of that mushroom, the chronic illness that had plagued me for years had also vanished. I was younger than before, stronger than before. This was definitely the power of magic. It was that Witch who saved me! Later, I earned a lot of money doing business and wanted to go to that island again to search for that beautiful Witch. But that island seemed to have vanished into thin air. I went to sea seven times, and all ended in failure, until now, when my hair has turned grey."

"In order to go to sea, I became a pauper again. My friends and family left me. They said I had gone mad, but I knew I had not. I truly did see a Wizard. I pulled myself together and sold the mansion I owned in the royal capital. I was determined to go to sea for the eighth time. Before this voyage, I wrote down everything I had experienced and paid to publish one hundred copies myself. If I cannot find the legendary Wizards, I hope those who read this book can continue the search."

"Oh, right. I vaguely remember that in the conversation between that red mushroom and that beautiful Witch, the mushroom called the Witch... Lady Rowling."