Chapter Summaries

Amamiya Natsuki and Koyasu Tsubame carried the weakened Little Red Riding Hood through the snow to her grandmother’s house. Grandma let them inside and offered them dried fruit, while the pair remained wary of the dark cabin and its strange host.

• Little Red Riding Hood weakened in the cold, and Tsubame suggested giving her a layer of clothing, but Natsuki carried her instead.
• Natsuki carried Little Red Riding Hood most of the way to the wooden house beneath three oak trees, then handed her to Tsubame while he rested.
• Little Red Riding Hood ran to knock on the door, and her grandmother opened it and invited Natsuki and Tsubame inside.
• Tsubame held Natsuki’s hand as they cautiously entered the dim, chilly cabin and wondered whether Grandma was Wolf Grandma.
• Grandma thanked them for saving Little Red Riding Hood and offered them a basket of dried fruit.

Amamiya Natsuki and Koyasu Tsubame discovered that Grandma’s mushrooms were driving her to hunger and that she planned to eat them. Natsuki subdued Grandma and prepared to remove the mushroom, while Little Red Riding Hood and Tsubame helped.

• Little Red Riding Hood offered food, but Tsubame and Natsuki felt a strange hunger that nearly made them eat the pine nuts.
• Natsuki found Grandma eating snow and discovered that she had tied up Little Red Riding Hood, intending to eat her guests.
• Little Red Riding Hood explained that removing the mushroom on Grandma’s head would return her to normal.
• Grandma attacked Natsuki with a rusty dagger, but he seized her wrist and threw her to the ground.
• Natsuki asked Tsubame to hold Grandma down while he removed the mushroom.

Amamiya Natsuki freed Little Red Riding Hood’s grandmother from a Gluttony Mushroom, learned about the Fairytale Kingdom, and set out with Tsubame to find Chika. They reached a village where the Person-Finding Compass indicated Chika was nearby, but Tsubame warned against using megaphones in case they attracted Mushroom People.

• Amamiya Natsuki removed the Gluttony Mushroom from Grandma, stopping her frantic struggle and restoring her calm.
• Grandma told Amamiya Natsuki and Koyasu Tsubame about the kingdom’s forest, village, castles, dwarfs, and Magic Mirror, while Amamiya sketched a map; she had never heard of the Nightmare Seed.
• Grandma asked Little Red Riding Hood to guide the pair, and Tsubame agreed to leave the girl their clothes in exchange for her help.
• Amamiya carried Little Red Riding Hood through the snowy forest as she guided him and Tsubame toward the village, and they marked the path near the dwarfs’ valley.
• Amamiya used the Person-Finding Compass to locate Chika somewhere in the dark village, then Tsubame objected to using megaphones because they might attract Mushroom People.

Amamiya Natsuki, Koyasu Tsubame, and Little Red Riding Hood searched the village for Fujiwara Chika and found a cursed pair of Red Dancing Shoes in an abandoned house. The shoes trapped Tsubame and forced her to dance, leaving Natsuki struggling to free her.

• Amamiya Natsuki threatened the villagers into opening their doors, and he and Koyasu Tsubame learned more about the village while searching for Fujiwara Chika.
• Amamiya Natsuki and Koyasu Tsubame entered Sister Karen's vacant house and heard high-heeled footsteps upstairs.
• Amamiya Natsuki found a pair of Red Dancing Shoes on the staircase, and the shoes attacked Koyasu Tsubame.
• The Red Dancing Shoes wrapped themselves around Tsubame's feet and forced her to dance.
• Amamiya Natsuki tried to pull off the shoes but found they would not budge, leaving Tsubame fearing she might lose her feet.

Amamiya Natsuki turned Koyasu Tsubame into a lamb to remove the Red Dancing Shoes, then searched the house for a way to stop them. He found Karen’s diary upstairs, but its first entries offered no clues yet.

• Amamiya Natsuki used the Polymorph Spell to turn Koyasu Tsubame into a lamb, allowing him to remove the Red Dancing Shoes.
• The shoes went after Little Red Riding Hood, so Amamiya Natsuki put them back on Tsubame’s hooves, leaving them stuck and motionless.
• Mrs. Kaguya tried wearing the shoes and discovered they had no effect on her; a game prompt revealed that shoes without an owner could not dance.
• Amamiya Natsuki left Mrs. Kaguya with Little Red Riding Hood and searched the second floor with Tsubame, checking the first two rooms without finding clues.
• Amamiya Natsuki found Karen’s Diary in the third room and read its early entries about the young girl’s simple daily life.

After reading Karen’s diary, Amamiya Natsuki and Koyasu Tsubame triggered a quest to reunite the red dancing shoes with Karen. Natsuki persuaded the shoes to let him carry them in his Game Backpack, and he carried Tsubame downstairs, noticing that she was acting strangely.

• Amamiya Natsuki and Koyasu Tsubame received the Red Dancing Shoes side quest, which gave them twenty-four hours to help the shoes find Karen.
• Tsubame changed back from a sheep and realized she was naked, so she asked Natsuki to turn around while she went to get dressed.
• The red dancing shoes rushed toward Tsubame, and Natsuki picked her up to keep the shoes from taking control of her.
• Natsuki persuaded the red dancing shoes to let him find Karen and stored them in his Game Backpack.
• Tsubame accepted Natsuki’s offer to carry her downstairs, and he noticed that she was acting strangely.

Amamiya Natsuki and Koyasu Tsubame left the old house and questioned Guide Loli about Karen to advance the Red Dancing Shoes quest. After gathering Karen’s appearance and background, they continued their search for Chika.

• Amamiya Natsuki carried Koyasu Tsubame downstairs and asked her to keep their encounter secret, and she agreed not to tell Kaguya or the others.
• Amamiya Natsuki left Mrs. Kaguya behind to conserve her ghost energy and asked Guide Loli where Karen had moved, but she did not know.
• Amamiya Natsuki gave Guide Loli jam-filled bread, and she shared details about Karen’s appearance and said Karen had been a loner who moved away.
• Amamiya Natsuki recorded Karen’s identifying traits, then continued toward the wall with Koyasu Tsubame and Guide Loli to resume searching for Chika.

Amamiya Natsuki reunited with Fujiwara Chika and Koyasu Tsubame in the snowy instance, where Chika's sealed backpack left her unable to get warmer clothes. They discovered mushrooms growing on all three players, and the chapter left them identifying Natsuki's as a Lust Mushroom.

• Amamiya Natsuki found Fujiwara Chika with Koyasu Tsubame and Little Red Riding Hood, who introduced herself after Chika mistook her for Cinderella.
• Chika explained that the Lost Glass Slipper side quest had sealed her backpack, and Natsuki gave her his jacket and food.
• After Little Red Riding Hood warned that her grandmother had grown mushrooms alongside a strange hunger, Natsuki discovered a mushroom sprouting on Chika's head.
• Natsuki and Tsubame found that they also had mushrooms, and Little Red Riding Hood said only the Brave Lord could remove them.
• The players identified Chika's mushroom as Gluttony, Tsubame's as Sloth, and Natsuki's as Lust, prompting Chika and Tsubame to recoil.

Amamiya Natsuki and his companions followed Guide Loli through the snowy forest toward the Seven Dwarfs’ valley while searching for Hanamori. There, Natsuki found Hayasaka Ai inside the dwarfs’ house and arranged a plan to lure one of them outside.

• Amamiya Natsuki questioned Cinderella about her missing Glass Slipper, but she declined Fujiwara Chika’s invitation to join the search.
• Amamiya Natsuki, Fujiwara Chika, and Koyasu Tsubame followed the Person-Finding Compass and Tsubame’s trail markers through the snowy forest toward Hanamori.
• Guide Loli told them that the Seven Dwarfs lived in the valley, so the group headed there and found a lit Wooden House.
• Amamiya Natsuki secretly looked inside the house and saw five dwarfs, all with mushrooms growing on their heads, and Hayasaka Ai serving them.
• Amamiya Natsuki signaled Hayasaka Ai through a window, and she agreed to lure one of the dwarfs outside.

Amamiya Natsuki and his companions began freeing the Mushroom Dwarfs by luring them out of the Wooden House and surgically removing their mushrooms. After several successful operations, the cured Dwarfs agreed to help bring out their remaining companions, including their volatile big brother.

• Amamiya Natsuki told Fujiwara Chika and Tsubame-senpai that Hanamori was trapped inside the Wooden House and proposed removing the mushrooms one Dwarf at a time.
• Hayasaka Ai lured a Dwarf outside with bread, and Tsubame-senpai restrained him using Sweep away evil.
• Amamiya Natsuki used the Dark Chef Badge to learn how to remove the Greed Mushroom and successfully operated on the Dwarf.
• After the first two Dwarfs were cured, Amamiya Natsuki sent them back as spies, and the group used their help to bring out several more Dwarfs.
• The cured Dwarfs thanked Amamiya Natsuki and offered to lure out their big brother, whose mushroom had made him prone to rages.

Amamiya Natsuki reunited with Hayasaka Ai, Fujiwara Chika, and Koyasu Tsubame, then removed the Anger Mushroom from the dwarfs’ big brother. After the dwarfs knew nothing about the Nightmare Seed, the group rested and learned about Yamashita Kaoru’s mission and disguise skill, leaving Amamiya to explain how his Touch of Fate could copy it.

• Amamiya Natsuki and the others entered the dwarfs’ house, where the six younger dwarfs restrained their mushroom-afflicted big brother and asked Amamiya to remove it.
• Koyasu Tsubame explained the mushrooms to Yamashita Kaoru, and Amamiya successfully removed the Anger Mushroom from the big brother.
• Amamiya asked the dwarfs about the Nightmare Seed, but none of them had heard of it, so the group accepted their invitation to rest and eat.
• Hayasaka Ai described how she and Yamashita Kaoru had been captured, and she and Fujiwara Chika shared their missions to survive for forty-eight hours and find the Nightmare Seed.
• Fujiwara Chika invited Yamashita Kaoru to join the mutual aid group, and Yamashita shared her Disguise skill with the others.
• Amamiya showed the group his skills and explained that Touch of Fate let him copy and paste skills through physical contact.

Amamiya Natsuki copied a passing girl’s disguise skill, then shared an awkwardly passionate moment with Hayasaka Ai before they returned to eat. Their meal was interrupted by Snow White, who had escaped from a castle, and Amamiya allowed her into the Wooden House, possibly triggering a Side Quest.

• Amamiya Natsuki copied a passing girl’s disguise ability and used Sweep away evil on her.
• Hayasaka Ai told Amamiya Natsuki about her target-locking hair clip and teased him, but he kissed her after revealing his Lust Mushroom.
• Amamiya Natsuki and Hayasaka Ai returned to the Wooden House, where Fujiwara Chika ate eagerly and Amamiya gathered information from the Seven Dwarfs.
• A young woman in a white gown arrived at the Wooden House and identified herself as Snow White, saying she had escaped from a castle.
• Amamiya Natsuki told the dwarf to let Snow White inside.

Amamiya Natsuki discovered that Snow White’s beauty carried a charm curse that turned people into simps, and he subdued her by covering her head with a hood. He warned Hayasaka Ai about the curse and had her prepare to tie Snow White up.

• Snow White entered the Wooden House, and her charm immediately captivated Amamiya Natsuki, the dwarfs, and several girls.
• Amamiya Natsuki saw a prompt identifying the Simp Curse, resisted its effects, and realized that looking at Snow White strengthened the charm.
• Snow White asked for food and learned that Amamiya Natsuki could remove mushrooms from the dwarfs’ heads, prompting them to praise him as the Brave Lord.
• Snow White took Hayasaka Ai’s chair and questioned Amamiya Natsuki, who covered her head with a black hood and held her hostage to stop the dwarfs from attacking.
• Amamiya Natsuki threatened Snow White when she kept speaking, and the dwarfs stood down as she agreed to stay quiet.
• Hayasaka Ai recovered from the charm, learned about the Simp Curse, and prepared to tie Snow White’s hands behind her back.

Amamiya Natsuki and the others restrained Snow White after breaking the Simp Curse’s hold on the group, then discovered an Arrogance Mushroom beneath her hood. During an interrogation, Snow White asked Natsuki to help her reclaim the kingdom, prompting a side quest and an offer of gold and treasure.

• Fujiwara Chika, Koyasu Tsubame, and the Seven Dwarfs recovered from the Simp Curse, while the group kept Snow White hooded and tied up.
• Amamiya Natsuki found an Arrogance Mushroom under Snow White’s hood, and the group chose not to gag her before making holes in the hood so she could see.
• Amamiya Natsuki nearly gave in to Snow White’s charm during the interrogation, so Hayasaka Ai took over questioning her.
• Snow White said the Queen had driven her from the palace after her father died and asked Amamiya Natsuki to help her reclaim the kingdom.
• The Game announced the side quest Snow White’s Revenge, and Snow White offered Natsuki a fief before promising endless gold and treasure.

Amamiya Natsuki’s group questioned Snow White about the Nightmare Seed, but she knew nothing, so they decided to seek answers from the Queen’s Magic Mirror. After setting out with Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, and the Seven Dwarfs, they learned their route led toward the castle, where they could search for both the mirror and the Silly Young Lady.

• Snow White offered to sleep with Amamiya Natsuki in exchange for help reclaiming her throne, but he refused and said he liked Chika, Tsubame-senpai, and Hayasaka Ai.
• Hayasaka Ai questioned Snow White about the Nightmare Seed, and the Witch’s Mirror confirmed that Snow White knew nothing about it.
• Amamiya Natsuki proposed finding Kaguya and consulting the Queen’s Magic Mirror, which the group believed could reveal the Nightmare Seed’s location.
• After Snow White ate, Hayasaka Ai hooded and tied her up again, and Amamiya Natsuki’s group prepared to leave with her and the Seven Dwarfs.
• Amamiya Natsuki used the Person-Finding Compass to follow the Silly Young Lady’s direction, and Snow White identified the route as the way to the castle.

Amamiya Natsuki’s group struggled through the snowy night as Sloth Mushrooms wore down Koyasu Tsubame and the passerby girl, while Hayasaka’s Jealousy Mushroom intensified her resentment. They reached the city after its gates had closed, and Amamiya used Snow White’s Simp Curse to entrance the guards and gain entry.

• Hayasaka threatened Snow White with a snowball, keeping the princess quiet beneath her hood as the group traveled through the dark.
• Koyasu Tsubame and the passerby girl grew exhausted from their Sloth Mushrooms, and Amamiya Natsuki piggybacked Tsubame while Fujiwara Chika carried Little Red Riding Hood.
• Hayasaka’s Jealousy Mushroom made her furious when Amamiya carried Tsubame, while a passerby player felt neglected and was carried by dwarfs instead.
• The group reached the city after its gates had closed, and Snow White warned that guards would arrest anyone with a mushroom growing on their head.
• Amamiya Natsuki pulled off Snow White’s hood in front of the guards, and her Simp Curse entranced them.

Amamiya Natsuki and his companions entered the Fairytale Kingdom's city with Snow White's help and followed Hayasaka Ai's tracker to an ancient castle where Kaguya might be. After sneaking inside, Amamiya Natsuki found Hayasaka Ai's jealousy mushroom was affecting her despite her denials.

• Amamiya Natsuki used Snow White as a shield, and her charm persuaded the guards to open the city gate.
• Amamiya Natsuki asked Hayasaka Ai to use her hair clip to track Kaguya, and the group followed it to an ancient castle.
• Amamiya Natsuki, Fujiwara Chika, and Hayasaka Ai entered the castle grounds while Tsubame-senpai and the others stayed outside to watch Snow White.
• Fujiwara Chika ate bread to lessen her mushroom's effects, while Hayasaka Ai insisted she felt nothing despite Fujiwara suspecting otherwise.
• Amamiya Natsuki climbed through a broken second-floor window and pulled Hayasaka Ai inside, where she stopped him from kissing her and denied being jealous.

Amamiya Natsuki, Hayasaka Ai, and Fujiwara Chika broke the Little Mermaid’s memory-altering illusion and continued searching the castle for Shinomiya Kaguya. They finally found Kaguya on the second floor, still wearing her Bunny Girl Uniform.

• Amamiya Natsuki reminded Hayasaka Ai and Fujiwara Chika of their rescue mission when the illusion made them forget they were searching for Kaguya.
• Amamiya Natsuki used Miko's Spiritual Vision to identify the Sixth Princess as the core of the illusion and recognize the Little Mermaid story.
• Amamiya Natsuki exposed the false princess and prompted the Prince to recognize the Mermaid Princess, breaking the illusion.
• Hayasaka Ai returned to her human form after being transformed into a lamb, and the group heard Shinomiya Kaguya call out to them.
• Fujiwara Chika and Amamiya Natsuki found Shinomiya Kaguya on the second floor, and Kaguya asked if they had made the sound she heard.

Amamiya Natsuki reunited with Kaguya and the others after the mermaid’s song curse was lifted, then returned to the courtyard to bring the group back to the castle. When Snow White disappeared, they searched for her but lost her trail and returned to the castle to rest.

• Kaguya explained that the mermaid’s song had caused the curse, and the group found two dazed players who agreed to join them.
• Amamiya Natsuki returned to the courtyard, told Tsubame-senpai that Kaguya and the others were safe, and tried to check the mushrooms growing on Tsubame’s and Miss Yamashita’s heads.
• Natsuki noticed Snow White was missing, and the group followed her footprints until they vanished in the snow.
• Tsubame-senpai wanted to keep searching, but Natsuki took her hand and led her and the others back to the castle.
• Natsuki brought Guide Loli and the Seven Dwarfs through the broken window, where they found a fire burning in the fireplace.

Amamiya Natsuki and the others gathered firewood and searched the castle while learning that their extra mission involved finding the Nightmare Seed. During a patrol, the mushroom’s influence led Amamiya Natsuki and Shinomiya Kaguya to kiss, until a dwarf’s shout interrupted them.

• Shinomiya Kaguya said the castle was running low on fuel, so Amamiya Natsuki organized a trip to gather firewood and search for dangers.
• Amamiya Natsuki left Guide Loli in charge of the fireplace and sent the dwarves to chop wood while he and Shinomiya Kaguya patrolled the courtyard.
• Shinomiya Kaguya explained that she and the invited players had an extra objective involving the Nightmare Seed, while the others had a forty-eight-hour survival mission.
• Amamiya Natsuki and Shinomiya Kaguya discussed using the Queen’s Magic Mirror to locate the Nightmare Seed as they continued their patrol.
• After snow fell onto Shinomiya Kaguya, Amamiya Natsuki brushed it off, pulled her close, and kissed her under the mushroom’s influence.
• A dwarf called out to the Brave Lord, interrupting Amamiya Natsuki and Shinomiya Kaguya as they kissed.