"Of course, if you lie, your body will reveal the traits of a real puppet, exposing the fact that you lied." As Old Carpenter spoke, he bestowed the blessing upon Shepherd.
At that moment, a guard's knock sounded at the door.
Old Carpenter went to the door. The guard looked at his face and asked whether he had taken in any strangers.
That stranger was very likely the culprit who had caused the princess to fall into eternal slumber.
Old Carpenter calmly and steadily said that he had not taken in any strangers.
The guard clearly knew Old Carpenter. Seeing no change in his expression, he was reassured and left with his men.
"Grandpa Carpenter, what will you do?" Shepherd might have been simple and honest, but that did not mean he was foolish.
The two of them planned to steal the princess.
Once the matter was exposed, Old Carpenter would very likely be implicated.
Previously, he had still possessed a "blessing." With it, Old Carpenter had not needed to fear anything else.
But transferring a blessing was not an easy matter.
The blessed person had to use the blessing for a long time and fully comprehend it before gaining the corresponding ability.
Moreover, such transfers usually only created related items—such as the bag of rice Farmer Grandpa had given away.
The ability to summon birds with rice and communicate with them could be regarded as a blessing from Farmer Grandpa, one that had extended into that bag of rice.
As the bag of rice was consumed, the blessing within it was consumed as well.
Only by truly mastering every aspect of a blessing could someone strip it from themselves and transfer it to another person.
"Don't worry about Grandpa. When I was young, I tricked a giant with the