Fairy Tale Survival with Ability Copying

The Candy House's meditation method had quite a few drawbacks, and Old Witch Margaret's request...

But in the end, Levi still agreed to her conditions.

The corners of Old Witch Margaret's mouth lifted. With a wave of her hand, an archway appeared before them.

"Follow me."

With that, she stepped into the archway.

Levi's eyes stirred slightly, and he followed right after her. Yalina, bringing Miss Nightingale Odelle with her, did not dare linger either and quickly kept pace with Levi.

As soon as they entered, the group arrived inside a library.

The bookshelves here towered into the clouds, built from solid black chocolate bricks, sturdy and solemn.

Pumpkin lanterns were placed here and there, providing light for the entire library.

"Welcome to the Candy House's Chocolate Library," Old Witch Margaret said proudly.

Yalina and Miss Nightingale Odelle were stunned by this mysterious sight.

A strange look also appeared on Levi's face.

Old Witch Margaret smiled and clapped her hands. A book made of glowing leaves flew out from the depths of the shelves and landed in her hand.

"When the Candy House was at its height, there were far more books in the Chocolate Library than there are now, and the library itself was many times larger than this place. If apprentices wanted to borrow relevant books, they even needed Sugar Essence Messengers to help them search. Unlike now..." Old Witch Margaret sighed.

After a brief pause, she recited an incantation Levi could not understand to the glowing leaf book in her hand. The book opened on its own, revealing writing.

"Sweet Corridor! This is the meditation method of our Candy House," Old Witch Margaret said.

Levi cast Detection on it. Although he could not detect the contents inside the book, he confirmed that this meditation method was genuine.

Old Witch Margaret had not tampered with it.

That made Levi quite satisfied. Looking at Old Witch Margaret's ugly old face, even he found her a little easier on the eyes.

He reached out, about to take the meditation method, but Old Witch Margaret asked, "You seem to have forgotten something."

"I don't have that ability right now," Levi said.

"I know. But you still need to give me some kind of guarantee," Old Witch Margaret said.

"How?" Levi asked.

"Come with me. Under the candy tree, use the meditation method as the contract and swear an oath."

"If you violate it, the meditation method will backlash against you, and you will turn into a monster dripping with sweet liquid," Old Witch Margaret said.

Although Levi felt somewhat displeased, he still did as Margaret required. However, when he swore the oath, he deliberately added the conditions that it could not endanger his life or infringe upon his interests.

Old Witch Margaret said nothing.

She did not have many choices left.

Because she was about to die.

After Levi swore the oath, Old Witch Margaret handed the meditation method to him. At the same time, she also gave him a crab shell.

It was a crab shell the size of a shield.

Its overall shape curved like a crescent moon, its back rising like a hill, while its underside sank inward into a natural stone couch. Its edges curled naturally like melted silver sugar, as if it were still breathing slowly.

The entire crab shell resembled a translucent crystal structure, like a symbiosis of thousand-year rock candy, solidified moonlight, and meringue. It felt cool to the touch without being biting. Its surface rippled with halos of light in response to emotional fluctuations, and it carried a scent like rain-soaked moss, freshly baked rye bread, melting snow, and unopened wild daisies mixed together.

A trace of surprise flashed through Levi's eyes. He cast Detection on it, and the relevant information immediately appeared.

[The molted shell shed once a year by the Second-Ring magical beast Moonshadow Giant Crab, which guards the White Sand Holy Altar deep within Moonshadow Forest. If ground into powder and consumed, it can improve the effectiveness of Spiritual Power training.]

Seeing this information, Levi could not help thinking of the plot from the fairy tale. After the old witch captured Gretel, what she fed her was crab shell.

So it was this kind of crab shell.

Levi gave Old Witch Margaret a deep look. Then, under Gretel's guidance after Margaret called her over, he went to a small room.

He would learn the Candy House's unique meditation method, Sweet Corridor, here.

Old Witch Margaret said that if he encountered anything he did not understand, he could ask her for guidance.

She gave Levi the feeling that she was even afraid he would fail to learn this meditation method.

Was this Old Witch Margaret's worry?

Was she afraid that the Candy House's inheritance would be cut off?

Levi's eyes moved slightly, and he seemed to be deep in thought.

At that moment, the girl Gretel—who had been shouted over by Old Witch Margaret—looked at Levi several times. Her face carried eight parts reluctance, her gaze somewhat complicated. In the end, she said nothing and simply left.

"What did she mean by that?" Yalina asked Levi, clearly puzzled.

"Maybe we got in the way of her plans," Levi said casually.

"Plans?" Yalina looked confused. Miss Nightingale Odelle was equally at a loss.

But Levi said nothing further.

Before long, Gretel returned carrying two portions of lunch.

Milk!

Pancakes!

Apples!

White bread!

She set the meal down and said stiffly, "Please eat!"

Then she turned and left without a backward glance.

"That attitude is way too bad. No matter what, we're guests!" Yalina said, frowning.

Miss Nightingale Odelle also spoke up, "In my family, a servant like that would be whipped."

Levi merely said calmly, "Let's eat first."

With that, he took a pancake and began eating.

Levi had already checked with Detection—there was nothing wrong with the food.

Seeing this, although Yalina had many questions, she still picked up the food and began eating.

She also took a small cup, poured some milk, and gave it to Miss Nightingale Odelle.

After being transformed into a nightingale by Polymorph, Miss Odelle's appetite had become much smaller.

One person and one bird ate with great enjoyment.

Levi, however, quickly set the food down.

Too sweet!

There was far too much sugar in everything—even the milk. Levi simply wasn't used to it.

He walked over and sat down on a chair, then took out the meditation method, Sweet Corridor. Opening it, he began to study it carefully.

He studied from daytime all the way into night.

Gretel was once again shouted over by Old Witch Margaret to deliver dinner. When she saw Levi like this, her brows immediately furrowed. She slammed the food heavily onto the table, making a loud noise, then turned and left.

Yalina shot her an unhappy look and muttered softly, "What a rude child."

"She deserves to be eaten by the witch."

Hearing that, Levi glanced at his coachman. Yalina immediately shrank back awkwardly.

"I was just joking," she said.

"And don't you think she's very rude?"

Miss Nightingale Odelle added fuel to the fire, "Yes, she makes me feel like I'm some kind of sinner."

Levi's expression turned strange. He looked at Odelle and Yalina, paused for a moment, then said, "I'm going to start practicing this meditation method. Keep quiet. Don't disturb me unless necessary—and that includes her."

"Don't worry. With me here, I won't let anyone disturb you," Yalina assured immediately. However, her eyes were filled with curiosity, and she couldn't help asking, "Levi… if you practice this meditation method, does that mean you'll start becoming a wizard?"

"If I practice it, would I become a witch?" Yalina asked.

"No. It depends on whether you have the aptitude to become a wizard," Levi replied.

"What aptitude?" Yalina immediately asked.

"First, whether your Spiritual Power is strong enough. Second, whether your affinity for a certain attribute meets the requirement," Levi explained briefly.

Yalina still didn't quite understand, so she asked directly, "Then Levi, do I have that aptitude?"

"No," Levi answered bluntly.

Yalina immediately deflated like a punctured balloon.

Miss Nightingale Odelle, puzzled, asked her, "Yalina, why do you want to become a witch?"

"I heard from my father that witches are people who have been cursed. They borrow power from demons, but they are also eroded by that power, becoming very ugly, and in the end their souls are taken away by demons."

At that moment, Odelle suddenly remembered that Levi was also a wizard.

Startled, she quickly explained, "Of course, that's not my opinion—that's what the Church says."

"I think among wizards, there are good people and bad people."

"As for whether there's a price… I don't know."

Miss Nightingale Odelle's little bird heart was pounding wildly, and she was already speaking in a flustered, incoherent way.

Levi felt somewhat speechless, but at the mention of one organization—the Church—his thoughts stirred.

In the current world, the Church's influence covered most of the continent.

Wizards—whether witches or warlocks—were targets of the Church.

Coupled with the Church's day-after-day propaganda that distorted the image of wizards, their reputation among the common people was far from good.

In some places, even beating a wizard to death—mainly witches—and seizing their belongings was considered a praiseworthy act.

Of course, who was a witch and who was not depended on a person's "righteousness"… or their "wisdom."

In truth, many of the women who were killed were not real witches at all, but simply ordinary people.

Moreover—

In high society, the attitude of the nobles toward wizards was not the same as that of commoners.

Many nobles, and even royal families, maintained secret dealings with wizards, because wizards were an important tool for them to counter the Church's divine authority.

But that was another matter.

Miss Nightingale Odelle was only an ordinary noble lady—she did not know these things.

And Levi had no interest in explaining them to her in detail.

What was there to say?

Right now, she was just a bird.

The threat of the Magic Mirror Queen was like a venomous snake, ready to strike at any moment.

Strengthening himself was the most urgent priority.

So Levi glanced at Miss Nightingale Odelle indifferently and said, "Enough. That's not important."

"Watch the door for me."

"I'm going to begin my practice."

Only then did Miss Nightingale Odelle finally let out a long breath of relief.

But the shadow in her heart did not fade at all.

She was afraid that Levi would settle accounts with her later. A sense of unease lingered in her heart.

'I don't want to be turned into roast bird!'

Miss Nightingale Odelle fell into paranoid delusions. In her mind, she saw herself being turned by Levi into all kinds of roasted bird dishes. Especially since she had personally witnessed Levi's cooking skills—so skilled—what if...

Miss Nightingale Odelle had already scared herself into trembling all over.

Yalina noticed and was puzzled. She thought Odelle was cold and even asked about it, but Odelle only gave her a tearful, almost-crying look.

That left Yalina completely confused.

As for Levi, he was even less aware of Odelle's thoughts. At this moment, all his attention was focused on the Candy House meditation method, Sweet Corridor.

He began to enter a meditative state and started practicing.

...

Meanwhile—

After Gretel finished delivering dinner to Levi and the others, holding back her frustration, she carried a large pile of delicious food from the kitchen and went to the cell where her brother Hansel was imprisoned.

Compared to before, Hansel's complexion was now rosy. His lake-blue eyes were bright and lively, and he looked very healthy.

During this period, Hansel had been eating and drinking well every day. He had been living even better than when he was at home, and he had gained several pounds.

The moment he saw that Gretel's expression was off today, he hurried to the front of the cell and asked in a low voice, "My dear Gretel, what happened?"

"A mysterious wizard arrived today. He also brought a beautiful but very wicked woman, as well as a vicious bird. They're staying in the Candy House now. That red-eyed old witch seems to have reached some kind of agreement with him."

"My dear brother, if this continues, I'm afraid I'll have even less chance to escape," Gretel said as tears began to fall.

"Don't cry, my poor sister." Hansel frowned deeply, but he still tried his best to comfort her.

"Don't worry. We'll have a chance."

"There's no chance, brother! That old witch said that if I can't reach the level of a Second-Tier Wizard Apprentice within four weeks, she'll cook you and eat you. I can't do it, brother. It's too hard!" Gretel said, tears streaming down continuously.

"We're not without a chance." Hansel's expression was not good, and fear lingered in his heart—after all, he was just a child. But he controlled his emotions well. He did not panic, and instead tried hard to think of a way to deal with the situation.

After thinking for a moment, he said to Gretel, "Listen, my brave and clever sister."

Gretel raised her head.

Then she heard Hansel say with a serious expression, "That old witch wants to eat me. She'll definitely light a fire. When that happens, you must seize the opportunity and push her into the flames. Let the fire burn her to death."

"Can that really kill her?" Gretel asked, not very confident.

"The priest said it himself—witches fear fire the most. If you do this, you'll definitely be able to destroy her, Gretel." Hansel encouraged his sister. "You can do it."

"You've always been my bravest, smartest, and most capable sister!"

"Alright, brother." Encouraged, Gretel wiped away her tears and nodded firmly.

---

I will post some extra Chapters in Patreon, you can check it out. >> /TitoVillar

---