Fairy Tale Survival with Ability Copying

The Kingdom of Francis.

The royal palace.

The Queen's bedchamber.

The incomparably beautiful Queen Medici, dressed in a grand black gown, slowly walked up to the Magic Mirror.

She paused for a moment, deciding to ask about Levi's whereabouts later.

So she said, "Magic Mirror, Magic Mirror, tell me—who is the most beautiful woman in the world?"

Ripples spread across the surface of the mirror.

Then its voice echoed: "It is you, Your Majesty! You are the most beautiful woman in this land. But beyond the mountain, in that green forest, there is a small house built by seven dwarfs, Snow White is hiding there, Alas, Your Majesty! She is more beautiful than you."

Hearing this answer, Queen Medici froze for a moment—then a raging fury surged into her eyes.

"Levi!"

The clever Queen Medici immediately understood—she had been played by Levi.

Just as she had never intended to let Levi live after learning her secret, Levi had never intended to truly kill Snow White either.

But if Levi hadn't killed Snow White, then what method had he used to prevent the Magic Mirror from detecting her?

With this burning question in mind, the queen hesitated between asking about Levi's location and asking how Levi had concealed Snow White.

In the end, she decisively chose the latter.

"Magic Mirror, Magic Mirror, tell me—how did Levi conceal Snow White so that you could not detect her?"

As her Magic Power surged into the mirror, its voice rang out once more: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Levi cut Snow White's cheek. From that moment on, she was no longer the most beautiful woman in the world. But the seven dwarfs healed her wound, and so she once again became more beautiful than you!"

Hearing this answer, Queen Medici froze again—then exploded in fury.

She understood now—Levi had calculated everything perfectly.

This realization filled her with overwhelming rage.

"Ahhh!"

Her fury burst out in a scream, and within the chamber, everything except herself and the Magic Mirror shattered violently under the force of her wrath.

"Levi, I will not let you go!"

For the first time, Queen Medici completely lost control.

...

"Then our next destination is the land of Sleeping Beauty? Levi, are you going to become a prince and wake her with a kiss?" Yalina's tone sounded a bit strange.

Levi shook his head.

"I'm not a prince."

"And besides, this golden plate alone isn't enough," he said.

"What else do we need?" Yalina asked.

"We need eleven more golden plates. These plates contain the power of the twelve witches. Only with all of them can we break the curse covering the entire royal city of Sleeping Beauty and enter it," Levi explained.

This was information the golden plate had transmitted to him after he infused it with Magic Power.

"Then how do we find the others?" Yalina asked.

"These plates resonate with each other," Levi said. "If one is nearby, it will react."

"Oh… then I guess we'll just have to rely on luck," Yalina said.

Levi neither confirmed nor denied it. Others might rely on luck—but with Detection, that might not apply to him.

Moreover, the golden plate had another function—one he didn't mention to Yalina.

Not because he distrusted her, but simply because he felt it wasn't necessary to say.

This golden plate was actually a magic item—a defensive one at that.

That was why it was so rare. There were only twelve of them.

As for ordinary golden plates, even a minor noble like a baron or viscount would have several in their household.

How could a king fail to produce thirteen ordinary plates?

Only magic items—especially rare ones like this—would be beyond the reach of even a monarch.

Levi couldn't help but wonder—did that king ever regret it?

If he hadn't invited the twelve witches, or if he had given one of those invitations to the powerful curse-wielding witch, perhaps the story of Sleeping Beauty would never have happened, and the entire royal city would never have been sealed.

But there were no "what-ifs."

Levi stopped dwelling on it.

Sleeping Beauty was still far off for him.

What mattered now was the golden plate in his hand, restored to its former brilliance.

This magic item, aside from allowing its holder to safely enter the land of Sleeping Beauty, had another function—

It could generate a golden barrier to repel external attacks.

He had yet to determine the exact defensive strength of the barrier.

However, based on his own assessment, whether he transformed into a Greater Demon Owl or relied on his own spells, he had no way of breaking through that golden barrier.

This greatly increased Levi's level of safety. When facing the witches sent by the Magic Mirror Queen, his confidence grew even stronger.

If he could find the other eleven golden plates, the defensive golden barrier formed would become even stronger. At that point, even if Levi faced the Magic Mirror Queen directly, he would have absolute confidence.

Of course, that was a matter for the future.

For now, Levi set aside the golden plate and the matter of Sleeping Beauty. He had something else important to do.

That was to prepare the knight secret medicine and the wizard potion, and turn them into stepping stones to increase his strength.

He had already purchased part of the materials at the market, but the remaining portion required him to go to the underground river and venture into the wild forest to gather them.

This was not something to delay.

Time waits for no one.

But before that, Levi first entered meditation to recover the Magic Power he had expended.

As Levi closed his eyes to train, Yalina immediately felt bored, so she also began practicing the Moon Wolf Knight Breathing Technique.

...

Time passed, and night arrived.

Many guests at the Golden Fleece Inn had already learned that Levi was a Great Knight. The atmosphere in the hall became lively, and many people wanted to establish connections with him—but none dared to approach casually.

Meanwhile, Levi had already recovered most of his Magic Power through meditation. He transformed into a nightingale and silently flew out.

More than an hour later, Levi returned in the form of a Night Raptor, carrying two items in his beak. Inside the room, he transformed back into human form.

Yalina and Miss Nightingale Odelle had not yet gone to sleep. Seeing Levi return with items, Yalina looked over curiously.

"What is that?"

"Leyline red iron powder, and giant lizard heart extract. And of course, Silver Arrowfish spinal fluid," Levi replied. "Finding these took quite a bit of effort."

"What are they for?" Yalina asked again.

"To refine a knight secret medicine called the Silver-Scale Surge Potion," Levi said.

"Knight secret medicine? What does it do?" Yalina's eyes flickered as she asked.

"It can be used to strengthen the user's physical attributes and improve the efficiency of their knight breathing training," Levi explained.

"Levi, then after you take it, you'll become even stronger." Yalina felt happy for him when she heard this.

"You'll have a share too," Levi said.

"I… I have one too?" Yalina froze for a moment, then her eyes lit up with uncontrollable joy.

It wasn't just because Levi was giving her a portion of such a precious knight secret medicine—but because Levi had remembered her.

She felt valued by him, and that was why she was so happy.

"Of course. You're too weak. You're not even a Great Knight. If you don't improve your strength soon, then whenever we run into trouble, I'll have to handle everything myself. Why would I even bring along a coachman like you? What, just to sleep?" Levi said with a curl of his lips.

"Isn't that the reason…?" Yalina's face flushed red, her voice softer than a mosquito's buzz.

Even with Levi's physical condition, he didn't hear it clearly.

Nor did he pay attention. His focus was now on processing the materials.

With Gathering Technique and Wizard's Hand, Levi handled the materials with smooth, flowing precision, quickly completing the preparation.

Once everything was ready, he began refining the knight secret medicine beside the fireplace.

For other families that possessed knight secret medicine formulas, refining such medicine required extreme care, and the environment had to be spotless.

But Levi simply hung the setup over the fireplace and started refining just like that.

With the help of Detection, the process went extremely smoothly.

Before Yalina even felt much time had passed, Levi had already refined ten vials of shimmering silver potion.

[Silver-Scale Surge Potion!]

[Quality: Excellent!]

Seeing this result, Levi nodded in satisfaction.

He took two vials and drank them down in one go.

The moment the potions entered his body, they were rapidly processed by Conversion. As a wisp of white vapor rose from his head, the energy of the potions was completely absorbed.

This increased multiple attributes by values ranging from 1 to 1.1.

Levi focused his mind and used Detection on himself. His attribute panel appeared before him:

...

[Name: Levi]

[Identity: Transmigrator, Fugitive, Second-Ring Wizard, Great Knight]

[Strength: 6.67]

[Constitution: 6.84]

[Agility: 6.55]

[Spiritual Power: 30.75]

[Charm: 1.8]

[Magic Power: 10225/10225]

[Abilities: Origin Energy (non-upgradable), Detection LV5 (55/1600), Conversion LV3 (80/400), Gathering Technique LV4 (120/800), Moon Wolf Knight Breathing Technique LV4 (100/800), Wizard's Hand LV4 (790/800), Polymorph: Greater Demon Owl LV4 (50/800), Polymorph: Tide Arrow Frog LV4 (5/800)]

[Remark: You have obtained a golden plate of Sleeping Beauty. Danger is moving away from you.]

...

Levi's gains were considerable.

However, it was a pity that the effect of this potion on him had reached its limit.

Even with the existence of Conversion, this potion would no longer have any effect on Levi.

But this result was already more than sufficient.

Levi tossed the remaining potions to Yalina.

"They're all yours."

"Each time you take one vial of the Silver-Scale Surge Potion, train using the Moon Wolf Knight Breathing Technique. After the effects are fully absorbed, continue taking the next vial. If everything goes smoothly, once you finish these eight vials, you should be able to break through to the level of a Great Knight," Levi estimated.

"All of them… for me? I can… become a Great Knight?" Yalina was in disbelief. Miss Nightingale Odelle was equally shocked.

Unlike Yalina, who was merely a miller's daughter, Miss Nightingale Odelle came from a noble background. She understood far better just how precious a secret medicine capable of allowing a knight to break through to Great Knight level truly was—how many knights would go mad over it.

And yet Levi had just tossed it out casually, as if it were nothing.

Well, Levi was a wizard. Perhaps such things were not as important to him.

But they were still extremely valuable, weren't they?

Levi treats Yalina really well… A faint spark of jealousy rose in Miss Nightingale Odelle's heart, envious of Yalina's good fortune. That was a Great Knight.

As for Yalina, after the initial shock, she looked deeply at Levi and spoke seriously: "Lord Levi, rest assured—I won't let you down."

How long had it been since she last addressed him as "Lord Levi"?

Levi curled his lip. It was just a knight secret medicine that could help someone break through to Great Knight level—was there really a need to be this solemn?

In fact, Levi hadn't said everything. If those eight vials of Silver-Scale Surge Potion weren't enough for Yalina to break through, he could simply refine more—ten more vials, eight more vials—sooner or later, she would succeed.

This thing was actually quite simple.

But seeing how serious Yalina looked, Levi merely nodded faintly and said nothing more.

What he was thinking about now was how to refine that wizard potion.

But that was somewhat troublesome.

Stardust!

Where could he find such a thing?

His standard Detection hadn't located any.

A thought stirred in Levi's mind. He decided that after meditating to recover his Magic Power, he would use Intelligence Detection once again.

With that in mind, Levi sat on the bed and began meditating once more.

Meanwhile, after taking the Silver-Scale Surge Potion, Yalina felt her blood surge as if it were boiling, and she began training with the Moon Wolf Knight Breathing Technique.

Her physical attributes also began to change slowly.

...

In the blink of an eye, it was the next day.

Levi was in peak condition, his Magic Power fully restored.

Then he activated Intelligence Detection once again.

As the Magic Power within his body rapidly drained, pieces of information appeared before him one after another:

[Intelligence 1: The scar on Snow White's face has completely healed. She has returned to her former, breathtaking beauty.]

[Intelligence 2: The Magic Mirror Queen has discovered Snow White's condition. She is extremely enraged, and her hatred toward you has deepened further. However, her current focus is on Snow White. She is no longer using the Magic Mirror to track your situation. Therefore, the curse witch only knows that you are within the Duchy of Silverbrook, but not your exact location.]

[Intelligence 3: Outside the royal city of the Duchy of Silverbrook, at the public burial grounds, there is a small wizard gathering. One of the wizards there possesses Stardust.]

[Intelligence 4: Hundreds of years ago, wizards could walk freely under the sun. But after the Sleeping Beauty incident, when the entire royal city fell into a sealed state, it shocked the entire continent. The Church seized the opportunity to launch witch hunts, and since then, the situation of wizards has become increasingly difficult.]

[Intelligence 5: The young princess of the Duke of Silverbrook has recently taken a liking to playing with a golden ball by an old well in the Emerald Forest.]

---

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

---