Chapter 12 The man behind the scenes

After a lot of effort, Paine finally got an unreliable monster teammate.

The lustful mandrill was moved by Paine's "foolproof" plan and decided to join the gang to help Cinderella and repair the evil-hearted Maria and her daughter. However, this mandrill was obviously a man with little brains and little courage, and he didn't realize Paine's true intention at all.

Paine knew that this kind of temporary "pig teammate" who was tricked was not reliable, but if he wanted to get close to Cinderella, he really had to rely on this "local mandrill".

Why does the mandrill with an Eastern background in the previous life Blue Star appear in the Cinderella fairy tale with a Western background? Because the story of "Cinderella" is not limited to the West, there is also a similar story in the East called "Ye Xian". So this world is probably a Cinderella fairy tale world with a hodgepodge background.

Moreover, although the mandrill monster has various shortcomings, it has the ability to "transform" and "call souls". If it can be used properly, it can easily get close to Cinderella.

Regarding the myths and legends of mandrills, a relatively complete mandrill story is recorded in "Shu Yi Ji". It is said that a fisherman named Wang lived by the river in Fengyang. Every day when he went out to fish, he would set up crab pots in the river to catch crabs. The crabs he caught would be used to make tooth sacrifices for himself. But recently, when he went to see the crab pot every morning, he found that the crab pot was always knocked through the fence by a piece of wood more than two feet long. The crabs he caught every day escaped from the gap. He was very angry and threw the wooden stake away. He placed the crab pot from a distance, but this strange thing happened three times in a row. The fisherman was particularly afraid and thought that the piece of wood was a monster and what happened was a monster causing trouble. He panicked and stuffed the wooden stake into the crab pot. Inside, he ran home in despair. I silently thought for a while that I must take it home and burn it. It turned out that this piece of wood was transformed by the mandrill. But now he was trapped in a cage because of his greed. When he was about to be burned, the mandrill had no choice but to reveal his true form in the crab pot, knelt down and begged for mercy from the fisherman, and said that he had stolen crabs many times because of his greed. He was crying in pain on the ground, hoping to let him go, but the fisherman had already made up his mind. If he didn't get rid of it today, it would harm more people tomorrow. At this moment, the mandrill asked the fisherman's name on the pretext of repaying his kindness. The fisherman ignored it. The fisherman had heard rumors about mandrills in his early years. It was said that after mandrills knew people's names, they would induce coma by calling people's names. So he immediately plugged his ears and kept silent. After returning home, he made three times five divided by two. He threw the wooden stake transformed by the mandrill into the stove and burned it to death.

After asking Old Tom if he could turn into a pigeon and getting a positive answer, Paine asked Old Tom to turn into a pigeon and guard it in the backyard of Cinderella's house. After Maria refused Cinderella to attend the dance, he found an opportunity to tell Cinderella that Hazel Mother Tree will "find helpers" for her to get rid of Maria and her daughter. As for Mr. Pan, he provided "fire cover and support" to Old Tom from the rear.

"Hahaha, Ronald, you are simply amazing! Your judgment of the matter is so accurate. As expected, that shrew Maria refused to let Cinderella go to the ball. I gained her trust with just a few words in the past."

A fat pigeon turned into an old man with a white beard as soon as it landed. He couldn't wait to say to Paine, "When am I going to tell her that we are actually her helpers?"

"Don't worry, Old Tom. Giving help in times of need is the most precious thing. If you rush to help, the bad-tempered little girl may not appreciate it. After all, in her opinion, it is 'Mother Hazel' who is helping her."

Paine smirked a few times. What he told Old Tom was still his usual pseudonym Ronald. Who gave the mandrill the ability to call people names and cause them to fall into coma?