Chapter 699: 545 That fairy is Morgan.
"Thank you for being willing to share such a secret with me in such detail."
After learning the reason Reiger had come to this era, Ash solemnly bowed his head in thanks to Reiger.
"This isn’t really a secret," Reiger shook his head and said, "Rather, if I told others, they would think I am joking. Only you would believe what I say."
"...Because I know this kind of magic exists, and I did indeed feel the presence of magic from the same system as ’Mirror Fusion’ not long ago here, that’s why I had some thoughts about your origins right from the start," Ash said with a wry smile, "Of course, rationally, I understand it’s all real, but emotionally, I’m still somewhat reluctant to believe it."
"Especially since you really did say that just now, didn’t you?"
"You come from the Queen’s era, an era when a queen named Morgan ruled over all of Britain, right?"
As he spoke these words, a trace of wonder flickered through Ash’s calm, deep-set eyes.
It was as if Reiger didn’t notice that flicker at all, his expression remained calm as he nodded.
"I did say that, is there something wrong?"
Thus, Reiger too fixed his gaze on Ash.
"...No," Ash smiled wryly again, and then his grin also turned serene as he continued, "I was just thinking, if this Queen Morgan has already ruled over Britain, then why would she send a ’Disaster’ to the past?"
"Doesn’t she know that interfering with the past recklessly might affect the future?"
It’s common sense that if the ’Disaster’ in Norwich were to wreak havoc willy-nilly in the Fairy Era, around 400 years from now, leading to significant damage and casualties in Britain, the future of Britain would surely be altered.
Even worse, the Britain of the past could be destroyed by a ’Great Cataclysm’ that occurs once every millennium, causing the Britain of the future to vanish, to cease to exist.
Such actions, for everyone living in both the past and the future, are not commendable.
Unless...
"That witch is absolutely certain that even if she sends the ’Disaster’ to the past, and the past changes as a result, the future would still remain unaltered."
Reiger continued to look directly at Ash, saying this calmly.
"Don’t you think so?"
Upon hearing this, Ash did not immediately render a verdict.
"The witch... huh?"
The renowned savior murmured as if lost in thought and took a while to regain his composure.
"Since Queen Morgan took power and then established the Queen’s era, it proves that she already existed in this Britain, among the fairies, before the start of the Queen’s era."
"In other words, Morgan is very aware of the happenings within the Fairy Era and knows what will take place."
"Given that, she must possess some secret knowledge, something she knows, which emboldens her to carelessly send the ’Disaster’ to the past without worrying it will impact the future."
With that, Ash shook his head as if to clear unwanted complex thoughts and looked toward Reiger.
"In any case, no matter what, I am very grateful to you for removing this ’Disaster,’" Ash said, "Regardless of what future Queen Morgan was thinking, at least for the fairies living in this current era, the dreadful ’Disaster’ certainly needed to be eliminated."
"The Britain of this era is finally on the verge of welcoming peace. If a ’Great Cataclysm’ that only appears once a millennium were to occur now, the peace that everyone has worked so hard to establish could be destroyed."
"Even just for that, I need to thank you."
Ash’s words did not elicit a significant reaction from Reiger.
"Peace is coming soon... huh?"
Reiger murmured as if talking to himself.
"Yes," Ash responded with a slight smile, "This island has existed for more than ten thousand years, but during these millennia, the wars between the great clans have never ceased."
"Now, the war is finally coming to an end, and a new king of Britain is about to be born."
"In such times, if a ’Great Cataclysm’ that could affect the entire territory of Britain were to arise, regardless of whether we could defeat it or not, the subdued fairies might take the opportunity to cause chaos behind the scenes."
Reiger had a deep understanding of Ash’s concerns.
He knew that in the Fairy Era, around the year 400, a crucial war indeed broke out in Britain.
This war was an armed uprising initiated by the increasingly prosperous humans against the fairies who had long dominated and tormented them.
The armed human group championing coexistence between humans and fairies, "Round Table," waged war against fairies from all clans who were committed to opposing the system of the Fairy Country, and in the end, they successfully subdued the fairy clans and achieved a comprehensive victory.
It seemed unbelievable, a human armed group winning a war against the fairy clans hardly seemed credible.
After all, humans were inherently weak. Even though the humans from Britain’s strange tales were somewhat stronger than ordinary humans due to their environment, compared to the inherently mystical fairies, they were still insignificant, like ants.
Yet in this war in the Fairy Era, year 400, humans ultimately emerged victorious.
The reasons were manifold, but the most crucial factor was that the leader of "Round Table" was a disciple of the savior, Ash.
This war saw the savior standing with the humans.
Therefore, the humans were victorious, and Ash’s disciple was about to hold a coronation ceremony in "Round Table’s" stronghold—Lentinian, becoming the new king of Britain.
This war, referred to as the Autumn War within the Fairy Country of Britain, was one of the four great wars that had a profound impact on the nation.
Now, with the Autumn War declared over and all the great fairy clans having submitted, the appearance of a ’Great Cataclysm’ that could sweep across the entire territory of Britain would mean that "Round Table" would inevitably be pushed to the frontline, while the defeated fairies might cause trouble from behind.
This was a certainty.
With the character of fairies, Reiger harbored no doubt about this.
And Lia seemed to be very aware of the nature of fairies too, so her worries were perfectly normal.
Reiger noticed that this savior actually distrusted fairies a lot, which was completely different from Altoria, who despite being able to see through the malice of fairies, still chose to go with the flow.
In such a situation, Reiger spoke with an implied meaning.
"I do think that even without the ’Great Calamity,’ fairies wouldn’t stay settled." Reiger said indifferently: "After all, it’s the humans who unified Britain, how could those fairies who don’t take ethics and morals seriously at all, with absolutely no principles or bottom line, be willing to submit to a mere human being?"
Lia instantly fell silent.
However, she had clearly considered this possibility already, and thus spoke quite relaxedly.
"The fairies of Britain do indeed act recklessly, but at the same time they are also very naive. Since they have already been defeated, then, at least for the short term, they dare not do anything."
Precisely because they lack principles and a bottom line, most fairies will unconditionally surrender when they see no hope of victory.
Just like Morgan, there were so many fairies who were dissatisfied with her, but the ones who actually dared to rebel against her only emerged over two thousand years after she rose to power, and there were also warriors loyal to her like Woodworth.
Thus, Lia felt that, given the current situation, as long as no changes arose in the circumstances, the probability of fairies rebelling was still relatively low.
To this, Reiger only wanted to say...
"Too naive."
The straightforward, indifferent judgment made Lia fall silent again.
Clearly, Lia also saw from Reiger’s attitude that this powerful warrior from the future was extremely distrustful of fairies.
Did the fairies do something in the future?
Or, in the history that this person was aware of, did the fairies ultimately rebel?
Thinking of this, a touch of gloom appeared in Lia’s eyes.
Silence spread between the two, making the atmosphere extremely oppressive.
At this moment, Lia suddenly spoke again.
"You are a fairy, aren’t you?"
This savior actually spoke such words.
"Why do you say that?"
Reiger was slightly startled and then calmly inquired.
"No reason." Lia gave Reiger a deep look, saying: "For some reason, I always feel that you give off a very strange feeling, whether it’s the atmosphere or the temperament, it’s somewhat different from the fairies of Britain I know, instead, you seem more like Yuse."
Yuse was Lia’s disciple, namely the leader of ’The Round Table,’ the human knight who was about to be crowned the new king of Britain in Lindini.
When Lia said that Reiger was like Yuse, she meant that Reiger did not seem like a fairy, but rather more like a human.
Of course, this was just Lia’s intuition.
In fact, Lia also felt a power on Reiger very similar to her own.
It was not the power of the fairies of Fairy Country Britain, but a unique essence specific to the fairies of Paradise.
Therefore, when she first saw Reiger, Lia actually had some doubts, suspecting that Reiger, like her, came from Paradise.
But as time went by, for some reason, Lia began to feel that the power on Reiger was becoming more and more similar to her own.
What’s more, Lia also felt a closeness, an attraction, a compulsion to recklessly stay with him and never be apart.
This surprised and shocked Lia.
More than the issue of Reiger coming from the future, Lia cared more about this matter, about why Reiger gave her such feelings.
Because of this, Lia had an idea.
"You are actually a human who has received the blessing of a great fairy, which is why you have the aura and power of a fairy, correct?"
Lia’s gaze flickered as she looked into Reiger’s eyes.
Although it was only speculation, Lia harbored near absolute certainty.
Not only that, but she also knew which fairy had blessed Reiger.
Reiger met Lia’s gaze and slowly nodded his head.
"Yes, I am a human."
"I indeed have the blessing of a certain fairy on me."
"Even, due to that fairy, I’ve made some inexplicable vows."
In a voice without the slightest rise or fall, Reiger stated so.
"That fairy, is Morgan."