Chapter 579: 484 There’s one more thing
Gawain’s domain is a city called Manchester, located in the northern part of Fairy Country Britannia, a city very close to the coast.
In other words, Elf Knights in Fairy Country Britannia are actually considered nobles, their status comparable to the chiefs of the great clans and higher-ranked fairies.
Especially Gawain, who was the first Elf Knight to be knighted in the history of Fairy Country, has been an Elf Knight for over two hundred years and is the most senior among them.
Compared to her, Tristan was knighted about a hundred years ago, and Lancelot around the same time. To Gawain, they are but juniors.
However, it is the junior Lancelot who is reputed to be the strongest Elf Knight in Fairy Country, which is quite interesting.
Not knowing what Reiger was thinking, Gawain, seeing him subside his aura, instantly became like a wild beast retracting its fangs, took a deep breath, and calmed down.
"Her Majesty has ordered that a wedding will be held with you in one month; all the Elf Knights and clan chiefs will have to attend," Gawain said. "Besides, there will be thirty ambassadors and a hundred officials, and they will all be present at your wedding with Her Majesty."
"Following Her Majesty’s decree, all the attendees are now preparing to slowly gather in Camelot."
"Manchester is not far from Camelot, and I am the first Elf Knight, so I came early."
Upon hearing Gawain’s words, Reiger suddenly found that his ale no longer tasted good.
"So, you all are preparing to go along with Her Majesty the Queen and attend the wedding in a month?" Reiger looked at Gawain and said, "You would actually agree to let the Queen marry an outsider? And this person is the enemy mentioned in the prophecy who is to overthrow the Queen’s rule?"
By now, Reiger naturally had noticed that there seemed to be a significant misunderstanding among the fairies.
They believed that he himself was the savior mentioned in the prophecy, the prophesied Son of Prophecy.
He roughly guessed where this claim came from; it was none other than Woodworth, who had been ranting about being the Son of Prophecy the first time they met.
Reiger did not deny it; considering dispersing some of Altoria’s attention, he refrained from arguing.
In such a situation, Reiger had thought that with the first Pilgrimage Bell already sounded, the Queen’s forces would see him as an enemy that must be eliminated.
Now it appeared Gawain might have a different opinion?
Indeed, that was the case.
Gawain had no objections concerning Reiger becoming a prince and the Queen’s husband.
"It’s only natural for the strong to unite with the strong; I genuinely recognize both you and Her Majesty as mighty, so I have no reason to oppose," Gawain said. "Besides, the Swordsman who becomes the sun and the Queen who rules the winter, don’t you think they make a great match?"
"Huh?" Reiger almost didn’t understand what Gawain meant.
"...Sorry, it seems I’m not very good at jokes." There was a pause in Gawain’s tone, then she continued, "Anyway, our opinions don’t really matter. The supreme ruler of Britannia is Her Majesty, and her word is absolute. Even if many people are dissatisfied, no one would come forward to oppose."
This sounded extremely dictatorial; in fact, Morgan was indeed a dictator in Fairy Country Britannia.
For two thousand years, the Queen has been ruling the entire Fairy Country, relying on dictatorship and reign of terror.
Before Morgan became the Queen, Fairy Country Britannia was under the rule of six great clans.
The six great clans each occupied a region in Fairy Country Britannia, similar to six princes, reigning and fighting each other for thousands of years, with none yielding to another. This was Britannia before Morgan’s ascension.
It wasn’t until Morgan was born that she, in the guise of a witch capable of manipulating grand magic, began her conquest from the northern Orkneys, advancing southward, defeating one clan after another, until she brought the whole territory of Britannia under her rule by force, thus unifying the Fairy Country.
After that, Morgan was crowned in the Great Sanctuary of Ash, while granting humans a certain degree of freedom, laying the cultural foundations, and over two thousand years built the society of today; at the same time, like her title of witch, she ruled Britannia with extreme cruelty, not only strictly managing the output of the humans, but also dominating the fairies, forcing them to be inscribed with Morgan’s written talisman - Command Spells.
Fairies with such Command Spells, once a year, are forcibly absorbed of magic power, and if they cannot contribute enough magic power to satisfy Morgan, they will be executed on the spot, drained of magic power (life force) and die.
This is what is known in Fairy Country as the Existence Tax, besides ’Catastrophe,’ the thing that fairies dread the most.
And such a Morgan, when she ascended the Jade Throne, would often tell the fairies this.
"I will not forgive you, nor will I save you. You only need to obey, bow your heads, and with cheap loyalty, guard this Britannia."
That’s Queen Morgan, a terrifying witch, a formidable dictator.
Previously, the reason Reiger referred to her rule as "quite domineering" in the Jade Throne Hall was because of this.
The magic power absorbed from the whole territory of Britannia was stored in that Jade Throne.