Chapter 587: 487 Turbulent Undercurrents
In the following period, Fairy Country Britannia experienced much turmoil.
"The Queen will marry soon."
"The betrothed seems to be the prophesied child who rang the Pilgrimage Bell in Salisbury a few days ago."
"Salisbury was nearly destroyed, yet the major guilty party has become the Queen’s husband."
"Elf Knight Lancelot, Elf Knight Gawain, and the Tusk Clan leader Woodworth teamed up to fight the prophesied child, who is now under house arrest in Camelot."
Such news gradually spread over time, especially with the added push from the Wind Clan, making it spread much faster than under normal circumstances. Within just a few days, the events that had occurred in Salisbury and the subsequent effects were known by every fairy, becoming common knowledge.
This once caused a great uproar in Fairy Country.
For instance, the forces that were resisting the Queen furtively furrowed their brows at this news.
"The prophesied child has ended up in the hands of the Queen?"
"He barely managed to ring the first Pilgrimage Bell, and now he’s been captured?"
"No helping it, two elf knights and a clan leader took action. These three are known for their outstanding strength, so even for the prophesied child, facing three at once, it’s normal to make a mistake."
"But what is Morgan thinking? Why would she marry the prophesied child who is supposed to overthrow her?"
"That witch must be plotting something."
Those resisting the Queen began to speculate, attempting to decipher Queen Morgan’s plans.
However, they didn’t even know about Morgan’s departure from the throne room or her intervention in Salisbury. How could they know what Morgan was considering?
Not to mention them, even the clan leaders who were always loyal to Morgan didn’t know what Morgan was up to.
"To marry the prophesied child? Our Majesty has indeed made an inscrutable move!"
In the port city of Norwich, the Earth Clan leader Spurgen laughed a few times at this news before he went on to prepare gifts to attend the upcoming wedding.
"I’m not going to go. That witch might just be waiting for me to leave my territory."
Although the Wing Clan leader Mourine was surprised at this news, she immediately refused to attend the Queen’s wedding, sending her prepared gifts to Camelot instead and continued to stay in the city of Gloucester, showing no intention of stepping out of the city.
The King’s Clan, due to being sparse and implicitly oppositional to the Queen’s faction, even though they followed the news, made no public response and presumably wouldn’t attend Morgan’s wedding.
The Mirror Clan had almost completely disappeared under special circumstances, making it natural that the clan leader couldn’t attend the Queen’s wedding either.
In the Great Hall of Oxford, Woodworth had been in a frenzied state since returning from Salisbury, even killing several humans and fairies in his rage, causing widespread fear in Oxford recently.
The Grand Cathedral Salisbury, needless to say, was almost half-destroyed in the recent events, and Aurora herself had appeared in the downtown area, consoling many fairies and humans, seemingly indifferent to criticizing the Queen’s actions.
As for the other fairies in Fairy Country Britannia, some treated it as a spectacle, while others vigorously debated the matter, and indeed many fairies lamented.
"The prophesied child is actually going to marry the Queen; will the war between the true king and the false king mentioned in the prophecy still happen?"
"I guess it won’t happen now, right?"
"Indeed, prophecies are not to be trusted."
"I was looking forward to the prophesied child overthrowing the Queen, or at the very least officially starting a war, dragging all fairies into it."
"It looks like the war won’t happen. What a disappointment."
This was the content of the fairies’ lamentation and also the current mainstream public opinion.
Many fairies believed that with the Queen marrying the prophesied child, the war mentioned in the prophecy definitely wouldn’t occur.
At least, with the prophesied savior now in the Queen’s hands, trying to escape from Camelot would be incredibly difficult.
Thus, the prophesied child might just remain in decline, never turning over a new leaf, let alone overthrowing the Queen’s rule.
Of course, a portion of trouble-seeking fairies hoped like gamblers.
"Maybe the prophesied child could escape from Camelot?"
"After all, he is deemed the true king, a savior with an aim at the Queen. Camelot, he should still be able to escape from it, right?"
"Even if they become husband and wife, that’s not bad either."
"Right, think how interesting it would be for the true king and the false king, who are spouses, to fight a decisive battle on the battlefield."
"Isn’t it?"
Thus, the lesser nature of the fairies was primarily sparked in a rather negative form.
The various powers also initiated some covert and overt actions due to this, such as the King’s Clan in the north and the human-led Round Table Army opposing the Queen, all showing some reaction.
Even the recent "Calamity" appearing in Norwich seemed to intensify, as if the "Calamity" sensed the unrest in Fairy Country Britannia and couldn’t help but get involved, resulting in an increase in Moors wandering in the wilderness lately.