Davidian's Holy Grail War

"Indeed, I was so nervous just now that my tongue almost fell out of my mouth. Noknare, the Queen of the North and of the Royal Clan, her magic is enveloping the entire camp."

A true great fairy, though her combat abilities may not match those of the two fairy knights, her profound knowledge of otherworldly affairs and her vast understanding of the fairy realm are probably unmatched within the fairy kingdom.

Redra also shared her feelings from the side, but Ritsuka couldn't sense them at all.

After all, he had experienced the gravitational field of Zeus, the king of the gods, so compared to that, this was nothing.

"Grandpa, these two are actually a perfect match, aren't they?" Ritsuka said suddenly, watching the two still locked in a fierce battle, and Muramasa agreed with him.

"Yes, they're a perfect match. Caster, who seems harmless at first glance but is a troublesome person at heart, and Noknare, who is flashy on the outside but hardworking on the inside. They're like a mechanical box with interlocking mortise and tenon joints, incompatible yet perfectly matched."

Muramasa gave this assessment, and upon hearing his words, the two who had been locked in a struggle immediately separated. Noknare proudly raised her head and said:

"Stop talking nonsense! I don't recall ever allowing you to speak! You should know you were caught as chocolate thieves!"

“Yes, we will pay.” Ritsuka wasn’t worried about that at all, because he was too rich now.

They are so rich that they can buy a seaside villa in this fairy kingdom and live the life of a lord with three wives and four concubines, without having to think about trivial matters such as money.

Upon seeing Ritsuka, Noknare's expression suddenly changed, and she couldn't help but ask, "Are you human? How dare a mere human talk back to me so boldly?"

"No, Noknare, he is Fujimaru Ritsuka. He's a magician from the outside world, my assistant." Caster corrected Noknare's understanding, since Ritsuka wasn't a human from this fairy kingdom.

Hearing this, Noknare recalled Ainsell's prophecy. So-called foreign travelers, huh? How boring.

"However, I really like a child with such a positive attitude as you. Looking closely, although you are covered in scars, you are not damaged at all, which is very encouraging to me."

And you shouldn't be like the humans in this fairy kingdom who can only live to 30, right? When you're desperate, come to my castle.

It's such a waste to have you as a slave to the southern fairies. If it were you, perhaps you could cure my hatred of humans.

Noknare's words surprised everyone again, and they couldn't help but look at Ritsuka.

No, he hasn't even had much interaction with Noknare yet, and she's already attacked first? No, what's going on? This is too outrageous!

But Ritsuka was focused on something else entirely. They already knew that humans in the Fairy Kingdom could only live to be 30. However, Noknare's mention of this matter again reminded him of himself.

The battles have continued until now, from the desperate struggle at the Grand Temple of Time, to the three black spear attacks from Olympus, and other battles that have drained our life force...

Will he really live to be 30? He often asked himself this question: How much longer can he fight? How much longer can he continue like this?

He knew only that he couldn't fall now, at least not before he could take everything back...

But Ritsuka snapped back to reality the next moment. What was he daydreaming about? Was this the time to be thinking about such things? There would always be a way later, right?

However, when Ritsuka looked up, she found Caster looking at her, her eyes filled with sadness and pity for herself.

Ritsuka didn't know why she had that look in her eyes, but she still felt very uncomfortable being looked at like that.

"But as the son of prophecy, you've really embarrassed yourself. What a ridiculous team this is! Do you even have any motivation? You didn't even bring an army."

It seems my intuition only fails with you. I was quite excited when I heard the goblin's name was Caster, after you saved the prophesied son of Norwich.

Turns out I was overthinking it again. You haven't changed a bit since then. Even a cowardly low-ranking fairy can find third-rate companions now.

Upon hearing this, Caster's expression immediately turned serious, and her tone became more solemn than ever before.

"Take back your words! Noknare, don't you dare insult my friends. They are far superior, far braver, far more adorable, far smarter, and far more dignified than someone like me! They are, in any case, several times stronger than the army that serves you from behind!"

Seeing that Caster was in high spirits, Noknare immediately chimed in:

"Is that so? Then let's have a try, Caster. See who's stronger, your companions or my army? If you win, I'll pardon your crimes as chocolate thieves, and then set you free. But..."

"But what?" Caster immediately noticed something was wrong. Noknare wouldn't...

"As long as my army wins, Fujimaru Ritsuka will belong to me!"

The others were completely stunned. This was outrageous! They couldn't help but look at Ritsuka. A succubus?

"Huh? No way? Noknare, is Fujimaru Ritsuka your type?" Caster was also shocked, but her first instinct was that she absolutely didn't want to lose! She didn't want to lose, and she absolutely couldn't lose!

"No, no, that's not it! I just want a magician to deal with the war with Morgan! Enough talk, let's get started! Caster! Let's have a test of who is the savior of Britain, you or me!"

Everyone saw Noknare blush for a moment just now, no... that was really a little scary.

But let's have a match, it's an interesting contest, and perhaps it's a good thing for Caster.

Chapter 353 Great Victory

After a fierce competition, Ritsuka and her friends emerged victorious, even though the fairy warrior reminded them of someone.

But never mind, the important thing is they won! They won!

"Great! This way we don't have to hand Ritsuka over! We also gain our freedom! This is fantastic!"

Caster was the first to shout it out; that's the satisfying joy of victory.

Seeing her optimistic demeanor, Noknare smiled and acknowledged the result.

Well, after all, the previous generation said there were at most three chances. If humanity could truly reform, it's not impossible to give them an autonomous region or something in Britain.

“Alright, as proof, Fujimaru Ritsuka, I grant you permission to speak. Do you have any questions for me? I'll make an exception this time and answer whatever it may be.”

Since Noknare had spoken up, Ritsuka got excited and quickly asked why there were hearts floating around Noknare.

"Huh? Is that what you wanted to ask?"

No one else knew how to describe it. Such a valuable opportunity was wasted on asking this question?

【A heart? What is that? Is it some kind of metaphor?】 Noknare was also briefly confused, completely unaware of Ritsuka's meaning. How strange.

However, she quickly composed herself and explained that this was a manifestation of the uncontrollable overflow of magic within her body. As a member of the royal clan, she should not have allowed others to see her dreams and hopes before ascending the throne.

"But my feelings... no, should I say passion? They just kept gushing out."

When faced with Noknare's explanation, Caster simply retorted, "Is this something she should be proud of saying?"

However, Ritsuka only praised it as really amazing, which means that the person in front of her has an unimaginable level of inner emotion and belief. That's really great.

Then a servant came up to report on the situation in Edinburgh in the north, and after hearing this, all of Noknare's affection vanished.

All the people could hear was something about the Morse disease, but judging from Noknare's expression, it was clearly something she was very anxious about.

"That concludes our conversation. You are now free. Go wherever you wish, but before we part, I have something to say. At least set some standards of authority, Caster. No one wants to follow a wretched king, do they?"

This was their final conversation, after which they parted ways. Noknare led her army back to the North, and perhaps because of Chaldea, the North, unusually, did not clash with Camelot in the South.

Chaldea also chose to continue northward, now that they knew they could only be enemies with Morgan. Therefore, they needed the help of other forces; the normal fairy clans were now completely unreliable.

These bastards all want to be opportunists. While Morgan is in power, they'll never jump in and become his targets. Although this thinking is despicable, it's also quite normal; Chaldea can't count on them.

So the only option is to go find the so-called Round Table Army, who are currently on their way to Lentinium.

However, they need to stop and rest now. After all, they have traveled for so long, and they need to stop and eat something to recover their energy.

"Legend has it that more than 2000 years ago, in the Fairy Era before Morgan gained power, Lentinium was known as the largest city, and it is said that humans were even chosen as the city's lords."

While everyone was resting, Oberon began to recount the legends he knew as a way to relax everyone after the meal.

"Huh? So, Lentinium was a human city before?"

Castor was taken aback; he never imagined such a thing had happened before, and he couldn't possibly have foreseen it now.

"Yes, but it was destroyed by internal strife at the end of the Fairy Era. It was once the best fortified city in Britain, but it was powerless to resist the malice from within."

I haven't yet investigated why it became ruins, but perhaps it's because the Queen didn't rebuild Londinium, but instead built her own city, Camelot.

Da Vinci continued on his topic: "However, in the history of humankind, Lentinium was once the capital of Vortigern."

Later, King Arthur defeated Vortigern and rebuilt Londinium into Camelot, although Camelot ceased to exist after King Arthur's downfall.

"However, in this Lostbelt, Lentinium and Camelot are cities in completely different locations. By the way, let me tell you about something that Oberon didn't know earlier."

To everyone's surprise, it was Habertrot who spoke. They never imagined that Habertrot would know those ancient stories, stories that even the fairy king and information broker Oberon was completely unaware of.

"Actually, Lentinium was destroyed by the clans. After Ash ended the war between the clans, he appointed a human knight as the new king. It was a human boy who had led the Round Table Army. Sensing the arrival of a new king and a new era, Britain held a national celebration."

However, during the coronation ceremony, the anti-fairy faction of humans started a riot, and some of the fairies living in Lentinium were killed as a result.

Enraged, the clan chiefs stormed into Lentinium and annihilated the Round Table Army. The knights who were supposed to be crowned kings were overthrown, and Ash was forced to take responsibility for the rebellion and was executed.

The sage Grimm escaped, while the Black Knight, unable to be killed by any means, had his ears destroyed and was thrown into the sea. The remaining fairy knights, feeling that nothing in the world was worthwhile, carried Ash's coffin across the sea to Orkney.

These words truly shocked everyone; Caster's eyes became cloudy, and she was clearly deeply shocked.

Muramasa couldn't help but ask if the one named Ash was the fairy, sage, black knight, and fairy knight who were once revered as saviors. He'd heard that these four had repeatedly saved Britain, and that the original fairy knight was called…

What was it called again? No one could remember now; they clearly remembered hearing someone mention it before.

"Don't overthink it. Simply put, Lentinium is just a place where humans once lived, filled with all sorts of causes and conditions."

"Using a city that suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of fairies a long time ago as a base? That's really bad luck, isn't it? Well... it's not like I'm looking for a place with auspicious feng shui or anything..."

In response to Muramasa's sarcastic remarks, Habertrot simply gave a subtle look and said they would find out when they arrived in Lentinium.

"If you ask me, Morgan and the clan chief are both out of their minds. They were only attacked once, and they just abandoned Lentinium. They're incredibly stupid."

"So Habercat knows about Lentinium? You clearly don't even know about Gloucester and Salisbury."

Faced with Gareth's question, Habertlot simply explained that she had indeed been to Salisbury, and that the cathedral there was truly magnificent. She had also seen Aurora, but it simply didn't suit her taste, so she had no interest in it.

Ritsuka silently memorized these conversations, feeling that something was amiss.

Habertrot is by no means a bad person, nor does she intend to frame them. He had already realized this, but there was absolutely no doubt that she was hiding something.

However, he wouldn't say any of this for now, watching Habertlot and Gareth chatting happily. Ritsuka chose to remain silent; let's leave it at that for now, as long as they're happy.