In the Fairyland, I became the Fairy Queen

The young man's unintentional words startled the guard next to him.

"Hey, you actually like it..."

"Shh! This can't be called love... At most it's gratitude and admiration... After all, it was Melusin who saved me."

"Oh, I see."

The guard nodded: "Indeed, Lady Melusin is also a very beautiful and popular fairy. Her popularity is almost surpassing that of Lady Aurora..."

"But you'd better give up quickly. This is meaningless."

"Huh? Why?"

"Because although Lady Melusine is exceptionally popular, she is deeply in love with Lady Aurora and it is impossible for her to reciprocate your feelings."

"——?! Melusin actually likes Aurora?!"

The young man heard this news from the guard for the first time and his eyes widened in shock.

“Shhhhhhh!! Keep your voice down! Be careful someone might hear you…!”

The guard quickly covered the boy's mouth and shook him hard to force him to calm down.

"And...and! This isn't liking someone, this is love! Love! This is what Lady Melusin said herself! The news has been circulating for three hundred years, it can't be false!"

"……Um……"

The boy calmed down and lowered his head. For the first time, he felt shocked and doubted about his own goals and objectives.

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Pseudo-Act 9: The First Rejection

"Okay, we're in the kitchen."

"Remember, you must not reveal a single word of what we just said, do you understand?"

The soldier said solemnly and seriously.

"I see."

The boy nodded, and just when the soldier was about to go back to stand guard, the boy called him again.

"that……"

“Ah…? What’s wrong?”

"What's your name..."

"Me? My name is Will. Hehe, don't forget me if you become successful in the future."

The human soldier named Will chuckled, patted the boy on the shoulder, and left.

"Humans are really very different from fairies."

The boy holding the cookbook looked at Will's back and couldn't help murmuring, as if it was the last sentence Will had just said.

Don't forget me after you become successful... This is not something a fairy who only cares about whether it is fun and not the results can say.

Pushing open the small door of the kitchen, the boy walked into the empty kitchen. Surprisingly, there were quite a lot of fresh vegetables and meat here. It was really strange that this was obviously a seldom used kitchen, but it was filled with food that would spoil soon.

……wrong.

The young man took two steps back and looked towards the kitchen door, where there was a light curtain so faint that it was barely noticeable.

It should be something similar to a barrier.

I see. Use a fixed barrier to enclose the unused kitchen, so that dust won't accumulate even if it's not used for a long time, and vegetables and meat won't rot even if left for a long time.

It looks like something that was created by combining human wisdom with the abilities of fairies.

As the boy walked in here, the barrier seemed to have lost its effect and might need to be rearranged.

But this has nothing to do with him.

Opening the recipe he had just brought, the boy began to get busy.

Prepare the ingredients, then...

Cod, flour, celery, onions, edamame...and potatoes.

Every time he glanced at the ingredients on the recipe, the boy's brows would frown slightly, but with the idea of ​​at least trying it first, he still got a portion of the cod fillet written in the recipe.

Then took a bite.

“Ugh—Pah!!”

Feeling that the flour and fish inside were obviously not cooked through, or the boy on the other side who had tasted a mouthful of burnt charcoal quickly spat out what was in his mouth.

"——What is this?"

The boy, feeling like he was about to pass out from the suffocation, weakly took a sip of water and rinsed his mouth.

No, there is no way I can continue studying with just this book.

The young man who had sealed this heresy forever let out a breath of air. Now he could only rely on himself.

But...is this really okay?

Looking at the remaining ingredients, the boy took a deep breath.

As expected...I'm not troubled by any ingredients or recipes.

I just……

"Because although Lady Melusine is exceptionally popular, she is deeply in love with Lady Aurora and it is impossible for her to reciprocate your feelings."

Those words kept echoing in my mind and ears, without any sign of subsiding.

Ah...as expected.

I clearly said that I just felt gratitude and admiration for her...

The result must be that he subconsciously wanted to get closer to the dragon fairy who saved him at that time.

Otherwise, how could it be so complicated after hearing this kind of news...

The young man sighed in his heart. Sure enough, this would be an extremely difficult choice.

Should I choose to retreat when faced with difficulties, or should I choose to face the difficulties and try to pursue it...

……No

……wrong

…What on earth am I thinking about…

It seemed that no matter which path I took, it was far away from my current self. I was just simply rescued by the other party. There was no need to do such a stupid thing to make fun of myself.

...Yes, that's all.

The young man suppressed his inner feelings and cooked the meal based on his feelings. He even felt like a culinary genius as he could make a meal that was many times more delicious than the previous one without using a recipe.

...Well, I still have to give it to Milushin to try.

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The Dragon Fairy naturally didn't know what had just happened. When she gently knocked on the boy's door and pushed it open as usual, she saw the boy who had just changed his apron.

"Eh? What are you doing?"

The dragon fairy was slightly stunned and couldn't help asking.

"Hmm... Meilushin came just in time. This is the meal I cooked. Try it and see how it tastes."

The boy tried hard to suppress the urge to ask her about the story between her and Aurora, and the smile on his face was somewhat forced.

"You don't look well."

The Dragon Demon noticed that the boy looked unhappy, but she did not associate it with herself. Besides, her relationship with Aurora was not a big secret in Salisbury, and she did not want to hide it.

"Me? I'm fine..."

The boy tried hard to smile, but the innocence in his eyes that usually appeared on his face was gone.

The dragon fairy said nothing more. In order not to disappoint the boy, she ate up all the food he prepared.

The food was delicious, much better than the food she had eaten in many goblin-owned taverns before.

But all this seemed a little dull in front of the boy's forced smile.

She didn't know what the boy had experienced that night. She just vaguely felt a "feeling" that was different from when she first met the boy, and... the change in the boy at this moment seemed to be related to her.

"How's it going? Is it delicious?"

"Mm, it's delicious, the best meal I've ever had."

The dragon fairy praised it.

"If Meilushin likes it, it's okay for me to prepare it every day."

"Hey, no need to do that!"

The broken branches on the windowsill sprouted new buds.

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In the days that followed, the boy's time was subtly defined.

The dragon fairy would accompany him for the whole noon, and Kral would come in the afternoon and would not leave until the evening.

The boy also asked Clare if she didn't need to worry about Salisbury's affairs, and Clare replied that she could relax a little for the next period of time, so she could spend more time with him.

Overall it's a good thing.

After that day, the boy slowly buried his feelings deep in his heart.

I continued to return to the short daily life that was as fragile as ice, but also as beautiful as a dream.

However, under the warm sunshine, the fragile ice surface will eventually melt and break.

The boy was like a dry sponge at the beginning. No matter how much information and knowledge the Dragon Fairy or Klar instilled in him, he would absorb the information and records and fill the hole in his chest.

It seems incredible that the huge hole in one's chest can be mended through intelligence and knowledge without the need for others to fill it.

But is this really the case?

The void of nothingness is being mended, but that doesn't mean the void in Qi's heart is filled.

"Oh, it's Meilushin. This is the painting I drew. Do you think it looks good?"

"Hmm... very beautiful... eh? Is this a picture of me?"

The dragon fairy looked at herself in the painting wandering in a sea of ​​flowers with a smile on her face, turned around and stretched out her hand behind her.

"Eh? Does this painting show someone wanting to hold hands?"

The dragon fairy looked at the boy.

"Hmm... probably..."

The boy, who was originally proud of his painting skills, suddenly felt that his thoughts were about to be exposed.

"Who is the person in the painting that I want to hold hands with?"

But the boy who was expecting her to ignore this fatal flaw heard the words he least wanted to hear.

"Yes……"

"Is it you? Or...what if it's you?"

The dragon fairy answered based on her feelings.

"Eh?! I..."

The already confused boy suddenly fell into a state of confusion.

"Yeah... Yeah, I know, I understand."

The young man who was forced into a desperate situation by a few words exhaled a breath, and said to the dragon fairy in front of him seriously and with all his courage: "Melushin... Actually, I am not only grateful and admire you..."

"Maybe, maybe, I still have a little bit of love for you in my heart. Can you accept it?"