My mother's love song

Please, stop it, stop it...

Don't burn the forest, don't destroy Oberon's home.

Don't bully us, don't hurt us.

It hurts. It hurts. It hurts so much.

I’m dying, I’m dying, I’m dying.

"…………"

A tiny, fragile voice that only the Child of Prophecy with the Fairy Eyes could hear echoed in the girl's ears.

That was the dying cry and plea for help of the weak creatures who were not allowed to survive in the Queen's Kingdom.

“Ahh…ah…”

The girl's eyes widened.

The night she left Tintagel, the traumatic scene replayed itself in her mind.

"We've found him. He's the criminal Auberon who calls himself the Goblin King! Capture him and bring him to Her Majesty the Queen!"

The Queen's Knight soon noticed Altria and her group.

"...Hmm? Is that the Child of Prophecy next to you?

No, but...was there such a vicious magic when I saw it in Camelot?"

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhh! You guys! You guys!”

Altria's lovely face twisted, and she roared, brandishing the Staff of Selection and rushed forward.

The Queen's Knights are the Queen's strongest force after the Fairy Knights, and there are only a hundred or so of these elite knights in the whole of Britain.

However, Artoria, who lost herself due to anger, showed even more amazing fighting power, and even defeated the battle-hardened Queen's Knight.

“Haaaa…haaaa…haaa…!”

Altori glared at the fleeing Queen's Knight and roared.

"Is this the only place you can escape to? Is this the only place you can escape to? I will never forgive you! I will never forget you! I will kill you all!"

"It's really ugly to let your emotions run wild. Can you still be called the child of prophecy?"

A sharp voice came from behind.

A huge silver shadow appeared in front of Altria, looking down at her condescendingly.

"No matter how angry you are, it's all in vain. The raid is over, and all that's left is to burn the forest to ashes.

It was too late for help, and that was the result of your ringing the bell."

"Fairy Knight Gawain...!"

Gawain's body was wrapped in strong magic, and she continued speaking while facing Artoria head-on.

“Why did you come to this forest after all? You actually left Londinion at the most critical moment.

It's hard to understand, your actions are always full of contradictions.

The weak should obey the strong. As long as they obey, the strong will have to hand over their bodies one day.

If you don't understand this principle, we cannot protect you.

Son of Prophecy, if you are willing to surrender, I will accept it.

My mission is to purify Wales, not to conquer you, but if you choose war, then so be it.

Let this forest be reduced to ashes."

Altria gripped the Staff of Choice tightly.

If the only way to protect the forest is to defeat the Fairy Knight, then I won't lose even if it's Gawain...!

The next moment, the battle began.

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The night sky above a burning, smoky Welsh forest that is coming to an end.

A figure dressed in black emerged above the star-lit night sky.

He has slender limbs, a muscular body, long black hair like thick ink, and most importantly, he is a person who is incompatible with this world, an immortal.

After changing into his spiritual base and transforming into an adult form, Rhodes floated in the air, overlooking the entire forest.

The Autumn Forest is located in Wales, on the border of the fairy kingdom.

It is said to be a forest of "weak insect-type fairies" and "little fairies who are not accepted by the fairies of the fairy kingdom that imitates the human world due to their low intelligence and innocence."

This forest was once a gathering place for fairies who had no place to stay in the fairy kingdom, fairies who fled there after being bullied, and fairies who were persecuted for simply existing and were told "Don't spread poison", waiting helplessly for approaching.

In the Fairy Calendar period that Rhodes had lived in, such forests did not exist in Britain.

Because of Queen Morgan's heavy taxes and tyranny, the number of "goblins who have nowhere to go" and "goblins who are hated and decaying in oblivion" has increased, and this forest has gradually formed.

Originally, this shouldn't be a place worth mentioning.

Rhode understood that Morgan wanted to burn this place down, as she hated bugs the most.

But why...

As soon as he stepped into the forest, Rhodes sensed an inexplicable sense of weirdness?

So Rhodes found an excuse to separate from Gawain and conduct the investigation alone.

Use this immortal spirit base that is integrated with nature and has the strongest perception ability.

The term "immortal" might be a little too incompatible with the worldview of the Fairy Kingdom. If you don't like it, you can call the current Rhodes that.

Fragments of the planet, spirits incarnated.

Just like in Chinese history, a certain elf who gained a physical body was regarded as a fairy or a celestial being, Rhodes in the immortal state can be classified as an elf in the fairy kingdom.

I don’t know if it’s because he just reunited with Morgan yesterday, but today he was in a rare serious mode.

As his mind magic was unfolding in full force, Rhodes, overlooking the Autumn Forest, was concentrating on feeling it.

The mana flowing from the earth's spiritual veins is converted into vision within the body.

If the physical body reaches Rhodes' level [the highest level of celestial being], it can even recreate what happened in this land.

Of course, the perception brought by magic is completely different from visual information based mainly on the reflection of light.

It is impossible to fully grasp what is actually happening. If you focus too much on magical perception, the image will be distorted due to subjective assumptions.

Nevertheless, this is the best way to get a general idea of ​​what's happening in the forest.

A minute later, Rhodes came to a conclusion.

“…This is, malicious intent.”

Different from the malice that fairies release when spreading lies and feeling happy.

Nor was it the malice uttered by the insects that died tragically in the forest as they lay dying.

This weak yet dense malice comes from the land itself.

"How disgusting that a long-dead history has continued for more than 10,000 years!"

"I want to wipe out all the residents of this island and all traces of this island!"

Is this... the island's "dislike for living things"?

The Curse of the British Isles.

There is a similar example in pan-human history, such as the humble king Vortigern who introduced foreign races into his kingdom.

"So this is... a memory of the birth of the King of Mors?"

He was proclaimed king by the Mors during the great disaster that occurred in the 1000th year of the Queen's calendar.

He formed an army out of the cursed black algae and waged war against Morgan and the five major clans.

It is said that the King of Mors neither attacks fairies nor kills humans, but simply loves fire and lightning.

Everything was burned and destroyed, and they were obsessed with the smoke produced.

Turn cities and forests into scorched earth, burn the land, call down rain clouds, and thunder will come down from the rain clouds.

Some goblins called him the Storm King, but this name was later banned by Morgan.

The war lasted for more than ten years, and finally the king of the Mors was destroyed by the new Woodworth.

However, it is said that before his death, the king left a curse on the Fang Clan: "The black dog that devours fairies."

From that day on, black dogs began to roam the land of Britain.

However, this was just an illusion on the surface. Only Morgan saw through the truth and took corresponding countermeasures.

"It would make sense if the strange feeling in this forest came from the curse left by King Mors."

Rhode frowned. It seemed that this was true... but for some reason he still felt a sense of disobedience.

Even if I continue to keep my thought key patterns fully activated, it seems that I can no longer sense anything else.

Rhodes stopped outputting magic power.

While overlooking the forest from the air, he quickly noticed that Altria and her group had already started fighting with Bagster.

"Oh...Castor's magic power has increased several times compared to before. If the little princess knew about this, she would probably be furious.

Aren't Hector and Habemeow here? And the three people around the Child of Prophecy are all faces I haven't seen before."

Rhodes had no intention of joining the battle, or rather, there was no need.

The purpose of this expedition was clear from the beginning.

Rhodes was just a figurehead, accompanying Gawain.

Gawain was the one responsible for setting the mountain on fire, while Rhodes didn't have to do anything. He only had to take credit for the Goblin Knight's accomplishment afterwards.

Activities similar to political propaganda

Morgan wanted to advertise her husband to the fairies of Britain.

"Well... as long as Her Majesty the Queen and the little princess are happy, I don't care."

The battle in the forest became increasingly intense.

It was night, and Gawain's [Morning Light] and [Saint Number] were ineffective.

The scene was one against four, with Gawain facing four enemies alone.

Even so, she still easily dominated the entire audience.

Compared to her, Altria, who rang a bell, was nothing. With just a swing of the sword, the Child of Prophecy was almost blown away by the torrent of magic power of Kaventin.

If there hadn't been a great silver knight engaging Gawain head-on, they would have been defeated long ago.

The only one who can fight Bagster head-on is Percival, the leader of the Round Table Army.

"Is the weapon he is wielding the same Longinus that Albion once was defeated by?"

There is a clear division of labor between Percival and the one in charge of guerrilla warfare is a young knight dressed in light armor, like a brave puppy.

"Gareth from the Lostbelt, huh? She's not Morgan and I's daughter, but she's just as cute. I'll try to strike up a conversation with her someday."

Then, the last of the four is

I feel very cocky, and actually I am very cocky, the prince of the autumn forest whose role positioning overlaps with mine: [the guide of the child of prophecy].

"You are Auberon...Okay, kill him."

Rhodes did not use the sword as a throwing weapon as before, but instead injected magic power into his thumb and index finger.

""

Then, he fired a magic bullet by flicking his finger on someone's forehead.

"!"

The pure mana crystals were full of destructive power after being accelerated, but they penetrated the atmosphere silently, shooting towards Oberon's forehead accurately and quickly.