My mother's love song

"I'm very sorry to invite you to visit again so suddenly. Have I delayed your evening?"

"That's not true. The food in the hotel always has a weird smell and is simply unpalatable. It's a pity that Jian can eat it with such relish. Aurora, I'm really saved by your invitation."

After Rhodes said this, Aurora covered her lips without changing her expression.

He must be laughing.

Then the two of them walked into the extremely luxurious restaurant side by side.

Aurora stared curiously at the newly added rich dark cloak draped over the boy's shoulders and asked, "Master Rhodes, have you changed your clothes?"

"Didn't you change your clothes too?" Rhodes asked back.

"That's natural. After all, we are entertaining the future King of Britain tonight. I was troubled for a long time about which dress to wear before you came."

Aurora made no effort to conceal her compliments, and Rhodes accepted them without hesitation.

"That's true. It's dinner time, so it would be rude to still wear the same clothes you wore during the day. I feel the same way."

"Ah, this is really... sorry for your trouble. A noble being like you actually did this for me... Aurora is really flattered."

She smiled and said, "Nero is indeed worthy of being the king of the continent [Roman emperor] from another world. He treats a woman like me with great courtesy. He is more like a king than a clan of kings."

"Of course."

Rhodes said as he followed the fairy maid to the dining table and sat down.

This table, which is more than ten meters long, is now filled with delicious food.

Aurora sat down on the main seat and introduced, "I also have many human chefs in my house. I specifically asked them to make dishes that suit human tastes. Please be sure to try each one."

"Being respectful is worse than obeying orders."

Rhode, who had never had a proper meal since he came to this world, kept swallowing his saliva, maintaining his elegant and dignified aristocratic character, and picked up the silver knife and fork nonchalantly.

"Come to think of it, didn't Master Jian come with you?"

Aurora didn't just invite Rhodes to dinner, but invited both him and the Savior.

However, only Rhodes appeared in the Governor's Mansion.

"It's such a pity. It would be great if Master Jian could come along."

Aurora stroked her cheek like a medieval noblewoman, staring at the grand banquet in front of her, which was enough for 50 people to eat and drink, with a melancholy look in her eyes.

"I heard that the Savior has been living a very poor and hard life during his journey to save Britain. If possible, I would like to let Master Jian taste these dishes."

Listening to the sigh of the Wind Fairy, Rhodes curled the corners of his mouth while cutting the steak.

"Aurora is really mean. She knew that Jian would definitely not come tonight, but she deliberately let the adjutant spread such words to her."

When Harobaromia found Rhodes and the others, she once said, "Lady Aurora hopes that Ash will come with her, but I guess the Savior would not want to do that, right?"

Those words sounded like a challenge to Jian.

"Haha, have you discovered my provocation to the Savior?" Aurora said with a smile.

Judging from the results, Jian did not appear in the Governor's Mansion again and chose to avoid fighting.

Looking at the Wind Fairy with a triumphant expression, Rhode put the steak into his mouth and said with a hint of mockery, "The unwilling expression on Ash's face is quite interesting."

In this way, he and Aurora enjoyed an extremely luxurious dinner together.

"How does Lord Nero intend to rule Britain?"

After two glasses of wine, Aurora got down to business.

Of course, the Wind Clan leader would not invite him to dinner just to maintain relationships. Rhode had expected this.

He said calmly: "Do you want to know about your future treatment? Aurora, you can rest assured about this.

You are the first of the six clans to swear allegiance to me. Once I conquer the entire British Isles, I will ensure your position.

Let me think... How about the position of the head of the six clans?"

"...That's not what I meant. But I am very happy and honored to hear you say that, Nero-sama.

Aurora said: "After knowing your attitude, I believe everyone in the Wind Clan will be more loyal to you in the future."

"In this regard, we will have to rely on your methods, Aurora." Rhodes glanced at her and gave her a meaningful smile.

"Well, Lord Nero...with all due respect, as a human being, how will you deal with the relationship between fairies and humans in Britain from now on?"

Is it the same as before, maintaining the social system where fairies rule and manage humans?

Or, like the King's Clan and the Round Table, seek a way for fairies and humans to coexist?

For the patriarchs of the six major clans, this is a core route issue that is even more critical than the previous topic.

"What a headache, Aurora."

Rhode used a silver fork to crush a piece of vegetable with an unhappy look on his face, raised his eyes and said, "Do you actually think that I am the same species as those low-life forms that don't even have the ability to reproduce?"

"Hey……"

"I will be the first emperor of a unified Britain. Do you know what that means?"

Rhodes solemnly declared: "The so-called emperor, in the pan-human history, is defined as the only absolute and immortal god on earth. Don't compare me with the inferior humans in this world.

From the perspective of species, they are no longer the same thing. I have no sympathy or empathy for the slaves of the goblins. Rather, in my opinion, those ants are simply a disgrace to the history of humanity. I wish their existence could be erased from my memory."

"Yes, is that so? Sorry, I am being rude. You are indeed not comparable to the humans in the fairy kingdom."

Aurora probed: "That is to say, Lord Nero intends to continue to maintain the status quo..."

Rhode shook his head and interrupted casually, "Regarding the future treatment of humans, I have to go back and discuss further with my useless military advisor [Witch]."

Aurora: “…”

As expected, I can’t make up my mind on this matter.

Rhodes didn't know the inside story of the Fairy Kingdom yet, so he couldn't jump to conclusion at this point.

If I gave Aurora an inappropriate promise here, I don’t know how Jian would scold me when I return.

More importantly, there is no need to put yourself directly in opposition to the King's Clan and the Round Table.

What would happen if he told Aurora that he planned to make enemies with the King's Clan and the Round Table, and this secret conversation accidentally reached the ears of other fairies?

There is no doubt that this will be the fuse for a war against the savior, since Nero is the king nominated by Ash.

In the eyes of the fairies, Ash is not Nero's subordinate, but Nero, a human, represents the will of the fairies of paradise.

Now he was just taking advantage of the power of the other side. Rhode understood this simple truth clearly.

After that, Rhodes also carefully talked with Aurora while eating.

Amid Aurora's various probing attempts and Rhodes's flawless Tai Chi rhetoric, dinner time quickly came to an end.

After dinner, Aurora invited Rhodes to stroll in the courtyard behind the Governor's Mansion, and he did not refuse.

Britain is incredibly quiet at night.

Rhodes unconsciously looked up at the vast stars, feeling the freshness brought by the air from another world.

"Sir Nero, I have something to say but I don't know whether I should say it or not."

Aurora suddenly spoke.

"Don't talk about it if you don't want to!"

Although Rhodes wanted to say so, he held back for the sake of the overall situation.

"Please go ahead, Aurora... We are now an unbreakable alliance, aren't we?"

Aurora said: "It's about the savior... Lord Jian."

Her voice sounded deeper and more lifeless than at any time that night, but Rhodes shuddered all over.

I've been waiting for so long, are we finally getting to the point?

"Lord Nero, do you know how long Lord Ash has been around?"

"More than three thousand years, right? Even among you fairies, it is considered the longest-lived, right? After all, there are very few fairies who can survive three major disasters in a row."

Aurora nodded and said, "Yes, a great disaster will come every thousand years, and the fairy kingdom will be destroyed every thousand years. Although it will not be extinct, Britain will return to a dying state every time. This is the curse that the island has bestowed on us fairies.

But do you know the exact age of Master Jian?"

"?"

Rhodes shook his head in confusion, not sure.

Seeing his reaction, Aurora showed a very hesitant expression, but finally said it.

"Lord Jian was born 3600 years ago, and you are also aware that Britain will only face the next great disaster in 400 years.

In other words, the Savior appeared on this British island together with the Great Disaster."

"..."

Rhodes took a breath.

He sensed something obviously unusual from Aurora's words.

Rhode was surprised and asked, "You mean, she is the incarnation of the great disaster..."

He had heard from Tetrot that in Britain's long history, great disasters had often taken many forms.

There are disasters caused by natural disasters, disasters caused by giant monsters, and of course...

Among them there are also great disasters in human form.

The paradise fairies that appeared along with the great disaster and whose origins were unknown were extremely suspicious no matter how you looked at them.

Just as Rhodes was about to ask further questions, he saw Aurora showing an extremely terrified expression.

She widened her eyes and shook her head desperately: "How is it possible! Lady Ash has been working hard in the shadow of history to protect Britain for the past 3000 years. How could such a respectable person like her be a disaster!"

Aurora grabbed Rhodes' sleeve and said nervously, "Impossible, Lord Jian can never be a disaster... Lord Nero, you must not think so!"

"Even if you say so, Aurora, the fairies in the paradise are still too suspicious." Rhodes said with a frown.

Aurora said: “Well, I can understand your feelings.

I'm sure you've sensed something from the Savior, Master Jian seems to be hiding something...

Even her companions who had fought alongside her for 3000 years had not been informed of this secret. "

"Yeah, what on earth is that? That guy Ash..."

Rhodes looked at the moon in the sky and muttered to himself.

"Although Lady Jian is definitely not the Great Disaster, she may indeed have some connection with the disaster in Britain..."

Aurora whispered in Rhodes' ear.

"Sir Nero, this is your Britain...there must be no mistakes."

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After finishing his visit to Aurora's house, it was already past 8 o'clock in the evening when Rhodes returned to the streets of Salisbury.

The streets of the fairy country city at night are similar to the countryside, without even a single fairy. This seems to be because the fairies are afraid of the coming of the curse.

Rhodes first walked around the deserted streets for a few times, and then went into a dark alley beside the road.

After arriving in the darkness, he tore off the dark cloak that was draped over his body and threw it into the air. The cloak immediately turned into a dark shadow.

Its unsettling posture is reminiscent of Morse, but its presence and sheer terror far outweigh the island's curse.

The black giant Pale Knight [Plague] stood before Rhodes.

"Let her out."

As Rhodes declared this, a chilly wind suddenly blew in the dark alley.

The giant's body bathed in moonlight suddenly trembled, and then a human figure emerged from the black mist that made up its body.

“Oooooh! That hurts!”

Sitting on the ground, Jian covered his buttocks and glared at Rhodes resentfully: "Can't you be gentler?"

"Go talk to it."