Chapter 140

"This is too much!"

"Exactly! Way too much!"

"Just how long are you going to keep us locked up!"

After completing a new round of registration and screening, the temporarily settled Fairies did not leave as required. On the contrary, they gathered together in indignation, packing the area so tightly not even water could trickle through, and refused to disperse easily.

They refused to return to their temporary settlements easily, clamoring one after another for an explanation, their emotions growing more and more agitated, their voices louder and louder.

Their words were filled with anger and dissatisfaction——

As if an atmosphere of turmoil was pervading, sparks of unrest flashing.

Amidst the bustling crowd, clamorous shouts rose and fell in succession, agitated emotions and a tense atmosphere spreading continuously. In this group environment, the intelligence of this motley crew seemed to drop in an instant, rationality gradually disappearing.

As for those Fairy Guards selected to maintain order, facing such a surging tide they also appeared powerless.

Their numbers were originally relatively few; facing such massive public outrage, it was indeed difficult to maintain order.

Moreover, these Fairy Guards actually understood their peers' voices and opinions very well; they equally loathed being forcibly managed like this, hoping to break the current situation. Therefore, their performance was not proactive, and some Fairy Guards even defected directly.

Even some slackers directly turned around and blended into the rioting crowd.

They waved weapons, likewise loudly expressing their own dissatisfaction and demands.

The Temporary Square at this moment had already become a boiling ocean; the Fairies' emotions grew more and more agitated, their words and deeds more and more dangerous, as if they had already touched the brink of no return.

"Everyone quiet down! No noise allowed!"

A not-loud voice, carrying a gentle and composed implication.

Accompanied by the blowing wind, it rang precisely beside every Fairy's ear.

Her whole body seemed to shine brilliantly, even the wings on her back like special effects from a krypton-gold recharge, a beautiful woman shrouded in mysterious light walking over unhurriedly from afar, not a trace of her previous dishevelment to be seen.

On the contrary, she was full of elegance and composure, noble beyond words.

Truth be told, just this entrance alone was already enough to seize the initiative; in the past, it would absolutely have made the Fairies instantly shift their attention, every single one falling at her pomegranate skirt.

However——that was in the past.

As for now, the Fairies clearly weren't buying it at all; on the contrary, with a boom, the pot blew wide open right on the spot.

"——Why should we! You say quiet and we quiet!"

"——Everyone don't listen to her! Aurora betrayed us!"

"——This cheap woman, I saw with my own eyes before that she killed……"

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Aurora's arrival, naturally, did not play a good role in calming hearts; it even further intensified the contradictions.

After all, jailers and prisoners are completely two different classes.

They were never going to piss in the same pot to begin with.

Aurora's complexion also froze in an instant, then visibly turned dark; wherever she used to go, she was the center of all eyes, with countless admirers, flowers and applause never ceasing along the way, where had she ever tried such treatment.

She originally thought that just by coming over and scolding once, she could easily control the situation, make everyone restrain their emotions. She didn't expect this bunch of lowly things wouldn't give her any face at all, and even dared to talk back to her face?

Truly nauseating and hateful!

She just isn't the kind of person who can swallow this kind of grievance……even if she can endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens, she absolutely would not be lenient toward this bunch of lowly things!

"Said enough?"

Then she might as well show her hand, stop pretending! Aurora's expression was quite gloomy and cold as she scanned the surroundings, the corner of her mouth hooking a ruthless smile. Her finger pointed directly at the Fairy who had just been cursing the loudest.

"Wh-what are you doing! Let go of me!!"

At this moment, that Fairy let out a sharp, miserable cry.

Its body instantly suspended in midair, as if twisting, stretching, deforming, and in this process the shrill sounds it emitted became even more piercing.

Right before everyone's eyes, that Fairy rapidly shrank in the blink of an eye, its body size changing in an extremely ferocious manner. Originally an Earth Clan Fairy like a dwarf, in the blink of an eye it turned into a tiny insect, and was dragged flying over, falling before Aurora.

A gloomy smile still hanging on her face, Aurora looked down from above, then without hesitation lifted her foot and stomped down.

Only a *pu-chi* sound was heard.

A pool of thick, dark green juice was left on the spot.

"……"

"……"

Brief dead silence; the Fairies all froze in place, staring blankly at this scene.

However, Aurora, having already made a move, did not stop at a token gesture, choosing to cease just like that. She still wore a black face, continuing to call names and kill there, pointing one finger after another, turning one Fairy after another into insects, then stomping them to exploding juice!

The Fairies gathered together finally reacted, screaming as they fled for their lives, the scene turning rout-like in an instant.

Although Aurora should be the weakest Great Fairy, she is still far stronger than ordinary Fairies.

What she displayed at this moment was a crushing level.

Of course, if all the Fairies swarmed her, she would definitely be instantly torn to shreds. However, precisely because she deeply knows this, Aurora, who understands Fairies all too well, immediately firmly seized the initiative.

After all, as long as you strike first, act extremely ferocious, you can cow this motley crew, make them fear, shrink back, flee for their lives.

Conversely, if you fail to cow them, they might well become ferocious in the atmosphere of fanatical blind following, and at that time, it won't be a simple matter of killing a few to scare them.

She barely managed to keep her life.

She absolutely won't allow this bunch of things lowly as livestock to stir up trouble again, dragging her into it!

Carrying this intense loathing, perhaps also a thread of psychology of turning the knife toward the weaker, Aurora stomped flat dozens of Fairies-turned-insects in one breath.

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Saw this scene from the window.

Fujimaru Ritsuka bit her lower lip tightly, gaze dull as she withdrew her gaze.

She had been in the Room the whole time, hadn't gone out, but had also been observing the Fairies' movements through the Window the whole time.

The result was naturally that her mindset collapsed again and again, making it hard to accept…… Like the fairies' situation of remembering to eat but not remembering the beating, this was still explainable; the main issue was still Aurora's transformation——decisively kneeling to survive, and then turning around to fiercely suppress her own kin.

Even leaving aside right and wrong, just the ugly face she displayed made Master Lady unable to accept it.

After all, the contrast was too enormous.

Compared to the Lady Aurora in her impression, who sacrificed herself tragically for justice and righteousness, there was not a single point of resemblance.

"All…… fake……?"

The girl lowered her head, muttering to herself, for a moment only feeling that she could not distinguish anything clearly.

Although Xia Zhi and the others said nothing and had not yet given a more detailed explanation on this matter, she already faintly had some guesses, and seriously began to review everything she had seen and heard since entering this Lostbelt.

Are the fairies of this world truly pure creatures? For the first time, she doubted this.

After all, even Lady Aurora, who was incomparably radiant and spotless in her heart, had her reputation collapse overnight.

As for what condition the other fairies are in, that is also clearly debatable.

Knock knock knock——

At this time, a sound came from the door.

Stunned for a moment, Fujimaru Ritsuka raised her head, hesitated a beat, then spoke: "Please…… come in."

The door was pushed open, and standing outside was not the youth she had imagined, but a woman with silver long hair shining like snow, possessing a face so beautifully perfect it looked like a doll's.

"Ritsuka, lunch is here……" she said happily, her bright smile seeming to make the slightly dim room turn sunny, "I figured you probably didn't have the appetite, so I specially brought it up for you."

As she spoke, she walked to Master Lady's side, set down the basket she was carrying, and took out the dishes one by one, still steaming with heat.

"……"

"……"

"Thank you, Alice……"

Fujimaru Ritsuka reacted, subconsciously thanking her.

"You're welcome, but are you still following the fairies' issue?" Alice showed a faint smile, then also looked toward the view outside the window, couldn't help but shake her head: "The fairies seem to have caused trouble again just now."

"Caused trouble?"

"Yeah, I don't know what they're thinking either. Maybe because the attitude toward them has gotten a little better now, they feel there's room to bargain?" Alice was also a bit doubtful.

When the meteorite fell directly before, they didn't have so many opinions.

Now we're not shouting to beat and kill them anymore, but letting them live as long as they follow certain rules, yet the fairies immediately feel they can make a fuss? Feel this is negotiating conditions with them?

Are they creatures that, as long as a high-pressure environment isn't maintained, will immediately expose their true nature?

Of course, it's also possible that the fairies, up to now, have never truly been absolutely ruled, so they, who have always only organized in clan form, are still the lazy, loose type, fundamentally lacking any concept of following rules.

"Mm……"

Fujimaru Ritsuka pulled at the corner of her mouth, not knowing what to say.

"Forget it, ignore them."

Alice didn't dwell on it either; she didn't care about the fairies' situation. In a certain sense already dead, but having walked out again from someone's thoughts, she more or less retained a trace of Darkening nature.

That was the distorted part left by the corruption of "All the World's Evil".

Although she herself had no such awareness, no cognition of it.

This troublesome princess, as if performing magic, clapped her hands, attracted Master Lady's attention, then pulled out a brand-new set of clothes from behind her: "Look, what's this?"

"Eh?"

Master Lady hadn't reacted yet before she was unceremoniously pulled up.

"Quick, try on your new clothes, Ritsuka." Alice smiled, pulling the curtains shut, "This is what Tetelot and Medea and the others barely managed to make; I got it for you the first time."

Through the Thread Fairy's innate Mystery, and the Age of Gods witch's tireless efforts, under the two's joint cooperation, the imitation of the "Moving Church" finally achieved a breakthrough.

Although they couldn't replicate a fake product with completely equivalent performance.

But they barely managed to achieve about three to four percent functional replication.

It sounds like very little, but considering Index's habit has defense strength at the Pope level, designed entirely to block a nuclear bomb…… this performance is already quite good.

At someone's request, Fujimaru Ritsuka was the first to be equipped.

After all, this guest of Chaldea absolutely cannot have an accident in this history…… If Fujimaru Ritsuka had been wearing this set earlier, when she was backstabbed by that fairy, no one would have needed to come save her.

Letting her personally experience nearly being killed once, the educational effect would presumably be even better and deeper.

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On the other side.

Vivian, having finished the academic exchange, was also walking back from outside with Xia Zhi.

"Your plan is completely feasible. We just need to find all the Dragon Veins of Britain Island next, and we should be able to establish the basic framework, using magecraft to establish the same mapping points on the Magic Dragon's corpse……"

"As for what you said before, using 'All the World's Evil' to corrupt the Dragon Veins, distort the Singularity Record's summoning mechanism, and maximally dismantle the countermeasures from Pan-Human History, that can also be implemented better……"

The girl thought seriously, finally confirming that the plan the other party just displayed was feasible, completely without problem.

"So it looks like I did this operation pretty well, huh? Teacher?"

The youth showed a hearty smile.

"Don't call me Teacher……" The girl frowned, decisively refusing this title, "Your teacher should be Medea or Index and them."

"Don't say that, you taught me magecraft at the start too, didn't you?"

"I didn't teach you much…… honestly, before long, I estimate even that Greek Witch won't have anything to teach you." Vivian's attitude was very firm; with this guy's monster-like growth speed, this world would soon have no one who could be his teacher.

Probably only that "Index Librorum Prohibitorum", the little nun said to manage 103,000 grimoires, could keep qualifying for this position for a long time.

Just speaking of it——

Those grimoires that even she herself doesn't understand, what realm do they lead to in the end?

Is the magecraft level of the world that little nun is in really that high? Or is it a magic world where even the existence of a "Mage" might not count for anything?

For a moment, the girl's thoughts also wandered; it seemed that regarding those ultimate realms the grimoires could reach, this person had indeed not spoken much about them — was it because they were too grand? Or too impractical?

So he didn't want to discuss those things?

"Huh? Ansel's here?"

At this time, Xia Zhi saw a figure appear up ahead and let out a "Huh?"

"I called him over... the Mirror Clan's fairies didn't participate in the battle this time and remain intact. If we want to make the Mirror Clan's fairies the ruling mainstay, we should also consult with him."

Vivian, her thoughts interrupted, came to her senses and glanced ahead, speaking calmly.

"Your Majesty the Queen, Prince Consort..."

Ansel also came forward to meet them, bowing respectfully.

"No need for excessive courtesy..." Vivian kept a straight face, not looking at the expression of the person beside her, "How is it? Has the future you foresaw changed? What has it become now?"

"This..." the Mirror Clan's Clan Chief hesitated slightly, "To speak of it is truly shameful, Your Majesty. Ever since we parted last time, I have not predicted the future again."

"Why?"

"Because I saw things I shouldn't have seen. I feared that if I continued watching, I would draw Them over in advance." Ansel said with a bitter smile: "Whether prophecy or gaze, both create connections; They might also gaze back at me in reverse."

"Understandable, understandable. After all, when you stare into the abyss, the abyss also stares into you."

Xia Zhi nodded from the side, expressing agreement. That kind of thing that sounds Cthulhu Mythos at first listen — looking at it too much definitely leads to no good end. It's only because Ansel is a fairy, and a Clan Chief-level great fairy at that, that he could prophecy Them and have no issues afterward.

If it were an ordinary person, they'd likely suffer the fate of eyes bursting, brain melting, and dying on the spot.

"Prince Consort speaks well; this saying is too philosophical..."

Ansel deeply agreed, echoing solemnly.

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"..."

"Turns out to be this troublesome..." Vivian lightly furrowed her brows, still couldn't help but glance at the youth beside her, "Then he can handle those troubles with certainty?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. The Prince Consort is different..."

The Mirror Clan's Clan Chief nodded vigorously, then also turned his head toward Xia Zhi's direction, seeming to deeply believe this —

"If you stare into the abyss, only your reflection will remain in the abyss..."

(Chapter End)