Chapter 15: He Is Mine!

"Ahead lies the Wing Clan's territory……"

"Vivian, how about…… I'll just go scout it out, you don't have to go over there?"

Looking at the faint outline of the town ahead, Xia Zhi hesitated for a moment, then turned back and said to the girl.

Vivian's emotions were clearly off; she clenched her fists tight, her gaze fixed dead on the distant town, her eyes surging with something indescribable……

One can guess why — this is the anger and grief aroused by that reason.

So-called enemies meeting, eyes turn especially red.

Wanting to make Vivian completely let go of this deep hatred in just under a month……

——Is a bit too unrealistic.

It was precisely because of this concern that Xia Zhi worried Vivian might lose control of her emotions once she entered the town later.

He naturally had no extra kindness or sympathy; if the "rebellion" had already succeeded and his side held every advantage, however Vivian wanted to take revenge he would fully support her, without reservation.

Wants to kill whose whole family, kill whose whole family; wants to exterminate whose nine clans, exterminate whose nine clans — anyway the other side are all enemies, he wouldn't stop her and make her unhappy.

However, reality just isn't like that.

Their current team is just a handful of people, the great "rebellion" enterprise hasn't even got a proper start, can't even count as a starting stage, fundamentally can't withstand any tossing about.

More need to note, that small town might only be one of the Wing Clan's many settlements, not a display of all their strength. Even so, it very likely gathers tens of thousands of fairies……

——This is undoubtedly a very terrifying force.

After all, after this period of understanding, Xia Zhi has already thoroughly understood what "fairies" actually are; frankly this Phantasmal Species' average quality is absurdly high, even Lower Fairies' power generally far surpasses humans.

Although due to clan differences and individual differences, there exist obvious distinctions of strength and weakness among them.

But whether considering physical fitness or magic quantity, their power often reaches ten to dozens of times that of humans.

And this is merely the description for Lower Fairies; in this Fairy Kingdom world, it is simply an all-citizens-Superman severe situation.

So just the power of that town ahead is already a massive violence their small team currently cannot face head-on; acting rashly is not as simple as scaring the snake, it might even get them all killed.

"No, we go together……"

The girl gently shook her head; she withdrew her gaze from the distance, cast it onto the youth beside her, took a deep breath and said.

"You going alone is inappropriate; this isn't Onyx. A human alone entering a town belonging to fairies is simply seeking death……"

Fairies are often depicted as pure existences acting only on their own interests, with no fixed concepts of good and evil, but behind this deliberately beautified rhetoric lies the revelation that in a certain sense they are the true source of extreme evil.

An ignorant, unaware, pure evil.

——Just like the malice displayed by children, stemming from nature, that is undressed true evil, pure and direct.

——Precisely because they have not yet formed clear concepts of good and evil, their evil deeds at this moment appear all the more from deep within the heart.

Before being massacred and exterminated in the Rain Country, Vivian might still have unconsciously defended the fairies' image, trying to beautify some of their behaviors with euphemistic words. However, such thoughts have now completely dissipated in her heart.

"I……"

Xia Zhi blinked, pondering, about to say something.

"The point isn't whether you as a human have a master, but whether your master is beside you to protect you."

Vivian directly cut off his words, seriousness between the lines, gaze locking straight onto him: "Otherwise, there will always be some willful fairies who only pursue their own desires, utterly disregarding possible consequences."

In this land ruled by fairies, although human figures are also visible.

However they clearly cannot occupy the leading position in this world, only able to serve as fairies' appendages and consumables. Being consumables means they are destined to be continuously used up.

And considering fairies' generally terrible nature, most humans' fates won't reach the end of their designed lifespan, often meeting their end prematurely.

Abused, torn apart, tortured……

Used up too early, dying too early in brutality — this is the fate of most consumables.

When those precious consumables are damaged intentionally or unintentionally, and the users can't restrain their desire to play again, under the fairies' not-strict moral standards, what action they would choose is obviously not hard to guess.

The Fairy Kingdom has never lacked such cases or accidents — when those isolated humans are finally found, they are basically fragmented, not much intact left.

It is precisely because she knows this that Vivian absolutely won't let Xia Zhi act alone.

"Then together, hope you can control your emotions……" Someone didn't insist, just gave her a meaningful look, then nodded slightly, but still earnestly admonished: "Actually no need to force it, if you really can't accept it……"

Pausing slightly, he showed a hearty smile: "Actually there are other methods too."

"……"

"……"

"For example?" The golden-haired girl asked doubtfully.

"Head-on confrontation isn't a good choice, but we can still utilize that Calamity Moss, or incite them to kill each other…… I happen to have a tiny bit of insignificant experience in instigating and inciting others."

He extended a slender finger and waved it, speaking very seriously.

"Even the most rational person has irrational moments; plus herd mentality influence, as long as you grasp the key contradiction, you can turn them into a mob, directly rush Congress Hill……"

"Let alone these fairies completely controlled by emotions, brains like they have issues; you also said they often have nervous breakdowns themselves, one second you're good I'm good, next second they'll cruelly tear off a friend's head……"

Speaking here, the youth laughed lightly, expression appearing especially playful.

Fairies are this kind of thing; even if someone tries hard to defend them, unwilling to admit their essence is evil, cannot erase this fact — they are undoubtedly the concrete embodiment of chaos.

Even the legendary Round Table Knights, that seemingly unbreakable alliance, couldn't avoid falling apart due to infighting and dissent; how much unity can one expect from fairies?

No need for external incitement, they periodically kill each other, rivers of blood a common sight; if a deliberate person stirs trouble in between, the consequences…… in short, Xia Zhi is quite confident on this point.

After all, he isn't very modest; he indeed has that little bit of not-worth-mentioning experience.

"……"

"……"

Silent for a good while, Vivian slowly shook her head forcefully.

"Still better not do this, it's too dangerous…… we have no need to take risks." She vetoed this radical proposal, then seemed to let out a long breath; though unwilling, she slowly loosened her clenched fists.

Strictly speaking this isn't persuading Xia Zhi, but persuading herself.

Now is not the time, not the time for revenge; if an accident happens, there really won't be a chance for revenge later.

"Really no need? Actually, no need to force yourself; anyway, I'm pretty familiar with this kind of thing, and no matter what, it shouldn't be more troublesome than triggering a US stock market circuit breaker and pushing a North-South Civil War..." the young man volunteered with a grin.

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"..."

"Xia Zhi! Your way of persuading people is truly unique..."

The Mors Girl had already fully reacted; she slightly narrowed her eyes at him and let out a soft hum.

"But this method really works, doesn't it?" The young man's face didn't redden and his breath didn't quicken; he spread his hands and smiled.

He knew all too well how to persuade people; when the other party was radical, it was often hard for them to truly listen to advice, or rather, even if they listened, when it came time to actually face it, their emotions might not be controllable.

In this kind of situation, one had to change the method of admonition—

The effect was pretty good; letting Vivian persuade her own inner heart was far better than him endlessly lecturing grand principles.

"If I actually still didn't listen, and really chose the method you mentioned?" The girl walking in front suddenly stopped, turned back and looked straight at him, her tone inexplicably asking this.

"... You guess?"

Xia Zhi blinked.

The girl seriously scrutinized his expression for a good while, only then turning back around. She just walked forward like this, her pace neither fast nor slow; after a moment, that stream-like pleasant voice faintly rang out—

"I hate all Fairies outside the Rain Clan."

"Although I must act to save Britain, that doesn't mean I wish for the Fairies to be happy."

"Wanting my assistance, they must offer a price more precious than life."

Wing Clan.

Just as the literal meaning implies, the characteristics of this clan's Fairies are still quite obvious.

Entering this clan's Town, it was as if entering a fantastical fairy tale Kingdom; those wondrous and extremely imaginative building clusters layered upon each other, there were pavilions, there were spires, the Streets were also spacious and neat, spotlessly clean.

Those resembling werewolves, those resembling dwarves, those with wings growing on their backs...

These characteristics were obvious; all kinds of fantastical world residents came and went on the Streets, some walking on the Road, some flying in the sky.

There were also many, many shops standing in rows, and all kinds of clamorous lively sounds; groups of customers gathered at shop entrances, looking like they were joining in the fun.

Xia Zhi frowned, quickly scanning this Town, gaining a general understanding, and directly turned his head to look at Vivian:

"How do you feel?" ×2

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"..."

The Mors Girl lightly furrowed her brows: "Rest assured, I can control my emotions... rather, what do you think of this Town?"

"Inexplicably weird."

The young man carefully observed the girl's expression, confirmed there was no problem, only then answering the question from just now.

"At first glance, it indeed looks very neat, very orderly, but actually it's too chaotic..."

He revealed a strange expression, pinching his chin, looking like he was thinking.

"Be it the buildings, the roads, the planning, or those shops, they're all inexplicably weird... Are they playing house?"

"Very normal, Fairies actually don't understand the core of these things..."

Vivian instead affirmed this statement, "Just like they don't need to eat, but will imitate human banquets and feasts; they likewise don't need buildings, don't need houses, and don't even need settlements..."

"Everything is merely purely imitating human Civilization, but only having the outer shell, without the core."

She extended her slender fair hand, pointing at the shop right in front—

"Just like that inn, the Fairy inside fundamentally doesn't know what an inn is for, the Fairies outside also don't know what an inn is for; they're just purely joining in the fun."

Playing house?

To a certain extent, that is indeed the case. One could even say the entire Fairy Kingdom is actually playing house...

"So our opponents are indeed a bunch of brats." Xia Zhi simply summarized; this was undoubtedly the most ferocious and terrifying enemy, especially when this group of brats was unconstrained and possessed immense destructive power.

Vivian didn't speak, looking around: "Don't know who the ruler of this Town is; I'll go ask."

"Also good, this needs to be figured out..." Xia Zhi nodded, once again frowning and casually scanning the surroundings, then followed Vivian forward.

The next moment—

"Huh? Huh? Huh, are you by yourself..."

A surprised voice came from the side; the two people, one in front of the other, simultaneously turned their heads to look.

It was a woman with wings on her back, looking very gentle; her eyes seemed to have stars twinkling; she looked at Xia Zhi with delighted surprise, her expression seeming both happy and excited, her gaze flashing with a brilliant light.

"Sorry, miss, I'm already taken..."

The young man didn't show any change in expression, merely smiling politely, while simultaneously moving a few steps behind Vivian.

"Eh?"

That Fairy revealed an obvious disappointed expression, pouted her lips, then looked at the Mors Girl beside her.

"He's mine." Vivian raised her head, dominantly declaring her sovereignty over Xia Zhi, her gaze carrying a slight cold meaning, undisguisedly warning the opposite side not to try any tricks.

"... Hehe."

That woman forced a smile, tugging the corner of her mouth; she sensed Vivian's magic power strength, which was clearly far beyond the Lower Fairy standard; a trace of obvious unwillingness flashed across her face.

Vivian didn't care about her, directly grabbing Xia Zhi's hand and walking forward.

"See? Just falling behind a few steps, and a Fairy would set their sights on you... If I hadn't come along, I'm afraid you wouldn't even snatch a few pieces in the end!"

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"..."

"Those words are too inauspicious... But are humans this sought-after?" Xia Zhi pulled the corner of his mouth, looking at the girl's hand tightly holding his own palm.

"It has always been a truly scarce resource, after all, given the fairies' terrible dispositions, no amount of humans would ever be enough..." Vivian walked ahead, making no attempt to disguise the rejection and disgust in her words.

Xia Zhi frowned, and said nothing more.

After a while, he suddenly saw something, and subconsciously reached back to grab the girl's hand... but failed to catch her, and was instead dragged forward several meters.

"Wait! Wait! Vivian, stop for a moment—"

As expected, fairies' strength is terrifyingly great; even Vivian, who looks so delicate and frail, seems to possess immense strength. Xia Zhi strongly suspected whether she had sensed his movement just now when he tried to grab her back.

"What is it?" The girl turned back with a suspicious look.

"Over there! There's a shop over there—look, isn't that a fairy related to functionality and clothing?" The youth pointed directly with a finger.

"It seems so... is there a problem?"

"We're inspecting new members anyway, why not try this fairy?" Xia Zhi proposed, "If she's suitable, perhaps we could kill two birds with one stone, and have her try to copy Index's habit."

The habit on the little nun's body had clearly not yet been destroyed by Fantasy Killer.

So he naturally paid extra attention to it; after all, it was an Astral Dress named "Moving Church," containing all the Church's necessary elements within a single garment, its defensive strength directly reaching Pope-level.

In scientific terminology, that habit can withstand a nuclear bomb.

However, the difficulty of copying it is extremely high, because whether it's the cloth's weaving method, the thread's stitching method, or the embroidery's decoration method... all must undergo rigorous calculation to produce a Holy Shroud Cloth, and gather all the Church's elements on the fabric.

Therefore, Xia Zhi naturally considered whether there was a possibility of taking a shortcut...

For instance, fairies born with all sorts of possibilities—some born for forging, some born for construction... then are there fairies born for spinning, cutting, and weaving?

Utilizing their innate functionality, or rather, Mystery talent, could they cheat a little in this regard?

Even if they ultimately only manage to produce a weakened fake product, it would still be a net gain.

(Chapter End)