Chapter 589 Bird James Said
When Aiwass realized that the cake cart under him began to slow down, he knew that his destination was approaching.
The rhythm of his piano playing gradually slowed down, and finally, after opening the last door, it slowly stopped in front of the Ice Throne.
The piano in front of Aiwass turned into sparkling dust and dissipated, transforming back into the blue-haired fairy named Lilia.
She was obviously a little dizzy from being spun around, so as soon as she recovered, she fell limply onto Aiwass's lap. Aiwass reached out and grabbed her, putting her in his pocket, and then respectfully saluted the Fairy Queen:
"May you always be happy, Majesty Titania."
"Nice to meet you, Aiwass."
Titania spoke in an elegant and rational voice: "I have heard your story for a long time, and I am also curious about you."
Although it was still a girl's voice, compared to the noisy fairies, just by listening to her steady voice, one could tell that she was at least ten years older.
Aiwass finally saw Titania, the Fairy Queen, with his own eyes. The true form of a truly great Celestial Being… not in a dream, not in the realm of dreams, but right before Aiwass’s eyes… less than five or six meters away.
A giant goblin three or four meters tall, with a face more beautiful than anything else in the world.
She had long, curly, toffee-white hair that reached her waist and was incredibly thick. Her pupils were amber, and she had pointed, elf-like ears.
She wore a pure white high-necked dress with a heart-shaped window at the chest, revealing a blue ice crystal necklace resting on her towering, white breasts. Her legs were adorned with elf-style white over-the-knee stockings, detailed with intricate cutouts so delicate they were difficult to discern.
On her feet were crystal high heels—the heels were terrifyingly sharp, shaped like ice crystals, and they spun continuously, like a slowly stalled electric drill. If one were to consider the average human woman's height of around 1.6 meters, her heels would have been at least 6 centimeters high.
At this moment, she was sitting with her legs crossed, leaning lazily on the throne.
Her image was exactly the same as Titania in Aiwass's memory.
But there is only one difference.
Aiwass noticed that Titania held a strange scepter in her hand. Atop the scepter was a silver birdcage, and inside the cage was a small blue jeweled bird. Its face and chest were orange-red, like a gentleman wearing a napkin.
That was a mockingbird—the same one from the nursery rhyme, “Who Killed the Mockingbird?”
But Aiwass remembered that Titania's birdcage in the game should be empty.
Although Titania was not pulled into the material world by the Tail Ring Ritual until she finally stepped down, she actually entered the dungeon once - that was a festival day limited to Children's Day.
That time, she was essentially just playing along with the other players, not really taking it seriously. But because the dungeon would transmogrify the white dress, white stockings, and high heels she was wearing...it was almost a must-do dungeon.
The coolest thing is that this white dress and silk are not limited to female characters. This is also the only dress in "Ouroboros" that is not limited to female characters.
You could even take a stern-looking guy with chest muscles like a double-door refrigerator, put him in a Titania suit, and then wear a cat-ear headdress and run around the streets. If you can irritate other players, you win.
In that copy, Titania will use the birdcage in her hand to imprison a player, and then ask some IQ questions and brain teasers. Players will avoid other mechanisms while answering questions by stepping on four randomly appearing floors. Everyone must step on the same block to hand in the paper.
If the required number of replies isn't met within the time limit, the player trapped in the birdcage will be transformed into a fairy—of course, this is only temporary for the duration of the dungeon. However, this also means that escaping combat from this point on will prevent resurrection, and the enemy's strength will actually increase. Therefore, while it's considered a holiday dungeon, it's also a rather difficult mechanic.
Thinking of this, Aiwass looked at the birdcage.
...Titania, haven't they captured someone?
Aiwass thought: I don’t know who this unlucky guy is...
The jewel robin in the birdcage seemed to sense Aiwass's thoughts and turned its cute head back in a very human way.
——He even saw calmness and intelligence in the bird's eyes!
It was as if there was a mature uncle in the soul of this bird - like the silent uncle who would wear a mature jacket, hold a cigar in his mouth, and mix drinks in a bar.
"Do you like it?"
Titania noticed Aiwass's gaze, so she suddenly smiled and said, "As long as you say 'I want it', I will give it to you."
This scared Aiwass - how could he dare to take Titania's things!
Titania may look mature and steady, but at heart she's still a happy-go-lucky fairy. She's still a little girl at heart.
She could be polite, but Aiwass couldn't really accept it. Otherwise, if she got impatient, the bird in the cage might end up with someone to keep it company.
"You are very kind, Your Majesty."
Aiwass quickly declined.
"If you refuse, you will regret it."
Titania smiled cutely, dimples showing on her face.
She handed the birdcage to Aiwass with great interest, letting the bird look at Aiwass. "This might be your only chance... You really don't want it?"
"I already have a pet."
Aiwass said, "It's a crow."
"You mean the night demon?"
Titania suddenly said, "It's a cute pet, but it's too dark. I don't like it."
Aiwass was stunned for a moment.
In order to reduce variables and prevent other fairies from targeting his two little cuties, he deliberately did not summon the little butterfly and the little crow this time.
But even so, Titania saw through Aiwas's ability directly - this insight was even higher than Xiong Tiansi's!
For a true ancient celestial being, Aiwass has almost no secrets...
Titania glanced at the two drowsy goblins in Aiwass's pocket and collar, and suddenly said, "Do you like it?"
"……What?"
"Those two kids. Take them if you like. I'll give them to you."
"...They all have independent wills. I'll wait until they wake up before asking them."
Aiwass still didn't dare to accept it, but he didn't dare to refuse again, so he could only delay it in a more tactful way.
Titania laughed. "You're being too restrained, Aiwass. Why don't you just say what's on your mind? You two Moriartys really are...amazing. You're not related by blood, yet you look so alike. Why is that?"
"……What?"
"It was things like 'I don't dare have them, fairies are too difficult to raise' and 'Are fairies like pets in front of her, to be sent back and forth?'"
Titania said with a smile, "Actually, you can just say it directly - the fairies are my children and a part of me. I am the tree, and they are the flowers. Of course I can send them back and forth."
——I’m super.
——She can read minds!
Ai Hua was shocked.
Titania stretched out her hand slightly and waved her free hand towards Aiwass.
Aiwass felt his body gradually shrinking, and the cake cart under him was trapped and flew away uncontrollably.
Titania reached out and grabbed Aiwass, like holding a fork, and put the piece of cake under him into her mouth. Then she licked the remaining cream on Aiwass.
"It tastes good, I forgive you."
She stretched out her finger and touched the shrunken Aiwas's head.
Being held in Titania's hand, Aiwass calmed down and said calmly: "Your Majesty, I came here to..."
"I know."
Titania said briskly, and threw Aiwass into the birdcage.
Ai Huashi was stunned.
--What's the meaning?
Was I arrested too?
Then, Titania put the birdcage aside and yawned. "You guys chat slowly, call me when you're done. I'm going to take a nap first..."
As she spoke, she immediately curled up on the throne and fell asleep.
Titania, what does this mean?
Aiwass reacted and looked at the robin beside him.
“Not too slow.”
A robin, about the same height as him, uttered in its cage an old, steady voice: "Long time no see, Aiwass."
"You've become like this, so stop being so arrogant."
Aiwass complained.
The moment he heard the voice, he knew who the bird was.
——It was his adoptive father, James Moriarty!
"Long time no see, father."
Aiwass calmed himself down and nodded in greeting.
And Bird James nodded—or rather, pecked Aiwass.
"You're overthinking it, Aiwass. I'm not imprisoned... Your Majesty doesn't imprison anyone in his cage. This isn't a prison, it's a paradise. Come and go as you please... Just like the Fairy Kingdom, here you are free."
Bird James said calmly, "I haven't been here forever. In fact, I've only been back a few days."
"...Are you waiting for me?" Aiwass understood.
"I was waiting for you. And the fact that you were here was fate."
Bird James said so.
I woke up with a headache at nine o'clock this morning, and had vomiting and diarrhea. After vomiting three times, I finally fell asleep. I took some painkillers and went back to sleep... When I woke up again, it was four o'clock in the afternoon, meow, so the update is a little late, but at least I caught up!
I wrote 170,000 words this month, awesome!
Thanks to the super powerful jet-like battle cat for feeding the leader meow! All cats lift the cat up high! Meow!
(End of this chapter)
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