Pink petals fell into my hands.

The girl named Artoria Custer looked at the floating pink petals in amazement. In a blink of an eye, the world around her spun around. It was no longer the moldy cellar, but a dreamlike sea of ​​flowers.

Countless petals are flying in the air, as if wind elves are dancing among them. The sky above is bright and blue, and in the center of the sea of ​​flowers hangs a white tower with a strange shape.

"Welcome to my realm, Avalon, where heroes rest."

The white nightmare appeared in front of the girl along with the petals. "Should we say this is our first meeting? I'm Merlin. I'm sorry I'm late."

Artoria Custer was originally shocked by the beautiful scenery in front of her. After hearing Merlin's words, she subconsciously said: "Huh? But you are not..."

When the Staff of Selection was still in his hand, the staff suddenly spoke one day, claiming to be Merlin, and taught him many tricks and magic...

Artoria Caster looked at the young man who suddenly appeared with uncertainty, "Are you Merlin?"

But the voice of the staff was different from the voice of the young man in front of him.

The girl's figure was reflected in Merlin's clear and transparent lavender eyes.

He smiled, but there was no smile in his eyes.

"Yes, Her Majesty the Queen has been staring at me and has only now found the time to come to you. I am sorry."

Artoria Custer's expression seemed to be fixed. She kept smiling: "...It's nothing. I'm glad you're okay."

Little did she know that the girl had the same fairy eyes as Oberon that could see through the truth and recognize lies. She clearly captured the "nothingness" behind the smile of the white-haired young man.

It's not disgust, nor is there joy, but it's purely natural and indifferent, like the wind touching a living thing, like rain falling on the earth.

"Although it's a bit disappointing to bring up the exam right at the first meeting, as the son of the future prophecy, you must have enough strength."

Merlin smiled and said, "Have you remembered and used everything I taught you before? Can you show me how to do it?"

Merlin noticed the hesitation on the girl's face just now, and he instantly judged that Artoria Cast must know a "Merlin", and the girl showed hesitation because he was different from that Merlin.

Who secretly contacted the Son of Prophecy while he was away?

The Fairy Kingdom has been searching for the whereabouts of the Child of Prophecy, and the other party has not revealed the identity and location of Artoria Custer. Could it be someone on our side?

In any case, the more help the better.

Merlin thought casually, could it be that the person who taught Artoria Custer was the white dragon Vortigern who destroyed the island?

Hahaha, not really, not really. Although Izawa Sugi cleverly took advantage of Vortigern's mentality and entrusted the newly born Artoria to his care, that was one of the possibilities of pan-human history. This is the Fairy Kingdom, it should be different.

But then Merlin remembered that Izeshan had previously complained that Vortigern had tried hard for 14,000 years but had not yet destroyed the Fairy Kingdom, and that he was either slacking off or a wimp. Merlin became hesitant again.

Could it really be him? That's too funny.

Merlin had a mess of thoughts running through his mind, and Artoria Caster saw it all clearly.

The girl has always been watching the evil nature of fairies through her own fairy eyes, even if she doesn't like, hates or even doesn't want to see it.

But now she felt a little relieved.

She actually saw a lot of seemingly useful information from Merlin's mind!

What about King Arthur in pan-human history being raised by Vortigern, what about Vortigern trying to destroy the fairy kingdom but failing for 14,000 years, what about Vortigern having a deep love for Britain...

She was like a civet trapped in a melon field, her heart filled with all kinds of complaints and curiosity.

But the girl said nothing. The life and experiences in Tintagel over the years made her habitually endure everything. She just followed Merlin's request and demonstrated all the magic she had learned in the illusion.

For example, there are magic spells for keeping warm, magic spells for unlocking, magic spells for speeding up escape, magic spells for climbing over walls, magic spells for knocking down doors, magic spells for probing, magic spells for explosions, and even magic spells for making a string tangle up on its own...

Merlin: “…”

He was somewhat amused. Why were they just some small tricks? Where were the basic magic runes? Where were the magic circuits and operations? Where were the magic spells?

Isn't it too amateurish for the guy who pretends to be Merlin to teach Artoria Custer?

Artoria Custer's cheeks turned red. She hung her head and said dejectedly, "I'm sorry, I'm just such a weak fairy. I have no ability to fulfill the responsibility of the Child of Prophecy. My magic power is not even as good as the lower-level fairies in the village. My magic is just a little trick... The teacher is very powerful, and I am too stupid."

In her heart, Merlin, who taught her how to keep warm when her toes were frozen off in winter and taught her to use magic to wind thread to mend clothes when she didn't know what to do when her clothes were torn, is a very good teacher and friend.

Merlin laughed and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, as long as it works. Besides, spells are very troublesome. I always twiddle my tongue when I recite them. I am better at swordsmanship than magic. I will teach you how to use a sword later."

Artoria Custer: "..."

The previous Merlin taught magic tricks, and this Merlin teaches swordsmanship. Is it true that no one taught her magic?

"As for magic... I've found a more suitable teacher for you. He will teach you."

Merlin planned to push the troublesome task of teaching magic to Izawa Sugi, since it was not the first time that Izawa Sugi had taught him.

Artoria Custer kept smiling, but she was thinking, who is Izawa Sugi? Why is his name pronounced so strangely? He doesn't seem to be a fairy from the fairy kingdom?

The illusion disappeared and Artoria Cast returned to reality. The next second, the door above her head was opened with a click and a person jumped in.

Suddenly, light appeared in the originally dark vision. Artoria Custer subconsciously raised her hand to block her sight, but then she was stunned.

Following the falling light, a blond young man appeared before her eyes. He was wearing a clean white robe with delicate golden magic symbols on the corners. He had an elegant and calm demeanor, like the senior fairy she had occasionally seen from afar when she entered the city.

He was holding a very familiar looking staff in his hand. Wait, isn't this her Staff of Choice?

Ize Shan looked at the tiny paradise fairy in amazement. He was shocked by the fact that the girl's face was exactly the same as Artoria Pendragon, and he was also shocked that... the girl was so thin. Had she really eaten a full meal before?

Ize Shan's face did not look good. Although he had already deduced from the gossip of the village chief and the fairies around him that the girl might not be having a good life, when he actually saw it, he still felt a surge of anger in his heart.

He handed over the Staff of Chosen in his hand: "This is yours, right?"

Artoria Kaster took the Staff of Selection somewhat at a loss, muttering, "The village chief took it away..."

"Oh, he gave it to me as a bribe." Izawa Sugi sneered.

The village chief knew the identity of the Son of Prophecy and initially did not dare to give out the Staff of Choice.

But Izawa Sugi only used some illusions to make a few hints, making the villagers think that since they had already sold all the other treasures of the Paradise Fairies, selling a staff would not be a big deal. So the village chief naturally gave the Staff of Selection to Izawa Sugi.

"Okay, do you have anything else to pack? If not, let's go."

Originally, Ize Shan just wanted to see how the girl was doing and planned to stay in Cornwall for a while, but since this village was not a suitable place for the girl to live, he decided to take her away.

Artoria Custer was a little surprised: "Leave? Um, may I ask who you are...?"

Ize Shan: "Um, sorry I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Gol, and I'm the magic teacher Merlin hired to teach you."

Artoria Caster was stunned and looked at the person in front of her curiously. Is this the Ize Shan that Merlin mentioned?

"Master Gol, I don't want to leave, and I'm not old enough to leave the village yet..."

The girl looked hesitant and spoke cautiously.

"You don't have to use honorifics when speaking to me, just call me by my name, and you have to leave even if you don't want to."

Izawa Shan said expressionlessly: "A white-haired nightmare has transformed into your appearance and is causing trouble in the village."

Artoria Custer: ???

She looked at Ize Shan in bewilderment: "Using my appearance to cause trouble?"

"Merlin is a nightmare demon, skilled in illusion, and can disguise himself as you."

Ize Shan curled his lips, "You have lived here for many years. Even if you want to leave, you need a reasonable reason. At the same time, because of your identity, you need to cut ties with the village of Cornwall to prevent Her Majesty's army from hacking all the villagers to death in the future."

"Come on, you'll see."

Ize Shan looked at Artoria Custer. The girl was very thin and he could pick her up with one hand.

Ize Shan simply reached out and lifted the girl's arm, exerted a little force, placed the girl on his shoulder, and supported her with his other hand.

Artoria's face flushed. "No, no, no, please let me down! How could I deserve you to treat me like this? Besides, this is a cellar! It's too high and I'll hit my head..."

Before she could finish her words, the girl saw a flash before her eyes and they were at the back of the meadow outside the stable.

The wind blew across my cheeks, and the original stinky smell disappeared, replaced by the floral fragrance that filled my face.

Artoria Custer was distracted for a moment, but then she heard a familiar shout: "Artoria Custer!!"

She subconsciously replied "yes", but then she realized that the village chief was not calling her, but someone running on the street in the distance... um, a certain girl?

Artoria saw through the illusion almost immediately. The one running was not a girl, but the white-haired young man who had previously called himself Merlin.

But due to Merlin's illusion, in the eyes of many fairies, the Son of Prophecy, who had always been bullied to the point of not even daring to say a word of rebuttal, actually angered the village chief and tried to escape.

The village chief roared: "How dare you attack a distinguished guest!!"

[Artoria Custer] clutched a magic wand in her hand and ran out of the village chief's house in a frenzy, shouting as she ran: "I've had enough! You guys sold everything I brought with you and lived on my things until now, but you're still not satisfied and are even going to sell my last magic wand!!"

Then [Izawa Sugi] also came out of the village chief's house. He angrily questioned the village chief: "What's going on? Village chief! If you don't want to give a gift, don't give it! You give me the things and then arrange for someone to take them away. Is this the custom of entertaining guests in your village?"

"That's too much! I will tell the leader everything that happened. Leader Aurora thinks highly of me. We, the Wind Clan, will not let you go!!"

The real Artoria Custer, who was sitting on Izawasugi's shoulder in the distance, stared at this scene in amazement. Was that [Izawasugi] also an illusion? No, it seemed to be a similar trick of clones?

The village chief was busy speaking good words to Izawa Sugi, while at the same time loudly ordering the surrounding fairy villagers to hunt down the escaped blonde girl.

Merlin, disguised as Artoria Custer, was agile and easily escaped from the encirclement and blockade of the fairies. He ran all the way to the seaside, setting fires continuously and performing paralyzing lightning tricks from time to time, causing the chasing fairies to become stiff and twitch. After a few times, the fairies did not dare to get too close and could only follow behind.

The fairies were extremely angry. They were clearly weak and rubbish-like paradise fairies, and clearly were timid little girls who dared not refute or protest, yet they dared to snatch the staff in front of the distinguished guests!

"We took you in and raised you! And you don't even have the slightest bit of gratitude!"

"That's a reward! Those treasures were originally ours!"

"That's right! You say you are the Son of Prophecy, but you are weaker than a bug! Are you really the Son of Prophecy?"

"Liar! She is a liar! We just stole her things!"

The fairies shouted insults and picked up sticks to try to stop the running [Altolia Custer].

Artoria Custer's whole body was about to break apart. She stared blankly at the strange yet familiar self, especially the arrogant and slightly mean expression on her face. She didn't know what to say for a moment!

Merlin ran with sparks and lightning all the way, and he lured the group of fairies to the cape like flying a kite.

Hearing the noise outside, an elf who lived on the cape and was good at making armor and weapons came out angrily with a hammer in his hand.

"What's all the commotion?"

Artoria Custer said subconsciously from a distance: "It's Master Hector!"

That was the fairy from the Earth Clan who had been teaching her forging techniques.

The old man with scruffy beard looked at the scene in front of him in shock. In front of him was the fleeing Son of Prophecy, and behind him were the goblins from the Cornwall village. Those goblins looked ferocious, and they wanted to hack the Son of Prophecy to death directly, and the girl running in front... hmmm?

Blacksmith Hector stared dumbfoundedly at Artoria Custer running to the cliff by the sea. She put her hands on her hips and shouted, "You despicable guys! Just wait for me! I, the son of prophecy, the legendary savior, will definitely come back to avenge you! You bastards! I will remember you all!"

"Be afraid! Be terrified! Run away! You fairies trapped in original sin! You are truly the worst thing in the world!"

After saying this, [Artoria Custer] jumped into the sea without looking back.

With a splash, the waves rolled up a few waves and the girl's figure disappeared.

Blacksmith Hector: "..."

The fairies of Cornwall Village: "..."

Artoria Custer in the distance: "..."

Ize Shan admired the drama starring Merlin and smiled: "After what Merlin did, even the queen will not do anything for the villagers who took you in and raised you."

His tone was relaxed and cheerful. "Let's go. Are you hungry? I heard from Merlin that you didn't eat. I have some peaches here. Do you want some?"

Artoria Kaster solidified, her entire body turned into a plaster statue, and several cracks appeared instantly.

In the distance, the goblins' crazy and terrified screams were heard. After taking in the Son of Prophecy, the goblins of Cornwall had indeed been afraid and terrified. Now that the thing they feared had happened, the goblins were all in despair.

Izawa Sugi, who was standing at the door of the village chief's house, was furious and shouted, "You actually hid the Child of Prophecy! Damn it, I will report it to Her Majesty the Queen immediately!"

Then he changed the subject, "But if you can provide information about the Child of Prophecy, I'm sure the Queen will forgive you."

Like a drowning man grabbing a straw, the village chief immediately said, "You are right. Can you help us explain our difficulties to Lady Aurora? Please, we are being coerced by the Son of Prophecy!"

Izawa Sugi readily agreed: "No problem, I will explain your situation to the clan leader. Leave everything to me. You can continue to live here peacefully until I come back!"

On the other side, outside the village, Izawa Sugi was already heading in the opposite direction with Artoria Custer.

The girl looked at the direction of Cornwall Village which was getting farther and farther away with a complicated expression. She turned around and whispered to Ize Shan beside her: "Aurora... are you a member of the Wind Clan? Are you really planning to go to Salisbury?"

"I'm not a fairy. I'm just pretending to be from the Wind Clan."

Izawa Shan said calmly: "A friend of mine came to Salisbury to look for me. After a few days, the Queen's troops must have spread out to search nearby. The last place where the Queen's troops are likely to be is Salisbury. It is actually safer there."

He could also observe the chief of the Wind Clan. If Ize Shan was right, Chief Aurora would be happy to provide him with hiding, shelter and material support.

If you don't take advantage of an opportunity, you're a bastard, especially if it's a fairy. You should take advantage of it.

"But, if we go directly to Salisbury, will we be discovered?"

The girl tightly grasped the staff in her hand. She no longer cared about what Merlin had done. "Besides, I am the son of prophecy. If I am discovered, you will be in danger."

She is not even sixteen years old and so weak. If she encounters the Queen's army, she will definitely be captured or even killed, right?

Artoria Custer felt a vibrant and refreshing feeling from the young man beside her, like a vast forest stretching far into the distance, filled with the breath of life.

But what puzzled her was that the other party also contained the power of disaster filled with foul aura. The two completely opposite forms of power made Artoria Cast completely unable to understand what was going on, or rather, this situation was beyond her cognition.

Can this Mr. Gore escape the pursuit of the Queen's Army?

Ize Shan comforted the girl, "Don't worry, the villagers in Cornwall don't dare to go to Salisbury to find out Aurora's attitude. As long as I don't go back, the villagers will just wait quietly, and no one will know your origins."

"Before Merlin jumped into the sea, he deliberately left a curse that he would come back. The villagers were afraid of your revenge and only waited for the arrival of the Queen's army. They did not dare to tell others that they had taken you in."

"In this case, Artoria Custer is still just an ordinary fairy living in a country village."

Finally, Ize Shan smiled again: "As for my safety... this is the last thing you need to worry about. Except for Morgan rushing in front of me with the Holy Lance, other fairies in Britain are no threat to me."

After hearing this, Artoria Custer looked much more relaxed.

"I see. I'm glad it won't involve the village chief and you."

“Even after being treated like that, are you still worried about the villagers?”

"...British fairies are born to hate Paradise Fairies. I am a Paradise Fairy, and there is nothing I can do if I am disliked."

Ize Shan was stunned: "Why?"

Artoria Custer lowered her head slightly, holding the Staff of Choice tightly in her hand, and after thinking for a while, she asked slowly, "Merlin just mentioned the original sin of fairies. Do you know what it is?"

"I know. The fairies killed the Horned God." Izawa Sugi understood something. "I heard from Merlin that the Paradise Fairies came to save the British Fairies. I'm afraid your mission is more than that. So the British Fairies will hate you from the beginning."

Artoria Custer became frustrated: "I don't know the details. I'm not an adult yet. I only know that my mission is to save the fairies."

Ize Shan couldn't help but complain: "To be honest, I don't think fairies need to be saved. They don't have a sense of right or wrong, good or evil. They are purely self-willed and natural creatures who don't care about others. They don't have the emotion of repentance. Their words and actions are all from their hearts and nature. Why do they need to be saved?"

Artoria shook her head and said in a serious tone: "No, they are repenting. You can't generalize."

For example, the Rain Clan of Orkney, and the Mirror Clan who made the prophecy.

Izawa Sugi was skeptical, but since Artoria Custer said so, he said, "Let time and facts prove it."

Artoria Custer glanced at Ize Shan and asked with a smile, "Does Mr. Gol hate fairies?"

"Just call me by my name." Ize Shan raised his hand and poked the girl's forehead. "Being humble all the time is actually another form of arrogance. Please take my request seriously."

"I really hate goblins, and even hate and detest them a little, because they did something that I think is unforgivable, and they are still doing it now."

Izawa Sugi explained his next plan. "Before you reach adulthood, I will take you all over Britain. During this time, I will teach you as much magic as I can, and take the opportunity to collect the treasures scattered around. After that, it will be a matter of destroying the world."

After that it was a matter of playing tricks with Oberon.

Artoria Custer touched her head, looking a little confused. Oberon? Another new name. Who is this?

And destroy the world? Wait, is this Mr. Gore next to me going to destroy the world?

"Gol, eh, Gol, why do you want to destroy the world?"

"Someone wants to destroy the world, and I decided to destroy it first, so he won't have a chance."

Artoria Custer: "..."

Finally, Izawa Sugi's position was locked by the Rod of Selection, and Oberon was eavesdropped on his current words: "..."

"You have to queue up to destroy the world. He's been slacking off for 14,000 years, so don't blame me for cutting in line!"

Izawa Shan said with disdain, and suddenly thought of something, "Oh, by the way, Merlin informed me that you have mastered some magic."

"Anyway, there's nothing to do on the way, so show me the magic you know so I can continue to teach you... Uh, what's that expression on your face?"

Artoria Custer: "..."

There was no one to teach me before, but now there are two of them, and I have to take the test one by one. What can I say?

Just feel complicated.

Thinking of what Merlin would think when he saw her performing magic, the girl thought that her cat-like magic would not be so embarrassing.

So she said in despair, "I don't know magic, and Merlin didn't even teach me swordsmanship."

Izawa Sugi believed it.

Because that's something Merlin would do.

"Forget it. That nightmare is really unreliable. He only perks up when it comes to hunting and things involving Arthur. But it doesn't matter. Whether it's magic or swordsmanship, I'll teach you."

Ize Shan rolled his eyes, put the girl down, touched her head, and took out a few juicy and sweet peaches from Tian Zhi Yu, "Eat, we can talk while we walk."

The blonde girl looked at the big, red peach in her hand, which was emitting an alluring and sweet scent, and her mood suddenly cheered up.

Although Mr. Gore said he wanted to destroy the world, even if he really started to do it, it would be years later.

Artoria Caster thought optimistically that maybe when she turned sixteen, she would become a very powerful fairy, not only able to complete the tour, but also able to stop and persuade Mr. Gole beside her?

Forget it, it's a matter of adulthood anyway, let her focus on the big, fragrant and soft peach in her hand~

"Then I won't hold back. I'm going to start!"

Artoria bit through the skin of the big peach, and instantly the sweet juice rushed into her throat. She was extremely surprised: "Delicious!"

Izawa Sugi proudly said: "Of course, these peaches are grown in my hometown."

When Izawa Sugi left, he put part of the land and peach forest of Yagawa Mountain into the Heaven's Protection, so that no matter where he went, he could eat the peaches of Yagawa!

He announced without hesitation: "There are also peach hard candies, peach cakes and peach juice. As long as you don't get tired of it, you can keep eating it."

Artoria Custer looked at the smiling face of the person beside her. The words announced by the young man and the voice in her heart overlapped and echoed, as if announcing the happiest thing to the whole world.

She moved her lips and suddenly felt panicky.

As long as they spend some time together, Mr. Gore will realize how weak and stupid he is, and then...

The girl lowered her head and her voice sounded extremely lost.

"I'm sorry, although I am a fairy from paradise, I am too stupid. Maybe I can't learn the magic you mentioned. Maybe I, the son of prophecy, can't do anything. I..."

Ize Shan looked at the girl strangely: "How do you know you can't learn it when you haven't even started yet?"

Artoria Custer's eyes wandered a little. "Well, actually, I know a little bit of magic tricks."

This time the girl did not hide it anymore. She honestly told what magic tricks she could perform and even demonstrated a few.

After seeing this, Izawa Shan admired her from the bottom of his heart.

"You are amazing. How can you do this?"

Artoria Custer showed an angry expression: "My magic is so weak, even if you want to exaggerate, please face the facts!"

Ize Shan laughed: "No, I'm serious. You are the Paradise Fairy, an existence that is hated and resisted by all fairies. The British Isles are made up of the corpses of fairies. The trees, rocks and fallen leaves we see are all part of the fairies. The whole world is full of fairies."

"In other words, you are hated by this world and nature, but in such an environment, you still learned these practical magics. Isn't that amazing?"

Izawa Sugi's tone suddenly became extremely gloomy.

"I didn't even have a single bit of energy!"

"If I hadn't been lucky enough to meet a lazy fish king and recovered from my injuries with his help, I might still be sleeping like a mushroom in a deep pit."