Traveling with Gore, King Uther of Panhuman History, is something difficult to describe.

Artoria Custer's idea of ​​traveling: seeing new things, meeting new friends, seeing new scenery, eating and drinking, although the money is tight but it is happy enough.

What is the reality?

She did see new things, such as the elegance and beauty of Salisbury and the bustle and bustle of Gloucester.

But she also saw the fight between Izeshan and the Fairy Knight, and saw Izeshan easily trick Merlin and then blame it on another person, Mr. Oberon, who had never appeared in front of her.

How should I put it? Artoria was forced to acquire some special knowledge.

She also makes new friends, such as the elf knight Tristan, who confronts her in Gloucester and is determined to take a photo of a manuscript telling the story of the savior.

She is such a self-conceited girl who talks to herself and looks down on all fairies. In Izawa Sugi's words, she has been accustomed to being ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth. But Artoria thinks...the two of them can just barely get along?

Oh, it would be better if she didn’t come to block the door arrogantly after losing to her at the auction.

As Izesugi smiled gently, the hair on the back of Artoria Custer's neck stood up. She gritted her teeth and fought with the opponent, and finally won the battle by relying on her determination to never give up.

From then on, whenever Artoria arrived at a new place, this special friend would block her door and insist on having a duel with her.

"Gloucester has the fairy domain of Lady Murion. Our strength is equal in her domain. I was just lucky enough to win with my skill."

Because if she loses, Artoria will not only have to face Merlin's all-night teaching in her dreams, but she will also be overwhelmed by various magic exams during the day, and she will even occasionally [see] Mr. Oberon's disappointed comments about her from Ize Sugi's heart...

Artoria Custer shed tears in her heart.

She, she doesn’t dare, and she cannot lose. The consequence of losing is too terrible.

As for seeing the new scenery...to be honest, it was difficult for Artoria to describe her feelings.

She did see the different scenery of different parts of the Fairy Kingdom and learned a lot, but compared to the scenery she saw in the Fairy Kingdom, the scenery she saw from Izawa Sugi with her fairy eyes was more numerous and more exciting.

Especially the special skill that Izawa Sugi jokingly called "balancing the dots".

Artoria had seen Merlin complain to Izeshan more than once about Oberon causing him trouble, revealing his whereabouts, reporting to the Queen's Army, and other such hindering behaviors. She had also seen Izeshan complain in her heart more than once: Oberon was cursing Merlin again.

But every time Merlin complained to Izeshan about these things, he would leave with a smile on his face and in his heart; and every time Izeshan complained about Oberon, not long after, he would receive the casino profit account sent by Oberon.

Apparently, Oberon was also comforted by Ize Shan.

Even though Ize Shan spent the money like water, Oberon didn't say anything and seemed very happy!

Artoria Custer thought that the scenery of the Fairy Kingdom was beautiful, but the harmonious interpersonal relationships displayed by Ize Shan were even more wonderful.

Alas, I can't see Mr. Oberon.

Artoria Custer still felt a little regretful. She could have secretly watched Izawa Sugi and Merlin's thoughts, but she could only see part of it in the anime and couldn't see Oberon's part. It was a pity.

Artoria Custer also asked Ize Shan: "Why didn't Mr. Oberon come to see you in person? Even if he hates Merlin, Merlin is not always there."

Ize Shan felt that Oberon was a little shy and didn't know how to handle his relationship with Artoria, so he avoided him.

Of course, this was not a big deal to Izawa Sugi, so he didn't think about it and just said casually, "Maybe he's busy."

Artoria Caster didn't get an answer and felt a little disappointed.

She actually wanted to thank Mr. Oberon in person, because according to Izawa Shan's speculation, Mr. Oberon was the "Teacher Merlin" who taught her magic and helped her survive in Cornwall Village.

But since Oberon won't show up, don't force it. Maybe Oberon has his own reasons.

——Oberon: Yes! Because I know you have goblin eyes! Especially with the frighteningly sharp King Uther by your side! If you show up and think of something you shouldn’t think, you’re doomed!

Artoria Custer was unaware of Oberon's concerns, she just suddenly realized that she had not thought about Cornwall for a long time.

Before she knew it, a year had passed since she came out. She followed Ize Shan's footsteps and traveled around the western and southern parts of the Fairy Kingdom, but Ize Shan never went beyond Camelot and headed north.

The place where they stayed the longest was the abandoned city of Londinium in the southeast. It was said that it was a city representing hope and the future built by humans and fairies two thousand years ago.

But for unknown reasons it has been abandoned, and one can only guess at its former glory from the collapsed city walls and the wide streets inside.

As far as Artoria knew, more than half of the huge amount of money earned from the casinos opened by Izeshan and Oberon was invested in Londinium.

Under the instruction of Izawa Sugi, Oberon, under the banner of "As the fairy king of the Autumn Forest, I want to try to build a city for my clan. If I succeed, I can ask Her Majesty the Queen for authorization", openly used the money he earned to purchase various materials from the six major clans and various lords, and began the reconstruction of Londinium.

In fact, this is a resistance base established by Izawa Sugi and Oberon to oppose the tyranny of the Winter Queen.

"The fairies in Fairyland are really interesting."

When Ize Shan was drawing the city plan of Lentinion, he casually said to Artoria: "Among the six major clans, the chief of the Earth Clan, Spriggan, has contracted the infrastructure and civil engineering. He can make a lot of money."

"Muriel of the Wing Clan sends gamblers who have lost everything to work as laborers in Londinium in order to earn labor money from us."

"Although O'Rora of the Wind Clan is not happy with Oberon's intention to build a city, which is very interesting and eye-catching, she is also happy to cause trouble for Morgan through this matter, so she will help to pass on news and intelligence while hindering him."

"As for Grand Duke Woodwards, the head of the Fang Clan, as the only head of the clan loyal to the Queen, he thinks that adding a city can increase taxes for the Queen, so he will not object."

"Her Majesty is not completely unaware of this, but why would she stop it? She can get more tax, strengthen her rule, and gather those who oppose her together and kill them all at once. Of course, she will not object."

"The internal and external fights among the fairies in the Fairy Kingdom are very exciting. It's so exciting that it makes me feel like I'm seeing the development of the Ninja Federation thirty or fifty years later. Everyone is pulling each other and moving forward at the same time. It's really nostalgic."

Despite his emotion, Izawa Sugi finally said, "Of course, nostalgia is nostalgia, but I don't want to face it again."

Artoria Custer complained: "But you are still doing the same job now."

Ize Shan smiled and said, "No, no, no, there is still a big difference, because I don't have to consider whether this plan can succeed, nor do I need to worry about what to do if it fails after success. That is a problem that Oberon needs to consider."

In short, Ize Shan has no burden at all, he can let himself go and do whatever he wants. If the world is destroyed... wouldn't that be exactly what Oberon wants?

If the world was saved, it would be what Merlin wanted, perfect.

[See] Izawa Sugi's irresponsible thoughts, Artoria has become accustomed to it.

She found that King Uther's ideas were wild and changing almost all the time.

Even if she saw through the lie and the truth, it would be useless because all she saw was King Uther's thoughts at that moment, and these thoughts might be overturned by King Uther himself in the next moment.

Although Ize Sugi's thoughts often jump from side to side and he likes to spread his wings on the edge of danger, his actions that ultimately fall into reality are steady and reliable, which makes Artoria, who often sees dangerous thoughts, feel relieved.

Gradually, her nerves grew thicker, and at the same time, she found it hard to admit it.

For some people, saying something different than what they think is a good thing.

Because the thoughts in these people’s hearts are too dangerous!

For example, when Ize Shan first saw the chief of the Fang Clan - a big furry dog ​​- Ize Shan's thoughts were: Can fairies be bald? Can this big dog's hair be used as a mattress after being shaved? Custer always sleeps on fallen leaves when traveling, which can easily cause cold air to enter the body over time. Can he pull them off? Can he not pull them off?

Artoria Custer: "..."

Fortunately, Ize Shan did not say this, but greeted the other party with elegant and calm etiquette, and successfully won the favor of Grand Duke Woodworth by flattering the Queen.

Of course, Izawa Sugi also got the recent action plan of the Fang Clan.

In this way, when he used Flying Thunder God to go to various places in the middle of the night to modify the techniques of the farm production room, he could more effectively avoid the inspections of the Queen's Army.

Another time, the girl and Izawa Sugi traveled to a place called the River of Tears, where it was said that there lived a great fairy who could fulfill the dreams of fairies.

Artoria looked towards the river surface excitedly, and then was stunned.

On the river, she first saw Hector, the blacksmith from Cornwall Village, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, and then saw a beautiful headdress made of clusters of white flowers on Hector's workbench.

But the next second, the headdress changed into countless pictures.

There are scenes of her living in the wilderness, fighting with the elf knight Tristan outside the Gloucester auction house, and even more of her standing in front of the broken wall of Londinium, the abandoned city of hope, looking at the mural.

Ah, I see.

Artoria Custer couldn't help but smile.

She has changed from the "Child of Prophecy who is not allowed to have any personal belongings" to "Altolia Caster who travels in the fairy kingdom".

Before her coming of age ceremony, before she regained her identity as the Child of Prophecy and fulfilled her mission as a fairy of paradise, she was an ordinary fairy girl, Artoria, who could walk and play freely on this land.

That’s really good…

"Uh, that's a bit scary."

Artoria was stunned, and Izawa Sugi's expression beside her was very strange.

He added: "Being stared at like that is like a horror story."

Artoria blinked, she looked into Ize Sugi's heart, and was immediately shocked.

In Ize Sugi's eyes, this river of tears is filled with people!

Those people were of all shapes and sizes, tall and short, fat and thin, male and female, old and young, human and non-human... In short, a lot of people were crowded in the river, looking at Izawa Sugi with burning eyes, and they jointly held up a banner: Come back and work!

Artoria Custer: "..."

Izawa Sugi: "Ah! This river is so scary! How can I see the thing I want most? I would really like to see them again, but if I am called back to be a corporate slave, please allow me to solemnly refuse!!"

Then Ize Shan seemed to be enraged. He used water magic that Artoria Custer had never heard of and didn't recognize. He drained all the water in the river and activated it to turn it into many dragons!

The water dragons were flying wildly over the river, and the giant goblin living in it was smashed into a meat pie by the water dragons. Finally, he raised a sign of surrender with his dying breath.

Artoria was amazed at Izawa Sugi's superb swordsmanship and magic skills. At the same time, she was also frightened by the eighteen water monsters that Izawa Sugi had in mind.

This must be a lie, I hope it is a lie, Artoria thought with a heavy heart, Ize Shan will not eat these, but he will cook them into a meal and feed them to her!!

Fortunately, these dangerous thoughts did not become reality after a long time, because Izawa Sugi sold the fairy.

"Since you are my captive, you can sell yourself and work. The casino can add new items, such as helping customers to understand their confused hearts."

Izawa Sugi happily packed up the big fairy and handed it to Oberon in seconds using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Artoria Custer: "..."

Well...how should I put it, I always feel that the future of selling myself to work is worse than being eaten now.

This matter is not over yet. That night, Merlin laughed at Ize Shan in his dream, and the result was that Ize Shan dragged Merlin to practice fighting for the whole night.

Although Artoria Custer does not need to train, she needs to watch this special practice and give her thoughts after watching it.

…I feel like everyone affected by this is suffering, except Izawa Sugi.

What? The boss of the casino, Oberon, who added a new profit-making item?

He was also very miserable. Even though he owned many chain casinos and was the nominal owner of the ruined city of Londinium, he was still penniless and poor.

Because all the money was spent by Izawa Sugi!

Ize Shan even borrowed a huge loan from Spriggan, the head of the Earth Clan, in the name of Oberon's younger brother.

"I can't help it. I'm a new fairy in the Autumn Forest. I don't have much credibility. I can only ask my brother to be my guarantor. Don't worry, he is used to poverty and won't care about these loans."

When asked why he suddenly increased the loan, Ize Shan replied, "Although Londinium is not near the sea, it has a river. Seeing that Norritch has such a prosperous port, my brother Oberon is also considering building a port for inland river transportation. This fund is used to build the port."

As for the repayment? It was Oberon who paid the money back, so what does it have to do with his brother?

Spriggan praised Oberon's long-term vision for development: "It seems that the goblin king is not as unreliable as the rumors outside. He has a good vision."

Ize Shan stared at the fairy clan leader Spriggan and smiled brilliantly: "No, no, no, it's far from you introducing the concept of the company to Norriqi. You have brought a brand new storm to this rigid and dead country."

The so-called Earth Clan leader Spriggan is actually a human who drifted across the sea from pan-human history, a human who is not limited to death at the age of thirty and has a longer lifespan.

Ize Shan realized this the moment he saw Spriggan.

Spriggan usurped the position of the Earth Clan and disguised himself as a fairy to rule Norriki. In Izawa Shan's opinion, he is definitely a powerful and admirable person.

But privately, Ize Shan also reminded Artoria Custer: "Spriggan is an extremely selfish person. Be careful not to be betrayed when you come into contact with him."

Artoria was a little surprised. Seeing Izeshan and Spriggan talking happily, she didn't realize that Izeshan was so wary of Spriggan.

She chose her words carefully: "I thought you thought highly of him."

Because that's exactly what Izawa Sugi thought during the meeting!

"Well, even an enemy you hate so much that you want to kill him with a thousand knives will have shining points that you admire."

After being shattered by Morgan's holy spear once, Izawa Sugi felt a rare sense of admiration for Muzan Muzan who took the initiative to break himself into 1,800 pieces.

When it comes to fate, he only admires Muzan Kibutsuji Muzan.

"But this won't slow down my stabbing speed." Izawa Sugi advised, "The more you admire your enemy, the more you should use all your strength to defeat him as quickly as possible."

"If you must cooperate, then learn from hedgehogs and try to stay together while stinging each other."

Hearing this, Artoria Custer subconsciously said, "Like Merlin and Oberon?"

Ize Shan was strangely silent for a moment, then nodded slowly: "You're right, just like the two of them, cursing each other, blocking each other, holding each other back, and at the same time they have to cooperate, it's really hard for them."

Artoria said sincerely: "In fact, without you as a middleman, they would not cooperate to form an army and organization to resist the queen, let alone open a casino to share intelligence."

——So you are the one who forced Oberon and Merlin to cooperate! You also know that you are making things difficult for them? !

Ize Shan laughed: "Silly girl, the goal of their cooperation is not to cause trouble to Morgan, but to me."

"In a certain matter, they are working together to shield me. The only difference is that Merlin actively sets a trap for me, while Oberon passively causes trouble for me because of his own characteristics."

"But it doesn't matter!" He was full of fighting spirit, "Fighting with others is endless fun!"

Artoria Custer: "..."

How should I put it? In the girl's opinion, this Lord Uther is actually a very scary existence, the kind of scary that cannot be described in words.

For a moment, Artoria Custer couldn't help but sympathize with Merlin and Oberon for three seconds.

But the next moment, she had to sympathize with herself.

"By the way, remember to participate in the Camelot Tournament."

"Eh? I remember I was brushed off."

This was at the beginning of my journey, when I signed up for the competition in Salisbury.

At that time, Artoria had just picked up the sword for less than half a month. Although she signed up for the competition, her strength was low and she was eliminated after only fighting once.

After Merlin learned about this, he said, "It's okay, it's normal to lose when you just start training." But then he suddenly increased the frequency and intensity of sword training courses, and Artoria didn't sleep well for a whole month.

Artoria: I see. Merlin is still upset about her loss.

But in fact, Izawa Sugi also kept this matter in mind.

"Yes, but you only lost the Salisbury audition. I went to Spriggan yesterday and asked him to add your name to the Norwich audition list."

Artoria Custer was shocked: "But isn't the preliminary audition over?"

The Camelot Tournament in the Fairy Kingdom has two or three stages. One is the auditions held in each major city, which will last for about half a year. The selected contestants will go to various cities to compete in ranking competitions.

The ranking competition lasts for one year, and at the end, the ten best contestants are selected based on their wins and losses, and go to Camelot for the final competition.

Artoria lost in the initial audition and thought that this matter had nothing to do with her.

Ize Shan smiled at the girl and said, "We have money and connections now. I used my money power to put you on the list for the ranking tournament. As one of the organizers, Spriggan can put honorary players on the list."

Artoria looked at Izeshan in disbelief: "Don't you still owe Spriggan a lot of money? He's actually willing to help?"

Izawa Shan didn't care: "These days, the one who owes debts is the boss."

He emphasized: "This is already determined. This is your proof of participation. I hope you can get eleventh place accurately."

Izawa Sugi is unsure how Morgan, the former fairy of paradise and Queen of Winter, will react when she sees Artoria, but he needs to train the girl's practical skills.

"Oberon, Merlin, and I have pledged Lentinion to Murion, Aurora, and Spriggan as a stake. We bet that you will be the eleventh ranked person. If you lose, we will lose everything."

He said slowly, "You know the consequences."

Artoria Custer: "..."

Artoria Custer: ???

The girl turned pale with fright, felt dizzy and almost fell down.

"…All bets?"

"Yes, all in!"

"Are you crazy?!"

Ize Shan smiled, showing his standard eight teeth, "Yeah, we are crazy. Only if you get eleventh place can you save us. Before saving the fairies, you should try to save us first!"

"You defeated your opponent and controlled your performance precisely to rank 11th. Come on, you can do it!"

Artoria Custer: "..."

Devils!! All three of them are devils!!

The girl ran away angrily.

Wisps of smoke emerged from Izawa Sugi's side, and the white-haired young man suddenly appeared like mist in the forest.

Merlin was a little hesitant: "Is this request too much for her?"

It's almost equally difficult to control a loss as it is to win all the way.

Izawa Sugi thinks there will be no problem.

"She is slightly different from Arthur. Arthur would take the initiative to take action for the sake of making people smile, while Custer is the kind of person who has to be pushed by someone and only works hard after being asked, prayed, and begged."

"Although she herself is not very happy to participate in the Camelot Tournament, she will be more sad and painful if the cost of losing is that all our efforts will be in vain."

Ize Shan sighed, somewhat distressed: "Why is she like this? She gets hurt so easily."

Merlin smiled but said nothing.

It is precisely because it is a collection device forged from the Holy Sword that Artoria Caster has this kind of personality.

But it’s best not to let Izawa Sugi know about this.

Merlin decisively changed the subject: "In the past year, I have traveled all over Britain and marked all the human manufacturing factories I could find."

He handed a piece of paper to Izawa Shan, "These are the last two places. When you have time, you can fly over and do something."

Ize Shan took it, scanned it, memorized it, and then the paper turned into petals and disappeared.

"Are you sure that's all there is? There are no additional factories?"

Merlin: "Why? Not enough?"

Izawa Sugi smiled bitterly: "The priestesses were divided too much, and fourteen thousand years have passed. Two fairy clans have been wiped out, and there have been four large-scale wars in spring, summer, autumn and winter. In addition, there are great disasters that occur every once in a while..."

"I cannot be sure that the fragments marked so far are all the fragments that Queen Morgan has, because according to the current number, there is still about one-third of the fragments missing."

Merlin felt the situation was difficult after hearing this: "According to the information I received, the original six fairies held a part of the witch equally, but... you are right, the Rain Clan and the Mirror Clan were destroyed, and there are also northern fairies. God knows how many fragments of the witch were lost during this period..."

"If Morgan still has some of the fragments in his hand when I launch the attack, it will be troublesome."

Izeshan entered this world as a priest of Cornunnos, and he must fulfill the wishes and entrustment of the Horned God.

"Can I use resonance or attraction magic to find the missing fragments?"

"…The resonance is two-way and could easily disturb Morgan."

Merlin came up with another idea: "Why don't you go and see it yourself? Your transparent world can see through everything. Although it's a bit disgusting to see the corpses of goblins, with the help of Vortigern and Cornunnos, you don't have to be afraid of seeing something that shouldn't be seen."

"Then tell me, what's the story about the dragon called Fairy Knight Lancelot beside Aurora?"

"...Ahahaha, those are just the remains and scraps of a dragon."

Ize Shan looked at Merlin quietly.

Finally, Merlin was defeated by Ize Shan's cold gaze: "Okay, I know. I will look for it carefully."

Before Merlin left, he suddenly thought of something.

"By the way, if Custer can't do it, will the Lentinion you and Vortigern rebuilt really be lost?"

Izawa Sugi said nonchalantly, "Don't you have an invincible illusion? Playing with time and senses, making everyone think that the game hasn't started yet, it's easy for you, right?"

"If it doesn't work once, then try it a second time and a third time. She must do it!"

Merlin clicked his tongue and said, "How strict! You gave Arthur a laissez-faire upbringing back then."

Ize Shan said unhappily: "How can it be the same? Arthur was only three years old when he came to me, and Custer is already thirteen years old!"

On the other side, Artoria Kaster ran to a deserted place. She held the staff tightly in her hand and spoke in a serious tone.

"Come out!"

No one paid any attention to her.

"I know you can hear me, Oberon, just make a noise!!"

Still no one paid any attention to her.

"If you ignore me, I'll go find Gol and tell him that when I was a kid, a jerk watched me take a bath through a magic wand!"

“…”

Oberon's voice came out from the staff: "That's too much! When did I ever see you taking a bath?!"

Hearing the familiar voice finally coming out of the staff, Artoria Kaster couldn't help but smile, but this smile also had a subtle sense of gloom.

"...You finally showed up, Merlin." After a pause, she continued, "The real Mr. Oberon."

"It's surprising that you have learned to lie like a goblin!" Oberon's voice sounded surprised.

"Because if I hadn't said so, you wouldn't have shown up. I'm sorry." Artoria Caster apologized quickly, and then she remembered her purpose. "I knew you could hear my situation through the staff, so I asked directly!"

Artoria originally wanted to maintain a tacit understanding with Oberon and had no intention of contacting him, but what Ize Shan said just now really scared the girl.

"Are you serious? You and Mr. Gore are putting the rebuilt Lentinion on the table?!"

Oberon's voice was crisp and clear, and even had a hint of smile in it.

"It's not just Londinium, it's everything to us~"

Artoria Custer's eyes went dark.

"…Why?"

Oberon: "Because we believe you can win."

If he loses, Oberon plans to kill Aurora, Murrayne and Spriggan. With the creditor dead, the debt will naturally be gone.

Of course, there is no need to tell the girl about this.

Artoria's expression changed several times before finally becoming serious.

"I, I understand..."

Wow! It’s so strict! I felt suffocated and the heavy pressure was about to break my shoulders!

But, but now that Oberon and King Uther trust and approve of me, I must do it even at the risk of my life!

Artoria took a deep breath and said, "I'm going to find Merlin for special sword training!"

That night, when Artoria faced Merlin, she was full of vigor and had an expression that said, "I will practice till my death."

Merlin almost laughed out loud. Very good. It was a good thing that the Son of Prophecy could cheer up and work hard to become stronger.

"You look very energetic. Come on, Custer."

The sound of swords clashing could be heard, and then the girl was beaten by Merlin all night long.

At the end of the class, Artoria was paralyzed in the sea of ​​flowers, unable to lift a finger.

Merlin didn't leave in a hurry. He sat next to the girl.

"Castor, you were very serious tonight. I hope you can keep it up in the future."

Artoria responded weakly.

Merlin said suddenly: "If you want to get the eleventh place, in addition to daily training, you also need to get intelligence on your opponent, design a battle plan, and make a good plan for victory or defeat."

Artoria Custer agreed: "You are right. I will pay attention to gathering intelligence."

Merlin said slowly: "Oberon is best at collecting intelligence. If it's you, you should be able to contact him."

Artoria noticed something, or rather, after being with Izawa Sugi for so long, although the girl could not use various rhetoric as skillfully as Izawa Sugi, she was able to keenly discover clues.

"...You haven't given up on finding him yet?"

"Yeah, I'm curious how he managed to avoid my sight."

Artoria was a little curious: "I don't know what the conflict is between you two, but what can you do if you find him? Or what do you want to do?"

After watching Oberon and Merlin playing the game of catch and hide with Ize Shan for a year, Artoria admired Oberon's strong dodging ability while also admiring Merlin's perseverance in tracking him down.

"I want to talk to him alone."

"You can ask Mr. Gore to relay it."

Merlin smiled: "Well, I just want to avoid him, so..."

The corners of Artoria's mouth twitched. She thought of Ize Shan's words, 'There is endless joy in fighting with others', and couldn't help but whispered, "What's going on with you three? Gol and Oberon seem to be destroying the world, Gol and you seem to be saving the world, and you want to have a private chat with Oberon. Can't you just get together and do one thing?"

"We did it! The three of us taught you together and bet everything on you!"

“…”