Chapter: 563
The laughter of the Fairy Queen, who remembered me, was bright and pure, but my heart was drowned in fear.
No way! Did I do something incredibly disrespectful back then!?
I thought we wouldn’t meet again, so I vented all my frustrations at that little jerk Ganshu!
If she remembers that, of course, I’ll get payback!
<...Isn't there a more important issue at hand?>
While I was flustered in the Fairy Queen’s gaze, my grandpa admonished me with a heavy sigh. A more important issue, huh.
Ah, right.
“Ganshuuuuu!”
What a grumpy old man! Why does a trial affect reality? What the heck did I do to get into this situation!?
You should’ve explained it beforehand! Or at least told me what was going on later!
This is why gods are such a problem!
People living on the ground just think, “Oh, is that so?” and get it, but they never explain anything properly!
Look at people!
But don’t stare like that sloppy God or that pervert crow!
If you reach their level, it’s not interest; it’s stalking!
[No. That’s not it.]
‘…Not true? Are you trying to avoid talking about Ganshu?’
[I don’t think insulting the gods is a good thing, but anyway. The fact that the Fairy Queen thought of you means she has woken up from her dream, right?
Ah. Oh? That’s right. If her consciousness is rising, then it means she must be thinking about something.
“Ah, you’re feeling uneasy?”
She slowly nodded while bringing her palm to her cheek, then she smiled gently.
“It’s okay. I am still dreaming.”
“Is that dementia?”
“The barrier that lulled the Fairy Forest into sleep was created by Lord Erginius, but I’ve spent hundreds of years inside it. I have to have some control over it.”
Now that I think about it, Erginius' power must have been quite something if the Queen's control was enough to block him.
“Of course, it won’t last long. My physical body is still soaked in darkness. But I should be able to hold out until your plans begin.”
“Do you know what we’re trying to do? Flattering me like that makes you look more pathetic than anything, you know?”
“You told my fragment that you would save us.”
The Queen, who said she was really happy, had no trace of disarray, but her surroundings were a different story. The once lush forest was gradually wilting.
The sun, which had been shining in the middle of the sky, slowly moved downward. The Queen’s dream was about to end.
“Are you a student of Lord Erginius?”
“Yes? Yes! I’m Joy Partlan!”
“Hoho. You’re quite lively. Now, please carry out your plan.”
“First, we need to reach the center of the forest.”
“We’ve arrived.”
“Huh?.... Wait what?”
After hearing the Queen, I looked around and saw things not even leaving a trace of their forms, engulfed by darkness.
Trees. Grass. Lakes. Everything else. They were turning black, losing their identity.
“This is still my dream. Getting to the desired place is simple.”
Being able to do anything since it’s a dream? Wouldn’t that apply to enemies too?
Joy! Can you please execute the plan as quickly as possible?! I have no clue what will happen if the dream’s erosion ends!
“Just a moment. I’ll draw the magic circle as a base.”
The moment Joy charged her magic into her staff, the darkness covering the ground dissipated, revealing the cracked earth.
Standing on the lifeless ground, Joy took a deep breath and closed her eyes.
Her flowing magic turned into threads, weaving into the world.
Not just drawing a magic circle. She was engraving the magic circle into the world.
So even if Joy disappears, the magic circle will remain!
“Young Lady. Let’s do what we need to do.”
While I blankly stared at the threads of magic enveloping the world, I snapped back to reality and pulled out various relics from my inventory.
Fragments of saintly bones. The holy water touched by that sloppy God. Ash made from burning trees from the holy land.
Among other things, I pulled out several relics that would make the Jushin Church freak out if they knew, and prepared to create a divine area with Phoebe.
If everything goes according to plan, we’ll have to face a perfectly resurrected Evil God.
Back on the monitor, it was a different story, but now we can’t be confident that we’ll handle things perfectly until reinforcements arrive.
So we need to prepare thoroughly.
To survive even if the worst comes.
“Young Lady.”
“What?”
“Is it okay to receive so much just for praying for you?”
Hmm. Well, I guess it’s okay.
Count Arteia would be so happy he’d faint, and later when we go tell him what we did, he’d be so overjoyed he’d head back to Lord Jushin!
I said it half-jokingly, but it scares me to think Arteia really might do that. That guy is another level of pervert, unlike that sloppy fox.
Thinking of Count Arteia crying and laughing in his sleep made me shudder as the preparations for the divine area were completed.
“Sorry for not being able to help.”
“It’s okay. Isn’t it always the case that the Useless Prince becomes a burden? If you can’t do anything, at least be cute, but just apologize for looking like this.”
“I definitely can’t apologize for that.”
“Why? Shouldn’t you apologize? It’s sloppy Prince’s fault!”
“So why is that my fault? Was it even wrong in the first place!?”
After finishing several other minor preparations, I infused the holy power into Arthur and Frey’s weapons.
At first, I thought it would be better if Phoebe, who was skilled in this, did it, but since my divine power was denser, it seems to be more efficient.
“The sun is setting.”
Even while we were busy preparing, the Fairy Queen’s dream was steadily approaching its end.
The darkness spreading from the center invaded the forest.
The setting sun shifted to a scarlet hue.
In the greenish sky, twinkling stars began to appear one by one.
Strange twisted laughter of fairies echoed from inside the forest.
Since the Fairy Queen's face still remained, it seemed like we could hold out for a while, but who knows how long this reprieve would last.
“Lucy. I’m ready. Please bring out the seal.”
Phew. Thank goodness. I’m not too late.
“Is it the right one? You didn’t mess up like usual, did you?”
“Don’t worry. I asked Lord Erginius for a magical tool for verification. There’s no problem since it doesn’t respond anymore.”
The “doesn’t respond anymore” implies it had reacted several times, right? Joy's clumsiness is still a thing even in this situation.
“Hehe. So you admitted you’re clumsy and prepared for it? How cute.”
“I have too much on my hands! It’s scary!”
I saw Joy’s hand tremble as she gripped her staff, so I stood on my tiptoes and gave her head a light pat before heading toward the magic circle.
I’ve done all I can to prepare.
Getting here wasn’t easy, but now the real start of the plan begins.
Steeling my heart, I opened my inventory. Sealed within for contingencies was the Evil God’s seal among various items I had stowed away.
As I wrapped my whole body in the Lord’s divine grace and pulled out the Evil God’s seal, I saw cracks begin to form.
...What the heck!?
“Lucy! Quickly place it in the center of the magic circle!”
I wasn’t even going to touch that cursed thing for a millisecond!
Just as I was about to throw it down, my sense of crisis screamed at me.
Danger? What’s dangerous? What’s the danger!?
The iron wall isn’t reacting at all!
There’s danger everywhere.
I could see the roots of trees flying towards the seal.
A swarm of fairies that charged towards the seal came into view.
Was their target not me but the seal!?
Damn. My reaction was too slow.
It’s impossible to perfectly deal with both.
Then, I’ll just have to throw my body!
The tree roots were shredded into pieces and scattered into the
The fairies who had charged toward the seal were swept away by the gusts and sent flying far away.
“Isn’t the dream supposed to not end yet?”
“Hehe. This got interesting.”
Thanks to the help of my two allies, I grabbed the seal again and forced myself to ignore the sense of crisis tingling behind me, as the iron wall kept warning me, and placed the Evil God’s seal into the center of the magic circle.
“I told you, right? In dreams, you can do pretty much whatever you want.”
The Evil God’s seal landed on a woman’s hand. Darkness that must never come out secured its place atop that darkness.
“Were you surprised?”
Upon hearing the woman’s voice, I looked up to see the face of the Fairy Queen.
Her face looked exactly the same as before.
However, there was one thing different.
The color of her eyes had changed.
The once blue eyes of the Fairy Queen lost their blue and embraced another ocean.
An endless sea filled with black.
“You shouldn’t trust fairies too easily. They’re mischief-makers, after all.”
A trap?
It was a trap?
When did it start?
Wasn’t she returned to her senses? Didn’t she invite us over?
No, I can think about why this happened later.
What I need to do now is get out of this situation!
“Puhaha♡ It’s kind of sad for someone at your age to call themselves a fairy♡ Try acting your age, Auntie Chickens♡”
As the Fairy Queen’s face twisted in black, wind rushed towards me.
Tree roots shot up from the ground.
Poison spread through the air.
Sounds that scrambled my head filled my ears.
However, all those attacks were aimed at me.
Not the seal of the Evil God.
I just had to take the seal from the Fairy Queen’s hand and hide behind my shield.
As the shock that flew toward me embedded itself into the shield, my light body was thrown into the void.
After rolling a couple of times, I landed beside Phoebe and regained my stance.
“Running away pathetically suits you well, doesn’t it? Truly a fairy-like person.”
“Right?♡ Even I think so♡ I’m way more suited to being a fairy than a rotten girl like you♡”
Damn it. While preparing for the worst was the plan, I didn’t pray for the worst-case scenario to unfold!
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