Chapter 423
"From my perspective, I really shouldn't say so much, but even I can't stand Her Majesty's behavior. I just hope that you, Kurich, can persuade her to see the error of her ways."
To some extent, Aurora's disguise was indeed very good; when she said this, although she was smiling, it gradually became tinged with sorrow.
"Yeah, yeah, are you done? Hahahaha, that's hilarious! You don't actually think I care about these things, do you? Hmm?"
As soon as Kurich uttered those words, Aurora's body trembled, sensing a surge of murderous intent emanating from Kurich.
"I thought you were the 'Ratatoskr' of this world, but I'm nowhere near as good as that guy. Do you take me for some kind of Fang Fairy who only knows how to fight but can't think?"
As he spoke, Kurich stood up, his overwhelmingly tall, silver body instilling an instinctive sense of fear in Aurora.
The next moment, Aurora realized that one of her wings had been torn off, and indescribable pain instantly overwhelmed her.
"However, I have no intention of killing you. I would not be happy to see you die, and I have no intention of teaching you a lesson, because killing someone like you would simply dirty my hands."
Kurich paused. "Of course, if asked, I'll kill you even if it means getting my hands dirty."
"So get lost, you brainless, worthless Fairy."
Afterwards, Kurich also sought out Huginn and Muninn to tell them about Aurora. However, the two Raven said that Novia already knew and was just waiting to see her clown 'performance' later.
Chapter 447 The White Chalk City Londinium.
The day of coronation is near.
The design of Londinium was by Novia, and the city was not entirely modeled after the Pan-Human History London, but rather as Camelot in Britain.
In any case Camelot White Chalk City in the Pan-Human History, was built by earth Fairy were half disguised as humans and half by human craftsmen who knew they were Fairy but pretended not to. Therefore, it is only natural that the 'White Chalk City Londinium' in Fairy Britain, as City built entirely by Fairy, is slightly larger than the original Camelot.
Of course, the main reason was that when Novia was designing the blueprints, Ash kept muttering to himself.
"I really want it."
"Londinium, it would be better if you were called Camelot."
"If Camelot belonged to Morgan, perhaps Artoria, as the Ideal King, could have had a better ending."
"I really want Camelot. Of course, it doesn't have to be Camelot, but Teacher wish the City you designed for me would be bigger, more beautiful, more magnificent, and more mysterious than Camelot. That way, it could hold so many things, right?"
Because his disciple had been clinging to him all day while he was conceiving the design drawings, and had made such gestures, especially when she was muttering to herself, she would abruptly take off her glasses and put them on Novia, as if to make him pay more attention to what she was saying and how she looked. Therefore, it was inevitable that Novia would unconsciously gravitate towards her thoughts.
Therefore, the Throne Novia designed for her was partly inspired by Odin's Supreme Throne, but due to her Fairy of Paradise, it was only a small part; most of the specific design was drawn by Ash herself.
In Norse mythology, the Supreme Throne in the Silver Hall, from which one can see all things in the nine worlds, is a position that only Odin and his wife Frigg are qualified to sit on. As for sitting there secretly, one would be like Freyr, the god of fertility, who would lose his weapon and die in Ragnarök.
While this Throne may not allow the person sitting upon it to see everything in the world like Odin, given Ash's Magecraft talent, it's not impossible for her to achieve it in time. After all, her Od energy has been accumulating at an alarming rate, and so has her Flesh abilities.
In Kurich's earlier account to Novia, Ash defeated her in a one-on-one match as follows:
The Magecraft Ash first unleashed a Witch's flying kick from the sky, followed by the Magecraft created Moonlight Greatsword and Water Mirror Light, which compressed Kurich's range of movement. Kurich had to use the Selected Spear with exceptional skill. In addition, his free hand could create a 'staff-shaped' weapon that combined a sword, axe, spear, and staff.
It was truly terrifying, causing Kurich to gasp and have the illusion that Kurich might pull out two axes at any moment.
She had to admit that compared to ordinary Fairy, or even among the rare Fairy of Paradise, those like Ash were probably few and far between, although she had only ever seen Ash, this one Fairy of Paradise.
What impressed Kurich even more was that, perhaps seeing that she was unarmed, Ash, who had tried out all sorts of weapons, eventually gave up using any weapons and chose to fight her hand-to-hand. In the end, he used a back-crushing technique to defeat her in Flesh confrontation.
"Sir, it's not that I was going easy on you, I really did my best. You know, we Norse generally don't hide our feelings..."
Kurich glanced at Novia, who was listening intently, and hesitated before sighing, "I think one day I might not even be as strong as Mani..."
"Yeah?"
Novia nodded. "But melee mages are actually quite good."
"That's Mani!"
Mani, the Norse god of strength, son of Thor, is the strongest god in Norse mythology. When Thor fought and defeated a Giants, the Giants's corpse fell on Thor, and no god could lift it. At this moment, Mani, who was only three days old, came and easily lifted the Giants's leg, rescuing Thor.
Novia waved her hand dismissively. "Although Mani and I have never met or wrestled, I feel it's probably a 50/50 chance."
I feel alright. After all, I had fought against the Star Eater ORT for some time before I single-handedly defeated her.
He thought this as he spoke.
"Hmm, it seems there's really nothing to worry about."
Kurich gave a subtle smile. "It's because Miss Ash seems to dislike showing her close-combat side in front of you, sir, and prefers to display her Magecraft prodigy side."
"Yes, of course."
Yes, Novia is well aware of this.
"Because I teach Magecraft, I guess I thought it might be a bit awkward for Teacher who doesn't teach close combat techniques to face a student who's a super strong fighter. That's probably what Ash thought. But actually, I do know close combat, and I'm really good at it."
Novia was not lying. His Mortal Martial Arts included the martial arts of Jacob's Limbs, as well as the 'Supreme Being Martial Arts' from the India period. It was a culmination of all great achievements, capable of displaying divine power sufficient to destroy armies and annihilate civilizations on earth in an instant.
Anyway, that's what the information about the Throne of Heroes says.
"Well, actually at first I also thought that you, Master, were a Wisdom- type like Odin, but after seeing your appearance, I knew that you were more than that."
As Kurich said, the Hound's battle-hardened eyes sensed the indescribable terrifying power and pure Violence contained within Novia's seemingly ordinary body when they first met. Just by looking at her, one could tell that she was even more ferocious Odin in a fight.
"But if that's the case, why not teach Miss and Master your Combat Techniques or something similar?"
"How should I put this...?"
One reason is that we used too much high-powered firepower and forgot about it.
Secondly, and most importantly, it concerns the period when Paul abandoned Martha for adoption.
"Stop dawdling! Come on, get moving!"
"I just don't want to hear you say that Martha..."
"Ugh... I'm exhausted because of you... and you dare to argue with me? You're so rude! Cough cough cough, we'll definitely succeed, because our progress is blessed! Come on, let's move forward! Come on! Little Novia, where's your answer?!"
She actually forced a little boy to carry Tarasque up and down the mountain at five in the morning until noon. At noon, he had to fight her before he could eat. Novia thought about it and felt that Martha was really a Saintess for treating a child like this.
"My patience is worse than usual! But I would never condone Violence, no matter how rough my words and actions may be. Actually, it shouldn't be like this at all. Ah, thinking that hand-to-hand combat is the best or something like that is absolutely not true! I'm just doing this to train you!"
"Yes, yes, exercise is good, but my fists are itching to get going, Sister Martha."
It was really just a matter of wanting to complain. If he hadn't trained like that, he probably wouldn't have been able to reach Rome from the Bosphorus Strait with Lucius in just one year.
At this moment, Kurich was certain that this was the first time she had ever seen her husband Novia, show such an expression: first a flash of recollection, then a dark expression, and finally a hearty inhale.
"Of course it's because I accidentally forgot, it's that simple."
Then, looking down from the Britain sky at the largely completed City of Londinium, the white city's alleyways expanded like Labyrinth.
Without a doubt, the new capital, Londinium, designed by Novia and built by the Six Great Clans, is the only silver city in Fairy Britain.
Inside the temporary workshop of the Black Knight and Habetrot, Muninn and Huginn were frantically helping the two Fairy to make the dresses in order to complete them before the Ritual. In the private courtyard of the Royal Palace, Ash, unable to bear Mab's provocation any longer, chose to challenge her to another duel, one that didn't require Od.
The Northern Fairy hummed ancient songs while frantically ordering Chocolate from various clan Fairy, or making their Chocolate to present to Queen Mab and Queen Ash.
Earth Fairy hawked their wares along the streets, offering everything from handicrafts to weapons; Fang Fairy patrolled back and forth as guards; Wind Fairy gathered by the roadside, spreading trivial information; Mirror Fairy congregated to judge the authenticity of goods; Winged Fairy lined up to receive rewards for building the city or to provide 'stepping stones' for the noisy Fairy.
However, among the many Fairy, their use of talent is limited to the individual; there are not many Fairy who can encompass everything from beginning to end.
Rather, being able to make good use of Fairy is also a skill. In this case, we must mention the type of earth Fairy who are good at making a living. Soon, these Fairy made a fortune from such opportunities and became wealthy merchants.
Built by the combined efforts of the Britain Fairy, Londinium boasts a market that opens daily, brimming with a terrifying vitality unlike anything ever seen in other regions.
However, that was all. The Fairy, unable to build a culture, did not start any new art forms, such as novels, paintings, or music, at this time. Although, thanks to Ash's efforts, most Fairy seemed to understand the importance of a bright Future and chose to support unification, in reality, the Fairy active in Londinium were simply satisfying their own 'pleasure'.
In any case, the Ideal City of Londinium is now truly the dreamland of this nascent nation.
However, where there is sunlight, there is also shadow.
The mere presence of malice, the simple malice of "I don't like this approach," is enough to instantly destroy the foundation of peace that has been established.
At one point, Clara, the wind Fairy who was Aurora's secretary, was running quickly through a magnificent palace corridor in the encampment that Londinium had assigned to the wind Fairy. She ignored the questions of other Fairy and just kept running.
Clara was somewhat irritated upon learning that her clan leader Aurora, had apparently been seriously injured by the Fang Clan Chief.
"Oh, Aurora!"
Upon opening the door, one would expect Aurora to be resting in bed, but instead she was sitting upright in a chair as usual, as if the message she had just given to Clara was false. However, the perceptive Clara still noticed that Aurora's wings were indeed malfunctioning.
It's not as vibrant as it was a few days ago...
"It's Clara, you've arrived."
It was Aurora asked Clara to come, but when Clara arrived, she smiled meaningfully for some reason, looking completely bewildered.
"Your body, those savage Fairy didn't harm you, did they?"
Aurora her arms over her elbows and said softly, "No, how can this be an injury? It's just that the savage nature of these guys has been exposed. I knew it was impossible to trust these barbaric Fairy; I had to report to Her Majesty the Queen..."
"You mean it."
"... That's strange, you've been unusually quiet today, why is that, Clara?"
Clara was startled by Aurora's tone and, in fear, only managed to reply with one sentence.
Because I'm worried about your health.
This was a lie. In fact, her mind was simply drawn to Londinium. This newly formed City had all sorts of buildings and was home to a huge number of Fairy. It was the first City of its kind to develop in Fairy Britain. As a wind Fairy who delivered information, Clara liked this city very much.
Just as Aurora asked her to come see her, Clara was still sitting on the rooftop of the building, gazing at everything in the new City, her mind wandering, imagining how wonderful it would be if it could continue forever, because this City was too miraculous.
Hearing what Clara said, Aurora smiled slightly.
"So, have you done almost everything you've done?"
Aurora asked Clara to spread rumors to make the Fairy in Londinium suspicious of each other. It has to be said that her idea was indeed very good. After all, the Six Great Fairies had not been gathered for long enough, and their original nature made it impossible for them to have any cohesion. Therefore, the rumors spread very quickly.
Rumors circulate among the Northern Fairy: 'Mab is prepared to trade all our lives for the right to become the next queen.' 'Do you know why Mab protects us so much? Because we are actually her Od resources; if she runs out, she'll turn us into Chocolate and eat us.' 'The Last Dragon's Blessing is for all the Fairy, not just Mab. She stole our Blessing and thinks she's our queen.' 'That so-called Savior, Ash, is actually a tyrant; he's already destroyed an entire clan.'
As for the South Fairy, it's basically just conflicts between various clans, with the rumors among the Northern Fairy rephrased in a different template: "The reason the ceasefire was successful is because Ash has already sold us all to Mab as food." "Mab never intended to reconcile from the beginning; this was just a delaying tactic. On the day of her coronation, she will destroy the South again." In short, it's just a bunch of rumors that can't be scrutinized carefully.
However, for the Fairy who only care about the present and not the Future, the effect was really huge, and they were all incited.
"Yes, it was released exactly as you wished..."
Clara paused, "But, Aurora, your current condition..."
"Hehe, Clara, you're talking a bit too much these days."
Originally, Aurora's idea was to incite the two patriarchs, Muryan and Kurich, to rebel during the coronation Ritual and deal a blow to Mab and Ash. After all, she had witnessed the fighting power of these two queens from the north and south, and it would be difficult to destroy the City of Londinium without defeating the two Fairy with a certain number of troops.
Yes, the reason Aurora wanted to destroy the newborn Kingdom was simple and straightforward: 'Londinium' was too beautiful and too popular. Ninety-nine percent of all the artworks created in Fairy Britain over the past twelve thousand years were meaningless junk, but this Londinium was a miracle among miracles, as if it had been born out of thin air.
Since seeing the faces of the Fairy who came here, Aurora understood this: the fame and prestige of this City would surely surpass her own, and even surpass Queen Ash and Queen Ash of the North, as long as this Kingdom continued to exist.
It's unbelievable that something inorganic could surpass all Fairy to become the 'most popular' thing. This is something Aurora, who is 'the most popular Fairy's Aurora cannot accept. Therefore, she desperately wants to destroy this newborn kingdom and Londinium, the foundation upon which the Kingdom exists.
The reason for seeking out Muryan and Kurich is quite simple: one is the Fang Clan, which is seen by outsiders as being forcibly suppressed by Ash through force, and the other is the new clan leader who stepped forward to take on everything in the face of the clan's extinction crisis. Presumably, these two Fairy must be very dissatisfied with Ash.
Aurora thought so, but it was a pity that she was first turned away by Muryan, and then beaten so badly by Kurich that she lost a pair of wings.
As for the Earth and Mirror clan leaders, they adopted the approach of knowing but not responding. To a certain extent, the clan leaders in high positions were somewhat restrained, but the Fairy below were really prone to believing everything they heard. Apart from a few queen-like figures like the Black Knight and Habetrot, they were basically in a state where they would be ignited at the slightest provocation.
Almost all the Fairy in Londinium knew about this, but they all pretended not to know, as if the rumors had the power of invisibility, allowing them to ignore them.
Now that things have come to this, Aurora has already made up her mind: she'll just need to prepare Poison for the wine at the coronation Ritual.
As for Ash, simply poisoning the human who had been standing behind her would be enough to throw her into a panic. The other Fairy chieftains, under the 'persuasion' of their subordinates, would inevitably have no choice but to join this Ritual to destroy the newly formed Kingdom. She didn't believe that Chieftains Kurich and Murian could actually slaughter their entire tribes. As for that Mab, no matter how strong he was, could he possibly face so many Fairy?
Absolutely impossible.
What? What if the poisoning fails and we're exposed?
I'm very sorry, Aurora hadn't actually thought about this kind of development at all; she was just doing it because she wanted to.
It can only be said that most Fairy are a bunch of ungrateful and unrestrained creatures, which gave the brainless Aurora the power to destroy a newly formed kingdom. I suggest locking her up. After all, how could Ash possibly manage Britain well with these insects?
If the people of a country are all crazy people who only care about their own pleasure and have no self-control, then there's no point in calling it a country.
"I'm so sorry, I was just a little worried about your health Aurora."
Clara clenched her hands, which were placed in front of her chest.
For some reason, the thought of 'Londinium' being destroyed by Aurora filled her with sorrow.
However, it did not develop any aversion to Aurora because of this; it felt that it was just a momentary curiosity.
"Yeah?"
Aurora smiled. "You're lying, aren't you? I saw it. In your eyes, Londinium's beauty has surpassed mine, hasn't it? I can't believe you've followed me for so many years. Looks like I'll have to find a new secretary."
To be fair, Clara was indeed very loyal to Aurora, but unfortunately, he was loyal to the wrong person. Faced with Aurora's disgust for Londinium, the chieftain of the wind Fairy simply turned her into an insect and placed her under his feet before stomping her to death.
After that, Aurora looked out the window at everything outside.