In the Fairy Kingdom, it seemed that mortals being granted an audience with the Queen was a sacred and rare event.
Just by walking across the dreamlike Rainbow Bridge, Iver attracted more and more fairies around him, visibly multiplying by the moment.
They had all come here to watch.
--Perhaps it was because "Grace" was considered an acquaintance of the fairies. The novelty-loving fairies gathered around Iver out of curiosity. At first, they clung to his body. Later, some flew low around his feet like puppies scampering about. Those who arrived even later could only circle Iver, following beside him like floating cannons.
At some point, singing suddenly came from ahead.
There was only a brief moment of chaos at first, after which the voices immediately harmonized into an extremely melodious chorus.
Various musical instruments appeared in the fairies' hands. Though they were all tiny, their sounds were loud; once gathered together, they became a surging wave of sound that roared through the air.
When the fairies gathered and began to sing, that fairy-tale miracle revealed itself--
It began with a floating magic carpet, so Iver no longer had to walk and instead sat down cross-legged. Then the magic carpet became a silver-white carriage, with two unicorns appearing in front to pull it.
Then, at a speed visible to the naked eye, the carriage gradually became more magnificent--changing from one level to two, then three. In the end, it simply became a huge cake tower, with Iver sitting at the very top like a fruit decoration. In addition to the two unicorns pulling it, a large flock of white doves appeared in front.
At some point, an old piano appeared in front of Iver. That piano was actually alive--it had tiny fairy-like wings and hovered before him. Clearly, some fairy