"There is... a way to avoid fighting."
"Really? How?"
"We just need to offer a sacrifice to the beast! I saw it in a mural! As long as we offer the prepared 'Miko' as a sacrifice, we can appease the god's wrath! Then the village will be safe!"
"Wonderful, wonderful."
"No one will die anymore, and no one will be eaten!"
"That's right. Let's prepare a sacrifice for the beast together!"
"By sacrificing just one person, we can save many more! Wonderful! Wonderful!"
And so, Bavag was chosen as the sacrifice by the faeries.
The vote was unanimous.
There was no special reason.
She had done nothing wrong. Even the villagers who hated her thought she was useful, obedient, and hardworking.
But if they had to choose a sacrifice from the village, it could only be Bavag, couldn't it?
The faeries were somewhat wary of the witch. She had recently grown close to Bavag.
However, when the faeries went to ask her, the witch angrily declared, "She isn't my follower!"
See?
Even the witch had abandoned her!
As expected, that despicable brat, Bavag, had been born to become a sacrifice!
The most hated, most worthless faerie—Bavag.
If sacrificing only her could save the entire village, then what else could it be if not "justice"?
By the time Shirou and Morgan arrived, Bavag had already been turned into a living sacrifice.
Since she was a sacrifice offered to the beast, of course she had to be cut into pieces of meat convenient for eating.
"..."
Shirou passed through the singing procession of faeries and walked straight to the altar.
Since she was a Miko offered to the god, her beautiful face had to be kept intact.
Shirou reached out and caressed Bavag's cheek.
Yet, to the very end, the expression that