Chapter 903

Although he tried to appear calm, the details of his actions betrayed his inner anxiety.

Prior to this, Spriggan had also attempted to resist Shirou's invasion.

He threatened that if he didn't want Queen Morgan to destroy the city and massacre its residents, he should leave immediately, but Shirou ignored him.

Shirou didn't think Morgan would do such a thing.

"No problem."

He said, "I will issue a statement to Morgan in your name: the Strangers and the Child of Prophecy did not breach the Vault Castle; your strategy has succeeded."

"Do you think His Majesty Morgan would be deceived by lies of this magnitude? As long as the Bell of Pilgrimage tolls..."

"Who said I was going to ring the bell?" Shirou interrupted him.

"Huh?"

Spriggan looked dumbfounded.

Shirou didn't plan to let Artoria ring the bell yet; he just wanted to make sure it could be rung at any time.

Although ringing the Bell of Pilgrimage can increase Artoria's power, her current combat strength is already sufficient.

She was taught Magecraft by Shirou; the Child of Prophecy should simply retain her current power.

As long as the bell doesn't ring, Morgan will probably turn a blind eye to Shirou's reckless behavior.

"No... not to ring the Bell of Pilgrimage? No, this... but if that's the case, then the current situation is indeed..."

Spriggan, "Are you so sure that His Morgan will condone your actions?"

"Yes, I'm sure."

Morgan's beliefs were severely shaken by Shirou's appearance.

She probably felt deep down that she couldn't possibly stop Shirou in her current state.

Whether in terms of combat strength or morale.

But on the other hand, she was unwilling to give up just like that.

Therefore, all Morgan could do was to prolong Britain's existence as much as possible.

This is what is known as the appeasement policy.

To be honest, Shirou felt that he had done something very wrong to Morgan.

"Just in case, I mean just in case..."

"What if Shirou decides to abandon the destruction of Britain for his own sake?"

"What if he's willing to stay in the Fae Kingdom and live a good life with me?"

Perhaps, deep down, Morgan still harbors such unrealistic fantasies.

This caused Shirou immense heartache.

Sorry, that's impossible.

After everything is over, I must make it up to her properly.

"Let's put Morgan's matter aside for now, "Shirou said to the man in front of him.

"Excuse me, Spriggan... your Fae Kingdom Tale comes to an end here."

Upon hearing Shirou's words, Spriggan paused for a moment, then sighed deeply and slumped his shoulders.

From the moment you repeatedly refused to meet with me, I had a vague feeling that this day would come...

I wasn't part of your plan from the beginning, was I?

"That's right."

Shirou nodded without hesitation.

"Although I have never actually met you, I have heard some rumors about you from Tristan."

"Excuse me, but in my opinion, you are the biggest uncertainty in this Fae Kingdom. I'm going to remove you from the chessboard."

"...!"

The treasure-guarding fairy's eyes widened, then she gave a wry smile.

"Hahaha, so you're sentencing me based on rumors you heard from that Tristan?"

After what you've said, I'm speechless... So, what will happen to me?

Shirou certainly wouldn't kill him.

Like his former self, Spriggan was a pitiful human being who had drifted into this cruel world.

The difference between them is that Shirou encountered a girl who saved him, while Spriggan was not so lucky.

"Yes, they shouldn't die."

You will eventually drift to some place in reality beyond the Fae Kingdom, or perhaps return to the place where you were born.

"That's a really irresponsible thing to say," Spriggan said.

"I have no obligation to take responsibility for you," Shirou said.

"We're both human, yet you're so cold," Spriggan said.

Shirou did not feel any sympathy because of those words.

"Since you're also from outside, you should know how false the claim that 'we are all human' is, right?"

Spriggan understood that all was lost, sighed deeply, and leaned back in his chair.

"I see. Is my story over?"

"Has all the time I've spent and everything I've accumulated so far been in vain?"

The human, who had lived for hundreds of years, had a hoarse voice, as if he had aged a lot all of a sudden.

"I didn't even notice that. No, that's not right... Ah, I see..."

"Looks like I've been spending too much time with fairies... even my senses have become dulled."

Spriggan gave up completely.

He told Shirou about his original plan.

In Spriggan's view, Aurora should be Morgan's successor.

He originally intended to make Aurora a puppet Queen under his control... and similar plans were also fully revealed.

The Queen's power is invincible; even the entire Fae Kingdom combined would find it difficult to defeat Morgan, who is connected to the throne.

But.

Morgan, however, had one, and only, weakness.

Or rather, its Achilles' heel.

Nobody saw through this.

No fairy could possibly detect it.

However, as a human who had drifted to Britain from the outside world, Spriggan keenly sensed—

That was Morgan's affection for Tristan.

Contrary to what the fairies said, Tristan was not just Morgan's daughter whom he picked up on a whim.

Tristan was an important figure to Morgan.

If this point can be exploited, even an invincible Queen will inevitably reveal a fatal flaw.

Unfortunately, Spriggan didn't have a chance to implement his ambitions before Shirou easily dealt with him.

Spriggan will remain under house arrest in this Vault Castle until the Fae Kingdom is destroyed.

Hmph, what a reckless fellow...

The timeline Aurora becomes the Queen of the Fae Kingdom is terrifying just to think about.

This guy's really getting senile. Shirou was once again convinced that taking down Spriggan was the right decision.

"... Bang!"

Shirou punched Spriggan hard, sending him flying against the wall.

The blond man, who had fallen to the ground, looked confused: Why did you suddenly hit me!?

"You can think about that yourself!"

Shirou slammed the gates of the Vault Castle shut, feeling annoyed.

You clearly saw through the relationship between Morgan and Tristan, but you couldn't see through the relationship between Morgan and me?

It seems you're exaggerating; it's nothing special at all!

Volume 11: 529 You are the worst Artoria class I've ever taught

With the Earth Clan Chief Spriggan under house arrest, Shirou quietly took over Norwich.

However, this brought new troubles.

This city, where capitalism was just beginning to emerge, took longer to operate than one might imagine.

A mountain of documents was laid out in front of Shirou.

"Master, please have some tea."

Shirou accepted the black tea brewed by the girl from the Wind Clan while browsing through the documents.

Thank you, Hope.

Hope squinted happily, then shared the black tea with the other members.

Everyone gratefully accepted the tea and drank it while working on their documents.

As for why it turned into this troublesome situation...

Firstly, Spriggan is seriously managing the city, so there are many things to confirm in maintaining its operation, which is one of the reasons.

However, if that were all, the situation wouldn't be so dire as to become hellish.

The biggest reason it's turned into hell now is that Spriggan originally intended to abandon Norwich during this calamity, so he completely ignored recent documents.

This mess is now entirely in the hands of Shirou and his Theater Company.

"I was just too busy with work to spare, otherwise I would definitely have turned that guy into a frog..."

The earnest Coral muttered resentfully as he worked.

Shirou understood her feelings perfectly.

Incidentally, Harobaromia is currently directing his entourage in the reconstruction of the city and port.

If left unattended, this city will eventually be destroyed.

Although this world will eventually come to an end, Shirou will not allow the fairies to die carelessly until they have atoneed for their sins and apologized to Morgan.

As Shirou was processing documents and thinking about these pointless things, someone knocked on the office door.

He responded, and Oberon, who had just entered through the door, immediately stopped in his tracks, shrinking back in fear.

Because Shirou, Coral, Artoria, and the other fairies in charge of paperwork all looked up and focused their bloodshot eyes on him.

"... Did I disturb you?"

Shirou quickly glanced at the document in front of him, signed it, and placed it on top of the completed document.

"No, this part has only just finished. What happened, Oberon?"

Shirou noticed that the white moth looked serious today, unlike its usual frivolous self.

He led Oberon to the sofa in the corner of the office.

"I've come to say goodbye to everyone. I'll be parting ways with you and Artoria for a while now."

"What's wrong?"

Artoria appeared behind Shirou, resting her arm on his shoulder.