Chapter Summaries

Morgan and Saigō exposed the fairies’ betrayal after Morgan defeated the Great Calamity, then agreed to remain together while she tried to save Britain. At the ruins of the Rain Clan’s castle, Morgan told Saigō how the clan had raised her and why its fate had made her hope that the other fairies might repent.

• Morgan rang all six Bone Bells, rallied the clans against the Great Calamity, and earned the title Ash, the Savior, for defeating it.
• Morgan used phantoms to escape execution at the victory celebration and witnessed the fairies rejoice over the supposed death of their Savior and her husband.
• Saigō asked Morgan whether she still hoped to save the fairies, and she admitted she wanted to keep trying through the remaining four thousand years.
• Morgan asked Saigō to stay with her, and he agreed to hibernate with her for a thousand years at a time.
• Morgan and Saigō left the celebrating fairies and returned to the ruined Rain Clan castle near Orkney.
• Morgan explained that the Rain Clan had raised her kindly, and that its repentance had once made her doubt her Fairy Eyes and hope the other clans could also change.

Morgan gave the fairies four thousand years to change while she and Saigō lived peacefully near Albion’s remains before entering enchanted slumber. By Fairy Calendar 2000, the Great Calamity and Queen Mebh’s Summer War struck together, and Morgan faced the crisis after three pilgrimages had greatly increased her power.

• Morgan asked Saigō to spend four thousand years with her and promised to rule Britain together if the fairies failed to change.
• Saigō and Morgan built a cottage near Albion’s remains, lived peacefully together, and eventually entered slumber inside Morgan’s ice-like magecraft.
• At Fairy Calendar 3000, Morgan defeated the Great Calamity, but the fairies betrayed her again; she and Saigō returned to their cottage and slept through another millennium.
• At Fairy Calendar 2000, Queen Mebh led the Northern Fairies back to Britain, beginning the Summer War as the Great Calamity arrived.
• Morgan undertook her third pilgrimage and gained power that brought her close to the Primogenitor A-Rays.
• Queen Mebh’s Northern Fairies fought the Southern Fairies of the Five Great Clans on Salisbury Plain.

Saigō revealed to Grimm that he was an outsider called a God from Another World, while Grimm admitted Odin had sent him to study the Lostbelt and Saigō. As Morgan intervened in the war to preserve Mebh and the Northern Fairies, Saigō explained the fairies’ dependence on humans, then prepared to send Grimm away; he later reflected on using future sight cautiously and acting as a player rather than a pawn.

• Northern Fairies gained ground in the war until the death of Mebh’s human lover left her unable to lead them effectively.
• Grimm revealed that Odin had sent him to study the Lostbelt and Saigō, whose existence and threat had drawn the gods’ attention.
• Saigō explained that the planet and Pan-Human History had both sent forces to address the Lostbelt, then called himself a God from Another World.
• Grimm admitted that his ultimate mission was to defeat Saigō, though he did not know how or when it could be done.
• Morgan challenged Mebh to a duel, hoping to make her withdraw and save the Northern Fairies from further losses.
• Saigō explained that fairies depended on humans for novelty and happiness, then said he would tell Grimm what he wanted to know and send him away.

Saigō explained Britain’s Lostbelt history to Grimm, who then attacked him with Odin’s runes and a simulated Gungnir. Saigō destroyed Grimm with a tributary of the Gaia Hypothesis, and Morgan returned from the battlefield having defeated Queen Mebh and arranged terms to end the war, even as she expected the fairies to betray her again.

• Saigō told Grimm how the fairies killed the Horned God, how Britain formed from Its corpse, and how the Northern and Southern Fairies fought over the ensuing millennia.
• Saigō urged Grimm to carry out his mission, and Grimm invoked Odin’s runes to create an illusory world and attack with a simulated Gungnir.
• Saigō released the corrupting river of the Gaia Hypothesis, which swept away Grimm, withered the World Tree, and collapsed the illusory world.
• Morgan arrived, and she and Saigō silently agreed to conceal Grimm’s death by saying he had perished in the Great Calamity.
• Morgan told Saigō that she had defeated Mebh and secured her agreement to end the war in exchange for territory and status among the Six Great Clans.
• Morgan said she would honor her promise to give the fairies four thousand years of opportunity, despite expecting them to betray her again.

Saigō and Morgan endured centuries of fairy betrayal, then awakened early to face the final era of Britain’s Fairy Calendar. By Fairy Calendar 400, they traveled with Trot and Black Knight Hector as Morgan worried that the island’s apparent path to peace concealed its approaching end.

• During the Summer War, Savior Ash stopped the Northern and Southern Fairies from fighting and led them against the Great Calamity, but the Southern Fairies murdered her and her husband afterward.
• Saigō and Morgan shared a quiet life near Orkney, and after the Great Calamity of Fairy Calendar 1000, they entered their final sleep together.
• A century later, Morgan woke Saigō and asked him to help her prevent Britain’s destruction, offering to share her lifespan; he agreed, and they set out with Fairy Knights Trot and Black Knight Hector.
• In Fairy Calendar 400, Saigō teased Trot about changing her name while the group walked along a misty shore.
• Trot told Morgan that the human-fairy war was nearly over and Uther might unite Britain as king, but Morgan remained concerned about the island’s fate.

Morgan and Saigō met Mash Girelait, who had been sent from the future, and learned that she came to warn Morgan about Britain’s fate. After Mash explained the future, Morgan and Saigō discussed their relationship and promised to hold a wedding after Britain’s affairs were settled.

• Mash Girelait appeared on the shore, and Trot and Black Knight Hector treated her as a potential enemy.
• Saigō recognized Morgan’s Mirror magecraft and explained that a future Morgan had sent Mash into the past to convey information.
• Morgan introduced herself as Ash, learned Mash’s name, and invited her to explain the future at their camp.
• Mash told Morgan and the others about the future history of Britain, including a Queen Morgan who ruled and oppressed the fairies.
• That night, Saigō joined Morgan by the campfire, and Morgan promised him a grand wedding after Britain was settled.

Morgan told Saigō that she would become the embodiment of Britain’s will and suppress the island’s self-destructive impulse, then asked him to join her on one final journey. During their pilgrimage, Trot decided to become a bride-escorting happiness fairy and began making wedding clothes for Morgan.

• Morgan explained that the Horned God’s corpse and the force suppressed beneath it threatened Britain, and she resolved to save the island by becoming its will.
• Saigō promised to stay beside Morgan, and she asked him to accompany her on one final journey across Britain.
• Mash defeated a group of Mors, and Saigō and Morgan praised her abilities as Trot joined their conversation.
• Mash described Habenyang as a kind, brave fairy who made clothes and escorted brides, inspiring Trot to pursue the same dream.
• Trot announced that Morgan would be the first bride she escorted and spent the next half year making her a purple-rose formal gown.
• Trot showed the nearly completed gown to Black Knight Hector, who pointed out an ornament on its chest.

Morgan explained her hatred of the fairies and prepared to send Mash back to the future, while Mash learned that Morgan had found happiness with Saigō. After saying goodbye to Trot, Morgan and Saigō left to witness the Fairy Calendar’s final coronation, with Morgan determined not to spare the fairies again.

• Saigō reassured Mash that he and Morgan might simply be living in seclusion in her future, and Morgan turned the conversation to sending Mash back.
• Morgan admitted that fairies had betrayed and killed her four times, rejected the title of Savior, and said Saigō was enough for her; she also remembered Bávan Shí as a fairy who trusted her.
• Morgan told Mash to sleep under the Coffin spell at a ley-line convergence in Orkney until she awakened 2,400 years later, and warned that Trot had to forget her.
• Trot gave Morgan and Saigō clothes she and Hector had made, and the pair said goodbye before disappearing into the forest.
• Morgan and Saigō stood on Britain's shore to watch the Fairy Calendar’s final coronation, and Morgan vowed not to give the fairies another chance.

After the fairies framed and killed Uther, Morgan and Saigō went to Orkney, where Morgan began using the Fantasy Tree to transform Britain’s Lostbelt into a Singularity. She unleashed a devastating attack across Britain and forced Merlin out of hiding, then confronted him.

• The fairies blamed Savior Ash for Uther’s poisoning, burned her and her husband at the stake, and slaughtered Londinium’s humans.
• Morgan took Saigō to Orkney and explained her plan to use the Fantasy Tree’s power to preserve Britain as a Singularity.
• Morgan ignited the Fantasy Tree, repelled its magical seeds, and seized the power it had gathered over twelve thousand years.
• Morgan’s azure flames devastated Britain, killing nearly ninety percent of its fairies and their creations.
• Morgan severed the dream realm, drove Merlin out of hiding, and confronted him.

Morgan imprisoned Merlin, transformed Britain into a Singularity, and began rebuilding the fairy population under her control. As she and Saigō walked through Orkney, Morgan promised to fulfill her role as his wife after suppressing the rebellious fairies, while lamenting that he had never taken their relationship further.

• Morgan captured Merlin with the Garden and imprisoned him, leaving him troubled by Saigō, whom his Clairvoyance could not detect.
• Morgan explained that she had imprisoned Merlin to protect Saigō, while Saigō chose not to reveal that he needed no protection.
• Morgan used the Fantasy Tree's energy to create a barrier that turned the British Lostbelt into a Singularity and to revive fairies bound to her through Command Spells.
• Morgan commanded the reborn fairies to build her palace and Camelot, Britain's capital.
• In Orkney, Morgan and Saigō discussed the Mirror Clan's resistance as Morgan promised to fulfill her duty as his wife after restoring her rule.
• Morgan complained that Saigō had never violated her in their four thousand years together, despite her many attempts to tempt him.

Saigō visited the Orkney marsh and helped the Dragon of Albion’s unborn left claw emerge early, then welcomed the newborn Dragon Fairy as his child. He left the marsh carrying Melusine, while Morgan began her campaign to subdue Britain’s fairies.

• Morgan told Saigō to oversee Camelot’s construction and entrusted him with the Rending Spear before marching to conquer the Mirror Clan and the other fairies.
• Saigō went alone into the Orkney marsh, where he found the life growing from the Dragon of Albion’s missing left claw.
• Saigō reassured the ashamed creature, offered to give her purpose and care for her, and showed her his true form.
• The creature transformed into a beautiful Dragon Fairy and named herself Melusine.
• Saigō carried Melusine from the marsh, and the two Fang Clan guards greeted them without acting on their disgust toward her.

Saigō toured Camelot with Melusine, reassuring her about her place in Morgan’s court and encouraging her to embrace her dragon nature. Their walk ended when Lenick challenged Saigō’s right to marry Morgan and rule Britain, and Saigō turned a cold gaze on him.

• Saigō asked Melusine to accompany him around Camelot and entrusted his safety to her.
• Saigō questioned Melusine about the enslaved fairies, and she said they deserved their punishment and warned that they secretly mocked him.
• Saigō told Melusine not to care about the fairies’ mockery and said Morgan would treat her like a child and grant her a knightly title.
• Lenick confronted Saigō and declared that he, not Saigō, should marry Morgan and become king of Britain.
• Saigō’s expression turned cold, and Lenick felt panic and terror under his gaze.

Saigō rebuked Lenick for opposing his marriage to Morgan and revealed his harsh policy toward fairies, prompting Lenick to attack him. Melusine wounded Lenick with Saigō’s Corruption power, and Saigō spared him before restoring Camelot around them.

• Saigō told Lenick that fairies would be imprisoned and tortured as atonement, and Lenick accused him of deceiving Morgan.
• Lenick erupted into a rage and charged at Saigō, so Melusine stepped in to protect her father.
• Saigō empowered Melusine’s sword with Corruption, allowing her to overcome Lenick’s defenses and grievously wound him.
• Saigō stopped Melusine from killing Lenick, arguing that the loyal chieftain remained useful to Morgan.
• Saigō restored the destroyed Camelot with a snap of his fingers, leaving Lenick to wonder whether he had used magecraft.

After Melusine failed to defeat Lenick, Saigō encouraged her to gain battle experience by helping Morgan suppress the rebellion and accompanied her to the front lines. Morgan acknowledged Melusine as her daughter and sent her alone to breach Salisbury and capture Aurora, while Melusine flew toward the city to attack the Wind Clan.

• Lenick recognized Saigō’s overwhelming power, urged Melusine to prove her loyalty to Morgan, and left to recover from his wounds.
• Saigō comforted Melusine and ordered her to gain combat experience on the front lines, promising to accompany her.
• Saigō and Melusine met Morgan near Salisbury, where Morgan recognized Melusine as the Descendant of Albion and discussed the danger she could pose to Britain.
• Morgan offered Melusine an army, territory, and a name if she captured Aurora, but Melusine refused the army and territory and said she wanted to guard Camelot and Saigō.
• Morgan accepted Melusine as her daughter and challenged her to prove she could protect Camelot; Melusine then flew alone toward Salisbury to attack the Wind Clan.

Melusine led the assault on Salisbury, destroying its magical defenses and laying waste to the city as Morgan’s forces advanced. Aurora prepared to surrender after allowing the Wind Clan and other residents to suffer, hoping to turn her survival into greater prestige, while Coral remained devoted to her.

• Melusine arrived over Salisbury and shattered its city gates and magical walls with Albion’s dragon breath.
• Fang Clan soldiers stormed into Salisbury while Mirror Clan warriors infiltrated the city and assassinated its inhabitants.
• Melusine swept through the streets with her dragon breath and reached Salisbury Grand Cathedral, where her guards attacked her to protect Aurora.
• Aurora ignored the battle and planned to surrender only after Morgan’s forces had killed many residents, so she could gain their gratitude and admiration.
• Coral urged Aurora to flee, but Aurora said she would surrender to Morgan and ask her to spare Salisbury’s residents.
• The cathedral’s defenders were killed as Coral kept watch beside Aurora, who calmly drank her wine.

Melusine attacked Aurora in the Grand Cathedral, and Saigō ordered her to spare Aurora so she would suffer a fate worse than death. After the fairies of Salisbury surrendered, they seized and abused Aurora, while Melusine fought the urge to transform into a destructive dragon.

• Melusine attacked Aurora, and Coral briefly blocked her before Melusine wounded both fairies.
• Aurora used Coral as a shield and urged her to die in her place, but Coral chose to hold Melusine back out of loyalty.
• Saigō ordered Melusine to spare Aurora, so Melusine disfigured Aurora’s face and left her alive in despair.
• The fairies of Salisbury surrendered to the Fang Clan, then dragged Aurora to the square and whipped and cursed her.
• Melusine saw the fairies betray Aurora and nearly transformed into a dragon before suppressing the urge.

Saigō advised Morgan to rule Britain’s fairy clans by balancing their rivalries, then reflected on her precarious struggle to save Britain and his own plans to restore his Spirits. He forcefully kissed Morgan, and Melusine returned to find them embracing as Morgan struggled to preserve her dignity.

• Melusine fled after witnessing Aurora’s defeat, while the Wind Clan members turned against Aurora and Coral continued pleading for her.
• Saigō advised Morgan to keep the fairy clans divided and dependent on her support, and Morgan agreed to follow his counsel.
• Saigō reflected on the dangers threatening Britain and his progress restoring his Spirits, which he planned to complete before helping Morgan save the country.
• Saigō lifted Morgan’s veil and kissed her, and Morgan eventually responded despite her initial surprise.
• Melusine returned to Morgan’s bedchamber, knelt before the couple, and watched as Morgan tried unsuccessfully to break free of Saigō’s embrace.

Morgan named Melusine Fairy Knight Lancelot and ordered her to help conquer Britain’s remaining clans, while also declaring her an heir and treating her as a daughter. Saigō and Morgan reaffirmed their bond, and Morgan promised to share her burdens rather than endure them alone.

• Morgan praised Melusine for bringing the Wind Clan and the other clans that fled to Aurora into submission, and admitted that she had failed to warn Melusine about Aurora.
• Morgan named Melusine Fairy Knight Lancelot, granting her a name that anchored her sanity while assigning her to conquer the Earth and Wing Clans alongside Lenick.
• Morgan told Melusine to call her Mother, then explained to Saigō that she would regard the Fairy Knights she named as her children and grant Melusine the right to inherit Britain.
• Morgan and Saigō shared a meal, and Morgan explained that she distrusted fairy gifts because of their history of poisoning rulers.
• Saigō promised to remain beside Morgan and help her rule, and Morgan agreed to share her pain instead of bearing everything alone.
• Morgan said Melusine’s calamity would never be allowed to emerge, and Saigō assured Morgan that he would not betray her.

Saigō encouraged Melusine after the conquest of Salisbury and sent her with him as his guard, while fairy gossip accused her of an affair with Morgan’s King Consort. The account then recounted Morgan’s wars and harsh rule, ending with Mebh surrendering the Royal Clan and offering her crown in Camelot after the Winter War.

• Saigō praised Melusine’s growth as a fighter and invited her to learn dancing for the postwar ball.
• Melusine asked to guard Saigō in Salisbury, and he accepted her offer.
• Fairies spread rumors that Fairy Knight Lancelot was having an affair with Morgan’s King Consort, but Morgan continued to trust Lancelot.
• Morgan conquered the Earth and Wing Clans, imposed Command Spell taxes, and crushed the resulting rebellion with help from Saigō’s policy freeing humans.
• Under Lancelot and Lenick, the Southern clans fought the Royal Clan until Mebh surrendered to preserve the Northern Fairies.
• Mebh offered her crown to Morgan in Camelot, marking the end of the Winter War and Morgan’s unification of Britain.

Queen Morgan received Mebh’s surrender in Camelot and made clear that she ruled Britain and its Fairies absolutely. Saigō announced a new labor-service decree, which Melusine enforced with deadly violence before Morgan dismissed the gathered Fairies.

• Mebh arrived in Camelot to surrender the Royal Clan and recognized Morgan as the Savior Ash she had known nearly two thousand years earlier.
• Saigō sat beside Morgan on her throne and touched her hand and thigh while the assembled Fairies kept their eyes lowered.
• Morgan declared that all of Britain and its inhabitants belonged to her, then accepted Mebh’s crown and the Royal Clan’s submission.
• Saigō announced that every clan must send one-tenth of its people to serve the Queen without pay or freedom for ten years at a time.
• Several Fairies protested Saigō’s authority and the decree, so Melusine killed them with her blade.
• Morgan ignored the dead Fairies, told the others to clean the hall, and dismissed them.