Robin sobbed, while the lakeside remained utterly silent.
Fujimaru Ritsuka wanted to comfort her, but he also knew that Robin was not a girl who merely looked like one—she was an elder.
An elder among fairies, at that.
Robin did not take long to pull herself out of her emotions.
The first thing she did was glare at Fujimaru Ritsuka. "You could at least try to comfort me!"
"I..." Fujimaru Ritsuka looked utterly bewildered, not knowing what to say.
Seeing Fujimaru Ritsuka at a loss, Robin could not help but burst out laughing.
"Haha, look at that expression. I was just messing with you."
Robin punched Fujimaru Ritsuka lightly on the shoulder, then raised her head and exhaled with a smile.
"I haven't cried like that in centuries. Letting it all out made me feel much better."
"...That's good." Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled. He understood that, at a time like this, he only needed to listen.
"After my mother died, I buried her and entered the Fairy Realm."
Changing positions, Robin sat more casually.
"When I first entered the Fairy Realm, I had no other reason."
"I simply wanted to find that bastard Oberon."
"After all, he did that to my mother and me. Even now, no matter when it is, I will never forgive him!" Robin raised her little fist and waved it. "Never!"
Fujimaru Ritsuka felt that her words were certainly forceful, but she really should not have waved that fist.
The moment she did, all the imposing momentum vanished.
"But the Fairy Realm really did have rumors about Oberon, the King of Fairies. Yet according to the fairies there, Oberon had not appeared for a very long time."
"At first, I didn't believe them. I thought Oberon was merely hiding, or had gone to the human world to