Humans were slaves beyond all doubt—slaves kept under complete control, with even their numbers tightly restricted.
In this Land of Fairies, the word "human" itself was synonymous with slave.
Honestly, this was not something normal modern people could accept.
It was not that they believed humans could not become slaves. In fact, humans being enslaved by another race was common in all kinds of entertainment media. Ancient humans had even enslaved one another, so people actually had a fairly high tolerance for the idea of humans becoming slaves.
The reason this provoked such a strong reaction was that the ones enslaving humans were fairies!
When humans were slaves whose very numbers were strictly controlled in the Land of Fairies, it gave off an entirely different feeling.
After all, people's image of the Land of Fairies had remained beautiful even after the Cornwall Village incident. Before they learned that Cloud was human, the harmony and affection shown by the fairies of Cornwall Village had been genuine.
As for the madness that later erupted in Cornwall Village, after receiving some of the earlier information, people could understand it as a consequence of Morgan's tyranny.
Thus, people still held unrealistic fantasies about the fairies of fairy tales.
But when Oberon revealed humanity's true status and circumstances, all those fantasies were destroyed.
Friendliness toward humans, an innate fondness for humanity—sure enough, those were merely fairy tales. Humanity's true role was that of the fairies' tools and slaves.
It really was... like their childhoods had been destroyed.
For a time, wails of despair rang out across the world.
Of course, that was the result of emotional thinking. Many rational-minded people felt that this situation was only natural.
After all, although the Light Screen had not shown much about the fairies yet, even those losers among