At last, a bell had been rung.
The people of the real world felt a strange sense of finally having made it through.
Then, people's opinion of Spriggan changed as well.
Though he was clearly a shady merchant who looked like he was very good at sweet-talking people, he was surprisingly trustworthy when it came to deals. Compared to fairies like Aurora and Muryan, who seemed very friendly but would only give Artoria a reward after she accomplished some task, constantly dangling promises before her, Spriggan—the trustworthy fairy who paid out halfway through the job—actually seemed pretty decent.
Although Spriggan spoke bluntly and realistically, and had the face of a crooked merchant, once the things he promised became reality, all of that could be understood as "being genuine."
That was very important.
In any case, Cloud did not feel the same instinctive dislike toward Spriggan that he did toward Aurora and Muryan. His instinctive impression of Spriggan was that of a "passerby"—neither liked nor disliked.
Honestly, if people did not know Cloud disliked men, they might have suspected he had some special feelings for Spriggan—after all, when facing the cute and lively Muryan or the beautiful and noble Aurora, Cloud had displayed obvious "dislike."
On the Light Screen, as the bell rang, Artoria was not the only one who gained power. The lords throughout the Fairy Kingdom sensed it as well, each reacting differently.
In the end, the scene settled on Camelot, the royal capital of the Fairy Kingdom—within the royal palace, upon Morgan.
Queen Morgan coldly looked eastward, toward Norwich. Her icy face showed no change in expression, yet the chill within it could be clearly felt even through the Light Screen.
It seemed that danger had already shrouded that region.
When that scene ended, the view shifted back