Hired on the spot

The carriage traveled along the narrow streets of Britain. Ritsuka and the others had already left the village. By this time, they had gained a basic understanding of fairies, these beautiful yet cruel creatures.

In a small village in the Misty Forest, Ritsuka reveals that she is not a fairy but a human, and after that...

"Phew, this human is mine, and none of you are allowed to take him from me."

"Pah! Why should it be yours? There are so many of us, how come it's yours?"

Fairies have a very special connection with humans. As long as humans are around fairies, they can naturally feel happy. Moreover, fairies do not possess creativity and do not have human thinking. They are unlikely to achieve anything significant, which is why the architecture of the Fairy Britain is quite similar to that of human civilization.

Because they are unable to develop their own civilization.

In the Fairy Britain, humans are highly sought-after. Many fairies take pride in owning human slaves, and some upper-class fairies even use the quantity and quality of their human slaves to differentiate their social classes.

So, in this Nameless Forest, a group of fairies who couldn't pay their Existence Tax or broke the law, a group of exiles and failures, naturally longed to have a human.

The most hot-tempered Fang Clan the Fang and Earth Clan were locked in a fierce battle, neither willing to back down. A fairy from the Wind Clan stepped in to mediate, saying, "Wait, we don't need to fight like this. Even though there's only one of her, we can share her."

Arms, heads, spines—if everyone takes a little less, it'll still be enough, right? Besides, the blonde girl and red-haired man next to her are probably human too."

The Wind Clan fairy flapped its small wings on its back, trying to move forward and stop the fight from happening.

This was an utterly wrong move, even bordering on foolish. A living person and a pile of mangled flesh are worlds apart. Besides, there are inherent differences among fairies, just as a lion doesn't share its prey with other wild animals.

With a bang, the Fang Clan fairy's claws tore open the Wind Clan fairy's throat, the Earth Clan fairy broke her knees, and smashed her skull with an iron hammer.

"Enough with the nonsense! Only the strong can possess it. I've had enough of playing house with you bunch of bastards. I'll slaughter you all, and that human race will be mine!"

"Kill them!"

"Kill!"

And so, the fairies Nameless Forest had been enjoying a feast together in the morning and playing football together in the afternoon suddenly turned into enemies, fighting each other. Taking advantage of the chaos, Ritsuka and the others escaped to the outskirts and, with the help of a blue-haired fairy, escaped.

"Speaking of which, I wonder where that child went?"

Ritsuka said with some worry, while the handsome man called Oberon sighed, his tone tinged with helplessness. "That fairy's body has already begun to show signs of Mors transformation. It won't be long before she becomes Mors."

Escaping was out of necessity; things were beyond saving at that point. But compared to that, I haven't even formally introduced it to you yet."

Dressed in white travel attire, Oberon, with the air of a fairytale prince, stood on the carriage. He flicked his cloak, revealing a sweet smile, and said, "You all already know my name, right? Oberon, the Fairy King Oberon. I am Servant summoned to this land by the Pan-Human History. Nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you, Oberon. I am Ritsuka Fujimaru, and this is my Servant Tristan. We originally had two other companions, but I guess they got separated after entering the Bewildering Misty Forest?"

"I am Artoria Caster, as you can see, just an ordinary country fairy."

Caster said somewhat awkwardly, glancing occasionally at Ritsuka and Tristan beside him. Seeing the girl's relaxed demeanor and the man with the bow and arrow, a sense of unease crept into his mind...

These two look so impressive, not at all intimidated, and that man seems to be a real Knights of the Round Table... Damn it, I was so disrespectful to such important figures back in the Nameless Forest.

Will they be purged next?

Caster was filled with worry; she was already having second thoughts and wanted to run away.

Just then, Mors's figure gradually appeared in the open field not far away. Oberon frowned and said helplessly, "Although I want to continue, Mors is here. Let's deal with them first."

Honestly, Mors even showed up so close to Salisbury.

"Then let's go. Oberon, Caster, can you lend a hand?" Ritsuka said to the two. Oberon quickly shook his head, saying helplessly, "No, no, I'm sorry, as Servant I don't have much combat ability, I'm more of an intelligence strategist."

"Then, Artoria, please!"

"Um, me... me? Okay, I'll try my best, but don't get your hopes up too high."

Seeing this, Artoria could only suppress the tingling sensation on her scalp. She had originally planned to find an opportunity to speak up and leave this group that seemed to be preparing to do something big.

But now she had no choice. Surprisingly, under Ritsuka's command, the seemingly difficult battle was swept away with ease. Caster breathed a sigh of relief; although he had only provided some assistance, it wasn't too bad.

Okay, now I'll find an excuse to leave...

"Caster-chan!"

Suddenly, Ritsuka appeared in front of Caster, took her hand, and exclaimed with shining eyes, "Caster-chan, your support skills were outstanding! That was amazing!"

"Eh, is that so? I felt it was just some trivial Magecraft tricks."

"No, no, no, how could that be? I have a feeling you have unimaginable talent! How about coming to work at my Chaldea? I can give you the highest level of treatment right away!"

"Wait, isn't this a bit too sudden? No, no, no, I have absolutely no work experience with this company. Please find someone else..."

"You'll get 160 million QP as soon as you join! After you pass the test, you can get five Holy Grail!"

"Forehead..."

Although she didn't know what QP was, 160 million sounded like a lot, and that's how Artoria Caster was moved by Ritsuka's sincerity.

Seeing this, Oberon secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

That's good news, though. If that girl had run away again, I'd be in real trouble. There's nothing I can do, but this is the best-case scenario for now.

"Alright, everyone, we've arrived in Salisbury. Leave everything outside of the battle to me. I'll do my best to find out about your companions."

After Oberon arranged accommodations for everyone, he found a noblewoman to sneak into a lavishly decorated ball. Meanwhile, everyone was happy to finally be able to sleep in their beds.

Ritsuka inspected the room, then set up anti-eavesdropping Magecraft before letting out a sigh of relief and saying, "Sigh, I still miss the days when I was working with Brother Bai. Oh well, more importantly, can we confirm what's going on over there?"

The true identity of this fairy king.

"Of course, the claim that it was summoned by the Counter Force is absolutely false. This world is completely out of sync with Human History, and the Counter Force's reach cannot touch this place at all."

In the empty room, a voice rang out, and a knowing look flashed in Ritsuka's eyes.

"Alright, we need his help now. Let's just take it one step at a time. I'm going to take a shower, don't peek."

"Tch, you don't actually think you're that feminine, do you? Maybe if you changed into some clothes, you could barely reach the level of my dancers."

"What? My looks are comparable to Aphrodite, the Greece goddess of beauty!"

"So it seems that the so-called Aphrodite isn't all that great after all."