Chapter 63 Fountain of Light (1)

That moment, the fight against the human army and the fairies stopped for a moment and the fairies return hurriedly towards the center of fountain of light.

Lilywhat is that sham-fairy creature doing?

The leader of the fairies of the fountain of light takes the lead of other fairies and flies off.

Unlike Lily those fairies are from the real fairy tribe and can fly with the two pair of wings on their back.

The sight of the light orbs flying through the trees and flowers of forest is so beautiful that even the people from this world with magic will also be deeply moved.

However, the true feelings of the the fairies themselves are worrying due to an emergency situation and their chest is about to burst from fright and anxiety.

Just a little more

After passing through the forest, the fairies rush out towards the small fountain present in front of them.

This small fountain is the so-called Fountain of Light

Although the name has Of Light, in truth it is not radiating due to some effect from magic.

It is only sparkling due to the sunlight from the sky shining on the water surface. Too natural for such a majestic name.

But, in the vicinity of the fountain is thick density of magical power, so much that even a non-magician can sense it.

Due to that, this place that is located in the inner side of forest with a small fountain; it is truly a holy place with mystical feeling that can be felt through the mind and body.

And, standing in the middle of that fountain was her.

Lily!

In a really hateful voice, the leader of fairies called her name.

Lily has a body unbecoming of a fairy, in addition to it she is wearing clothes like a person, the black dress Kurono gave her, looking at her like that she gets angry.

What are you doing here! You should know the situation right now!?

Normally, she should have been fighting against the humans who were trying to invade here. She without a doubt emits hostility towards Lily floating elegantly in the center of fountain.

That is definitely not something to point towards the person she will fight together with.

Even though Lily is half magic beast, she also possess the fairies Telepathy ability, therefore Lily must have felt the animosity flowing from her and the surrounding fairies.

But Lily answers with a nonchalant face.

Yes, its tough, the human bastards came attacking her in groups. I wonder will happen if they come her-

Dont speak anymore than that! There are somethings you can say and you cant say!

This lands divine protection would be lost even for fairies it was hard to forgive her for saying such a thing.

Really, well whatever. Can you turn those humans back with just your forces?

Th, That is

They have considerable amount of magicians prepared, and it doesnt seem like the other party is not accustomed to fights. You cant send them back in fear with just single shots, can you?

I know that much!

Un, you know right without me you will LOSE

Lily words hit right at spot.

Though the fairies are blessed low in the mind department and they only play all the time, but even they have the intellect to judge to that degree.

Tha, Thats rightLily, I admit that we dont stand a chance against those numbers of humans without you.

Un, so what?

Lily grins, though it was without any ill intention, its enough to get the leader in a rage.

What do you mean so what!? The fountain of light is in danger! So hurry up and fight against those annoying human bastards!

Eeeh~ what is with that sort of speaking? I doubt its the way to request to someone? Thats why you cant make a living out of township shrine meeting.

Wha-

The fairies are at a loss of words.

What the hell are ya sayin!? You an idiot to speak such sick jokes at a time like this! Hurry and fight, protect this place!

Youre annoying, shut up for a bit. Calm down and think how you fairies expelled me out of here when I was born. This might be a birthplace and holy ground to you but it aint of much importance to me.

What are you saying, isnt the holy ground an absolute thing for fairies, are you really thinking about it!?

for the fairies right. The ones who expelled me saying Youre no damn fairy are you guys, right?

That is

Aa, well I dont give a shit about it. Its not like I have a complex for not being a pure fairy and Im not even thinking about becoming one. Its just that the half-human half-demon race me has different sense of values than you fairies

Lily once again smiles.

And dont you think that when asking people you have say PLEASE with your whole heart?

Wha, What areplease you say?

Thats right, isnt that important, I also dont want to fight for you guys like its natural. Look, it will be better if you bow your head fast, the humans are near, right?

The current Lily is in an advantage position and can sense the magical power of the Crusader in a considerable scope.

Even though it cant be seen with naked eyes, but Lily can sense them shortening their distance towards the spring while being precautious.

Though the fairies dont have the sensing ability on par with Lily but given the current situation they cant say that her words are lies.

Normally, the fairies who dont do much thinking, start racking their brains.

They are racking their brains between the choices of not bowing before a sham-fairy due to their ego or bow their head and save their birthplace, the fountain of light.

Its obvious what is more important here, but the problem was bowing their heads to someone who was neither human nor fairy.

After a moment of silence, the fairies finally speak.

ase

Eh, Wha~t?

Lily without changing her smiling face speaks in a lively voice.

Please

I cant hear clearly.

I request you. please save the fountain of light!

The sadness-filled voice of fairies, echoes within the fountain of light.

Lily after hearing that, replies with a bigger smile from before.

Ufufu, Dont want to

In an instant, silence spreads as if the the time has frozen.

The leader of fairies, speaks with her face down and shoulder quivering.

H,Ho, How can

I just said it, that this place aint of importance to me.

Tha, Thats why we requested you, properly

Un, but I never said I would fight even if you requested me.

Lily didnt break her smile, in her eyes the happiness was overflowing.

I will definitely not fight to protect this place, thats why, give up already~

Upon the colds words by Lily, the fairies finally understood her true nature.

Wa, wait, how can you

I dont care even if we wipe out we will fight or so if youre thinking you free to do so, I wont stop you.

Wait!? Please, Im sorry for everything! Please fight, PLEASE!!

Without any shame and honor, the crying fairy clapped her hands as if to kill some insect.

The fairies of the fountain of light gathered here can only choose between either asking Lily for help or break down while crying.

After watching such expressions for some time, Lily speaks.

Ah, right, youre gonna be destroyed at any rate, so Im gonna take the Red Crystal Sphere Queen Beryl for myself as well, kay?

The moment after hearing those words, the time for fairies once again stopped.

The Queen Beryl Lily declared to take, is the reason the fountain of light is full of magical power and its the source of divine protection deployed on this land by Fairy Queens divine protection. It is a magic item, no, an artifact.

The Queen Beryl is enshrined at the bottom of fountain in an altar.

Thats why, from that center the protection spreads in concentric circles and there is abundance of magical power in the surrounding area.

However, its not like if you place this Queen Beryl anywhere, it will make that place into a holy ground where fairies are born.

Unless there is Ley Line filled with magical power flowing under the ground along with other magic-like conditions in union, the holy ground wont be made, and without the complicated magic equation used by God the effect of holy ground wont be started.

In short, whether it be human or fairy, if they take the Queen Beryl from the altar, the complicated magic casted will stop and the holy ground will be destroyed.

If that happens, the magical power in the surroundings will eventually vanish and the fountain will turn into a natural fountain found at any place.

In other words, the fact she declared to take the Queen Beryl for herself, meant that she was going to destroy the holy ground by her hands, like throwing off the request from before.

Lily! Have you gone mad!?

Dont speak such rude things. The Queen Beryl is the perfect artifact for me to draw out magical power, isnt it normal for me to take it if its gonna help me in future?

Queen Beryl is not naturally the main item needed for the development of holy ground, but its just the key item that is needed.

If just the fairy queen hadnt used it in creation of holy ground, it worth is only for its vast amount of magical power that resides in it.

Naturally, just because of that it is named as artifact, but it is something very important within this world.

I wont let you do that!

All the fairies at once deploy the Oracle Shield and emit bloodlust towards Lily.

On the order of the leader, the several hundred elementary level Sagita will attack the slender Lily.

Naturally, Lily doesnt even twitch while knowing it and speaks to the the fairies easily.

Do you guys think you can win against me?

Lilys two pair of wings on her back start flickering, and she deploys her oracle shield.

Her barrier is more powerful and more bright than the barrier deployed by any other fairy, the difference in levels is obvious.

Do you guys really think, you can stop me?

Just like when Kurono uses the Bullet Arts, Lily suspends many white bullets in her surroundings.

These each white bullets, have the explosion power to blast off the fairies along with their shields.

Lily makes the exact number of white bullets as of the number of fairies present here.

You see, I hate this place, I hate you all too. Thats why I will try to wipe out everything using this opportunity. But if you try to escape from here throwing away your pride and self-respect, I wont chase you and wont even shoot you from the back. Because you all also didnt meddle with me when I left here, so I will also give you all that much of mercy.

All the fairies start trembling.

Lily is serious, they cant persuade her here, and have no means of stopping the humans coming after them.

They cannot protect the holy ground anymore.

All that left is, whether they will live or die.

The reason I have been honestly protecting this place from monsters and letting you all live was because I wanted it.

When Lily is away from the fountain she changes to the little girl form, and the resentment she had felt in her original form is vanished, even if it is not, the little Lilys brain is not capable of thinking such complex emotions, otherwise she would be afraid of the cruel end the revenge would bring and had never gotten revenge on them.

However, if she had gone to fountain of light on the night of full moon, she couldve massacred the fairies and destroyed the holy ground. In the end, she never did such thing and never thought to do it.

Ah, dont get wrong ideas, Im just penting out my frustration of being expelled out of here. There isnt any deep meaning behind the act itself and will neither have any in my lifetime. The only times I thought to protect this place and protect you people is only when Im a child. The point is, that instead of making problems with you guys it was whole lot easier to not make any problems for you. But you see-

While speaking such, the fairies who couldnt who couldnt read Lilys emotions till now due to a strong Mind Protect casted on her, suddenly broke and the emotions flowed into the fairies.

I, have got a person I love now. [ET: NOOOO~~~ my Lily!!!!]

That feeling had the image something hot, passionate and adhesion like.

Those emotions were like a slimey hot lava like feeling pouring inside the fairies.

Sure enough, the fairies gave thought to these feelings, and neither one of them thought that it was a pure hearted love struck heart feeling

Since that person came, my sense of values changed, priorities changed, my world changed. You know my everyday became fun-

..That human

The leader of fairies standing in front of Lily mutters.

When she recalls, she remember a filthy looking man stuffed inside an apple box fell from the sky inside the forest.

Ah, now that I think about it, you were also there when I met Kurono. Ufufu, you now know the person I love, au, Im so embarrassed.

The appearance of Lily, hiding her blushed face and swinging her head, cant look anything other than a love struck young girl.

And it is not the appearance the one would show who is trying to wipe out the fairies life and birthplace.

Due to the really out-of-place actions, the fairies can only feel weird.

I and Kurono, will live forever and ever with each other. That was the plan but looks like some bugs interfered. You fairies who live away from the the society probably wont know, that the human bastards that are coming here are the invaders known as Crusaders and have come from different continent. Being chased to the place I live, I also have the same feeling as you people. And, Kurono hates those human bastards in white uniform to death, he will definitely kill many of them. Ufufufu so coool~~.

Lilywhat are you trying to say.

Mixing up serious matter and the matter of the person she loves,the topic of Lilys talk is derailed.

The fairies understand it without even wanting to, that, the Lily who has become in the young girl form can do logical reasoning but is not able to because she is infatuated with the man named as Kurono to a hell lot of extent.

Ah, ehm, In short, the reason Im taking the Queen Beryl is because it will help me in future, that is something Ive decided by thinking about the future of Kurono and mine. First of all, by the hands of Crusaders the Irz village, no, the whole territory of Daedalus will be occupied. But the Crusaders wont be satisfied with that, and will try to conquer the whole Pandora continent. Those bastards have come here to offer the Pandora continent to their so-called god White God just because he wanted it. From now on, no matter where we run, we will eventually run into them , at that time the thing called my power is important, right? You see I will protect Kurono with this power until he massacres the Crusaders, only I will protect him!

The fairies gave up speaking even a