Xingyue, is Xiaokai also considered Kai?

"Perhaps I came at the wrong time, but things have come to this point. All I can say is that your troubles are normal. No one can help but imagine 'what ifs,' and no one can deny the possibility that things might have gone more smoothly if they were more capable or more despicable. However, things have already developed this way, and we have no choice but to accept the fact that things have developed this way."

He asked slowly, word by word.

"Can you accept that even if you haven't done anything wrong, you still have to accept that the deceased's death is your responsibility?"

Ash did not answer immediately.

The main reason is that anyone would be taken aback if a stranger suddenly appeared and questioned them with such a strong attitude.

However, after just a few seconds, the girl, having regained her senses, quietly nodded.

"I'll take it—"

"Yes, I don't think you have to accept it."

Novia narrowed her eyes, and with a sigh tinged with sadness, continued, "That must be it."

However, Ash ignored him and stubbornly continued speaking his unfinished words.

"I accept."

For Ash, who has not yet become queen and reigns over fairy Britain, the fairies she loves, the entire Rain Clan, have already passed away, and she is carrying their wishes and her own responsibilities as she moves towards tomorrow.

It was the kindness of the Rain Clan that led her to become a kind girl as well. However, this kindness was also a shackle. It was the kindness of the Rain Clan that made Ash explore whether there was a way to prevent Britain from ending, to give Britain a new beginning, and to save the fairies tormented by guilt.

Although the Rain Clan has now been wiped out by other clans who are afraid of being punished, this wish still lies dormant in their hearts.

This led to a cycle in which, for the next thousand years, while traveling in Britain under the alias Tonelli, he would suppress calamities and then fall into a deep sleep to prevent being killed by fairies. As a result, he gradually became only interested in maintaining Britain and no longer wanted to save fairies or protect humanity.

“Once you accept it, you have to be prepared to be a king. That’s a problem. It’s not easy to teach someone, especially in this world.”

Novia didn't rush to refute, but simply led the conversation quietly.

"This world lacks a visible, revelatory order, a magnetic force that binds and integrates living beings, and therefore cannot be born. Consequently, everyone chooses a self-serving way of survival. Whether good or evil, everyone prioritizes and acts upon their instinctive desires. No matter how good a person is, they will naturally harm others, and no matter how evil a person is, they will sacrifice themselves for what they love. In this vast population, it is almost unimaginable that anyone with altruistic beliefs exists..."

Beautiful, twisted, and naive are the characteristics of most fairies. They also lack social skills because, as time went on, they were not only unable to defeat the northern fairies who had been wiped out, but they could not even defeat the humans who had been kept in captivity for a long time. As intelligent beings, such a society is obviously extremely inadequate.

After all, neither of these wars involved a technological advantage, unlike the differences between Spain and the Aztec Empire.

Sociality is the manifestation of consciousness in social animals, meaning that the survival ability of individuals within a society far exceeds that of individuals outside of society.

Altruism equals zero; giving people poisonous alcohol every day shouldn't count.

With their cooperative nature, they could still join forces to wipe out the Rain Clan.

Dependency is also almost zero.

Their sense of self-discipline is utterly lacking.

Fairies lack sociality, so they have been unable to write philosophical texts or build local cultures over thousands of years. Therefore, they are destined to lose all self-interest and face destruction. Although fairies, who have no pressure to survive or desire to continue, have no reason to generate and abide by these rules set by humans.

However, Novia is currently holding back her desire to wipe them all out.

"What do you mean?"

"To put it simply, I don't think you need to do this, but since you're so insistent, I can only agree on the surface but disagree in my heart."

"...What kind of human are you? Do we...know each other?"

Ash asked quietly, as intense killing intent and hostility once again filled Novia's surroundings.

The fact that they specifically mentioned humans is quite telling; they are questioning what stance you're taking in saying this, which is utterly absurd.

If the fairies of Paradise and the wielder of the Holy Sword were to truly clash head-on, that alone could make Paradise itself feel uneasy.

"If you're asking about the origin, I've already told you."

Novia told her.

"As for stance, that depends on how you interpret it?"

"understand?"

"Teacher and student, although my understanding of magic is only average, and my talent is probably not as good as yours, I still stand by your side..."

Ash fell silent upon hearing this, having understood its meaning.

She had thought that, at least for a short time, this strange human would conceal his true intentions and purpose. But instead, he claimed to be a human who had come to be her teacher. It felt really strange. Did this person really have that kind of ability?

Now, after carefully looking at the silver-haired human in front of him, Ash realized that he had also become a miserable, drenched chicken, just like himself.

Therefore, a look of confusion appeared in Ash's already dim eyes as he stared at Novia.

"If someone suddenly appears under these circumstances and volunteers to be someone else's teacher, putting aside any other reasons, I would be very troubled if I thought such a strange claim could work for me! Therefore, I reject this claim and will not agree with it. Please leave."

"But I refuse."

Novia paused for a moment, then said, "Although you are not my student now, since the commission has been accepted, the other party can only regard you as a student. Even if this makes you hate me, there is nothing I can do about it."

Ugh... why is this person like this? Can't they stop being so stubborn and inflexible?

When the blonde girl was speechless at Novia's words, she gritted her teeth in frustration and covered her eyes with her arm as if to express her dissatisfaction. Novia then seemed to remember something and continued speaking.

"Oh, right, there's one more thing I forgot to tell you."

"……what?"

“Ash.”

He said so.

"If we don't run now, it'll be bad if we run into a fairy."

Upon hearing this, Ash paused for a moment, then resumed running.

However, unlike before when she ran away alone, this time Novia was there to accompany her. If Ash could look at the night sky, she should be able to see that stars also appeared around that lonely star.

Meanwhile, Novia wasn't idle either; she began introducing herself.

"Let me introduce myself first. I am a teacher commissioned by the God of Wisdom, who hung upside down on the World Tree for seven days, to teach you magic. Yes, that's right, and also a commission from Paradise..."

Perhaps because Ash, while running, was displaying an indifferent attitude that said 'you can say whatever you want, I won't listen to a single word,' Novia deliberately cleared her throat.

"Novia the Sage, who led Vivian to Oniks."

Chapter 436 The Fairy Kingdom's Western Ice Warehouse Gift Package.

If you simply walk into any human ranch, the people who are all very similar will shake their heads as if waiting for the fairies to buy them.

Because the Winged Clan is relatively gentle by nature, the human pastures there are quite large, unlike other clans that confine them to one place or let them roam freely in a city. However, the personalities of these humans are all very similar, and they seem to have little difference.

Of course, these are all distant memories of Murlian, the winged fairy who lives alone in the deep mountains far from the city.

She wasn't particularly interested in humans because they were too boring. She felt there was no need to communicate with them, including her fellow humans. After a while, she found it all meaningless, so she came to live in the mountains to make it easier for her to read books.

This Murlian, if everything had gone according to plan, might have been the last survivor of the Winged Clan's massacre by the Fang Clan thousands of years later, or perhaps its predecessor. In any case, there was indeed such a fairy around four thousand years into the Fairy Era.

Recently, this fairy saw a human, not because she was observing him intentionally, but because she saw him by chance.

After all, it's normal for a human being to fish by the river, but it's very abnormal to be fishing without bait and without going underwater.

When she first saw him, Murlian thought he was some kind of foolish human and glanced at him before leaving. However, since she had seen him several times over the past few months, she became interested again. When she went up to mock him, before the human could even speak, the white raven on his shoulder opened its mouth.

"Get out of here and stop bothering me."

This surprised Murlian, who never expected that the raven could talk.

At first glance, she thought it was a special kind of fairy, and this strange human was its servant.

But after casually exchanging a few words with this human while holding these thoughts, her opinion of him changed drastically. He was completely different from the humans on the ranch, and at least the conversation was quite interesting, even though she couldn't understand some of his words.

After all, divine pronouncements, though incomprehensible, are subtly interesting, at least something I've never heard of before.

And in the gentle human voice, one can sense something very warm, and be drawn in by this light and airy atmosphere, which is why one becomes interested.

After thinking about it for a few days, she decided to make a purchase request to the human's owner, the crow.

"Hey, human, I want to buy you from your master."

She remained in a dazed state of excitement, staring directly at the silver-haired human and the raven on his shoulder... Strange? Why is everything black today?

An inner impulse made the little fairy suppress her desires, take her back to her dwelling place, and then use the Fairy Domain Insect Space on her.

My powerful self reached out and wrapped my arms around his shoulders from behind, holding him tightly. With fingertips filled with mystery and wonder, gentleness and tenderness, I caressed and touched him, being careful not to break him, hurt him, or toy with him.

But if you really break it, you can just repeat the process.

Seemingly aware of her thoughts, the silver-haired youth glanced lightly at the excited fairy girl.

In fact, this human was Novia, who brought Tonellico to the British mainland. It had been a year or two since they arrived. During this time, he taught Tonellico the magic of Mo and watched her suppress the calamities in the fairy village.

The ravens on Novia's shoulders are Odin's two, Fokin and Wuni. They appeared when Novia appeared at the World Tree in Orkney and even provided some assistance to Novia in finding Ash.

"...Wh-what? You want to buy my master?"

The black raven, Wuni, stared incredulously at the excited, unknown fairy.

What nonsense is this guy spouting? He's only been in Fokin's place for a few days, how did this happen? The master only ever reads the Bible to the fairies...

At the same time, upon hearing the crow call out "Master," even the excited Murian subconsciously frowned.

...Master? No, who exactly is this human's master—

Just then, a white raven that Murian recognized flew out of the nearby dense forest, landed directly on Novia's shoulder, and spoke to Murian:

"You little vixen, how many guts do you have or how many lives do you have? How dare you speak to my master like that? Are you some kind of mass-produced bastard?"

"Hey, it's Fujin, you—"

Just as the black raven was about to speak as usual, it was unexpectedly kicked by Foggin's two claws.

"You piece of trash, how dare you allow such scum to openly provoke the master? Odin has been giving you a good face, hasn't he? You've only been here a few days, and these bastards have already dared to take advantage of you?"

"No, I'm so sorry, it definitely won't happen again..."

Wuni fluttered its wings timidly, and at first glance, it looked as if it were kneeling on my shoulder in a very human way, making a gesture of forgiveness.

"A next time? Believe me or not, I'll send you to eat with that drooling Nighold right now!"

"Please don't treat me like this. Nighold's tone is too arrogant; I simply cannot accept it..."

Fokin and Wuni, the ravens originally raised by Odin, are quite a pair. Although they are currently strong-willed Fokin and weak-willed Wuni, once Novia takes them to do what is commonplace in Britain, the ravens will soon be replaced.

"Alright, Foggin, what did those goblins do to Tonelli this time?"

Upon hearing Novia's words, the white raven Fokin coughed twice, fluttered to the other shoulder, and began to answer earnestly.

"That's right, sir. Miss Tonerico is still the same as ever. After dealing with that disaster for those damned goblins—those furballs whose flesh and souls I wish I could sew their rotten eyes and stinking mouths completely shut—they're still all the same, throwing stones at Miss Tonerico—"

At this point, Fujin continued, beaming with pride.

"However, thanks to my efforts, those damned vixens did not succeed. But given Miss Tonerico's personality, as you know, sir, these bastards, besides throwing stones, also intended to imprison, stab, behead, put her in a water dungeon, burn her at the stake, and so on. And Miss Tonerico saw through it, after all, she has the eyes of a vixen..."

As Fujin continued speaking, his tone became increasingly harsh.

"He's even more deserving of a beating than that stinky squirrel Ratatosk who talks nonsense all day long. At least that guy wouldn't treat his benefactor like that."

"Toneri will probably be practicing her magic again in a huff, thinking she must work harder next time. I've told her so many times not to carry the Rain Clan's wishes, but I don't know when she'll listen. Luckily, I've also taught her some black magic, so it's not a bad thing for her to come and relieve stress."

Novia rested one hand on her chin, as if striking a pose, while the two crows on her shoulders flapped their wings in a similar manner.

"By the way, doesn't that village even have a single fairy who admires Tonelli, or is forced by pressure but still unwilling to do so deep down?"

"Absolutely not."

Fu Jin shook his head. "My lord, it's practically impossible to find a fairy like the one you described. Even if I tortured them all, I would still feel like I was dirtying my hands."

Novia didn't say much about this, only stating:

"Fokine, Wuni, it's time to go. The time has come to crush 'them'."

"Hehe, sir, this time I will definitely try my best to make up for my previous behavior and make you very happy!"

The black raven, Wuni, smiled in a chilling tone, completely different from when she was being beaten and scolded by Fujin earlier. At this moment, Fujin dared not say another word. After all, it was Wuni who did the work of killing the demons; she herself was not that efficient, being a pure intelligence agent.

"...Um, aren't you taking me with you?"

Although, according to Murlian's understanding and her ability to put herself in others' shoes, she should not have let herself off easily in this situation.

But... why did they ignore me?

Upon hearing this, Novia turned around, her back to the sun, and smiled with an unreadable expression in the shadows of the dense forest.

"I know you'll catch up."

"I do not understand what you mean."