Xingyue, is Xiaokai also considered Kai?

Novia, who had some basic knowledge of world development, shrugged.

"...But it's really scary."

Ash murmured, “Although I am a fairy from Paradise, everyone in Orkney is very kind to me. Orkney is warm, everyone is gentle, and there are many books, so I have a lot of time to read by myself.”

"Why does it sound like the last one is the most important?"

"I'm so sorry."

Ash lowered his head honestly.

“I’m not saying that I don’t have time to read while I’m with you, but that I can only recall books. I haven’t thought that way at all, not even once.”

Novia paused for longer than usual in response to this, before slowly speaking.

"This statement is actually like saying that this is what you think."

"No."

Ash said firmly, but then frowned as if he were very troubled, "Is this description confusing? I'm very sorry, it seems my learning is not perfect enough."

"I won't force you to do that."

"...So do you think there's anything I should or must do? You've clearly said that deep down you don't support me."

Novia silently watched as Ash rose and approached her, looking at her with a very serious expression, and then spoke:

"Yes, I don't support you in my heart, but if you insist on going down this path to the bitter end, then as your magic teacher, I have no choice but to go down this path with you to the bitter end."

"for--"

“I don’t really care about anything in this world, whether it’s the fairies or humans living here. My only purpose in coming here is you, Ash.”

Because his fairy eyes couldn't see through Novia at all, Ash suddenly realized something.

Although she is not a fairy, she is happy as long as there is one person who can always believe in her and understand her.

"But now maybe we should add Murian too. If her personality were more normal, I wouldn't have to say it so insecurely."

Novia added that this brought Ash back to his senses.

"If we were to say that in this situation there is 'only ash,' there might be tremendous progress. But I don't really want to lie, and I don't really want to do that. Whether it's true or false, this is what I think now, and this is what I'm telling you."

He raised his head, smiled at Novia of Ash again, and continued speaking without a care in the world.

"But I swear, because you are my student, even if you are not willing now, it is enough that I am willing."

Because I am your teacher, I will stay by your side; even if the world is your enemy, I am still your teacher, and I will fight alongside you; I will be with you, never leaving your side; even if one day you tire of me, please remember that I am your teacher.

These words left Ash speechless for a moment.

"Did you have any other students before...?"

"You're the fifth one."

"...So you're saying that this sentence was actually said five times?"

Ash rubbed his forehead, somewhat confused about how Novia viewed him. Was he just a normal student? Although he thought so too.

"No, I actually only said that to one student once."

Novia laughed.

"Then why did you tell me?"

What was Ash's true intention in asking this question?

Novia, who once said the same thing to Edmund when he was a student, is now saying it to Ash for the same reason, so it is easy for her to speak her true feelings now as well.

I hope you can be happy.

"understood."

Ash did not continue smiling.

She simply nodded seriously, then gently pushed up her glasses.

"I'm so glad you're my teacher."

The fairy's hand and the human's hand clasped firmly together.

As they shook hands, a subtle glint flashed in Ashina's bespectacled eyes.

So, their relationship has already progressed to that level?

Murlian's wings have been torn by the teacher, and judging from the extent of the damage, it must have happened more than once or twice...

Chapter 438 Even if the glory is lost, I will still love you.

To be fair.

For Toneriko, her initial thoughts about her 'strange feelings' for her teacher and the winged fairy Murian were the same as those of Fokin and Wuni—

Don’t understand, but respect.

Anyway, it was a matter of mutual consent, so she couldn't say much, even though it was a bit strange. After all, the Winged Fairy's personality was gentle, and it was hard to imagine a fairy who would find pleasure in this.

However, Tonelli sometimes wonders when Murlian and Novia became like this.

It seems that this has been the case ever since Murian joined. That should be the time before, when Novia sent me and either Wuni or Fokin out with the excuse that we had 'learned for so long and could be independent'.

In fact, Tonelli also secretly used magic to see what Novia was doing, but the result was the same as that of Murlian at the beginning: she thought that although her teacher was fishing, she was stupidly not putting bait in the water or letting the fish go underwater. How could she possibly catch anything like that?

Although she had subtly suggested to Fujin and Wuni that this wouldn't work, there seemed to be no response.

In fact.

The two crows understood this meaning; it was a matter of who would take the bait, but after so long, only the fairy Murian had taken the bait.

"Tonelli, why are you looking at me like that?"

Murlian's voice rang out, followed by the sound of flapping wings.

"Um……"

Tonelli frowned bitterly. "Mrlian, have you been using too much healing magic lately?"

"Why do you say that? We haven't run into many Morse lately."

Murlian rested her chin on her hand and smiled. The smile was neither sad nor lonely, nor even self-deprecating; it was purely a happy smile. Her other hand kept stroking the gold ornament around her neck.

"In short, I feel it's better to be a little more restrained. Although as long as I'm still around, it won't be bad to reply, but... it's probably not a pleasant feeling."

Tonelli sighed softly.

How could she possibly say that? A few days ago, when she held her teacher's hand, she noticed traces of the healing potion she had secretly prepared for Murian. According to Murian, it was to maintain her wings. So, it seems she only said that to create the sensation of her wings being torn apart...

The blonde girl glanced at Murlian's neck and the rope in her pocket.

Sigh, she remembered that Murlian didn't have this gold ornament around her neck at first; she only put it on after the color became too obvious.

Tonelli turned her head away again; she didn't dare to imagine what might happen if the ornament accidentally fell to the ground, and there might be some strange words or something on the back.

Although these might just be fantasies, the fairy in the paradise couldn't stop thinking.

No, teacher, did you secretly tell Murlian some strange fairy tale behind my back? But no matter how I think about it, this seems to go beyond the realm of fairy tales...

"To be honest, I've been here for a year or two now."

Novia, who was at the center of the conversation, spoke up, "Shouldn't we change the subject now?"

"Hmm...indeed, we stayed a bit too long."

Tonelli nodded.

Now that Novia is with her, she no longer needs to be hunted down and persecuted after saving fairies, and she no longer has to comfort herself by saying she's 'replenishing her magic' and choose a place to hide in a 'complete corpse' state to secretly sleep, so that other fairies will think that she will be the next generation when she appears next time.

However, I am aware of the fairies' situation, and therefore know that it is better to change locations from time to time.

"Long? It's only been two years."

"I'm a little confused," Murlian asked.

Indeed, this amount of time is very short for fairies, so short that they don't even feel the passage of time.

But suddenly, another question occurred to Murlian: was Novia human? It seemed that humans on human ranches typically lived to around thirty years old. Could this guy be like that too? He was undeniably powerful, but what if he was…?

Ultimately, since humans are creatures that will die at any time, why do we even live?

Since it will eventually disappear, why continue to exist?

The little fairy's mind was once again filled with the things she had already done.

You can strangle someone with your hands or a rope, or tear their wings—what else can you do?

How do the fairies treat humans as servants? Do they whip them? Or do they repeatedly immerse their heads in water, making it difficult for them to breathe? Or do they verbally reprimand them and drip hot liquid on them while their eyes are covered?

It doesn't feel enough; I need to endure more violence, otherwise I won't be able to blur the lines.

This is not a lie.

Murlian genuinely wants to blur the lines of her inner emotions.

Rather than her aversion to her lovers, she preferred to accept her aversion to the strong, because aversion to humans was Murlian's instinct, a deeply ingrained and unchangeable nature. In other words, the more she liked humans, the more she would involuntarily feel aversion to them—it was this twisted nature.

Of course, Murlian wouldn't admit that she could have such feelings for humans, because it would conflict with her purpose.

Rather than saying she enjoyed being treated this way by Novia, it was actually to obscure her feelings of disgust. Simply put, she wanted to obscure her own feelings so that she would believe that her disgust was directed at a powerful person who only knew how to inflict violence, rather than at someone she liked.

That's why she craved even more violence from Novia.

Because she was irreplaceable, she could never admit it or say it aloud.

Murlian gently closed her eyes and exhaled a breath of stale air. In any case, she couldn't force a conclusion about something that hadn't happened yet.

"After thinking about it, it does seem quite long."

"After all, my teacher and I met you, Murian, here..."

Tonelli paused. "So, where do we go next, teacher?"

"Of course, it's the same as before, just wander around. But it should be the Fang Clan's place? But before that, let me take you somewhere first, although it's mainly for me to go."

Novia pointed to a spot with her finger, while patting Murian's shoulder with her other hand to soothe her.

"Because in the Dark Swamp in the north, there lives a fairy I know...."

……

Swamp of Darkness.

In the fairy kingdom of Britain, Albion's left hand was given intelligence by Aurora of the Wind Clan, thus becoming the dwelling place of fairies.

If Novia were to give her heart to the remains of Albion in this place, perhaps Albion of the Fairy Kingdom would be resurrected.

However, that wasn't why he came; he simply hoped that she in this world could finally rest.

"Albion, this is the first time I've seen you like this, even though you are actually from another world."

Slowly stepping into the dark, deathly swamp, Novia reached down with her hands.

"But it's the same as always, none of them were able to return. This time, even their souls have been suffering. At least she was just lonely. Of course, I'm just talking without understanding the situation."

These words sounded like she was angry, but a smile appeared on Novia's face.

The surroundings were quiet. Toneric and Murlian, who were on the shore, could not hear Novia's voice. They could only watch Novia do this. The stinking swamp was ugly and disgusting, and it seemed that it could make people feel disgusted at any time. It was probably rare for a fairy to dare to enter this place.

Especially those enormous, terrifying, and massive remains that remain within them.

However, to the two fairies, the silver-haired youth's piercing gaze seemed utterly incongruous in the context of the scene.

"What are they looking for?"

Murlian whispered.

"Could it be that the fairy Novia mentioned died in here?"

Tonelli turned his face away and didn't respond immediately.

She felt somewhat sorry for her teacher, because she and Novia had actually passed through this place after the destruction of the Rain Clan and their arrival in Britain. However, at that time, she was still in a very bad mood because of the deaths of her adoptive parents and friends, and she ignored Novia, remaining completely silent.

Now, according to Novia, before he met her and Murlian, there was another very important fairy who seemed to have perished here...

Have teachers ever had similar experiences? The fairy in the paradise wondered.

Therefore, Tonelli's eyes at this moment revealed a hint of loneliness.