"The Original Six Fairies delayed their mission for fun, and what happened in the end? Didn’t they just act tyrannically?"
"Even if you are a Paradise Fairy, born with a mission, you have the right to choose whether to fulfill it or not."
"This is your last chance; don’t just drift along anymore, silly girl."
Yes.
Up until now, Altoria has rely been drifting along.
She didn’t want to fulfill the so-called mission, nor did she want to beco the true king of prophecy, and there was no reason for her to embark on the pilgrimage journey. But simply because she didn’t know what to do or whether it was right, she lost the aning of her existence by neglecting her mission and ended up drifting along and being self-destructive.
In the beginning, when traveling with him, Altoria embraced a go-with-the-flow attitude towards the pilgrimage journey. Even now, her heart is still filled with confusion. If it weren’t for Reiger’s disappearance in Norwich, which prompted her to want to grow, to seek more power and exhaust all efforts to find Reiger, whether she would subsequently take the initiative to ring the Pilgrimage Bell in Oxford, Gloucester, and Orkney would definitely remain unknown.
Reiger never forced her to make a choice; regardless of the path she ultimately chooses, he would not oppose it.
Even if she decided to save Britain and save the fairies like Morgan instead of destroying it, Reiger wouldn’t oppose; he would just cease to assist her.
Now, the countdown for Britain and the Pan-Human History has already begun.
If Altoria continues drifting along with confusion until the end, she would genuinely lose the opportunity to decide what she truly wants to do.
In that case, after everything has settled, this fairy girl who never lived the life she desires will completely lose the aning of life.
This is not what Reiger wishes to see.
That’s why he would say this.
"As long as you truly don’t want to, if you genuinely decide to do so, I believe everyone will understand."
Reiger initially thought that by saying this, Altoria wouldn’t know how to respond and would, as usual, fall into a struggle, hesitation, confusion, and silence.
But to his surprise, Altoria turned around and stared directly at him, her eyes devoid of the usual confusion and filled with resolve instead.
"No way."
Altoria threw out this sentence.
"What?"
Reiger was montarily caught off guard and didn’t react.
"Not everyone will understand." Altoria said with great certainty: "If I did this, regardless of the disappointnt from the people of the Round Table, Noconalay would definitely co rushing to and scold harshly."
"She would think I’m avoiding."
"She would believe I’m fleeing in the face of adversity."
"She would always think I’m still that useless village girl, even though I’ve left Tintagel and rang the five Pilgrimage Bells, still unchanged from five years ago."
At this ti, the person Altoria ntioned was actually her first friend in life.
"You’re right, I indeed haven’t decided whether to fulfill the mission of a Paradise Fairy."
"If I keep walking in this state, even if I reach the end, I still won’t know what I truly want to do, will I?"
"But... there’s one thing I want to do."
Altoria’s words made Reiger raise an eyebrow.
"What is it?"
He looked towards the direction of the cathedral, with a sense of understanding.
Coincidentally or not, Altoria also looked towards the cathedral.
"I want to help Noconalay, or rather the Northern Fairies."
For the first ti, Altoria spoke with a firm tone.
"I’m not a great person, just a village girl who has lived in the countryside for years, so I can’t decisively say that Briton’s fairies are guilty and the Fairy Country isn’t worth saving."
"But now I’m certain, regardless of Briton’s fate or the fairies, it has nothing to do with the Northern Fairies where Noconalay resides."
"They are innocent, no matter Briton’s future, it should not involve them."
"Therefore, I want to help them, to let them leave Britain, to live the life they should be living."
After realizing everything and hearing the conversation between Reiger and Noconalay, Altoria thought about this throughout the night.
The matters of her mission, Briton’s future, those things she can’t comprehend temporarily, she decided not to think about them.
After setting aside these matters, the only will remaining in Altoria’s heart is to at least help Noconalay and the Northern Fairies, to let the innocents among them stay away from this Curse of Britain.
"I also want to help Fujimaru Ritsuka, Matthew, Da Vinci, to save their Pan-Human History."
This is not just because the people of Chaldea are her friends, but also because Pan-Human History is unlike the Fairy Country Britain Lostbelt as it is not an incurable world.
In that world, there are no deeply sinful fairies, no humans viewed as slaves for exploitation, no widespread bloodshed and slaughter. While there are conflicts and turmoil, there is at least a future, and discernible peace.
If such a world is destroyed, what hope remains in this world?
At the very least... a world like that needs to continue to exist for there to be hope left in this world.
In a world where happiness and peace are unseen in the Fairy Country Britain, such possibilities can be realized.
With such thoughts, akin to the desire to preserve a beautiful fantasy, Altoria genuinely wants to help the Pan-Human History, ensuring it doesn’t collapse.
Such thoughts prompted Altoria to make a decision.
"Regardless of the mission, first let’s defeat Morgan and save Pan-Human History."
At the very least, we should let Noconalay and everyone in Chaldea have a place to return to, right?
As for Britain’s and the fairies’ fate...
"I will be like Noconalay, to witness the end with my own eyes, then decide."
Altoria grasped the staff of selection, uttered her own voice.
As soon as her voice fell, the scene was imrsed in an indescribable silence.
Reiger just stared at Altoria, unable to speak for a while.
"...You are just as troubleso as ever, aren’t you."
After a long pause, Reigera shrugged, and said, seemingly unsure whether to admire or be dumbfounded.
No choice.
"In the end, even when faced with a world filled with malicious storms, you are still a soft-hearted person."
Reiger turned around and began to walk outside.
"Where are you going?"
Just as Altoria was about to retort, she saw Reiger suddenly walking outside, paused in astonishnt, and then followed in pursuit while asking.
Then, Reiger gave her an unexpected answer.
"To the lake district."
"The lake district?"
Altoria froze again.
Instinctively, she guessed which lake district Reiger was referring to.
It didn’t an the entire northern part of Britain but referred to the ruins of a clan that resided around a lake.
"You’re going to the Mirror Clan?"
Altoria blurted out.
"Why?"
Regarding this already extinct clan, Altoria’s feelings were complicated.
After all, the Mirror Clan not only made the prophecy, being the culprit that made her the child of prophecy, but they were also the ones who first found her. When faced with the disaster of extermination, they chose to return her to the sea, and that’s how she drifted to Tintagel.
Strictly speaking, Altoria was initially found not by Tintagel but by the Mirror Clan.
Just like the Rain Clan initially found Morgan, if the Mirror Clan hadn’t perished, she might have been raised there.
Moreover, there is sothing there that Altoria needs to find as well.
"The last Pilgrimage Bell, haven’t you been searching for it all along?"
Reiger continued to walk forward, leaving behind these words without turning back.
"I’ll take you to find it."
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