Otherwise, Human History wouldn’t have gotten involved.
Thinking of this, Reiger suddenly reached out his hand and mussed up Altoria’s hair.
"Hey! What are you doing!?"
Altoria’s expression lightened, and she began to dance around, her usual deanor restored.
"Nothing much, just breaking up those aningless thoughts," Reiger said, ignoring Altoria’s struggle and continued, "If you can’t figure sothing out, there’s no point dwelling on it. Just focus on what needs to be done right now."
"What needs to be done right now?"
Altoria stopped struggling.
"Let’s go." Reiger said to her, "First, let’s see what the chieftain of the Wind Clan has to say."
Altoria lowered her head, deep in thought.
"Mm!"
A mont later, the fairy girl lifted her eyes, as if she had gathered her spirits, and nodded firmly.
Only then did Reiger crack a slight smile, and he walked out of the room with Altoria.
...
The Great Hall of the Ash tree, lord’s room.
When Reiger and Altoria once again arrived there, this ti Koral, who was guarding the entrance, did not stop them, but rely glanced at them and let them pass.
Reiger and Altoria entered the lord’s room together and encountered two people there.
One of them, of course, was Aurora.
And the other person had been t by Reiger the day before.
"Yo, I’ve been waiting for you guys for a long ti, you know?"
With a smile that seed to sparkle, Fairy King Alberon greeted the two as they entered.
This king, who had only t Reiger the day before, was now sitting with Aurora, apparently in the middle of a conversation.
"Huh?"
Seeing Alberon, Altoria froze.
Then, an expression of disbelief appeared on the fairy girl’s face.
"...rlin?"
She addressed Alberon in such a way.
"rlin?" Alberon was also taken aback for a mont, pointing to his own face and asked in surprise, "Are you calling ?"
"He’s Alberon, the King of the Forest of Autumn," Aurora interjected from the side, introducing him to Altoria, "He’s quite famous in many cities, especially Salisbury. If you’ve been on a journey, you should have heard of him, right?"
The so-called Forest of Autumn was a secluded fairy forest.
It was ho to weak fairies not needed by the Fairy Country, and Alberon originated from there, proclaiming himself the king of that place.
Because all fairies in Fairy Country cherish excitent and interesting things, Alberon used to be active in various cities, sotis singing aloud, causing commotions, telling fairy tales, or reciting ballads, trying all sorts of ans to survive.
Thus, Alberon beca a widely known Fairy King who owed debts in many places, and his fa gradually spread across Britannia.
Aurora thought that Reiger and Altoria should be aware of Alberon’s existence.
Unfortunately, leaving Reiger aside, Altoria was definitely unaware of the tales about Alberon.
Being a country fairy, gossip from the big cities was quite distant for her, and even if soone in Tintagel Village had heard of him, they wouldn’t necessarily tell Altoria, who was rely seen as a tool to be sold.
Therefore, Altoria indeed did not know of Alberon’s existence.
Yet, Altoria was staring intently at Alberon, as if trying to see through sothing.
"That... "
Alberon felt a bit embarrassed being stared at by Altoria.
"Although I am indeed quite popular, don’t look at like that; I have a lover, you know? So, could you stop staring at ?"
The lover Alberon referred to was a fictional character that appeared in "A Midsumr Night’s Dream."
In that story, Fairy King Alberon has a queen nad Titania.
Though this character was fictional, whenever people spoke of Fairy King Alberon’s lover, they imdiately thought of this queen.
Alberon himself understood that his lover was a construct of fiction, and his words were rely to alleviate the awkwardness.
Altoria frowned deeply, and after staring intently at Alberon for a while, she eventually muttered.
"...Not rlin?"
Perhaps only Reiger could hear this comnt?
But Reiger gave no response, nor did he join the conversation.
"Sorry, it seems I mistook you for soone else," Altoria apologized to Alberon but still sneakily glanced at him, as though she was confirming sothing.
"Well, I don’t particularly dislike such dramatic turns of events," Alberon spread his hands and said with an indifferent smile, "An interesting encounter is a prelude to a fascinating story. I’ll look forward to rembering this mont in the future."
"You always have a way of speaking so eloquently, Alberon," Aurora chid in with a smile, adding, "If it weren’t for the situation, I’d love to hear a story from you right here and now."
"There will be plenty of chances to hear stories later," Alberon replied with a smile at Aurora, adding, "Once we defeat Morgan, I’ll definitely turn this exciting experience into a story to be told throughout all of Britannia."
"I look forward to it," Aurora nodded, then turned to Reiger and Altoria, continuing, "But before that, let’s hear your decision."
"Will you accept our assistance and join forces against Queen Morgan?"
"I personally think that this is beneficial for both sides and there’s no reason to refuse," Aurora said.
Reiger looked toward Altoria.
He wanted to hear what Altoria was thinking now.
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