Ti passed swiftly.
In the blink of an eye, Riezel had already spent about a month in the Year 400 of the Fairy Calendar.
During this month, Riezel continued as before, traveling across Britain with Aesc as if nothing had happened at the Great Pit that day, roaming freely across the land.
Many things, naturally, occurred during this period.
At tis, Riezel would explore dangerous ruins and ancient sites with Aesc, searching for all kinds of old records.
At other tis, Riezel would join Totorot and Black Knight to hunt the Moss and eliminate the curses threatening Britain.
Sotis, they were ambushed by fairies who opposed Uther becoming king.
Other tis, they took the initiative to wipe out vicious magical beasts to collect various materials or treasures.
All these were things Riezel and Aesc had done together in this one month, yet it felt as though nothing had truly changed.
Perhaps the only difference was that Aesc now seed far less guarded than before, speaking much more than she once did. When Totorot and Black Knight were around, things remained as usual, but in their absence, she would often seek Riezel out on her own to chat with him.
Sotis, Aesc would even find Riezel late at night for a long talk until dawn, though the topics were never anything important, just trivial matters.
She never asked Riezel about what would happen in the future, but she would ask about his past adventures and stories.
She never asked about the secrets of Riezel, but she would ask about his likes, his daily life, and what sort of people were on his side.
In addition, though rarely, Aesc had ntioned a few tis what her life had been like back in Orkney.
Whenever she talked about those things, Aesc would always show a genuine smile rarely seen on her face, which Riezel would watch for a long ti, yet say nothing.
It was also worth ntioning that Aesc had discussed magecraft with Riezel and showed quite a bit of interest in the magic system he used.
To delve deeper into magecraft, Aesc had even suggested sparring with Riezel, and the two had trained together several tis.
It had to be said that Aesc was truly powerful.
As a savior who had traveled across Britain for 3600 years, her strength could rival that of any Fairy Knight Riezel knew—not like Baobhan Sith, the disgrace of the Fairy Knights, but on par with figures such as Gawain and Lancelot.
Because of this, Riezel had more than once lost himself in their matches, and both of them ended up with more than a few bruises and scrapes.
Living like this, on the surface, it seed as though nothing had changed between the two of them, but in truth, the distance between their hearts was always shifting.
They grew closer and closer.
Their guard around each other grew lower and lower.
In this way, Riezel spent more than a month in the Year 400 of the Fairy Calendar.
On this day, the ti for him to leave had finally arrived.
"I’m leaving."
While Totorot and Black Knight were out scouting, Riezel suddenly spoke these words as he and Aesc walked together.
Upon hearing Riezel’s words, Aesc was not surprised at all.
"I knew it. You weren’t in any rush to find a way back, so you must have already figured sothing out." Aesc stopped and smiled slightly at Riezel. "Have you finished what you needed to do?"
She was asking about the matter Riezel had said he needed to take care of in this era.
Riezel had already ntioned that he had sothing to do in this ti period, which was why he had not been in a hurry to leave.
Now, since Riezel brought up leaving, it ant that the matter was settled.
However, Riezel did not explain and simply looked at the fairy girl before him, softly smiling, though he felt especially conflicted inside.
Thinking of all that had happened over this month, Riezel realized that he and this fairy girl had unknowingly ford a subtle relationship.
To say they were close was not quite right, as nothing truly intimate had happened between them, yet to say they were distant was also wrong, for they could talk together all night.
Sotis, when chatting with Aesc, Riezel even felt as if he were speaking with Yuri—it was unexpectedly comfortable and natural.
In such a situation, the answer he had co to this era to find seed already within his grasp.
He wanted to know why Morgan wished to marry him, why she desired to enter such a bond.
And now...
"...We’ll et again in the future."
After a mont of silence, Riezel said farewell to Aesc.
"Yeah..."
Aesc nodded lightly, showing no sadness or sorrow, as if she had already expected this.
"Finally, let tell you my true na."
Aesc spoke while glancing at the sky.
"When I was in Orkney, everyone called Viviane."
"Aesc was the na I took after leaving Orkney, when I decided to live on as a savior."
"My true na is Morgan le Fay."
Aesc—or rather, Morgan—looked at Riezel with a familiar smile.
It was the smile of a witch—sowhat cold, yet filled with longing.
"Don’t forget, all right? My future husband."
Leaving these words behind, Morgan left first.
"We’ll et again in the future..."
Riezel watched as Morgan walked away and whispered after her figure had vanished.
With that, Riezel slowly walked off in another direction.
And so, the two went their separate ways, not to et again until thousands of years later.
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[Warning, the ti limit has reached zero—dinsional travel is about to conclude.]
[Initiating inspection...]
[User is detected possessing unique powers from this world—they will return with the user after dissolving the consciousness body.]
[User is detected carrying unique items from this world—if you wish to bring them, it can be accomplished by consuming dinsional energy.]
[A list of unique items has been compiled—please proceed with your selection.]
[1: Morgan’s Ring]
[2: Spirit Origin Exoskeleton - Ortinax]
[3: Conceptual Weapon - Black Barrel]
[4: ...]
Looking at the item list, Riezel was montarily stunned.
’Spirit Origin Exoskeleton, Ortinax?’
’Conceptual Weapon, Black Barrel?’
’What’s this?’
Riezel did not react imdiately.
Only after a mont did he rember.
’Oh, right, these were the things Mash dropped when she fell into the sea and lost her mory.’
At that ti, while Mash was in a state of amnesia, she had told Riezel that she seed to have lost sothing important and needed to find it.
As a result, Riezel had plunged into the sea, searching for a long ti before finally retrieving the things Mash had lost—a set of equipnt.
Thinking back on this set of equipnt, Riezel could not help but feel a little amazed.
’Setting aside Ortinax, isn’t Black Barrel actually even more valuable than the ring Morgan gave ?’
Needless to say, the value of this armant was on par with World Items like the Caloric Stone—it truly lived up to being Chaldea’s trump card.
At this thought, Riezel found himself lost in contemplation.
He had no intention of taking Ortinax or Black Barrel with him, for a simple reason: they would be useless to him.
These armants had been specially designed for Mash, and only she could fully unleash their true power. Even if soone else used them, they would either be ineffective or greatly diminished in power.
Especially Black Barrel, which even required Ritsuka’s cooperation to bring out its full might. Mash alone would not be able to fully utilize it either.
Taking these two armants with him would not only be pointless but would also waste dinsional energy.
As for the rest of the items, aside from Morgan’s Ring, which was necessary to take, the others were rely supplies he had bought in Salisbury at the ti, and there was likewise no need to waste dinsional energy assimilating them.
Therefore, the only item Riezel truly needed to assimilate was Morgan’s Ring.
As for Black Barrel and Ortinax...
’These two things should just stay in this world.’
After making this decision, Riezel used Gate and arrived at a stretch of shoreline that had fallen into ruin.
It was the very place where he had been sent to this era by Morgan’s Water Mirror—the place where Norwich would be.
Riezel intended to bury the two armants here and, once he returned to this world in the future, co back and retrieve them.
"Over Magic - Preservation."
After taking out the two armants, Riezel first cast a preservation magic on them, and even elevated it to the highest—10th Tier Magic Preservation—to prevent these two pieces of equipnt from decaying after more than two thousand years.
Next, Riezel perford several more magic spells, both to conceal the two armants and to add protective asures. Otherwise, in the future, they could easily be discovered by the fairies of Britain and be lost.
Once all this was done, Riezel then used earth-attribute magic to sink the two sealed armants deep underground—several thousand ters below the surface.
’Now, nothing can go wrong.’
Dusting off his hands, Riezel checked his current dinsional energy.
[Dinsional Energy: 367]
Before entering this Lostbelt, Riezel had a total of 337 units of dinsional energy left.
Afterward, Riezel spent 30 units of dinsional energy to assimilate the Hero Clan’s treasure that Lizbeth had entrusted to him, and then, to initiate dinsional travel and arrive in this Lostbelt, he spent another 30 units of dinsional energy.
In conclusion, before entering this Lostbelt, Riezel had 277 units of dinsional energy left, less than 300 units. But after staying in this world for 90 days, he had accumulated another 90 units of dinsional energy.
As a result, Riezel now possessed 367 units of dinsional energy, just 30 units more than before the dinsional travel.
At this mont, Riezel chose to assimilate Morgan’s Ring and discarded all the other items.
[Dinsional Energy: 352]
After confirming the remaining dinsional energy, Riezel completed the selection.
[Item selection completed—starting execution...]
[Items assimilated successfully.]
[Dinsional travel concluded—initiating the return procedure.]
As the transparent cube in his mind began to spin, Riezel set off on his journey ho.
anwhile, ti within Britain continued its slow passage, inching ever closer to the Year 2017 of the Queen’s Calendar, the era so familiar to Riezel.
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