All the rn prostrated themselves in the water, showing their utmost respect towards the small and mischievous Fairy floating above them.
"What?! How co they recognized you almost imdiately?" he complained. It was hard for him to believe that they could distinguish her as the Pixie Queen despite her attitude and decorum not being regal in any way shape or form.
"Hehe, I told you, Mr. Reborn. I’m the real deal!" Vivi bragged, swiping her nose.
The old rmaid surfaced out of the water, keeping her head low and refusing to make eye contact as she spoke to Vivi.
"It is with great honor that we are in the presence of a Supre Being."
The other rn around her copied her words verbatim.
"Hehe, it’s nice to etcha too!" she said, furiously slapping the water and creating chaotic ripples on the surface.
The rn imdiately felt a rush of excitent as Vivi perford one of their cultural greetings.
The social convention was to perform just a single gentle tap on the water. Doing more like Vivi would actually be considered rude, but the fact that a Supre Being greeted them in the first place was amazing enough.
"We are at your rcy, oh Supre Being!"
Their deanor towards Vivi was one of absolute compliance. She only needed to say a word, and they would do whatever she asked of them without question.
"Cool!" Vivi said, excited at the power in her hands. "Can you guys scream like a dolphin? Oooh! Oooh! Can you blow water out of your gills like a whale? Wait. I heard that rn’s hair is made out of seaweed. Can I try?!"
Vivi went all out in her requests, saying anything that ca to her mind.
And surprisingly enough, the rn followed her words to the tee without any questions.
First, they opened their mouths and created a screeching sound similar to that of dolphins. Then, they subrged themselves in the sea, opening up their gills and inhaling all the water they could before resurfacing and spewing it out of the gills.
The strangest part was that these rn didn’t look like they were embarrassed at all. They actually looked proud!
Even the old rmaid was unabashed as she perford these parlor tricks for Vivi. She felt honored that the Pixie Queen would request her performance.
And as for Vivi’s final request, the rn grabbed ahold of their hair and began yanking them out of their heads.
Wait, are their hairs really made out of seaweed?
[No. Vivi simply heard this rumor from an unsourced book found on the streets. Would you like a summary of its contents?]
Knowing that this may have gotten too far, he knew he had to intervene.
"Vivi, that’s enough. Their hairs are not made out of seaweed."
And as soon as he said that, the rn looked at him with shock and horror.
That’s the Pixie Queen! Yet, this human boy was commanding her with authority as if she was a human child instead!
The rn were offended by the Pixie Queen. They wanted to reprimand Michael for his rudeness.
Supre Beings were supposed to be treated with respect and honor!
"Human Michael, you must know that you simply cannot talk to the Pixie Queen like this!" the old rmaid said in a stern voice. "To rectify your mistake, it is better if you join us in our praise—"
And before she could even finish her sentence, Vivi flew to Michael and landed on his shoulders.
"Hehe sorry~ I got carried away. You’ll still allow to eat emotions, right?"
He nodded. "Fine, but only a little bit, okay?"
"YES!"
Vivi stayed on his shoulders, snuggling herself on his clavicle as if it was her own personal couch.
"...."
The rn were absolutely speechless. They didn’t know how to comprehend what they had just witnessed.
The Pixie Queen was following the orders of a human boy!
It was as if she was the lowly creature, while he was the Supre Being! Their roles were completely reversed!
"How..."
Even Serena was flabbergasted. The Duchess only told her that Michael knew the location of the Pixie Queen. She took that to an as if he was a subservient or friendly to her and the Fairies.
But from what she saw, it seed as if the Pixie Queen was subservient to him!
"...Pixie Queen," the old rmaid forcefully muttered out. "Forgive my rudeness, but why are you obedient to the human boy?"
Vivi sat on Michael’s shoulders. "Oh, it’s because and all the Fairies are part of his nation! We’re Rebornians!" she said proudly.
There was almost a minute of silence as the rn digested the information they just learned.
The Fairies were...Rebornains? The Pixie Queen too?!
The rn didn’t even know how to react because this has never happened before in the history of the world! No Supre Being has ever turned over their entire species to another nation—and a human one at that!
And the Pixie Queen didn’t even choose the most powerful nation. She didn’t choose the richest either.
She chose a nation ruled by a thirteen year old human boy.
This was beyond comprehension. It borderlined insanity.
"How.... why?" the old rmaid asked, struggling to understand it.
"Hmmm," Vivi thought, closing her eyes. "It’s because I like Mr. Reborn. I like the Dragonborns. I like Mr. Forgetful. I like the shadow pigs... I like everything about it!"
Of course, the rn still didn’t understand anything. Even if they were humans who grew up in the Royal Continent, they still wouldn’t get it.
People had to experience the Nation of Reborn for themselves in order for them to ’get it’.
The old rmaid kept her head bowed down before she eventually got the courage to look up at Michael and beg for his help.
"Please help us," she said. "Sir Micheal. Great Pixie Queen. Please lend us your strengths for our surface world endeavors."
Serena followed suit. "We need the Fairies’ help! We need to overco our hurdles."
As soon as she said that, Vivi stood straight up, rembering sothing. "Ahh! So that’s why!"
Still clueless, he asked her for so clarification.
"It’s been so long since I’ve t a Beastfolk that I completely forgot about it. It’s probably because I’ve only been seeing demi-humans for the longest ti," Vivi said, clicking her tongue.
"Beastfolk? Aren’t they the sa as demi-humans?" he asked her.
Serena shook her head and explained. "By the most simplest of definitions, demi-humans and beastfolks are the sa. They are people whose traits are shared with animals and monsters.
However, there is one key difference between the two.
Beastfolks are under the dominion of a Supre Being like our very own Ocean King, or the Draconic Queen, or the Celestial Elf.
And being under their dominion, us Beastfolks are privileged to share in their power and strength, giving us abilities beyond what a normal demi-human could achieve."
This was the first he’d ever heard of this. He only knew that those ’Supre Beings’ ruled a large population of demi-humans. But he never knew that the beastfolks under them had different powers.
So, all Beastfolk are demi-humans, but not all demi-humans are beastfolks.
And sohow, the power that these Beastfolks have has sothing to do with Aubility Power...
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