Even in modern times, there are still a small number of them. For example, Xuanwu Gaoyue in the Sky Realm was abducted and transformed by fairies, so she learned the common language "unified language" before humans split. And in the incident book, Faker's master Hatreth was also taken away by the fairies and something did to him.
In general, the fairies in pan-human history are not as despicable as those in a certain Lostbelt. They just like to do some reckless and mischievous things.
Although being taken away by the goblin is obviously an extremely risky thing, the rewards it brings are also extremely generous.
However, Avia has been lying here for four days and three nights in a row using magic. During this time, a white horse with horns passed by and small birds with white feathers flew by.
But no fairy came. If they didn't come, he would have to think of other ways.
Even I, who has the Rhine Gold, have no interest in it. It's really——
Just as he was thinking this, suddenly a light breeze blew by, and the rustling sound of leaves covered the movement in the grass. When the wind stopped and the leaves rested, everything returned to tranquility. The sun rose higher, and strands of sunlight like fine threads gathered together, casting warmth on the land that was still soaked with dew.
At the same time, in this forest full of ancient life forms, many small creatures emitting faint magical light flew towards the lying Avia.
It’s finally here! I’ve waited so long for it.
All kinds of thoughts flooded into Avia's mind, but he held back his emotions and continued to remain calm.
"Humanity."
"Why are there humans here?"
“There were no humans before.”
"Ah."
The fairies with transparent wings like insects were discussing, and from their chat content it could be learned that Avia seemed to be the first human to come here.
"Did they get separated?"
"Human beings, so pitiful."
“Please come on.”
Although the voices and words of these fairies are all so gentle and kind.
However, Avia was extremely vigilant.
Because, at this moment, he suddenly couldn't make any sound and his whole body couldn't move.
"It smells good, so we won't play with it. Let's eat it."
"Take it back and eat it."
"Ah."
"Everyone, eat together."
"Eat the meat by scraping it."
"Roast it."
"Feed it and eat it."
Before Avia had time to lament the inexplicable change of topic of the fairies, which first went from curiosity to encouragement and finally suddenly turned to eating, it was a completely illogical process. The next moment, he felt his body being dragged by a lot of things and gradually floating in the air.
If someone who doesn't know the situation saw this, they might think of the fable of little angels leading the righteous to heaven, but in fact the goblins were just dragging the "food" home.
Soon, Avia, who was dragged in the air, disappeared in the mist formed by the magical light emitted by the fairies' wings.
At that moment, his consciousness seemed to have entered darkness and was briefly interrupted. Then, what nourished his body was some kind of magical power different from that of the real world.
But even so, Avia still couldn't react and could only continue to be dragged away by the goblins with her eyes closed.
"I'm here because I want to take a rest. It just happens. Relax, relax, don't mind me."
Suddenly, Avia heard a voice similar to that of a child, but since she couldn't open her eyes, she couldn't know the specific appearance. She could only guess from the tone of voice that it was a person with a rather cold personality.
"No, disturb us, eat."
"You, this, hybrid."
"We are about to start."
"Let's eat? This is the first time I see you say that. What do you want to eat? Is it something interesting? Let me see."
Although the fairies seemed to dislike this young man, he continued to ask as if he didn't care.
"Never mind your business."
"Human. Half the same as you, human."
"Let's go, let's go."
“Delicious taste, nice smell, delicious taste.”
"First time, seeing, and bringing in."
Just by the sound, Avia could already foresee the scene where the fairies would tear his clothes and scrape his flesh to eat him.
He was probably the only human being to be taken away and eaten by goblins.
However, one second, two seconds, and now it’s been three seconds, but Avia didn’t feel any bite on his body.
Instead, after three seconds of silence, the silver-haired boy heard the sound of something falling to the ground, and -
Along with it, a voice that sounded extremely heartbreaking rang out:
"Ah! Finally, you are here... You are... My... Yes... This is my father!"
097: A Request from the Half-Nightmare
"Human, your father."
"Yes, really."
"You're not abandoned, that's great."
"But, I really want to eat."
"I'm not kidding, and this is what the Big Mother told me." The owner of the voice continued, "You should understand, right?"
There are many sources of fairies, including the demotion of gods, the remnants of resentment from humans or animals, longings that have nowhere to go, and creatures that are born from human heritage. Ordinary fairies rely on human intelligence as food to sustain their existence.
Pure fairies are creatures that only come from the inner sea of the stars. They are the gods among fairies, called the Great Mother or the Great Father, and exist as the branches of the soul of the planet.
So, as soon as they heard what the Big Mother said, the fairies handed Avia over one after another. After all, in their opinion, it was impossible for someone to say such nonsense.
But for Avia, he was not surprised that he suddenly had a child out of nowhere.
Although the tone of this goblin sounded heartbreaking, it was mostly disguise, so this sentence was just to deceive these goblins. As for the words of the so-called big mother, they were probably just used to make up stories.
"Then I'll take it away."
This fairy did not take Avia handed to her by the fairies. Instead, she picked up the cane that she had dropped on the ground when she pretended to be panicked, and then used an unknown magic to keep it floating in the air. Then, she kept walking in the world with extremely high magic concentration while waving the cane while humming a song.
And just when all the goblins thought they were about to be led into that door, this goblin immediately knocked on the ground with the head of his staff.
There was a gentle knock on the ground.
Instantly, bright colors like waves swept over Avia and the fairy's body.
When the waves dissipated, both men disappeared.
When Avia came to his senses, he found that he had returned to the island of Avalon in the real world and could move his whole body.
"The concentration of magic power inside is so high that if it were a human, it would burst from the inside just by breathing."
Saying this, she turned around from her seat on the rock and looked at the silver-haired boy who was slowly getting up.
"But once you pass through that door, your body will dissolve, and only your spirit will remain. I saved you after all."
Avia was also looking at the other person silently, because he looked very familiar, somewhat like a smaller version of the Half-Nightmare.
"Oh, how's it going? You look very happy to see your daughter."
There was an air of interest on her lips, and she was adorned, though simply, in a robe woven of the finest fibres.
The sunlight filtered through the sparse shadows between the treetops, pouring down onto her long white hair and her scarlet eyes that looked like flames.
"Thank you so much for your help. What's your name?"
"No, I thought you would come up with some ideas."
She suddenly looked lost, but immediately, a smile appeared on her lips.
"If you want to hear my name, I am a hybrid of human and nightmare. My name is Meili."
Sure enough, it was the half-nightmare that Avia had guessed.
However, she is only about 140 cm tall, and her limbs and face look immature, which is why Avia couldn't recognize her at once.
The legend of King Arthur takes place between 500 and 550 AD, so it seems possible that he encountered the flower magician who had not yet grown up a hundred years ago.
But Avia knew the character of this female half-nightmare very well. Although she seemed very kind on the surface, she actually did not worry about others at all, nor did she lament. She was a creature without emotional fluctuations. Simply put, as a species, she felt alienated and could not coexist with the intelligent beings of this planet.
So, since she saved me, she probably wanted me to help her do something.
Avia now realized that the reason why he couldn't move when he was taken away by the fairies was simply because the concentration of magic there was too high, and his body had to adapt. Now that he is back, he has to adapt to this place again...
"My name is Avia, a Hun."
"Why did you tell me you were a Hun?" The young Merry narrowed her scarlet eyes, raised her head and stared at the silver-haired boy, and waved her cane again, "It doesn't matter. Anyway, you are a human being, and that's all that matters."
"Merry, since you told me your name and origin, I should also reply in the same way. I can't hide anything."
Avia gave her a gentle smile similar to that of Meili and looked at her with her blue eyes.
"I am extremely grateful for your help, Meili. I will definitely publicize your deeds everywhere in the future. If there is nothing else, please allow me to take my leave first."
"Hey, wait, wait, I saved you, can't you say a few more words? Don't be so impatient."
Mary called out to Avia who was turning around.
"I can never repay you for saving my life. I will continue to sing the great deeds of the beautiful Nightmare Girl throughout my life. I will make you famous through the ages and become a legend."
Avia really didn't want to have anything to do with this nightmare who hadn't even grown up yet. Not to mention that he was already cursed by the Rhinegold, it was even more troublesome to get along with such a heartless person. Who knows, he might be tricked one day.
"Wait a minute——"
In fact, when Mary saw this human showing a smile similar to her own, she knew that this was not the kind of human who could be helped by simply fooling him with a few words. He was probably a troublesome guy, but it didn't matter. She had to ask him to do her a favor and go to Wales for her.
The reason why Mary didn't go was not because she was afraid or anything. She didn't have such an emotion.
It was simply because when she was just born, her parents who brought her here asked her:
Mary, you can't leave here at any time. When they come back, the family will be reunited.
It was such a simple reason, so she had never entered anyone else's dream.
Meili is half human and half incubus, a creature in this hybrid position.
If she were born as the child of a nightmare, she would only want to play in the spiritual world. But at the same time, she feels lucky that she can use her own dreams as nourishment to move around without relying on the dreams of others because of her personality as a human being.
She generally likes humans, but she also clearly believes that "people are people, and I am me."
But compared to the mature girl, the young Meili now has a piece of news in her heart that she must know -
"I hope you can go to Wales and look for news about my parents. In return, I can do something for you."
098: Gently, cheerfully——
In the rare crimson crystal pupils in the world, the blue sky, the earth full of spring colors and a silver-haired human are reflected.
"Your parents?"
"Yes, they went to Wales after sending me here when I was just born, and they haven't come back since then, so I want to know what's going on with them."
Half-Nightmare stared at Avia, her petite figure showing a serious attitude.
A wanderer in paradise, the immature form of the court magician, mentor, and prophet who appears in the Arthurian legend. His mother is a Welsh girl, and his father is the supernatural creature Nightmare, born between the moon and the earth.
Generally speaking, love between ordinary people and abnormal people or human-like creatures often ends in a tragic ending.
Take witches, humanoid creatures that are essentially fairies, for example. There was a witch from the plant family of the Clock Tower. After giving birth to a child for love, her body and face aged rapidly and she was eventually abandoned. The child she gave birth to and raised did not kill her who wanted to die, but only blinded her as a mother. Her child was named Beryl.
But there are a few happy endings, like when Arizuma Kuonji's mother was also a witch, but her father always took care of the people he loved.
And presumably, the half-nightmare parents were able to send her here for protection, which must be the latter kind of love.
