Although Jewel said that there was only the breath of Beelzebub and not the breath of Cthulhu, Avia still had to think more about it. After all, this group of evil gods were really not easy to deal with.
"By the way, Kishua, during the Millennium City War, was there a man named François Plelatti among the magicians you led?"
The silver-haired young man seemed to remember something and asked Bao Shi Weng.
In the Type-Moon world, the only person who is connected to both Beelzebub and Cthulhu is François Pleurati, who was born from the Greek god of madness, Arte, and was an independent individual different from them. He hid behind the scenes during the Hundred Years' War between England and France, causing Joan of Arc to be burned at the stake and corrupting Marshal Gilles, whom he regarded as a "friend".
"Although it happened more than a hundred years ago, I, an old man, still remember it very clearly." Bao Shiweng touched his cane with a smile, "...No, there is no Francois at all. The only one who has Plerati is a female magician named Francesca who is good at using illusions, but she seems to have died that year."
In fact, Avia knew clearly that both François and Francesca were essentially only related to Ate. As for Beelzebub and Cthulhu, it could be simply understood that they were obtained at some unknown time.
Moreover, Avia remembered that Francesca's master was one of the countless aspects of the Lake Spirit. Later, after she saw the Half-Nightmare who was the opposite of the most dazzling aspect of the Lake Spirit, she took the Nightmare's illusion concept as her own crazy learning. However, since the Half-Nightmare felt that this guy had no human emotions, she ignored it.
But since Merry was born not long ago and King Arthur's time has not come yet, it is impossible for her to learn Merry's concept of illusion...
The creature, who was supposed to be in human form, possessed powerful illusions in advance, and had participated in the Millennium City War in 300 AD. In addition, the book that was clearly about summoning Cthulhu exuded the aura of Beelzebub, which made Avia speculate.
Perhaps for some unknown reason, a wave in Ate, when it turned into the human form of "Fool", merged with Beelzebub, who had fallen to the earth and was stigmatized due to a change of faith. Later, because Beelzebub abandoned his own planet out of resentment, he reached some kind of cooperation with Cthulhu.
As a stigmatized god, he is naturally good at making others stigmatized. Take Joan of Arc being burned to death for example. Although she was successfully rehabilitated 25 years after her death with the help of her mother and many good people, you have to know that Francesca, who has many replica materials, can be regarded as immortal.
Three hundred years after her vindication, during the French Revolution, Joan of Arc's relics were destroyed, and the agreement between the French king and Joan of Arc that Domremy would never collect taxes was also revoked, which in magical terms is equivalent to the conceptual material of a third death.
If Napoleon had not been willing to come forward to affirm Joan of Arc's achievements and spirit, and regard her as an outstanding representative of the French nation and the embodiment of patriotism, Joan of Arc would probably have been stigmatized again.
By now, Avia understands that Mabel Kiara, the "savior of mankind" supported by the planet, Ate, the humanoid Francesca who has merged with the demon king Beelzebub and is hiding behind the scenes, and Cthulhu who may come, are all his enemies.
"Merry, can you please do me a favor?"
After sorting out everything in his mind, the silver-haired young man looked at the girl who seemed to have nothing to do, so she was squatting aside and teasing the white flowers.
"Hmm...what is it? Tell me first."
Mary raised her head, her purple eyes sparkling with joy.
Although Avia felt that nothing good was going to happen when he saw her like this, he still said it for the sake of his goal.
"There is a sword under the Fairy Lake in Britain, which is the equivalent of the Lake of Avalon. Can you bring it out for me?"
".......Huh?" The white-haired girl had a 'horrified' expression, "Do you know that the lake is managed by the fairy in the lake? Some of the aspects of that guy are very troublesome and difficult to deal with, unless-"
"Tell me what you want to ask for."
Seeing Meili's evil smile, Avia sighed softly.
It's not that I regret not using the conditions she promised me to help me, but I feel that if her personality remains like this, it will be quite a headache. However... I can only say that it is normal for a creature without emotions.
Humans shouldn't be like this. Even though this guy is human, there is basically no sign of pain on his body.
It's so boring, if it's twisted...
She thought so in annoyance, then blinked... twisted?
This thought came to her very naturally, and once she became conscious of it, it settled into her mind without any abruptness.
Haha, she smiled faintly in her heart.
.......Oh, so that's how it is.
"I thought about it. If your expression was distorted by pain and I saw it in front of me, it would be good for my health just by thinking about it."
Meli placed her chin on top of her cane, ignoring the gazes of Heiji and Typhon, and spoke quietly, her purple eyes looking at Avia calmly.
"How about it, can you fulfill my request?"
"Okay, but I don't know when I'll be able to do that."
The silver-haired young man answered calmly.
"Well, I don't think it's likely... But I'm still looking forward to it."
The hybrid of a human and a nightmare—the emotionless white-haired girl smiled faintly.
152: Holy Sword of the Star
The days are filled with spring sunshine and summer air, while the nights are covered with autumn air and winter starry skies.
This is an uninhabited land, an island at the end of a permanently forbidden area, a world that has nothing to do with the surface world's repeated decline and destruction.
Even though it has been part of human history, it is a foreign land that has nothing to do with it.
Its name is Avalon, which is another name for one of the many places where souls are placed on the planet called Earth.
In the middle of the night, at the invitation of thousands of stars, the white-haired girl came to the water's edge, humming a song and waving her staff, and scooped the water reflecting the Milky Way into her free hand.
The scooped water flashed only for a moment before falling down like tears.
"I'm almost done with it. Does that sword really exist?"
The girl used her other hand to touch the falling water with her cane, and then made a slight sound.
In an instant, a road emerged from the river and Mary followed it.
Since she made an agreement with Avia that day, she immediately returned here and looked for the sword under the lake for him as Avia asked. However, she searched for several days and found nothing. She even suspected that Avia had heard the legend wrongly from somewhere. After all, that guy had never been here, so how could he know that there was a sword hidden under the water.
As for whether it is deceiving yourself?
She didn't think so, after all, it was meaningless, and Avia was quite serious when she said it.
For Mary, although she felt that she would gain nothing this time, she didn't feel any emotion because she was used to it.
At the bottom of the lake in the dark night, the small fantasy species that lived here survived the mysterious end safely.
What was waiting in front of the white-haired girl was not the clear water that meant nothing, but the soft and warm sword that blew from the planet itself.
The light hanging high above the rocks in the lake was dazzling and heavy even though it emitted a dim light.
When the giant god destroyed the world, a sword was created in the inner sea of the earth. It was not known whether it was a human, a god, or someone else who called it the "Holy Sword".
That is the strongest fantasy that emerges after the planet refines people's sad wishes, a ray of starlight that transcends all time and space. The dream that ordinary people have failed to realize is itself the hope of saving the world from crisis.
"Wow, there really is such a sword..."
As the white-haired girl sighed, the holy sword naturally fell off the rock and floated in front of her eyes. She subconsciously grabbed it.
"Have you found someone to entrust your work to?"
Hearing the gentle voice, Mary's eyes moved back.
Looking at the gorgeously dressed woman standing quietly at the bottom of the lake, in the very faint shadow formed by the falling shadows of the stars.
It was a familiar face to Mary, the female fairy who had taken care of her for a long time after she was placed here by her parents, the great mother among the fairies.
The highest level of pure fairy born in the inner sea of the stars, an existence that can rival the gods, is the Great Mother.
Later, Morgan was a half-blood fairy of the Great Mother level, and also Vivian, the Fairy of the Lake, with elements of Morgause and Morrigan.
"Well, how should I put it..."
Meli probably knew that this powerful-looking sword should belong to the Fairy of the Lake if things went as expected, so her behavior was considered stealing and she was caught in the act.
Looking at Meili's expression, the Great Mother might have known something, so she explained:
"Right now, it's just here, and the fairies of the lake are not responsible."
"That's good......"
Mary couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. After all, in her impression, the fairies of the lake were really troublesome to deal with because of their many facets.
"But why are you here, Mother?"
"You are still immature, and the illusion you set up can only deceive me for a while. However, it turns out that you came back these few days just to find this." The Great Mother said in her usual gentle tone, "The sword should have been given away a hundred years ago. Unfortunately, it was delayed until now. Now that you have taken it, it is only natural. Do you have someone to give it to?"
"Um, I was entrusted by a human, it can only be said to be an exchange..."
Looking at Mary's current appearance, the mother couldn't help but recall the past.
"Mother, please take care of my child."
Using the etiquette he had never learned, the nightmare father banged his head on the ground as hard as he could, his voice choking with tears.
"You shouldn't have gotten involved. You're really going to die this time."
"...Yes, but I was about to die, and I had to rescue my love."
At a splendid and gorgeous dinner party, people are looking forward to the future and talking about their dreams. The brighter the light is, the thicker and darker the shadows crawling on the ground will be.
"It's really strange, that human woman could actually make you feel emotional."
The encounter between humans and fantasy species originated from a simple acquaintance, but because they were fantasy species, the combination of the two could only end in tragedy. However, the two were still together. As pure nightmares, once they had offspring, they would die quickly due to the responsibility of passing on the generation. After death, all their abilities would be slowly passed on to their offspring.
"Will this child be like you?"
"This child is different. As the child of a human and a nightmare, she has both the kindness of her mother and the indifference of her father."
Nightmare looked at Big Mother and continued.
"The lightness of good, the heaviness of sin, the severity of evil, and the lightness of punishment, her views are the same as mine, and she can always judge these things from a distance. Even if the object is God, her perspective is within her own natural scope.
Just as her mother expected, as time accumulates, she will climb the piled-up sand hills, her vision will be higher, and she will be able to see some things, whether it is joy, happiness, or love, she will be able to discover and recall them inadvertently, and sometimes even warm her frozen nature... one day she will be independent, and sooner or later she will fly to a world unknown to us... although this child left our hands a little early..."
"If you wish so, I can only watch you go."
At the last moment when Nightmare disappeared from the sight of the Great Mother, he said:
"Please take good care of her..."
The wind started to blow, and the clouds passed by gently.
There were no road signs, but the river just kept flowing somewhere.
How long will the footprints of the past remain? Even now, we can’t figure out who left them.
"Really?" The big mother smiled and then turned away. "Since it was you who gave it away, Meili, even an exchange is fine."
Even so, because of this——
We should cherish the Pole Star that we have already found.
153: Mooncell
In the early morning, when the first ray of sunlight penetrates the mist and gently caresses the snow-capped peaks on the mountain tops, the silver world seems to be awakened and glows with brilliant light.
This is the Alps, the highest and most extensive mountain range in Europe.
Standing at the foot of the mountain and looking up, you can see the peaks towering into the clouds, majestic and imposing. On the mountain, exposed rocks and lush green vegetation are interspersed, forming a unique natural picture.
"Finally found."
At a corner of the mountain range, Avia, who came here immediately after leaving the Millennium City, smiled, exhaled white breath, and snapped his fingers. Along with the slight earthquake that appeared later, a corner of the snow-covered rock wall changed.
It should have been a secret place that could not be discovered at the moment, but a man-made "door" appeared on the rock wall. To be more specific, it was a very technological door, but behind it was a cave shrouded in shadows.
This is the giant ruins with the alien key that was later discovered by Charlemagne and Astolfo.
It was here that the young Charlemagne came into contact with the alien key, touched the will of the star, and learned that it was his destiny to pacify Europe, and thus worked hard to achieve this goal.
According to Charlemagne in fexl, he was inspired like Attila, but neither of them could take the alien key for themselves, they could only drive it.
In order to see if he could use the things in the ruins to solve the crisis about the Titans that Odin told him about, Avia came alone this time without bringing Typhon or Heiress. After all, going to the moon might be dangerous on a soul level.
After entering, Avia turned up the brightness of the magic light, making the dark cave brighter.
There may be danger or high-tech traps in here. Both are possible. Avia believes that we must be extremely cautious when exploring here.
The silver-haired young man slowly moved deeper into the cave. He had already passed several branch points. This cave seemed to be surprisingly deep. The closer he got, the more gears stopped turning. He moved forward in silence for nearly three hours.
A mural of the three Yuxing siblings, created by someone unknown, appeared in front of Avia.
And at the center, there seems to be a huge eye embedded in it, like a living thing, watching everything deeply and intensely with condensed precipitation.
