Chapter 1045: Let Me Become Morgan's Salvation!
Even Habenyan has left.
Only Eiji and Mash remained on the spot.
The once lively five-member team had completely fallen apart at this moment.
For a brief moment, an inexplicable loneliness rose in Eiji's heart.
"Lady Cernunnos waited for Mr. Eiji for two thousand years."
After watching Habenyan leave, Mash's gaze returned to the Fantasy Tree.
The massive tree stood there as if eternal and unchanging.
Thinking about Cernunnos's long wait, Mash couldn't help but feel full of emotion.
Although Habenyan was also waiting for her, the weight between the two was different.
Habenyan merely recorded history, waiting to reunite with her friend in the future.
But Cernunnos waited for Eiji to appear with the heart of a lover, waiting for over two thousand years.
"Compared to that, I haven't changed anything."
Eiji lowered his head.
He didn't feel happy at all.
Instead, he only felt terrible.
Cernunnos waited for him for two thousand years.
Yet he couldn't help Cernunnos change the past.
Even though he had made such bold claims, he ended up in this pathetic state.
He even felt too ashamed to face the future Cernunnos.
"Is that really true?"
But then, a questioning voice came from beside him.
"What do you mean?"
Eiji looked over at her.
"I don't fully understand the relationship between Mr. Eiji and Lady Cernunnos, but I believe Mr. Eiji's arrival must have changed something."
Mash spoke with great seriousness.
"The most obvious thing is that Lady Cernunnos's heart changed, isn't it?"
"If Mr. Eiji hadn't come, Lady Cernunnos would have been betrayed by the fairies when completely unprepared, lost Lord Uther and Londinium, and then become unable to trust anyone ever again."
"But now, because Mr. Eiji came and told Lady Cernunnos everything about the future, helping her with all his might to change the future... even though the result was failure, Lady Cernunnos didn't become someone who could never trust anyone again, did she?"
"Even the future Lady Cernunnos who became so cold and ruthless still has someone she can believe in."
"That person is you, Mr. Eiji."
"Isn't that also a form of salvation?"
I'm no savior at all.
I'm a witch, a pitiful witch without even a single fairy who believes in me, understands me, appreciates me, or helps me.
That was the original Cernunnos.
But the current Cernunnos is no longer like that.
Through this brief half-year journey, she gained people who believe in her, understand her, and help her with all their hearts.
Compared to losing everything and no longer trusting anyone.
Still retaining the ability to believe itself is a form of salvation.
"When did you, this perverted eggplant, become so eloquent?"
Eiji flicked Mash's forehead with his finger.
Making Mash cry out in pain, tearfully hugging her head while crouching defensively, looking at him with full of resentment.
I was trying to counsel you, so why did you hit me?
"But you make a good point."
Eiji gazed into the distance at the Fantasy Tree.
He put his hands on his hips and proudly declared.
"Let me become Cernunnos's... become Morgan's salvation!"
This was also his promise with Uther!
I will definitely make Cernunnos happy in the future!
He had already failed to help Cernunnos change the past.
Then he must help Morgan change the future!
"But, speaking of which."
Eiji gazed at the distant Fantasy Tree and calmly asked.
"Purple Eggplant, do you think this Britain is truly worth protecting?"
He now had a choice.
To follow Cernunnos' footsteps.
To enter the Fantasy Tree together with her.
To absorb the Fantasy Tree's power himself, then distribute his own power across the entire British Isles, letting the island's will slumber while replacing this world's will with his own!
As just the Fourth True Ancestor, it would be impossible to spread power across the entire British Isles.
But with the Fantasy Tree's magical energy added to the equation, everything would be different!
This way, Eiji could help Cernunnos protect Britain forever.
If he hurried now, there would still be time.
But ultimately, he didn't do it.
Because a lingering hesitation remained in his heart.
"Is this Britain that seeks death truly worth protecting?"
Eiji questioned from the bottom of his heart.
The constant screams reaching his ears from beneath his feet made him hesitate.
Should a patient longing for death be granted euthanasia, or should every means be used to prolong its life?
"This... I don't know either."
Mash couldn't provide an answer.
Because the question itself had no answer.
"However, at least for Miss Cernunnos, it's worth protecting... no, wait, indeed it isn't worth protecting."
She initially wanted to say Cernunnos was at least protecting it.
But she suddenly realized.
The former Cernunnos was indeed protecting Britain.
But the future Cernunnos would only dominate Britain!
Then, the answer became obvious.
This island itself wasn't worth protecting!
"That's how it should be!"
Hearing Mash's opinion, Eiji sighed in agreement.
He finally made his decision.
"Cernunnos, this island itself isn't worth your devotion to that extent... but I swear, I will definitely make you happy!"
"Speaking of which, Mr. Eiji, how exactly are we supposed to return?"
Mash looked at Eiji in confusion.
Everything had ended.
The salvation team had already disbanded.
Even Cernunnos had entered the Fantasy Tree.
They should have completed everything they needed to do in this era.
Although it ultimately ended in failure, wasn't it time to return?
"Right, it's indeed time to return."
Eiji nodded in agreement.
Then he struck unexpectedly.
Under Mash's astonished gaze, he delivered a chop to the back of her head with his hand!
Her eyes rolled back, and Mash fainted.
"However, the method of return isn't suitable for you to see."
Eiji opened his imaginary pocket.
He took out an object from within.
It was a ring.
A simple, silver ring.
After taking it out, Eiji applied slight pressure and crushed the ring.
Before long.
"To think you'd come to this time period, you made me search everywhere."
As a blue channel manifested before them.
A tall figure emerged from within.
Orange side-ponytail hair, wearing a white lab coat with green accents, her face bearing an icy expression as eternal as millennia-old frost.
"I believe I told you to wait until the collapse was resolved before crushing that ring, and only then would I come for you."
The orange-haired young man gazed coldly at Eiji.
"Goetia, how dare you say that! Leaving such a huge matter entirely to me—do you think I'm your employee, obliged to follow every order from you, the boss?"
Eiji glared at him irritably.
"Couldn't you at least have given me some support, or let me bring a few assistants?"
"You alone are enough."
The orange-haired young man remained completely unmoved.
It was utterly unclear where his inexplicable trust in Eiji came from!
His gaze swept over the unconscious Mash.
"Let's go. I'll send you back to 2018."