Chapter 1067: When Did the Queen Become So Gentle?
In other words, Fairy Knight Gawain was completely gone, and Barghest could no longer receive any other bestowed names.
This was an extremely precious thing in itself.
Based on Her Majesty's usual practices, she would have at least sentenced her to house arrest. Why did she now consider it inconsequential?
"By comparison, after losing your bestowed name, the curse on you must be more active than ever, right? Be careful not to be consumed by it."
"Yes, thank you for Your Majesty's concern..."
Barghest was utterly bewildered.
What was going on?
Had the Queen changed into a different person during her absence from the capital?
Not only had her temperament softened considerably, but she was even showing concern like this?
Was the sky about to fall?
Or was the Queen arranging her final affairs?
However.
This might also be an opportunity!
"Your Majesty, I have a question."
Barghest's mind grew active, and she immediately spoke up.
"Speak."
"Your Majesty once said that this world will eventually perish, but the Fairy Kingdom will not disappear."
Barghest carefully organized her words.
She tried to make her attitude appear more tactful, but no matter how she thought about it, she couldn't come up with a better way to phrase it.
"I wish to ask Your Majesty, will only Your Majesty be saved? Will Your Majesty choose to abandon all fairies to their fate?"
She stiffened her neck and bluntly asked the question.
This question was highly offensive.
If faced with a tyrannical ruler, such words alone might be enough to land her in a death cell.
Morgan's rule was harsh.
But not tyrannical.
She naturally wouldn't directly punish Barghest for this.
"For you to harbor such doubts... were your convictions shaken by the words of the foreign travelers in the Welsh Forest?"
With just a little thought, Morgan understood.
Barghest had always been extremely loyal.
Whenever she assigned a task, Barghest would ask no questions, silently raising her sword to charge at the Queen's enemies. Even if ordered to slaughter the elderly, weak, women, or children, she wouldn't so much as frown!
For her to say such things, she must have been influenced by others.
"Foreign travelers... I see. So this is the true strength of Chaldea's people."
Morgan suddenly understood.
Why did seemingly weak Chaldea manage to break through one Lostbelt after another and arrive before her?
Perhaps, the Barghest before her had already revealed the answer.
"I might as well tell you. Chaldea is correct—I will not save anyone."
Morgan's tone was indifferent.
In that moment, she seemed to revert to the cold-blooded, merciless Queen of before.
Receiving this confirmation, Barghest trembled, biting her lip hard, her eyes filled with unbearable emotion.
"As long as I exist, this Fairy Kingdom will not perish."
Morgan offered only these words.
A statement that could hardly be considered an explanation, causing Barghest's heart to instantly grow cold and disheartened.
The reason for her unwavering loyalty to the Queen was because the Queen was the savior of this Fairy Kingdom.
Only with the Queen did this Fairy Kingdom have order and peace.
Otherwise, the fairies would surely still be embroiled in endless conflict to this day!
Thousands of years of history had long proven this point!
Therefore, even if she were ordered to slaughter defenseless, weak, and innocent lower-class fairies, she would not hesitate to strike them down.
Because that is the very foundation of the nation!
She had long been prepared to bear all the sins.
But if all the fairies were to perish, and only the queen alone could be saved, then this Fairy Kingdom would lose all meaning!
A kingdom without its people is no kingdom at all!
"...I shall take my leave now."
Barghest lowered her head.
With heavy footsteps, she retreated from the council chamber.
"If you say that, you might just push her into the enemy's camp."
Eiji emerged from the shadows.
He reminded Morgan.
"If she would turn to the enemy over something like this, then such a subordinate is not worth keeping."
Morgan remained completely unfazed.
In the end, there were only two people she truly trusted.
One was Eiji.
The other was herself.
"The fact that Barghest encountered the Child of Prophecy's group in the Welsh Forest means your operation to besiege Londinium was unsuccessful."
Morgan's gaze shifted past Eiji, landing on the figure behind him.
From the shadows, Woodwose emerged.
She had assigned the tasks of sending reinforcements to Londinium and destroying the Welsh Forest almost simultaneously.
Yet the Child of Prophecy's group still managed to rush to the aid of the Welsh Forest.
This indicated that they had already left Londinium before the reinforcements arrived.
Therefore,
it was almost certainly Woodwose's fault.
"This is my mistake, and I won't deny it."
Before the queen, even the proud Woodwose lowered his head.
"It's good that you know."
Morgan gave a slight nod.
"Is the Child of Prophecy's side really that strong? Even you suffered a setback?"
Return to Avalon.
No one understood the meaning of that better than Morgan.
It was a supreme-class fairy capable of opposing even gods—in terms of spiritual foundation, it was undoubtedly beyond all norms!
"It wasn't a setback."
At the memory of the previous battle, Woodwose couldn't help but grit his teeth in hatred.
"I nearly died at the hands of that female swordsman!"
Next time we meet, I'll tear her head off!
"Pan-Human History truly has no shortage of talent."
Morgan sneered to herself.
"There's one more thing I must report!"
A flash of murderous intent suddenly gleamed in Woodwose's eyes.
"After I was knocked into the water by those Servants from Pan-Human History, that spineless bastard Beryl suddenly appeared, and together with the fairy Tristan, they restrained me!"
Even just thinking about what happened a few hours ago, Woodwose's killing intent surged once more.
"What?"
For the first time, Morgan showed surprise.
"What did they do?"
"This... I lost consciousness at the time and don't remember."
"They removed his liver."
Eiji interjected at this point.
"When I found him, his liver had already been surgically removed. It's unlikely that was Pan-Human History's doing."
Ritsuka's methods were thoroughly righteous.
Even if an enemy died, she would not desecrate their corpse.
She would even stop her allies if they tried to do something.
If Beryl took the opportunity to attack Woodwose, then the removal of his liver must have been Beryl's work!
That bastard reeked of bloodshed, and his very bones exuded a sense of ruthlessness.
"They removed his liver... Could it be that he intended to..."
Morgan fell into deep thought.
No, it would be more accurate to say she had already figured out what had actually happened. What troubled her was something else entirely.
"You may withdraw for now. We shall discuss your punishment after you have fully recovered."
"As you command, Your Majesty."
A triumphant smile curled at Woodwose's lips as he strode cheerfully out of the council chamber.
Beryl's unique status made any thought of retaliation require careful consideration.
But he never should have pulled such a stunt.
The greatest mistake was failing to confirm whether he was truly dead before abandoning him, allowing him to return alive before the Queen!
Before long,
he should be able to delightfully finish off Beryl, shouldn't he?