Chapter 1128: The Unforgivable Original Sin
"Why did the original fairies do such a thing to the Beast God who sheltered them?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka felt a suffocating anger building inside him.
From Cernunnos's perspective, it was simply impossible to understand the thought process of these fairies!
He had used his own body to become their sanctuary, shielding them from storms and disasters from the sea like a mother. He had done everything possible, treating them as if they were his own children.
And what was the result?
Not only did the children fail to appreciate his kindness, but they even offered him poisoned wine, causing him to meet an untimely death!
This was not merely ingratitude—it was a complete lack of morality, a violation of the most basic principles!
Their nature was so vile that even beasts would despise them!
At the very least, even beasts know to repay kindness, but the fairies did not!
"Because they found Him troublesome."
Merlin continued to smile, as if he felt no sorrow from this story.
"Gods are supposed to listen to the prayers of their believers and help them fulfill their wishes, right? The original fairies constantly desired the land, but Cernunnos did not grant it to them. Naturally, they assumed it was because Cernunnos was incompetent."
"If He was an incompetent god, then there was no need to believe in Him. Wouldn't it be better to create the land with their own hands?"
What a joke.
Creating the land with their own hands.
The so-called "with their own hands" meant offering poisoned wine with their own hands, didn't it?
"The original fairies invited Cernunnos under the pretext of holding a festival to recognize Him as their patron god. Cernunnos was overjoyed and, despite the shrine maiden's repeated warnings, insisted on attending the festival. The outcome goes without saying."
"After poisoning the Beast God, the original fairies also found the shrine maiden, who had been constantly nagging them to reflect on their actions, extremely annoying. They disassembled and repurposed her, using her as the blueprint for creating humans in the future."
This is why humans today can only live for 30 years—they are nothing but degraded copies.
After obtaining the land, the original fairies were ecstatic.
They began to propagate terminals on this new land—the ordinary fairies later known as the Children of Stone and Children of the Forest.
However, no matter what kind of terminal it was, none could live past 100 years. Once their time was up, fairies of all kinds would be afflicted by a mysterious curse and transform into pitch-black monsters known as Mors.
One of the original fairies informed the others that it was the wrath of the Beast God.
The Beast God could resurrect at any moment to seek revenge.
The original fairies were terrified.
Coincidentally, after two thousand years of propagation, the corpses of the deceased Children of Stone and Children of Forest had decayed into driftwood, gradually forming new land. They abandoned the Beast God's remains and settled on this new land.
They named this new land—Britain.
The Beast God's remains continuously repelled the driftwood, and over time, the surrounding seawater dried up, forming the Great Pit of later ages.
After that, the fairies on the island of Britain began fighting incessantly over territory.
Amid the endless wars, the scale of Britain continued to expand.
Thousands of years had passed, and even the original six Primordial Fairies either perished in the millennium-spanning Great Calamity or died in territorial disputes among themselves, ultimately fading entirely into the annals of history.
"Moreover, the Beast God was originally an envoy dispatched from Paradise to admonish the fairies."
Immediately after, under the stunned gazes of the group, Merlin dropped the final bombshell.
"In this Lostbelt, have any of you heard anyone mention the concept of the Holy Sword?"
It was only then that the group snapped out of their daze.
That's right.
This was a Lostbelt of Britain—theoretically, it should be impossible for it to have no connection to the Holy Sword!
Yet, until this moment, they had not heard anyone speak of the Holy Sword!
Barguest's demonic sword was forged from her own horn.
And Melusine's blade was merely a pure crystallization of magical energy!
This Lostbelt only possessed the concept of the Holy Lance, with no trace of the Holy Sword at all!
"The reason civilization in the Proper Human History did not perish was because the first Holy Sword Wielder emerged, wielding the true Holy Sword to defeat the White Titan Sefar... Yet in this Lostbelt world, Sefar destroyed surface civilization. The divergence between the two lies precisely here."
Merlin let out a sigh filled with emotion.
"Because the fairy responsible for forging the Holy Sword grew playful, thinking that a short delay wouldn't matter, and went off to frolic with her companions."
"As a result, surface civilization was destroyed."
The fairies failed to forge the Star Holy Sword.
The people of this world naturally could not defeat Sefar.
Thus, the world was destroyed.
This was the most fundamental reason for the divergence between this Lostbelt world and the Proper Human History!
And the reason it came to this was simply because the fairy tasked with forging the Holy Sword was momentarily playful and lazy!
"Wait, you said the Beast God was sent to admonish the six Primordial Fairies—doesn't that mean—"
Eiji suddenly grasped the crux of the matter.
"Correct."
Merlin nodded.
"The ones responsible for forging the Holy Sword were the six Primordial Fairies!"
The ones who committed such an egregious sin were the six Primordial Fairies!
"But the six Primordial Fairies never believed they were at fault. They all thought the destruction of the world had nothing to do with them, so of course they couldn't tolerate the Beast God and the Shrine Maiden's lecturing, right?"
Merlin spread his hands with a smile.
His gentle smile seemed profoundly ironic in that moment.
"Of course, the Beast God was an exceedingly kind deity. He did not harshly blame the fairies, merely asking them to reforge the Holy Sword. The one who constantly urged them to reflect, repent, and atone—the one who endlessly advised and lectured them—was the Shrine Maiden. But the fairies saw it as unreasonable nagging... In the end, both the Beast God and the Shrine Maiden met tragic deaths at the hands of the fairies."
"The six Primordial Fairies thus became sinners, forever barred from entering the Inner Sea of the Planet, condemned to remain on the island and suffer endlessly to atone for their sins. Their descendants, too, would share in their punishment."
Present-day Britain was no different from that of the Proper Human History.
The only distinction lay in the fairies inhabiting it.
They were all descendants of the Primordial Fairies.
Each bore the original sin committed by their forebears!
This sin would not fade with time, nor would it transfer with the passage of generations!
This is the reason why none of the fairies in the Fairy Kingdom could lift the Chosen Lance, and why it had to be wielded by the human Percival—because all the fairies here bear an unforgivable original sin!
This is the complete Genesis.
A dark fairy tale filled with fantasy.
Hearing such a story, everyone fell into a momentary silence.
"Oh, it seems we've arrived!"
Just then, Merlin perked up with excitement.
Ahead of them, a visible glow appeared.
"Beyond lies the gate to the Inner Sea of the Planet. Only the sinless may pass. Through that gate, you will reach the Evergreen Land, the Eternal Spring of this planet—the dreamlike answer sought by countless lives!"