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Are you a fairy or a king?

In the past, I would have been so shocked that I would have been twitching my arms and legs, but now I don’t feel anything.

The fairies currently staying in the mansion, and the spirits of Professor Riana and my spirits.

I’ve become accustomed to people calling me king all the time.

These days, instead of being shocked, I automatically turn my head and ask, “Why are you calling me that?”

– Terramor… meets the King

So, the spirit who was meeting him for the first time immediately knelt down, bowed his head, and called him king, thinking it was nothing special.

[hmm…]

His expression became complicated. No matter what, he seemed to be accepting that kind of title too calmly…

However, the expression on the face of the extremely polite earth spirit, Terramor, became more complicated as she explained.

[It’s the Fairy Kingdom…]

In the original, if you wander around a place that could be called nature, you could occasionally find fairies.

There were some fairies who wandered alone, but most fairies lived in small villages.

At best, it’s a village unit.

I haven’t found anything on the scale of a kingdom.

The name Fairy Kingdom was created through miscellaneous information and word of mouth among the fairies.

I haven’t even encountered the Fairy Ruler entity.

-The Fairy Kingdom… has been destroyed.

Terramor muttered with his head bowed.

– The invasion of the toxic monsters was fierce. The army poured in without a single day of rest, and high-ranking monsters also continued to invade.

[… Didn’t you say that the country was protected by the Fairy Tree’s barrier?]

It is said that the fairy tree has several functions.

Among them, there are functions of concealment and protection. It naturally hides the existence of the residence through a barrier, and even if discovered, it draws out a powerful protective shield.

-At the very beginning of the invasion, it collapsed due to an attack by a particularly powerful monster. It was because the king was sick at the time…

Although he was bowing his head, his expression was darkened. Even without checking his expression, I could feel his depressed emotions.

I bit my lip as I felt a dull feeling that reached all around me.

‘… If it had already been destroyed, it would have been natural not to have found it.’

At the same time, the stories that were told were organized.

No matter how hard you try, there is no way you can see a country that has already fallen and disappeared.

There was a reason why it was only passed down through information or word of mouth at best.

The fairy kingdom was destroyed.

The reason is the invasion of monsters. It is a common reason, apart from the fact that it is a tragedy.

‘Did it perish in the chaos?’

A great cataclysm. Many countries were destroyed in the chaos that followed. It would be much faster to find a country that was not destroyed.

-At that time, I responded to the invasion as a spirit belonging to the Fairy Kingdom. My fellow countrymen and fairies were the same.

[… You are a higher spirit now. Were you like that back then too?]

-Yes… It wasn’t as good as it is now, but it was a higher rank, and after resisting, I ended up suffering a fatal wound that reached my soul.

He lost consciousness due to the fatal blow, and when he regained consciousness with difficulty, he opened his eyes in a place deep underground.

[That was the dungeon just now… That’s where you were.]

-… I barely managed to survive, but I was in a state where I could die at any moment. In the midst of all this, that space made me a proposal.

proposal.

I could guess the answer without even having to hear it.

‘Did you sit on Alpha in exchange for life support and treatment?’

The environment is perfect. I was trying to catch it because I was curious about the dungeon’s expansion plan.

The race is spirits. If we approached them in the form of a contract, it wouldn’t be impossible.

‘Is the dungeon that smart? No, can’t the will to expand be seen as a concept of self?’

I tapped the numbers in my head.

‘Siyoram was established 120 years ago.’

According to the president’s notes in the mansion, the president had been preparing to establish the poetry cradle for some time.

From that point on, they had already created an artificial island and were preparing a dungeon for the students to use.

‘How did you end up in that dungeon while unconscious?’

After a long period of slow recovery, when did it start to recover to a mid-level upper rank and become alpha?

By the way, where in the Fairy Kingdom were you, that you drifted all the way to the artificial island of Shiyoram?

– I’m sorry. I regained consciousness, but I couldn’t recall all my memories. My memories are recovering, so if you could give me some time…

[Ah… I see. I was inconsiderate. So don’t make that face…]

I hastily stopped Terramor, who was bowing his head as if he was going to bury it in the ground.

“… … .”

Those around me kept silent because a serious conversation was going on.

I sat back down on the sofa, keeping an eye on the teacher and Professor Riana who were in sight.

[… First, let me ask you a few more questions. If you don’t remember, don’t be sorry. Do you remember how many children were at the top level like you?]

-… I don’t know the exact situation of the other attributes… but the people of the land who fought against the invasion at that time, um… were about twenty.

[twenties?]

The spirit of the upper world20.

If you look at the hierarchy of the upper spirits, I think it was a bit lower than the 4th rank? I remember it being equivalent to the 4th rank depending on the situation.

The upper rank of the earth spirit is 20. If the upper rank of other spirits is also 20, the upper rank of the spirits is close to 100.

There are far more mid-level and low-level spirits than high-level spirits, and as it is a fairy kingdom, the fairy side must have had some power as well.

Since there must have been a lot of fairy trees planted, correction should be taken into account.

But according to Terramor, it seems that they were pushed back and failed to gain the upper hand in their own kingdom.

‘What invaded?’

There are so many crazy monsters in the chaos period.

I know that there are a lot of monsters out there, and that among these monsters, some really crazy creatures are born.

Strictly speaking, the Twin-Headed Poison Dragon is a monster that was born at the end of the period of chaos.

Even taking that into account, it is shocking to hear that the Fairy Kingdom, which had been estimated to have collapsed, has fallen.

‘Second tier?’

The gap in hierarchy gets bigger the higher you go.

3rd tier is stronger than 4th tier. 2nd tier is stronger than 3rd tier.

The 1st tier is a distinction that defines an unimplemented entity, so the strongest monster, excluding the existence of the tower lord, is the 2nd tier.

2nd and 5th rounds.

The Lee Haruls I’ve met also ended up fighting second-tier monsters.

-… I lost my life without being able to protect my country.

In the quiet atmosphere, Termor bit his lip. His clenched fists trembled.

-I was unable to protect the king I was supposed to protect, even Guinevere.

[Don’t say that… Whose protection?]

-But in the end, I met the King… the current Lee Ha-yul.

Terramor raised his head, which he had been bowing since the start of the competition.

Although it was not visible to my eyes, I observed indescribable emotions swirling around in their faces and eyes.

-I am an ugly person who has already failed once, but I would like to have you by my side. Please allow me…

[Oh… Don’t say that too much. And I already brought you here, so of course we’ll be together, so don’t worry…]

-ah…!

Terramor’s face, which had been tense for a while, brightened up. But soon he let out a small sigh and lowered his head again.

“… I heard something big.”

The general story is over.

Professor Riana noticed him and stroked my hair.

“Fairy… I’ve become familiar with it because of the kids these days, and it’s suddenly a story about the kingdom. It’s not something to joke around about.”

“It’s amazing that it’s not a rumor but a real place… but… ”

The teacher also opened his mouth. He sat down next to me and looked at Terramor with a prickly gaze, then stroked my hair in the same way.

[That’s why I told you not to tease me too much]

” Even the baby who says that has a blank expression when he first hears the story of the kingdom? ”

[That was… an inevitable story…]

“That’s true, though.”

As I felt those hands, the headache that had been bothering me for a moment went away. I took a deep breath and relaxed my body.

-… Are those two women queens?

In the meantime, a question came from ahead. Terramor, who had been looking around, looked at me from both sides and asked cautiously.

-Yes, Queen Atra and Queen Riana.

-ah…

The answer came not from the person concerned, but from among the fairies who had been listening to the conversation.

Terramorga, who let out a small sigh, took up a posture.

-My name is Terramor. It is an honor to meet you, Queen Atra and Queen Riana.

“Uh… Yes, nice to meet you too, Terramore.”

“… Nice to meet you.”

The two of them blinked at the rather polite greeting. I blinked as well. The greeting seemed a bit sudden.

After greeting the two of them, Terramor suddenly lowered his gaze and touched Seoyul, who was sitting in his arms.

Terramor’s gaze fell on Seoyul’s hair and eyes.

-…article?

“Hello.”

Seoyul waved her hand. A question mark appeared above Teramoro’s head.

A knight… You’re probably talking about a fairy knight. It seems strange to me that such a fairy knight is in my arms.

I nodded and stroked Seo-yul’s head.

[Lee Seo-yool. As Terramor said, the race is a fairy knight… She is my daughter]

-?

Woof woof… A wave of ideas came to mind. It was an idea full of questions. Terramor, frozen stiff, rolled his eyes.

-Have you already seen the future…?

[No, I wasn’t born that way…]

***

Several days passed after receiving a general explanation of the situation from Terramore.

Nothing special happened.

It’s already a situation where even a fairy spirit has entered and is living there.

Even though Professor Riana’s upper spirits were wandering around the yard, there was no big problem with Terramorhana being added.

In the first place, Terramor is still recovering. Most of them are resting quietly in their wing feathers.

Those who had gone into dungeon training returned, and for a while, normal city life continued.

“Oh, I’m worried… I’m already at the entrance… ”

It was only a brief moment of ordinary life.

Because the dungeon practice is over and the time to enter the tower is approaching.

The training grounds of the mansion. Jiyeon, who taught me Taesan, sat down on the ground and sighed in worry.

I sat next to Lee Ji-yeon and tilted my head.

[Senior, is there anything you need to worry about when you enlist?]

As far as I know, there is nothing special about the third-year students’ entrance exam this year.

‘Or is it because of family matters?’

It is a well-known story that Lee Ji-yeon is in charge of the business as the head of the Taesan family.

Of course, it’s not a formal succession, so he doesn’t take on all the work, but as he’s from the third generation of the family, the level of work must be significant.

“I’m worried about my juniors, not me.”

[Eh]

Jiyeon, who was catching her breath, glanced at me. The green winged clothes tapped my winged clothes, created an empty space, and wrapped themselves gently around my waist.

-Wow…

A warm energy flowed in from the winged robe wrapped around her waist.

“The second year of college is a time of chaos. I had a hard time there… I can’t help but worry that my juniors are going through the same thing.”

[aha]

Certainly, the first entrance exam of the second year is something to be worried about.

Because it was suddenly dropped into the magical realm of the Age of Chaos. It was presumed that even the Fairy Kingdom would have perished during that era.

If you fall in the middle of it, you’ll be in a lot of trouble.

‘Thanks to you, I’ll be able to grow a lot.’

The first entrance exam in the second year is an opportunity to grow particularly quickly in the original work.

It’s like that for any other entrance exam, but in this one too, you have to make up your mind and grow.

Especially me.

It needs to grow more rapidly.

[But don’t worry too much. It will be hard, but eventually, whether it’s injury or death, everything will return to how it was before…]

“That’s the right decision. But for some reason, I feel uneasy about that thought, especially when it comes to my juniors… ”

[?]

Lee Ji-yeon shrugged her shoulders, her chest wide open. The emotions in her green eyes staring at me were impure.

[It’s unfair…]

Even though I had karma up until now, it was a bit unfair to be worried even at the entrance.

***