The interactions between Naoki and Aesc over the past six months couldn't really be described as plentiful.
After all, their schedules were fundamentally separate. Throughout the day, the only time they spent together was during meals. At other times, they hardly ever met.
Therefore, engaging in activities together with Aesc like this was indeed a rare occurrence.
"Wheeeeee~~~~~"
In the skies above the Faerieland, at high altitude.
Wanting to complete this journey as quickly as possible, Naoki and Aesc did not choose to ride a fairy horse-drawn carriage. Instead, Naoki carried them both flying, directly traversing the air in a straight line.
Aesc, lifted by the wind in the air, held onto the hem of her dress: "This is truly a novel way to travel."
"Aesc, can't you fly?"
"No, I can fly. It's very easy to do through Magecraft. However, my method of flying is slightly different from yours."
Aesc's flight Magecraft, specifically, should make her levitate. It is Magecraft applied to herself. Whereas Naoki's flight involves control over the atmosphere, which is fundamentally different.
"Why can you use flight Magecraft like this, Naoki?"
"Rather than saying I learned it, it's more like a byproduct."
Naoki said while lighting a flame in his palm: "I can use a type of Magecraft called Summoning Magecraft. It's Magecraft that allows me to summon and let fairies, spirits, star spirits... and similar beings possess my body."
"I used to use this Magecraft often to summon fairies representing elements. Unconsciously, I mastered how to use it like this. By the time I realized it, I was already very proficient."
Although he said that, Naoki currently doesn't use Summoning Magecraft often. Things he could only do before with Spirit Armament, he can now do casually. It's more of a bonus. Previously, Naoki only used Summoning Magecraft again when facing Tiamat and Goetia.
He rarely uses it in daily life. The flexibility of Imaginary Manifestation is far greater than Summoning Magecraft.
Listening to Naoki's explanation, Aesc slightly raised her eyebrows: "There's Magecraft like that... Can you teach me?"
"Eh? Teach you?"
"Yes."
"You... why do you want to learn this Magecraft?"
Aesc is a fairy who has lived for three thousand six hundred years. She possesses all of Morgan's knowledge. If Naoki remembers correctly, she also once summoned the Wise Man Grimm, who is also part of the Norse chief god Odin, as her partner... Does she still need to learn Summoning Magecraft?
Aesc explained: "For some reason, I feel this Magecraft might be useful in the future. Of course, it's fine if you don't want to teach me."
"I didn't say I don't want to teach you, just let's postpone it until we return. If teaching from the beginning, I need to prepare some materials. For now, let's focus on the matter at hand."
Naoki said while slightly lowering their flight altitude. As their view became clearer, the scenery ahead gradually appeared before their eyes.
Londinium is located in the southeast of the British Isle, while the Lake District is in the northwest, near the northern tip. The distance between the two places could be said to traverse the entire British Isle. Under normal circumstances, covering this distance would take four or five days.
But now, visually, the remaining distance is only about two-thirds.
*THUMP!*
A feeling of resonance with something sounded in Naoki's chest.
Over the past six months, whenever he was near this area, Naoki always faintly felt this resonance. He also realized that this resonance wasn't aimed at him, but rather something there was continuously emitting this resonance, and he just happened to be able to feel it.
Connected to some kind of network—this description was more accurate.
And if his guess wasn't wrong, the one emitting this resonance should be....
"Albion the Dragon."
Gazing at the area faintly visible in his sight, where its outlines were vaguely discernible, Naoki recalled things about this dragon.
—Albion the Dragon.
A living being that has existed since Earth's birth. Possessing life information spanning nearly 4.6 billion years, an extremely ancient super existence, and at the same time, in a certain sense, the ancestor of all dragon species. Its position among dragon species is similar to a Grand among Heroic Spirits.
In Pan-Human History, Albion is the dragon that chose to remain on the British Isle after the Age of Gods ended.
In history, with the end of the Age of Gods and the disappearance of mystery, many Phantasmal Species, including dragon species, chose to migrate to the Reverse Side of the World. However, Albion chose to remain on the surface world until the path to the Inner Sea of the Stars was completely closed. Albion chose to enter underground from the land, trying to reach the Reverse Side of the World by moving physically, but ultimately exhausted its strength and died.
The remnants of its body are now buried beneath the Clock Tower, called the Albion Spirit Tomb, and have been continuously excavated as the greatest treasure of the world of magecraft from ancient times to the present.
Meanwhile, in the Lostbelt, because the world was destroyed by Sefar over ten thousand years ago, the entire earth turned into the Sea of Nothingness. Albion could only fly in the sky until it finally exhausted its strength.
After that, its corpse fell in northern Britain, and eventually transformed into the northern landmass of Britain.
This is the reason why the fairies on the British Isle are divided into northern and southern fairies.
The northern fairies are those who survived thanks to the remnants of Albion, while the southern fairies were born from the six founding fairies and live on the corpse continent piled up from the Horned God and countless fairies.
The encounter between the two occurred about five thousand six hundred years ago.
*THUMP!*
The resonant feeling from the Lake District grew stronger. Naoki held his chest.
Seeing his movement, Aesc asked: "Do you need me to help suppress it with Magecraft?"
Naoki shook his head: "No, it's not necessary. I can handle it myself. More importantly, it's getting dark. Let's prepare to descend. We'll rest in the nearest forest, then continue flying tomorrow. How about that?"
The distance to the Lake District still remained less than two-thirds. If they continued flying at normal speed, they would probably arrive around midnight.
Anyway, going there wasn't an extremely urgent matter. It was better to rest for the night now and continue the flight tomorrow.
"Alright, I agree."
"Then it's decided. I'll look for a landing spot...."
After observing the situation below, Naoki found a forest and immediately brought Aesc flying down.