Naoki was now deeply disappointed.
Naoki was now deeply furious.
Looking up at the figure bathed in crimson moonlight in the sky, Morgan clearly understood what feelings Naoki was bearing right now.
Because she felt the same—only, compared to her, Naoki's emotions were perhaps purer.
After all, unlike her, Naoki had never placed hope in the fairies from the start. From the beginning, he never saw fairies as a group worth saving. Now, after hearing the vile atrocities of humans and fairies during Londinium's attack from the girl dolls' mouths, this conviction had undoubtedly deepened and solidified.
Thus, he was doing what he was doing now.
Moon Fall.
The secret technique hidden by the True Ancestor Princess named Arcueid Brunestud in Pan-Human History—arguably the most extreme Imaginary Manifestation in a certain sense. The manifested blood-red moon destroys everything on the land with the purest mass and force. Nothing can survive under Moon Fall!
Now, compared to the Moon Fall Naoki had used in Aesc's memories, the scale this time was clearly far greater. Its size almost gave the illusion that Naoki had encompassed the entirety of Britain in his attack range.
(No…)
Aesc denied it in her heart.
This shouldn't be an illusion. Naoki's Moon Fall was truly intended to target the whole of Britain!
[Fairies who are fundamentally sinful need not live]
[Fairies who commit vile atrocities need not live]
[Fairies who reveal their ugliness need not live]
"…"
The Londinium incident was just a microcosm. Under the invasion of the fifteen thousand girl dolls created by the Naraku Worm, similar things were likely happening in every corner of Britain.
Fairies who wanted to live used humans as shields. Humans who wanted to live fought desperately against fairies… The contradictions between the two races were perfectly exposed in these apocalyptic moments!
Neither saw the other as allies. Both only thought of how to keep themselves alive.
No one aware of this situation could still see humans and fairies as existences worth saving. Even Aesc felt that way now!
In her heart, she had silently been anticipating—anticipating the arrival of Moon Fall.
"I don't think there's any need to save them anymore, Aesc."
Naoki's voice transmitted directly into Aesc's mind.
"I'll still fulfill your wish—free this island from destruction by the Naraku Worm. But for the humans and fairies living on this island… at least for the humans and fairies right now, I don't think there's any need to save them."
"Tear everything down and start from zero, Aesc."
Start from zero?
Aesc frowned: "You mean… the Queen's Calendar?"
"Yes. Though it's a bit too early, I think it's enough, right? Uther is dead too. The Fairy Nation you dreamed of building—where humans and fairies live side by side—has been destroyed."
"Indeed."
Aesc had given up.
Given up completely and decisively.
Unlike Naoki, who only heard it verbally, Aesc had witnessed it. Witnessed the utterly vile way humans and fairies lived, witnessed the scenes where both races dragged each other down!
This was just Londinium. Elsewhere would surely be even crueler.
So, it was time to give up.
Though she had known everything for three thousand six hundred years, Aesc had still clung to a sliver of hope—only because her childhood was spent under the care and love of fairies, she had continued believing in them until now.
Even after repeated betrayals, she still believed in fairies.
Enough was enough.
The betrayals endured were enough. The ugliness witnessed was enough.
"Destroy it, Naoki."
Aesc looked up at Naoki.
"Let the moon fall. After emptying all of Britain, we start again… All we need to save is this island. Everything on this island has nothing to do with us, right?"
"Yes."
The two, having reached an agreement, nodded to each other from afar. Then Aesc said to Melusine: "Take me to Naoki's side, Melusine. We… have to move to the next era."
"Aesc, Naoki…"
For some reason, Melusine suddenly felt that Naoki and Aesc right now were terrifying. Not terrifying in the ordinary sense—but in another way… as if their entire beings had inverted. That kind of fear was the extreme calm and madness after realizing everything and discarding everything.
Yet, despite finding them terrifying, Melusine still carried Aesc to Naoki's side.
She was the existence Naoki had saved from the dragon's skeleton. She was the dragon who loved that beam of starlight—who loved Naoki. No matter what Naoki wanted to do, Melusine would stay by his side.
Aesc grasped Naoki's hand, as if conveying her feelings to him.
"Please, Naoki… do it."
"I've decided—no longer saving the fairies, only protecting this Britain."
Aesc and Naoki's thoughts, at this moment, reached perfect alignment.
*BUZZ!*
The atmosphere began to wail.
Space began to wail.
The Island of Sin began to wail.
The blood-red moon—so massive it covered and enveloped the entire sky—now fell with a thunderous roar!
In an instant, the entire world fell silent.
Everything returned to nothingness under Moon Fall.
The purest mass crushed all existence beneath the moonlight.
Fairies, humans, girl dolls, buildings, forests, rivers, mountains…
In the literal sense.
[Emptying all of Britain]
The shared thought of Aesc and Naoki became reality under Moon Fall. The Fairy Nation built by fairies and humans for over ten thousand years—at this moment—was completely emptied without remainder.
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On this day, except for the Mirror Clan and King Clan, all fairies went extinct.
Then, ten years later—
On the continent of Britain, where everything began anew.
[The Autumn War] began.
[Confirmed]
[The Holy Sword Bearer and Vivian begin executing the mission]
[Question]
[Shall we send the new Fairy of Paradise]
[Affirmation]
[The island must be destroyed. The Holy Sword Bearer and Vivian cannot be trusted—they will not fully execute the mission in the end. Add a candidate]
[Receiving affirmation]
[Temporary observation period is two thousand years. If the British Isles still exist at that time, send a new Fairy of Paradise to execute the mission]
[No objection]
[No objection]