76. Thirty Years East of the River, Thirty Years West of the River

The roaring thunder directly shattered all of the Moon Fairy’s attacks, leaving her herself unscathed. A bolt of heavenly lightning struck her down from her lofty position of “looking down on me” in the air. Although this fairy was not cooked inside and out from just one shock, after hitting the ground, the earlier high-and-mighty demeanor she had, relying on her ability to “see into people’s hearts,” vanished.

After all, at the very moment the thunder rumbled down, Reiti had already appeared in my line of sight with her Siberian wolf cavalry, charging forward. Finally, Reiti commanded her subordinates to halt, then leaped down from her wolf’s back, striding angrily towards the Moon Fairy, her sword still crackling with golden lightning, leaving trails of light on the snow.

“Louise? Seems like it’s not… Whatever, it doesn’t matter who you are, you’re still a nuisance.”

Reiti was not foolish; she quickly grasped the situation before her and naturally… had no good attitude towards the Moon Fairy in front of her.

“Hey, you who dare to act against the Emperor in the Rosia Empire, looks like you’re tired of living?”

“Hmph, Ivan Reiti, hasn’t your brain caught up yet? I thought that Rosian had already informed you about this~”

Faced with Reiti’s unreserved hostility, the Moon Fairy initially thought it was just because Reiti was too dull to know my true identity, merely seeing her as a suspicious woman causing trouble in the Rosia Empire. But…

Just as the Moon Fairy turned around, intending to explain while trying to win Reiti over to “kill me” together, her convenient ability as a self-disciplined fairy was not friendly to her at this moment.

“He actually is… uh?”

After all, the Moon Fairy only needed a glance to know what Reiti was thinking, and now she surely also “saw”: Reiti had already “remembered me,” and then…

Reiti now wanted to chop her up.

Because the Moon Fairy, who had always been “calm and noble” due to her ability to see into people’s hearts, finally panicked: “Ivan Reiti, what you remembered might be…”

She wanted to explain, but regardless of right or wrong, the irritable Reiti had already “remembered,” and would definitely not listen to her explanation: “Get lost! Don’t make noise in front of this Emperor, you old hag nuisance! “

Saying this, she raised her sword, “It’s simple, those who move against this Emperor and bring others to toy with me, if you don’t want to be thrown into the North Sea to feed the fish, then get lost!”

“!”

Perhaps worried that a fight here would be too fierce among the fairies and affect me and Reiti’s subordinates, this time Reiti’s retaliation seemed unexpectedly reasonable to me.

Reiti brought a large number of troops, and although the Moon Fairy could “see into people’s hearts,” she could only see one person’s thoughts at a time. Clearly aware that the current situation was absolutely unfavorable to her, even if this fairy felt resentful for not eliminating me, she could only choose to flee.

However, this time, I could not let her have her way. Unlike “remembered” Louise, I had thought that the Moon Fairy, who would be the most reasonable due to her abilities, had now become the most foolish one. Letting her leave would only put Louise in a difficult position, so…

It’s time to end it all, right here.

I cast my gaze towards the moon fairy, Iris, who was ready to float away. I spoke softly.

“【Kneel】”

The fairy fell into the snow, her long dress gradually getting soaked by the melting snow. At first, she didn’t realize what was happening and tried to get up, but after a few failed attempts as if she had lost her strength, she sensed something, slowly raised her head, and her expression turned increasingly terrified.

“Did you see?”

The good thing about facing this moon fairy is that I don’t have to explain too much about many things.

The fairy before me wore an expression of disbelief: “You… why does your script…”

“Don’t you understand? Or is it that… just like when you saw me earlier and wanted to ‘kill me,’ you saw it but didn’t want to understand?”

I walked towards Letty. In my memory, the moon fairy Iris, the “true ruler” of the Great Yng Empire, although her personality was indeed as troublesome and stubborn as an old woman’s, still had some respectable qualities and didn’t merely rely on a “secure job” to live off her past.

However, the “now” she seemed to have completely fallen to the level of a mere supporting character, clinging to her abilities, using only her abilities, and beyond that, she had even lost the simplest ability to discern truth from falsehood. What good is insight into the human heart if what you see is not necessarily true…

She could clearly see the entire course of events from me, yet she still chose to believe the answer given to her by Kephiel. This… is far worse than her “daughter.” As for the scene where she attacked me just now…

“You really don’t think I rely on ‘luck’ every time, do you? None of those moments were luck; you saw my ‘script,’ but… I changed it.”

At that time, I was just waiting. If Letty could “remember” after knowing my identity, that would be best. If she couldn’t remember and still regarded me as the “most wanted criminal on the continent” and the “big liar” ” who deceived her, then I could only “change” along with the moon fairy in front of me the moment Letty arrived.

“You…”

“[I told you to kneel.]”

I pressed the moon fairy back into the snow. “Don’t flaunt your abilities in front of me; I do not respect the ‘now’ you, who is useless except for your fairy powers. Since you’re so confident in your ability to read minds, I’ll give you this opportunity now…”

I stopped in front of the moon fairy. “Look, I’m letting you ‘see’ freely now. Then use that brain of yours, which probably hasn’t turned for a long time, to think carefully about whose thoughts you’re seeing as ‘true.'”

“Moon fairy, I originally thought you would be the one to ‘remember’ right after the queen, but now it seems… the current you is really useless.”

The fairy before me stood there, stunned.

Was it because she was momentarily shocked and unable to accept what she saw in my heart? Or was she simply frustrated with herself for becoming such a pathetic sight, terrified of the power of the “script” I just used on her?

Hoo~ Anyway, this fairy will surely come to her senses soon. Before that, I still need to go “welcome” a more important person “back.”

I ignored the moon fairy kneeling on the ground and approached Letty.

Some things don’t need to be confirmed with a script; if possible, I want to witness Letty’s “change” with my own eyes.

One sentence is enough.

“Letty, do you remember now?”