As mentioned before, a Great Calamity once erupted, bringing Fairy Britain to the end it was originally destined for—destruction. Regrettably, Morgan forcibly changed this ending using the Tree of Emptiness, rebuilding Britain. Thus, Morgan became the Queen of all Britain, sheltering the fairies.
Although the fairies have lived under Morgan's protection, they detest that she imprisons humans for distribution and dislike her collecting their magical energy. Of course, this portion of magical energy acts as a tax and is the key to defending against the Great Calamity. Some fairies who cannot afford the tax have to flee to the Forest of Forgetfulness to hide.
Aurora, the Clan Head of the Wind Clan, knows Morgan's identity as a "Fairy of Paradise." Perhaps out of simple dislike, she has always wanted to topple Morgan. Maybe when she learned that the Queen was once a suppressor from Paradise, this beautiful fairy felt shocked too.
Just then, Ainsel, the Clan Head of the Mirror Clan, prophesied the arrival of the "Child of Prophecy." In the ballads, the Child of Prophecy would save Britain, ring the six bells, and defeat the Queen.
Morgan knew that because she abandoned her mission—which was to let the fairies atone for their sins—Paradise sent another fairy. To avoid the destruction of Britain, she ordered the hunt for the Child of Prophecy.
On the other hand, Aurora felt that Ainsel's prophecy stole her thunder. Under Oberon's instigation, she hinted at Melusine to wipe out the Mirror Clan.
Only a few members of the Mirror Clan remained. Of the two Mirror Clan members wandering outside, one ended up under the Queen's command, while the other, Gareth, fell into a state of wandering everywhere.
At the same time, Aurora knew that Woodwose, the Clan Head of the Fang Clan, admired her. So, she whispered in his ear, leading Woodwose to create a human adoption center. Seemingly a charitable institution, it was actually meant to select the strong from these children, to whom Woodwose would grant the Holy Lance, in order to cultivate a substitute "Child of Prophecy" for her use.
And Percival became this substitute Child of Prophecy. Woodwose was his master, and Melusine was like his older sister. However, because he was a homunculus, their lifespan was only thirty years. Furthermore, using the Holy Lance would absorb their life force; therefore, Percival could use the Holy Lance at most three times.
But that was only the ideal state. Given Percival's current lifespan, using the Holy Lance twice would be the absolute limit of limits.
The potion in the box right now might help Percival use the Holy Lance twice continuously and visibly. At the same time, it contained some information regarding the current status of Fairy Knight Lancelot—though, of course, most of this "status" was fake news.
Adopted by Woodwose as a child, Percival was sent to a school in Salisbury as a candidate for human knight training. After a few years, the training plan was frozen, and Woodwose stopped coming to inspect. It was then that Fairy Knight Lancelot appeared and began guiding Percival in combat techniques.
Just like that, a few more years passed. On the day he was granted the Lance of Selection, Percival, wanting to tell Fairy Knight Lancelot the good news, witnessed the knight crying bitterly in the rain.
At that time, Percival made up his mind to grow up quickly and learn the truth, so he could lift the curse binding Fairy Knight Lancelot. The initial purpose of establishing the Round Table Army was not to save Britain, but simply to defeat the Queen and liberate his teacher, sister, and family.
It must be said that Aurora had been playing a big game from the very beginning.
If one stepped directly into this world without understanding it properly, they would certainly be confused by everything before them. They would be deceived by the fairies' appearances and this seemingly prosperous world, unaware of the sins and curses inherent in this land. Shrouded by Aurora's conspiracies, they would think all Fairy Knights were merely the Queen's lackeys and army.
Ordinary people would probably be played like fiddles... No, even extraordinary people were extremely likely to be played like fiddles. In the original timeline, didn't the people of Chaldea also become pawns of this female fairy? It was just that Aurora didn't expect the power of the Calamity to be so terrifying, leading to the entire fairy race going up in flames.
But Aurora's plan was indeed successful. She successfully incited all the fairies' disgust toward that Queen. She successfully had the child she pre-selected use the Holy Lance to wound the Queen's loyal dog. She successfully took advantage of the loyal dog's injury to provoke his anger toward the Queen, turning love into hate, thereby dealing a heavy blow to the Queen.
That Queen's powerful rule was completely overthrown in a short period of time.
However, these fairies also ended up buried along with her.
In the territory of the Earth Clan, Aurora had long buried a chess piece. The spy quietly approached the Clan Head, explained the current situation, and vaguely began to arouse the Clan Head's ambition.
Speaking of this Clan Head of the Earth Clan, he is also very interesting.
Spriggan, the Clan Head of the Earth Clan, is actually a human named "Nakamura" from Pan-Human History—of course, the Pan-Human History of this world. After accidentally entering Britain, he was first captured as a slave. After a long life of labor, as he reached the age limit for humans in Britain, he was discarded by his owner.
After that, he used various means to struggle and climb his way up to become the secretary to the Earth Clan's Head. After gaining the Clan Head's full trust, he murdered the Clan Head, replaced him, and became Spriggan.
As a human, as a human who was once oppressed by fairies, this guy's ambition to rule a unified Fairy Britain is actually born more out of a desire for revenge deep in his heart.
Leaving aside the fact that in the normal world, the fairies ordinary people encounter are either virtual avatars on computers or existences in novels—and these existences generally revolve around human life—there is a truth that is very real: humans have human arrogance, especially a normal human born and raised in a world dominated by humans.
Perhaps humans born as homunculi in this world find it hard to awaken their self-awareness, having servility ingrained in their bodies. But regrettably, this one does not. These fairies should be the ones lying at his feet forever, serving him like slaves. Being able to climb from the bottom to his current position is enough to prove that he is not an incapable person; in fact, he is very capable.
But he still can't compare to that woman hiding behind the scenes.
If Aurora of this world were placed in the normal human world, she might really be able to play the entire European continent like a fiddle.