"Artoria, it's me, Ector! Listen, Artoria, no matter what, you must escape from here! You are the Child of Prophecy... No... of course, that identity doesn't matter at all right now. What's more important is—you are my friend!! I cannot let a friend die here; this is my promise as the Black Knight!"
The sharp blade in Ector's hand pried open the locked door directly. Then, he reached out his hand to Artoria. Looking at the only good friend she had made in this village before her, a series of touching emotions inevitably surfaced in Artoria's heart. At the same time, she placed her hand directly into the palm of this Black Knight.
A smile appeared on Ector's face. "Good, stay close to me!"
The Black Knight raised the weapon in his hand directly. Above the burning house, Aslan watched all of this and suddenly had some mischievous thoughts. Let's see Artoria's reaction for a bit. I hope the Artoria of this world can give me a good answer sheet. After all, the her from the other world is King Arthur.
If she abandoned her companion to run away alone, then let this Artoria fend for herself. When this Fairy Britain perished, it wouldn't matter whether she went toward destruction along with all the fairies or escaped back to Avalon.
The greatsword in Ector's hand swung to the side, instantly forcing back a Mors. At the same time, dragging Artoria, he ran rapidly in one direction. Artoria also raised the staff in her hand. Remembering some magecraft she could use, she immediately cast it, forcing back the surrounding flames.
Aslan sat on the edge of a high building, swinging his legs gently. At the same time, he took out an ice cream from his Mystic Code. Watching a show, how can there be no ice cream? This raging fire is truly warmer than the heaters in the normal world.
It had to be said, although this girl didn't grow up like a hero, she was indeed willing to give her all when it came to treating her friends, even if she didn't want to do so deep down in her heart.
This girl truly wanted to leave this place quickly at this moment. This place had been giving her an extremely dangerous feeling. If one were to reach into the back of her clothes right now, they would definitely find that her back was completely drenched with sweat. Even those seemingly determined eyes had a somewhat vacant look.
Sitting on the high building, eating ice cream while stroking a Mors, Aslan couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. No matter how he looked at it, this Child of Prophecy looked just like an ordinary fairy girl. More or less, in Japanese stories about saving or destroying the world, protagonists usually had special identities and extraordinary experiences.
Look at a certain brat who could throw stones with the power of bombs; look at the God Slayer who had a magical grandpa and stole a God's Authority right upon debut. Even if not that, although looking ordinary and introverted, there would be a virus sister capable of destroying the world, or possess the identity of the King of Sin, Adam.
Not to mention that in current isekai novels, if not the world's number one assassin, it's an old skeleton battling wits with the air. Even slimes and spiders have become gods. These people all obtained protagonist qualities from the start. But the girl before him... aside from the identity of the Child of Prophecy, Aslan didn't see a single protagonist quality.
Fine. If the entire timeline is viewed as a story, this girl before me indeed cannot be counted as the protagonist of the entire story. The real protagonist is that boy or girl (Ritsuka) who moves forward even knowing the road ahead is confusing. But even a supporting character shouldn't be this miserable, right? In current isekai novels, which supporting character isn't tall, mighty, domineering, or even possibly overpowering the protagonist?
Looking at it this way, this child before me is truly pitiful.
"Go. Drive that Black Knight to the designated location. Although I don't like playing with conspiracies, we can't let the Child of Prophecy stand on the opposite side of us. No matter what, the Child of Prophecy has a special status on this island. Our goal is to destroy Britain; different paths lead to the same destination. If that Child of Prophecy hinders us, it would be somewhat troublesome."
He could use forceful means to seal this girl temporarily, but for the sake of that face, Aslan still couldn't quite bring himself to be that cruel. However, if it were Merlin, there wouldn't be so many issues. Whether changing the girl's appearance to Merlin's, or changing Aslan directly to Merlin.
If it were the former, Aslan would probably forge the girl directly into a new weapon. Anyway, Fairies of Paradise would eventually be forged into Holy Swords to save (destroy) Britain. If it were the latter... that heartless Merlin would definitely watch happily as the girl before him opposed him, and finally discover that their goals were the same.
At that time, Merlin might even run up to the girl happily, spreading his hands and asking the girl to compensate him.
Aslan didn't have Merlin's leisure and mood. Merlin, who didn't understand human hearts, probably had no way to understand why this island was weeping so much, right? Of course, even if he didn't understand, he should know what he ought to do.
The girl before him didn't have any special experiences. So, all he could do was give her a period of false despair. Using despair and hatred to arouse this girl's hatred for this Fairy Britain. This way, even if the girl before him didn't stand on the same level as him, she wouldn't stand on the side of the fairies.
Although, looking at it now, the possibility of this girl standing on the side of the fairies was also relatively low.
And what he needed to do was drive the Black Knight before him into a corner, then pack him directly into his special coffin and seal him. He would end the seal after returning to his own world. Although this Black Knight was a stowaway, as long as he was thrown to the Reverse Side of the World, it wouldn't affect history, right?
At worst, he would install a few limiters on these fairies. Moreover, as long as he didn't do anything to endanger the world now, there was really no one who could deal with him casually. If the Inner Side of the World didn't work, then locking these fairies directly in Antarctica would work; with Chaldea's restrictions, there shouldn't be any problems.
Using Fairy Letters to control the fire, he burned through a portion of the wooden buildings, causing the eaves to fall from high above like a partition, subsequently blocking the path between the Black Knight and the girl.
Aslan used magical energy to form invisible gloves on the claws of several Mors to prevent these Mors from infecting the fairy he intended to save. After all, he couldn't guarantee that all fairies would retain a certain level of IQ after turning into Mors.