"Useless System, you tell me, what the hell is this!" Souya roared at the system with his anger.
He was now said to be a water fairy, but in fact, he was just a mass of conscious water. He could not move freely, nor could he stay in one place. He could only follow this flowing stream and countless other streams to an unknown direction.
[Host, calm down, calm down!]
The system's voice also sounded very panicked at this time. Clearly, it also didn't understand why he would become a water fairy, and the weakest kind at that. Logically, his soul should have become the person with the highest compatibility with him in that era. For this to happen, it could only mean that his most compatible identity in Britain was not a human, but a water fairy.
This is a bit hard to take, family...
[Host, I know you're in a hurry, but don't be in a hurry.]
The system began to rack its brains to comfort him.
[You also know, Host, that fate is a fickle thing. Just like the branches on a big tree, no one can predict what they will grow into. So in fact, it's not without reason that you have a chance to become a water fairy... On the bright side! At least you don't have to worry about the source of your magical energy. As long as you can incarnate, you will have a magical energy reserve comparable to the entire natural world!]
[Besides, becoming a fairy is already an indisputable fact. Why don't you try to accept it, Host?]
Listening to the system's persuasion, his restless heart also gradually calmed down. The system was right. Although it was just a useless existence like an intelligent search engine, at least the words it said above were still very reasonable. After all, incarnated fairies, or similar incarnated spirits, were not groundless in the records of the Type-Moon universe.
The most typical example was Hinako Akuta.
Although becoming an incarnated spirit sounded very difficult, in fact, it was indeed very difficult. After all, he wasn't confident that a small fairy like him could get the blessing of the planet. It was a question of whether he could even survive in this Britain where the Age of Gods was fading. But in any case, the matter was already a foregone conclusion. After his initial resistance, he also began to slowly accept this fact.
He carefully thought back on some of the simulator novels he had read before, and then asked the system, "Useless System, by the way, do you have that kind of ability that normal simulators have, like speeding up the flow of time, skipping some of the less important growth experiences, and stuff?"
And this time, the Useless System gave an accurate answer.
[Yes, Host, yes.]
[It's just that because I've just woken up not long ago, using this ability will greatly consume my power...]
"Cut the crap, just use it. After I'm done with the simulation, I'll let you have a good time with all the high-quality holy relics I got from the Church."
[Alright, I'll serve you right away, my dear Host~]
As the system's voice fell, he felt his consciousness become blurry again. But this time he did not fall unconscious, but instead, a scene like a revolving lantern and flowing text appeared before his eyes.
[Soon, you accepted yourself as a water fairy and began to drift with the current, traveling through this land with the countless streams that crisscrossed Britain.]
[For a fairy, the concept of time is very vague.]
[You only remember that the knights on the land, who should have been loyal to their lords and kings, began to gather. They wore standard armor, held standard knightly longswords, and under Uther's call, they honed their martial skills and were continuously sent to the front line.]
[From the conversations of the knights, you learned that they had a common enemy.]
[The vile King Vortigern, and his army of Anglo-Saxons, who were called barbarians and Anglo-Saxon pirates by the knights.]
[They said that the vile king was a traitor to the Celts, and the Anglo-Saxons were despicable invaders. They swore to Uther that they would definitely defeat the vile king and his army.]
[Although you have never seen any of them again since they went to the front line.]
[And in this process of observation, you gradually learned about the chivalry that the British knights believed in.]
[That is, the knightly spirit of virtue and goodness, the resonant knightly honor, and loyalty to one's lord, fearlessness in the face of sacrifice, and a series of other things that were admired by people.]
[You sneered at these things. After all, you are a fairy, not a human.]
[But you agreed with the martial spirit contained within. In the long process of observation and learning, you obtained the skill 'Fairy Eyes: Martial Arts (B)'.]
[Fairy Eyes: Martial Arts (B): Long-term observation and learning have allowed you to deeply learn the essence of martial arts. Besides the original function of Fairy Eyes to see the flow of magical energy, it has also added the effect of seeing through the enemy's martial arts flaws and learning martial arts at a much faster rate.]
A skill?
He looked at the change in the text before him with some surprise. He could feel that his sense of sight had become much clearer, and many martial arts techniques had also been added to his mind. Even the one-on-one moves of the two knights on the riverbank had become clear and slow in his eyes. In just a few breaths, he could see which of them had not fully exerted their strength, and which of them was not skilled enough in their techniques, revealing a small flaw.
"How magical!"
He couldn't help but exclaim. The scene and text before him continued to flow.
[As time passed, your knowledge of martial arts techniques in your mind became more and more profound. It was just that you were suffering from not having a body, and had a full set of skills but couldn't use them.]
[And among the three weapons popular among the knights now, the sword, the spear, and the bow, the one you were most skilled in was not the sword, but the spear, which accounted for the smallest proportion of the three weapons.]
[You were confident that if you had a body, your mastery of spear techniques would definitely not be inferior to that of a spear master among the knights.]
[After a long period of time, you found that just by observing the knights fight, it was no longer of much use to you, so you no longer flowed by the riverbanks where the knights appeared.]
[Now, you can already control your direction of flow and the waterway you stay in.]
[You began to explore the terrain of Britain. You could easily go even to the uninhabited forests.]
[You tried to see if you could follow the river to the sea, but every time you got close to the estuary, you felt your life force draining.]
[Clearly, as a fairy born in the waters of Britain, you could not leave this island. Once you lost the blessing of the Isle of Britain, you probably couldn't even last a day.]
[And on a certain day, you discovered a mysterious lake.]
[You could sense an aura in the lake that made you both desire and fear it. You hesitated whether to enter the lake to explore or to continue to drift with the current.]
[Ding! The Host has triggered the track of fate. A fork in the road has been triggered. Please make a choice as soon as possible!]
"What is this?"
Souya, who was still immersed in the rush of memories, was a bit dazed at this time. His head was a little dizzy, and he couldn't react in time.
[As you can see, Host. Just as I told you, the path representing the diversity of fate is a part of you. And as the master, you naturally have to face the choice of the direction of your life. This... is the fork in the road.]
The system's voice was much weaker than before. Clearly, as it had said, advancing the simulation process had consumed a lot of its energy.
[Then, Host, please make your choice.]
[Choice 1: Step into the lake and explore the mystery contained within.]
[Choice 2: Play it safe and continue along this river towards the downstream territory.]
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