Chapter 182: When the Flowers Bloom in Spring (2)
[-Humans may fear and call that child a monster, but in truth, the Dullahan is closer to being a fairy. It’s only that it’s fallen far after being bound to the underworld. Even so, it takes its duties seriously and occasionally helps us with our requests. Besides, it doesn’t harm lives without reason. It’s not a bad child, hehe.]
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The knights weren’t sure whether they should be shocked at the revelation that the Dullahan was actually a fairy, or at the Spring Spirit’s casual way of treating and commanding it as though it were a child.
Yet, as Ihan witnessed the fragments of the fairy’s power, he couldn’t suppress his growing curiosity.
“...I don’t quite understand. Why was the Spring Spirit captured by a bunch of spellcasters? With your strength, couldn’t you have overpowered them before they caught you?”
“What insolence!”
“I-it’s just a question...”
For some reason, it seemed the Spring Spirit couldn’t harm humans directly. However, it was evident that she had the power to easily outmatch them in other ways. When first released from her seal, she had turned the mages’ mana into nutrients for the earth, and simply summoning the Dullahan would have decimated most of the spellcasters, including that rotten Archmage of 400 years.
So why hadn’t she resisted?
[Oh, is that what you’re curious about? It’s nothing too complicated. You don’t need to be so cautious about asking.]
The Spring Spirit’s tone was lighthearted, as though this were a trivial matter she was happy to explain.
[You see, the way we fairies use our power is rather... particular.]