Adopting the Male Protagonist Changed the Genre - Chapter 52

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Chapter 52

I couldn’t believe what I was saying.

Fairies are sacred beings that could be called the essence of nature itself.

They’re not creatures you’d expect to see in the middle of the city center, especially not in someone’s home…

At my words, the fairy seemed delighted and began fluttering its translucent wings while spinning around above my head.

【How did you know? That’s right! Suga is a fairy!】

I followed the fairy’s trajectory with my gaze, observing it carefully.

It was as small as my finger.

Its hair was a vivid green color, like fresh leaves glistening in sunlight.

Its body looked about five years old and was no different from a human’s except for the pointed ears.

On its back were three pairs of dragonfly-like wings – it was definitely a fairy.

However, unlike the ones I’d seen in 【Hirome】, it was wearing quite modern clothing.

【Hello, seeker. Suga’s name is Suga! What’s your name?】

Seeker? Does it think we’re playing hide-and-seek?

Though I was bewildered, fairies are innocent beings who know no malice.

I readily answered.

“Belinda Blanche…”

“Young lady.”

In the middle of speaking, Penandel called out to me.

Since he had never interrupted me mid-sentence before, I looked back at him with curiosity.

He asked me in a lowered voice.

“What are you conversing with right now?”

I blinked and looked back and forth between the fairy spinning in front of my eyes and Penandel.

“Can’t you see this?”

Penandel shook his head.

“I cannot see it, but I can sense a presence. However, it doesn’t seem to be a beneficial entity, so it would be best not to converse with it.”

I could detect a faint wariness in Penandel’s voice.

I didn’t know why the fairy wasn’t visible to his eyes, but since he couldn’t see it, he seemed to judge it as a dangerous entity.

“I can clearly see the fairy’s presence with my eyes, so there’s nothing to worry about.”

“A… fairy?”

Though I couldn’t see it behind his mask, I was certain Penandel’s eyebrows had furrowed in confusion.

That’s how much fairies were fantastical beings that only appeared in fairy tales.

I knew of fairies’ existence because I had encountered them often in 【Hirome】, but from Penandel’s perspective, it must have been a statement that would make him worry I’d gone mad.

“Yes, here are the white, translucent wings…”

I stopped mid-sentence while trying to explain the fairy’s distinguishing features.

Suga’s appearance, grinning mischievously, was undoubtedly that of a fairy.

Except for one thing.

“Why… are the wings pitch black?”

Except for the three pairs of wings that were ominously stained as if covered in filthy sludge.

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In 【Hirome】, fairies were mysterious beings that some had seen but whose existence couldn’t be proven.

Unlike spirits, they couldn’t be seen or sensed no matter how high one’s nature affinity was, and since they existed in a different dimensional world, one had to be extremely, extremely, extremely lucky to encounter them.

Even when playing the game, you had to go to the densely wooded Ancient Forest to encounter them with an incredibly rare probability, but once you met them, they were grateful beings who would permanently boost one of the protagonist’s stats with something called a ‘fairy’s blessing.’

‘But I’ve never seen a fairy with black wings before.’

And such an ominously colored one that was hard to believe belonged to a fairy.

I pondered all night, but no answer came.

Moreover, since Suga was only visible to my eyes, though everyone didn’t say anything, their gazes toward me were quite distrustful.

When Terry outright asked, ‘Master, are you under a lot of stress lately?’ I summoned Cao to give him a light scalp massage.

“Ack! This crazy raven!”

After plucking a handful of Terry’s hair, Cao proudly perched on my shoulder and rubbed its head against my cheek affectionately.

I stroked Cao’s neck and shamelessly commanded.

“Someone bring me an explanation I can accept.”

…I don’t want to admit it, but sometimes, just sometimes, it’s convenient that Belinda is a scoundrel.

Like how everyone just goes along with such shameless demands.

The one who came back with an answer was Leo, who joined us late.

“Could it be a fallen fairy?”

Leo, who had rushed over before even fixing his hair and arrived with a bird’s nest on his head, carefully opened a fairy tale book he’d been carrying.

There was an illustration of a fairy whose wings were darkly stained as if dipped in ink.

Leo traced the text in the fairy tale book letter by letter with his small finger.

“Looking here, it says ‘I can no longer return to the fairy… world? With those words, the fallen fairy wept bitterly.'”

While everyone’s attention turned to the illustration in the fairy tale book, I clenched both hands tightly and trembled.

“Jui-bam-tol…”

My voice suppressing excitement sounded ominous even to me. But I absolutely couldn’t contain this joy.

Leo flinched at seeing my expression.

Seeing him looking around nervously as if he’d done something wrong, I quickly continued.

“You’ve finally learned to read.”

And I carefully patted Leo’s head exactly three times.

The key was to quickly strike and retreat before Leo could feel fear from my touch.

“Not bad.”

Though my praise was modest, inside I felt like putting my hands under Leo’s armpits, lifting him up, and giving him an airplane ride.

Leo, who had briefly hunched his shoulders at my touch, soon traced the spot on his head where my hand had touched with his fingertips.

Then he showed me that bright smile with dimples I’d seen before.

“I, I studied really hard. Hehe.”

I widened my eyes to keep them from crinkling and opened my fan to hide my trembling lips.

What is this? What’s happening? Is it okay to pat his head and praise him now?

Should I think this means we’ve grown close enough to share this level of physical contact?

Having no confidence in managing my expression, I hurriedly turned my head toward the book Leo had brought.

The fairy tale book, which could be considered the only clue, called the fairy with darkly stained wings a ‘fallen fairy.’

Beings who had forgotten the fairy world by becoming too close to the human world or humans.

Fallen fairies could communicate with people who met the fairy’s conditions and could even form servitude contracts, but in exchange, they lost their fairy sanctity and their wings turned pitch black.

Once we had some leads, everyone began sharing what they’d learned.

“The sealing magic circle that had imprisoned the fairy was designed to be released when someone with certain qualifications touched it. In this case, it seems the condition was magic power possessing the Blanche Family’s ability.”

Vivian’s opinion after investigating the magic circle carved on the iron door, and…

“The basement was a kind of elaborately decorated dollhouse. If there really is a fairy as Master said, all the furniture looked like miniatures custom-made to fit a fairy’s size.”

Along with Terry’s information from exploring the basement…

“What does the fairy look like? Is it beautiful like it’s not of this world, just like you, my lord?”

Chaser’s mischief, who had slipped in while coming for Leo’s magic lesson. And…

【Suga made a contract with Adi. Suga is Adi’s one and only fairy!】

Combining Suga’s words as she stood with hands on her hips, proudly declaring, there was only one answer that could be drawn.

‘There must have been someone among Belinda’s ancestors who could tame fairies.’

As a result, Suga became too close to the human world and fell, and even after her contractor died, she couldn’t return to the fairy world.

However, what I couldn’t understand was why this person called Adi had imprisoned Suga in the basement.

Judging by how they’d arranged for a descendant who awakened the ability to unlock the basement seal, it didn’t seem they intended to imprison her forever.

Just then, Suga, who had been excitedly flying around exploring the world after so long, drooped like wet cotton and clung to my shoulder.

【There’s a war in Suga’s stomach. It’s rumbling.】

Do fairies eat food too?

When I asked what she wanted to eat, Suga’s eyes sparkled as she began explaining.

【Suga needs to eat that to use her power!】

“That?”

【That thing, you know, that thing. The thing that sparkles and shines under the sunlight!】

It was a rather vague explanation, but there was one thing that came to mind.

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