Chapter 680: 526 Goal: Norwich
After exchanging a few words, Da Vinci checked Reiger’s body again.
The results of this check left Da Vinci astonished for quite a while.
"Body functions have completely recovered, spiritual power response has reached its peak, and Magic Power has been fully restored. You can now get out of bed, and even rejoin the fight without any problems," he said.
It was just one night ago, and a body that originally needed two to three days to recover had now completely returned to perfect condition, which was truly surprising.
Even with magical assistance in healing and recovery, this rate of recovery was frighteningly fast.
This made Da Vinci look at Reiger with a changed gaze, appearing as if he had seen something exceptionally enticing.
Undoubtedly, the universal genius had developed an interest in Reiger’s body, thereby fostering a desire to study it.
Under the gaze that seemed as if wanting to dissect him, Reiger felt uncomfortable.
Fortunately, Altoria woke up in time, preventing Da Vinci to some extent.
"You’re awake? How do you feel? Are you uncomfortable anywhere?"
Altoria suddenly pounced in front of Reiger, firing a machine-gun spray of questions, almost overwhelming him.
"I’m fine, don’t worry," Reiger managed to say.
Reiger could only hold down this fairy girl, trying to calm her.
"I’ll go tell everyone,"
Recognizing the cue, Da Vinci left to inform everyone about Reiger’s awakening.
Under such circumstances, it didn’t take long for the carriage to stop by the roadside, and Reiger’s carriage also welcomed one person after another, filling it up.
"It’s great that you could wake up, Mr. Reiger," Matthew said sincerely.
"Indeed, I woke up much faster than I thought," Alberon also commented with a smile.
Tristan didn’t come in; it seemed he was still outside keeping watch, and incidentally looking after the still unconscious Fujimaru Ritsuka.
Reiger ignored Alberon’s grinning face, turned his head, and looked at Matthew.
"Sorry for making you all worried," Reiger smiled at Matthew and said, "It seems you really have regained your memory."
At this moment, Matthew appeared different from before.
The previous Matthew, due to losing all her memories, felt like a piece of pure and untainted white paper, and her eyes and expressions often appeared bewildered, innocently as if one could fool her into taking maternity leave next year, her entire being exuded a sense of naïvety and ignorance of the world.
The current Matthew had changed somewhat, still pure white as paper, exuding a sense of innocence, but the occasional firmness in her eyes told others that this girl was soft on the outside but strong on the inside.
This was the Knight of the Round Table from Chaldea, who had already gone through several singularity repairs and had cut through several Lostbelts—Matthew Kililet.
This girl obviously hadn’t forgotten the things she had experienced with Reiger, and thus looked at Reiger with more trust than even what Da Vinci had.
"It’s all thanks to Mr. Reiger," Matthew quickly bowed in gratitude, extremely thankful, "Not only did you save me, but you also saved the Master and Da Vinci himself."
If not for Reiger, Fujimaru Ritsuka would have died by now, and they would have been embroiled in a tough fight due to the Infant of the Beast, Goryanskaya, facing a crisis of annihilation.
Therefore, Matthew was very grateful to Reiger.
However, Reiger didn’t think so.
"The reason I saved you was only that you are our potential allies, and we can mutually benefit from each other, so we deliberately went to the Nameless Forest to find you," Reiger calmly explained, "As for that fox, if it weren’t for us, you most likely wouldn’t have encountered her."
Goryanskaya was obviously with Bawan Xi and Beryl Gate when she came over.
And Bawan Xi and Beryl Gate came for Reiger and Altoria.
In other words, their target was Reiger, Altoria, not the people of Chaldea.
Overall, this time it was Reiger and his people who implicated Chaldea; they didn’t owe them anything.
Unfortunately, they didn’t think so.
"Tamamo Vitch–Goryanskaya and Beryl Gate were originally our enemies, and even if it wasn’t because of you, they would have come after us eventually," Da Vinci shook his head and said, "We were fortunate to have you this time. If it were up to us to face Goryanskaya and Beryl Gate alone, the trouble would have been much greater."
At this point, even Alberon couldn’t help but feel emotional.
"I never thought even a human evil like that would appear; Fairy Country Britain truly is fraught with disasters."
Not only Alberon but even Altoria couldn’t help but speak up.
"Has Chaldea always been fighting against such beings?"
Recalling the fierce beast she saw the previous night, even now, Altoria could hardly believe that such terrifying things existed in this world.
The key was, according to Da Vinci and others, that being was still just an infant.
Juveniles are already so terrifying, how dreadful must the adults be?
Altoria dared not imagine it.
Frankly speaking, compared to such a fierce existence, even Morgan, whom Altoria had once regarded as a dire threat, seemed to be nothing significant.
Every time she thought about Chaldea constantly battling such an existence, Altoria couldn’t help feeling that her own arduous mission seemed like nothing in comparison.
Neither Matthew nor Da Vinci felt proud about this.
"Our ability to come this far relies not only on ourselves but also on the help of many others."
As Matthew recalled past events, a trace of sadness and nostalgia appeared on his face.
"Numerous Servants, countless heroes, many humans, and various other beings have extended their hands to us; that’s why we have managed to come this far," Da Vinci said with a smile. "On this journey, the absence of help from even a single person or a single misstep would have spelled the end for Chaldea."
As for Altoria and Alberon, Reiger, who knew the original story well, was deeply touched by what Matthew and Da Vinci said.
Looking back, Chaldea’s journey had indeed been filled with various hardships and difficulties, akin to walking on a tightrope over an endless abyss rather than a mere precipice.
One false step and the outcome would have been annihilation, a journey to hell for everyone, or dragging down the entire pan-human history with them.
Because they understood this, neither Matthew nor Da Vinci felt proud of the great feats Chaldea had accomplished.
They were clear that their success was built upon numerous sacrifices, good fortune, and all kinds of help, not merely because of Chaldea itself.
That being said...
"You don’t need to belittle yourselves," Reiger said, looking directly at Matthew and Da Vinci. "At least, I can assure you that if it weren’t for you, pan-human history would certainly have been obliterated."
The outcome said it all.
Chaldea had indeed saved pan-human history and the world, time and again. That was a fact.
Thus, Reiger quite admired Chaldea.
Altoria could feel that.
This made Altoria even more curious about Chaldea.
Because this was the first time she had ever felt admiration for something in Reiger’s presence.
In the Fairy Country Britannia, Reiger clearly looked down on many of the fairies, even feeling contemptuous of them, including allies like Alberon and Aurora who stood in the same camp; his attitude was quite cold.
Only towards Chaldea did Reiger show a friendly demeanor for the first time, which made Altoria regard Chaldea in a new light.
Moreover, during these past few days, Altoria had not felt any malice from the people of Chaldea, leading her to genuinely like them and believe they were trustworthy.
At least, they were much more trustworthy than Alberon, who was always grinning, sweet-talking, and immediately hiding at the first sign of danger.
At that moment, the dubious but eloquent Alberon spoke appropriately.
"Seeing how things are, I believe our interactions going forward will be quite pleasant; no need to worry about being unable to get along anymore," Alberon said, seeming reassured. "Although I’ve already asked, let me confirm again now."
"You’re sure about joining us and moving together, right?"
At Alberon’s inquiry, Matthew and Da Vinci looked at each other.
Immediately afterward, both nodded.
"Our goal is to prevent the collapse of pan-human history, and since Morgan is the root cause of that collapse, we must defeat her and contend with the queen who rules this lostbelt," Da Vinci said. "Since that’s the case, cooperating with you, who also plan to depose the queen, is naturally the best option for us."
"The Master has not yet awakened, but I think he wouldn’t oppose acting together with everyone," Matthew said seriously. "Morgan has dominated Britannia for two thousand years as the king of this lostbelt, and she might be connected with the mysterious figures; so, we need to defeat her and let the true king ascend."
As he spoke, Matthew also looked towards Altoria.
The memory-recovered Matthew now recognized Altoria.
She is the King Arthur of pan-human history, the legendary Britannic king loyally served by Galahad, who once entrusted his power to her.
After learning of Altoria’s existence, Matthew himself felt this was incredible, not to mention Tristan, who now was hardly daring to meet Altoria.
And he had no doubts that Altoria was the true king of Britannia.
Simply because, she was meant to be the king of Britannia.
"Then it’s decided!"
Alberon clapped his hands, thus speaking.
"Chaldea officially joins us, to walk with us."
"Now, let’s head first to the port city of Norwich and make contact with the lord there."
"Hopefully, we can ring the pilgrim’s bell there."
Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in succession.
Only Altoria remained silent, not speaking for a long time.