Reborn as an Extra Chapter 631: The Future Divine Spirit King Will Be... Part-1.
Previously on Reborn as an Extra...
"Granny Nova, please, have mercy! We promise not to do it again!"
"That is right! I swear I will never repeat my mistake!"
Following an outburst of commotion, Nova finally apprehended the two dim-witted twins, suspended them upside down from a nearby pillar, and administered three sharp strikes to each with a wooden rod.
"I distinctly warned you troublemakers not to venture beyond the barrier! Yet, you disobeyed me once more! Look at the mess you have created!"
Nova felt a burning indignation that dozens of those youngsters had defied restrictions by exiting the sanctuary, only to lose their lives.
While her fury was evident, it was deeply sorrowful that so many young fairies, whom she knew personally, had perished in a single day.
"We were just unlucky to run into a powerful demon—"
Nova cut their excuses short; she simply left them restrained as a disciplinary measure, refusing to hear another word.
"Stay hanging there until nightfall as your penance!"
Lyria and Miria shot desperate, blinking glances toward Lia, silently pleading for intervention. However, Lia remained frozen, unable to act, as she realized she possessed no authority to interfere while an Elder admonished her youth.
"Um... is it really appropriate to punish them in such a way? I thought fairies cherished their freedom and hated being shackled..."
"Binding them like this seems far more agonizing than death itself, doesn't it?"
Fairies were fundamentally different from all other species in existence.
The concept of family or societal duty was entirely foreign to them; their social interactions were sporadic, occurring only occasionally with a small handful of others.
For the majority of their existence, fairies wandered aimlessly, reveling in their complete autonomy.
To these beings, who lived for exploration and curiosity, being restricted to a fixed location was akin to torture.
"That is precisely why I chose this form of punishment! These two brats need to grasp the repercussions of their actions so they might refrain from such recklessness in the future!"
"Demons and formidable humans haunt the lands outside our barrier, constantly prowling to hunt fragile beings like us! These two fools do not even seem to comprehend that their own companions have met a gruesome end..."
In the preceding minutes, Nova had not only secured them but had also questioned them regarding the events that transpired during their disappearance.
Nova rubbed her temples with a weary expression as she continued.
"Sigh... they are far too young to grasp any of this right now... but as they mature, they shall deeply regret this moment of indifference toward their fallen comrades..."
Lia felt profoundly puzzled by this statement, but before she could voice a question, Kai provided an explanation.
[As I mentioned earlier, fairies possess no perception of age... they emerge fully formed as adults, though naturally, this process carries its own flaws...]
[Newly birthed fairies possess adult physiques, yet their minds remain childlike—immature and incapable of truly processing the nature of the world... these twins are effectively 'children' in the context of fairy lifespans...]
[They lack the capacity to understand the term 'death,' and until this very moment, they have not truly realized that their friends were cruelly murdered by that demon and are gone forever...]
Just as a young, naive human child cannot grasp the gravity of a crime committed before their eyes, a similar limitation applied to these small fairies.
They understood only that a demon had assaulted them and that they needed to flee, yet they possessed no conceptual grasp of the wider tragedy.
[Only after fairies have existed for a significant duration and experienced the trials of existence do they attain the wisdom and composure displayed by that fairy, Nova...]
'I understand now... no wonder these two were so carefree and giggling during our journey here...'
'I assumed it was just the nature of fairies... I had no idea they were blissfully ignorant of their actions...'
Lyria and Miria were not just airheaded; they were wayward children lacking any guidance or protection.
Unlike humans, fairies do not have parents to guard or forbid them, and since other fairies rarely interact with them, the newly birthed remain extremely vulnerable to external threats!
Nova’s stern reprimand was entirely intended for their own welfare!
"Leaving those two idiots aside... you... what exactly are you? You bear the aura of a human, yet you possess wings akin to the Royal Fairies..."
"Wait... that cat... are you, the Divine General Kawaki!? Why take such a form!? How is this possible!?"
A look of astonishment and disbelief surged across Nova’s features as she finally spotted Kai, sitting indolently upon Lia’s shoulder in the guise of a small silver feline.
"Err... I had a suspicion that I had encountered this fairy at some point... It appears she recognizes me after all..."
As he spoke, Kai scratched his face with a paw, acting much like a human caught red-handed in an embarrassing situation.
"You are acquainted with Kai? He is my summoned spirit beast..."
"As for me, I am Lia Silver, a human. These wings are merely a manifestation of spirit powers granted to me through Kai..."
Upon hearing Lia’s explanation, both Nova and the young girl Bela, who had been sitting quietly on a nearby bench, stared in utter shock.
While Nova’s alarm was directed toward Kai, little Bela’s reaction was triggered by something entirely different.
The moment she learned Lia was human, she scrambled beneath the bench, desperate to hide.
"A human... no... they will surely... take me away... no... I have done nothing wrong... please..."
Nova looked toward Kai and spoke in a tone laced with bewilderment.
"To think that the most powerful divine spirit general would actually choose a human as their master... this is truly incomprehensible..."
Kai shook his head, looking utterly helpless at her comment.
"Circumstances changed... a certain individual forced me to reconsider... The current version of me has chosen to support this kid and cultivate her into the next 'Divine Spirit King' of our realm!"
At the mention of the title 'Divine Spirit King,' Lia felt her very soul resonate with the words. Although this was the first time she had heard of such a thing, she found that the prospect already appealed to her.
