Otherwise, you can find another savior.

The joyous celebration that had begun and lasted for two days continued on the third day, with many goblins reveling from day to night.

There is no quiet place in the streets and alleys of the entire Rain Country.

Sitting in front of the makeup mirror in the bedroom, with Vivian personally helping her comb her hair, Jian, although happy and nervous, was still attracted by the lively sounds outside.

"Alright, alright, stop looking around." Vivian braided her soft, bright golden hair with her hands and reminded her with a smile, "After the ceremony, you and the sage will ride on the sedan chair we've prepared for you and parade before the entire clan."

What Vivian meant was that she was reminding Jian not to get too excited, as he might later think everyone was being too noisy.

"I wasn't looking around. I also attended a banquet outside two days ago." Jian pretended to be serious and tried to deny the excitement in his heart.

The day before yesterday and yesterday, she held Shiomi's hand and attended several fairies' banquets, and also tried to drink some of the wine that Shiomi taught them to brew with grain.

The liquor, which is distilled and brewed four times, makes your head feel dizzy after just a sip. You have to use magic to keep from getting drunk.

The taste of that kind of wine is not strong, but it has a strong aftertaste. Many fairies drink too much in one breath, fall down, and sleep until the next day.

"I haven't been this happy in a long time." Vivian was also very happy. "And I never thought that Jian would marry a human one day."

"It's Tianxi after all." Jian answered concisely.

Weiwei suddenly leaned over and looked at Jian's profile humorously. "Tell me secretly, did you fall in love with the Sage the moment you first met him?"

"Well..." Jian looked away awkwardly.

She didn't decide to spend her life with Xiomi the first time she saw him.

But it is undeniable that she did fall in love with him at first sight.

The reason was very simple. She was the one who was rescued, but he was more scared than her. Then, as if he was afraid that something would go wrong, he carried her all the way back to the clan.

Diving into the icy waters of a lake in that season made no difference whether you thought about it or not.

Jian knew very well that unless he was a piece of wood like the world tree as the princess named him, there was no reason not to be moved.

"I heard from my mother that after the wedding, you will leave the clan together." Vivian looked a little lonely when she said this.

"It's not like we won't be coming back. We're just traveling around Britain together to discuss the future of the six clans," Jian explained matter-of-factly. "We'll be back every one or two years anyway."

"That's not what I meant." Vivian sighed. "It's just that I think about how we grew up together, and how you're leaving before I knew it. I thought things like this would never change..."

"I thought so too." Jian nodded.

"Perhaps in a few hundred years, when you return, I'll have taken over the throne from my father and assumed the responsibility of leading the Rain Clan," Vivian said suddenly. "By then, I hope the fairies of Paradise and the sage will take good care of our Rain Clan."

Weiwei's words made Jian laugh non-stop: "No matter who you are, no matter what time, you are always my only sister."

"Eh? I'm obviously the older sister." Vivian suddenly raised an objection.

"How could that be? No matter how you look at it, I should be the older sister." Jian immediately argued with her, "Besides, I'm getting married now. Only the older sister would go before the younger sister, right?"

Vivian's hands were still patiently fixing Jian's hair, but she kept complaining:

"It just so happened that the sage came. Otherwise, with your habit of staying stuck in the library, you wouldn't have found a partner for hundreds of years." Vivian suddenly laughed strangely and pointed out, "Don't you agree?"

"Tianxi is Tianxi. No matter what, he will definitely come to me because we are each other's 'destiny'." Jian argued subconsciously.

Vivian covered her mouth in surprise, her eyes extremely bright.

Jian was also stunned. He didn't expect that he could think of such a clever word to describe their relationship in a hurry.

"Is this how it is?" Vivian said in a playful tone, "But I won't give up claiming to be your sister, of course—"

As she spoke, she suddenly hugged Jian's shoulders gently.

"——It doesn't matter if she's an older sister or a younger sister, I just want Ash to be happy."

"Vivian..." Jian felt warm in his heart and wanted to thank her for this.

"Ah, enough, enough. It's almost time. Let me check if there are any problems with the wedding dress. Then I can send Jian to see your—"

Before Vivian could finish her words, Jian, who was about to stand up from the soft stool, was suddenly shaken by the shaking of the ground and fell back into the chair.

"Eh? What happened? Is it an earthquake?" Vivian almost fell down, she was full of confusion.

She stood firm and ran to the window to observe the situation outside. Explosions occurred in many places in the city, and flames shot up into the sky one after another, which made Vivian puzzled.

A burst of hurried footsteps approached from afar. A fairy maid pushed open the door of the room and hurriedly explained the situation to Vivian:

"Princess! A large army of fairies is attacking the Rain Kingdom! His Majesty the King has sent me here to deliver a message, urging you, Princesses, to seek refuge as soon as possible!"

"Huh? Attack?" Vivian was shocked.

Jian, who had already sensed the mixed magic of various fairies at this time, also looked pale.

Chapter 20: Rain of Sin

This attack on the Rain Clan was obviously premeditated. The army consisted of tens of thousands of goblins from four clans. They took advantage of the fact that the Rain Clan was gradually immersed in the harvest celebration and launched the attack when they were off guard.

Many goblins fell asleep after drinking and having fun, and died in their sleep without even understanding what was happening.

“It hurts…it hurts…it hurts!”

"Please! Stop it! Stop it now!"

"No! Don't burn down our homes!"

"Don't bully everyone! Don't bully us!"

“It hurts, it hurts, it hurts—”

"I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm going to die..."

Screams were heard one after another. The Rain Clan, who were still immersed in the joy of celebration ten minutes ago, were suddenly faced with a devastating disaster.

The Rain Clan, who hastily took up arms, barely blocked the attack of the four major clans, but only temporarily delayed the advance of this mixed army.

Although Ash and Vivian were told to seek refuge in the castle, they didn't know where to go. The attack was launched from all directions, and there was no route to retreat.

Escorted by the maids, they went to the meeting hall.

Still wearing her gorgeous wedding dress, Jian picked up her wand and prepared to rush into the battlefield, but was stopped by Vivian.

"Where are you going, Ash?" Vivian asked in horror.

"I want to protect Vivian, my father, my mother, and everyone in the Rain Clan!" Ash's eyes trembled with fear and confusion.

She was trying her best to stay calm, but she couldn't control herself.

"Don't be silly!" Vivian urged. "You'll die!"

"but--!"

When the two people had a disagreement, the main door of the conference room was kicked open.

But what appeared at the door was not the attacking fairy army, but Xijian Tianxi.

After seeing his figure clearly, Jian breathed a sigh of relief.

But this relief only lasted for a moment. His body was covered in blood and he was holding the unconscious princess in his arms.

There was a big hole in the princess' chest, and blood stained her clothes red.

"Mother!"

When Xi Jian put the princess down, Jian and Vivian rushed over.

"You've saved your life for now." Xijian told them in a deep voice.

Only then did Ash see clearly that although Xi Jian's body was covered in blood, he had no wounds. This blood was probably splashed by the fairies of the Rain Clan who died in the battle, as well as those who attacked the clan.

"Take the princess to a safe place and don't come out." Xijian handed the princess to Vivian and Jian, turned around and was about to charge out again.

His hand was held by the princess who had slowly woken up.

"Sage... Your Excellency..." The princess's voice was so weak that it was almost inaudible, "Please, please take Jian away..."

"Mother?" Jian didn't understand this arrangement.

"The other clans...are here for the fairies of Paradise." The princess raised her blood-stained hand, wanting to touch Zhi's weeping face. "They won't stop until they find Zhi...and kill...her..."

"So we are going to let other clans slaughter us, Princess?" Xi Jian couldn't understand.

"...You've seen it..." The princess's face was full of pleading, "The other fairies are no match for you...but the one leading them...is Yaling..."

Yaling is the ancestor of the six major clans and is extremely powerful.

But with the great disaster that occurs once every thousand years, the six Yalings have died one after another. Now, among the patriarchs who lead the various clans, there are three fairies who are returned Yalings. Their power is comparable to that of the original ancestors and is unmatched by other fairies.

The King of the Rain Clan, who was not a throwback to Yaling, died at the hands of Yaling with just one blow.

Shiomi knew very well that even if he fought against two Yalings, the outcome would be difficult to predict.

So the princess's meaning was very clear. Fan Yaling's power was too strong. She didn't want Xi Jian to go to battle, but should prioritize taking Jian to seek refuge.

"But even if they killed all of the Rain Clan, wouldn't they still have continued their pursuit if they didn't find Ash?" Xijian felt something was wrong. "And in the end, there was no—"

Vivian suddenly raised her head and said, "If they're looking for the fairies from Paradise, then give them to them. The fairies from Paradise are right here!"

These words surprised Xijian and Jian. Vivian was not trying to betray Jian, but was hinting at herself when she said this.

She wants to take over Jian's identity and serve as a substitute for the fairy of paradise, facing the inevitable death.

"Vivian?!" Jian pulled the sister who was about to stand up, but failed to hold her hand.

"Sage, please take Jian away as soon as possible..." Vivian's tears slid down her cheeks.

Xijian stretched out his hand to stop her, but the princess desperately grabbed his wrist.

"Please... take Jian away... you must survive... you must correct Britain's... mistakes..." The princess ignored the pain and begged Xijian with all her might.

Tears mixed with the blood that flowed from her mouth and fell on her dress that had already been stained.

"...I will definitely live up to your trust." Xi Jian frowned and agreed with gritted teeth.

He would protect Jian, whether anyone asked him to or not.

But he was asked to abandon the clan that Zhi cherished and use their death in exchange for Zhi's survival. Xi Jianben could not accept this option that would cause Zhi pain.

However, both the princess and Vivian regarded him as the last hope to protect Jian, and begged him to agree with their lives.

After hearing his response, the princess let go of his hand with peace of mind, leaned weakly against the throne, waiting for her life to come to an end.

"Sage! Please let her live happily. Please!"

When Xijian picked up Jian, Vivian said this and walked out.

Unable to accept such an outcome, yet unable to ignore the Rain Clan's intentions, Ash cried in Xijian's arms and followed his footsteps, passing through the clan's streets and alleys, heading out of the city.

There were constant sounds of crying and fighting along the way.

Smoke and the breath of death are intertwined. The once peaceful and tranquil Rain Kingdom has now turned into an endless hell.

Shiomi tried to speed up his pace as much as possible, but he still couldn't avoid encountering the searching fairies.

When the red spear was raised, the monsters blocking the road were beheaded and their bodies lay on the street.

Avoiding the eyes and ears of most fairies, Shiomi brought Ash to the forest outside the city. He looked back at the Rain Kingdom that was set on fire.

A moment later, Zhu's gun, which had been released, was tightened again.

Sensing the change in Shiomi's atmosphere, Ash opened her hazy eyes while crying.

"Wait for me here." He said gently.

"Tianxi?"

"...I really still can't accept that the Rain Clan is destroyed, and the fairies who did this don't have to pay any price." Shiomi set up a barrier around her to block her cognition, and her voice turned cold. "So, wait a moment, I'll deal with those guys and then come back..."

After saying this, he stroked Jian's face and said, "...If I'm not back by dawn, you can go to the refuge alone and leave me alone."

Then Xi Jian rushed out of the forest and disappeared in the city engulfed by the burning flames in the blink of an eye.

Jian didn't even have the chance to grab him before he was blocked by the barrier.

Analyzing this kind of barrier should not be difficult for her.

However, in just a blink of an eye, the happy time that was within her reach turned into hell. She was so confused that she couldn't concentrate.

She hugged her body and curled up in the barrier behind the bushes, sobbing silently, ignoring the sounds of fighting. She mourned for her mother, Vivian, the Rain Clan, and prayed for Shiomi's safety.

As the night gradually faded, the flames that ignited the Rain Kingdom gradually died down, leaving only plumes of smoke rising into the sky. Jian, who had been waiting all night, sensed a faint breath approaching the forest.