Surviving a Cruel Fairy Tale

51 – Act 2. Eternal Neverland – Temporary Accompaniment (2)

The castle that decorates the center of Paradise Neverland is certainly the same from the outside, but the inside is also magnificent and beautiful. Was proud of

Even the interior has a pious feeling in the first half, probably because of the white marble, but it doesn’t feel too distant.

Small graffiti painted all over the pillars gave a glimpse that this place was a paradise for children.

If the worst variable, Peter Pan, had not appeared, we would have entered this interior.

If so, it is said that they would soon confront Tinkerbell, who supports the children’s paradise, but where was the justice of that battle?

I haven’t yet faced Peter Pan head-on, but even if I win, the interests of those three forces will not be resolved.

Tinkerbell tried to protect the children’s paradise.

Captain Hook longs for the freedom of adults.

A group of natives who want to reclaim their land.

Each of them are strangely unconnected winds.

The red-skinned natives originally lived on this land and wanted to regain all rights here, so they did not lead to Captain Hook, and Tinkerbell’s wish came true by trampling on both forces in the first place.

The inside of Neverland is complicated.

It is so full of various interests and conflicts that it cannot be said that it is over if they are resolved one by one. What will happen to them after defeating Peter Pan?

“Oh. Did your uncle come too?”

As I was walking inside the palace, thinking for a moment, Wendy, who was leaning against a pillar in front of me, waved her hand.

“Why are you here?”

“I had nothing to do. When I am there, the natives keep glancing at me, and in the first place, Tink was mainly in charge of the important things.”

Her person shrugs her shoulders, saying that at most she only helped her with a piece of her force that her Neverland has.

“What about that old man?”

“Me too. Anyway, it’s right that Captain Hook, the head of the Hook Pirates, is in charge of the negotiations and judgments between the forces.”

“Really? Then, the child next to him is the uncle’s group?”

At that, she nodded.

Little Red Riding Hood clung to her side, clutching at the hem of my sleeve even tighter after Wendy appeared.

Is it closer to vigilance than feeling frightened?

From Wendy’s reaction, she doesn’t seem to know much about Little Red Riding Hood, but the wide smile on her lips tells me she’s interested.

“Looks like you got what you wanted.”

The girl who looked at me and Little Red Riding Hood smiled and shrugged her shoulders.

“Then there is no need to stay here, right?”

“What are you talking about?”

“Because you are not deeply involved in this land. I wondered if he just got involved, he wouldn’t have to deal with that Peter Pan.”

If you look at it straight away, it’s not wrong, but there are still unresolved problems.

“My party hasn’t returned to normal yet.”

“If that’s the case, it would be fine if he broke the bowl himself and came out.”

“A bowl?”

At her question, Wendy shook her head.

“Even if I say this, it doesn’t mean anything. If it’s for that reason, you’ll be able to solve it without having to stay in Neverland, right?”

Even if the problem of Little Red Riding Hood turning into a child can be solved outside of Neverland, the conditions are the same.

I saw Peter Pan.

There are things you can know for the first time by watching.

Tinkerbell pointed to Peter Pan and said it was a world-class disaster or catastrophe, but even to me, its existence did not seem to be a problem limited to Neverland.

If it is completely liberated, even if you leave this place, you will have no choice but to face that disaster someday.

If it was a cataclysm like that anyway, my true intention was that it wouldn’t be right to attack when I was weakest by adding strength when I was able to deal with it.

“Captain Hook is in debt. Even if that’s not the case, it’s hard to see that anything will change drastically just by leaving here.”

“…… Okay? Mister, you seem to have a crush on the captain rather than I thought.”

Come to think of it, did Wendy say something rather negative about Captain Hook?

She’s that. If she’s a child from Neverland, she’s in direct conflict with Captain Hook, so there’s nothing she won’t understand, but this girl’s understanding seemed to be a little off the mark.

“Do you hate Captain Hook?”

“I hate it.”

She nodded her head in response.

Her black hair and blue eyes. They looked like a brother and sister, or even a father and daughter, but Wendy seemed extremely reluctant to Captain Hook.

But she doesn’t care at all…….

“Wendy. Are you…….”

“Oh, let’s stop talking about this. It’s annoying, do you have something to do in the future?”

I was about to ask about the relationship between the girl and the captain, but I was cut off.

Wendy waved her hand around and she made a big smile, and then, without even hearing an answer, she hurried back inside.

“What a weird kid.”

“There seems to be something, but it’s hard to say anything because you don’t know the inside story.”

“Do you care?”

“Captain Hook must be hiding something. Her reaction was different from usual, but she couldn’t hide the edge of her gaze.”

His blue eyes have been following the girl regularly since he met Wendy.

Similar appearance and appearance, but above all, his glancing gaze made the relationship between the two more suspicious.

Of course, this is not important information at this point.

Wendy and Hook.

Whatever the relationship between the two is, it has nothing to do with dealing with Peter Pan right now, and it is a matter that is slightly separated from the flow after that.

I’m a little concerned, but it wasn’t something I would interfere with if it was a personal matter, so I decided to move on first.

* * *

The meeting between the three powers of Neverland has also come to an end.

The conclusion is two days later.

A strategy to attack Peter Pan, who is trapped in an underground waterway, and tether him to the depths of the palace, then collapse the palace on the ground and crush him with its mass.

“Father.”

“Huh?”

“How far can I trust them?”

At Lily’s question, the chief exhaled.

This operation cost Neverland a lot in many ways.

Tinkerbell said he would voluntarily collapse the palace, which is the core in charge of the internal backbone, and entrusted the two forces with the role of tying Peter Pan’s feet accordingly.

“You can’t trust them.”

“Those Neverland guys are obvious, and I don’t know what Captain Hook is thinking.”

Is it really worth trusting and moving them?

In fact, neither the chief himself nor Lily, but the natives had yet to see Peter Pan in person.

It seemed to be true that the monster named Peter Pan was strong, but he was also originally imprisoned in the underground palace of Neverland.

Then it wasn’t strange for the natives to suspect that he might also be a force in Neverland.

“Besides, it’s strange to send us alone against a monster like that. Even if everything is true, wouldn’t it be a problem after defeating the monster?”

It was an opponent that had no choice but to fight after solving the immediate problem anyway.

The ultimate goal of the natives is to restore the old homeland.

Therefore, many natives, including Lily, were complaining about Neverland’s stance of conserving power.

“It’s not that I didn’t think about it, but I saw that it wasn’t like that right now.”

“Father.”

“Didn’t you feel it too? That vast aura felt underground is not a power that humans should possess.”

Of course, it was necessary to conserve power in consideration of the future, but that was only a story when it was not a hindrance to survival.

“If the backbone of Neverland collapses, the power to control this vast land will disappear. The rest will have to go down to the basement and figure out the situation before making a decision.”

“Why don’t we just throw the hooks as bait?”

“That man is not an idiot either. If we start to hesitate, he’ll come up with something. It is not right to be against each other in this situation.”

The chief didn’t mean to arrange the next work either.

I just decided that beyond that, the enormous flow of power that I can still feel underground can never be ignored.

Likewise, these conversations were also flowing within Captain Hook’s pirate crew.

“Captain. You know that this content is dangerous, right?”

“I know.”

“If Tinkerbell wants, he can involve us too. It crushes the monster called Peter Pan with its mass and takes care of us. Isn’t that the best ending for that fairy?”

Hook shut his mouth at the words of the Sumi navigator.

I hoped otherwise, but Tinkerbell knows that she is a monster who will do anything for the stability of Neverland.

Kindness is only limited to children.

That’s why Hook also pointed out the anxiety while listening to the outline of this operation, and Tinker Bell included Wendy among the personnel to go underground.

“There is nothing to change by doubting now. Giving up the central palace wouldn’t have been an easy choice for Tinker Bell either.”

“Actually, that is a bit questionable. It would take a huge amount of explosives or power to create an explosion that would sink underground, and that would cover all of it?”

If there is anything to believe in, it is Tinkerbell’s power, but I couldn’t trust it completely unless I knew that the source of that power was Peter Pan.

To use the power of the being to strike the subject of power.

“Besides, I don’t like Tinkerbell’s heartbeat for sending her to the basement. Tinkerbell would know about the relationship between the captain and the child.”

“Sumi.”

“…… I mean, I’m actually anxious. Even the captain knows about Wendy’s fate.”

Capt. Hook interrupted him by waving his hooked hand and rose from his seat.

“Say no more.”

“Captain!!”

“He nodded his head because he thought it was the best thing on the spot. Leave it to Tinkerbell to blow up the ground, and we do what we can. That’s all.”

It has nothing to do with future interests or Wendy.

An imminent catastrophe.

It’s an unusual thing even for Captain Hook, who didn’t know of its existence until now, so they formed a temporary united front, and there is no future until the disaster is defeated.

“We can’t get out of this land.”

Then, now is just opening the way to the future.

Captain Hook cut off her words briefly and then turned his back and left, and the remaining navigator Sumi looked at her back and let out a sigh.

“…… I’d rather just talk to you.”

How could he not know that Captain Hook’s eyes were on Wendy?

It was very sad to see him pretending not to be so concerned, but that was the relationship between the two.

This is probably not a problem that can be interfered with by others.

But, as expected, she couldn’t shake off her frustration, so Sailor Sumi sighed again and slowly rose from her seat.

There are two days left until the attack on Peter Pan.

Even while each person’s thoughts and hearts coexist, time flows endlessly.