Chapter 3

Time really does heal most emotional injuries, one such example is sitting in front of me drinking tea.

"Merlin, you're not sitting correctly didn't they teach you how to act like a proper British man?" Morgan chides me gently.

I am honestly not sure if she's serious or if she takes pleasure bossing her teacher's clone.

"We can teach him Morgan don't blame the kid." I kinda wish they didn't focus on my shortcomings that much.

Who cares how I sit and drink tea and why does Avalon (yeah that's the name of this place) has Earl Grey?

"Well, that's true I guess. Then we will move on to the next topic, magic! I will teach you the basics since it is not something you can master right away..." Morgan makes a light ball while talking about her plans.

I copied that and cast the same thing shocking the siblings.

"Well, I guess I get to teach you everything, after all. This is going to turn out better than I thought *insert ojou-sama laugh*."

Seeing Morgan laughing like that prompted me to join as well, leaving poor Arthur sweating on the side. It must've looked horrifying to him.

Thankfully the pair of siblings live in an isolated part of Avalon otherwise the other fey would have been scared because of the laughter.

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It was quickly discovered that I still need to read books if I wanted to make my own spells and not just copy them from others.

I was expecting that, I can probably crack the logic behind magic systems if I copy enough from it but why bother with that when I have a book for it.

Fay magic specialized on three points which are Illusions that can turn solid but not good enough to pull Lantern Ring stuff Morgan said some Fay could trick reality with their illusions but didn't give me any examples.

Enchantments as can be seen by Excalibur, Morgan was rather grumpy on this section and kept muttering about Vivian which I smartly didn't hear, and lastly Plant Manipulation which is pretty straightforward.

I can make flower petals sharp as swords and copy Byakuya from Bleach without an ounce of shame.

This doesn't mean Fairy Magic can't be used for other stuff but those three are the main selling points. This means I can rip Merlin off and steal his flower theme as well.

I also requested to learn from Arthur much to Morgan's displeasure since in her opinion I am wasting my talent to swing sticks but she didn't stop me.

Arthur is an interesting character, he is like a British Naruto when it comes to beating someone up to become their friends. Wait, he is older than Naruto which means Naruto is just Japanese King Arthur high on ramen...

I can never look at that manga with the same eyes ever again. Anyway, he destroyed me during our spars and he kept apologizing afterward, there was lots of screaming which was definitely not my own.

I swear...

The church training I was given before and these beatings I took helped me get used to fighting because I was technically a vegetable when I learned how to fight.

After many and many of Arthur's beatings I came to be able to last a minute against him at his %1 power, I am not talking about physical power but his mastery of swords.

Seriously OG Arthur is broken, then again he had years upon years with his sword so it is natural that he would beat me like a child.

During whatever free time I had, I managed to draw Merlin from FGO from memory, because I want his clothes like how I took his face and name.

It's not like supernatural here dresses normally even though they live in the modern era.

I mean sure it is a bit on the nose compared to others but the whole outfit just looks so cool.

My training routine was broken when Vivian decided to visit Morgan. Turns out that she neglected her work to teach me and didn't inform anyone.

I didn't even know Pendragon siblings have jobs here, I thought they're living their 'afterlives' here.

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"Merlin, could you come here for a second?" Huh, I never heard Morgan speaking with that tone.

She almost sounded scared but mostly angry...

Arthur and I stopped our sparring and looked at each other, seeing him shrug like it's no big deal I got relaxed as well.

After cleaning ourselves with magic we went back to the house. Entering the house I saw the first fairy in my life since Morgan doesn't count.

Yellow curious eyes stared at me while I inspected the visitor. Blue watery hair, that looks like it was made from water.

Her features are hidden by her veil but considering the supernatural, she is most likely beautiful and her purple dress hugged her features but it split open from her left hip showing her legs.

"Azura from Fire Emblem." I snapped my fingers like I solved some great mystery.

"I don't know what it is but it is most likely wrong. Merlin meet Vivian, Vivian if you try something funny I will make you regret it." Saying her piece Morgan took the dumbfounded Arthur and left the house.

I ran out after them, like hell I will be alone while dealing with a Fay on business. "Don't leave me alone with her!"

"Just don't agree to something without laying out all the details." Arthur yelled an advise while getting dragged.

"What if I have a deal you can't refuse." Vivian whispered right next to my ears scaring the life out of me.

And I died from a sudden heart attack purely out of fear...(this is a joke)

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After making our way back inside the house Vivian put three drawings on the table.

I facepalmed out of sheer embarrassment. My 'Merlin Gear' drawings.

"I must say you're rather good at drawing." She commented on my Merlin artwork.

"I should have destroyed them afterward..." I muttered my face expressing regret.

I don't even want to know when did she got those from my room.

"Well, as you might imagine I have a deal for you." She spoke after reveling in my predicament for a while.

"I am listening." I answered with a sigh.

By the rules of the Harem Protagonist, even the females on the enemy side would have a favorable opinion of me unless I take action against them so I should be okay.

"Morgan might have told you that we are seeking to recover Excalibur unfortunately, the Pendragon family cut ties with Avalon after we took Morgan in.

The current state of the world doesn't allow us to leave our little realm for long enough and take it back on our own..." Her brows furrowed as she spoke about the state of the world.

It is 2005 but the world isn't clean as it is used to be, then again it is better than 2020.

"That's where I come in I guess." Vivian nodded at my response.

It is actually doable, I know where the swords are going to be and I will be strong enough to take them by force if necessary. It is basically a guaranteed deal for me.

"So, what do I get out of this?" Even though it is basically free real estate, it doesn't mean I won't negotiate.

"Residents of Avalon will make these clothes from our best materials and I will personally enchant them, in return we want you to collect all the Excalibur pieces." While saying this she pulled out a golden-blue colored sheath from somewhere and put it on the table.

It is weird since this sheath is not called Avalon here...

"This is Excalibur's sheath it has an enchantment on it that will merge the pieces back together and cleanse the sword from the extras added into it." Vivian spoke those last words like she was eating something rotten.

"Extras?" I inquired.

"God of the Bible wasn't willing to give the sword to Arthur without adding his modifications... Those so-called 7 useless abilities of Excalibur are from him." I always thought the abilities of that sword was underwhelming minus the mind rape ability.

"What did the sword do originally?"

"What could it do? Of course, it did as its name implied, it brought victory! That sword could bend fate and destiny in favor of its user."

"Then why did Arthur die if he had such a sword?" Vivian looked at me like I am an idiot, Genius Intellect my ass...

"He wished to stop Mordred and sword aided him. It doesn't matter that he died as a result." Well, now I understand why Arthur gave me that advice.

"Anyway, in summary, you want me to bring you these pieces in return I will get the best gear Fay could make. If I fail and die before completing this task you get to claim my soul as yours."

"Essentially. Normally I wouldn't make such an unfavorable deal on my side but Morgan claims you're a genius at magic maybe even more gifted than the original so it covers the potential loss."

"I want an extra artifact forged by you on top of the gear since the last piece has been missing for years."

"As long as it is in my capabilities, sure." Well, I am satisfied with this.

Afterward, we drew up a written contract that says I have to bring the pieces before the time of my death, my rewards, some extras and signed it, I could feel my soul being covered with something that felt like a cocoon.

I guess that how it feels to have someone having a claim on your soul.

"Your gear will be ready by the time you leave this land, pleasure meeting you Merlin." With a beaming smile, Vivian rolled up the contract and got up.

She stopped just as she was about to leave and approached me with a mischievous smile.

"Yes?" I was rather unnerved by her smile.

Without answering me Vivian took my lips and shoved her tongue into my mouth. Her tongue felt cool which made me feel like I was eating ice cream.

I was shocked but soon enough my new abilities as Harem Protagonist shined through and I took the lead, pushing her tongue back into her mouth I launched a counter-attack that will send her into bliss.

This time it was her time to be shocked as I got her to sit on my lap and kept kissing while massaging her body as if I was familiar with it, unfortunately, I needed to breathe at some point and had to break the kiss.

Opening my eyes I was greeted by Vivian's shocked expression, satisfied with my work I let her get out of my lap.

First, she fixed her clothes that got disheveled during our little make-out session then turned to me with a blush on her face.

"It seems, you're going to be a dangerous man Sir Merlin. I just wanted to make Morgan a bit jealous but now I am the jealous one." Saying her piece Vivian left in a hurry.

What happened a minute ago reminded me that I am living in a Harem/Ecchi setting... Wait does this mean Morgan wants to smash?

...

Morgan was scary calm after my deal with Vivian and she seemed to be contemplating something.

I would have expected her to be angry like she was when Vivian arrived but nope she seemed totally okay, at least from the outside.

I was honestly curious about this whole deal so I went and found Arthur who was fishing.

"Hey, Arthur." I sat down next to him and took one of the fishing rods for myself.

"Yes, buddy?"

"Why are you two seem more afraid of Vivian than angry?" I rather not ask this to Morgan who has a history of being a dark witch.

"That can be explained with an inappropriate story involving too much alcohol and a truth or dare game that gone sexual." His eyes seemed empty like he was experiencing a painful memory.

"Do I even want to know?" I asked myself.

"I can tell you but it will probably scar you for life, but if you want my advice just go for vanilla if Vivian offers to sleep with you." Okay, I definitely do not want to know something like that.

Then again I can turn the tables on her quite easily.

"Thanks for the advice." I thanked the man while reeling a fish I caught.

Poor Arthur had been fishing for hours and his bucket is still empty and I just came and caught one after five minutes.

We kept fishing until the sun went down, Arthur had two fishes to his name while I had to release them back because I was catching too much.