There is much inequality in the world.
There is inequality among humans, among Remnant Beasts, and, certainly, among fairies.
Fairies born in the Magic Kingdom, from the beginning of their lives, enjoy tranquility and beauty in a world full of flowers and brocades. They are beloved by Magical Girls, employed by the royal court, and play key roles in various fields within the Magic Kingdom.
However, those born in the interrealm spend their entire lives trapped in this desolate and dull world. The sky is filthy here; the ground is cracked, life is withered, and the moon is blue. They never experience "spring" in their lifetime.
For fairies, who naturally love nature and are fond of flowers and plants, such a world is nothing but deathly. Consequently, their life in the interrealm is always confusing and pessimistic.
Semi was one of these interrealm fairies.
To it, "the meaning of life" was always a false proposition, because fairies like it had no meaning in their lives. The vegetation and forests, loved by fairies, were nowhere to be seen here.
Yet, even so, heaven never left any mercy for this world. The frequent and terrifying natural disasters and the Remnant Beasts scattered everywhere forced every interrealm fairy to struggle fiercely to survive, then look at the night sky's Blue Moon and face another hopeless tomorrow.
Do I really have to live so boringly?
Semi once voiced such a doubt to Big Jack.
Big Jack was the leader of the interrealm fairies, or perhaps their collective parent, a pure-blooded fairy so huge, tens of meters tall and wide, that it was considered a sky-obscuring entity by regular fairies. It always claimed its name was "Jack," but because it was so large, the name had eventually become "Big Jack."
"Do you think life is boring, child?" Big Jack first counter-questioned it.
"It's boring. I want to play happily among the flowers, enjoy the peace in the shade of the trees, but here there is nothing. I feel melancholy every day." Semi stated this.
"It sounds like you don't hate 'living', you just hate this boring world."
"Is there a difference?"
"Heh, of course there is."
Big Jack patted his belly, making a heavy "dong dong" sound: "Perhaps one day, when you can leave this land, you will discover many beautiful things you've never experienced. Then, you will probably feel that your life has meaning."
"But we can't leave here at all: we will never be able to go to another world."
Big Jack thunderously said, "I can take all the fairies out of this world whenever I want, child."
"Then why do we still have to live here?" Semi wondered.
"Because this is our home, the root of us fairies."
Big Jack cheerfully said, "No matter how ruined this world is, we can't abandon our homeland. Without it, we'd just be a bunch of roaming wanderers, unable to find another place to settle no matter how we look."
"I hate this kind of 'home'." Semi said.
"Your hate is useless." Big Jack was indifferent.
"I want to leave here."
"Whatever you want, if you really can go."
Semi eventually couldn't persuade Big Jack.
It could only continue to stay in this detestable world, day after day, year after year, repeating a loathsome life.
Until one day, something changed.
It seemed due to some conflict with the Magic Kingdom, the interrealm fairies began a large-scale, prolonged war against the Magic Kingdom.
This war was unprecedented in intensity; countless interrealm fairies rushed to the battlefield as if to vent all their frustrations and anger from their time in the interrealm and spent their lives on the battlefield.
However, compared to the resource-rich Magic Kingdom, and its overwhelming combat power, the war situation deteriorated. Moreover, fairies were not particularly skilled at fighting, especially compared to the Magical Girls, so the fairies' war performance was frankly not excellent.
As the war dragged on, even Big Jack was severely injured and fell into a coma, leaving the remaining fairies deeply ensnared in war and at a crossroads.
At this moment, a group of strange humans, calling themselves "Angel Envoys," appeared.
The fairies were not unfamiliar with these humans, as they had long been lurking in the interrealm, focused only on dealing with the Remnant Beasts and had little to do with the fairies.
These humans appeared when the fairies were on the verge of defeat and offered the remaining interrealm fairies another choice.
"Borrow the power of the Remnant Beasts."
At least that's what they said.
Since fairies were not good at fighting, they would use the Magic Power of the Remnant Beasts to fight against the Magic Kingdom, compensating for the lack of individual strength.
In its mind, retreating defeated back to the interrealm would simply continue a meaningless life like a rat in a sewer: better to burn everything and perish together with the enemy.