The King of Knights

The moment her hand touched the sword, a haze spread, and the girl instantly seemed to be in another era. Everything around them flows rapidly, from coronation to war, from rest to betrayal, and the final picture is frozen on this blood-stained sword hill. Artoria only now discovered that the gun in her hand had pierced the body of a knight.

When the fantasy picture returned to reality, Artoria’s face turned a little pale.

“Do you want to decide? As the man said, you have the power to give up. At this moment, Merlin, who was a magician, spoke softly.

“No need, although the ending …, but there are many people smiling there, that’s enough.” Artoria was startled at first, then returned to her original expression, and a faint smile appeared on her face.

The king saved the country, but the state failed to save the king. This is the sorrow of a king who has given himself to his country. But even so, the girl seems to be persistently trying to save the country.

“It’s scary to think about answering so crisply.” Lucifer sighed. I don’t know why, looking at the girl in front of him, he seemed to see himself in his previous life.

The self who burns as a salary king in a world where the flames will be extinguished.

How long can you burn it? I remember someone asking me this question at that time. How did I answer that?

“In your eyes, I am not fit to be a king?”

“If it were you, it would undoubtedly be a noble holy king. But…” Lucifer paused for a moment and continued in a different tone.

“Wang is the cog in which the state runs, someone squinted once said. Based on the king, the whole country will be reduced to a huge and sophisticated machine. However, supporting this machine, besides Wang, there are other small gears. The more sophisticated the machinery, the easier it is to break, and once some of these pinions go wrong, the whole machinery will go to ruin. ”

“The king is the cog of the nation. If the king’s responsibility is to move the country forward, I am willing to be that cog. ”

The girl’s expression was very firm. But that’s why it’s lovely.

“It seems that you still understand that before you became a king, you were a person. Man cannot completely cool his heart and turn it into a cold and merciless machine. This is the sad thing about humanity, but it is also a fortunate part. ”

“If the royal path I choose is destined to operate only mechanically, I am willing to accept this cold fate.”

The knight girl insisted on saying her choice, but Lucifer said the coldest words at this moment.

“Give up, Leah.”

“What!?”

For a moment, Artoria’s brain filled with anger. It is an emotion that comes from being denied. The denial of the will is more infuriating than ridicule. She subconsciously thought that the man in front of her didn’t understand anything, and was just saying self-righteous things there. She stared at him deadly, as if she wanted to force him to ask him that reason.

“Just through the eyes of the magician, you have seen your destined future, that future is too sad, that is not the end you should have.” Lucifer calmly stated his reasons.

However, this reason is not accepted. No, it should be said that it was impossible to accept from the beginning.

“If I give up, who will take up the responsibility of king, who will carry the hopes of all the people, and who will save this country on the verge of being broken!” Artoria almost roared at Lucifer.

A country on the verge of being broken, but hope is pinned on a knightly girl. I don’t know if it should be said sarcasm or sadness.

“I’ll take it, I’ll carry it, and I’ll give this country a new life.” Between the words, Lucifer came to the holy sword. His hand was placed on the holy sword and he pulled out the holy sword without hesitation.

At this moment, consternation drowned out anger. The knight girl’s brain was a little down.

“……”

The legendary holy sword, which no one could draw, is now in Lucifer’s hands.

“Let go, that burden is too heavy for you, you cannot quell the impulse of being a king in your heart, and you will only end up completely cut off from it and tied to a cross called the holy king. But even so, you keep the country going. In the end, your sacrifice is meaningless. In the destruction of this country, you are only paying for it, and burning yourself is only delaying its demise. ”

The Lothricians may be right that spreading fire is destined to be a cursed path. If the old era does not end, the new era will not come. This time, it seems to be for the same reason again. But I chose a different choice.

“I…”

Lucifer’s words broke the girl’s last line of defense. Yes, if she saved the country, she might be proud of herself. But instead of completely saving the country, she allowed it to be destroyed again at her own hands.

Maybe he won’t be a qualified king, this thought spreads in the girl’s heart.

“In the name of the sword, a firm victory. And your heart has been shaken, and your trembling hands still have the courage to take up the sword of victory in front of you, Artoria? ”

Lucifer held the sword in front of the girl’s eyes, but the girl seemed to have lost the courage to accept it.

“I… I don’t know. What the hell is this! ”

For the first time in her life, the girl who was taught to live as a king began to waver. If she saw a future of Britain that was completely saved, she might not be, but it wasn’t, it was a miserable future. If the man in front of her hadn’t drawn the holy sword, she could still hold on to it. But….

“Put down your sword and be my man.”