The King of Knights

At night, the highest platform of the fortress is shrouded in black, and at this moment the moonlight in the sky seems to be the only embellishment. Here, Lucifer looked into the distance, and a fire was flashing in the French camp.

When the first raid failed, they did not retreat, but held camp on the edge of the forest. Behind them is the road of retreat, even if the battle is lost later, they can retreat to the White Stone Fortress.

Can you attack and retreat. If you want to completely defeat them, you must first cut off their way back.

A gentle breeze blew through, and there was a familiar breath behind him.

“Leah?” Lucifer said softly.

“Hmm.”

The knight girl was now dressed in civilian clothes, just like when they first met.

“Come and sit!” Saying that, Lucifer first sat down on the bench next to him.

The space here is not too large, and in order to save space, the benches are also built against the guardrail next to it.

Artoria sat down close to Lucifer, but she did not speak.

“If you look closely, the night view here is actually quite good, and the air does not have that sticky smell. Of course, if it weren’t for this war, maybe this moment might be even better. The air was a little silent, and Lucifer could only speak first. He randomly found a topic.

Speaking of war, Leah seems to have some feelings.

“You… Already know! I’m sorry, but as your knight, I’m not mature enough and don’t have enough courage. Several times before, I had been worried that I would die in war, and the thought of death made my heart accelerate. The girl hesitated to voice the fragility in her heart. Her aunt is not there, and she is currently the only one Lucifer to talk to.

She is not an immortal body, nor is she the strongest knight like the Lion Grand Duke. Seeing countless compatriots falling, she inevitably thinks of herself. But as a knight, she also felt guilty because of her fear of death.

Am I really a qualified knight? She had been thinking this way before she came here.

“The first time you go to war, you will inevitably have a bad stress reaction, which is normal. Born as human beings, we are afraid of death, and it is also normal. Did you know that in this purgatory called war, people who have a fear of death in their hearts will go further than those who do not know what death is? ”

Lucifer couldn’t help but smile in his heart, the knight Ji in front of him was not the heroic knight king in his impression, she didn’t even draw her sword, and it was natural that she would have the normal emotions of ordinary people.

Or that she has always preserved the feelings of normal people, but in that world, for the sake of kingship, she had to give up excess feelings. Thinking about it this way, her aunt’s evaluation of her is very pertinent.

“Is that so. But I often hear people say that fear of death will make their sword dull, and eventually die because of it. Leah’s face became somewhat restored.

“Out of awe of death, we can live as hard as we can. It is not death that makes your sword dull, but the hesitation and hesitation in your heart. The moment of hesitation is fatal, so you must not hesitate when shooting. Set a starting point for yourself in your heart, and whenever you feel confused and powerless, think about why you swing your sword. ”

In a trance, Lucifer thought of himself in the previous world. Awakened by the bell as an undead, as a fireless ember to seize the power of fire on the salary king. The Fran Undead Squad, Eldridge the God-Devouring Army, Yum, King of Giants, Pope Shalivan… More people who are not worth mentioning fell under their own swords.

However, the undead are not immortal, and when humanity completely disappears, the undead will become living corpses, and the living undead are more pathetic than death.

At that time, I was not fearless, but I had things that had to be done. Because of this, he will be reborn from the flames again and again.

“There is no hesitation in my heart, can I really do it. Wang, when I fought before, I was actually very scared. If I don’t see you, I worry if I will be defeated and will not be able to stand up again and continue to be your knight. Leah voiced her deepest fear.

“If you fall, get up again, Leah. Even if the body falls, don’t let your faith fall. Can’t die. This is the command, the absolute command that I give you as the King. With that, Lucifer’s hand was placed on Artoria’s shoulder.

The girl in front of her does not need to be persuaded, she just needs someone to support her reasons. Originally, that reason was supposed to be to protect the country as king, but now Lucifer has made it his own order.

Phil’s orders were sometimes too embarrassing. I can’t die, and I don’t want to die, but…” Leah’s voice gradually became a little weaker.

“You are my knight, and the knight cannot refuse the master’s order! Especially since I’m still a king. ”

“Hmm! I understand. ”

“That’s right. The heroic and determined knight Ji I knew before would not be confused by this kind of thing. Death can be terrible, so some people feel that blindly ignoring death is bravery. But that is nothing more than cowardice that does not dare to face death. As for me, I don’t want Leah to become that kind of person. ”

“Isn’t it brave to ignore death?”

“It seems to me that their bravery is only motivated by a disregard for life. Because he didn’t care about his life and death at all, he seemed fearless. But it’s just fearlessness, not true immortality. At this, Lucifer let go of the girl, and he stood up and spread his hand in front of her eyes to continue speaking.

“From the generation of gods to the generation of man, all the wisdom that human beings have honed is actually for one purpose: survival. In order to live, to live safer, to meet friends, to reunite with family, to spend time with lovers… that’s why we are now. In other words, it is precisely because of a strong will to live that we have come from the past era of gods to the present. ”

Compared to the gods of the past, there is no doubt about the weakness of human beings. But it is this kind of human beings who lived to the modern age when the gods ended, and some people like to call it a curse written on the souls of all living beings before the gods died. But Lucifer prefers to call it the will to live.