The King of Knights

On the plain of the night, Artoria stared closely into the sky, and the dragon had stopped moving for a long time. With Lucifer just absorbed as the boundary, it never moved again. Originally, Zigfei was ready to take this opportunity to rescue Wang.

But his move was stopped by Joljos, not to mention what would happen to their move. When they couldn’t promise not to hurt Lucifer, he didn’t dare to make any moves. Otherwise, even if they defeat the dragon but lose the king, it is equivalent to failure.

Artoria did not participate in the discussion between them, she just stared at the dragon in the sky, the sword in her hand always ready, while her right hand was already on the heart. She quietly felt the magic fluctuations of Avalon, which was very quiet and not crazy.

This reaction made her feel a lot relieved. Avalon’s magic comes from Lucifer, and in order to ensure its normal operation, she often makes up for the magic with Lucifer. Correspondingly, if Lucifer is in danger, Avalon’s magic will also be disordered. Now that the magic is very calm, she can be somewhat relieved.

This is also the reason why the loyal knight has no movement.

Soon, the sky changed again, the figure of the dragon seemed to be weathered by rocks, starting from its wings, its body constantly turned red and disappeared into the sky, until it finally came to the heart.

When the heart part also turned into a magical particle and disappeared into the sky, two figures appeared there.

Under the moon, Lucifer was holding a ball of black cloth, and in this long cloth, a young girl was sleeping quietly. Lucifer’s figure slowly descended from the sky until it fell to the ground.

At this time, Artoria finally put down the sword in her hand, and she quickly came to Lucifer’s side.

“Master, are you all right! Was there any injury? Is there any magic…” Artoria’s voice was very steady, but her excessive speed revealed her true mood.

Now that there were people next to her, she couldn’t greet them as they did in private. This was not only because of herself, but also so as not to affect Lucifer.

“Leah, I’m sorry to worry you.” Lucifer apologized first.

As a king, he doesn’t need to apologize to the knight, but as a lover, he can’t let her worry either.

“Nope. I believe that you will return safely, all I need to do is wait. She was? ”

“The Dragon Witch is also a girl with a sad life.”

After Lucifer finished speaking, Artoria looked at the sleeping Al with sympathy in her eyes.

“Joan of Arc’s sister?”

“Hmm. Let’s go! Things have been settled here, let’s go back first. ”

“Yes!”

Lucifer took Artoria to Siegfried’s side, and after briefly explaining what had happened, they returned to the place where the knights had focused. After that, Lucifer gave the order for everyone to go to the splendid fortress, which was not yet fully built, instead of staying overnight in the plain.

By dawn the next day, Lucifer was now ready to tackle the problems left behind. The perpetrators of this town. First of all, the leading dozen or so money-takers, Lucifer asked Agwen to make everything public, and especially emphasized that the dragon’s awakening was because of them.

In this way, the anger of all the townspeople instantly turned to these people, and these residents yelled angrily to burn them. Originally, because of Joan of Arc’s protection yesterday, many people already felt guilty about their sisters, but now after finding themselves completely tricked, their anger can be imagined.

If it weren’t for the knights maintaining the scene, those people would probably have been torn apart by the residents.

After that, Lucifer gave the following dozen corresponding convictions according to the law. Interestingly, their crime was criminalized as sedition, combined with murder. Both crimes are sufficient for the death penalty, although the two die differently.

The latter is a guillotine beheading, as for the former.

“Now, according to the king’s order, I have officially sentenced the thirteen people in front of me to be burned at the stake!” Agwen read the verdict on stage.

The residents gathered in the audience instantly boiled.

“Burning at the stake! Burn them! ”

“Kill these bastards!”

“Framing those two sisters for money, you are not human.”

“It’s a demon!”

“Devils are mercier than you!”

“You scum!”

……

Once, the punishment they were prepared to use on Joan fell on themselves, and they also had to face these harsh eyes.

In a quiet attic on the height, Joan of Arc was watching the burning at the stake below with some unbearability. She looked at Lucifer.

“King, they!”

“Are you sympathizing with them? There is no need for sympathy for these people. Who do you think your sister is still in a coma because of now? Lucifer calmly looked below, no matter how screaming below, Lucifer’s expression did not fluctuate in the slightest.

Or in other words, I have seen too much hell, and I will not fluctuate because of this scene.

“I know, but I just think such a burning at the stake is not…”

Cruel! This is a word that Joan did not say, Lucifer was praised by the world in Britain as a virtuous king, and the word cruelty should not appear on him. Most people think so.

However……

“If you think it’s too cruel, I don’t deny it. After all, I was the one who set this punishment, but it was originally set to punish the rebels. Know what, Joan of Arc. The so-called death penalty is not actually set up for the scum below, but for others. ”

The year before, when the rebellion took place, Lucifer considered the way of those demagogues, naturally thinking of religion. Don’t they like burning at the stake, and Lucifer made burning a type of death penalty. Only the most evil people will use this method of punishment, and if there are circumstances in the future, it will also make the people of those churches feel burned once.

“In order not to let others make the same mistakes, they were executed in this cruel way. I know. But occasionally I feel that there is a better way to let the world see the warning,” Joan of Arc said softly. It’s not that she doesn’t understand, but she doesn’t think it will give people a cruel image.

To this, Lucifer smiled slightly.

“Kind by nature like you!?”

“I… No. ”

“I would be happy if the people of this country were like you, because all the punishments I have laid down can be abolished, and no one will use them anymore.” Let them remain in the dust of history forever, I think that is the best destination for the law. But Joan of Arc, you are gentle, but the world is not as gentle as you. Lucifer stood up on his throne, and he walked to the front as if talking to himself.

“Even though life has become abundant, demons still grow in the human heart, and people still envy and resent others. Therefore, it is necessary to exist in law, to regulate their actions with law, and to teach their minds with reason. In the end, the jurisprudence is silently buried in history. If that day does come, there will be no need for me as a king. ”

Lucifer felt that the best destination for them was to be buried in history and gradually forgotten. If the jurisprudence of all people in a world is already deep in the bones, then jurisprudence does not need to exist. That would be an ideal social environment.

The so-called jurisprudence actually exists more often to correct the distortion of the world, and their existence itself means that this life has an indelible ‘evil’.

Joan of Arc looked at Lucifer’s back blankly, as if she had walked into the king’s heart for the first time.

Say what I’m gentle. The gentle person is actually you, Lucifer. It’s just that this gentle way is a little too cruel. Compared to you, I’m far behind.

Joan of Arc hesitated and took a deep breath. She walked over to Lucifer’s side and spoke firmly.

“King! No, Lucifer! I decided! ”

“Hmm.”

“I’m going, going to your world. I also want to see that world come, no, I believe that day will come. ”

“Then, please leave the rest of your life to me in the future.” Lucifer turned his head and looked at Joan of Arc. He stretched out his arm, and Joan of Arc squeezed the hand as well.

“Well, please let me see the world you expect in your eyes.”

(Three more complete!) ）