Artoria the Big Liar

"That is to say...do you still have the memory of Paradise?"

"...No more. Maybe when the mission is completed, you will remember it?"

"Is Merlin that useless? Didn't he teach you more powerful magic?"

"To be honest...it's really useless. He doesn't answer many questions, but just explains magic. And this kind of druid magic is not very powerful. You need to use enhanced magic and use a staff to fight. But...I'm not a knight , Wearing armor will also affect the performance of the spell, and as a result, I don't even have the courage to fight, so I can only rely on those companions who trust me."

As long as Merlin is useful, it is not necessarily useless, whether it is Pan-Human History, this Lost Belt or the world I am in, it is the same.

Obviously the initiator of everything, pushed Arthur to the throne, but survived in the end.If one day I see Merlin from the Hearing Belt, I will definitely cut off his head, and it would be a disaster to keep it.

"Did my former companion... die a lot?" Realizing that I asked a stupid question, I quickly said, "...Sorry, I shouldn't have asked this. Just pretend that I..."

"It's not considered dead..." She interrupted me with an unexpectedly calm voice. "They are fairies born in Britain. They don't die in the strict sense, they just keep reincarnating."

"The memory disappears, the ties disappear, even the original individual, in my opinion, is no different from death."

"...In short, some of them got lost, and some of them died. The results are not good."

"Are they strong? Or did they die because they were too weak?"

"Mordred should already know, right? Both the Eternal Queen and the dragon army say that I am the bringer of disaster. Because I use the druid technique, which can calm the spirit of the goblin out of control. So... my companions all It's disaster."

"Like Bagster?"

"...Almost. The elves who are too sad and angry, but unable to transform into Moss, are what the queen calls 'disasters'. I personally think they are not calamities, but normal elves, just in eternity The queen's country can't survive, it loses the original nature of the goblin, and it becomes more and more painful, and it becomes a disaster. So I want to save them, be friends with them, and save more. There is no way in the queen's country The elves who survived...but..."

Goblins are free, like water in a stream.

If there is no flow, the pools accumulated by the sweet springs will dry up or become stagnant water.

They should not be ruled by nature, and rule is equal to imprisonment and plunder, even if they are domesticated by the queen and the father with superb means.The longer the kingdom, the more frequent these minor calamities.When the small disasters gather to a certain extent, the big disaster enough to destroy Britain will come, sinking the island formed by the accumulation of corpses into the bottom of the sea.

And the so-called savior, in fact, cannot save everyone.We can only restore the minor disaster to its original form as much as possible before the great disaster comes, and lead these few people back to Avalon, the paradise without suffering.For the Savior, then, the act of salvation becomes a voyage of utter misery.

——It is exactly the same as the father.

—It was exactly the same as King Arthur.

Going forward in suffering, leading people to struggle to survive in a future that they know is hopeless.

However, as I said.I came here, then she must never be King Arthur.

Naturally, now is the time to confess a part of the past.Only in this way, will she trust me and be willing to maintain the present, instead of forcing herself to grow up, forcing herself to do things that cannot be done, until the stars turn into the sun, and the body turns into a bonfire, to shine on the past and the future, even if Even if you die, you will not get the rest you deserve.

"Arturia, let me tell you a secret? Although I am not a fairy, but a humanoid dragon, I am actually a disaster, and it is a disaster that is much more terrifying than what you said-in the past, fate bestowed My mission is only one, and that is to destroy. No matter how much my father loves me, no matter how much I love her. She thinks I am the most important existence in life, and I think she is the only sun in life. But...my mission It has always been to destroy the father and her country."

"...Huh? Mordred...this...is..." She looked surprised.Anyone will be surprised.

"I love my father deeply. I must kill her and free her from the cage named 'King'. Let her be freed forever from endless pain and sorrow." I smiled and spoke calmly , looking tenderly at the girl beside me. "So, Arturia, you should know why I am so powerful, right?"

The girl took a breath, and the way she looked at me seemed to have changed a lot, but I couldn't tell where it had changed or what it had become.

Moreover, having said this, I seem to have realized why I would appear next to the girl after coming to this Lost Belt.

Essentially, I'm still traveling on my mission.It's just that the person who will become King Arthur in this world is not the father who has been assigned the identity of Vortigern, but a rather immature girl whose fingers are intertwined with mine.

Killing is just a means, the ultimate goal is to free the other party from the cage called "King".

Then, taking those responsibilities on her behalf and keeping her heart as pure as a fairy is the allowed means.

"But those are things that happened in the past, my mission is over..."

"... Is it over..."

"Well, it's over."

"If it was me, if I experienced such a thing, I would probably transform into Moss..."

"No, Artoria. You will never become Moss."

Because of me, she will not despair.Because of me, all the events that make her desperate will be blocked by me.

I am far inferior to my father, but I am willing to protect the girls around me like my father protects Rangna.

It's not because I'm moved—it's a pity that even though reason has long judged it impossible, I still pretend to be that person in my emotional heart—but because of what this being called "Mordred" should do.

"I know Mordred will protect me, but my own mental state... is actually pretty bad."

"After all, you are hiding in the swamp—anyway, it will be troublesome to explain, as long as you think so."

She didn't respond.I thought she was thinking, but when I looked at her face, I realized she was actually asleep.

"Sleep on time..."

With that sigh, I also closed my eyes.

However, the interlaced fingers did not separate.Although time is short, our hearts have been connected together.

And when a new day comes and I open my eyes, I'm still in the Lost Belt.

My consciousness follows my thoughts and stays here instead of facing a reality that is a little dull by comparison.

After all, everyone knows how to choose between the stars that are within reach and the sun that is fading away.

Fairy Arturia got up earlier than me.On the clean floor in the hood, she wrote "I'm off to find breakfast" with her finger.

Straightened up and walked out of the tent, Isil got up earlier than me and was taking care of the white war horse called "Golden Week".

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Before I had breakfast, I wanted to do some exercise, so I explained the situation to Isil and tried to practice with her.

"Want to practice swordsmanship with me?" Hearing my request, Ithir frowned slightly.

"Swinging a sword alone is pretty boring. So it's like finding a suitable person to connect with." I explained casually.

"It's practice, but it's actually monitoring my combat effectiveness, right?" Ithil still looked at me with unfriendly eyes.

"It's not bad for you to think so. Anyway, it's just a show of martial arts."

However, Ithir's brows frowned deeper, and there was a lot of suspicion in his eyes.

After thinking for ten seconds, Isil did not agree, but continued to ask.

"... Is there any problem with your magic sword? Why do I feel that as long as there is a collision, my sword will be cut in half like an onion? Although it is an ordinary enchanted armed sword, it is still quite expensive. I don’t want to waste it like that.”

Armed swords are one-handed swords that need to be used with a shield, even for practice.

I didn't pursue it further because of Isil's suspicion at home.

"I don't need to use this ability of the sword. It is basically integrated with me, and it is easy to control."

"If His Majesty hadn't personally confirmed your lineage, I would really have regarded you as a disaster."

Speaking of this, I want to expand the topic and ask some basic settings of this Lost Belt.

The rhetoric from the girl is one thing, and the official rhetoric is another.If you listen to both, you will understand that by comparing the two sides' statements, you can roughly get some of the information hidden in the basic settings.

"Oh, by the way, speaking of this...Ithil, what is your definition of disaster?"

"There is no definition, you just need to look at it to feel it. Generally, disasters exude despair, anger, and evil. They are special elves, and they are the transitional form of elves and Moss. They are more powerful. Ordinary elves are difficult to deal with." , You need to dispatch the army or the dragon army to suppress it. If you commit a crime, you need to be punished according to the law. If you keep suppressing yourself, you will be sent to the fortress of the dragon army for shelter and treatment.”

"What is the definition of Moss by the dragon army?"

"... Mordred, is this a common sense question?"

"Like asking what an onion is, isn't it?" I shrugged, acting natural. "However, if we explain it from a professional point of view, even onions, a daily food material, need to use accurate vocabulary to describe its belonging, properties, distribution, and growth cycle. , wouldn’t that be the mistake you made last night?”

This hit Isil where it hurts.For homework, she insisted that I was a calamity, and she didn't give up her idea until Meluxin approved.

The noble quality of the knight naturally has a side effect, that is, the rigidity brought about by persistence.This will frustrate the Cavaliers in their careers, and the Cavaliers themselves will doubt their persistence-just like Isil now.

After thinking about it for another five or six seconds, Isil gave up explaining: "...I'm sorry, Mordred, I don't know the exact definition of Moss. Because that thing is not an onion, and there is no need for an accurate definition at all. In the past, some elves tried to reverse Moss back to the fairy, but all failed. Only the doctrine says that Moss is the curse of the Naraku Worm to the fairies. But what the Naraku Worm is, no one can remember. Is it true? It exists, and it's not clear. I'm skeptical of this explanation."

"Is that so... It seems that I'm right. There are indeed some things here that my mother didn't explain."

"Are you questioning the Eternal Queen? Although the Dragon Legion is not affiliated with the Queen, all members are elves. The Eternal Queen is like a mother to the elves. Even the elves that reproduce and are born are born under the horned god and the queen." She grew up under the protection of the Queen. So I think there must be a reason for the Queen not to elaborate. If the elves doubt the Queen, they will repeat their previous mistakes, and then usher in the same Great Britain 2000 years ago that could completely destroy Britain. Calamity."

"You can just treat me as if I'm just thinking about it... Ithil, it's time to start practicing?"

"...All right. I want to see how you managed to break through the protection of my shield while only using swordsmanship."

Chapter 52: Appearing Alone

The timing was very unfortunate. When I was about to make a move, my consciousness woke up from the dream and I came to reality.

In reality, I am in the kitchen.And in front of me are the tableware I used at noon.

After putting all these dishes in the dishwasher, I went back to the living room.

And the father was lying in the bathtub, with Mei Lin, the temptress, on it.

My father gave me a meaningful look, and said nothing, as if nothing had happened.

And I also pretended that nothing happened, took out my laptop, searched for various materials, and started tutoring my junior high school courses in this country.Everything is the same as usual, except me and my father, no one knows what we have experienced.

Perhaps feeling something, Mei Lin, who was lying on her father's body, suddenly spoke.

"Speaking of which, did Artoria and Mordred meet in the Lost Belt?"

"Not yet." Father Wang said. "Based on various considerations, I have decided to postpone the meeting."

I was suddenly startled in my heart—my father already knew that I was in a different time and space from her in the Lost Belt.

But she is still willing to believe me, there is nothing wrong with it, she doesn't say anything, she just teaches Tona Rico how to become a king.

"Is that so..." Mei Lin murmured, it was quite a pity. "I also want to go to that anecdote belt... It's just that my nature is close to that of a fairy, and there will definitely be problems if I go there. There is no way to really go there. Otherwise, I also want to see Artoria in the anecdote What kind of achievements have been achieved in the belt, and what kind of country is governed."

"A country that has been prosperous and lasted for a long time." I said with a smile. "In that country, the wilderness is full of flowers. Fairies use magic to collect nectar and feed on it. Even wandering into the wilderness , and don’t have to worry about hunger. The politics are also very clear, and the people all support the rule. It’s like a paradise in a fairy tale.”

However, the father was not very happy.

In the bathtub, Meilin raised her head and noticed her father's expression.

"Artoria? Is there something wrong with what Mordred said?" Meilin asked.

"It's not considered prosperous, it's just to keep on living. Not to mention the sparse population, the growth rate is also very slow. The quality of individuals is very good, but the disadvantages in numbers cannot make up for it. If you face a civilization-level disaster , there is no means of keeping the tinder—the so-called prosperity is only based on the highly developed individual productivity, a utopia in fairy tales.”

"Then...?" Mei Lin asked softly.

"...Why don't you go? After all, it's a strange belt, and it's unlikely to have a good ending."

"But Artoria, you are in the Lost Belt... If I don't go, I always feel empty in my heart【|

"For me, no matter how bad the ending is, the Strange Belt is just an abnormal dream to me. But, Mei Lin, you are different. You are a succubus, and the dream is too real to you. I can’t tell which is the real me, and which is the real reality. I can’t do this. I don’t allow this kind of thing. occur."

Mei Lin leaned against her father's body and closed her eyes.

What the king said was not a hypothesis, but a plan in Mei Lin's heart now.

However, the father is the father after all, she hugged Mei Lin's waist with both hands, like a real emperor.

"Don't worry about me and Mordred. Our scabbards are still there. As long as we don't break out ourselves, no one in this lorebelt can hurt us."

"Well... then I won't go. Going there may add to the chaos."

The father didn't respond, and seemed to be planning to end the topic just like that.

I looked around and found that my mother and Jeanna were not there, so I asked, "By the way, father, where are mother and Jeanne?"

"Rangna is a disciple of Sister Wang. Sister Wang is teaching Rangna magic." The father replied.

"And it was taught in Paradise?" Mei Lin said with a smile, "After Jeanna transformed into a human, the souls she swallowed unconsciously have returned to their original bodies. Coupled with the achievements of preventing the invasion of the God of Misfortune, The planet has fully recognized her, and she has no sense of guilt in her heart. Even if she is not a goblin, she can still go back and forth in the paradise."

Only the innocent can reach it, and that is the standard of Paradise.

At the same time, I was thinking of Fairy Artoria──for no reason, just thinking about it.

However, I didn't show any disclosure on the expression, I just regarded it as asking the most common question.

"So it's like this...Father, I want to go out this afternoon. There are some things I want to try."

"Then let me cook today's dinner. Mordred, what do you want to eat?"

"Father knows my taste, so I can cook as I like. Everything my father cooks is so delicious."

Father Wang really trusted me and didn't ask me what I was going to do at all.

However, the father thought about it, and had other questions to ask, but he couldn't ask them for a while.