Artoria the Big Liar

"What does the father want to know? What is the purpose of my going out this time?" I asked.

"No... Mordred, I have a question to ask you." The king paused for a long time, then shook his head lightly at last, and said, "...I don't think the timing is too good, forget it. I will talk about it later. Asked."

"Father, you can ask anything you want at any time. I don't have any questions here."

The father took a deep breath—unexpectedly, this question would make the father nervous.

So even I became nervous.I began to estimate in my mind how serious this matter would be.

"...Is the girl okay?"

The sudden question stunned me for a moment.

You don't need to think about who the "that girl" the king father refers to.

In other words, even though we are in different time and space, my father did know me and the fairy Arturia.

And it was Isil who told her.Apart from this opportunity, I have not yet established any contact with my father in the Lost Belt.

"Sorry, Mordred, I'm taking the liberty of asking this question. After all, this is your private matter."

"Father, I'm not in a rebellious period, so I have nothing to apologize for..." After hesitating for a long time, I finally expressed my true thoughts: "She...is very good...really good. I haven't met many people , but she is indeed a very good kind..."

"I see. I will take this matter seriously." The father said calmly.

After confirming my answer, my father seemed to have made some important decision in his mind.

This made me panic a bit.I never thought about the consequences of my actions.

"That... Father, I..."

"There is no need to explain, Mordred. She has a special mission, I can't say it yet, but you will know when the time comes. This is a very difficult test for you. It may be more difficult than I have experienced All tests are harder."

"Father... you already know?" I was startled and panicked, and sure enough I was still far behind my father.

"Rather than knowing, it's better to say that I felt...a feeling that is difficult to explain." The father was vague.

I took a breath, plucked up my courage, and said to my father: "Maybe I can't replicate your determination at that time, but I will not be afraid of such a test--the moment I made the promise, I already knew my determination." Destiny, Father."

"Mordred...you found the girl you like in the Lost Belt?" Merlin finally understood the meaning of my words.

But just admitting it so directly, I always felt that it was too fast, so I also said vaguely: "I don't know. It's just a beginning. No one can say what will happen next. Maybe she will like someone else. Man, maybe I'll lose interest in her. Only time will tell. It's one of your business, Merlin."

Mei Lin curled her lips, closed her eyes, and continued to lie on her father's body, enjoying this moment.

"Do it, Mordred. If you do it, you may fail, but if you don't do it, you will definitely. Human beings seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and those who can surpass this instinct are called brave. I look forward to your future, Mo Dredd. Let me know if you need help."

"Father, you know, it is impossible for me to ask for help on this matter."

"But my help has been offered—you know that?"

My eyes widened again, and my eyes trembled unconsciously.

I still remember my father's previous explanation, and the time she was in was indeed in the distant past.

However, since "help" was mentioned, it could only be the matter of Isil joining the team.

Even if you are in the distant past, you can perceive what happened in the future, even a complete dialogue, and decide the words and choices with the thoughts and consciousness at that time-to be honest, I can’t imagine what the father said.” What does "feeling" mean.

Seeing that I was panicked and confused, my father sighed softly, and explained to me in vague sentences——

"Dreams are reality, and the past is the future. Time is not a river, but a pool. We are not in a parallel world relationship with that side, but have arrived at the other shore in the form of cosmic messengers. Just as a lone white giant descended to the earth, but Exist in all parallel worlds at the same time. So, even as humans, you and I still appear separately in a certain way of existence. It's just that you don't go there actively, but synchronize with my dream, so there is no This feeling. If one day you get there of your own volition, you should feel the same way as me.”

"Oh! I know this. This is the power of the existence named 'Beast'. Although I don't know why this common name is given, but Beasts do have this characteristic, which is not affected by the interference of time and space. A single place appears."

I frowned slightly.Because I don't know what the so-called "Beast" is.

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"Ah... I almost forgot. Because Artoria laid the foundation of Humanity, the 'Beast' that came with Humanity also disappeared because of the lack of environment... In short, it is a very troublesome thing, troublesome in itself, It's more troublesome to explain. I'm sorry, Mordred, I found a very inappropriate example." Merlin explained, without shame, just a scumbag.

I curled my lips and didn't speak.

The father continued: "In short, Mordred, just do what you want to do. You have grown up and you need to take responsibility for yourself. Now that the path has been chosen by you, go ahead. I respect your decision."

"I understand, father—this time, I will definitely complete my mission."

The father was stunned for a moment, and then muttered to the word: "...a mission."

"Yes, it is the mission. Father, I already know what my mission is."

"Mordred... Hee [

"I know the importance, father. I will never slack off on the mission here. I am the heir to the father first, and then a traveler in that world. One is reality and the other is a dream. I know which is more important. .”

"I wanted to ask you how you plan to deal with some real and dream things in the end, but now it seems that I don't need to ask." The father smiled and nodded to me: "You are flying to the giant in the sky. Dragon, nothing can hold you back. Although you are still young, setbacks and failures are also part of growth. Try as much as possible, summarize and improve from failures as much as possible, and you will definitely become stronger than you are now... Go Do what you will, Mordred. I believe you can."

"Then...Father, I'm going out right now?"

"Remember, Mordred, you will always be the most important existence in my life. When you underestimate the risk and fall into a crisis that cannot be protected by a scabbard, I will not hesitate to intervene. I know you don't like it, But this is a layer of insurance that I have to put on you as a father. Mordred, I don't ask for anything from you. Or fail, I have nothing to regret'."

"Thank you, Father... If there is anything I don't understand, I will definitely come and ask you."

After saying this, I left the mansion, walked on the street, bought a suit of clothes, and changed at the clothing store.This time it was a red shirt and black trousers.It's the cheapest one, and it will break anytime.

Then I bought a Swiss Army knife at the hardware store and kept it in my pocket.

On the bench by the road, I closed my eyes and tried to enter the dream with my own will.

"I said, you know, it's impossible for you to succeed alone, right?"

My own voice came to my ears.Extremely frivolous, very underwhelming.

This is the reverberation of Purple God.It was trying to communicate with me as a second personality.

"I know it's impossible to succeed, but there is nothing to lose if I try." I communicated with it in my heart. "Anyway, there is still a lot of time, and her journey has just begun. Sooner or later, I will reach the Lost Belt with my own strength as my father said-and then, when the Lost Belt disappears, she will complete what my father said. These preparations of mine are still effective when I have a special mission."

"Do you like her that much? You even think about bringing her here?" Violet God Reverberation asked.

"I don't know. But I can vaguely feel that her and I must intertwine our respective destinies in the future. I vaguely feel the echo from the future, so we must act accordingly."

"Then...try to practice using my power? You know that this power belongs to you."

"You are my desire, you are my doubts. Of course I understand that. But... let's forget it this time. Too much power is not a good thing. I have to avoid being hostile to my father, otherwise this time the strange news will be brought to the fore. The journey is meaningless."

Violet God's echo did not respond, and fell into silence.

And I walked around Miyama Town, looking for objects that could prove my conjecture.

(It’s just a general image, not the final version. Armor is a fully packaged future style【]|

Chapter 53: Chameleon

◆Mordred◆

However, completely different from what I expected, this dream didn't come until after dinner.

Still the kitchen, still the point where I put the dishes in the dishwasher.

The reason should be relatively simple. After dinner, the father's brain will slack off, and the whole person will become sleepy, so it is easy to connect the consciousness to the belt of strange news.Only if she goes to the Lost Belt, can I arrive in a synchronized way.

"...Miss Mordred, may I ask what happened?"

It was not a familiar girl in front of him, but a knight of the moon wearing sapphire armor, whose name was Ithil.

She held a slender Elven sword in one hand and a thick blue shield in the other.

At this time, I finally remembered that the girl went to find ingredients, and I was preparing to practice swordsmanship with Ithil.

"Ah, it's nothing, I just suddenly remembered something and lost my mind."

"Miss Mordred, it is fatal to lose your mind in battle."

"Maybe that's the case for ordinary people." I smiled confidently, or rather arrogantly - although I did have arrogant capital. "Unfortunately, I have the armor my father gave me. Even if it doesn't show up, it protects me in the form of a barrier. No matter how distracted I am, I won't get hurt."

Isil frowned slightly.Since the relationship was not close, she forgot what happened last night.

I thought she would remember soon, but she really didn't know why Melusin didn't cut me into pieces.

"...a flaw that was deliberately revealed?"

"Ithil, did Meluxin attack me at that time? Guess what would happen if I fought back? Who would die?"

The dull elf knight lady froze for a moment, and finally remembered.

Almost immediately, her eyes became shocked—she didn't think Melusin was just hacking for fun, did she?

"It seems that you know the answer...then come on, Artoria won't be back until later."

"You... know where she is?"

"I can feel it—only the pure-blooded Weilong has the blindsight ability, and can know the 'existence' within three kilometers nearby. Only my father and I have this vision. Meluxin is not my father's real child, there is no This ability."

"But if that's the case... why are you human?"

Hearing her words, the corners of my mouth involuntarily drew a curve.

Isil didn't have any doubts about the fact that "Meluxin is not the real child of the father", this is actually just my guess.

This upright elf knight answered my guess in this way-the father and Tonali just adopted the child in the name of the Dragon King and the Eternal Queen, and they didn't actually do anything too much.

"Because the father is a human being? Don't you know?"

"Your Majesty, she...she is...human? I thought..."

Isil was so shocked that his eyes trembled, as if the three views were about to collapse.

I did laugh.The smile was a little speechless, after all...that was the father.

"What do you think? The father is the original elf? But no matter how you look at it, the father is not an elf?"

"No... I thought... Ah, sorry, Mordred, my mind is a little messed up..."

Confusion is normal.Individually, humans have too many shortcomings compared to elves.So any fantasy world has one of the most basic settings, that is, elves always look down on short-lived and dull humans.

The existence I admire is actually human beings, is it difficult for elves to accept?

But judging from Ithil's expression, she doesn't have such elf-like arrogance.

"For an existence like the father, there is no difference between humans, elves, and gods, right? She is like the sun. Whether it is a god or a fireball, no matter what the world thinks, the sun will always shine on all things." , I felt that this topic gradually became meaningless, so I urged Isir and said, "Okay, that's the end of the gossip, should we start our sparring?"

Isil took a deep breath, shook his head lightly, raised his shield, and tapped the side of the shield lightly with his sword, like a gladiator in an arena, indicating that he was ready to fight.

Shield holders mainly focus on defensive counterattacks, which is a truth that has not changed in any era.Ithil stooped, strided, and placed most of his body behind the shield while lowering his center of gravity.The surface of the shield engraved with the Pendragon dragon pattern reflects the fluctuation of magic power like a mirror. If I start with a long-range bombardment, the attack will definitely be reflected on myself.

Generally speaking, when the armor's defense is strong enough, the shield is a redundant burden.I don't think Ithil's special sapphire armor is some kind of rubbish that shatters at the touch of a finger.She can take advantage of the armor and wield a long sword.Even Gareth likes to ride a spear to the point of using it in foot combat, but as long as she uses a sword, she is still a two-handed sword.

From this, the conclusion can be drawn very simply - for elf knights, it seems that they are using a sword and shield, but in fact they are holding a weapon in each hand, but the deputy hand happens to have a defensive function, and in fact it is more powerful than armed swords. Stronger lethality and destructive power.

I looked at the mirror-like magic barrier, and guessed further in my heart—is it a retaliation?Or long-range bombardment?Or a control method like a flash bomb?How to use it with a slender spear?

In a flash, I made dozens of similar guesses.And each one points to a point - don't hit the shield directly with the sword.One's own defense is indeed invincible, but this is just a practice of a competitive nature, mainly based on hitting and scoring.

So, instead of attacking, I moved slowly around the side of Isil's right hand that didn't hold a shield, looking for flaws.

Ithil's defense is impeccable. I observed for a full 2 ​​minutes and couldn't find any flaws.She can also bear her temper and doesn't attack. She just competes with me in posture and pace, strives to do her own thing well, and responds to all changes with the same behavior-her personality is consistent with her fighting style, she is indeed Gao Jie An incomparable knight who can join the round table.

After simulating the battle in my mind, I finally found a strategy to deal with this fortress-like knight.

The warplane is fleeting.In the blink of an eye, I sprinted immediately.

The pitch-black long sword pierced the gap between Isil's shield and the long sword like a steel needle fired from a tank's main gun.

The shield immediately turned to protect his body, but the pitch-black long sword changed position accordingly.

As the saying goes, "one inch is long, one inch is strong".Facing the oncoming thrust, the armed sword in Isil's hand became a burden.

It's a pity that in foot combat, the role of the shield is too great.

Even if I rushed at full speed, the jet-black long sword still only pierced the edge of the shield.

And at this moment, I saw the light, as if countless searchlights locked on me at the same time, and my field of vision was only a vast expanse of whiteness.

Then there was a sound like a broken mirror.A powerful impact not only stopped my sprint, but also sent me flying.After sliding five or six meters with my legs, I stabilized my body and my eyes recovered from the blinding light.

——I guessed right, the shield has a trigger-type flash, similar to modern flash riot shields.Moreover, it has destructive power and can cause extremely high impact damage. It is very similar to the reaction equipment mounted on the tank, but it emphasizes the lethality.Even I was shaken so far away, I am afraid that ordinary people are almost the same as being hit by a truck.

Isil did not fight back.But just for this trial, I really failed to score, but lost a lot of points.

If it doesn't work once, keep going.I was not discouraged and continued to attack.