Artoria the Big Liar

I smiled and asked softly: "Speaking of which, how is my ability? You are my contractor, so you should be able to sense my status?"

"Uh... let me see." Saying that, the witch closed her eyes. "Muscle strength A, stamina A+, agility B, magic power A+, luck...uh, blacked out?"

"Blacked out? Isn't it EX?"

"It should be the influence of Slaanesh, right? We have no luck at all, we are just performing our own scripts." After a pause, I continued to ask: "What about the class? It should be Saber?"

"It's not Saber, it's...uh, what is a Pretender?"

Slaanesh didn't implement the English function for the witch, so if you see this kind of English that is not commonly used, you will not be able to understand it.

After confirming the spelling of this word with the witch, I understood the meaning of this class.

"It means 'imposter' in English. It should be a special class. After all, I am a living person now, not a servant built on the prototype of a dead heroic spirit. It should mean that I can disguise my identity in the Holy Grail War? "

"It seems to be. In this panel, there is a real name and a pseudonym..."

"What are they?" Even I was a little curious.

"The pseudonym is Artoria Pendragon...the real name is, uh... Arturia Vortigern? Isn't there the same difference? Or, there is a special meaning between the two?" Witch Obviously, he has little knowledge of King Arthur's history, and he probably doesn't even know who Vortigern is.

"This means that I am not the real King Arthur, but a copy of the humble king Vortigern. I replaced the existence of the original King Arthur, replaced light with darkness, and replaced chivalry with tyranny, opening up a completely different history. " Having said that, I sighed softly, "It's actually not bad. Compared with a cold golden sun, I prefer a black sun that exudes light and heat... Not only me, but many people are also like this Thought."

After the words fell, the witch felt lost, and looked out of the window at the half-exposed morning sun.

I didn't speak or urge, but enjoyed the sunrise with her and let the time go by slowly.

About 3 minutes later, the witch's erratic voice came.

"Arthur..."

"……Um?"

"Is it really good to do this for me?"

"For things like regret, let's wait until the end of the Holy Grail War." After a pause, I said relaxedly: "Don't worry, for a person of my level, Heroicization is an imitation and deterioration of his life. Servantization It is the imitation and degradation of the heroic spirit. Among other things, the essence of the dragon alone cannot be simulated by the Holy Grail, and it can only be constructed as a "magic release" skill."

The witch remained silent.Inferiority was brewing in her heart, slowly eroding her heart like a weak acid.

Of course, this is not Slaanesh's corruption.She is still thinking, she is still discerning, but it is difficult to adapt to the current reality.

This time, I hugged her tightly, really tight, trying to transfer my warmth to her heart.

"...Have you participated in the Holy Grail War?" The witch finally turned her head and looked at me curiously.

When I heard this question, I realized that I had never told anyone else about it.

After all, at that time, my hair was still blond, my pupils were emerald green, and the holy sword that looked like an empty shell in my hand was also radiant gold.Later, because Slaanesh forcibly changed the script, I became what I am now.The gap between the two images is too large, so I never told anyone about it from the beginning to the end, and only revealed some information when I came to Avalon after my death.

"Well, it was the Holy Grail War in 1994. However, it may be regarded as a parallel world. If my master at that time was still there, our chances of winning would be much higher. Probably from 99% to 99.99% %? He owes me a lot of favors, and with his character, he will regard this favor as more important than his own life."

"Sounds like a kind person."

"Of course. The person who can summon me back then will definitely not be too bad."

The witch fell silent again.After another 3 minutes, she continued: "Arthur, I always feel... I always feel that I will hold you back. I am still too weak... I wish I could be stronger."

"Master is always a lagging existence?" I said with a smile, "Modern magicians are very weak. At most, they can only fight defensively with average servants. Magicians who have learned some ancient martial arts may be stronger , but not much. You are a dragon witch, your flames are equivalent to great magic, and the flying dragon you summon is also a real fantasy species. Anyway, my former master will definitely not be able to beat you, even if you try your best A sneak attack can only die with you."

After a pause, I began to sort out the specific pre-battle preparations: "You can ask Merlin and Morgan to prepare a few engravings for you. As long as you pour magic power into the engravings, the engravings will be transformed into spells. Especially invisibility, healing, illusion, and protection. Kind of like that. Even with only the engraving, without summoning the wyvern, or using your sword, you're better than most modern magicians."

"Am... am I really that good?" The witch looked very unconfident, and her voice was cautious.

I squeezed her face, and jokingly said, "Of course. Didn't you try it yesterday? It's very difficult for a modern magician to deal with a shadow follower, but you solved more than a dozen in one go?" What's more, there are many low-level masters, and in the class before me, there were even ordinary people who had no magic circuits at all."

"In that Holy Grail War, besides your Master, were there any other powerful magicians?" The witch still asked unsurely.

"There is a monarch of the clock tower." I recalled it, compared the difference between the witch and the guy who used mercury, and quickly came to the conclusion: "You are much stronger than him. You only need to summon a flying dragon, you You can defeat him easily. The Mechanician monk explained that your spirit base was activated by me, so the flying dragons and flames you summoned will have my magic properties. I remember very clearly that the shadow of the bow The attacker attacked the wings of the flying dragon, but was blocked by the power of space."

"Really? Arthur... are you sure?"

"Of course, how could I lie to you?"

Hearing me say that, the witch finally smiled.

Although it is very reluctant, although the eyes are still full of horror and confusion.

But that smile was definitely not fake.

……

I still prepare the breakfast, but this time the witch also assisted me in some work.

A lot of milk, a lot of fried eggs, a lot of bread, a lot of fruits and nuts, as well as my and Mordred's favorite meat, as well as the essential cheese and jam, together make up this breakfast.It can't be called delicious, and it's common, but it can maintain the daily needs only by relying on quantity and energy.

At the dinner table, the witch showed her command spells, and I also explained the cause and effect.Mordred, Morgan, and Merlin were surprisingly calm, as if they had expected me to do this.Judging by the degree of taking it for granted on their expressions, it is almost the same as every meal I cook must have a lot of meat, it seems that it is strange that I don't do this.

It turned out that the only person who was worried about dying from the beginning to the end was the witch herself.

Nibbling on an apple, Merlin followed the topic with a smile.

"Arturia, can I tell you some good news?"

"What good news?" I asked.

"This world line is not a parallel world, but a world we have experienced together. Therefore, the King Arthur summoned in this world is yourself. Maybe there will be no new world line in the future."

"When did you find out?" I asked again.

"Have you forgotten? My eyes can see through the times. So, I saw the whole Holy Grail War in 1994." Speaking of this, regret and sorrow overflowed from Merlin. "It's a pity that you at that time were different from now. I just watched from the sidelines and thought it was you in a parallel world. But I just heard you say that and realized that it was you at all—oh, if I had discovered this earlier, I would say Uncertain cause and effect and time and space are therefore reversed, and there are not so many things later!"

The implication is that she will become my master, and during this period, I will make an agreement and bond, and after going back in time and space, she will only belong to her alone, until finally I will live with her in Avalon forever—— Said, but from the point of view of imagination, Merlin really has a hand, this daydream even made my heart a little bit moved.

"By the way, there is one more thing." Merlin put down the apple and added. "Originally, with the level of activity of the Great Holy Grail, there was another Holy Grail War in 2004. But the organizers failed to awaken the Holy Grail. The reason is that your self-destruct at that time not only destroyed the smaller Holy Grail, but also hurt the Great Holy Grail. forced it into a 20-year dormancy period, and even this time it was delayed until midsummer."

I've worked with Merlin for too long, and I can hear it immediately, and this is not the point: "So? Merlin, it's already this time, so don't be fooled. There are indeed some people with bad memories in the round table, but this is not a round table. Come to the conclusion."

"The Holy Grail itself has become a living thing. After being seriously injured, it instinctively began to struggle to survive. As a result, the selected magicians were all elites in the mysterious world, and the summoned servants were all top-notch The intensity of the disintegration Holy Grail War this time may be higher than the sum of the previous levels. Artoria, you have to be careful."

This did not exceed my expectations: "I knew that the script chosen by Slaanesh was not that easy. Compared with it, Hidetaka Miyazaki is considered a bodhisattva."

"Miyazaki Hidetaka, who is that, a magician?" the witch asked strangely.

"Ah! I know this!" Mordred, who had been holding back his words, immediately explained: "He is a very powerful game producer! The game "Dark Soul" he made is very difficult, and it needs to go through repeated trials and tribulations. Death and failure are the way to go. There are plenty of insidious traps and dastardly gang fights. But he's really good, and even though it's very difficult, it's really fun!"

"After all, you are a game producer, and you still have to consider the sales of the game. It can't be too difficult." I explained again, then changed the subject, and said to my child: "By the way, Mordred. Do you want to participate in the Holy Grail War?"

"I am the knight of the father, if the father needs it, I will definitely participate!"

"No, what I mean is... Mordred, do you have a wish in your heart?" Hearing what I said, Mordred suddenly panicked and subconsciously avoided my sight. "The story of "King Arthur" is over. But if you want to ask who is most dissatisfied with this story, it must be you...It is true that I did not think carefully and threw all the blame on you..."

"No, it's not like that!" Mordred stood up immediately, her expression was distorted, her eyes were anxious, and her emotions were suddenly close to losing control. "My father is not wrong! How could my father be wrong! Isn't it the escaped Knights of the Round Table who are wrong? Isn't it Guinevere? Everyone in Albion is at fault! They forced the father to this extent !Everyone is a regicide! Everyone deserves to die ten thousand times! Just crash and perish, so cheap for them!"

Every time Mordred said a word, the faces of Morgan and Merlin turned pale.

When she had finished speaking, Morgan and Merlin looked away, afraid to look at me, or Mordred.

I sighed in my heart, and then said to Mordred with calm eyes and a calm tone: "Sit down first, Mordred. If... if the desire in your heart is so strong, you can also participate in the Holy Grail." war."

As if losing all his strength, Mordred sat down decadently.

I'm afraid, she just suppressed her dissatisfaction in her heart from the beginning, right?Stories about Morgan, Merlin, and Guinevere filled her dissatisfaction.I fell to the ground at noon yesterday, and told Jeanne about those complaints, which made the dissatisfaction reach its peak and turned into hatred—she hated Britain, hated Albion, hated everyone except me , even including herself.

After hesitating for a moment, I really sighed heavily and made a decision: "...I agree, Mordred. You can participate in the Holy Grail War. I will not impose any restrictions on you, you can find yours Take back your sword, mother. You can take hostile actions against me and Jeanne as long as you think it is necessary. If only me and your followers are left in the end, as long as you defeat me, the Holy Grail will be at your disposal. Be the Holy Grail After being purified, no matter what wish you make, I will not interfere in any way."

I paused.Mordred didn't object, and clenched his fist tightly.

Now that she has come to her senses, I can't say anything more,

After a pause, I explained to Morgan and Merlin: "Since Mordred is determined to participate in the Holy Grail War...Morgan, Merlin, return to Avalon for now."

The two of them didn't respond, so I took it as acquiescence.

"Don't think too much about such unhappy things. Eat first, the milk and meat will be cold... Let's talk about the rest after Mordred has summoned his servants."

Chapter 42: Saber (6K5)

(This chapter is Mordred's No.1 title.)

Things happened, but everyone pretended it didn't happen and let life go on.

The application for the establishment of the HEMA department is passed, followed by the final exam for the first half of the semester.Father, the witch, and I have not been to school, taking this opportunity to spend the last time before the Holy Grail War.

That's what I said, but it's actually just the father and the witch sticking together all day long.Either shopping or having fun, leaving the rest behind.And what about the rest of us?I am also happy that my father is like this, I feel that my father has found my own happiness, I think this is what my father should be like, otherwise I will be angry.

If I didn't know that the witch's nature is not bad, I would think that she is the same witch as Yuzao before, who can make the father and king obsessed to such an extent that they almost stick together when eating.

However, time is still very tight after all.

After 20 years of repression, the Holy Grail is more active than expected, Merlin said.As a result, when I just woke up on the 26th, I, who had not summoned my followers for a long time, finally got the ultimatum of the Holy Grail-before the first ray rises on the 27th, I must summon my own followers.And, before the first ray of sunshine shines on Fuyuki City on the 28th, all masters and servants must arrive at Fuyuki.Otherwise, it will be regarded as giving up the Holy Grail War.

What will be the result of giving up, I don't know... Maybe some people will be randomly selected to replace them temporarily?

I'd love to see Father Wang a little longer, especially when she's smiling.The Witch is a very powerful person. She has done something that no one in the Albion Kingdom can do - to make the father smile happily, without force, without fatigue, without forced composure, and without overwhelmed I don't know the true and false tenderness.As a result, like the previous few times, I have been following them secretly, trying to record their backs, their smiles, and every intimate movement of them like a brand in my soul.

It would be really nice if time could stop at this time.

However, time cannot stop.The me in the past will grow up one day, and the me now must also meet the fate.

So, at one o'clock in the morning on the 27th, the sky was full of brilliant stars, and I came to the wilds of Misaki Town.

I came here with me, and my mother.

In fact, my relationship with my mother was not good at all.In the deepest part of each other's hearts, we loathe each other.But after all, she is my mother, and the mother approved by the king, and I am the child approved by the king.So, based on such a relationship, she helped me draw the magic circle for summoning servants, figured out the summoning words, and confirmed the most suitable time for summoning.

At any rate, mother is also the gathering of all the mysterious existences in Britain, and she was a goddess a long time ago.It was easy for her to set up a magic circle, and it was done in one go.

Then, my mother looked at me - although it looked like this, it was still the same as before. When she looked at me, she was not looking at me, but trying to see through me, another person with a similar appearance - my father. king.Moreover, her expression is still so mechanical, and her eyes are still so indifferent.Even if the past is over, she still regards me as an artificial human, a pure tool, neither as a mother's love nor as a creator's appreciation, and she always regrets creating me.

"Mordred, are you ready?" Her tone was terribly indifferent, as if frozen.

I took a deep breath, and then said indifferently: "Well, I'm ready... But, mother, are you sure you won't disclose my information to the king?"

"If she asked, I would definitely say it. But..." Mother paused, her voice became bitter: "You know her too. She won't ask about such things. Even if she accidentally knows, she will pretend Tsukuru doesn't know, and then let life go on. It was like this in the past, it is like this now, and it will always be like this in the future. This is the basic makeup of her personality, and there is no way to change it."

"...Father is indeed such a person." Looking at the starlight in the sky, I sighed like this.

"However, Mordred, I still want to ask you one more time—are you really prepared?" My mother didn't look at me, but looked up at the gorgeous sky like me. "This Holy Grail War is about whether Jeanna can survive. If you really defeat Artoria, get the Holy Grail, and make a wish... Can you really face her? By then, it will be extremely painful , she will still pretend that nothing happened, speaking gentle words and doing gentle movements, until she finally can't hold on, and you will finally realize what a stupid thing you have done-you are ready to face it To myself at that time?"

"I……"

Open your mouth, I want to answer.

But, as expected, I still couldn't say it...how could I be able to say it?

After a long time, my mother recalled the past, with a faint tone: "After Kamlan, before you woke up, she was like this, gently speaking comforting words, gently wiping away my tears... After that, my wish was It becomes very simple, as long as she is happy, as long as she can watch her from a distance..." At this point, my mother looked at me, extremely indifferent, extremely calm, almost... almost like crazy same. "And you, Mordred, what do you think?"

However, I still can't say it...

Did I say to my mother at this time that I want Albion to be completely annihilated, so that my father can be freed forever from the shackles called "King Arthur"?Do I want to say to that evil god, let me be the protagonist, and let the father and king continue to live an ordinary life-is that the case?

What can't be said, can't be said anyway.

Let alone my mother, even if my father asked me personally, I wouldn't be able to say anything at all.

"Think about it, Mordred, you still have time to repent. Think about it carefully—do you really have the courage and awareness to draw the sword against Artoria again? Can you look at her Shuangtong, who is heartbroken, continue to make your wish to the Holy Grail? Even if she and Jeanna can accept such a result, can you accept her sadness, her despair? Do you really... really want to Take away her only remaining happiness and return to her original scarred appearance?"

Mingming's voice is so calm, and her eyes are full of indifference, but tears accumulate in her mother's eyes again.

This weird feeling is like... as if there are two consciousnesses in her body at the same time.One is rational to the point of being mechanical, and the other is emotional to the point of madness.

The mother took a deep breath, trying to suppress the sadness: "Forget it, you have reached this point, whether you have realized it or not, you have to move on... Let me give you a message, Merlin is crazy. When she tried to completely She was already crazy when she transformed into a fairy and tried to forget the feeling of 'love'. Now she is just pretending to be normal, Lian Artoria was deceived by her performance. If you win, Be careful of her revenge... At that time, she could do anything."

"...What about my mother? Will my mother take revenge on me at that time?" I asked calmly.

"Yes." Mother replied firmly. "One thousand and five hundred years is really too long. After 500 years, I began to forget, the voice of Artoria, the appearance of Artoria... So, Merlin and I created a big magic together. We trapped In the fantasy of the past, after going through those 100 years, over and over again, non-stop, non-stop, a full hundred times, a miracle appeared-Artoria woke up, we all thought we were I made a mistake, thinking that I had too many memories, and I had hallucinations. Later, we confirmed the reality, but we didn’t dare to take any action, for fear that all of this would be like a broken mirror to the limit. It will fall, be scattered, and never recover."

500 years... To be honest, I can't understand the concept of this number-my age is only eight years old after all.When my father went on an expedition to Rome, I didn't see her for half a year, and I missed her so much that I was going crazy.If it is 500 years... no, just thinking about it, I'm afraid, I can't even imagine it.

Before I knew it, my mother turned her back to me, her voice trembling with grief: "...Sorry, Mordred, I have to leave early. Artoria is in pain now, especially After you are determined to participate in the Holy Grail War... I doubt whether I can maintain my rationality for a while. Once hatred and anger occupy my heart... I will hurt you."

As soon as the voice fell, she took steps and walked into the distance.

However, at the last moment, I still asked her a question.

"Mother, what am I in your eyes?"