Artoria the Big Liar

For a time, time and space seemed to overlap.Many years ago, my father Vortigern, on the throne of Camelot, had the same look in his eyes, almost sympathetic to the extreme, as if predicting that I would usher in destruction after experiencing endless suffering.

At that time, my answer was beyond my father's expectation.Now, my answer will also surprise Scathach.

"Didn't I tell you the reason from the beginning?" The helmet covered my face, and the only thing that came out was a voice as calm as a frozen lake, "Jeanna is the fragment of God of Misfortune, the great demon that descended on this universe. If I don't accept my fate, she will be ostracized by the world and the restraining forces, and meet the most desperate ending-this ending has actually happened. So, my hope and her have been taken away. I can only be the eternal Wang, this is my only option. Only in this way can she be recognized by the world and human beings, and we can have a happy daily life instead of killing and being killed, despair and pain."

"Actually, my blood is Vortigern, not Uther. I don't really like the Britons at all. They have goblin blood. They are arrogant, arrogant, temperamental, and capricious. Support me in King Arthur. Only a few people around me are walking on the road of my life. So when the knights, Mei Lin, Sister Wang, and Guinevere left me one by one, and when the soldiers got the land and gradually became unwilling to participate in the war, When I was surrounded by people who needed to get to know again, I entrusted Mordred, the only one left, to end my life-the subsequent life was exhausting and boring to me, and it was not worth it at all. Then pay."

"In the end, becoming the master of mankind is just a deal. I don't really care about the future of mankind. What I care about is the people around me—for me now, it's Jeanna, Sister Wang, Mei Lin and Maude. Red. If anyone wants to hurt any of them, dare to move a finger of them, I will be an enemy, even if it is the world or the suppression force. If the world can accept them and let them live with me, I can be the master of mankind, I can be any identity, I can be given any name, even if I have to kneel down like a slave."

I'm afraid it's also for this reason that Scathach can't trust me, right?

But to my surprise, after a brief shock, a smile appeared on Scathach's face.

Yes, it's really a smile, pure compliment, pure kindness, without any hostility or ridicule.

"This statement is really selfish... But I feel relieved in this way."

After a pause, the golden flash began to separate from Scathach's body. Like Saber, she took the initiative to exit.

"I really envy that woman Morrigan, she has really found an existence that can be entrusted to her for a lifetime..."

Her body disintegrated in the wind, and her voice was about to end in the wind.

"You must be happy, Artoria...Only if you are happy, the people around you will be happy, and they will not leave you...Only in this way, the tragedies of the past will not recur...Human beings will have a beautiful life. ending..."

After the words fell, the only thing left floating in the air was a scarlet spirit core like a death thorn spear.

As if in response, I spoke to this spiritual core——

"Of course I shall be happy--and happier than I am now, happier than anyone else."

But just yesterday, when Sister Wang told me to love myself, I realized how immature I was in the past.

Wisdom enough to reject admonitions, enough words to cover up wrongdoings - that's why Tristan said I "do not understand people's hearts"?

Holding Scathach's servant spirit core, I removed the armor, restored the maid outfit, turned around, and walked towards the three people waiting for me.

Looking at their waiting figures, my mood immediately relaxed, with a happy and happy smile on my face.

"Jianna, Sister Wang, Mei Lin, I'm back." After a pause, I said again: "I'm sorry, I said some strange things in the morning. Now that I think about it, it's better not to change my past? No I will not grow up through those experiences—I will grow up now. So, let’s stay with me and work hard to develop our own future, shall we?"

"Tch, I've never thought about such boring things. Anyway, I haven't experienced those things, and I only like you now." Smiling, Jeanna was the first to speak, and it really didn't matter.

"It's too dangerous to change the past. This plan was abandoned by me from the very beginning. Otherwise, what would I do if I stayed on the tower for 500 years? It's not impossible for me to make Holy Grails! "Melin smiled happily and immediately held my arm, leaning on me like a bird.

Sister Wang didn't speak - but that faint smile and happy eyes have already proved her answer.

In the end, it turned out that I was clever but was mistaken by my cleverness, thinking too much.

So, my brain got hot and I came up with a plan.

"Today I wear a maid outfit and come to serve everyone. Tomorrow, everyone will wear a maid outfit and serve me, how about it?"

In the end, they agreed unanimously.Also discussing what style of maid outfit to buy.

It's a pity that I didn't have the opportunity to intervene in their conversation.After I calmed down, I noticed that Tohsaka Rin was beside me.

She blushed slightly, and the way she looked at me seemed to change subtly, as if she wanted to say something.

"Rin, is there anything else you want to say now?" I asked.

"Hmph! I don't have anything else to say!" After a pause, Rin Tohsaka said with some disappointment: "What, I thought you were the one who said those great truths! It turns out that Kiritsugu got it from your negative teaching material. The conclusion! As a result, it is only now that I realize what a real hero is and what is a real dedication—no wonder Kiritsugu regrets it so much, it must be because he didn’t have time to say these words to you? On the contrary, he himself has persisted all these years fine."

Chapter Seven: You guys are too scary

◆Artoria◆

Originally, I thought that the concept of "hero" was given by me, but I didn't expect it to be modified by Kiritsugu.

No wonder this "just partner" will give up the great cause of saving mankind, and be an old man with peace of mind, raising children who have lost their families, bringing them up, and then enjoying their old age, neither taking responsibility nor doing any affairs.

No wonder this Holy Grail War has become so weird, the Holy Grail has become almost dispensable, and it doesn't matter whether it disintegrates or not.Because a "hero" under this definition is a wish-fulfilling machine, no different from the Holy Grail.

"Rin, besides these words, is there anything else you want to say?" I asked.

Rin Tohsaka sighed, and said dissatisfiedly: "I said, Artoria, are you mentally ill? Why do you have to pretend that you are polluted by the Holy Grail? Tell us honestly Is the cause and effect not good? As a result, there was almost a mistake, with a tit-for-tat look, and even started to fight. If Mr. Assassin hadn’t blocked your holy sword, that boy Yoshikawa would definitely not have survived. You are not a very smart person Why, why do you have to make everyone very unhappy?"

I blinked my eyes, completely unexpected that I was scolded by Tohsaka Rin.

Seeing that I had no special reaction, Tohsaka Rin seemed even more annoyed, his eyes narrowed, and his face was full of disgust.

"Especially about Mordred. You are more than just mentally ill. It is true that she participated in the Holy Grail War of her own will, but she is only eight years old, right? Even after going through education, her mental age has also increased. But what can she understand? She kept saying that she wanted to save you, how could it be possible to replace you as the eternal king? Didn’t you try to correct her thinking? The road of no return is getting darker and darker, and even repeating the tragedy of father and son killing each other, what are you thinking?"

Facing Rin Tohsaka's questioning, I lowered my head unconsciously, as if being lectured by a teacher.

It is indeed a teacher.Rin Tohsaka is now 26 years old, and she is completely different from the girl in my memory.

If it was before, I would say a bunch of words to refute.For example, he has already distributed good things to Mordred.For example, Jeanna's identity is too special.For example, the only thing she owns is Jeanne.In short, there are various reasons, and they all sound reasonable, and I was indeed pushed to the limit, and no one can save me unless I do my best.

But now it is different.When I really broke the pot, I realized how immature I was, and how stupid it was to expect the worst case as an assessment.

"Forget it, I'm not your wife, and it's meaningless to chatter here." Tohsaka Rin glanced at me dissatisfied, sighed again, and said helplessly: "Well, if you weren't like this in the past, you wouldn't either. Desired by so many people, liked by so many people. Without your contribution, human civilization would have been destroyed in 4000 years, and many people would have died 20 years ago. I can’t judge you arrogantly It seems that I should just be an ordinary person honestly. It would be great if there was no mystery from the beginning? The view of heroes and history not only sounds outrageous, but also happy to experience it. stand up."

Mystery never existed in the first place, and it's not very good-in that case, I still can't say it.

However, Tohsaka Rin's words reminded me.The human principle in this world is the historical view of heroes, not the historical view of the people—and I used to treat myself like an artifact, and this aspect of thinking inertia was at work.

"Thank you, Rin." I smiled and thanked her sincerely. "You really reminded me a lot. And I do have a lot of problems. I was really too immature during the time of King Arthur. I thought I had calculated everything, but I subconsciously ignored myself in the calculation——after I No more. Sister Wang told me to love myself, Skaha told me to be happy, and you told me to communicate with everyone. I will keep these in mind and will never forget them in the future.”

Rin Tohsaka stared at me blankly with his mouth open, his body stiffened and he was completely stunned.

However, she was only stunned for a moment, and soon sighed heavily again.

"What else can I say now? Saying 'As expected of our Lord Mithra, you can grow from a few gossips'? What are you doing, you are too scary, right? I thought You took on the title of 'Lord of Humanity' just for talking, now that you think about it... well, forget it, I always feel that talking about it is meaningless. I'll go back first. If you have anything to do, please contact me in time. Just call Just a phone call, I don’t have Line on my phone, and I don’t usually read text messages, my phone is just a phone.”

"Well. If there is a situation, I will definitely contact you." I solemnly promised.

Then, Tohsaka Rin waved his hand and left on his own.

But just as she disappeared from my field of vision, I saw a familiar figure approaching her - that figure had purple hair, was wearing a dark purple leather jacket, and was holding a scarlet spear in his hand. Skaha.

It seems that she, like the old man in the mountain, will be teleported here after the followers dissipate.

The existence that can do all this, knows who it is without thinking—it seems that the world and the restraining force don't fully believe me, or even if they believe me, they can't trust Jeanne, so this set of insurance measures is taken.Recalling what Count Dracula said when he left this morning, uneasy ripples inevitably appeared in my heart.

If it was before, I would definitely make various plans in silence and act early.

But now, my mentality has been changed by people I like, and I think I have matured.

——Then let’s make it bad, continue with the original plan, and make adjustments after something happens.

Indeed, being bad is a kind of wisdom, which contains the mature logic of "responsibility to change with the same", which is very suitable for me now.

Just like that, I summoned the Black Flame King and prepared to go back to the hotel—but before that, Sister Wang had something to say.

"Artoria, go visit Mordred in the afternoon?" Sister Wang's tone was as gentle as before, and she really regarded Mordred as our child. "I can't comment on what was right or wrong before, but your decision did hurt her. After all, she is our child—let's make it up to her. Tohsaka is right, she is only an eight-year-old child after all."

"Then I'll just wear this and make it up to her as a maid." Seeing that Sister Wang's smile became stiff, I had to pause and explain: "I'm her father, and she always treats me Treat it as a father. But it is actually wrong, Britain distorted us, we should not continue to distort after we left Britain. Although it may not be useful, this maid outfit should show my maternal side, right?"

"...That's fine." Sister Wang's smile was still stiff, but she reluctantly agreed.

In this way, we boarded the saddle of the Black Flame King.

But just before taking off, Jeanne suddenly said something violent.

"Speaking of which, Arthur... when are we going to have a baby?"

This sentence made my eyes go dark, my legs went limp, and I almost fell off the Black Flame King.

I have never thought about this matter. After all, I am also a woman. How can I have children?

But if I think about it a little calmer, I can come to the conclusion that it is not impossible.

The boundaries of modern magic are the boundaries of human power.When technology can do similar things, magic can also be simulated on similar principles.Due to the controllability of magic, it can do better in this respect.It is really impossible to learn from Einzbern's technology and realize the quasi-third method, which can also solve the problem of lifespan-in fact, we are going to do the same for Mordred.

I breathed heavily, and said in a helpless tone, "Jeanna, are you serious?"

"It's not serious, is it? It's probably the same as you want to wear a maid outfit, but it's just a temporary thing?" After a pause, Jeanna's golden eyes are full of expectations for the future: "After all, we don't even have a wedding. It’s in progress! There are still many details to be discussed, and there are still a lot of questions... Well, I’m just asking you casually, it doesn’t matter if you don’t want to answer, just don’t lie to me anyway.”

It reminds me of the universe that was completely consumed by Slaanesh.

In that universe, the emperor, the lord of mankind, made a deal with the subspace chaos, and the twenty demigod children born all had some chaotic characteristics.And Rianna is undoubtedly the great demon of the subspace, and it is not unreasonable to have a child with her?

But I still didn't want to face this problem, so I had to kick the ball to someone else: "What do Sister Wang and Mei Lin mean?"

"I already have a child with Artoria, and I gave birth to it myself. I have no other ideas." Sister Wang replied generously, even a little humble. "Artoria, you just need to like it, you don't need to ask my opinion."

"I have the blood of a succubus, so it's quite difficult to have a child..." What Mei Lin said with a smile also made my eyes darken. She used to call herself a big sister, but now she is like this! "Oh, but it's not impossible! I should find a way to weaken the part of the succubus."

"Uh... Actually, what I'm asking is the feasibility... part..." My voice became weaker and weaker.

"It is feasible... that must be no problem?" Merlin smiled and talked about the past: "Artoria, have you forgotten that you yourself were born unnaturally? Albion's dragon The blood of human beings is assisted by the blood of human beings. After working together, it will be entrusted in the womb of the nobleman. After the successful birth, you will be the current you. Mordred's situation is quite special, but Morgan's fairy element is too serious, so he has to use it The artificial human way."

That's right—everyone in the Pendragon family was born in this way.Therefore, we are dragons in human form, and our mothers are also Albion, the great dragon, with extraordinary power.

Strictly speaking, my own birth was led by Merlin.Her knowledge of magic is comparable to that of Sister Wang, as long as they discuss this as a topic together, coupled with the magnificent power that Jeanna inherited from Slaanesh, it is a trivial matter to give birth to an offspring.

So... to be honest, I kind of wanted to run away.For children, Mordred alone is enough. I really can't imagine being surrounded by more children, what kind of happy and tortured scene it will be.

Seeing that my face was sullen, and my eyes were full of avoidance without daring to look at each other, Jeanna patted me on the shoulder lightly, and said, "Didn't I say everything, it was just a whim, and it must be Arthur, your thoughts are the most important Huh? After all, raising children is quite troublesome."

But hearing what she said, my brain started to spin wildly, and I instinctively extracted Jeanne's deep thoughts from it.

The status quo forces me to over-associate.Even I was a little uneasy about the future.I didn't dare to imagine how uneasy Jeanne would be about the future-but soon, I gave up.Excessive association will only make everyone unhappy.

"You, you always think too much. It's just a casual sentence, what's the matter? Could it be that you want to wear a maid outfit today, and I will be as worried as you are to death, and do things that are too much?" Let Na mocked me verbally, but she felt sorry for me in her heart. "Have I said it many times? I told you not to think so much. Just listen to me this time!"

"I actually understand everything..." After a pause in embarrassment, I expressed my thoughts helplessly: "Children or something... The matter of the Holy Grail War has not been resolved. Let's talk about it after it is resolved?"

"By the way, you told me that you haven't had time to treat your old illnesses, have you? How about taking good care of your body when the Holy Grail War is over?" Jeanna said without any scruples in her mind, "Wait for your body to take care of you." Well, the joints don’t hurt in wet weather, and you can sleep and breathe smoothly at night. Let’s go on a trip again? If there is a fight, leave it to us. If there is something, assign it to us. You can feel at ease like a real How about staying well like a king?"

"Okay. Then it's a deal, let's do it like this." I didn't hesitate, and gave a direct answer.

"Oh, by the way, and Morgan and Mei Lin's mental state is not very good, you should accompany them more." After Jeanna finished speaking, the smiles of Sister Wang and Mei Lin froze. "Don't forget, I can read minds. I know better than they themselves how bad their mental state is and how chaotic their emotions are—they are patients, and Mordred is also a patient. Their disease name is Love, its focus is you, do you understand?"

"I understand. This time, I will do my part," I promised.

"That's good... let's go back then? That's all I want to say."

A subtle sense of unease smeared in my heart, turning the clear lake slightly cloudy.

I took a breath, forced myself not to think about it, and then drove the Heiyan King, who had a similar heart, back to the Fuyuki Hotel.

Then, as agreed, the four of us first called Mordred to confirm where she lived, and we went there together.Because he called a taxi, there was nothing extra to do on the road, and he arrived at Mordred smoothly.

Mordred was standing at the door of the hotel.She was wearing the T-shirt and jeans I bought her, a red headband tied her hair into a ronin-style single ponytail, no frills, no different from the past—if you ignore the look in her eyes.

Yes, there was something wrong with her eyes.An uncontrollable sadness settled in it, obviously I was right in front of her eyes, but the focus of her pupils was erratic, and the golden pupils themselves were so empty that there was no gleam of brilliance, as if they were dead and lifeless.

Her expression was as dull as a doll's.Her standing posture is so erratic that a slight touch can knock her down.

When I stepped out of the taxi, her eyes finally lit up, and her whole talent finally regained its vitality.

As if I were her light, her sun.

Without me by her side, she would sink into a bottomless abyss of darkness, blurring the boundaries between life and death.

After all, he was just an eight-year-old child.

"Father, I..."

Before she could speak, I walked up to her in a maid outfit and hugged her.

What Tohsaka Rin said is not wrong at all. In the past, I had too few exchanges with everyone, and I always made decisions alone.

This time, I will not make the same mistake again.

"I am back, Mordred. This time, I will not leave you again."

Tears flowed down her cheeks and onto my shoulders.

Is it sad?Are you moved?I think,【"&

However, I can be sure.This time, I will not leave her.

She is my child, the most important person in my life, more important than Jeanne.