Artoria the Big Liar

"That's it... let's talk about it at that time." I also casually said something perfunctory.

Now, my voice is not only hoarse, but also has a vibrato, which makes me really hurt.

The air fell silent again.I don't like this silence very much.Mordred and Jeanne are like two volcanoes, the silence is not calm, but suppressing certain extreme emotions.These extreme emotions continue to accumulate, and at a certain moment, they will burst out.

But... what else can I say?I thought about it for a long time, but I couldn't find a suitable topic.

The joints of the whole body are still inflamed and painful to varying degrees, so the brain is confused, and it is impossible to expect a sudden burst of inspiration.

When Mei Lin and Sister Wang returned to the house, I finally couldn't say anything.

Sister Wang pulled up my jeans and carefully observed the swelling and inflammation of the knee joint.She was once the strongest magician in the world, and her eyes could see traces of magic power.Seeing her expression becoming more and more serious, and the light blue pupils implying more and more worries, my heart was lifted to my throat—it’s just that I lived alone in the swamp for too long when I was a child, so The accumulated wear and tear and old diseases can't really be something like a curse, right?

"Arturia, I know you won't listen to what I say next, but I still have to say—don't use magic power anymore. Your magic power will not only destroy the enemy, but also erode yourself. Before the Holy Grail War You have adjusted the spirit base again, using technology similar to chip overclocking to overload the magic power, and your body is already broken." Sister Wang's voice was very calm, so calm that it made me feel terrified.

"The situation is much more serious than you imagined. Your rheumatism is actually not that serious, it's just an undetectable crack on the mirror. It's just that you rely too much on dark magic to make this crack keep expanding. So, next time, you can't Fighting. Continue to fight, your servant spirit foundation will collapse, and then it will evolve into an overload of dark magic power in the body. At that time...at that time..." Sister Wang couldn't continue, and I couldn't listen anymore.

I was not surprised at all when I heard Sister Wang say that.Because this is exactly in line with my expectations-I came to participate in this Holy Grail War with the determination of my own physical and mental breakdown.

Before, I habitually dealt with the situation as the worst.In order to achieve the goal regardless of the consequences, when calculating the cost, they habitually devalue themselves to nothing.With such a result, it can almost be said to be a matter of course.

After all, if you cut your belly open, you can solve many unsolvable problems, and it is too easy to form path dependence.

But... I still can't say it.Because I couldn't stop the pain, the rheumatism this time was much more painful than I expected.Cutting open the belly only needs to wait for the healing effect of the scabbard to take effect, and it will recover.But how long the rheumatism will last, I don't know myself.

"The situation is much better than expected. At least you still have me, Meilin, Mordred, and Jeanne. If it doesn't work, you can still summon the Knights of the Round Table in violation of the regulations. They are still loyal to you and want to fight for you." You are devoted and loyal. Altoulia, from the very beginning you..." The more Sister Wang spoke, the less confident she became, and she couldn't even speak at the end.

Maybe something like "each of us is a kingslayer" came to mind?The shadow of the past still hangs in our hearts.

The air was so oppressive I could barely breathe.The pain made my brow and body sweat continuously.

My body sucks and my mood sucks.They didn't actually overreact the night before, only I didn't take it seriously.

Sister Wang knelt down in front of me, stuck here like a frozen frame, her eyes trembling violently, but she tried her best not to let the tears flow down.Mei Lin at the door turned her back to me, unable to see her expression.Mordred's fisted hands shook violently.Jeanne closed her eyes, her smile froze more and more.The four volcanoes are suppressing huge pressure inside, thick smoke has risen from the ground, and will erupt at any time.

I took a slight breath and said in a weak and hoarse voice: "...Okay. Unless the god of calamity descends on this world in person, I will not fight again until my physical illness is cured. Next ... just please everyone."

As soon as the voice fell, the pressure was immediately released.

Taking a deep breath, Sister Wang looked up at me, stroked my right hand, wiped off the sweat that came out of it like a sauna, and asked again worriedly: "Artoria, is it really hurting this time? "

"I... I thought I wasn't afraid of pain at first. But as expected... it should be more painful than gout..." After a pause, I was worried that everyone would get the wrong idea again, so I quickly added: "I don't have gout... and Gout is much better cured than rheumatism..."

"Arturia, don't say it's rheumatism anymore." Mei Lin still turned her back to me, her voice was terribly low, I'd never heard Mei Lin's voice. "This is magic erosion, not rheumatism. Rheumatism is just an introduction. This is actually a side effect of your abuse of dark magic."

"Well. I see. I won't say that in the future." My voice was very weak, and I wonder if Merlin can hear it.

"Boom-!!!"

Suddenly, Mordred's fist slammed hard on the table, and the overflowing dark red thunder immediately smashed the table into pieces.

She was breathing rapidly, as if crying.Anger, sadness, and hatred distorted her expression.She just looked at me, and immediately avoided like lightning, then covered her face with her hands, lowered her head, and let her bangs cover her face.

I'm in trouble again - I can't apologize because Mordred will never allow me to.I can't question, because questioning will attack her heart like a cannonball.I can't even explain, because after the credit is broken, any explanation I have will be regarded as a cover-up of unself-love, and will be regarded as an act of distrust.

Things have developed to this point, and I finally understand that the knights of the round table will leave one by one and go into seclusion.

I want to ask Sister Wang and Mei Lin for help.But Sister Wang also closed her eyes, and Mei Lin still turned her back to me.

I want to ask Jeanne for help.But I feel that Jeanne's repressed feelings are much more serious than Mordred's.

"...What should I say? It's just that my joints are hurting, and I'm not lying on a hospital bed and receiving a notice of critical illness. Why does it have to be this reaction? I, the 'king who doesn't understand people', really can't figure it out." ah……"

— Then blame yourself.The only thing I could think of was to blame myself.

Since the volcano is destined to erupt, why not detonate it here in advance, and let me know what everyone is thinking.

However, I don't know if the voice was so weak that no one heard it, and the four of them didn't respond at all.

Really nothing happens.If it weren't for the clock hands on the wall still moving forward, I would have thought time had stopped.

I let out a heavy breath, trying to completely spit out the depression in my heart.

"Obviously the situation has improved, right? The Holy Grail War is developing in the expected direction, and everyone is living together. Even if you are dissatisfied with the past, you should look forward to the future, right? Magic erosion can definitely be cured, the Holy Grail War It must be resolved—if you really regret the past, then use this regret as the motivation to open up the future."

Saying that, I stood up from the sofa.

At this moment, the four of them immediately stood up, their nerves tensed.

I took two random steps.While it does hurt, it's not impossible.

Then, wiping the sweat off my brow, I smiled with a little difficulty.

"After all, I'm the one who hurts, right? I don't even care about myself, so what do you care about?" After speaking, I sat back on the sofa again. "If you have something in your heart, don't hold it back, take this opportunity to say it - Mordred, let's start with you."

The Earl was still hiding in Mordred's shadow and did not show himself.This reassured me a lot, at least he felt that I was doing the right thing.

Mordred took a deep breath, wiped the tears from his eyes, and stood up.Her golden eyes burned with loathsome fury.If she participated in the battle as a Servant, her class would most likely be "Avenger".

"Father. Maybe you have noticed it. I made a deal with Aige." Mordred's eyes seemed to be dead, and he could even say such words. "Love Song gave me a chance to turn back time and space. I will replace you as King Arthur, just like I intend to wish for the Holy Grail-I know, this is very childish, and it is very likely to be deceived. But... Father, I have no choice. This is a wish I must fulfill, otherwise I really can't find the meaning of my existence."

"Mordred, the meaning of your existence now is to come out of adolescence, finish college, and become mature." Mordred wanted to refute, but I raised my hand, suppressing disappointment and anger in my tone: "In order to satisfy King Arthur's desire to 'save Britain', the God of Misfortune can use the souls of 1000 million people in Tokyo as food and sacrifices! In order to return to this universe, the God of Misfortune killed hundreds of billions and trillions of creatures in another universe, Devoured their souls! She is my sworn enemy, and there is no room for compromise or relaxation."

Mordred sat down feebly, distraught.

It seems that the meaning of existence has been denied, as if all hope has been lost.

I stood up and sat next to her, holding her right hand with my left hand.

"Modred, you are my heir. If I were King Arthur, you would be Albion's heir. If I were Mithras, you would be the heir of Humanity. But the meaning of heir is not to replace. You even If you don’t understand such a simple truth, you are too easily deceived! Even if you really replace me, you and I are still far behind!”

Speaking of this, I sighed heavily, and my tone became extremely serious: "How many times do I have to say it before you are willing to come out of the self-indulgence of adolescence? Am I really spoiling you so much that you would rather Believe in that evil god, and don't want to believe me?"

"No, no, Father, I didn't..." Mordred explained in a panic.

"Then do as I say! Sever all ties with God of Disaster, and treat her as an enemy...cough coughcough..." Because I spoke too urgently, I coughed violently. Mordred was extremely flustered and didn't know what to do. Overwhelmed.After a long time, I finally recovered: "In short, Mordred, as long as you dare to do things according to Slaanesh's wishes, I will never forgive you!"

Mordred's pupils shrank suddenly, because I had never said such harsh words to her.

Then, I stood up, walked to Jeanna, and sat down beside her, suppressing hatred in my voice: "And you, if one day you dare to give up your consciousness and existence, the operator will become Slaanesh in this The incarnation in the universe, I will never forgive you, and then I will lose this part of the memory and forget you forever!"

Jeanna's whole body was tense to the extreme, and the panic in her golden pupils was unprecedented.

Sister Wang's body trembled violently - she began to be afraid.

"If you feel sorry, I will make it up to me! If you feel that I have suffered too much, then love me! If you feel that you are a kingslayer, it proves that you don't think so in your heart! If you want to modify the past without my consent, That is the greatest harm to me! Denying the past is equivalent to denying me as a person! If you really do this, I will make myself disappear forever! At that time, the King Arthur in your mind will not be me, but a pan-human Shi's—I'll do what I say!"

After I finished speaking, I didn't look at Sister Wang's expression, but supported my body with one hand, trying to stand up unsteadily.

Unfortunately, the joints in my body were so painful that I couldn't exert my strength. With a "plop", I fell to the ground again.

Sister Wang was crying and wanted to help me up.But for the first time in my life, I was so angry that I shook her off hard.

Taking a deep breath, I expended all the strength in my body, stood up abruptly, walked to the door, and walked to Mei Lin.

She was terrified, as if I were a nightmare within a nightmare.

"Arthur, actually I..."

"You are the most serious of the four, do you think I can't see it! Don't tell me your fairy ears are fake!" I almost yelled.Like a nerve reflex, Mei Lin covered the sharp parts of her ears with her hands.

"Melin, let me return my human part. The past is over, and our future is still very long. If you feel that it is all your fault that caused me to suffer so much when I was young, then make up for it. Me. If you can’t forget the feeling of strangling my neck, then work hard to overcome it. Escaping will make you gradually crazy, and the result of the madness is to turn from a succubus to a nightmare... I don’t want to see you like that, you know? "

Mei Lin was stunned, she didn't seem to expect that what I said to her was actually the gentlest.

Taking another deep breath, I walked slowly to the center of the living room.

"I won't say it's rheumatism in the future, so you are not allowed to mention the name Aige in the future, she is Slaanesh, the god of disaster! From now on, I will treat and act according to your ideas, and your actions must also conform to my wishes. Just do it!"

It feels almost the same, and my tone is not so harsh: "It is true that I am sick, but everyone is also sick to some extent, right? If you are sick, you need to be treated, or you will heal after a period of time. I accept it honestly. Healed, don't be so anxious, stay by my side, and heal the stubborn disease in your heart with me - that's it. That's all I want to say."

After speaking, I picked up the paper from the wreckage of the table, wiped the sweat from my forehead with the paper, and sat back on the sofa again.

Chapter Eleven: Everyone Has Food

◆Artoria◆

Sure enough, you still have to scold people. If you don't scold, you don't know how to restrain yourself.

Sure enough, I should be taller. With a height of 172 cm, they will definitely not underestimate me.

I wanted to say more, but my body really hurts too much without the pain-relieving magic.

The dehumidifier and air conditioner were turned on at full capacity, and the humidity in the room dropped to a normal level, and the pain in the body was better.

It's just that such a sudden incident made the treatment have to be advanced.

Meilin used magic to push the bathtub from the bathroom into the living room.

The bathtub itself has a heating function to ensure that the water will not become cold.

Inside the bathtub was dark brown soup.

There are various botanical medicinal materials in it, and I can't name them at all.

There is a layer of sea surface cushion above the medicinal materials, so that I will not feel panicked.

"So, Mei Lin, is this the prescription you concocted?" Looking at the bathtub, I felt apprehensive.

"That's right, Arturia, this is the medicated bath plan to alleviate the erosion of dark magic power." Because what she said before was too harsh, there was no smile on Mei Lin's face. "There are 21 kinds of plant medicinal materials, [-] kinds of animal medicinal materials, and [-] kinds of mineral medicinal materials. The water source is Avalon's spring water, and the surrounding layout should also conform to Feng Shui. After three hours of medicinal bath, acupuncture and moxibustion treatment will be performed. The treatment plan was provided by Mr. Tai Gongwang, and I just followed the plan he gave.”

"Taigongwang? That Jiang Ziya? Didn't he become a fairy? A fairy is similar to a god?" Mordred asked curiously, but he lost the previous depression and started a normal life.

"I was the one who made the contact. I can contact the existence of the Seat of God." Morgan's face was pale, and he was terrified. He was really frightened by my words. "The magic medicine of the witch lacks inheritance, and it only eliminates diseases, and has little function of regulating the body. It is far inferior to the Chinese medicine from the "Huangdi Neijing"."

"That's true. The principle of Chinese medicine is to restore the balance of various forces in the body. When the balance is achieved, the disease will naturally disappear. So the best at treating various chronic diseases." I admired sincerely. "It's just... don't you need to drink medicine? I remember that Chinese medicine is very bitter. At most, add some hawthorn to relieve it."

"Ordinary people, of course, have to drink soup. But Artoria is different. You are a humanoid dragon, and your digestion ability is too strong. No matter how strong the oral medicine is, it will lose its effect. So you can only treat it with medicinal baths. Therefore , the course of treatment will be relatively long, about three to the fourth power, that is, 240 for three days. Medicinal baths are required for six hours every day, from [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] pm. There should be no interruption in the middle. Even if the middle gets better, but Whenever there is a break, you have to start over."

Merlin's words made me sigh.This is equivalent to saying that from today onwards, I cannot use any magic power.

It would be okay if it was just like this, but I don't understand why it has to be pushed to the living room.

Mei Lin's answer was simple: "Because of feng shui. The materials for medicinal baths are not ordinary natural medicinal materials. There are all kinds of treasures from heaven and earth, so we must pay attention to feng shui, and they must be in the center of the courtyard house. Otherwise, the medicine may be affected by changes in feng shui." and fail."

It seems that I have no choice.Without hesitation, I unbuttoned my shirt.

"That... Father, I still have something to do, go back to my room first..." Mordred blushed and stood up.

"You don't have to avoid it. Your body and mine are the same. We took a bath together." My voice was very calm.

"But, but..." It seemed that Mordred did have taboo feelings for me, her face was turning red like a tomato.

"... Forget it. If you want to go back to your own room, then go. After all, you have grown up too... although you are actually only eight years old."

Hearing what I said, Mordred hurriedly opened the door of the main house as if he had been pardoned, and ran out in despair.

After taking off my clothes, I got into the bathtub and soaked my whole body in the medicinal soup, only my head was exposed outside.

The temperature of the water is not low, about sixty degrees, which is very hot for ordinary people, but it is almost just right for me.

The sea surface of the mat is thick and soft, and it feels more comfortable than lying on the bed, making me feel drowsy.

I don't know if it's the effect of the soup or the high temperature, but after lying in the bathtub, the joint pain disappeared immediately.Moreover, the skin is indeed absorbing the mystery and magic power in the medicinal materials, and it completes the circulation in the body along with the arterial blood, slowly nourishing the organs, muscles and bones, and repairing the damage caused by the erosion of the darkness - it didn't take long for the whole body to recover from it. The pain turned into itching.

"Um...Meilin, can you raise the temperature?" The itching felt worse than the pain, so I had to ask.

"Where is it uncomfortable?" Mei Lin sat down by the bathtub and asked me in a low voice.

"I feel itchy all over my body... If the temperature is higher, it should be less itchy." I answered truthfully.

"That's it...I'm afraid it won't work. The temperature is fixed and cannot be changed. Otherwise, the medicinal soup will lose its effect." Mei Lin said.

That being the case, I have nothing to say, I can only endure this itching feeling silently.

Sister Wang thought I might misunderstand, so she also left the sofa, moved a chair by the dining table, sat next to me, and explained to me: "This kind of itching is similar to when the scab falls off, and the body is regenerating. Be patient for a while. Well, it won't itch any more soon."

So I closed my eyes, like a hairless chicken in a cauldron, waiting for the medicinal materials to simmer me to taste.

What Sister Wang said was right, and soon I didn't feel itchy, and my whole body entered a very comfortable state.

However, not only Mei Lin and Sister Wang, but also Jeanna found a chair and sat next to me.She bent over, rested her chin on her right hand, and smiled at the corner of her mouth, watching me all the time, as if I was a cat in a coffee shop, and she would never get tired of watching me for a long time.

The air was filled with the bitter aroma of medicinal herbs, my consciousness gradually blurred, and I entered a state of half-drunk and half-awake, the flow of time suddenly became much faster, and Mordred returned to the house.Although he was still sitting on the sofa and watching TV, he wasn't peeking at me.The color of the medicinal soup was very dark. After looking at it a few times, she didn't feel shy or embarrassed, but accepted this state.

"...Sister Wang, these herbs must be very valuable, right?" After a little bit of consciousness, I closed my eyes and asked the people around me.

"Well, it's very expensive. The ore must be transformed after the death of the beast. The plant medicine is a specialty of various fields in the Inner Sea of ​​the Stars, including the black lotus of Shambhala and the vermilion grass of Penglai. Not to mention the animal, the dragon Scales and phoenix tail feathers are not the most expensive, but the scale powder that the Naraku Worm sheds every 100 years is the most difficult to collect."