Artoria the Big Liar

"Originally, Mei Lin couldn't be a pure goblin, right? Goblins actually don't have the feeling of love. Goblins' intelligence is similar to that of insects. They only have corresponding emotions, but no corresponding consciousness and responsibility, so they won't regret it, and they won't be free. Meilin is willing to wait for me for 500 years, never forgetting me, worrying that I will lose my anchor in this long time, and taking the past as her own mistakes, these are the qualities that only human beings have. ?”

My dedication is remembered by everyone.I will naturally remember everyone's dedication to me.

Hearing what I said, Mei Lin's eyes became blurred.

She leaned forward, lowered her head slightly according to the difference in height, and kissed my lips.

I didn't run away, but went up to it.Her hands lightly cup the sides of my head, tasting me.

She is very greedy, she wants to eat when she is hungry for a long time, and wants to drink water when she is thirsty for a long time.I was claimed by her, controlled by her, and instinctively aroused by her.Grass grows on the polluted land, and flowers bloom under the stars.According to her wishes, I slowly fell to the ground, just like in a dream.

"Cough cough!" There was a soft coughing voice in my ear.There is no doubt that it came from Sister Wang. "Melin, let's talk about it when we get home. Arturia took a medicine bath for the first time today, so she can't do something that uses her energy."

Mei Lin took a deep breath, hugged me and stood up again.

The two extreme emotions still remain on her face, which will fade after a while.

However, she didn't intend to end it like this.She came closer to me again, opened her mouth, and bit my face hard.

I didn't have a good life when I was a child, and I also restrained myself as an adult, which made me not only short, but also very light in weight.Even my face is just a piece of skin, not much muscle.In the end, Merlin didn't bite at all this time, just rubbed his teeth.

As if sensing something, Mei Lin's pupils shrank suddenly, and her figure froze.She couldn't stop shaking all over her body—like the goose I said, she took the past as her own sins, and felt that if I could act like Merlin in the history of pan-humanity, I would be able to grow normally when I was young, Instead of hiding in the depths of the swamp, with poison, hunger, and death.

This time, I didn't give her much time to recall.

I hugged her and forced her to walk with me.

"Sister Wang is right, Faust's spiritual core has been obtained, it's time to go back." I whispered in her ear.

Meilin took a deep breath, clenched her right hand into a fist, and slammed her left elbow hard, forcing it to stop shaking.Then, she raised her head, with an overly bright smile on her face, and said in the gentle tone of the past: "Well, it's time to go back—don't worry about me, Artoria. I'm very smart and know how to regulate emotions Don't worry, I'm fine. By your side, I will only get better and better."

"I'm getting better and better when I'm with Mei Lin? So, Mei Lin must be the same." I smiled, and I confided my heart with an extremely firm tone, because that's what I thought.

Mei Lin just smiled, clinging to my side, hugging my waist, as if I was her pillow.

I looked around.Sister Wang felt relieved, and Jeanne heaved a sigh of relief. Mordred blushed and turned his head away, and the count was still hiding in Mordred's shadow.Seeing that none of them expressed anything special, I called out to the Black Flame King, and with the help of Meilin, I floated in the air, sitting comfortably on the double saddle, feeling the temperature of Meilin, and smelling the fragrance of flowers from Meilin.

With the fourth-stage Black Flame King "swimming" at high speed in the air, we quickly returned to the mansion.

There was no unnecessary dialogue or action, Mei Lin couldn't wait to hug me in the posture of a princess, and trotted to her own room, completely ignoring the previous warning from Sister Wang.

The force of the heavy rain was astonishing, overwhelming, and the whole world seemed to exist only in that one voice.Even when I was inside the house, the sound of the loud rain was still very uncomfortable.The strong wind caused strong convection in the clouds, and the relationship between positive and negative was reversed. Lightning flashed across the night sky from time to time, accompanied by huge thunder, as if using sound to announce the traces of its existence, proving that it was a real rainy night, and Not someone's fantasy.

It rained for a long time, longer than it did on the 29th.Almost all the water droplets in the clouds were engulfed by their own weight and landed on the ground. While wetting the ground, they merged with the ground and emitted a special fragrance.It's just that the clouds themselves come from above the sea surface, and are naturally engulfed by the sea wind.But Fuyuki is a city, so the breath of the ocean still occupies a dominant position.

Although it was raining heavily, although the actions were slightly rough, and although the whole person was on the verge of madness and collapse, I still spent an unforgettable night with Mei Lin in this rainy night-being pleasing to others, not taking the initiative To please others, you really don't need to think too much, you just need to cooperate with the other party, and you only need to feel the other party's emotions, that's enough.

I hugged Merlin's waist, feeling her weight and temperature.

"Melin, are you feeling better?" My voice was very gentle.Although it is still a little low, it is indeed approaching a girl.

"Much better...thank you, Arturia." Her voice was very similar to mine, as if it was my echo.

"You are my lover. It is a matter of course to help you. Why should you thank me?" After a pause, I added: "On this point, Jeanne is much more open-minded. She said that as a king, private life It is impossible not to be chaotic. Take the example of the French royal family in the past. I understand what she wants to say, but now, I think her words are actually very appropriate. If I had done this earlier, at least in the court of Camelot, everyone The relationship with her will be much better, right? Even Guinevere, as long as she has a child, she won't be so crazy, right? It's just..."

"It's just that I am King Arthur. King Arthur can be violent, but he must not be incompetent, let alone stupid. It is absolutely impossible to indulge in court affairs and spend a lot of time on personal relationships." My tone was very calm, as if Talking about past events that have nothing to do with me. "...So, only if I take off this identity, can I accept you, Sister Wang, and Guinevere, instead of a monster wearing evil dragon armor, a person who is lifted to the throne by everyone's expectations tool."

"...It turns out that the past is over, that's what it means." Mei Lin's voice was quite weak, and she really used up all her energy—who made her play so profusely, she even used utensils, I don't know when I bought it.

"Yes, that's what I meant. In fact, that's what I meant at the beginning. It's just that I was too eager, and I didn't even get out of King Arthur's life, which made you so sad." At this point, my voice recovered again. depressed. "In this case, I want to apologize to you, Mei Lin. I did this earlier, and you will suffer less."

"Then...what about the night before yesterday? That dream...why did you say those words?" Mei Lin leaned on my body, her voice trembling, and her body trembling.It was so strong before, but now it whimpers like a small animal that can't find its family.

This question is the main point, if my answer is not good enough, there is absolutely no way for Mei Lin to return to normal.

But who am I?I am Artoria and I am Mithra.For me, this is not a problem.

"Because, if I don't give up those persistence and the bottom line, I can't break free from the identity of King Arthur?" I smiled and stroked Mei Lin's snow-white hair, which was very soft and smooth . "Melin, you should know, right? I actually don't like King Arthur's life - your prophecy is correct, I am a child of Vortigern. In the deepest part of my heart, I hate the Britons. And this The only thing I hate to suppress is the rules and regulations I set myself."

"But...but..."

"Because I lost both fear and anger from the very beginning, so this disgusting feeling cannot be transformed into a more intense emotion, so I can use other means to suppress it." As I spoke, I laughed nostalgically , "So don't take this matter to heart. Whether Pendragon or Vortigern, they have all disappeared into the long river of history. But we are still alive, so those past events have nothing to do with us— —Look ahead, Merlin. After the Holy Grail War is over, we still have to travel together!"

My reassurance worked, and Merlin let out a foul breath, turned over and lay beside me.

Pulling up the sheet and covering her and me, I looked at the ceiling and chatted with her.

The content of the chat is not from the past, but now, especially my own mental journey during the sixteen days since I came to modern times.During this period, there was no war, no government affairs, no intrigue, and I was surrounded by people I loved and people who loved me. Even though the past still echoed in my heart, I did gradually get better, both physically and mentally. All were healed.

Merlin needs this healing too - I was right yesterday that she is sicker than I am and on the verge of breaking down.

The night was long and I talked for a long time.At some point, Merlin's breathing became very steady.There was no pain in her expression, no sadness, no mechanical smile, no endless self-loathing.As a half-succubus, she dreams every night, but I believe that she will have a good dream tonight-because I am by her side and will not leave.

Closing my eyes, I soon fell asleep too.

A night without dreams.When I opened my eyes, it was already daytime outside the window.

Merlin was still in bed.Her breathing was slow, the corners of her mouth were slightly raised, and her complexion was quite ruddy.

I didn't get up without authorization, but lay on the bed, looking up at the ceiling, waiting for her to wake up.

Probably due to the talent of the half-succubus, after less than half a minute, Mei Lin also opened her eyes.The pink eyes were a little dazed, and she seemed a little confused whether it was reality or a dream, or the two were the same thing at all.

"Good morning, Mei Lin." Smiling, I leaned over and kissed her forehead lightly. "Did you sleep well last night? Did you have any nightmares like before?"

Mei Lin blinked her eyes, her pure pink pupils were a bit confused, completely different from her intelligent and mature appearance in the past, as if she was not my elder, nor my harem, but a girl who adored me in private .

I am similar to this.Although I am 30 years old and have a daughter, when I am no longer King Arthur, I do have a subtle girlish feeling like the blue one, and I regained my life.

"Melin?" Seeing that she didn't respond for a long time, I called her name softly.

And her pupils shrank suddenly, remembering what happened last night, she instantly became nervous.

"Uh, that... Arturia?" Her voice trembled, her eyes trembled, and she was no longer just nervous, but frightened.

"I'm here. What's the matter?" I asked as gently as I could.

"That... that... last night I..." A blush floated on Merlin's cheeks, and quickly turned her face into a ripe apple.

"Is Merlin doing well last night? Any questions?" I asked again.

"Last night I...I suddenly couldn't control myself...I'm sorry, Arturia." Mei Lin didn't dare to look at me, feeling very guilty.

I thought it was something before, so I said: "It's okay. It's more important to deal with your illness. You have the blood of the succubus, and the mental illness is more serious than the physical illness. Besides, I didn't have it from the beginning Do you refuse? On the contrary, it is very cooperative with you."

"No, it's not...I mean..." As she said that, Mei Lin unconsciously looked at the bedside table.

I understood right away—it turned out that what she was talking about was not about the past, but what happened last night.

I smiled lightly.Unexpectedly, I am like this in everyone's heart.Playing male for so long, it really took me for a male, not realizing that I was unquestionably female from the age of eight and before that.The so-called King Arthur is nothing but the distorted result jointly created by distorted Britain and distorted Pendragon.

Thinking of this, I have no explanation.After all, it would be embarrassing to explain, and this also requires the art of speech.

So, I pretended I didn't know what it meant, and said gently: "It's okay, just be gentle from now on. The situation last night was special, you can recover, it's better than anything else, there's no need to care so much—if you really care, Just like what I said the day before yesterday, find a way to compensate me? You compensated me, I agreed, and this matter passed like this. "

"No, it's not..." Mei Lin's face became redder as she spoke, turning from an apple to a tomato.

"No? What could that be?" I pretended to be curious and asked with a smile.

Sure enough, as I expected, Mei Lin hesitated and couldn't speak.How does this look like a succubus who can see through the times and experience countless times?Those who didn't know thought it was someone's innocent little girl!The same level of innocence as Mordred!

Exhaling, I stood up, not entangled in this matter.Instead, get dressed and prepare to go back to the main house.

If nothing unexpected happened, Mordred should have already made breakfast.As patient No. [-] and No. [-], you still have to eat honestly.After eating, considering that only the earl is left as a servant with a spiritual core, he still has to ask him what the old man thinks.It is estimated that wrangling is indispensable, otherwise things will be more troublesome-much more troublesome than those three followers.

"It's time to get up, Melin. A beautiful day is beckoning us!"

Merlin hurriedly put on her clothes.The robe was twisted and crooked, and Mei Lin didn't take care of it at all.Because it is curly hair, her hair is also like a chicken coop.Obviously she was the one who took the initiative last night, but it looks like I did something excessive.

Shaking my head helplessly, I got dressed and walked out of the room.As for Mei Lin, she hurriedly put all the things on the bedside table back into the imaginary magic space, followed me in a panic, and tidied up her appearance in a hurry—although it was still very messy.

Chapter Sixteen: The Sword of Damocles

◆Artoria◆

There is a movie that says life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what kind of surprise you will get.

But the reality is that even though there are different flavors, chocolate is just chocolate.With its own bitterness, with added flavor.The difference is whether people care about the bitterness or the added flavor.

I am now immersed in a deep sense of happiness and sweetness.

Regarding Meilin's actions last night, everyone didn't say anything, but this does not mean that the past has been revealed.

Although I can't fully confirm it myself, I always feel that they are competing secretly, and they have made an agreement and drawn a red line.As a result, a small courtyard became the Great Ao or the back of the palace amid the competition among these people.

This is not my cranky.Because Miss Wang【)

It's the same today, even though we're eating, the seats are almost fixed - Sister Wang is on my left, Jeanne is on my right, Mordred is beside Sister Wang, and Mei Lin is beside Jeanne .In any era, seating is a status symbol.Otherwise, in the movie that can be applied for World Heritage, the last thing people are scrambling for is not the seat.

Moreover, paying a little attention to the eye contact, as well as the interruptions and interludes in the dialogue, I knew they were ostracizing Mei Lin.Considering that the commotion last night was indeed not small, and I still have bite marks on my neck, I can probably understand that Mei Lin's behavior broke the rules, so she was punished-even if she is a patient, she must abide by these rules.

In this regard, I can only remain silent.It’s not that I am in awe of the rules themselves, but I know that the purpose of these rules is to prevent me from being hurt. I hope that I will not be distressed by this chaotic relationship and can end this in a relatively happy mood. Holy Grail War.

It's just... It's just that I still can't be happy.

Although the breakfast was rich, I didn't speak much, and kept the most basic smile—they were all familiar with me, so they could of course feel it. My smile was just the corners of my mouth rising, not really smiling.

Time soon came to nine o'clock, and I took a medicinal bath in the living room of the main house.At this time, the cold violence became more direct.Originally, the soup was prepared by Mei Lin, but today it was replaced by Sister Wang.Originally, Mei Lin wanted to observe the state of Tang Yao and me, but it was replaced by Rang Na.Even Mei Lin was squeezed to the sofa farthest from me, and could only look at me from afar.

And when I took off my clothes, revealing the traces of last night, the air became even more depressing for a while.Anger almost spurted out of Sister Wang's pupils, and the smile became more and more dangerous when Jeanna squinted her eyes.Only Mordred, who avoided suspicion, didn't dare to look directly at her, but I could tell that she wasn't in a good mood either.Only Mei Lin laughed heartlessly, as if she thought this kind of cold violence was nothing, far less important than my acceptance, my words, and my gentleness last night.

Lying in the bathtub, I was in a daze again, the time passed quickly, and it was not long before it was time for lunch.It seems that the 14 days of this medicated bath will make up for the lack of sleep in the past 243 years of life.

Lunch was the same as yesterday, and I entered the state of being fed.Mei Lin sat at the dining table consciously, without standing up, just eating her own meal.After all, the cold violence made people feel uncomfortable. She had almost no appetite, and only took two mouthfuls of rice before letting it go.Although there was still a smile on his face, it was very forced.

"What's the matter, Meilin? Are you feeling unwell today?" I asked knowingly.

"No. It's not so uncomfortable, it's better to say that it's too comfortable, so I'm not used to it?" Mei Lin's cheeks were slightly red, and she still had a yellow accent, which immediately attracted Sister Wang's dissatisfied gaze. "Oh, I'm sick, but Artoria, my self-regulation ability is really good! You don't have to worry about me, it's better to take a medicinal bath and let your body recover!"

"Well, that's good." I didn't forget my original intention, and then added: "You have the blood of the succubus, and you can survive without eating. But the human part still needs to eat—at least take the part of yourself Eat your portion. Leftovers are a bad habit."

"Oh! It's this one. I understand, I will eat well!" Said, Meilin smiled, picked up the bowls and chopsticks again, and quickly cleaned them up.Then he sat back on the sofa, hugged his legs, and watched the TV in the living room.Of course, there was nothing to watch on the TV itself, she was just in a daze, not knowing whether to use her ability to observe this era, or to fall into the memories of the past, or just savor the aftertaste of last night.

After a while, when Sister Wang was feeding, she sighed and warned me earnestly: "Artoria, you dote on us too much. Many things are bad or bad, overstepping is overstepping .Didn’t you say that you can’t talk without rules? Mei Lin broke the rules, of course she will be punished-this punishment is not serious in the first place, it’s more of a warning.”

"Sister Wang, I know. So I didn't interfere?" I said with a smile.

After staring at my face for a while, Sister Wang sighed heavily.

She put the bowls and chopsticks aside, reached out and stroked my face.

The light blue pupils are extremely gentle, like a clear lake, which is almost equivalent to doting - a person with a strong nature like Sister Wang, who has been waiting for me for 4000 years, can accept the current one-to-many situation, not doting, What is it?

"Arturia, I know, you don't care about what happened to you." Sister Wang's voice was also very gentle. With the slight satiety from eating and the soaking feeling from the medicinal bath, I actually felt a little dizzy Sleepy, hypnotized feeling. "However, this is not acceptable. I care about what happened to you, Jeanna cares, and Mordred also cares. Mei Lin's excessive behavior must be punished. If she is not punished, she will not remember it, and she will even act recklessly. I I know her much better than you, and I am doing this for her better. Otherwise, one day, she will regret it—more regret than now, I am stopping her from going in the wrong direction. "

"Even if you know, you still have to say it. You know it right, but I, Jeanne, and Mordred don't know that you know." Sister Wang said the tongue twister, almost giving me a confused mind. Got dizzy. "So, Arturia, if you think my handling is not very good, then say it, like I am now. Don't worry about us being sad. Compared with you misunderstood us, this sadness is just the bitterness in the coffee That’s all, it’s the taste necessary to set off the fragrance.”

"Then...then I'll just say it?" I tried to ask Sister Wang for advice.

"Even if you are no longer the king, we still exist around you. We like you, we love you deeply, and we want to make it up to you. In this family, your authority will always be higher than all of us. People—tell me, Arturia."

"I also know this... how should I put it. We are all a family, so it's better to keep some things secret? It's not that I'm worried about everyone's sadness, but I don't want to destroy the happy and peaceful atmosphere." After a pause, he saw Sister Wang started to narrow her eyes, so I had no choice but to shrink my head and admit my cowardice: "...I know, Sister Wang. I will tell you when I encounter similar situations in the future."

I don't really have much to say, I just want to tell them that I should nod for things like rules.

But everyone is my family, and it's about Merlin, so I cheered up and started going around in circles.On the one hand, it is trying to make the other party understand, on the other hand, it is too cryptic.As a result, as we talked, only Sister Wang could barely keep up with my rhythm. Mordred and Jeanne joined the topic at first, but soon they looked dazed and couldn't understand our conversation at all.

In fact, this level of detour, basically only Mei Lin can understand what I mean.But now that she is being punished, she just watches from the sidelines, and the smile on the corner of her mouth rises wildly, as if she is favored and confident.

Finally, after half an hour of debate, Sister Wang sighed heavily, and said helplessly: "I see, Artoria. Tonight, I will discuss the specific details with you. The situation is beyond your imagination. It’s as serious as the one in the law, it’s just a family norm. The so-called punishment is actually not mandatory.”

"Yeah, I know everything, Miss Wang——since you understand what I mean, then I don't need to say anything more."

That's how it went.Then came the continued lunch time, during which Mordred and Jeanne remained dazed, blinking now and then like me.And because I was forbidden to use magic power, my appetite returned to normal, which was almost in line with my body weight and slightly less than normal.So, today's feeding is over in just half an hour.

This time, there were more meals left than last night.Mordred, who was a cook, was immediately in a state of depression.Her attitude towards Mei Lin was already extremely bad, and now she even blamed Mei Lin for my reduced appetite.Jeanna didn't have a good face either. Although she didn't say anything, sometimes even I couldn't stand the coldness in her eyes and the danger in her smile.

Only Sister Wang's attitude towards Mei Lin barely returned to normal.And because Sister Wang is indeed very powerful, with a strong aura, she can barely suppress Mordred and Jeanne, and let this matter be exposed-this makes me regret it. I really should stop some behaviors last night, at least not Leaves too many marks on the body.After all, my life does not only belong to one person, but is shared by everyone around me.

The rest of the time, I was stuck in the tub and couldn't get out.At this time, the handheld device purchased before will come in handy—maybe Sister Wang and Mei Lin bought this device after thinking about the treatment plan when they were shopping.

The handheld is naturally someone's job.The game is my own pick of the Monster Hunter series.Although it is called "Mosaic Hunter" by the player community due to limitations in performance and screen quality, I had a good time playing it myself.A long, long time ago, I didn't understand Japanese, and I had to use very troublesome gray methods to apply a Chinese patch.Now that I know Japanese directly, it is much more comfortable to play.

After all, it is a game of brushing and brushing. Even if I chat with everyone from time to time, the time passes quickly.So much so that when he came out of the bathtub, he clenched the phone tightly and was urged by Sister Wang.It was not until I finally put on my clothes that I reluctantly saved the file and turned off the phone-I always felt that if this continued, I would no longer be interested in traveling, but would be a hopeless otaku like in my previous life.

However, the next thing is really business.I tidied up my appearance, sat on the sofa, and waited for the negotiation.