Artoria the Big Liar

Count Dracula animates and transforms from Mordred's shadow, like chaos turning into a human body.

He was still wearing a red coat, a red hat, and red sunglasses. He was imposing, almost like a demon king.

After sitting down on the sofa across from me, he yawned heavily. It seemed that he was really sleeping during the day and only barely awake at night—but even so, he was the one who spoke first.

Count Dracula's tone was low, with some kind of excitement, or joyful madness.

Rather than treating the Holy Grail War as a magical ritual to compete for a wishing machine, it's an overall boring farce with interesting details.

He can kill his master at will, and he can deny our ideas at will.Even though I am his daughter in name, the lack of memory and experience makes me completely ignorant of his specific thoughts—after all, he is the first murderer among human beings, and no one can guess his true thoughts.

So, I can only echo: "Yes. As long as your servant's spiritual core is absorbed by Jeanna, the Holy Grail War will be over."

"But, is it really over?" The earl dragged his voice, crossed his legs on the sofa, took out a cigar from his pocket, lit it with a lighter, and then gently exhaled the smoke. "Leaving aside the status of your little lover, you have occupied Rider's position in an illegal way, which means that the Holy Grail War has begun without a servant being summoned. So, if I hand over Have you imagined what will happen when your soul core is swallowed by your little lover and absorbed like a piece of steak?"

"I imagined it. In the original plan of the Yusanjia, the master used the command spell to order the servants to commit suicide. The souls of the servants were blocked in the Lesser Holy Grail, and then they all returned to the Seat of Heroes. This will open a short hole in the root , the magician can go through this hole to reach the root—for now, since the Holy Grail is Jeanne, the hole not only reaches the root, but runs through the root, building a bridge between the two universes. Then , God of Misfortune will invade this universe and turn everything into her puppets and toys. And this also includes me who is 'deeply loved' by her."

I deliberately used the word "deep love" to express my views on God of Disaster.

Maybe she is indeed Shatiao Aige, but after she devours Slaanesh with her own ability, she is no longer Shatiao Aige.

As she kills and devours other subspace gods, and completely enslaves all civilizations and intelligent creatures in the entire universe, manipulating them like a real puppeteer, she will never get my response ——Jeanna would blame herself, repent, and want to redeem herself for devouring the souls of dozens of innocent people. This is the decisive difference.

The count raised his eyebrows, and his crazy smile did not diminish in the slightest: "Inak, there is another problem here. If this is a normal Holy Grail War, holes will indeed form. But this time, all the servants are not The dead, but the living, just projected the Servant in a special way, as if becoming a butterfly in a dream. The spirit foundation will not return to the seat of the heroic spirit—as for where it will go, guess what will happen ?”

I took a nervous breath and Jeanne took my hand nervously.

This question is the most important one. If my guess is wrong, although it is not impossible to say that there is no redemption, a restart of the cycle is inevitable.

I have already formulated the strategy for the Holy Grail War.Even if there was an exception this time, I made modifications and adjustments.With the help of Mei Lin and Sister Wang, there are many more branches in the prediction of the ending, and I have made a plan for each branch.

Now, it's time to test my strategy.

"My guess is that the soul of the follower will flee in all directions, bursting out with powerful force in an instant, tearing Jeanna's existence into pieces. Then, its remaining memories, emotions, and pseudo-spirit base will be recreated in the body. Integrating, a human soul was born. From then on, Jeanna's inner body is not a fragment of God of Misfortune, but a pure human being, recognized by both the world and the restraining force."

"Then do you recognize it yourself?" The earl's voice echoed in the room, as if this was not a Japanese-style house, but a cave. "Your goal is always to gather the current her into a human soul, just like you condense your own things into crystals to form the glorious King Arthur, instead of killing her and replacing it with a new soul, right? "

"...Yes. But we have a plan, and we have professionals. Sister Wang's puppet technology far exceeds that of the Einzbern family. Meilin's research on life gave birth to me. For them, dealing with this It's not a difficult thing."

"Inak, you still don't understand anything..." The earl's smile gradually disappeared, and his eyes gradually disappointed when he looked at me—I knew that he was not disappointed with me, but disappointed with the world and the restraining power . "Do you know what the 'perfect ending' looks like for those two machines that are inferior? Let me tell you-you became the master of mankind, just like King Arthur in the past, became A slave imprisoned on the throne. Your little lover will die, or more than die, and all traces of existence will be completely erased, and only you will remember her. Morgan and Merlin will be trapped in Avalon forever, mo Dredd will die like pan-human history."

Speaking of this, the earl's voice suddenly broke out, full of anger and hatred: "Yes, yes, absolutely right! Death is the eternal thing on this planet! Be it gods or humans , as long as it exists, as long as it is repelled by both the world and the restraining force, it will never escape the fate of death! Who cares what you think, who cares what you care about! For the ruthless restraining force, human beings Emotions are nothing more than superfluous information, nothing but rubbish in the recycle bin! Think what happened to you as King Arthur, think what happened to you 4000 years ago! Do they care about your sacrifice? They care about the Britons Are you doomed? Do they care about the hope you bring to the world? They don't! The Lord doesn't care!!!"

After taking a few breaths, the count's entire face twisted.But after repeated struggles, he forced himself to regain his senses: "Inak, no matter what you think, I will become your opposite. The me who is a follower will hinder the plan of the suppression force, and the me who is a living person will become a god of disaster Believers. I have walked the land for more than 1 years. I have seen the rise of one empire after another, and witnessed one so-called 'great man' after another, but the vast majority of human beings are still inferior to pigs and dogs-literally pigs and dogs Why not! You can call me crazy...but this is the choice I made with the little rationality I have left!"

As he said that, the count stood up and looked at me with extremely complicated eyes: "You don't need to persuade me, Inak. I do things by myself and I will be responsible. I have seen your happiness these two days. Yes, happiness, The belated happiness, the ordinary happiness that everyone yearns for—but, it is because of this happiness that I am even more angry! I am not a cowardly thing like Vortigern whose heart is dead, let you climb up Throne! My heart is forced to beat and my existence is forced to survive so I can't take it - I'm going to tell those two bastards! I'm going to tell that bitch like the Madonna who only sacrifices others and is called 'lord' Whoever dares to touch my daughter, whoever dares to interfere with my daughter's happiness, I will let it die! There are things that I can't kill, of course there are things that can be killed!"

Then, the earl left, leaving behind only the back of his father.

For his own children, he can really start a war with any existence.

Mordred stood up in a panic, at a loss, not knowing whether to leave or stay here.

After taking a breath, I said helplessly: "Mordred, you are the master of your father, follow him and leave first. Don't worry about your position, I know what the earl means - he wants to be the Dharma of the world and restraint The sword of Chris, prevent these two from manipulating and harming me. Even if he borrows the power of the God of Misfortune, he will not hesitate—his intentions are actually the same as yours."

"...Sorry, Father." After leaving such a sentence, Mordred trotted and left.

(The previous chapter was re-reviewed for some reasons, not because I forgot to update it.)

Chapter Seventeen: The Right Education

◆Artoria◆

"Arthur...the matter has really come to this point." Looking at the back of Mordred leaving, Jeanna sighed.

"Overall, it has not deviated from the plan. In fact, it has been developing in a better direction." Smiling, I comforted Jeanna's uneasiness. "If what happened 4000 years ago is true, it's not difficult to understand my father's mentality. He named me Inak, which means dedication. His original intention was to treat me as a sacrifice to the gods. I hope to ask God for forgiveness. But later, he was my father after all. After I made 300 years of pilgrimage on the earth and finished forging the holy sword, he regretted it and felt sorry for me. It was he who caused me to become a so-called father. A tool of restraint, a slave to all mankind, that's why he became like this."

"Arthur, you are really talented." Jeanna's smile was quite bitter, bitterer than the soup in the bathtub. "Let others instinctively hostile, and then become trust and understanding with your efforts. But the past damage has been achieved, no matter how you make up for it, it is impossible to make up for the mistakes of the year. Every step forward, this mistake will be brewed, The development, and finally the formation of remorse...is really extraordinary."

In the corner, Mei Lin, who had been happy all this time, suddenly became unhappy.

Beside me, Sister Wang clenched her fists, her face turned pale, and she lowered her head.

In fact, Jeanne didn't mean anything else, she just expressed her feelings after hearing the count's words.

It's just that the words are unintentional, but the listener is interested.Mei Lin and Sister Wang's mental state is very unstable, I have to deal with it.

So, after thinking for a while, I euphemistically explained: "That's because, in my past life, I didn't receive the correct education. Didn't Sister Wang say that? I treat myself like an object and devalue myself too much." In Inak's life, I was my father's sacrifice to the gods. In King Arthur's life, I lived a savage life in the swamp from the age of eight to 16-but not now, everyone values If I know my value, I will naturally value it."

"So this is not really important, but because you want to please us, so you have revised the judging criteria, right?" Jeanna still kept smiling, her eyes narrowed, making her look a little dangerous.

"It's a habit that starts very early and it's going to be hard to change..."

However, before I could say a few words, I was interrupted by Jeanna: "So, do you think the things you experienced 4000 years ago are happening now or in the future?"

"Of course it happened in the past," I said matter-of-factly.

"Did the Fourth Holy Grail War happen first, or did the story of King Arthur happen first?" Jeanna asked with an increasingly dangerous expression, as if suppressing grand anger and dissatisfaction. "Arthur, do you take me for an idiot, or do you take yourself for an idiot? If I remember correctly, you have two holy swords now, right? One is the treasure given by the Holy Grail, and the other is the real thing Morgan gave you .If it’s just the holy sword, you still have two scabbards, right? One is in your body, the other is in Mordred’s body—do you know what this means?”

There is no doubt that this is a time paradox.The scientific community has gone through many discussions on this issue, and finally threw out a theory of parallel worlds.But now, no matter how I refute it, this creates a recognized time paradox because of the scabbard.

The past is the future and the future is the past.The time paradox doesn't really exist at all on the Deterrent level.

"Because of the Aksha Records—or the Lingzi fixed belt, both the past and the future can be modified." Sister Wang finally spoke and began to help me. "Contrary to what people think, the concept of parallel worlds is limited to planets rather than the universe. No matter how many parallel worlds the earth has, it will not affect other planets. And the device that records the direction of each parallel world on the earth is inside the moon. It is called the 'Mooncell'. A series of continuous records that are constricted and determined are called 'Pan-Human History'. And the tree structure that exists around this series of records is called 'Human Because of Mooncell's storage space game, needing to regularly eliminate unneeded records is called 'event pruning'. So, at least for the planet, two scabbards shouldn't be much of a problem - after all , the scabbard is just the embodiment of Avalon's wall."

"Also, our universe is special, right?" Merlin smiled and explained, "The calculation core of the universe is much more powerful than the Moon Essence. It senses the existence of the God of Misfortune, knows the intention of the God of Misfortune, and uses it to To carry out deduction, let the suppression force of the earth spend a lot of attention to pay attention to the invasion. It even strips this universe from the computing core and becomes an independent subsystem, which is used to build the first line of defense against the evil god. "

"Because of taking on the heavy responsibility of surpassing the planet, Artoria has obtained an authority to overwrite the past history and future trajectory at will." Sister Wang then explained, "Actually, of course Meilin and I know that Artoria Lia is not really Artoria, but an outsider. Before becoming Artoria, she had other identities, memories and loves. This situation is similar to yours, you are Jeanne Darc No? You're not even that fake Dragon Witch. Does that affect our relationship? It doesn't, it just makes it stronger."

"Therefore, Artoria is unique and only belongs to us." Now, switch to Merlin to explain. "Her status is much higher than you can imagine! If all universes are a whole, then she is the provincial governor or military general who guards this parallel universe! Moreover, responsibilities correspond to powers. Since she was given If you have fulfilled your mission, you will naturally be endowed with power. Excessive power will bring privileges, that is, taboo permission beyond the power of duty——this is the reason why you will not accept the orders of the emperor. It’s just that she usually doesn’t want to use this It's just a privilege - like it was in King Arthur's time."

"The result is that as long as Artoria recognizes you, the world and the restraining force will be forced to recognize you. This has nothing to do with their own thoughts." Sister Wang said, "As long as the threat of God of Misfortune exists, as long as Artoria Ya is still the foundation and anchor point of human reason, and this recognition must continue. On the contrary, due to the reversal of status, Artoria can deny the world and restraining power. When the universe makes a judgment, the world consciousness must be reset. Human inhibitions must be modified."

Having said that, both Sister Wang and Mei Lin stopped and looked at me, which means it's my turn to sum up.

To be honest, I don't want to say such nonsense.But Jeanne needs it very much, so I have to emphasize one side.

"The so-called lord of mankind is actually the king of all mankind—well, I like the title of king. As a Chinese character, it means to penetrate the existence of heaven, earth, and people with one's own body. As a Latin word, it is the leader and leader of the tribe. Supreme judge. The existence of the king is the existence of the country, the territory of the king is the territory of the country, and the order of the king is the destiny of the country. The so-called "the wrath of the emperor, lay down millions of corpses, and bleed thousands of miles", the so-called "dragon has rebellion" If you touch it, you will die'. Therefore, there is no need for my father to act as a 'thief', but then I will go to 'raise the bandit'. After the real name dissolves into Mithra, the world and the restraint dare not and cannot Acting against my will."

This is not an exaggeration.No matter what kind of hero it is, it has its own red line that cannot be touched.

In the past, my red thread was Mordred.Before, my red thread was Jeanne.Now, my red thread is everyone around me.

When Mordred was assassinated, in my rage I actually started cleaning up the court.All suspicious persons will be executed without reason.No one dared to discuss this matter in private, and no one dared to bring any suspicious items into Camelot Castle.When Jeanna is hopeless, I can sacrifice my life to replenish the last spiritual core, so that Jeanna can really reach the realm of the gods, summon the strongest and most evil dragon, and then destroy this world without a little bit of nostalgia.

These are facts that have happened, and there are records in the world and the suppression force.They are not artificially retarded and know how to deal with them.

These words can be said to Jeanna, they can be said to Mordred, but they cannot be said to Count Dracula.In this small family, I am above Jeanne and Mordred.But in front of the Count, who is my father, I can say nothing.

"Is that so..." Jeanna lowered her head, wondering what she was thinking.

"So, Jeanne, there is no need to worry about this or that. Who am I? I am Artoria, I am Inak, I am Mithra. I am the greatest king on this planet. There is I'm by my side, you'll be fine." Saying that, I held Jeanna's hand and pressed my forehead against hers. "You also saw the battle with Scathach. Now, even if six people including my father fight me together, with the support of the Black Flame King, I can't lose."

"I... Forget it, what I want to ask is actually not this." In those golden eyes, there was a sense of loss and cowardice.

"Jeanne, at least tell me what's on your mind?" I persuaded her.

After listening to my words, Jeanne immediately left my arms and became angry.

I blinked, confused - what did I do to make her angry?

As a result, Jeanne just stared at me, said nothing, then sighed heavily, and moved to the other side of the sofa.

"... Jeanne?" I whispered her name softly.

And Jeanne gave me a hard look, and said unceremoniously: "Arthur, what do you want me to say? Didn't I say it from the beginning? I said it, in the future you will definitely go back to the past and start over again." Experience Inak's life. But you will definitely sacrifice yourself? Even if you don't sacrifice yourself, it is because of our will, right? This is what I care about! Who cares about the life and death of the world and human beings!"

"But, haven't Sister Wang and Mei Lin already explained it? I have the right to overwrite the past." I retorted.

"I'm asking for your own opinion! What are you doing in circles with me? Are you guilty and afraid to answer?" Jeanna seemed to have had enough of the riddles, and she became very excited and became entangled. "4000 years ago, you spent 300 years touring the world, and finally decided to use your promise and wish as the crystallization to shape the holy sword. You will definitely do this, right?"

"Uh... if I went back 4000 years ago, I would have done that." I answered truthfully.

"As expected, you are still like this. You say you have changed, but in fact you haven't changed at all!" Jeanna became even more angry, and her widened eyes shone brightly because of the active magic power. "Where do you love yourself? What are you kidding! How can you drive your father crazy? If you go back to 4000 years ago, we will definitely go back. Do you want us to Only when you are driven crazy can you be satisfied? If so, what is the difference from being a slave of all mankind!"

"Uh……"

For a while, I was at a loss for words.Because from this point of view, I really haven't changed anything.

However, this is definitely not the reason why Jeanna can say this, after all, there is still a big difference.

But when I wanted to refute, Sister Wang unexpectedly intervened in the conversation.

"Jianna..." Sister Wang said lightly, "Artoria doesn't know what self-love is, and it needs a learning process. What we should do is not to accuse her of not understanding, but to help her and let her gradually understand. "

"Hmph... soon she will run out of time." Jeanna squinted her eyes, shining like a demon. "Let me just say it directly, Arthur! I have reached the critical point now, and the God of Misfortune will come to this world soon! Maybe I will be regarded as the God of Misfortune, and maybe my fragment will become a copy of the God of Misfortune, Maybe I..." After a pause, Jeanne gave up guessing. "Forget it, it's already like this anyway. Don't you already have a plan? Then follow your plan!"

Speaking of this, I finally understand Jeanna's thoughts.

Until this time, she still hoped to let me go and die like this, leaving only a memory.

It’s almost the same as her in the dream. Even though the world was destroyed by a giant dragon that was a hundred times stronger than the star soldiers, and her heart was so painful that she had already collapsed, she still begged me to forget her, and she still wanted this matter to be settled from the very beginning. It didn't happen.

This is enough to prove that what I am doing now should not be a gentle conversation.

To deal with such a mentality, compulsory education must be adopted.

"Crazy? Jeanne, do you mean I've driven you crazy?"

Almost the same as Rangna just now, the corners of my mouth are raised, and my eyes are slightly squinted.

Rangna's pupils shrank sharply, and she, who seemed to be full of aggression, immediately became cowardly.

However, the pride in her heart made her barely maintain this state, trying to confront me.

"Hmph! Of course! If you hadn't called Morgan and Mei Lin back, I guess I'd be crazy too!"

"Is that so..." I tilted my head slightly, and my voice became deeper and deeper.I only have such a voice when the enemy is negotiating. "It turned out to be like this... In the end, you were blaming me. Is it because I didn't do well enough? Is it because Sister Wang and Mei Lin came, and I no longer belong to you alone? But with Sister Wang and Mei Lin Lin's reconciliation was originally your idea? Why are you blaming me for being bothered now? Or, after you feel that you have strength, it is useless to dislike me now? "

"No...it's not..." Jeanna almost fell into a daze, she didn't realize the problem at all. "Didn't I say it, if it weren't for this..."

Her voice became weaker and weaker, and finally the vocal cords could not make any sound.

The smile disappeared from my face, and I stood up, staring at Jeanne condescendingly, my pupils narrowed into a slit.

She was extremely panicked, but instead of running away, she lowered her head in panic, not daring to look at me.

Almost exactly the same as when I first met her.She said I hadn't changed, and she had never changed.

Lowering my body and kneeling on the sofa, I hugged Jeanna.Jeanne was sitting on the edge of the sofa, and there was no possibility of her escaping.

"Did I tell you the afternoon before yesterday? Jeanna, if you dare to make me give up again, I won't forgive you. This is the first offense, Jeanna." I whispered in her ear, more than Demons are more demons, they are simply demon gods. "Have I been acting so weak lately that you forget I'm a tyrant? Do you know what a tyrant means? In Albion, anyone who offends me is punished with a disc and thrown in pieces In the stone, it is used as a building material—do you know what the dish punishment means? It means that after the limbs of the living are cut off, they are cut in half with an execution rack, and finally the head is cut off by the executioner."

Jeanna's face was pale, and her heart was beating in a panic.

But she didn't break free, but stayed in my arms obediently.

Feel her trembling slightly, feel the undetectable harm【^

Sure enough, you still have to discipline yourself well.If it is too indulgent, it will indeed make Jeanne whimsical.

"Jeanna, if I remember correctly, this is the third time, right?" My voice was very soft, but it hit Jeanna's heart like a hammer. "The first time was when the corruption of Slaanesh was removed. You wanted to give me up to Sister Wang and Mei Lin. The second time was in a dream, and you in the dream wanted me to completely forget you. The third time is now , go around, play tricks and tricks, test my tone, and even want me to hate you, so that I can give up myself at the last moment... Jeanna, tell me, how should I punish you?"

Like a small animal, Jeanne shivered in my arms.

Not only her face, but also her lips began to turn pale.My fingers lifted her chin, forcing her eyes to meet mine.

I'm banned from using magic, yes, but a king needs more than strength to enforce a promise.

I made it clear very early on that I govern by fear—and that will be the case in the future.

"Can't tell, can you? I think you can't tell..." I looked down at Rangna's eyes, the coldness gradually turned into tenderness, the fear gradually turned into calm, and the danger gradually turned into reliability.Jeanne blinked, puzzled. "That's it, I will punish you not to leave my side within 50 meters. Not now, nor in the future, under any circumstances—Jeanna, remember, this is a punishment, unless there are other orders from me, Otherwise there are no exceptions. If you dare not comply..."

"Then I will let you know how terrible it would be if I, the lord of mankind, were angry—if you want to give up your life, I will destroy this planet and turn it into an asteroid belt. If If you are harmed by others, I will kill its nine clans. If there is a scar on your body due to malice, I will cut that malicious spreader to death—this is not a joke, I am serious. I am serious about this It was said with the power of will, and both the world and the restraint heard it. So, I will do what I say."

Sure enough, I couldn't say too harsh words to Jeanna, and I relied on my words to cover up the situation if I didn't comply.

But looking at Rang Na's expression, she should feel something, right?

It's just that when I was talking, I seemed to forget that Jeanna had special abilities.

She raised the corner of her mouth and stared at me provocatively, seeing through my words.

"What would you do if I dared to disobey? Arthur, it's enough to scare others, you really think you can scare me? Ha! I am the witch of dragons! And you are my dragon! In your heart What is emotion, do you think I can't see it?" As she said that, Jeanne hugged my waist wantonly and made me sit on her lap, and the one who couldn't escape became myself. "It's all right to lose your temper. How dare you use King Arthur to oppress me? Have you forgotten that you once showed the real you in front of me?"

Taking off King Arthur's terrifying coat... I really don't seem to be a Noble Phantasm.