Artoria wants to read people's hearts

After hearing this, Arturia froze and stood there blankly.

After a long time, she let out a deep breath.

He lowered his head and pursed his lips, feeling mixed feelings in his heart.

After 16 years, finally......., this moment has come.

Chapter 3 Departure

In the early morning of the next day, Arturia, who suffered from insomnia due to her preoccupation, got out of bed early.

She stood on the top of the small hill, looking at the distant village with distant eyes.

The newborn sun shone on Artoria's face, and scattered dewdrops were faintly visible on the leaves of the lawn around her.

The cool breeze caressed by the side, took a deep breath, and could smell a faint fragrance of flowers.

Her luggage had been packed as early as last night, after all, there was nothing to bring.

A few changes of clothes, and dry food that the servants had already prepared.

As a knight, her closest partner, the long sword as a weapon has long been properly maintained, and it is now hanging on her waist.

She thought a lot last night, went to a small town in the south, participated in the trial of choosing a king, and even pulled out the sword in the stone to become the king of a country, and finally..., unable to resist, she walked towards the doomed fate of King Arthur.

Is this really the future she wants?

Of course not, in fact, the answer is already well known.

On the premise of knowing that he must die, who can follow the footsteps of fate without hesitation and throw himself into the embrace of death.

Ants are still alive, let alone living and emotional people.

but.........

Arturia withdrew her gaze from a distance, and turned to look at her brother-in-law who had come to her side at some point.

"Brother Kai..., good morning."

Pressing her thoughts deeply deep in her heart, she habitually raised a bright smile.

Kay didn't know her identity. Regarding this point, her adoptive father kept her background and gender very tightly covered.

After all, if you want to become a king in this era, King Arthur himself must not be a woman.

This is the shackles of the times.

Cruel and sad, but that's the reality.

"Good morning Al, you woke up really early."

Kai yawned, rubbed his still sleepy eyes and greeted Artoria listlessly.

Artoria has long been used to the behavior of her foster brother who has no image at all.

She turned a blind eye to this, and responded with the same tone as usual: "Yeah, after all, I'm leaving today, so I can't sleep."

"That's right, this is a rare trip."

Speaking of this, brother Yi's face swept away the previous sleepiness, and his whole body seemed to be beaten with chicken blood: "Maybe, we can become famous in one fell swoop this time, and we can gain both fame and fortune!"

Hearing this sentence, Artoria couldn't help but smiled wryly in her heart.

Knowing the future well, she certainly knows that what Kay said will come true in the end, a King Arthur, a Knight of the Round Table, whichever one is said will not be immortalized.

But she looked at Kai who was still in excitement, but her heart was full of bitterness.

The fame gained at the price of her own death is something she doesn't want.

Shaking her head helplessly, Arturia interrupted her brother-in-law who had fallen into longing for the future.

"It's time to go, father should be waiting for us to have breakfast."

After finishing speaking, she turned around and left the hill, heading towards the house.

"Hey, don't go so fast, Al~~"

Kai trotted with a hippie smile and caught up with Arturia in two steps: "I can't run for breakfast."

Seeing Arturia roll her eyes at him, Kai didn't care, and was still smiling and talking non-stop beside her.

Fortunately, the distance between the small hill and the house is not far, otherwise, after listening to Kai's stand-up comedy all the way, she guessed that she couldn't help but want to draw her sword and chop off this loud brother.

Entering the house, I greeted my adoptive father who had already sat at the dining table, and the three of them started today's breakfast.

After eating, Artoria and Kai took their burdens and followed their adoptive father to the stable not far from the house.

Two horses had already been prepared in the stable, one maroon and one black.

The back is round, the limbs are thick, and each of them looks energetic and dignified.

That was the horse my adoptive father asked someone to buy two days ago. At that time, Arturia was still wondering what to do with the horse, but now......

The adoptive father stepped forward and led the maroon horse from the stable to Arturia. He looked at Artoria deeply, and handed the rein to her.

"Here, this one is yours."

Arturia looked down at the reins stretched out in front of her, and then looked up at her adoptive father in front of her.

What caught her eyes was Hector's still majestic and decisive face, but his face was already covered with wrinkles, and his temples were mixed with silver threads at some point.

The adoptive father's body was still tall, but what could be called a burly figure seemed a little stooped at this moment.

At this moment, Artoria suddenly felt in a trance. It turned out that his adoptive father had already entered old age before he knew it.

After not being silent for a long time, Artoria reached out and took the reins of the horse.

Hector looked down at his son and his 'adopted son' with a trace of emotion and relief. Before he knew it, these two children had grown up.

"Be careful along the way, do everything according to your ability, and remember not to act recklessly."

Speaking of this, he paused, perhaps because he felt that his attitude was a bit blunt.Hector pursed his lips, and said again: "In any case, being outside is no better than being at home, and you must take care of yourself."

Artoria looked up at her adoptive father, and involuntarily held the rein tightly in her hand.

A smile like the sun rose on her face again, and she heard her answer clearly.

"I see, father."

Leaving home is imminent, and even Kai, who has always been a bit detached, is a little silent at this moment.

The two of them followed Hector's figure to the gate, and the three of them looked at each other. Artoria and Kai couldn't help but stepped forward and hugged the vicissitudes of the old knight.

Suddenly, she thought of her relatives in the previous life, but the time was so long that even she couldn't tell whether it was the adoptive father in this life or the memory of the previous life that came to her mind at this moment. The father who has long been blurred.

"Please take care."

After Arturia and Kay said goodbye to Hector together, they got on their horses conveniently.

She raised her head and looked into the distance again, the sun above her head was shining warmly on her body, the smoke was rising from the village not far away, and the comfortable breeze lifted her golden hair by her ears.

"Let's go, Al"

She squinted her eyes, then turned to look at her righteous brother beside her.

"Well, let's go."

Artoria exerted a slight force in her hands, and lightly kicked the horse with her feet, and the maroon horse snorted loudly. It stepped up and left the gate with Kai's black horse, and walked on the path to the south.

As she walked, she subconsciously turned her head to look at her adoptive father, who was still in sight and still standing in front of the house.

Looking at the tall and straight figure standing there, Artoria couldn't help recalling the upbringing and expectations of the old knight for her over the past ten years.

Her eyes were a little erratic, and she felt an inexplicable heaviness. At this moment, she seemed to understand something.

So this is what it feels like to be expected, to be expected.

Father, he... really put his hope on me.

Seeing that the figure of the old knight was almost disappearing, Artoria turned to Kai and asked, "Would you like to say a few more words?"

"Is there anything to say, it's not that I won't come back, that's enough."

Listening to Kai's pretending indifference, Artoria's mouth curled into a smile.

"Yes, enough."

Her voice was a little murmured, but it seemed to contain some kind of determination.

Because the voice was a little weak, Kai who was beside him almost didn't hear it.

He raised his eyebrows and looked at Artoria who was riding forward on the horse, and he keenly felt that the words just now might have some deep meaning.

But what Artoria said was too light, which made him feel in a daze that he might be a little too sensitive.

After thinking for too long, I missed the opportunity to ask about that sentence just now.

Shrugging indifferently, Kay put what happened just now behind his head.

After all, what could be wrong with Arna's temperament, maybe he was too worried.

Perhaps feeling that the journey was too boring, Kai shook his head and started humming British folk songs.

"Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River

Ancient life, older than the trees

Younger than the mountains, slowly growing like the wind

Take me home, take me back to the roots

Cooking smoke and morning mist fill the sky

The moonlight is hazy, reflecting the tears in my eyes

in the morning she calls me

Surrounding her are all my memories

............."

Accompanied by soft folk tunes, two people and two horses walked slowly into the distance.

Chapter 4 Accident

The night fell slowly, the evening wind blew the leaves, and the moonlight poured down on the vast expanse of land like flowing water.

The thin mist lightly enveloped the silent forest, like a dream enveloped in a veil.

Through the layers of tall trees, in the dark night like ink, only a bright fire shines in the depths of the forest.

The orange-red bonfire was flickering brightly and dimly, and the flames were constantly changing shapes with the evening wind blowing in. Occasionally, sparks would be blown out, and they would burn out as soon as they left, dissipating in the sky and the earth. between.

Hey~

Without warning, a round of moon-like sword light cut through the air in the dark night, its momentum was like a rainbow, as if transcending the distance of time and space.

The speed was too fast, and the hideous expression of the ugly monster seemed to freeze.

Before dying, it clearly reflected a slightly slender body in its eyes widened in fear.

Blonde, blue-eyed, delicate and outstanding face is full of coldness, which contrasts with the green pupils like jewels, and the aura of the whole body is like a sword, clear but awe-inspiring.

Beside the bonfire, the long sword in Artoria's hand swung down fiercely, and the cold white blade drew a beautiful arc like a crescent moon.

With just one blow, the long sword stopped in mid-air and completed its mission.

The blood rolled and flowed along the edge of the sword, slowly dripping into the ground, and then completely absorbed by the soil under his feet.

With an expression of disbelief, it lowered its head to look at its own body, a neat cut was slowly gushing out blood.

Accompanied by a shrill scream, the spirit of the monster began to be in a trance, and its deformed body completely lost its strength.

As soon as it fell back, it fell heavily to the ground, ending its short and sinful life hastily.

"It's amazing."

Kai looked at Arturia who had put her sword back into its sheath with admiration.

"Al, your sword skills are getting better and better."

Listening to her righteous brother's praise from the heart, Arturia felt a little shy and said, "It's just that I have done a lot of actual combat recently, so I have some experience."