Type-Moon, a human love simulator

Chapter 83 Kai, will you abide by our agreement?
"Prophecy? It looks like it's related to me again, right?"

Kelar's eyes were filled with wisdom that saw through everything. He smiled calmly and said, "So, what did Merlin's old nightmare say? It can make our wise and mighty King Arthur so distressed. It seems that the result of this prophecy is not very beautiful!"

There is no need to think too much. Only a prophecy involving Kelar, and a negative one at that, can make Artoria so irritable and indecisive.

This is the unspoken mutual understanding between Kelar and Altria.

Altria raised her head and said softly, "Kai, it's actually like this..."
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Ever since the sword was broken that day, undercurrents began to surge among the Knights of the Round Table for some reason. They all seemed to have received some bad news and reached a consensus...

Before Kelar and Altria could express their opinions, the dozen or so great knights with titles and titles of the Knights of the Round Table had already begun to take sides.

These more than ten people were led by Lancelot and Gawain. One group chose to support Kelar, and the other naturally supported Artoria.

Lancelot believed that at least two-thirds, or even more, of the entire British Kingdom today was due to Kelar's efforts. The little girl named "King" knew nothing at all and relied entirely on Kelar to govern the country.

Gawain, on the other hand, believed that the king was the king. Moreover, the king was just not good at domestic affairs. Wasn’t it Altria who led them to victory on the battlefield?
The Knights of the Round Table have begun to show signs of a subtle split due to different thinking and different positions, and are now only maintaining the most basic peace on the surface. If Artoria and Kelar really fall out, then the Knights of the Round Table will inevitably fall apart as fate would have it.

No, it should be said that it is more serious than that. If Kelar leaves, the Kingdom of Great Britain will inevitably split, and all the Ancestors and fairies who have united under the Kingdom of Great Britain in the name of Kelar will leave.

But all these speculations are based on the assumption that Artoria will be suspicious of Kelar and that Kelar will betray Artoria.

It is a hypothesis and fantasy.

In fact, Altria had never had such an idea. Putting aside the rational aspect, she voluntarily gave up the Sword of Oath of Victory, which represented destiny and royal power, for a hand of Kelar, and she was more sober than anyone else when she made this decision.

Speaking of the emotional aspect, with her feelings for Kelar, let alone a broken sword, even if Kelar wanted to cut off her hand to establish his authority that day, Altria would not have any resentment.

Without the holy sword, good or bad fortune could come unpredictably.

This was the prophecy that Morgan brought to her. As the savior fairy king born with destiny, Altria never dared to underestimate her sister's prophecy. She might compete with her for the throne, but she would never use sweet words to seduce her.

Therefore, Artoria has been a little nervous these days. For her, even if the throne is taken away, it is not in the category of "unpredictable blessings and disasters". If it is taken away, then can't she just conquer the world again?
But there are some things that she cannot control. When these uncontrollable and unspeakable things get out of control, it is really hard to predict whether it will be a blessing or a curse.

After all, Kelar is a very indifferent person, or it can be said that his heart is filled with great desires and great love, and he has no room for those "mortals" in his eyes. He is completely unaware of the undercurrents of the Knights of the Round Table, and is completely immersed in the great task of establishing an eternal foundation for Britain and saving most people in this world.

Apart from these, all other matters are just trivial matters. Even if the whole world rebels, Wu Kelar can suppress it alone.

He has the confidence and the ability.

If I can save Britain once, I can save it twice, three times, or even tens of millions of times. As long as Wu Kelar is here, the British Kingdom will naturally be as stable as a rock, and no unstable factors can shake the British Kingdom.

It is precisely because of this arrogance and the strength that supports this arrogance that Kelar appears to be very indifferent to the ways of the world, even dull, or even magnanimous. He only cares about what he wants to do and doesn't care what other people think.

It doesn't matter if you have any opinions about me. I fully allow you to oppose me or even insult me... As long as you complete the tasks I have assigned you, I will not punish you or do anything to you, and you will not lose any less of the reward you deserve.

This is Kelar, a strong man who doesn’t care about anything and doesn’t care about anything.

But Kelar is a saint who does not care about anything and does not care about the slander or praise of others. However, Artoria is not such a person. In other words, she can use the appearance of a holy king to forgive her subjects' misunderstanding and abuse of her as the king.

However, Altria could not tolerate other people's criticism of Kelar.

Yes, let alone verbal abuse, even if she had any objections to Kelar, Altria could not forgive her.

When Artoria is angry about Kelar, that's when she's at her most human.

Artoria did not notice the subtle split in the Knights of the Round Table at first. At that time, her mind was full of thoughts about whether Kelar would have any opinions about her. Secondly, she thought that it would be troublesome to fire flares in the future without the holy sword. Should she go to Avalon to ask the Fairy of the Lake for some equipment?
It was Aguiwen, who was the most thoughtful, who gave advice to Artoria, which made her realize the undercurrent.

After learning about this, Artoria was immediately furious. These knights were really full and had nothing to do. They just caused trouble for her!
Artoria immediately wanted to call these knights who had nothing to do and beat them up. It seems that nothing has happened between us yet and you are already taking sides?

Gawain: Don't worry, King. Even if you and Kelar are enemies, I will stand on your side!
Altria: But I don't want to be hostile to Kelar!
Gao Wen: No, we will help you!

As if sensing the Lion King's fury, Agguiwen made a timely suggestion: "Brother Gawain and Sir Lancelot are wrong. The King and Lord Kelar are far from reaching that point. There is no need for them to oppose each other for this."

"If we allow the two of them to continue to fight against each other, it is possible that a rift will arise between the King of Britain and the Sage, which will inevitably lead to the division of the British Kingdom!"

Agguiwen is the most intelligent and thoughtful of Morgan's sons. Although he has an unsympathetic and hard-boiled character, he is often the least affected by emotional factors and positions. He can look at problems calmly and clearly from the perspective of an outsider.

For the sake of the British Kingdom, he didn't even listen to his own mother, and even turned against her, standing on King Arthur's side to deny Morgan, because he felt that his mother was not fit to be a king and could not make Britain a better place.

This is a true patriot. Even though he has no feelings towards Kelar because of certain prophecies, he is the first knight to stand up and speak fair words for this matter.

"Gawain and Lancelot, what are they doing? Are they planning a rebellion?"

Altria was so furious that she stopped calling him "Your Majesty" and immediately said, "Could it be that seeing my Holy Sword of the Stars broken, these unruly people have started to have thoughts that they shouldn't have?"

Aguguiwen quickly said, "King, Brother Gao Wen supports you."

"Support?" Artoria sneered. She was high and mighty, with a cold and ruthless face, full of the majesty and coldness of a king. She said, "Why did I ever need Gawain's support? Did I personally ask him to support me in becoming the king?"

"Gao Wenqing, you dare to help me make a decision now. Will you help me become the King of Britain in the future? Hmm?"

"In my opinion, Gawain and Lancelot are no different. They are both evil-minded and seek rebellion. Do they do this in order to make me personally label them as rebels?"

"Peace is the work of knights. I also want to share honor and disgrace with you, and let you rest in peace with the country. I also don't want future generations to say that I am a king who cannot tolerate meritorious officials. But do Gawain and his men think that I am too young and kind now?"

Artoria was already upset because of the Broken Sword Day, and she immediately ordered Gawain and Lancelot to be thrown into prison.

Agguiwen quickly begged for mercy, kneeling on one knee and saying: "Please forgive Brother Gawain and Lord Lancelot. This cannot be entirely blamed on their momentary confusion. It is mainly because of the prophecy of Master Merlin..."

When she heard Merlin's name, many thoughts flashed through Altria's mind in an instant. These thoughts were arranged and combined into sparks of thought, converging into the wisdom of the king.

"Prophecy? What did Merlin say again?" Altria narrowed her eyes, the anger on her face disappeared, and she began to show no emotion again.

She probably knew what was going on.

However, isn't Merlin's criticism a bit too much?
For unknown reasons, after the Sword of Promised Victory broke, Altria's body, which was frozen at the age of fifteen by the holy sword, began to develop, growing taller and bigger every day, and at the same time, her thinking and scheming were also growing rapidly.

In fact, Altria is already nineteen years old now, but the influence of the holy sword has not yet dissipated, and her appearance still looks a little immature and green.

After all, it has only been a few days since the Day of the Broken Sword, but it looks like the northern hemisphere’s peerless splendor will soon reappear.

The sword not only imprisoned Altria's body, but also stagnated her thinking. Her growth was very slow, as if it transformed her into an immortal species similar to a fairy or a dragon.

Because these immortal species have a long lifespan, their mental maturity is naturally very slow. Even after thousands of years, when they have extremely rich experience, they are still as naive and innocent as ever.

Just look at Vortigern. In his old age, Vortigern drank the blood of the evil dragon and turned into the white dragon of Britain. As a result, his IQ was just so-so, and the cunning that was originally a part of a human was gone, replaced by a brain filled with muscles.

On the contrary, humans are a short-lived species. With a short lifespan and time passing quickly like a meteor across the sky, they pursue a brilliant and glorious life. They mature mentally very quickly, often by the age of 20. If they encounter sudden changes, their minds can mature even earlier.

Even though she has been brought up and educated by Kelar for so many years, Kelar believes that Altria is already a qualified king.

As a result, after obtaining the Sword of Promised Victory, Altria began to evolve from a naive little girl to a perfect king who played house as fate would have it.

If Kelar doesn't care, then in the subsequent Holy Grail War, I'm afraid that Artoria will still become the little silly girl bullied by Alexander and Gilgamesh.

If it were the previous Artoria, she would definitely think that this was inevitable and excusable, and thus choose not to deal with Gawain and Lancelot, and directly summon Merlin to the audience. The outcome of this matter is unknown, but if scabies is not treated, it will worsen into a carbuncle.

Altria narrowed her holy blue eyes, and when she opened them again, she had regained her calmness. She asked calmly, "My most loyal Lord Agguiwen, can you tell your king what the great wizard Merlin said to you?"

When Artoria was angry before, Aguiwen was not very afraid, but when he saw Artoria's expressionless face now, as if the matter was over, Aguiwen couldn't help feeling a chill in his heart.

He quickly bowed his head and said respectfully, "It is like this. The great wizard Merlin once left two prophecies. One of them is the day when the sword is broken. Merlin also said that the sword of the sworn victory will be broken. She will also look for a new weapon for you."

"We didn't take it seriously at the time. After all, everyone has seen how powerful the Sword of Promised Victory is. But..."

At this point, Agguiwen hesitated a little, and Altria took over the conversation with a sneer: "But you also saw Kai break that broken sword with your own eyes, right?"

"Humph! Even without that sword, I am still a Knight King!" Artoria snorted coldly, "Merlin, do you think that you have assisted three generations of Celtic kings and no longer take me seriously?"

"Heh~ Another person who makes decisions for me. Since everyone has their own opinions and everyone can make decisions for your king, why do you need me to be the king of Britain?"

Agguiwen was horrified and immediately bowed his head and said, "King, why do you say that? Agguiwen has never had such an idea!"

Altria asked calmly, "Lord Agguiwen, you are my most loyal subject..."

"Then, I ask you, are you loyal to me or to your blood relationship?"

"I will certainly be loyal to you, King Arthur, the King of Britain!"

"I'll ask you again, do you think I did something wrong?"

"I am a subject and have no right to define what is right or wrong for the king!"

"I also want to ask you, are you loyal to the country or to me?"

"The king is the state!"

"...Okay!" Artoria smiled, nodded and said, "Very good, Lord Agguiwen, I like the phrase 'The king is the country' very much, so I will tell you now, there is another sentence..."

"Kai is me!"

After saying that, Artoria finally gave in and gave the order directly: "Pass on my order. The Knights of the Round Table have overstepped their boundaries. Gawain and Lancelot will be stripped of their titles and their Grand Knights, but their seats as Knights of the Round Table will be retained. I hope that all my subjects will take this as a warning and not make decisions for me without authorization in the future and overstep their boundaries."

"Minister Aguguiwen, you will be the one to read out this decree!"

"...Yes." Aguiwen smiled bitterly. Isn't this equivalent to telling Brother Gao Wen that he is an informer?
It was obvious that Brother Gao Wen trusted him so much that he told him so much information.

Is this the mentality of a king?
As a result, it was difficult for the Morgan sons to return to their previous close relationship. Just such a small move had divided them apart. However, Agguiwen was relieved. In fact, he himself did not like to form factions. He did not deny that he was able to get his current status because of his identity as a son of Morgan, but he still did not like the Celtic kinship tradition.

Besides, it’s good that King Arthur has handed down the punishment. I’m just afraid that King Arthur will keep this matter in his heart and not deal with it. When he brings it up in the future, it may be a serious crime that will make Gawain unable to turn things around.

Now, King Arthur's attitude has changed, so it was not in vain that he informed on the matter.

There is no double punishment for the same mistake, this is a principle that even children understand.

After all, the most serious part of this matter is not that the two men want to split the Knights of the Round Table, but that it is an act of usurpation, which is a behavior that all superiors cannot tolerate. If Artoria wants to use this as an excuse to insist on convicting Gawain and Lancelot of treason, there is no big problem.

After issuing the punishment for Gawain and the others, Artoria asked, "Lord Aggiwen, now you can tell me, what is Merlin's second prophecy?"

"... Archmage Merlin once said that Lord Kelar would definitely betray you."

Agguiwen bowed his head and said, "There are two prophecies. One is that the Broken Sword will be broken by Kelar, and the other is that there will be an irreconcilable conflict between the King and Kelar, but Morgan will choose to help Lord Kelar!"

"Merlin..." Altria's face turned completely cold. This remark touched her reverse scale. She said lightly: "What a flower magician, what a court wizard, really good."

"Lord Agguiwen, where is Merlin now?"

Agguiwen replied in a low voice: "Master Merlin left a long time ago. According to the palace steward, he seemed to have disappeared after meeting the king and Lord Kelar that day."

"According to the great wizard Merlin, he went to look for new weapons for the king."

"It seems that this old nightmare demon doesn't dare to come to see me! He is quite self-aware!" Altria nodded and said, "Okay, Lord Agguiwen, you can leave. If you have any clues about Merlin, ask her to come to see me."

"……Yes!"

Agguiwen smiled bitterly. Even the 'clues' were used. Did the king already regard the archmage as a criminal?
But the great wizard Merlin was the leader of the British Druid sect, who assisted the Celtic kings of all generations and represented the British public opinion...

Is it really okay to have a falling out with her?
However, if he had to choose between the king and Merlin, Aguiven would still choose to be loyal to Altria.

It seems that I need to think of a solution after I go back.
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Kelar calmly listened to Altria's detailed account of the whole story, even though she did not hide her punishment for Gawain and Lancelot, and her plan to control Agravan and divide Morgan's sons.

There is nothing to hide in front of Kelar. Artoria is never afraid to let Kelar know her true self. After all, there are some things that you can't hide, especially from a wise man like Kelar. There is no need to play tricks or play small tricks in front of him.

"You did a great job, Lily. You handled it perfectly."

Kelar said approvingly: "If you rashly regard Gawain and Lancelot as traitors and eliminate them, it would be too much and will inevitably alienate the Knights of the Round Table, because they are not just them, but also represent the group of meritorious people who follow you and follow you to pacify the world."

Kelar's new policy is too extreme and idealistic. Ninety percent of the nobles cannot stand it and will inevitably rise up in rebellion to overthrow King Arthur's tyranny.

During this period, the knights naturally took sides, either following Artoria to pacify Britain, or following the nobles to be pacified by Artoria.

However, most of the knights who chose to follow Altria were of noble birth. For example, several great knights of the Knights of the Round Table were great lords with vast fiefdoms. Now they have given up their power as feudal lords and actively cooperated with the new reforms, which is considered a betrayal of their own class.

If Britain had just been pacified and Artoria had already started to purge the representatives of the Meritorious Group, then the remaining people would naturally wonder if the king could not tolerate them?

Even if Altria can kill everyone, this idea will still exist. Sometimes you can't have both face and substance.

This is the political trade-off. Even if these two people have indeed committed serious crimes, Artoria can only give them a symbolic trial, and when others plead for mercy, she will forgive them and win people's hearts.

"Actually, this is normal. Gawain and Lancelot didn't get along in the beginning."

Kelar said: "Even without us as an excuse, these two would have broken up sooner or later. Gawain's targeting of Lancelot was too obvious, but Lancelot was proud of his status and didn't want to argue with Gawain."

Lancelot is of the same generation as Hector and King Uther, and by blood relationship, he is the uncle of Artoria and Kelar.

Gawain is the son of Morgan and the nephew of King Arthur, there is a huge generation gap between the two!

But if you were to ask who is the Knight of the Round Table that Gawain hates the most, it would definitely be Lancelot.

Because Gawain is a very outstanding and arrogant man, claiming to be the best person in the world, but Lancelot is better than him in everything. How can Gawain not feel genuinely annoyed?

This is just human nature, otherwise the "logic of comparison" would not become a human evil.

After all, in the whole of Britain, only Kelar, Lancelot and Altria are better than Gawain in martial arts.

Artoria is the king who rules all of Britain, so Gawain would not have any thoughts about it. As for Kelar, he is much stronger than Gawain, so he naturally would not feel jealous. But Lancelot is only slightly stronger than Gawain, not much stronger. This is fatal!

When someone is a little bit stronger than you, anyone with a little bit of ambition will inevitably feel jealous and want to catch up with him. But when someone is much stronger than you and you can't even begin to catch up with him, then you will only look up to him but not feel jealous.

Kelar said, "But Lancelot is not a man of good temper. If Gawain continues to be aggressive, sooner or later there will be a big fight between the two."

There has been a long-standing grudge between Lancelot and Gawain, which Altria also knew, but she didn't care and said, "Isn't this a good thing?"

"If the ministers are happy with each other, I'm afraid the king won't be happy, right?"

Kelar was stunned, as if he didn't expect Altria to say that, but soon he laughed happily: "Haha~ So you know everything! My little lion has grown up!"

"Yes, you are right, this is the way a king thinks!"

Kelar said: "As a king, you should be proficient in using the three ways of 'law, technique, and power' to control your subjects and the country!"

"You can tell the loyal from the treacherous without revealing your feelings, and you can reward and punish without predicting the truth... You have mastered this art to perfection."

Although it is an extraordinary world where one person fights against ten thousand, as long as one wants to maintain stability or even flourish, the art of controlling people is indispensable.

Kelar was so powerful that the turmoil that followed the establishment of the code almost cost him his life.

Finally, the sword of victory and oath, which symbolizes royal power and victory, was sacrificed, and the law was deeply rooted in people's hearts. Kelar lamented that law-making is self-destructive, that is, legislators often abandon themselves because of insisting on the inviolability of the code.

And after three years of fighting, Artoria pacified Britain with the sword in her hand. The power of a king has been fully gathered, and she has reached the peak in the dimension of "momentum".

Now that she possesses magic, spells and power, Artoria has become an unprecedented perfect king in British history, a king who can make a mediocre king like King Uther feel ashamed.

"Lily, you have grown up. It seems that breaking the sword was the right thing to do!" Kelar couldn't help but sighed: "That sword symbolizes an irreversible fate. Those who hold the Holy Sword of the Star will inevitably end up with a bad ending of 'not understanding human nature'!"

"Kai, have you had the idea of ​​cutting off that sword?" Altria couldn't help but ask, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Just as Artoria would not hide anything from Kelar, Kelar did the same. He said without disguising, "Because the timing is not right, you still need that invincible holy sword to pacify Britain!"

"In the timeline I saw, you will become a poor wretch who toils all day long for the country's paperwork, trying in vain to retain the irretrievable God Era, and who thinks he is fair and selfless, but is ultimately betrayed by his own people."

"Kai, so you saw it too?" Artoria covered her face with a bit of embarrassment and said, "No, no, that's not me. I'm not that stupid!"

"At first, I didn't think about it that way," Kelar explained. "I just thought that fate had changed, but Merlin said that fate remained the same. The problem might be with the sword of promised victory."

"Holding that sword will bring you countless victories, but it will also quietly change your common sense, making you childish and stupid, and eventually become a king who doesn't understand human nature."

Otherwise, why hasn't she seen Merlin in the past few years? She doesn't care about Kelar's behavior of changing the plot.

This old nightmare demon is not the stubborn old man who insists that "everything must go according to the script of fate". Although she believes that the general trend of fate cannot be changed, she can play with the minor details as she pleases, and she can play them as big as she can, which is just right for her to have fun.

Anyway, the song is over, the play is over, and everything will come to that one ending.

The experiences along the way seemed to be in line with Merlin's point of view. No matter what happened to Altria in the meantime, the general plot remained unchanged -

Artoria drew her sword and proclaimed herself king. Before killing Vortigern, she gained the recognition of the true king Morgan and gathered all the royal power of Britain.

Finally, he killed the humble king Vortigern, and in three years, through a series of battles, he pacified the entire Britain...

Isn't this just what fate has revealed?
Therefore, before Kelar and Altria left, Merlin stopped them and said meaningfully that fate cannot be changed and that the king is destined to be lonely.

Merlin, look at the big picture, not the small, unimportant changes in details.

"My original intention was to wait until Britain was pacified, and then cut off the sword in front of the Knights of the Round Table."

Kelar chuckled and said, "The result now is not bad, or even better... Lily, you have paid the price of breaking the Holy Sword of the Star, which symbolizes royal power, invincibility and victory, to inform all the people of Britain that the law is so important that it cannot be violated!"

"I think this might be a mistake!"

Altria smiled, turned her head to look at Kailar's handsome face, and asked softly: "Kai, will you abide by our agreement?"

"Hehe~" Kelar rubbed Altria's golden hair, even the strand of ahoge was not spared. However, the little lion, who always attached great importance to ahoge, did not resist, but just looked at him with a pair of big holy blue eyes.

"Lily, are you still worried about Merlin's old... wizard's prophecy?"

Kelar smiled and nodded, "Yes, I will. No matter what, I will never betray you, because you are the king I raised with my own hands~"
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Aggiven of Iron, who was unaware of the pain, had a wooden face and read out Altria's will at the meeting of the Knights of the Round Table.

"…King's order, Lancelot and Gawain are stripped of their titles and knighthoods, but retain their seats in the Knights of the Round Table. I hope you will take this as a warning and refrain from any acts of usurpation."

Aguiwen looked at Lancelot and Gawain with cold eyes and asked, "Knight Lancelot, Knight Gawain, do you have the order?"

Overstepping!

This one word made the Knights of the Round Table, who had originally wanted to stand up for justice, lose their temper.

After all, they knew very well whether they were overstepping their authority or not. Now that they had been given a warning by Altria, and their leader had been singled out as an example to others, they suddenly felt uneasy and took the matter to heart.

Lancelot frowned, but didn't say anything. He just nodded dully and said, "Lancelot will remember this. Thank you, King, for forgiving my rudeness."

Gao Wen was stunned for a moment, frowned and looked at Aguguiwen, and asked angrily: "Aguguiwen, you betrayed me?"

(End of this chapter)