Type-Moon Traveler's Enemy

Gilgamesh smiled proudly at Iskandar, "I have decided, Rider. I will kill you with my own hands."

Iskandar responded, "Haha! I don't think I need to remind you at this point. I'd also like to take all the treasures from your treasury. Be careful."

Altria suddenly said, "This approach is not the way of a king."

The two kings immediately looked at Artoria. Iskandar could probably guess what Artoria wanted with the Holy Grail, but he was still curious about her opinion as a king. "Then tell me what's on your mind."

Altria said, "My wish is to save my homeland and use the almighty wish-granting machine to change the fate of Britain. The Age of Gods' retreat is inevitable, so as long as I make arrangements in advance and disappear with Camelot, Britain at that time will not be destroyed, and those who died in the civil strife can survive."

Hearing this answer, Iskandar was somewhat disappointed. "Knight King, when you say you want to change fate, do you mean you want to overturn history? Even if Lord Mo Li has explained it clearly to you, the final result won't change much. It's just that more people survive. Even so, do you still insist on doing this?"

Gilgamesh looked at Mo Li strangely. It seemed that something interesting had happened before he arrived, but he missed it.

Altria said, "Yes, if the Holy Grail is truly omnipotent, then even wishes that cannot be fulfilled by miracles like that can surely be granted."

Hearing this, Gilgamesh couldn't help laughing, as if he had heard something funny.

Iskandar said, "Um, Saber, let me confirm. That country called Britain perished during your time, right? It perished under your rule, right?"

Altria said, "That's right, that's why I can't forgive myself. I could have done better, I could have asked Morgan to help, but I didn't. That's why I want to change everything. I want to change the ending! Because it's my responsibility..."

Gilgamesh couldn't hold back his laughter any longer.

Altria was a little annoyed: "Hero King, what's so funny?"

Gilgamesh was so amused that his entire body shook. "He calls himself a king, and is also called a king. And yet this man actually says he regrets it. Hahaha! How can this not make me laugh?"

Artoria: "..."

"Saber." Iskandar grabbed her attention and said as she looked over, "Do you really...want to deny the deeds you wrote into history with your own hands? Just because you didn't do well enough?"

Altria frowned and said matter-of-factly, "Yes, why are you surprised? Why are you laughing? The country that gave me the sword and for which I sacrificed my life has been destroyed. I feel grief over this. How can it be funny?"

Gilgamesh couldn't help but say, "Hey, hey, did you hear that? Rider, this little girl who calls herself the Knight King talks about sacrificing herself for her country, haha..."

As he spoke, Gilgamesh found it even more amusing.

Artoria asked dissatisfiedly, "Why are you laughing? As a king, you should stand up and work for the prosperity of the country you rule!"

"...I was wrong. Now I understand why Lord Mo Li said that you were certified as a king by a sword, rather than drawing the sword after becoming king. The fate of Britain was determined after the sword of king selection was broken. You are the chosen king, just like that sword." Iskandar sighed.

Artoria looked at Iskandar in surprise.

Iskandar looked at Artoria and said, "It's not the king who sacrificed himself, but the country and the people who sacrificed themselves for the king. Your actions are nothing more than being chosen by the people to be a tool of the king!"

Artoria said in disgust, "What are you talking about? Wouldn't that be the rule of a tyrant?"

"That's right," Iskandar said matter-of-factly. "We became heroes precisely because we were tyrants. But, Knight King, if a king regrets his decision and the fate of his kingdom, he is nothing more than a tyrant, worse than a tyrant."

Altria asked, "Iskander, didn't you also lose your inheritance? Didn't the empire you built eventually split into three? Don't you have any regrets about this outcome?"

Iskandar said without thinking, "No."

This answer confused Altria and made her unable to understand.

Iskandar said, "If this is the outcome of my decision and the lifelong struggle of my subjects, then destruction is inevitable. I will mourn and shed tears, but I will never regret it."

Altria murmured, "How could it be..."

Iskandar emphasized, "I will certainly not overthrow it. Such a foolish act is an insult to all those who have built this era with me!"

Everyone looked at the situation in the arena, some with mixed emotions, some simply watching the show, and some speechless. Most of the people here were not kings, so naturally they could not understand the competition between the three kings, and could only watch them fight it out.

Artoria pressed her heart and said, "Only soldiers take destruction as honor. How can we not protect the weak? Proper leadership, proper governance, this is the true intention of a king!"

"Then..." Iskandar asked, "Are you, the king, a [correct] slave?"

"That's good." Artoria responded without hesitation: "A king should sacrifice for his ideals."

Hearing this answer, Iskandar raised his glass and took another sip: "This is not the way to live."

Artoria retorted, "If you want to become a king and rule a country, you can't expect to be like ordinary people. King of Conquerors, you who pursued the Holy Grail only for the sake of obtaining flesh, you can't understand. You who became a tyrant just to satisfy endless desires, you can't understand."

"A king without desires is worse than a vase! Knight King!" Iskandar was a little annoyed. "You just said 'sacrifice for ideals'. I'm sure you were once an honest and upright saint, possessing a noble and inviolable heroic demeanor. But who would yearn for the thorny and bumpy road of 'martyrdom'? Who would even dream of it?"

Iskandar said with melancholy, "A king should be one with the strongest desires, the most cheerful laughter, and the most intense anger. Both his purity and turbidity should reach the pinnacle of human perfection! It is precisely because of this that his subjects envy him and are obsessed with him! The fire of longing to "become king" should be ignited in the hearts of every citizen!"

"King, the epitome of chivalry, the justice and ideals you uphold may indeed have saved the nation and its people. But, are you unaware of the ultimate fate of those who were merely saved?"

"What did you say..." Artoria's eyes wavered. She wanted to continue speaking, but suddenly Mo Li on her left held her shoulder and looked at him in confusion.

Mo Li said, "Then, my three kings, let me interrupt for a moment. As someone who will soon rule this island, I suppose I can also be considered a king."

Everyone looked at Mo Li. The audience didn't know what he wanted to say, but the three kings were looking forward to what he was going to say.

Mo Li picked up his wine glass, poured the last of the King's Wine into it, and drank it all in one gulp. After putting down the golden cup, he said, "In modern times, strictly speaking, less than a hundred years ago in China, tens of millions of people have died for their ideals and dreams. The number of people who died as a result of this is no less than hundreds of millions. The specific circumstances are too complicated and it would take days to describe them all."

"But what I want to say is that if Altria were in the modern era, I would welcome her to help me govern this kingdom. She is not suited to be a king in ancient times. She is also different from most kings. Her understanding of kingship is more suitable for the modern era, and she can even integrate well into this era."

Mo Li folded his hands, his gaze sweeping over Iskandar and Gilgamesh. "In this era, there's a saying in China called 'Serve the People,' and we're doing just that. Artoria is well-suited to accepting Chinese ideology. As an ancient king, she was too aloof, so aloof that her subordinates couldn't accept her. It's not like she hasn't guided her people to do better."

"She drew the sword, and everyone recognized her. She led them toward a better future. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to lay such a foundation for a nation. But later on, she was unable to continue guiding her people, and instead fell into civil strife. At that time, her noble character couldn't help her solve problems that required normal humanity. During the civil strife, her subordinates fell into confusion, hardship, and conspiracy. This was not a problem that a noble Knight King, who was not tainted by conspiracy, could solve. This was her personal shortcoming. No king is perfect, and so she fell."

Artoria's actions are to serve the people, which is incompatible with the environment in ancient times where kings made the people serve them. This is why her subordinates rebelled against her, because she was really too perfect. They had never seen such a good king. With such a good king around, how could their subordinates steal things?

That's why they rebelled against this perfect king!

Artoria is not suitable to be a king in ancient times, and should come to the modern times.

As for Iskandar saying in the original book that Artoria did not guide his subordinates when they were confused, Mo Li scoffed at it. It was really hilarious. Looking at the history of China, how many founding fathers who followed the monarch would need the monarch to guide them?

What the hell is that? Is the monarch the biological father of your founding father? It's obvious that the ministers themselves are useless, and they want to blame the monarch for the problem?

And how many Chinese dynasties didn't have their founders fight against each other? Was Han Xin awesome? He still died.

The Sima family's usurpation of the throne is a direct slap in the face. Okay, do subordinates still need the monarch to enlighten them? Don't laugh to death!

Mo Li said, "It's true that she was too noble in that era, which is hard for people to accept. But that didn't stop her from doing things well. After all, she was indeed glorious. As for her desire to start over again, in modern times, no, it should be said that in the era when tens of millions of Chinese people died for their ideals and dreams, if there was such an opportunity, none of our leaders would not want it. Moreover, they don't covet anything from the people. As long as they can truly do better and allow more people to survive, then everything is worth it!"

"They care more about the people than their so-called status, and our leaders are even more so. The people and the country are everything to them. The people of China are everything to China. If they have the chance to do it all over again and do it to the best of their ability, they will absolutely not hesitate! I'm sure you two haven't read China's modern history since you came to this world. I personally recommend that you read it."

Li Qiye paused, then patted Altria's shoulder. "From the very beginning, your ways of kingship were different. Just because you disagree doesn't mean it's unreasonable. Similarly, the ways of your kingship, King of Conquerors and King of Heroes, are also not something I agree with. If I had to choose one of you three to help me, Altria would be the better choice."

"Mo Li..." Artoria looked at him with complicated eyes. So far, he was the only one who stood on her side in the debate about the King's Way. He was scolding her before, but now he was helping her.

Mo Li smiled at Altria: "Don't worry, I'm here."