--"just".
This is what many people say about King Arthur, the legendary British king.
"As a new king who has been planned to be transcendent from mortals before he was born, the blood of the British King, the ideology of the red dragon incarnated by Britain, and the noble female blood to perfectly integrate the two were mixed to create a maternal fetus, and then quietly With the existence of a silent birth, the king has been given incredible responsibilities and burdens from the beginning.”
Bedivere began to tell without realizing it.
"Because she was a girl, the king could not directly inherit the throne. In order to avoid people's attention when she was growing up, the king was taken into the house of the old knight Sir Ector since she was a child. She lived a life of poverty in her adoptive father's house. As a trainee knight, he is trained in swordsmanship and etiquette. He spends most of the day educating himself on being a king. Even if he only has three hours of sleep every day, he will still be sneaked into his dreams by the court magician Merlin and instill in him. The king’s teachings.”
It was in such a situation that the King of Knights studied and trained endlessly, never stopping for a moment. It was not until the death of her father, Uther Pendragon, at the age of fifteen that she learned the lesson in the National Church based on Merlin's fables. The new king is succeeded by pulling out the sword from the stone in the cemetery.
"As long as you can pull out the sword from the stone, you can become the new king of Britain. With this meaning, the king came to the sword that decided her fate, and Merlin's voice still sounded in her mind - "Before picking up the sword, It’s better to think carefully before taking action. Once you pick up that sword, you will no longer be human until the end. You will be hated by all humans, and you will eventually meet a tragic death.” "
In other words, from the very beginning, the King of Knights knew his ultimate end.
But the King of Knights did not hesitate.
"At that time, Britain faced a cruel situation. It lost the protection of the empire externally and was declining day by day. It was also gradually falling apart internally. People lived in a world bullied by barbarians and urgently needed a strong leader to rule them."
Therefore, in order to protect the people, even if she is abandoned, betrayed, or reviled, there is no way back for her.
So, she pulled out the sword, inherited the throne, and in order to hide her true gender, she married Queen Guinevere as a male king. However, she also confessed everything to the queen and decided to love her as her husband. , Guinevere, who admired the king, also expressed her understanding and decided to support her.
From that moment on, the body and appearance of the King of Knights stopped growing and aging. Because of the power of the sword in the stone, it will always remain at the moment when he drew the sword at the age of fifteen. His immortal image is regarded by most people as a sacred symbol. , and led knights such as Lancelot and Gawain to achieve countless feats, winning twelve major battles in a row in ten years without losing a single battle, making the originally weak kingdom become unprecedentedly powerful.
Although in a battle, the sword of the King of Knights was broken because it violated the spirit of chivalry, Merlin also took her to a holy lake and received the holy sword presented by the elves in the lake - "The Sword of Pledge of Victory" .
King Arthur, holding the holy sword, was born in this way. He was regarded as a symbol of fairness and selflessness in the eyes of his enemies and people, and was always considered to be an infallible existence.
Unfortunately, as the saying goes, what goes up must come down. After Britain achieved unprecedented strength, the seeds of destruction began to be sown.
In order to win a war, it is actually necessary to squeeze a village's supplies to reorganize its armaments and counterattack to eliminate the enemy before the alien invasion.
King Arthur adopted this approach of sacrificing a small number of people in exchange for protecting more people from being slaughtered. He believed that a king could not govern the country in a benevolent and indecisive mood.
Therefore, when sitting on the throne, King Arthur never showed his emotions, treated his people with clear rewards and punishments, without any partiality, and his decisions as a king were without any deviation, which was why he received that evaluation - "justice".
Even though, she was actually quite distressed, even sad.
but...
"The people began to fear the king's ruthless decision-making, and began to question the king's behavior of killing the few and saving the many, and even believed that this was a stain on chivalry. Because of this, Lord Tristan finally could not bear the burden of silently governing the country. The pain brought by the king's figure left the round table, leaving behind that meaningless nonsense sentence that I will regret for the rest of my life."
Bedivere whispered.
"What's even more unfortunate is that this statement made other knights gradually become dissatisfied and began to doubt that the king could no longer lead them. The powerful lords who were intimidated by the king's majesty in the past were also maliciously paying attention to the king's decision-making. Once the king had any If her behavior was considered wrong, they planned to collectively oust her from the throne, so that they could gain more benefits from using power for personal gain. Under a lot of pressure, the king acted more cautiously and disguised himself more closely. "
What followed was tragedy again and again.
"In the tenth year after the king sat on the throne of Camelot, the relationship between Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere was exposed by Sir Agguiwen. Sir Lancelot killed Agguivin with one punch. Qing, and was forced to flee. However, the king did not regard this matter as a treasonous incident. Instead, he believed that this incident was all due to the queen's efforts to sincerely protect her secrets. He expressed his understanding of this, but the queen's behavior violated In violation of the taboos followed by the kingdom's religion at that time, he had to push the queen to the stake in public. Sir Lancelot came forward to forcibly interfere with the execution, took away the queen, and killed two Knights of the Round Table in the confrontation between the two parties, leaving As the elder brother of the two, Gawain fell into hatred and swore to break off relations with Sir Lancelot, and the Round Table was on the verge of collapse."
"Then, one day, Lord Mordred also took off his helmet, revealing a face similar to the king's, told him his life experience, and claimed his right to inherit. The king, who knew nothing about it, was shocked by this fact. , and was well aware of the rough fate of Britain, and that inheriting the throne would mean endless disasters. As an artificial human, Lord Mordred lacked the qualities to be a king, and his identity was sensitive. For this reason, the king rejected Lord Mordred, But during the expedition, the king entrusted the important task of protecting the kingdom to Sir Mordred, hoping that this behavior would influence this stubborn Knight of the Round Table, but he was betrayed."
"In the end, the king gave up the happiness of being a woman, froze his heart, lost human emotions, and accumulated countless innocent souls for the survival of the kingdom. However, all his efforts were in vain. Britain was tragically destroyed in the civil war. This result is too cruel for the king."
"The king is not actually emotionless, she just doesn't show it to others, and she actually neither blames Lord Lancelot nor resents Lord Tristan. Even Lord Mordred, although the king does not recognize her right to inherit, But he has never denied that she is his heir."
"For her, when she sees the fallen Knights of the Round Table, she will only think it is her fault. She personally punishes the former knights, loyal ministers and friends. It is undoubtedly an extremely sad thing for the king."
"Even if the king is reversed now, it will be the same."
With that said, Bedivere turned to Luo Zhen.
"Master of Chaldea, I want to beg you." Bedivere said with great sincerity: "Please become a force that the king can rely on."
"The king has protected others all his life, but he lacks someone who can protect her."
After saying that, Bedivere left.
"Senior..."
"Lord Luo Zhen..."
Ma Xiu and Jing Ming looked at Luo Zhen with extremely complicated expressions.
Luo Zhen was silent.
Feeling the contract passage between himself and Artoria, Luo Zhen looked at the palace in the city.