Sir Ector, as a regular knight canonized by the Kingdom of Camelot, his life is much better than that of most civilian families.
His only son, Kai, can be said to have inherited his father's bravery, and began swordsmanship training under his father's instruction at a young age. Not far from them, a blond child wearing simple linen clothes looked enviously at Kai who was practicing his sword while carrying water.
Arturia, the adopted son of Sir Ector (Leyuan's camouflage magic has always been on Arturia), was "abandoned" when he was still a baby, with only a close-fitting wooden sign in his infancy. , with only the name Arturia on it.
When Sir Eckert looked at this cute little boy, he didn't know where his love came from. He decided to adopt him the first time he saw "him". After that, with the support of Sir Ector, Arturia was able to grow from a baby to the five-year-old she is today.
However, although she is the nominal adopted son of Sir Ector, Arturia cannot live like an ordinary knight's son. Her status in Sir Ector's family is actually no different from that of a servant.
But even though he is a servant, this workload is nothing to the petite Arturia. Perhaps the strong wives in the Jazz family did not realize that the tasks assigned to Artoria seemed to be very heavy every time, but Artoria never failed.
This is a secret that only belongs to Artoria. From the age of three or three and a half, the girl Artoria's body has begun to grow extraordinary. Although she looks like an ordinary girl on the surface, the power hidden in that small body is definitely several times stronger than the strongest child.
The blood of the red dragon, under the influence of the power of the dragon soul, began to act on Artoria little by little. Although the body is not specialized, this is the most normal reaction. How could the dragon blood potion made with Le Yuan's ability have such an inferior reaction as dragon transformation.
In addition to her physical differences, Arturia's mind is also far beyond the scope of ordinary girls. Not only does he know the subtleties, but he even draws inferences from one instance, so he knows how to hide his uniqueness even at the age of five. In the eyes of adults, he would be completely evil.
But now, when she saw her adoptive father, Sir Ector, training her 11-year-old adopted brother Kai in swordsmanship, Arturia somehow had the urge to snatch the wooden sword from Kai's hand and start dancing with it. Impulsive, this feeling could not be calmed down in her heart for a long time.
"Artoria! Today it's your turn to accompany me to the forest to collect firewood. Remember, you need at least a load of firewood. Don't be lazy!"
"Got it, Lady Eberron!"
Arturia, who had just returned with a bucket, heard the voice of the head maid Eberron. She went to the water tank as usual and poured the water from the bucket in her hand into it.
The forest is a place full of dangers for people of this era. However, it is much safer to stay on the outskirts of the forest as it is cleaned from time to time, but so-called accidents still happen.
When Arturia enters the forest, she is like a dragon returning to the sea and a bird entering the forest. Only here can she freely display her extraordinary power. The so-called load of firewood is no problem for her at all.
Ah wu - ah wu -
When Arturia went deep into the mountain forest, suddenly the howling sounds of wolves came one after another from the surrounding mountains and forests.
Even though Artoria is more courageous than ordinary people, she still feels frightened when she suddenly hears so many wolf howls. However, what makes Artoria more concerned about these is how come there are so many wolf howls during the day. sound.
Wolf is a nocturnal creature. Only in the dark are they invincible hunters, especially when they appear in groups. Even a team of knights will suffer heavy losses when faced with an attack by wolves.
As the bold Arturia groped towards the place where the wolf howl came from, her keen sense of smell had already detected the smell of blood in the air before she reached the destination.
Blood is not human blood. The smell of blood is mixed with the scent of beasts.
With deep doubts, Arturia pushed away the bushes and looked at the battlefield not far away.
A person whose face cannot be seen clearly. Surrounding that man were countless gray wolves with green eyes. There were at least a dozen wolf corpses on the ground, but the man surrounded showed no signs of injury.
One step, one swing, one stab, one block...
Although Arturia had never learned swordsmanship, she could see through comparison that the unknown man in front of her was far more powerful than the Sir Ector she had seen.
At the very least, she had heard that Sir Eckert once fought one against ten in a battle to suppress bandits, but surrounded by so many wolves, Sir Eckert must have also ended up feeding the wolves from time to time. How could he be so powerful? One enemy kills so many wolves.
In addition to the stranger's swordsmanship, what made Arturia unable to take his eyes away was the strange creature following the stranger.
The yellow body is similar to that of a puppy. Although he is young, he has the aura of the king of beasts, which makes Arturia feel attracted to him at first sight.
In just ten minutes, more than half of the originally surrounding wolves were killed or injured. The wolves that could no longer afford to lose completely lost their ferocity. The first wolf looked up to the sky and roared, and the remaining wolves immediately followed the lead wolf's pace. Disappeared into the forest.
Just when Arturia thought she had better leave as soon as possible, she suddenly wanted to take a step and turned around to leave, but she found that her feet were pulled by something.
"Woo-"
Arturia looked down and found that the little golden animal was biting the hem of her skirt. Although it was angry, it refused to let go, as if it was planning to drag her to the stranger.
"Simba, let her go. If she is willing, she will come to see me without you having to invite her..."
Following the stranger's voice, the little yellow guy who was holding Artoria suddenly let go of his mouth, but still spun around at Arturia's feet a few times, and then he let go and ran towards the man. The man in gray robe.
Seeing that the stranger opposite didn't seem to be embarrassed to talk, Arturia calmed down, then walked out of the bushes, bowed more than ten meters away from the gray-robed man and said, "Hello, sir, I am… "
"Your name is Arturia, right? No need to introduce yourself, I know you better than you think... By the way, let's have a cup of tea!"
Mysterious, extremely mysterious. Facing this man who was shrouded in gray robes and couldn't see his face clearly, Arturia's feeling told her that this was by no means a simple figure, not simple in every sense of the word.
As for drinking tea, Arturia was about to refuse, but before she could say anything, she felt everything around her change in an instant, and she suddenly came to a wooden hut from the forest.
This material did not necessarily look more luxurious than the castle she lived in, but for some reason it made Arturia feel more comfortable than ever before. Countless books were scattered around, which surprised Arturia. No matter what these books recorded, they were a wealth that no one could compare with.
Even Sir Eckert's house only had two or three books, and the king probably didn't have more books than this cabin.
The man in gray robe took off the gray robe that covered him, only to see an old man with a white beard appearing inside. Although he did not know the identity of the other person, the eyes that glanced at Arturia contained wisdom far beyond anyone else's. .
"Child, my name is Merlin, and as you can see, I am a magician!"
As Le Yuan revealed his identity, Arturia found herself sitting on a chair with a snap of her fingers. There were still steaming cookies on the plate on her table, which smelled like they had just been baked. Good average.
Before Arturia could be attracted by this tempting biscuit, she saw a yellow figure running onto the table. Then he poked his head from her plate, picked up a piece of biscuit and ate it. It was the man named Xin. Damn little guy.
Le Yuan waved his hand and controlled Simba, the greedy little lion, to float next to him.
"This is Simba, a lion, a poor little guy who I rescued after his father was kicked out of the tribe..."
Artoria also followed Simba's example, picking up a cookie from the plate and eating it. With just one bite, Artoria felt like she owned the whole world. This was more delicious than any food she had ever eaten, or in Arturia's memory, perhaps even her adoptive father Sir Ector had never eaten such delicious food.
"Hmm—Mr. Merlin, is he a very powerful person?"
Arturia was not a young lady like Morgan, and had much less access to knowledge, so she had never heard of Merlin's name. This is also the reason why Le Yuan has semi-retired from the palace in recent years. In order to teach Morgan to observe the situation in Artoria, he can be said to have retired from the position of the chief mage of the palace.
"Awesome? Maybe... Then Miss Arturia, please tell me!" Le Yuan stood up from his position, looked down at Arturia, who was only 5 years old in front of him, and said, "Are you willing to learn from me? ?”
"Study? What are you studying, swordsmanship?"
Arturia remembered Le Yuan's extraordinary swordsmanship in fighting against a pack of wolves in the forest just now, and his eyes shone brightly.
But he saw Le Yuan shaking his finger, showing an expression of guessing wrong, holding Simba in his arms who was still paddling in mid-air, and said: "It's not just swordsmanship, there are more things you need to learn. , you are not going to become a martial artist who only knows swordsmanship, Miss Arturia!"
Arturia's eyes were attracted to Simba in Le Yuan's arms. Looking at Simba's cute appearance, she couldn't help but ask: "Then, can I play with Simba?"
"Of course, I think Simba also hopes to become friends with you..."
Le Yuan put Simba on the table, and then Simba trotted up to Arturia, raising his head and shouting, as if to say hello to her.
Arturia's first day as a disciple of Le Yuan passed like this. Le Yuan did not teach her anything, but only took her to understand the environment around Le Yuan's cabin.
After sending Arturia away, the air next to Le Yuan fluctuated, and then Morgan, who had outgrown his witch style, appeared next to him.
"Teacher Merlin, is that sister Arturia? You really value her and have arranged such an extraordinary drama. Do you and your father really believe that she can become the king?"
"It's not that King Uther and I believe that she can become the king, but that she is the chosen king of England in the future. Time will prove everything, Arturia... No, it should be called Arthur, she will become a legend! "
Morgan looked at the teacher next to him who had a determined face and had transformed from an old man to a young man. The admiration in his eyes never changed.