Chapter 205: In the Banquet of the Four Kings

PS: If you have something to go out tomorrow, the two watches will be served in advance.

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Saber sat silently watching Archer and Rider, unable to tell if they were friend or foe.

After a few moments, she spoke to Rider.

"King of Conquest, do you want to snatch it by force since you admit that others have formal ownership of the Holy Grail, and you don't hesitate to do so, what do you want to achieve with the Holy Grail?"

Asked this, seemingly a little embarrassed, Rider smiled shyly: "It's the body." ”

It was a surprising answer, and even Webb shouted "ah" in an almost frantic tone.

"Ahh

After flicking his fingers to force the Master to quiet down, Rider shrugged.

"Fool, how can you conquer the world with a cup? Conquest is entrusted to one's own dreams, and it needs to be entrusted to the Holy Grail, but it is only the first step to this. ”

"Bastard・・・・・・ are you challenging me for such trivialities?"

Even Archer was a little helpless, but Rider said with a serious face: "Although I can manifest by magic, we are still Servants after all, I want to be reincarnated in this world, take root here as a life, have a body to show myself, and face the heavens and the earth, this is the complete conquest!"

Recall that Webb originally thought that disliking spirits and insisting on materializing was Rider's quirk. Indeed, while the Servant can speak, dress, eat, and so on like a human, it is no more than a ghost in nature.

"Take this as a starting point, keep moving forward, and finally achieve fame! This is Yu's [domineering]. ”

Archer seemed to be listening to Rider's words, and just drank silently the whole time. After careful observation, it can be found that he showed a strange expression at this time, which may be a bit far-fetched to describe it as a smile, but compared with his usual laughing expression before, the smile at this time contains a layer of cruelty.

"I've decided, Rider, I'll kill you with my own hands. ”

"Why do you want to reiterate it now? Yu also intends to take away your so-called treasure house, you should first be enlightened. ”

Saber, who attended the party, never found room to interject in the conversation between Archer and Rider. The way of kingship that these two men talked about was so far from what she believed in that she couldn't talk to them at all.

"That's not the way a king should be. ”

Rider was curious about Saber's rebuttal and asked Saber, "Oh, then, can you hear your thoughts?"

Now Saber is the only one of the four who has not yet said his wish.

"My wish is to save my homeland and change the fate of the destruction of Britain with the help of the almighty wishing machine. ”

Hearing this, Shirai Yue sighed, and finally, Saber still said this sad wish.

The scene fell silent for a moment after Saber said her wish, which made Saber very confused, because her wish was so clear that whether it was praise or refutation, someone should make it right away, but ・・・・・・ no one spoke.

Finally, it was Rider who broke the silence: "Now, Knight King, you just said that you want to change your fate, right? Do you mean to turn history upside down?"

"That's right, a wish that even a miracle can't fulfill, if the Holy Grail is really omnipotent, it will definitely come true!"

"Well, Saber, let me be sure, the destruction of that country called Britain was a matter of your time, at the time of your reign, right?"

"That's right, that's why I can't allow it, and that's why I regret it and want to change that ending. Because the responsibility is mine, not anyone else!"

Laughing, Gilgamesh laughed without any hesitation when he heard Saber's words.

"Archer, what's so funny?"

"Claiming to be the king and being elected by everyone as the king, this kind of person actually regrets it, can this not make people laugh off their big teeth?"

Next to Archer, Rider also frowned: "Saber, do you want to deny the history you created?"

"Is there anything strange about that, and is there anything funny about it? What is so funny about the destruction of the country to which I have presented my sword and my life?"

She was answered by another burst of laughter from Archer.

"Hey, did you hear me? This little girl, known as the king of knights, actually said that she would dedicate her life to the motherland!"

"What's so funny, as a king, you should stand up and seek the prosperity of the country. ”

To this day, Saber still doesn't understand why this is happening, and Rider firmly denies her: "You are wrong, it is not the king who gives his life, the country and its subjects give their lives to the king, and it is not like you to put the cart before the horse." ”

"What, isn't that a tyrant?"

"Exactly, we are tyrants and heroes at the same time!"

Rider replied calmly, not even moving an eyebrow.

"But, Saber, if a king who regrets his rule and its consequences is only a faint king, he is not as good as a tyrant!"

Unlike Archer, who constantly mocks Saber, Rider denies her fundamentally. Saber furrowed his eyebrows and retorted in a sharp tone: "Iskander, don't you have any regret for you that the heir to the throne was buried and the empire you created was divided?"

"Nope. ”

Rider's answer was unexpected, and unusually firm.

"If it is Yu's decision, and the result of the lives of the subordinates who follow Yu, that destruction is doomed. I will grieve and cry, but I will never regret it!"

"How could it be ・・・・・・?"

"Not to mention the delusional desire to change, that kind of foolishness is simply an insult to all the people who created the era with Yu!"

Saber denied Rider's arrogant words, "You're only saying this based on the glory of the warriors. The people don't think so, what they need is salvation. ”

"You mean they want the king's salvation?"

Rider shrugged his shoulders and laughed.

"I don't understand, what's the point of this kind of thing?"

"This is the duty of a king! The right rule, the right order, this is what all the subjects expect. ”

"Are you the 'right' slave then?"

"If you want to say that, you can do that. Only by dedicating oneself to one's ideals is worthy of being a king. ”

Without a hint of doubt, the young Knight King nodded.

Looking at Saber, who was still resolute, Rider on the side shook his head as if he was pitying her.

"It's not a path of survival that people would choose. ”

"Yes. If you are born as a king, you can't expect to live the life of ordinary people. King of Conquest, a man like you who cares only about yourself will not understand my faith. You're just a bully who gets carried away by lust!"

Saber stood firm in his convictions, the pride of being a knight, the unquestionable pride, but ・・・・・・