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There was a long silence.

Archer, Rider, and Saber sat motionless, not even drinking.

Skaha, who caused the silence, silently poured himself a glass of wine and took a sip.

Finally, Rider let out a long exhale, breaking the silence.

"Honestly, Assassin, I've only lived 33 years in my life, and I still have a lot of dreams to come true, and I still have a lot of scenery to see, and I can't understand your thoughts at all. Archer, what about you? I think you seemed to have pursued eternity, at least you should be able to understand it. ”

"Stupid question, Rider. Archer narrowed her slender eyes, "If I had gotten eternity, I wouldn't be here." I don't comment on Assassin's wishes, I'm only interested in things in this world, and I don't care about things outside the world, let alone interest them. ”

Rider turned his head to the other side.

"What about you, Saber?"

"No, you can't. Although my body stopped growing after I pulled out the sword in the stone, I didn't get eternity, maybe Merlin could understand. ”

"The Sage of Britain, the Great Magician Merlin?"

Hearing Saber's answer, Skaha nodded and shook his head again.

"He's in a similar situation to me, but it's fundamentally different. He is a hybrid of human and nightmare, although he is human on the outside, his mental structure and characteristics are closer to nightmares, and the characteristics of immortality are also derived from this, he may not be able to understand, no, it should be said that he has no interest in this aspect. How do you describe this one—"

"—an old rascal. ”

"yes, it's an old-uh, Master!"

As Skaha was considering his words, Shinji blurted out and almost led Skaha astray, and Skaha couldn't help but glare at Shinji.

"Don't stare at me, Merlin is an old rascal. Shinji touched his nose and bowed to the other three kings, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend a few kings, I really can't help it." ”

"It doesn't matter. Rider waved his hand in a haughty and majestic manner, "The king's words should be listened to by all the people, and the king should listen to the words of ten thousand." Master of Assassin, remember that you call yourself Kusuo Saiki, and speak your opinion. ”

"I'd also like to hear what modern people have to say about Merlin, let's say, Mr. Saiki Kusuo. Saber agreed.

"Thank you for your leniency. ”

Shinji bowed again. Doing enough superficial etiquette can save a lot of trouble, and he never insists on such inconsequential details, let alone the idea of being a solipsistic secondary two.

"Relying on his clairvoyance and nightmare characteristics, peeping into other people's privacy all day long, isn't it an old rascal or something? Maybe he's staring at this place with his clairvoyance right now, stealing fun by himself. ”

When clairvoyance is used as a skill or talent, it is manifested as an overall improvement of vision, including visual field, dynamic vision, and high-level clairvoyance can even see through the special effect of future vision or seeing through other people's thoughts.

Merlin has three highest-level clairies, one of the EX-level clairvoyants, the "Eye to See Through the World", which is manifested in the fact that he can see through everything of his time without going anywhere, and is also known as the "Eye of the Present".

According to a certain dead house who once also held EX clairvoyance, Merlin's eyes are like sitting at home browsing all the information circulating on the Internet called "World", and they are the most useless of the three EX-level clairvoyants.

Of course, when this dead house said this, he didn't know that Merlin was his spiritual sustenance Internet idol "Magical Beautiful Girl Melly" herself.

"Well, the more I think about it, the more possible. With that, Shinji began to look around, looking for the gaze that came from nowhere.

His strange behavior makes both Webber and Alice Phil nervous, with the former looking around like Shinji and the latter setting his sights on Wang, who has the closest relationship to Merlin.

“Saber。 ”

"Well, Merlin is indeed a man who can do such things, and has been punished by the knights for similar incidents many times before. But don't worry, Merlin can't leave the Ideal Village, and he can't affect the present world. ”

"What a wicked fellow, the Master of Assassin is right, an old rascal. Rider laughed, "Being able to tolerate people like that, Saber, you're not as boring as I thought, I'm getting more and more curious about your wishes." ”

After being led by Shinji, Rider finally brings the conversation back to Saber.

Saber's wish is her royal way, and it is her pride. She admits that Archer, Rider, and Assassin are fierce rivals, but their philosophies are far from her own.

Archer's words simply don't make sense. As for Rider and Assassin, she admits that both have the nobility of a martial artist, but that's just personal desire. Compared to them, Saber considers his wishes to be more noble.

The Knight King raised his head firmly and looked directly at the three kings, and spoke.

"My wish is to save my homeland, and I want to use the universal wishing machine to change the fate of the destruction of Britain.

Silence once again descended on the outdoor courtyard,

The reasons for silence are similar to those of a few minutes ago, but subtly different.

"Knight King, I can't have heard me wrong. ”

Rider was the first to speak, with a confused look on his face.

"You just said that you want to 'change your fate'? that is, you want to turn history upside down?"

"Yes, even if this wish cannot even be fulfilled by a miracle, but if the Holy Grail is truly omnipotent, it must be ......"

The scene cooled as Saber's firm words froze, Assassin sighed, and Rider and Archer looked disappointed.

"Saber, I'm sure that the nation called Britain perished in your time, in your reign. ”

"That's right, so I can't forgive myself. ”

Saber was a little angry at the trio's reaction, and his tone couldn't help but become impatient.

"That's why I regret it, and I want to change that ending! Because I caused that ending......"

There was a burst of laughter next to him.

It was a presumptuous, impudent, even vulgar laugh, which came from Archer's twisted mouth.

The unbearable humiliation tinged Saber's expression with anger. Archer trampled on the noblest realm of her soul.

“…… Archer, what's so funny about that?"

Archer completely ignored Saber's anger and laughed breathlessly, and said in a fit and start.

“…… Claiming to be king...... The King of the Nations...... How can this not make people laugh? Saber, you are the best clown!"

Archer laughed convulsively, unable to control herself. Rider, beside him, frowned, and looked at Saber with a look of displeasure on his face that he didn't usually see.

"Wait...... Wait, Knight King, do you want to deny the history you have created?"

Saber had never questioned her ideals, and she certainly didn't expect anyone to question her like that now.

"Exactly! what's there to be surprised about, what's so funny? Is there anything wrong with me being saddened that the country for which I raised my sword and gave my life for her perished?"

"There's nothing wrong with feeling sorry for the demise of your country, but-"

Skaha's sigh hadn't yet fallen, and Archer's laughter rang out again.

"Hey, did you hear her, Rider, this little girl who claims to be the Knight King...... How do you say, 'Die for your country'?"

Rider was still silent for a while, ignoring Archer, who was laughing maniacally, and the melancholy expression on his face became heavier and heavier. Rider's silence was just as humiliating to Saber as being ridiculed.

"What's so funny about this? Since he is a king, of course he should hope that the country he governs will prosper forever!"

"No, you're wrong. ”

Rider firmly and solemnly dismissed her words.

"It is not the king who sacrifices himself for the country, but the country and the people who give everything to the king, and it should never be the other way around. ”

"What do you say......"

The uncontrollable anger made Saber's voice hoarse.

"Isn't that a tyrant?"

"Exactly. Because we are tyrants, we are heroes. ”

Rider replied calmly with no change in his face.

"But Saber, if any king regrets the end of his rule, it's just a faint king, worse than a tyrant. ”

Unlike Archer, who constantly mocks Saber, Rider denies her fundamentally. Saber furrowed his eyebrows and retorted in a sharp tone:

"Isn't it the same for you, Iskandar...... The heir was killed, and the empire that had been worked so hard to build was finally split into four pieces. Don't you feel any regret for this ending, and if you have the chance to do it all over again, don't you think there is another way to save your country?"

"No, it won't. ”

Rider replied immediately, his chest held out, staring straight into the Knight King's serious eyes.

"If it was the king's decision or the way of life of the subjects who followed him eventually led to that end, then destruction was inevitable. The king will mourn and weep, but he will never regret it. ”

"How so?"

This stupidity is an insult to all who have created the epoch with this king. ”

Saber denied Rider's arrogant declaration.

"Only warriors will see destruction as glory, the people will not 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 thing?"

"This is the duty of a king!"

This time it was Saber's turn to say out loud.

"Right rule, right order, that's what all subjects expect. ”

"Are you the 'right' slave then?"

"That's okay, sacrifice for your ideals is worthy of being a king. ”

The young knight king said with his head bowed, without a trace of hesitation in his tone.

"The people pass the king of law and order. The king does not embody the kind of phantom that will disappear with the king, but something more sublime and eternal. ”

Looking at Saber, who was still determined, Rider shook his head as if he was pitying her.

"That's not the 'human' way of life at all. ”

"Of course not. As a king, he cannot expect the lifestyle of ordinary people. ”

In order to be a perfect monarch, in order to be the one who fulfills his ideals. The body renounces mortal nature and obtains immortality, and the soul renounces selfishness and becomes perfect. The life of the young girl Artoria ended the moment she pulled the sword of the Chosen King out of the rock, and she was a legend called the Undefeated, a hymn, and a phantom.

She had had pains and troubles, but she had pride that was far greater than that. Her uncompromising faith still gives him strength to support her sword-wielding hands.

"King of Conquest, a man like you who cares only about yourself will not understand. You who have become an overlord in order to satisfy your endless desires!"

Saber shouted as if he had slashed a fatal blow to his enemy.

Rider's eyes widened suddenly.

"The king who has no desires is not as good as an ornament!"

Rider let out a loud shout, the ferocity of his words making his already massive body look twice as big.

"Saber, you say, "Sacrifice for ideals." I see, you should be an incorruptible and immaculate saint in your lifetime, and your image must be noble and inviolable. But who would have a vision and a dream of such a path full of suffering? A saint can appease the people, but he will never be able to lead the people. Only by showing concrete desires and honoring the glory of the limit can we lead the people and lead the country!"

After pouring a glass of wine from his glass, Rider continued to correct.

"The so-called king is to have more desires than people, laughter is mader than people, anger is more fire than people, both clear and turbid, and more real than anyone else. It is precisely because of this that the courtiers will make the courtiers look up to and be fascinated by the king. It will be in the hearts of every people that the flame of longing will be ignited, 'I will also be king'. ”

"Such governance...... What justice is there?"

"There is no justice, there is no justice in the royal way, so there is no remorse. ”

Rider's words were so arbitrary that Saber shivered with rage.

What is the happiness of the people. On this basic idea, the gap between the two is too great.

On the one hand, there is a prayer for stability.

On the one hand, there is the desire for prosperity.

The king who hopes to pacify the troubled times and the king who sets off the troubled times himself, the two naturally cannot have the same philosophy.

Rider smiled fearlessly and continued.

"O king of knights, perhaps the banner of justice and ideals you held high saved your country and your subjects for a time. That must be a great cause that will make you famous in the legends. But you should also know what will happen to those who 'only know how to be saved'?"

"You... What do you say?"

Under dusk, the blood-stained hills.

The image passed through Saber's mind again.

"You always 'save' your subjects, but you don't 'guide' them. You have not shown the 'king's desires,' leaving behind your lost subjects, but you are just a man in a sacred posture, anxious to realize those small and beautiful ideals. So you're not a real king, just a little girl who is bound by the image of a king who doesn't live for herself, but for others. ”

"I ......"

She had a thousand words to refute, but every time she spoke, the scenery that had been seen from the hills of Kamran came back to life.

Mountains of corpses and rivers of blood. The lives that ended there were her courtiers, friends, and relatives.

Thinking about it, she had heard the prophecy when she pulled out the sword in the stone. Predicting that the future will be a sign of destruction, and I should have been mentally prepared for it.

But even if you have already attained enlightenment.

Once she saw that scene with her own eyes, she couldn't help but think about it in her heart, and she couldn't help but have the idea of praying.

A completely different possibility, capable of even overturning the magician's prophecy. She thought to herself if there was such a possibility.......

A dangerous imagination seemed to seep into the void in Saber's mind.

If you don't protect Britain as a savior, but ravage Britain as an overlord......

Troubled times will only be more chaotic because of the scourge of war. And it's not the royal way she reveresends. No matter what angle you stand, this is not the way the girl Arteria will choose.

But if he did do so, which side would be the real tragedy compared to that Kamran hill......

“……！”

Saber suddenly heard the sound of something falling to the ground, pulling her consciousness back from her inner entanglement.

When I looked back, I found Alice Phil slumped on the ground, trembling.