Chapter 8: The Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven

I don't know where to start,

I don't know where it will end. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

The history of mankind that is run through the river of time!

Suffering and hardship have never been broken.

War.

Epidemic disease.

Famine.

Death.

A gallows called the Pain hangs a nettle-tanned rope.

The knight on the horse has not yet seen,

But the curse has already befallen the world.

So......

"All immortality is a deception, and the kingdom of heaven on earth has never existed......"

Icy nights, waking up from even colder sleep.

The girl sat up, rolled up the quilt, and curled up at the head of the bed, shivering.

"Did you have a nightmare? Ayaka?"

Her servent was the first to appear, kneeling on one knee on the bed and leaning forward, touching the forehead of the yarn strip with her hand.

It's a little wet, that's a cold sweat.

“saber…… Are you still there. ”

"It seems so...... Peace of mind, I'm still here, don't be afraid. ”

Instead of wearing that armor, he changed into casual clothes that Yarn had bought for him. The girl with long blond hair tied into a ponytail hugged each other so softly, and then pressed her forehead against each other's foreheads.

"Take it easy~ Take it easy~ Everything will be fine. ”

“…… Is that the case? ”

Of course, this was the promise of the king of Jerusalem. ”

However, she didn't know what Mika saw.

“……”

That's the life of a girl.

A life of holding a sword and galloping on the battlefield.

She did not have any privileges because she was a woman, and the King of the Iron Mask was never treated gently by anyone. No, it's not so much that no one knows that the king is a woman, right?

Compared to King Arthur, who also tried to hide his gender on this plane, the girl did it more thoroughly.

In order to make her voice more like a man, she hurt her own throat, and in order not to show physical signs, she put on an iron mask and iron armor.

Wang was a leper.

Under such legends, the maiden was given a painful privilege.

And then, in such a situation. She rose up in the kingdom's most perilous moment to save the kingdom of suffering.

Saladin, Muslim, Crescent.

Standing in her way stood the strongest king, the most ruthless enemy, and the fiercest heathen of her time.

Theoretically, you can't win.

But behind the maiden is the Lord.

In this way, she drew her sword and led the knights, one by one, in groups to slay the enemy like a flock of sheep.

In Mongisa, people follow in her footsteps, forward, forward, forward.

As a result, when there was no more enemy in front of them, victory was a matter of course.

But......

"Now, Saber, you're tired of being a girl, aren't you?"

In fact, Mika also thought about it somewhat, as the inheritor of her father, if she was a boy, I am afraid it would be much better.

However, if you compare what you are facing with the other person, it becomes worthless again.

"Well, that's bad. ”

Answering the master's inexplicable question, Saber's hand didn't stop.

Gently picked up Mika's body, put her back on the bed, and covered her with the quilt. After wiping the sweat from the girl's forehead with her hands, seeing that Mika didn't mean to sleep immediately, she moved a chair to the side of the bed, sat on it, looked at Mika, and talked to her.

"Don't you want to be a boy?"

"I've thought about it. ”

"Huh, huh?"

"Of course, it's not worth making such a surprised face...... After all, if my country is at war again, if it were a boy, it should be better than then, right?"

It was an expression that was too taken for granted, and it was difficult for Ika, who was a modern person, to accept. But just as she was about to say something, Saber, who already knew what she was trying to say, laughed first and interrupted her.

"It wouldn't be seeing my past, would it? ”

In that dream, in the experience that supported her heroic name...... There must have been too many deaths.

Fallen humans, severed human beings, human beings with disembodied abdomen.

No amount of detail can describe the bloody death of human beings who fell to the ground, fat and internal organs flowed all over the ground.

Dead humans.

And as long as you see such a corpse, even the most cold and numb people will feel their death, and then the disgust for death will arise.

There is no way to do it, the fear that we must accept as human beings is the burden that we have to bear as a large collective, as a species—they often do not evolve themselves in order to make life better, but to better protect themselves and better kill their enemies.

And in order to do that, to comprehend death is the one thing that has to be done.

As long as they still consider themselves human.

"But it's okay, I didn't throw up......"

I can only say that fortunately it is a dream, not a more intuitive expression.

"Never again!"

"Hehe, that's right, it's a dream after all. ”

The king of Jerusalem just smiled, leaned back in his chair, and quietly looked at the incense.

Until the other party finally asked, "Now, what is Saber's wish?"

"Ah, what is it?"

To be honest, the girl herself doesn't know very well.

To be honest, although I responded to the invitation of the Holy Grail and came to this world. But for her life, the girl has neither regrets nor attachments.

Since he has worked hard without regret in his life, then after death, sleeping for a long time is the only mission he should fulfill.

That's what she thought.

I've been planning to do that all along.

However, such a self is sitting here again.

Why is that?

"Isn't that clear?"

"Well, I don't know. ”

Because this world is not a world that can be understood in the first place.

In the darkness, the girl smiled.

"That's ......"

"What about you, Xiangxiang, do you have any wishes that must be fulfilled?"

"I don't know. ”

"Haha, isn't that just right?"

If it were a different combination, this answer would be considered perfunctory and concealed, right? But the two girls here are different.

"Anyway, that kind of thing, just think about it again after you get the Holy Grail. ”

"Hmm. ”

Mika calmed down a little and was ready to continue sleeping. Baldwin also said goodnight and stood up, ready to be spiritualized.

— but at this moment.

“——？”

The king of Jerusalem sensed some kind of ominousness.

"This feeling is ......"

Creepy, ominous rising from the spine.

One of the threats he faced during his reign.

Assasin.

“…… yes, it's not right, isn't it?"

Laughing, very relaxed.

Then the king drew his sword.

“saber——”

"—Don't move"

In the next moment, less than half a second in the gap. Silvery arcs of light sent a storm through the small room.

Baldwin's body was covered in armor, and the sword swept through the sky above the incense.

- Two throwing knives that appeared out of thin air were swept aside, shattered into pieces with the activation and explosion of metal intersecting.

Then, amid the exclamation of Akika, Baldwin stepped forward and smashed the wall with a sharp sword.

Boom –

Half of the walls and half of the small rooms were in ruins with a loud explosion.

Dirt and stone mixed with steel bars erupted violently, as if half of the room had been turned into an anti-infantry steel ball.

The Assassin who fired the knife covered his cheeks with his hands in shock, his entire body still barely able to break away from the wall - he was half exposed, embedded in the largest stone brick, and holding a short knife in his hand. He looked like he was preparing to make a surprise attack, but he didn't expect Baldwin to launch such an attack so simply.

"-Hey!"

But that's not all.

Seizing the gap in the enemy's movement, Baldwin caught up, swinging his broadsword in a sleek, white slash in the night.

Assasin tried to sneak back into the clods of dirt - but too slowly.

Before he could do it, Saber's sword arrived first.

Cutting off the weapon, slicing through the body, although his expression could not be seen through the mask, Baldwin did not think it was anything to look at.

"Fake?"

But no blood splattered out.

The assasin, which had been cut in two, only turned into black silt, and fell into a soft ball.

Saber immediately stopped, then followed his instincts and slashed back.

A clangling voice and a slight force feedback came from behind her—and she immediately understood that this time it was real—or close to it.

"Interesting technology—"

If the purpose is to kill Assasin, Saber has more than five options at the moment, and the least consumed one only takes two seconds.

However, considering the identity of the opponent, you can't use any of them.

"Stand out!"

Following her instincts and experience, Saber's entire body sprang into action like a whirlwind, and she bounced away the 'thing' behind her with great force, and the boots that slammed on the ground gave the girl the propulsion to fly backwards.

The knife that appeared out of thin air was about to stab the incense who rolled out of bed, and then it blew the things away with a burst of magic that didn't hurt the master.

- Although there have been so many battles, in reality, only two seconds have passed since Saber put on his armor.

“saber！”

"Are you alright?"

The gauze, who was still in her pajamas, reacted and spoke anxiously, but Baldwin didn't look back at her.

Glancing at the courtyard that had been revealed in front of him as the room had been partially demolished, the Girl King slowly surveyed the possible location of any Assassin.

"Come out, or are you going to continue?"

No response.

But it's also a matter of course.

Even if the sneak attack has failed, the Assassin who will appear in front of the enemy's eyes is still an idiot.

- because the sneak attack failed to come out to meet you and brag about the enemy - it's always idiots and boss-like idiots who will do this.

"Has the enemy retreated?"

“…… Well. ”

Then, after a few minutes of stalemate, the pressure of the assassin slowly subsided.

Saber then lowered his sword, turned his head, and smiled apologetically.

"I'm sorry, Ika, I couldn't keep him. ”

But the girl just shook her head as she trembled. Then, he grabbed Saber's cuffs.

“？”

"The house was ruined......

“…… Ah......h

The sudden appearance of the situation, which was mentioned, and could not be solved immediately even if it was as great as a king, made the girl who was still thinking of comforting lines stunned directly in place.

Then the next moment she hugged her, and the sudden crying of the incense made her even more hurried.

"Uh......h I'm so scared, I'm going to sleep with Saber......"

"Wait, wait!?"

Things seem to be getting a little troublesome.

In every sense of the word.