Following the guidance of memory, Artoria soon arrived at the residence of Ektor.

A few houses sit on a flat piece of land, not too luxurious, but they can also be called manors, with stables, farms, and servants.

Although he did not have a castle, he was once a famous knight, and he was very wealthy.

Artoria walked towards the manor, and soon a man from the manor came up to her to ask her what she was looking for.

"Hello, noble knight, what are you doing at Sir Actor's quarters?"

After being stopped, Artoria only slowly spoke to her subordinates: "I am a knight from afar, and I have passed through this place on my journey, and I happened to visit Sir Ektor, and I also asked to stay here for a few days. ”

"Well, come with me, and I'll take you to Sir Actor."

Seeing that Artoria was well-dressed and polite, the servants did not suspect that remarks for a moment.

"Sir Actor, a knight who claims to have traveled from afar wants to visit you."

Ector, who was talking to Merlin, heard the report from his subordinates.

"Lord Merlin, a distant knight wants to visit me, so I'll have to leave for a while."

A knight from afar? Merlin, who felt a little puzzled, subconsciously opened his clairvoyance and looked towards the living room.

The figure in the living room seemed to be covered in a layer of fog that could not be seen in any way, and this strange situation managed to attract Merlin's attention.

"No, Sir Actor I'll go with you to the parlour, and I'd like to see a knight from afar."

"Alright, let's go together." For Merlin's proposal, Actor did not refuse.

Although Lord Merlin sent Artoria here secretly, given His Excellency's unreliable style, he could not guarantee that Artoria would not be targeted.

In addition, it had been a long time since anyone had visited him except Merlin, and the sudden appearance of a knight of unknown origin at this time was really unbelievable.

After returning to the room, pinning the sword hanging on the wall to his waist and taking precautions, Actor led Merlin to the parlor.

Arriving in the parlor, Merlin and Actor saw the man who was short in armor and claimed to be a knight.

"Hello, knight from afar, may I ask ......"

Before Ektor could finish asking, Merlin raised his hand to interrupt him.

"Only the people of House Pendragon can harness dragons, who are you?"

Looking at the person hidden under the hood of the armor, Merlin asked cautiously, the aura of the dragon's power was so strong that he had to be careful that the other party was someone from Vantigen.

"Merlin, it's been a long time."

Artoria took off the scabbard Avalon and Excalibur, which had been on her back, and showed Merlin a look, then put it back on her back

Merlin, who realized that something was starting to be wrong, finally became serious.

"I'm sorry, Lord Ector, I may have to talk to this knight alone for a while."

"Alright, Lord Merlin, please take care of yourself."

With that, Ektor left the parlor.

casually cast a soundproof barrier, and the next conversation Merlin didn't want to be heard by others.

"Take off your hood and let me see who you really are."

Following Merlin's words, Artoria took off her hood.

“…………”

“…………”

Looking at each other, there was a strange atmosphere in the living room.

"I've rarely seen Merlin, and you'd be surprised to look like that."

Artoria smiled, and she was especially happy to be reunited with her old friend.

"Artoria, I can't imagine that it will be you from the future."

It didn't take long for Merlin to regain his composure. Whatever the reason, the future Artoria has gone back in time, and it's something that can't be changed.

However, a lot of troubles will follow, such as if King Arthur, who has a non-human life, unifies Britain, and then launches an attack on land to unify the world in order to expand.

The human base will be consumed in a lot of internal wars, and finally usher in a bad end under the purge of a different god or Gaia, which makes people's scalps tingle just thinking about it.

At that time, it is not impossible that the entire timeline will be considered a cut and completely revised.

"Merlin? Merlin? ”

Artoria's cry brought Merlin, who had fallen into a futuristic illusion, back to his senses.

"Ahh Artoria, so how the hell did you get back to this era......"

Worried about the future, Merlin asked the question worriedly.

…………

"Then, with the enthusiastic help of Mr. Qi Wuce, I returned to this era through the Holy Grail."

With a lot of words, Artoria explained to Merlin the ins and outs of her return to the era from the future.

"Oh, it turned out to be Qi Wucesang, so there shouldn't be any need to worry about it."

"Worried? What worries? Merlin, do you know Mr. Qi Wuce? ”

What Merlin said aroused Artoria's curiosity.

"Hmm...... Let's not talk about those things yet, Artoria, please take out the excalibur and stab me with a sword. ”

To prove his suspicion, Merlin makes an inexplicable-sounding request to Artoria.

Boom!

The holy sword was unsheathed and stabbed straight at Merlin.

However, the imaginary scene of blood splattering did not appear, and Artoria was surprised to find that the holy sword in her hand actually pierced Merlin's body like a phantom.

"What the hell is this...... What's going on? ”

Now it was Artoria's turn to be uneasy.

"It should be the restriction that Qi Wuce Sang left on you, after all, traveling through time and space can cause a big mess if you are not careful.

Especially for a particularly influential figure like Artoria, if you accidentally go the wrong way, the entire timeline will be corrected and erased. ”

So Merlin spent a short time explaining to Artoria what it meant to cut things.

"In short, the cutting of events is the universe's choice to erase the world that is fixed in the future without more divergences in order to seek a more likely future."

“……”

After listening to Merlin's words, Artoria chose to remain silent, and her original idea of changing the future was extinguished.

King Arthur was a benevolent benefactor after all, and she could not have dragged the whole world into the water for her own selfish desires.

Witnessing Artoria's low voice, Merlin softened his mouth for a moment and said, "Although my words sound a little terrifying, Artoria, as long as you don't want to unify the world, there should be no problem. ”

Merlin knew in his heart that the only person who could make Britain rule the world in this era was Artoria, so if he wanted the era not to go violent, he just had to stabilize Artoria.

"What about the eventual and inevitable end of Britain? Can I do this kind of thing? ”

In the end, Artoria did not give up hope and asked Merlin one final question.