In a town near London, young Artoria went to the nearby river to fetch water, as usual.

Although Knight Ector was a wealthy knight who could afford to hire a servant, Artoria often volunteered to do daily chores such as feeding the horses or fetching water.

Artoria walked ahead, and behind him was a helpless Kai. Looking at the happy righteous brother in front of him, Kai only felt a little helpless.

If it weren't for the task of protecting his younger brother by his father, he would have gone to the town to see the beautiful big sister to relieve his tired heart after doing his daily practice on such a sunny day.

"Brother Kai, if you really don't want to accompany me to fetch water, quietly go to the town to see the beautiful big sister, and I won't tell your father-in-law."

Feeling the constant rush of resentment coming from behind her, Artoria turned around and made a suggestion purely out of Kai's thoughts.

Kai looked at the pure eyes that did not contain any clutter, and the other party's proposal was purely for his sake, so that he really couldn't continue to exude resentment.

"Phew, Altoris, I have to carry out my father's task well, although I am sure you will not denounce me, but there are many father's eyeliners in the town."

A little helpless, if it weren't for the fact that everyone in the town knew him, the son of Ector, and his father could have gotten the news of whether he had been to the town today, he would have left Artorius long ago.

You must know that this righteous brother of his is a superman who can easily cut the big tree as long as he takes a wooden sword, where does he need the protection of his righteous brother?

But......

Looking at Artoris, who was walking ahead, Kai had some doubts in his heart.

What do you think of Altoris, this guy is a girl, right? I don't know what my father and that white hair think, but they have always raised her as a boy.

The doubts flickered, and Kai put the matter behind him. Although he is still young, he has deeply understood the truth that he should not mess with himself and cannot afford to cause trouble.

As for why you want to say that you are realizing...... It all started when he asked his father about the gender of his brother-in-law.

It was an unbearable past, in short, that "kind education" from his father he didn't want to go through again.

"Brother Kai! Brother Kai! ”

Artoria's voice pulls Kai's mind back from the shadows of her childhood.

"What's the matter, Altoris? I've never seen you surprised like this. ”

Kay, who didn't care much, looked in the direction Artoria was pointing.

I saw that by the river, which I would only come to when I fetched water every day, there was a strange guy who was seriously injured and didn't know whether he was dead or alive lying on the ground.

Kai hesitated, he didn't know why this man was lying by the river and was injured, so he was wary and didn't dare to approach for a while.

"Brother Kai, what are you doing? Keep up! ”

While Kai was still hesitating, Artoria had already run over.

Hey, hey, hey! No way! Even if you are brave enough to do what is right, you have to pay attention to your own safety first, right?

Stunned as she looked at Artoria who had already run to the unconscious and crouched down beside her, Kai's mind was full of bad thoughts.

However, thinking of his father's order, Kai had no choice but to pick up a fairly sturdy branch from the ground and run to Artoria's side.

"Brother Kai! This man is very badly injured, we have to help him, you have to give me a hand, you come and put his things on and I will carry him home. ”

Before Kai could protest, a sword and hunting bow with a quiver full of arrows were thrown at Artoria.

hurriedly caught something, and was just about to stop his warm-hearted brother-in-law, but Kai had already found that the other party had already run out with someone on his shoulder.

"After all, I'm still too young to understand the sinister truth of people's hearts."

With a pat on the head, Kai, who had a headache, could only complain and catch up with Artoria's footsteps.

A gaze watched Artoria and Kai surreptitiously until they were gone, and the hidden man stepped out from behind a tree.

Artoria from the future looked at all this with complicated eyes, she didn't know whether her actions were right or wrong, but since things had been done, there was no room for regret.

"Well, Artoria, it looks like you've done something terrible again."

Behind the tree behind Artoria, the frivolous magician of flowers naturally greeted and walked out.

"Hmm! Merlin! ”

Just as being discovered after doing something bad caused everything to be revealed, Artoria looked a little flustered when she faced Merlin.

"Relax, relax, if the restrictions that Qi Wuce gave you didn't stop you from doing this, then don't worry, after all, the Qi Wuce I know is a great guy."

Merlin comforted Artoria, who was suddenly flustered, and it seemed that Artoria's mood relaxed a little because of the mention of Qi Wuce's relationship.

"Although you didn't tell me before, I still want to ask Merlin why you are worthy of your trust."

Artoria regained her composure and turned to Merlin to ask about Qi Wuru, who could only be said to be good comrades-in-arms when she was in the peculiar point of Rhode Island, and she didn't know anything about Qi Wubu.

In the face of Artoria's questions, Merlin did not hesitate to answer his own questions, after all, he was Artoria's teacher in this era.

Qi Wu Cesang's words...... If the holy spear you once held was the pillar of light that fixed the history of mankind on this planet, then Qi Wu Cesang is the watchman who keeps sprinkling nails on the weaving cloth of human history. ”

"Watchmen?"

Merlin's use of the term made Artoria even more curious.

"Actually, it's the conspirator who has been hiding behind the scenes, and once the history of mankind comes up at a certain point in time, a catastrophe that the human race alone can't deal with, that guy will appear in this world like a savior to prevent the catastrophe from happening."

Merlin neither belittled nor boasted about Qi Wuce, but truthfully told Artoria the truth.

"Is Mr. Qi Wuce actually such a great existence?!"

Thinking back to the kind but cunning old man on Rhode Island, Artoria couldn't believe Merlin's words for a moment.

"Great? Actually, it's not, Qi Wucesang is just because his wife hung up and became a heroic spirit when he was young, in order to prevent the wife who became a heroic spirit from being affected by the possible existence after the destruction of human history, this will stare at those guys who want to cover human history all year round. ”

Merlin's words once again refreshed Artoria's perception of the helplessness of alignment.

"Anyway, Artoria, you go to Avalon with me first, whatever you have to do, it will always be easier after figuring out the restrictions left by Qi Wu Cesan."

With that, Merlin opened the crossover door and led Artoria into it without saying a word.