"Lord Weigong, my king, just now Lancelot came to ask to see you, saying that there are 100,000 urgent matters."

Bedwell looked up and said very seriously.

"100,000 urgent? Is that what Lancelot said? ”

The girl asked, somewhat surprised.

"Exactly, my king." Bedwell's face was more formal, "Never since Lancelot joined Camelot has the adjective been used in such a serious way. And he insisted on seeing you immediately, so his subordinates had to come early in the morning to disturb you......"

"I see. Let him go to the council hall, and Shirou and I will go right away. ”

"Yes, my king."

Bedwell bowed to the standard knightly salute, then hurried back to deliver the order.

"Shirou wait for me, I'll go change back into my old clothes." The girl looked at me with an apologetic look in her eyes.

"Huh? There's nothing wrong with this body now. I scanned her up and down, and I didn't see anything wrong.

It's better to say that no matter what kind of clothes, you can be perfectly controlled by the girl in front of you.

- What a handy talent.

"That's not going to work." The girl shook her head slightly, "In front of others, I just need to be a fixed image." ”

“…… I won't see anything else but Shirou. ”

Then before I could say anything, the girl closed the door and shut me out.

"Whew...... No way. ”

In desperation, I could only stand outside the door and wait.

Ten minutes later.

Together with the girl who had changed into a blue dress again, I met Lancelot, who was anxiously waiting in the council chamber.

"My king, Lord Emiya."

When he saw us, Lancelot hurried up to meet us, and was about to salute.

"Don't be so restrained, my friend." The girl shook her head and raised her hand to interrupt, "If there is something urgent, please speak quickly." ”

"My king...... Unexpected trouble occurred. Lancelot lowered his voice.

"Over there...... in France Just now, the food delivery to Britain was suddenly and unilaterally stopped! Because his territory is in France, he learned the news for the first time. ”

"What!?"

The girl and I looked at each other, and our hearts sank.

At present, Britain's land production capacity has not been restored, and a large part of the essential food has to be transported by other countries.

Although neighbouring countries have also taken advantage of the opportunity to raise food prices, France has always been a very friendly partner.

Not only have the prices of their food not increased, but on the contrary they are only two-thirds of the normal market price.

It is for this reason that France has always been an important channel for Britain to import grain.

Now France is cutting off the food supply to Britain without warning, and if it cannot be solved, it will inevitably lead to a serious shortage of food rations for the people, and the consequences are unimaginable!

"Over there in France, have there been any anomalies lately?"

After a moment of silence, the girl asked slowly.

"I'm sorry my king, my subordinates didn't find ......out," Lancelot lowered his head guiltily in a tone, "It's all my subordinates' fault for not being able to anticipate France's movements and causing you so much trouble......"

Lancelot knew how much trouble France would cause to Britain.

As a knight, he naturally took the fault on himself for the first time.

"No, that's not Qing's responsibility." The girl shook her head and said, "It's my fault that I always habitually push things to Qing without asking in person." ”

"My king, please don't blame yourself!" When Lancelot heard this, his expression suddenly became anxious, "It's obviously a subordinate......

"Okay, stop for now, if you continue to push each other like this, I'm afraid that all Britons will starve to death."

Seeing that the conversation was about to develop in a strange direction again, I reluctantly interjected and interrupted.

"I'm sorry Shirou, but I was too humble, and I will definitely pay attention to correcting it in the future, and I ask you

The girl who was full of apologies and admitted her shortcomings, but showed no signs of change at all, bowed her head and said.

"Lord Weigong, please punish your subordinates, this matter has nothing to do with my king!"

Lancelot also showed a serious expression, looking like he had forgotten to die.

"Alas......"

I lowered my head and held my forehead.

It looks like these two guys are hopeless......

For the rest of the morning, all three of us sat together and had a serious discussion about why it happened.

Of course, there will be no substantive results, especially when the information and information available are extremely limited.

Soon, the discussion reached an impasse, and silence enveloped the council chamber.

"My king...... Although it is disrespectful to use malicious intent to speculate on others, subordinates feel that they ...... It is very likely that the other side has set up a conspiracy from a long time ago. ”

After a while, Lancelot hesitated.

"Go on." The girl said with a blank face.

“…… The reason why we in Britain and France have cooperated without any guilt is largely due to the friendly relations between the two countries that have existed for many years. Indeed, France has been very respectful to your king in the past twenty years, and even if it is not said that it is against your orders, it can be called a hundred and all kinds of obedience. ”

"But do you remember that back in the days of King Uther, France was my enemy of Britain? What's more, the high-quality and vast pastures of our Britain have always been the dream of the landlocked France, and in order to invade our territory, the French have invaded us several times in history! ”

“…… In other words, France provided Britain with a large amount of food by means of tenderness, so that we could win the trust of Britain and make us less wary of them. And in the long run, Britain will also become dependent on the grain of France, and once it leaves them, it will not be able to be independent, right? ”

I took Lancelot's words and slowly came to a conclusion that even felt heavy on myself.

“…… Exactly. ”

Lancelot nodded, bowed his head and said no more.

"Artoria, what do you think?"

I turned my head to look at the girl who was also silent.

"I ......"

The girl looked at me and hesitated to say something.

"My King'——!"

At this moment, an exceptionally loud shout came from outside the council hall.

In a hurry, I saw Bedwell walking in with a scroll of papers in his hand.

"My king, there is news from the French side."

"Well, let's read it."

The girl's fists clenched under the table, and then said in a calm voice.

"Yes, my king."

Bedwell's eyes scanned the chamber to make sure there was no one else but us before he unfolded the document and read it aloud.