…… Mordred?!

The girl and I couldn't help but look at each other, and we both saw a deep shock in each other's eyes.

"Wait......! I ......"

The girl, who was in a hurry to argue, was pulled by me and stopped talking.

Because I realized that this was a great opportunity.

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"Hmph, why don't you speak? I can't fit it! When the man saw that the girl no longer spoke, he thought that the girl had been asked by him, and his attitude became arrogant.

"My king...... This ......" The knight behind the girl did not react for a moment.

Seeing this, I quietly gave the knight a look and motioned for the knight to be calm.

So the knight remained silent on the surface.

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"Ladies and gentlemen, there is no need to doubt it. The man who claims to be the Knight King is the 'Knight of Rebellion' - Mordred! ”

Turning to face the crowd whose expressions had become incomparably brighter, the man announced loudly.

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"What?! How is this possible! ”

"No, are you mistaken?"

"You're crazy, Mordred has already died with the Knight King in Kamran, how can you be here?!"

Not surprisingly, there was an uproar in the crowd.

Whatever the truth, this statement is incredible!

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"You say Mordred can't be here, so why is the Knight King here?"

With a hint of disdain, the man asked rhetorically without thinking.

“……”

There was a sudden silence.

yes, why did the rumored dead Knight King appear here?

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"Quite simply, everyone has been deceived by rumors. The outcome of the battle of Kamran is definitely not what we know so far! Mordred and the Knight King may not really die in battle! And the reason why I dare to assert that this man is Mordred is simpler. ”

Hearing him say this, the eyes of the audience focused on him.

People didn't dare to take a breath for fear of missing the key content.

At the moment, the field was eerily quiet.

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"First of all, do you believe that the Knight King, who has ruled Britain for twenty years, will be such a little girl who has obviously not grown up? If this is the case, then the Knight King has been commanding the army since five or six years before he was born. Do you think that's the slightest possibility?! ”

As he spoke passionately, the speaker unconcernedly pointed his fingers at the girl's body.

The knight behind the girl trembled with rage, and it took a lot of effort to hold back the urge to draw his sword.

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"Ah...... That's right. How I didn't think of it! ”

"I'm scared to death, the momentum on this girl's body is really scary, it makes people ignore her age at all!"

"I thought it was the Knight King who came, cut ......"

For a while, people showed a look of sudden realization, and when they looked at the girl again, they were a little more presumptuous.

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"So...... Your Excellency, how did you find out that her true identity was Mordred? A voice asked.

"That's a good question! Nothing in the world can escape my discerning eyes! Seeing that he was surrounded by the stars and the moon in the center, the speaker was also fluttering, "That girl is a holy sword envoy, yes, but when you look at the holy sword she holds, do you have any impression?" ”

Hear the words. People looked at the sword in the girl's hand.

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“……！ It was the sword Mordred had always held, called "The Sword of the King of Radiance"! I see, I get it all! A British face exclaimed in the crowd.

"Yes, exactly." The speaker looked aware of everything, "For knights, weapons are life, the source of glory. A knight may be able to disguise himself as another person, but his weapons will never change! Otherwise, he would lose his fundamental meaning as a knight! ”

And Mordred's reason for disguising herself as a knight king is also very easy to understand. The brother you just spoke, you look like you're from British. Can you describe to us what is your greatest wish for Mordred? The speaker's palms were upward, spread out to the British face.

Mordred...... Greatest wishes...... It is to be approved by our king. The man glanced at the standing maiden, hesitated, and said, "No matter how harsh and excessively commanded, Mordred will carry it out without complaint, and do it better than anyone else." But for some reason, my king always disliked her. I heard that even in the round table, she was always allowed to sit at the bottom of the table. ”

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"Artoria, is this true?" I looked back at the girl and asked in a whisper that only a few of us could hear.

However, the girl was silent, as if she had not heard my words.

"Einomiya-sama...... We'll talk about that later, anyway...... It's not appropriate to talk about it here......" Lancelot kept glancing at me as he carefully observed the girl's expression.

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"The reason is simple," the speaker said, "Mordred's true identity is the illegitimate son of the Knight King and his own sister Morgan. For the Knight King, no matter how hard Mordred tried, it could not change the fact that he was a filthy man. ”

Hearing this, people's eyes widened.

It's right to think that this open secret, which was widely known to later generations, is still a top secret matter in this era.

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"No...... No, I definitely don't ......" The lips of the girl beside me trembled, and she didn't know what she was repeating.

I don't know anything about the real situation, but all I can do is to hug the girl's body deep in my arms and use my body to warm her as much as possible.

Lancelot looked at the girl in my arms with complicated eyes.

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"Although the Knight King could never accept Mordred, Mordred revered her father immensely. If Mordred wants to be the one most, it must be her father! That's all Mordred has spent her life pursuing. The speaker shook his head and continued, "Mordred regards all unfair treatment as a test for her by the Knight King, and naively thinks that if she can persevere, the Knight King will one day pass the throne to her...... She aspires to be the only legitimate heir to the Knight King and take on the mission of being the king of a country. It's a pity...... In the end, the Knight King did not change his mind, and the two finally faced each other in Kamran. ”

"It's not...... No...... No, I definitely don't want to......" As the girl screamed in pain, I visibly felt the placket on my chest become moist and hot.

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The face buried deep in my arms must have been in tears.

Slowly rubbing the golden sand-like hair in my palm, I couldn't help but sigh.

The more glorious the knights, the more their hearts are full of struggle and helplessness......

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"Taking 10,000 steps back, the age of fifteen or sixteen years old is exactly the same as the year Mordred was born, and it is completely normal for the illegitimate son of the Knight King to have the same face as the Knight King. Don't doubt it, she's Mordred! ”

The last sentence came out, and the speaker ended his speech in a categorical tone.