Chapter Ninety-Six: A Distant Prayer
In the morning, Wei Gong Residence
On a winter morning, the sun is shining. Between the atrium, which was full of the smell of the day, a young girl stood there, her face full of confusion that was diametrically opposed to the bright sun.
"Saber......" Kamiya gently walked behind the girl.
“Mas…… ......" Saber bowed his head wordlessly when he saw the boy.
"Are you still struggling with the Holy Grail thing?" The boy asked knowingly.
".................................," but the girl did not answer.
"It's my fault, we've been fighting together until now, and I haven't heard you say anything about your wishes~~~~~" Kamiya pulled Saber to sit under the eaves of the cloister. The latter, however, only follows mechanically.
"It's useless...... It's no longer possible......" Saber twisted his head.
"Although it is natural that absolute evil is destroyed...... But...... Sure enough, I was deceived......"
"So, what is your wish?" Kamiya offered a shameless question.
"I .................." Saber was also asked to lose his temper, looking at Kamiya's expression full of interest and shaking the spell in his hand intentionally or unintentionally, he finally decided to say it helplessly.
"I want to use the Holy Grail...... Use that almighty wish machine to undo one of my choices. To correct my mistakes and change the fate of Britain...... I want to get my hands on the Holy Grail. ”
"I didn't live up to my dreams...... I shouldn't be a king......" Saber said, bowing his head.
"King Arthur shouldn't be king......" Kamiya looked at Saber with some shock.
"Yes!" Saber affirmed his judgment to the boy in righteous words.
"Who, then, should be king? My dear Highness Artelius Antemius~~~~~ "Kamiya tilted his head and looked at Saber.
"Uh.................." the girl muttered.
"Let's analyze the situation first~~~~~~~ Kamiya didn't give Saber the slightest chance to react.
"Britain at that time should have been in a mixed stage of Roman-Celtic culture. With the retreat of the Roman legions to Gaul in 407 AD, abandoning the citizens of the British Isles, the British Isles entered a dark age that lasted for centuries, during which no documentation remained. Since the disappearance of Roman rule, the Romanized British culture has remained in place for about four hundred years despite the ruthless invasions and migrations of barbarians. The Celts came from northern Upper Britain and Ireland. The Saxons and Angles came from Germania, the Friedans from present-day Netherlands, and the Jutes from present-day Denmark. Kamiya cleared his throat.
"With the semi-Romanized Celtic tribesmen, I don't think anyone other than you can defend against these powerful enemies, after all, your people have been Romanized, and they who have lost their wildness are certainly no match for Judt's group of Norse tomahawk warriors."
"Then you can only rely on the same discipline as the Roman legions, but unfortunately, this group of semi-Roman Celtic tribesmen is only semi-romanized, and they don't have the discipline of the Roman legions, they still wield two-handed giant swords and Nordic axe soldiers one-on-one, but the parents who were smashed by someone's axe don't know each other~~~~~~" Kamiya shook the holy sword in his hand that turned into a two-handed sword, indicating that this thing was not the opponent of the tomahawk.
"And at this time on the European continent, your homeland, Stirrico of the Western Roman Empire was framed and killed, and the king of the Visigothic Tararic succeeded in beating Rome three times, and this king who knew how to smash and loot looted Rome for three days, which brought a heavy blow to the empire. At the same time, the Vandal leader Geseric attacked from Spain in 429 and captured Carthage in 435. Finally, in 444, Aetius of the Western Roman Empire and Attila of the Huns broke out in the Battle of Chalon, and both sides were almost a million troops counting their allies, and naturally no one cared about Britannia, a small place in the poor countryside. ”
"After Emperor Valentinian listened to the rumors and killed Aetius, after which no one cleaned up the mess for the Western Roman Empire, and in 455 Vandal-Gaiseric of the Kingdom of Alan sent troops from Carthage to Rome, and finally broke the city, and 556 years ago, Rome broke the shame of Carthage."
"Master......" Saber wanted to say something.
"In this era of heroes, with the foundation of Britain, what can you change by changing a choice? Will the next king do better than Princess Artorius? If the answer is no...... So what else can you change. ”
"But...... I ......" Saber seemed to return to the barbaric and bloody past, and saw the people slaughtered by the Nordic tomahawk again, and the girl's tears finally fell like beads with broken threads.
"In front of you is the famous Roman general Belisarius who outwitted the Ostrogoth, and behind you is Charlemagne who almost unified Western Europe again, believe me, you have done your best, in Britain, no one can do it better than you, Lancelot Mordred and them, they are not as good as you~~~~~~~" At this moment, Kamiya held Altorius in his arms like a brother and patted her shoulder gently.
"The end of an era is due to many reasons, and it is by no means a choice that can be changed." Holding Artorius, Kamiya whispered to her.
"The ...... of an era Ending ......" Altorius faced Kamiya and wiped away his tears.
"Well, the end of an era is often accompanied by a lot of helplessness and sighs, and it's not just you who want to change. In the end, however, no one was able to change. It is precisely because of this that it can be called history, a history that has no ifs at all, a history that cannot be repeated at all. ”
"History...... The times ......" Saber, whose eyes were full of tears, seemed to smell the vicissitudes and heaviness contained in these two words.
"So you have to live, live in this Holy Grail War, and use your own life to write your own history in this era ~~~~" Kamiya looked into Saber's eyes with a determined gaze.
"Promise me."
"I ......"
"Promise me!"
“…… Be. ”
Saber hesitated, then nodded heavily.
"This is your ~~~~~ invincible Princess Artelius Antemium~~~~~~~" Kamiya stood up as he caressed Saber's shoulders and looked at his servant lovingly.
"Huh?" Looking at Saber in front of him, Kamiya was suddenly stunned.
"How...... What's wrong? Master? Saber looked at Kamiya in confusion.
"Wait a minute~~~~~ "Kamiya ran back into the house with a smoke.
"Wow~~~~" At this moment, Rin opened the door and should have come out to go to the toilet.
"Good afternoon~~~~Sa............ Eh, eh, eh, ~~~~~~~~~~," Rin exclaimed in surprise.
"What's wrong? Rin? Saber was confused, Master was too, and now Rin is too.
"You...... Your armor ......" Rin turned around and went back to the room and took out the vanity mirror.
Saber took the vanity mirror, and when he took a photo, he realized that the armor style on his body had completely changed.
The plate armor on the upper body has become golden yellow, the front chest is very obviously printed with the SPQR Roman Imperial Eagle logo, the lower skirt armor has become shorter, the original long skirt is now of moderate length, and the armor pieces have also changed from both sides to full coverage, Saber's slender thighs finally asked for the restraint of the skirt, and under the background of the armor boots and leggings chain mail, there is a contradictory beauty of restraint and exposure.
"The whole body is shining gold...... The inner fabric also turned red...... How do you have the feeling of assimilating with that golden pickup......" Rin held a small face, thinking as she examined it.
"I'm back~~~~~~" Kamiya ran over holding a mirror that he found in the toilet for nowhere.
"Ahh~~~~~~~~~~h
"What strange settings did you ~~~~ add to Saber?" Rin tilted her head and asked Kamiya.
"No~~~~ No~~~~~" Kamiya smiled mysteriously.
"Long skirts have become short skirts...... What a gentleman......" Rin covered her face and walked to the toilet with a faint look on her face.