139 Fate, wonderful (4900 words)
After leaving the dormitory, Larry left the royal city against the flow of people, and this time there was a feeling of going up the mountain, commonly known as easy to go up the mountain, difficult to go down, easy to enter the city and difficult to get out of the city.
Finally squeezed out of the flow of people, the royal city was basically crowded with people, and the relative urban area was much empty, the black dragon in the sky didn't know what its target was, and the golden dragon pupils didn't seem to care about the people in the royal city, but glanced around the city a little strangely.
Is it looking for something?
Larry couldn't help but think like this, but to be honest, this has nothing to do with him, and the top priority is to find Lily first, but then again, what is Lily doing outside when she is not in the royal city?
Or where will Lily go if she leaves the royal city? This is a more brain-consuming thing, in the previous contact with Lily, Larry has never heard of where she is going, so it is still more troublesome to find someone in this situation.
Larry simply climbed to the top of the house with the help of enhanced magic, looking down on the entire city.
At this time, Larry has the illusion of becoming a member of the Brotherhood, and may see a haystack below and have the urge to fly and jump.
Now Camelot except for the large number of people gathered in the royal city, the people in other urban areas have become quite scarce, and even if there is, they are all close to the royal city, and if there is an exception, it is probably only in the direction of the monastery.
Although it is not clear what Lily left the royal city for, but according to Lily's thinking circuit, there are still traces to follow, in terms of her character, it is nothing more than to see the suffering people in the city, and Larry really can't think of any possibility.
If Lily hadn't followed the flow back to the royal city, it probably looked like she would have been in that monastery for now.
As an organization of Christianity, although the monastery itself is actually a college for training priests or nuns, in today's terms, it is actually similar to a seminary, but according to the doctrine of Christianity itself, the two parts of love for God and love for others are equal, so in this crisis, the monks of the monastery still selflessly opened the door and included the refugees in the monastery to provide them with shelter.
It can be said that in addition to the royal city, the only place that can accommodate the displaced people is the monastery.
If it was in line with Lily's current personality, it was very likely that she would have visited the people there in the abbey, or that it was Lily who gave food to the refugees when she came back from Ireland before, so it was still very likely that she would do so.
Once he had set his goal, Larry headed in the direction of the Abbey, his magic-enhanced physique allowed him to move between the city with ease and stress, and although the blade and scabbard on his back made him look very conspicuous, at this time, there was basically no one who would stop to look at him.
However, as she got closer, Larry realized that the current abbey didn't seem to be so peaceful.
Before, on the rooftop, he could only see people moving around the monastery, and when he got closer, he realized that it was not a refugee wanderer, but an elite armed knight, with heavy armor and majestic white horses, and about twenty knights surrounded the monastery.
It looked like something special was going on inside the monastery.
Behind the knights, some of the nuns dressed in black were looking nervously at the monastery, and a little farther away, many refugees gathered there, looking at the monastery as well.
As for the knights who were in front of the gates of the monastery, they stopped after entering the walls of the monastery.
"Kaiqing?" Larry squeezed through the crowd and came to the back of the knights, a little unexpectedly Kai would be here.
In this way, Bediwell seems to have said that Kaiqing was arranged by the king to deal with the two Greek heroes who broke into the city, right? So, are the two Greek heroes in this monastery?
Hearing someone call him, Kai also slowly turned around.
"Huh? Larry Charmis, why are you here? Similarly, Kai is curious about Larry's arrival, and the Knights of the Round Table know that Larry must have left Camelot, but they don't expect him to return at this time.
"But now is not the time to talk about that, you should wait a while." However, Kay seems to be more concerned about the situation inside the monastery than Larry's arrival.
Larry didn't say much, just looked at the monastery, trying to find a clue in it.
However, despite the stained glass used in the monastery itself, the contents of the convent are obscured, and even the floor-to-ceiling doors and windows do not reveal anything about the inside of the monastery.
"What the hell is going on?" Larry secretly asked a question like a nun on the side.
The nun glanced at Larry, since she was the one who could talk to Kai, she probably wouldn't be a problematic person.
"That's right, sir, we originally planned to organize the people in the vicinity to take refuge in the monastery, as you know, although the knights said that everyone should take refuge in the royal city, but this is still far away from the royal city, and there are some elderly people and children nearby, they can't run fast, if they mix in the flow of people, it is easy to get out of danger."
In this situation, I don't think anyone cares if they step on someone else.
"Later, two men rushed to the monastery and drove us out, leaving only the old man and the child inside, and I didn't know what they wanted to do, so I met Kaiqing to patrol, and after we told him about the situation, Kaiqing led the knights to surround this place, and this is what happened now."
"That's the case....." Larry touched his chin, but he still couldn't quite understand what kind of operation it was to drive people out, and he also picked adults to drive them away, although this was quite in line with Atalanta's own setting, but no matter how he thought about it, Larry didn't think it was reasonable.
Indeed, in Atalanta's own setting, her desire is to help the children, but it would be too radical to drive out the people who had taken refuge in the convent because of this.
This is also a big reason why a magical Miss Ritameow lost her fans, because she was too obsessed with something and the excesses that occurred, no matter what kind of impact this behavior caused, it would always be boring.
As for the other person who was traveling with her, although it was hard to say who it was, Larry had a rough idea in her mind.
Kai slowly raised the blade in his hand and said loudly: "Greeks, get out of it quickly, the knights have surrounded this place, if you are captured, I guarantee you in the glory of the Knights of the Round Table, you will be treated as prisoners of war normally, and will not be mistreated." ”
This passage from Kay reminds Larry once again of the notion that Knights of the Round Table are not simple characters.
This is actually a very simple judgment, judging from the fact that the other party can break through the walls of Camelot and enter the city with two people, their strength must be extraordinary, and it is not too much to say that they are heroes, people with this kind of strength will not be fools after all, and they must have a certain purpose in entering the city.
But they didn't go to the royal city, but to this monastery, which means that they should not have come for treasure or anything like that.
If that's the case, there's no need to fight hard, after all, the other side is also a hero with good strength, and it's not a good thing to have a large-scale battle here when the French army is approaching.
In Europe, and even in the Middle Ages, there was a popular custom of the prisoner of war ransom trade, usually the warring armies of the two countries, after capturing the local head, unless there is a deep hatred, they will tie up the enemy, raise them, and negotiate with the enemy army when necessary to get a ransom in exchange for the prisoner.
It's also an unwritten habit, and it may be due to the influence of Christianity, but in any case, the number of prisoners of war in this part of Europe tends to be very high, if not to the death.
The so-called normal treatment of prisoners of war, that is to say, Britain will not mistreat the heroes of Greece, the best case is to take away their weapons, the software is in the dungeon, but the meals will still be provided as usual, in general, being a prisoner of war in Europe is generally not too miserable, and there are even broad-hearted knights who will invite prisoners of war to eat together.
The most important thing is that there are still children and old people in the monastery, basically this situation, it is very likely that the other party is taking the child as a hostage, so in fact, they have no problem driving the adults out, after all, a group of children as hostages, it is much easier to deal with than a group of adults who will want to crook their brains.
Only Larry knew that Atalanta's words would never take children as hostages.
And with Atalanta's character, Kai's statement probably won't get a response.
With a "boom", the bell tower at the top of the monastery fired a swift arrow, precisely fixed in front of Kai's horse, an arrow full of warning, and the female voice spread through the air.
"It's useless to talk too much, British knights, I'm only here to prevent the French coalition from affecting these children, I don't have any idea about you, you better think about how to deal with the army outside."
These words made the besieging knights a little irritated, even the Knight of the Round Table, Kai.
"Are you kidding?"
This sounds like "I'm just here to protect these children, I won't sneak up on you, let's leave", who can leave? Are you stupid?
Of course, Larry knew that she wasn't lying, and what she said should be true.
Seeing the knights' reaction, Atalanta also drew her bow and arrow again on the bell tower and said, "Then you can try to see if you can enter this monastery." ”
The arrow is ready to fly, the blade is about to be unsheathed, and basically any one more move on both sides is enough to cause a series of reactive battles, which is also a headache for Ryry.
At this time, he still has to make a move.
In short, it is not difficult to talk to Kai first, and let you, an outsider, negotiate with the other party, so that it is convenient for Larry to use her natural talents, and it is not difficult to gain the trust of Atalanta.
With this in mind, Larry took his first steps, but before he could be born, the doors of the monastery were opened.
"Hey, you knights, listen up! If you want to enter this monastery, you have to go through a few tricks with Uncle Ben first, and then say, if any of you can not be beaten by me, you can come in! ”
The hero who spoke the words of the headmaster stood in front of the gate, his spear on his shoulder, and spoke as if he were confident that he could stand up to twenty knights.
Well, maybe it's really possible, after all, his body is invulnerable.
Seeing the second hero appear, Larry was also a little relieved.
Sure enough, it's Achilles, and I don't know if the world line has been closed, or maybe Larry should still thank the demon god for compressing the timeline? These two characters, who should not have been born in the same era, actually acted together again outside the Holy Grail War, which really makes people sigh at the miracle of fate.
However, it was not any knight or Larry who interrupted Achilles' speech, but a figure who had come out of the monastery.
"Mr. Achilles, didn't you say that you wanted to have friendly exchanges? Leave it to me. When the girl in a white dress stepped out of it, not only Larry, but even Kai's eyes widened.
"Artoria?"
Yes, the maiden who came out of the convent was undoubtedly the maiden who now bears the name of Artoria Eckert, and she looks as if... Not being threatened by these two Greek heroes is actually a bit unbelievable, after all, the other adults have been kicked out, why is she the only one left.
"What the hell is going on? Come back, Artoria! Kai probably made some mistakes in his judgment as a brother because of Lily's appearance, so he didn't seem to listen much to what Lily said, but just wanted Lily to get out of the convent quickly.
"Brother Kai, please don't let the knights do it, Miss Atalanta and Mr. Achilles actually have no ill intentions." Lily was trying to get Kai to understand that, but it seemed to Larry that Kai was just frowning even tighter.
Yes, this is not possible, although I don't know what happened, it will make Lily and these two Greek heroes instantly closer, but in Larry's opinion, the current situation should be that Lily also understands that the two of them are not taking the child as a hostage, and then defend them.
But that's not going to work.
The people are watching, the knights are watching, and if the younger sister, who is a knight of the round table, suddenly speaks for the enemy, it doesn't matter what kind of reason it is, it is difficult to be convincing, and even make people suspicious.
That's probably what Kai was thinking about.
Lily's idea is good, but this approach, which no one can help, will only make the situation worse.
"Kaiqing, it seems that this situation is not easy to handle." Larry walked over to Kai's side and whispered.
Kay glanced at Larry, then at Lily in front of him, and asked, "Is there anything you can do?" The Almighty Outsider. ”
"Of course, leave it to me." Larry smiled, then walked forward, stopping when he saw Achilles shake the tip of his gun slightly.
Subsequently, the two sides looked at each other, but no one said anything.
"Miss Artoria, please don't worry, whatever they threaten you, don't worry, I'll take care of it." First, he attributed all of Lily's performances to the other party's threat, and then Larry looked at Achilles and said, "The great hero of Greece, Achilles, is it?" Rest assured, I'm not British, I'm a Roman, and I wonder if you'd like to make me, a fairly neutral person, the hub of your negotiations. ”
"Huh? Roman? Why were the Romans in Britain? It's okay to lie a little bit. Naturally, Achilles didn't believe that Larry could be a Roman, after all, he didn't look like him at all.
"Well, I can understand that Achilles is a great hero who is invulnerable, but.... You seem to.... There's another weakness, right? Larry smiled, seeing Achilles' expression change slightly, and continued to add: "Of course, this is not a threat, I am not bold enough to threaten the child of the goddess of the sea, after all, your invulnerable strength was not given to you by your mother?" ”
Without waiting for Achilles to reply, Larry raised his hands and walked inward with a look of surrender.
"Please rest assured, I'm just here to negotiate, if there's anything, let's go inside and talk about it, and please wait outside for a while, I will definitely give you a reasonable explanation."
Lyry walked into the monastery with his hands raised in a seemingly surrendered manner, and Achilles watched Larry's every move, seemingly having some difficulty understanding his actions.
The same look came from Lily's eyes, but now was clearly not the time to explain.
As he walked past Achilles, Larry whispered to the other party.
"You'd better get Miss Artoria in, so that what I say can be more convincing, don't you? Heels? ”
For the last three words, Larry overpowered the lowest voice in order not to be heard.
"Cut, what the hell is your origin?" With that, Achilles impatiently put the spear around Lily's neck to confirm the fact that she was indeed threatened.
The doors of the monastery were then closed, and Lyry entered the convent without the knights and the people of the city understanding it.