"What are you looking at me for?" Mordred looked innocent and couldn't figure out what was going on.

…………………… An awkward yet polite silence.

Looking at the strange appearance of his father, Mordred was puzzled. Turning his head, he saw Merlin with a weak expression on his face, and Mordred seemed to understand something.

[Did this bastard recruit all the things that did the paperwork for me?] I knew that she was unreliable, but I didn't expect to be so shameless......] Mordred criticized in his heart.

gave Merlin a few looks: [Is it that you don't keep your mouth open??? Can you talk about morality? I'm so angry, don't forget that roast chicken you ate too! 】

"Hmm~~~" Merlin quickly shook his head to show his innocence, but she still couldn't live in Mordred after all, so she could only stand there without saying a word.

"Master Merlin, you step aside!"

Artoria's words were like a heavenly sound, and Merlin nodded as if he had been amnestied, and then ran away decisively. [This place should not stay for a long time! The mess was provoked by her, and in the end it was left to these two fathers and daughters? Mother and daughter? Father and son? Mother?

What will happen next, Merlin no longer cares. All she wanted was to escape from this hall as quickly as possible......

[Hmm??? Mordred looked confused, what the hell happened? She was getting more and more confused.

"I'm me, I'm wrong!" was stared at by his father, Mordred shamefully moved. [Anyway, it shouldn't be a big sin to find someone else to write a document on your behalf.] It's better to answer honestly, and also to be frank and lenient. 】

Confess widely, and wear the ...... firmly on the base

"Alas???" Artoria didn't expect Mordred to recruit so quickly. And...... He had just taken the word from Merlin, how did Mordred know?

"What did you do wrong?"

"I ...... I ...... "Mordred couldn't say anything, [did she just say that she took the paperwork to roast the chicken?] Still pull the national division into the water? 】

Well, these two parent-child channels are not on one at all.

"Forget it, it's not hard for you." Artoria thought that Mordred was ashamed of her background, and then thought she was very considerate and forgave Mordred.

"Whew~~" Mordred let out a sigh of relief, listening to his father's meaning, he didn't plan to pursue it [I'll just say, it's a bad idea to arrange for me to do civilian work!] My father must have understood me. 】

"Mordred, take your helmet off."

“！！！” What happened, Mordred realized that he would be wrong about his father's meaning. No wonder you smiled at me so strangely! Mordred remembered Merlin's weakness when she left, and her cheekiness to just denounce Mordred's paperwork problem would never cause any psychological burden.

That Merlin just broke out from a cold sweat...... [Merlin! You bastard! Ahh!!h It all makes sense, Artoria learns about Mordred from Merlin, and then it just so happens that Mordred returns, and Merlin runs away.

He scolded Merlin in his heart. Mordred's mind was in a mess, and she didn't know how to react.

…………………………

In the main hall, the monarch and the ministers fell into silence between father and son.

Mordred's face suddenly turned dark, and even through the helmet, you could see that Mordred's mood was bad! Even Mordred's hands in the armor shook uncontrollably. Artoria, who had been expecting Mordred to take off her helmet, suddenly realized that something was wrong with the atmosphere, and her excited face turned cold.

"Isn't it too hard for a strong man...... Although you and I are kings and ministers, you also have the right to reject me. Artoria said disappointedly. All of a sudden, my heart is empty, and I feel uncomfortable.

"No ......," Mordred finally spat out a word.

Then, he solemnly bowed to the king (his own father) on the throne of the main hall. Half-kneeling in the main hall, Mordred took off her helmet.

The horned helmet was removed, and the first thing that fell was a strand of blonde hair. Disorganized, just simply tied up, unlike the king's hair in the palace that has been carefully cared for. But, more like a lion's mane than the king of the temple.

What's even more surprising is that the face under the helmet is exactly the same as the king on the throne.

Artoria on the throne clenched her fists. Although I have been mentally prepared for a long time, I am still shocked at first glance.

"Yes, I am the son of sin who has brought dust to the crown of the great king's shining and thus shamed." After a long silence, Mordred suddenly said this sentence as if he were self-deprecating.

"I, O where I came from, my king, you must know."

In order to put King Arthur in danger, King Arthur's sister Morgan used magic to convert Arthur's mimesis and obtain his genetic material.

Showing Mordred's identity as a son of iniquity.

Once the origin is revealed, it will be denied by King Arthur, and Mordred has long since accepted his fate. All the efforts made since joining the Round Table have been nothing more than unwilling struggles. She was unwilling to bow to fate like this.

But it all came too suddenly, and Mordred had to confess her life story at this time.

………………………… The king still didn't say anything.

[If you think too much, how can you have any hope? The lion's wish shouldn't have been wasted on himself, maybe now he has a child......] Mordred suddenly became very remorseful.

Mordred's mind flashed a lot, but it was all chaos. It's just a blank slate......

No matter how hard you try, even if you are better than anyone else, you are already despised as a son of evil who has defiled your life from the moment you are born.

The more you stand on the top of the towering clouds, the more painful it is when you fall. For Mordred, fate turned from hope to despair, and then ignited the fire of hatred for King Arthur in his heart.

Then they all perished, and the flames of hatred destroyed everything.

Mordred vetoed all ideas and kept herself in control. But I couldn't help but grit my teeth, and the tears couldn't stop flowing.

"I ...... I'll leave right away. Thinking that he should not linger on the idea of embarrassing our king, Mordred bowed and turned away.

With a helmet in her arms, Mordred walked heavily with each step. The iron armor and even the boots were iron, and they made a series of sounds when they walked on the ground. It was especially jarring in this empty store, especially in this awkward atmosphere.

Mordred...... Be...... My son? A staccato voice came from the throne

"Son?!" Mordred's eyes widened in disbelief as he repeated the words of the King of the Throne mechanically. It's unbelievable that this word can come out of the mouth of the king behind him.

"I, I...... Is this in a dream? ”