Chapter 37 The Choice of the Royal Road
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The war soon broke out, and what the aristocratic forces led by Ryan wanted was to fight the time difference, and they united most of the nobles in the kingdom who opposed Artoria's ascension, and when the strength of all of them was assembled, the number of troops in their hands had more than doubled Artoria's.
And this is their chance, Merlin's ability The nobles in the kingdom know in their hearts, they know that as long as Artoria is given enough time, with Merlin's help, Great Britain will be governed into a monolith, and even if they have the intention to rebel, they will have no power to resist.
So just snuff out the enemy when he is at his weakest, don't give them a chance to develop themselves, and defeat the other when they are the strongest.
While Ryan and the nobles gathered all their forces, Artoria moved to gather the army she had left behind from her dead father, as well as the nobles who supported her.
However, when Artoria stood on the watchtower of the royal palace at the highest point of the royal city, she couldn't help but sigh faintly when she looked at the solemn looks on the faces of the residents of the royal city below.
"Teacher, obviously my pursuit is to protect them, but why did I bring the clouds of war to their heads as soon as I took office?"
"Because you're not strong enough." Charles glanced at Artoria's petite body in front of him and said lightly.
"But even if the army in my hands is strong enough, the Ryans are not incompetent, and the pain caused by the war will ultimately be borne by innocent people." Artoria felt that she was aggrieved and did not want such a war to happen, because no matter who won on both sides, it was the soldiers of the kingdom who lost.
"Because you are not strong enough, your strength is not strong enough to subdue those nobles, not strong enough for them to extinguish their inner ambitions, not strong enough for them to be terrified when they see you."
"Is it true that everything must be about strength, it is clear that everyone is a child of this kingdom, and it is clear that everyone can govern the kingdom better as long as they work together, and it is clear that as long as this is the case, the kingdom will no longer have to worry about being invaded by foreign enemies." Artoria turned to look at Charles sadly and angrily, which made Charles' brow furrow slightly.
"Artoria, haven't I taught you this in the last five years? The only thing in this world is strength. The truth is always in the hands of the strong, because you are too weak, so those nobles will not believe that you can lead them to more benefits, and the people below will not believe that you can protect them. ”
"And all you can do is to work hard to improve your strength, so that the nobles will no longer dare to look down on you, let them be afraid when they hear your name, and let the people below not dare to resist you, so that they will completely obey you."
"Just like the Saxons now, their brutal reputation has indeed caused fear among countless people, but wherever they went, no one dared to resist, because the Saxons were strong enough to destroy those who dared to resist with a backhand. So, even though their brutality aroused the wrath of countless people, when their eyes turned to the borders of the Franks and the Eastern Roman Empire, even the two empires could only cower at the borders, not daring to exterminate the Saxons, as they said in their words. ”
"But, wouldn't that be a tyrant, that's not what I wanted, I just wanted to protect them, I didn't want to be a tyrant and treat people as puppets in my hands. Isn't the king supposed to dedicate everything he has to this kingdom, the people of this kingdom, what you said is completely the idea of a tyrant. Artoria looked up at Charles with a determined expression.
"Teacher, I agree with you that my strength is not enough, and I am too weak, so those nobles will resist, and the people of the kingdom will not believe that I can protect them, but I think if my strength increases, they will believe in me and believe in me, instead of fearing me, and obey me because of fear."
Looking at the sparkle in Artoria's blue eyes, a trace of pity flashed on Charles's face, and he sighed deeply in his heart. Artoria, your choice has indeed led those who have followed you, creating an era that no one can hide in the long river of history, and your light is truly unstoppable.
However, can you pass on your own selflessness to those below, can you make them like you, not everyone in Artoria is willing to sacrifice themselves for others like you, willing to give up everything just to protect the country.
"Artoria, time will be the best judge of this argument." When Charles smiled and wanted to reach out to touch the girl's head, the girl stepped back to avoid it, causing Charles's hand to freeze in the air awkwardly.
Seeing that her teacher was not angry because she had just refuted his words, Artoria straightened up the royal clothes on her body, "Teacher, I firmly believe that the path I have chosen will lead the kingdom to the top. ”
Artoria reached out and stroked the sword in the stone at her waist, she looked down at the gorgeous and delicate decoration of the sword body shining with charming brilliance in the sunlight, "Teacher, when I pulled out this sword, I was also confused and hesitant. But you know, I saw the happy smiles on the faces of the people from the light shining from the blade of the sword, and I knew then that this was the smile that I had been seeking in this life. So, teacher, let's just wait, time will prove that I made the right choice. ”
Charles shook his head slightly, and followed the girl in gorgeous costume down the watchtower.
"Artoria, my student, let's just wait for time to rule for us."
Just knowing the development of history Charles already knew the result in his heart the miserable face of the girl suddenly flashed in his mind Artoria just hoped that you would not blame your teacher at that time.
As for Ryan and the aristocratic forces that are in cahoots with him will resist, both Merlin and Charles know in their hearts that they have been prepared early and have already told Artoria, so when Ryan just sent out to those nobles to gather troops, they had already arranged countermeasures.
The kingdom's own armies had been assembled around the royal city early on, and the nobles who had supported Artoria and King Uther's old subordinates had also arrived at Rundy Newman with their own troops on Merlin's orders.
Whether it is Merlin or Charles, there is actually no Ryan in his heart, the reason why Charles put a magic on Ryans's body is just to master the devil's small means, as for the hope that Ryan can overthrow Artoria, Charles, who is familiar with the legend of King Arthur, has no expectations for this at all.
And Artoria's worries were never about her own defeat, she was just worried about the kingdom's already weak strength, but still had to be lost due to the civil war. As for Ryans and his group of nobles who had gathered together and looked like a huge army, whether it was Merlin, Charles, or Artoria, the three of them did not care, they saw the whole world, not the acre and third of the land in southern Britain.