Chapter 20: My Sword Exists to Protect You.
At night, on the steps outside the house......
My king was sitting there, looking at the moon in the sky.
"What are you doing here?" A voice behind him asked softly.
"Think back to something." You don't need to look at it, my king already knows who is behind him......
"Can you tell me what's going on in your mind? Of course, if it's inconvenient to disclose, forget it. Lin Yu also sat down.
"There's nothing to be embarrassed to say, it's just some things up to now." My king continued: "At the beginning, in order to fulfill my wish, I signed a contract with the Lord God, left my hometown, and embarked on the journey of the Lord God's game, at the beginning, my wish was to re-elect the king, so that Britain would not repeat the mistakes of the past, and the people would live a happy life. The Knights of the Round Table fought each other for me, and I blamed myself, isolated on the battlefield, surrounded by corpses, and the saddest thing was that there was not a single enemy among the corpses, all of them were the Knights of the Round Table who fought with me...... I even killed my own children with my own hands......"
At this, the king paused.
"But now, although Britain no longer exists, but the descendants of Britain, the United Kingdom, have risen, at the king's banquet, I also found my own royal way, and I understood that there was nothing wrong before, the knights of the round table in Britain in the past have also regathered around me, the broken sword of the king, far away from the ideal land of the world, these lost things, now they have also returned to my side, and my desire to participate in the game of the main god can be said to have come true." Our king said.
"In other words, are you leaving?" Lin Yu asked.
My king shook his head.
"Once I pulled out the sword in the stone, hoping that Britain would prosper, but failed, this is irreparable, once I chose to use the sword to protect the country, failed, it is also irretrievable, it can be said that even if my wish is now realized, the failure of the past cannot be reversed. But after all, I got my wish......"
"But I have some other desires now, should I say that I am not satisfied?" My king smiled.
"It's good to have a wish, a person, if he has no regrets, then for the rest of the time, unless he can become a person like Gilgamesh, he will feel empty and lonely, and as long as there is still a pursuit, then it proves that you are still alive, and a person who has no pursuit is no different from being dead." Lin Yu said.
"Even Gilgamesh is probably not completely without wishes, and perhaps, his wish is to resurrect Enkidu." Lin Yu guessed.
"Resurrect Enkidu? Maybe. My king shook his head: "Speaking of which, master, what is your desire to participate in the main god game?" If you don't have a strong desire, the Lord God will not invite you. ”
"My wish? Miku once asked about it, but I didn't say ......" Lin Yu shook his head.
"Is it something important?" My king asked.
"No, it's more of a beautiful dream than that, but fortunately, this dream is still going on and has not been lost." Lin Yu said lightly.
"Beautiful dreams?" My king nodded.
"At the beginning, when I became the king, I dreamed of governing the country into a prosperous state, it was really a beautiful dream, just like the ideal country far from the world, knowing that it was unattainable, but it was hard for people to pursue, but unfortunately, this dream was cut into fragments by reality......"
The king stopped, and took out his three weapons.
"The sword in the stone, symbolizing my chivalry, the battle of the sword rail, broke because I violated the spirit of chivalry."
"Avalon, symbolizing my pursuit, the ideal land away from the world, but unfortunately, I didn't understand its meaning at the beginning, and chose the sword of victory through the oath, and since then, my pursuit has also left me."
"The sword of victory of the oath symbolizes my status as a king, and it is also the sword that has always followed me, and it is with this sword that I am qualified to claim the ...... king."
"Now, I have touched what I was looking for, I have regained my lost chivalry, and as a result, the shattered dream of the past has been reunited......
"And for helping me do it all, master, I have to say thank you." My king quietly put away his three weapons.
“……”
"By the way, master, aren't you going to ask me about my current wishes?" My king turned his head and asked.
"Listen up."
"Do you remember my way of kingship?" My king asked.
"Your way of king is to guard." Lin Yu replied.
"That's right, my way of king is to guard, whether it is a sword or a scabbard, it is born to guard."
"And the reason why I stayed is because there are still people to protect."
"The one who guards?" Lin Yu asked.
"That's right, what about the guardians......" My king looked at Lin Yu.
"Who are you talking about?" Lin Yu seemed to vaguely know what my king was going to say next.
"Although I have only experienced these two main god games with you, and the time is not as long as Miku's time with you, but in just these two games, I have gained something that I could never have obtained before, whether it is the broken dream, or the two things that have been lost, or the people I need to protect now......"
"Remember the last Holy Grail War?" My king asked suddenly.
"Yes." Lin Yu nodded.
"I don't know exactly how you know everyone's wishes, but you're working hard to make them happen, and I, as your minions, know very well that there's no benefit in doing so, not so much that you're participating in that war, but rather that you're always trying to make a goodend like playing a game."
"Even my wish, you have come true."
After a pause, the king continued: "Liudong Temple, the first time I went to destroy the Holy Grail, I could have escaped, but I stayed, although it was an unwise move, you did earn my respect, maybe until then, I have always used you as a full-time chef......"
"Uh......" Lin Yu was helpless......
"But that's when I noticed that you're trying to make everyone's wishes come true, and I don't understand why, but it's something to be admired...... So, Master, listen to what I'm going to say next. My king said solemnly.
"My sword exists to protect you."