234 Welcome back
Lily stood in front of the window of her room and looked at the city outside, at this time her emotions had recovered and her expression had calmed down, but no one knew what was going on in her heart.
Emiya Kiritsugu and Emiya Shirou left the hotel not long ago, and they didn't say much about where they were going, and at this time only Lily and the white-haired wife Alice Fell were in the room.
Looking at Lily's back, Alice Fell said, "Are you worried about your other self?" ”
Lily shook her head, "She owns Avalon just like me, and I don't think any of the Heroic Spirits can hurt her in this Holy Grail War, I'm more worried about the other." ”
"Who?"
"That black self, the one who claims to be Arthur, the Demon King." Lily turned to look at Alice Phil, with distress on her face: "I didn't expect that I would meet two other selves in this Holy Grail War, and although the three of them are the same person, their surnames are completely different, and I want to experience different things." ”
"It's all caused by that person, right? The man named Ray. Alice Phil smiled faintly, and then said, "I'm curious about what kind of man he is, who can occupy such a big place in your hearts, and even change your future and direction, and why did you kill him?" ”
Her question was sharp, but Lily was not angry, and she fell into memory on the couch opposite Alice Fair, and after a long time she said, "I don't know what kind of person he is, because in the past he was always silently by my side." He didn't object to any decision I made, he solved any problem I had, and he paid a lot of money for me when I was complacent about my victory, and I didn't even notice it. ”
"......" Alice Fell looked at Artoria without speaking, and continued to listen to her narration.
"He is like my brother who always tolerates my innocence, he is like my teacher who is constantly teaching me useful things, he is my sword to cut off all enemies for me, he is also my shield and always silently endures harm for me..."
Saying this, a smile appeared on Lily's face, and she looked at Alice Phil and said, "He's my knight..."
…… Dividing line ...... Two black figures staggered in the air, black and white swords collided with black magic blades, and when the two separated again, Lei carefully looked at his enemy, the black knight whose aura was chaotic and furious, and looked very crazy.
"Why are you still here? Let's go! Ray moved in front of Artoria and whispered, he had no intention of fighting the Black Knight to the death, as long as Artoria left his free way to get out of the battle, but this stupid girl stood there and didn't move at all, if you don't run up to help, it's okay!
Artoria looked at Ray's back, in fact, she was already stunned, she woke up when Ray spoke to him, and then held the long sword and said, "I can't leave, I can fight!" I can help you! ”
Hearing the girl's words, Lei felt a little pain in his forehead, how could this woman be so unsure of analyzing the situation? How many Heroic Spirits and magicians have been eyeing this place so far? Even if the two of them defeat the Black Knight, the number of other people waiting to pick up the missing sword can't be counted, so why do you have to fight hard?!
Seeing the black knight who rushed forward again, the black and white double sword in Lei's hand disappeared, and a hilt without a blade appeared in his hand, he didn't know if the hundred slashes could have an effect, but now he had to use it.
The hundred slashes swung down in Thunder's hand, and at this moment, the black knight's movements stopped, his right foot exerted force, and his body retreated, and at this moment, the invisible blade flashed right in front of him, although it was a little dangerous, but he did dodge Ray's attack.
"Tsk..."This black knight's intuition is really sharp, he even made a judgment the moment he swung the sword, and he can accurately guess the direction of the knife, and the combat experience he shows is even higher than that of Aoko!
The hundred slashes in his hand kept swinging, but the black knight's body swayed from side to side, jumping up and down to always dodge Ray's attack, and he was getting closer and closer to Ray, and he could still move forward like this when dodging attacks, which made Ray feel that this black knight was very dangerous again.
"Help me if you don't leave!" Ray was a little annoyed, he said to Artoria beside him as he swung the Hundred Slash, and then he gave up that false slash attack and went straight to the body, slashing at the Black Knight with the invisible Hundred Slash Knife in his hand.
The sword flashed but the thunder did not attack anyone, because the black knight disappeared in front of him in an instant just now, and it should be said that a black tunnel appeared behind him, and some powerful force directly dragged the other party into this tunnel!
This is... The other side retreated?
Lei stood in place and thought a little dazedly, the tunnel just now seemed very familiar, and it felt very similar to the tunnel that appeared when he sent himself into the Golden Capital!
Artoria came to Ray's side and whispered, "What about people? She was also a little puzzled, but then it occurred to her that now was not the time to pay attention to such small details, and she looked at Ray as if to see through his mask, and was silent.
"You—" Artoria raised her weapon before she could speak, and collided with the black sword that had slashed at her, and Arthur's cold face appeared in Artoria's sight.
"You bastard, what are you doing here!" Arthur looked at the other party and said, she sensed something was wrong when Ray helped Artoria, could it be that Thunder sounded something? And she also noticed that Artoria was standing there and staring at Ray with a very different gaze, she must have discovered something, and in this case, she will kill her herself! Ray is his own, and no one can snatch him from his side!
"Wait a minute, I'm not here to fight!" Artoria's words were stopped before she finished speaking, because Arthur didn't give her a chance to continue, and the black holy sword in her hand fell like a storm, attacking Artoria so that she had no respite!
"Shut up! I didn't expect you to send it to the door to find death by yourself! Arthur's expression became distorted, her beautiful and beaving face became extremely hideous, and the magic full of fishy wind continued to spread from her body, at this moment Arthur shed all disguises, and once again became the demon king who ravaged Europe, as if she would only show her weakness and tenderness when facing thunder... The sword that was raised again held up as it fell, and Arthur's distorted expression stiffened a little, as her hand had been grasped by Ray, and if Ray hadn't stopped her attack, Artoria would have died under Arthur's sword.
Looking at Artoria, who had fallen to the ground weakly, Ray said calmly: "... Let's go, we don't want to fight you right now. "There were a lot of doubts about Artoriare, but when he saw Arthur's performance, all those doubts disappeared, and maybe it would be right for him not to ask anything... Ray patted Arthur's head, looked at her and whispered, "What are you anxious about?" No matter what the past looks like, I won't leave you, let's go. ”
The holy sword in her hand disappeared, Arthur's distorted expression returned to calm, she looked at Ray and snorted, at this time in her eyes only the man in front of her, as for Artoria or something, he had long been thrown aside as air, as long as he was willing to stay by his side, the other Arthur didn't care.
But in the end, she still looked at Artoria, her eyes flashed with crazy killing intent, she knew that not only Artoria, but all the women related to Ray were her enemies, and she would definitely raise her hand to get rid of them as long as she had the opportunity, and never suffer again!
Looking at the two who turned to leave, Artoria raised her hand and said anxiously, "Wait a minute!" In fact, she already knew that this person was the knight who had always guarded her side, the one who was always hidden in the armor, but who would stand silently by her side or not far away at any time.
In the past, she never felt that there was anything wrong, but now Artoria suddenly found that the other party was clearly standing in front of her, and the distance between the two was so far away. The knight who had been by his side in the past was obviously beside him, but there was an insurmountable abyssal chasm between the two, and there was no road leading to the other side at all, and he could only watch him continue to move away from him.
Ray, who was about to leave, automatically stopped after hearing Artoria's voice, he didn't even know why he stopped, and Arthur's disappearing killing intent reappeared, this woman was too much of a hindrance!
"What's the matter?" Ray turned to look at the girl in the blue dress and asked calmly.
Although Ray's bland expression and tone have not changed much from the past, Artoria is a little unacceptable, because in the past, no matter how bland Ray was, she could feel the other party's concern, but now Artoria only feels strange..."Do you still hate me?" "What kind of emotion is it when a person who has been thinking about thousands of years appears in front of him? The author can't understand it, after all, we don't have a thousand-year lifespan, but I think this feeling must be very painful and complicated at the same time, with indescribable joy and expectation, Artoria at this time may be in such a state, right?
"Hate? Why should I hate you? Have you done anything to me? Ray asked, and although Arthur told him that he had been killed by the girl in front of him, he just couldn't hate Artoria because he had no reason to hate... Hearing Ray's question, Artoria was stunned, and she realized that Ray's situation was a little strange, just like in the gold capital at the beginning, the unreserved killing intent was impossible to hide, and the girl thought that it was because Ray hated herself, but at this time she found that her guess was wrong, because if he really hated himself, then he wouldn't be so bland with himself.
"Do you know who I am?"
Ray shook his head, he didn't know Artoria's name, he only knew that the girl was Arthur's sister.
Seeing Ray shaking her head, Artoria immediately understood everything, and she said with a wry smile: "yes, is that so?" This is God's punishment for me...? Artoria smirked, she felt that there was nothing more cruel than this, the other party didn't know herself, or had forgotten herself, this kind of thing... This kind of thing is more painful than Ray giving her a sword with his own hands!
Arthur looked at Artoria, who was silently laughing, with a sarcastic smile on his face, and then said to Ray, "Let's go, this woman is crazy." ”
Ray nodded, and just as he and Arthur were about to turn away, several humans suddenly appeared in front of them.
A frail man was being supported by a knight, a blue-haired human with no other name was smiling lazily at himself, and two other women were beside us, a tall woman with long pink hair, an eyepatch, a tights and high boots, and a girl with a black ponytail, a red blouse, a short black skirt, and black stockings.
The appearance of these people made Ray and Arthur stunned, and then the two of them put on a fighting posture and looked carefully at the group of uninvited guests in front of them.
"Yo, Ray, long time no see." Ault raised his hand and greeted Lei with a smile, in his opinion, whether it was this amnesiac person or the person who had left, it was Lei Zhe, and they were all his friends, so he didn't change anything!
As for the others, no one except Rin knows what exactly happened, and Kaye, who has changed from a black knight to a blood knight, is also a little inexplicable, and the masked man in front of him himself can't guess what he's thinking, it seems that this man is also called Ray?
What's going on?
Then Kaye was stunned again, because she saw two girls who were exactly the same except for the different colors of their long skirts, different colors of their eyes, and different dull hair, and they didn't know what to say, two King Arthurs?!
"You are?" Ray looked at Ault and asked, a little confused.
"Oh, you don't remember anything, my name is Oort, your friend!" Ault said to Ray, and then he looked at Arthur and Artoria again and said, "It's been a long time since you guys, King Arthur..."
"Ault, how did you end up here?!" Arthur and Artoria had met Alter, and the man appeared in the British Empire shortly after Razer disappeared, but when he knew about Razer's fate, he almost went berserk and turned the whole of Britain into a land of ice for ten thousand years, but in the end, it was because of the appearance of Fischer that this tragedy did not happen.
Since then, however, Aort has never entered the territory of the British Empire, until now.
After hearing all the reasons for the hermits, Ault felt that King Arthur was also a poor man, and that so many years had passed, so his hatred for them had completely disappeared, and it was because of this that he would greet Arthur and the two with a smile when he saw them.
After saying hello, Alter threw the two Artorias aside and walked up to Ray to look at each other, and after a long time he opened his arms to hold Ray, patted him on the back and said, "Good work, welcome back, Ray." ”
Ray's body was a little stiff, he was a little unaccustomed to contact with others like this, but he knew that Oort was not hostile, but that joy from the heart could not deceive anyone, and finally a smile appeared on his face that no one else could see, and whispered, "I'm back..."
(To be continued)