Chapter 21—The King's Banquet (4)

After Saber resolutely finished speaking, he found that everyone present had fallen into a quieter atmosphere than before. In this depressing silence, Saber felt very puzzled, even if her words were full of momentum, but the people present were not people who would bow their heads lightly. Even if it was unexpected, it was a very easy thing to understand. Clearly, there is nothing strange about it, this is her way of kingship. Whether it's praise or rebuttal, someone should bring it up right away. But—no one spoke.

"—I say, Knight King, I can't be misheard." Rider finally broke the silence, and for some reason, his face was full of doubt. "You mean 'change your fate'? That is, to turn history upside down? ”

"Yes. No matter how difficult a wish may be, it will come true with the Almighty Grail," Saber asserted proudly. As soon as Saber's voice fell, the scene suddenly became cold.

"Ah, Saber? I'd like to confirm...... That British ruin must have been a thing of your time, when you ruled? Rider's face was full of strangeness, and there was a hint of anger in his eyes, and the burly man asked softly.

"Yes! So I can't forgive myself. Saber's tone became more determined. So I'm very unwilling and want to change that ending! Because I led to that ending......" Unexpectedly, someone burst out laughing. It was a vulgar laugh that defied any understanding, and this laughter came from the mouth of the mother who had been staring at Saber since the beginning.

Saber's face was filled with anger in the face of this great humiliation. Her most cherished thing was ridiculed by Archer. She looked at Niang Shanshan angrily: "...... Archer, what's so funny. ”

"—Claiming to be a king—being praised by all the people—how can such a person be 'unwilling'? Ha! How can this not make people laugh? What a masterpiece! Saber, you're the best clown! ”

Niang Shining laughed non-stop, and intermittently said something that made Saber feel humiliated.

"Wait—you wait for the Knight King first, do you want to deny the history of your own creation?" Rider frowned as well, looking at Saber with some displeasure.

"Exactly. Surprised? Isn't it ridiculous? As a king, the country to which I have dedicated my life has been ruined. I mourn, what's wrong? Saber did not hesitate to answer Rider's question with a firm expression.

"Hey, did you hear me, Rider, Gleam! This little girl who calls herself the Knight King...... What do you say'Dedication to the country'! Hearing Saber's answer, Niang Shanshan burst into laughter again, as if she had heard a hilarious joke.

Archer replied to Rider's deepening silence. For Saber, this is the same insult as being ridiculed. So, Saber angrily questioned Rider and Niang Shining, and Ashmida, who was drinking silently on the side, was ignored: "I don't know what's funny. As a king, you should naturally stand up and work for the prosperity of your country! ”

ARCHER'S ANSWER WAS EVERYONE'S SILENCE, WHICH WAS THE SAME INSULT TO SABER AS BEING RIDICULED, AND SHE BLUSHED AND TRIED TO DEFEND HER IDEALS, "I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S FUNNY, AS A KING, YOU SHOULD STAND UP AND WORK FOR THE PROSPERITY OF YOUR COUNTRY"

"You're wrong." Rider resolutely and sternly repudiated her words, "Don't be mistaken, not the king dedicated, but the country and the people who dedicated their own qiē to the king." ”

"What are you talking about" SABER COULDN'T HOLD BACK THE ANGER IN HER HEART ANY LONGER, SHE SHOUTED LOUDLY, "ISN'T THAT TYRANT RIDER, ARCHER, IT'S A BIG MISTAKE FOR YOU TO BE THE KING LIKE THIS"

"Yes, but we're not just tyrants, we're heroes." Conquest replied calmly, without even moving his eyebrows, there was no need to doubt that the way he had taken was true

"SO SABER, IF A KING IS DISSATISFIED WITH THE RESULTS OF HIS GOVERNANCE, IT ONLY MEANS THAT HE IS A DUMB KING, WORSE THAN A TYRANT." ”

Unlike Nymph Twilight, who constantly mocks SABER, Rider fundamentally negates the idea of the Knight King.

SABER FURROWED HIS EYEBROWS AND RETORTED IN A SHARP TONE, "ISKANDAR, YOU...... Isn't there really any resentment that the empire you created was eventually split into four parts? Don't you want to do it all over again and save the country? ”

"No," the conqueror replied without hesitation, he straightened his chest, without any guilt on his face, and looked directly at the stern gaze of the Knight King, "If my decision and my courtiers lead to such a result, then ruining is inevitable." I will mourn and I will shed tears, but I will not regret it. ”

"How could it be ......" SABER could hardly believe it, was this what a king should say?

The King of Conquering is approaching step by step, his words as sharp as a blade, "not to mention the stupid act of trying to subvert history, which is an insult to all the humanity of the era I have constructed"

SABER GAVE AN ABSOLUTE NEGATIVE TO THE PROUD WORDS OF THE CONQUERING KING, AND SHE DID NOT DEVIATE FROM HER BELIEFS IN THE SLIGHTEST, AND SAID LOUDLY: "YOU SAY THIS ONLY BASED ON THE GLORY OF THE WARRIORS, THE PEOPLE WILL NOT THINK SO, WHAT THEY NEED IS SALVATION"

"You mean they want the king's salvation?" Rider shrugged his shoulders and laughed, as if he was dismissive of SABER's words, "I don't understand, what's the point of this kind of thing?" ”

"This is the duty of a king," Saber said proudly, straightening his chest, "the right rule, the right order, that's what all the subjects expect." ”

"Are you the right slave then?" The King of Conquest glared at him and asked sharply.

"If you want to say that, you can dedicate yourself to your ideals to be worthy of being king." The maiden knight king did not flinch in the slightest, nor did she have any doubts, and explained her way of kingship, "People know the law and order through the king, and the king should not embody something that will disappear with the death of the king, but something more noble." ”

LOOKING AT SABER, WHO WAS STILL RESOLUTE, THE KING OF CONQUEST ON THE SIDE SHOOK HIS HEAD AS IF HE WAS PITYING HER, "THIS IS NOT THE PATH OF SURVIVAL THAT PEOPLE WILL CHOOSE. ”

"Yes. If you are born as a king, you can't expect to live the life of ordinary people. SABER DIDN'T OBJECT TO THIS, BUT NODDED AS A MATTER OF COURSE.

In order to become a perfect monarch, in order to become the embodiment of ideals, she is willing to give up her body and throw away her personal feelings. The life of a young girl named Artoria changed forever the moment she pulled the sword out of the rock. Since then, she has become synonymous with undefeated legends, hymns, and dreams. There have been pains, there have been troubles, but there is the glory of victory. Her unchanging belief still supports her sword-holding arm.

THEREFORE, SABER SHOUTED TO THE PERSON IN FRONT OF HIM, "KING OF CONQUEST, PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO ONLY CARE ABOUT THEMSELVES WILL NOT UNDERSTAND MY BELIEFS, YOU ARE JUST AN OVERLORD WHO IS CARRIED AWAY BY DESIRE"

Rider, who was reprimanded, immediately widened his eyes and retorted in the same angry tone, "A king without desire is better than a vase"

THIS BANQUET SEEMED TO HAVE TURNED INTO A ROYAL DUEL BETWEEN THE KING OF CONQUEST AND THE KING OF KNIGHTS, AND BEFORE SABER COULD RETORT, THE KING OF CONQUEST ASKED AGAIN: "SABER, YOU JUST SAID THAT YOU WOULD DEDICATE YOURSELF TO YOUR IDEALS?" Indeed, you used to be an incorruptible saint, holy to the point that no one else could match. But who wants to expect to be martyred for their ideals? Who would think day and night about the so-called saints, who can only comfort the people, but cannot guide the people? ”

HE OPENED HIS HANDS, AS IF TO ENCIRCLE THE HEAVEN AND EARTH, AND PRESSED TOWARDS SABER WITH A MOMENTUM THAT HE HAD NEVER SHOWN BEFORE, "ONLY BY SHOWING SABER AND EULOGIZING THE ULTIMATE GLORY CAN WE LEAD THE COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE TO THE RIGHT PATH." To be a king is to have stronger desires than anyone else, to be more bold than anyone else, and to be more irritable than anyone else. He should be a human being who is pure and turbid, more real than anyone else. Only in this way can the courtiers be convinced by the king, and the people will have the longing in their hearts that it would be nice if I were the king."

"Where is the justice of such governance?" SABER WAS NOT TAKEN BY THE MOMENTUM OF THE OTHER PARTY, CLENCHED HIS FISTS AND GRITTED HIS TEETH AND ASKED.

"There is no way of king, there is no so-called justice, so there is no remorse." Thus said the King of Conquest.

SO SIMPLY ASSERTED THAT SABER WAS SO ANGRY THAT THEY BOTH TOOK MAKING THE PEOPLE HAPPY AS THE BASIC CRITERION, BUT THE TWO HAD VERY DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHIES...... On one side is praying for peace...... On the one hand, there is hope for prosperity. The king who suppressed the troubled times and the king who was involved in the war, naturally the two could not have the same philosophy.

The King of Conquest suddenly smiled and said heartily, "O king who bears the name of a knight. Your righteousness and ideals may have saved the country and the people for a while, so your name will be praised to this day. However, you don't know what happened to those who were saved. ”

"You say...... What? The previous aggressive conquest couldn't scare the girl away, but the other party's lack of momentum at the moment made her face change...... THE SIGHT OF THE BLOOD-STAINED SUNSET HILL REVIVED IN SABER'S MIND ONCE AGAIN.

"You have saved your subjects, but you have never directed them, and they do not know what the king's desires are. Thou hast left behind your lost subjects, and thou hast left behind a sacred gesture to revel in thy own petty ideals. So you're not a good king. You just want to be a king for the sake of the people, a little girl who cocoons herself to be that kind of idol. The conquering king said calmly, but these words had already degraded the beliefs and ideals of the knight king to worthless.

"I ......" wanted to refute many words, but every time she spoke, the girl's eyes would appear in front of the scene she had witnessed in Cam Ranh Bay. Corpses strewn across the field, rivers of blood flowed there, and there lay her courtiers, her friends, and her relatives.

She had learned of the prophecy the moment she drew her sword from the rock. She knew it meant ruin, she had already come to her senses, but, why...... She was so surprised when she saw this tragedy with her own eyes, and she felt that there was nothing she could do but pray.

There are also magicians who predict that it is almost impossible to subvert it, but she still thinks if a miracle can happen...... SUDDENLY, A DANGEROUS THOUGHT TOOK OVER SABER'S MIND.

If you don't protect Britain as a savior, but ravage Britain as an overlord, the troubled times will only become more chaotic because of the scourge of war. First of all, this is not the path of kingship she pursues. And no matter what angle she stands, she named Artoria will not choose this option.

But if he did do that, which would be more tragic than the Battle of the Sword Fence?

"I'm ......" looked at the conqueror who had no doubts about his own ideas and his way of king, and Saber suddenly couldn't find the words to refute it.

"Look, that's your ......"

"Iskadar, may I speak?" Just as Rider sighed and wanted to say something, Ashmida finally stopped drinking silently and spoke up.

"Oh? Do you have any opinions, little brother? Rider was not annoyed when Ashmida interrupted him, but took his regretful eyes away from Saber and looked at him with interest.

"I'm speaking as a non-king to judge your royal way and philosophy, is there no problem?" Ashmida looked around.

"Well, the king's speech should be heard by all the people." Rider nodded, a little expecting Ashmida to say something.

"Hehehe, Jin Shining, let this king see what you can say." Niang Sparkling looked at Ashmida with interest.

"Tell me what you think, Berserker." Saber was blue from the argument with Rider, but she nodded.

"First of all, there is nothing wrong with rider's royal road, his royal road makes people feel bloody, and people can't help but want to follow him, such a personality charm, worthy of the history of Alexander the Great. Even I want to join your army and follow you. Ashmida affirmed and praised the royal way of riders.

"Hahaha, then it's not too late for you to invest now!" Hearing Ashmida's words, Rider burst out laughing with red light, and he once again offered an olive branch to Ashmida. After listening to Ashmida's words, Niang Shanshan looked dissatisfied.

"As for Saber, Saber's royal way is not wrong, her own country has been ruined, so she hopes that she will go back to the past to save the country and her people, as a king, this is also her obligatory responsibility." Ashmida did not respond to Rider's olive branch, he turned his head to face Saber, and also affirmed Saber's philosophy.

"Thanks, Berserker." Although Saber was angry that the previous two kings had denied her idea, she was still shaken in her heart, and now someone came out to affirm her, and she was firm again.

"The royal road of each king is different, and there is no comparison at all, because the surrounding situation at that time and the character and philosophy of the king himself are also completely different." Ashmida paused: "And it is impossible for a king to use his royal ways to bring another king into submission and follow him, unless he is not really a king." Therefore, this king's wine banquet initiated by you can be said to be meaningless. ”

"Hahahahaha!! That's right! Rider wasn't annoyed by Ashmida's unceremonious words, and he laughed heartily.

"Cut, bastard, you're still a little ........." Niang sneered, and when she wanted to say something more, she suddenly frowned.

“!” Saber looked cold, beckoned Alice Phil to come behind her, and looked around warily.

"......" In response to the sudden strangeness in the air, Ashmida said calmly that he poured wine for himself and the others, and then drank it slowly.

"Looks like other guests are coming." , rider said with a sneer.