Even the French could not have heard of King Arthur.

King Arthur is the legendary king of England, the leader of the Knights of the Round Table, whether he exists, or whether there are so many legends, mortals do not know, but from the wizards, King Arthur does exist, the problem is that he ended up involved in the battle between the church and the wizards, and the church intended to annihilate the deeds of this king- Just as the failed Roman emperors were decapitated from their statues, they deliberately twisted the exploits of King Arthur into false legends to give later generations the false impression that the great king never really existed.

King Arthur existed around the 6th century, when education was monopolized by the church and wizards, who lost the battle and had to retreat to the inner world, and the only people who had the say were the clergy, who destroyed the scrolls of King Arthur and Merlin, smashed the statues, and executed those who knew about it—and it was because of the fact that the legend of King Arthur could not be traced where it came from in the first place.

In addition to wizards, the earliest record of King Arthur is a monk of Wales, in his "History of the Bringtonians", King Arthur led the Welsh people to fight against the Saxons, but from the most detailed is the 12th century A.D. when the bard traveled through Europa to sing songs related to King Arthur, Louis suspects that this is the message sent by the wizard to the outside world after gradually gaining a foothold in the inner world, after all, there is King Arthur, there is Merlin and his wizards.

One might wonder how Arthurian legend could be associated with Brittany in France, given that in the 12th century, Brittany was under the rule of the Anjou dynasty (Plantagenet), so it was true that the territory belonged to the British.

In the southwest of Rennes, the capital of Brittany, there is an ancient forest called the Bouslionde Forest, which contains an ancient oak tree that is more than a thousand years old, and it is said that at the foot of the ancient oak tree is buried the Holy Grail, which King Arthur specially sent the Knights of the Round Table out three times to find.

"Is it the chalice that has been filled with the blood of Christ?" asked the Duke of Orleans.

"Yes and no. Although the world and magic are no secret to the royal family, there is no doubt that Louis XIV must know more than the Duke of Orleans, he took a sip of sweet wine, and continued: "The concept of the Holy Grail is much earlier than Christ, after all, the Judah cult is likely to come from the Egyptian Monotheistic religion, but you also know that Egyptian magic? The wizard and the inner world used to be very close to the people of the time...... Close to people's words and deeds? Every move, every meal, every meal is closely related to the gods? The pharaohs of that time combined the clerical power with the royal power? And claiming to be the son of the sun god Ra is not groundless. ”

"Are you saying that the ruler of that time could have been a wizard?"

"Quite possibly. Louis said leisurely: "In the beginning? The Extraordinary is no different from a god to a mortal? Maybe the Extraordinary don't have as much power as they portray? But it was enough for the people of that time – not only in Egypt, but also in ancient Rome and Greece...... Take a look at the legends left behind by the gods.

What is the difference between gods and humans? Except for those who cannot be verified, they have the same desires and limitations as mortals? Even if they're smarter? Stronger, more agile, long-lived, beautiful, youthful...... But such a presence? How is it different from the wizards we see now?"

"I remember you once said," said the Duke of Orleans, "that the extraordinary are declining because mortals also possess wisdom. ”

The king nodded: "Is that so?" Philip, you see? Why am I not willing to be a sorcerer, and how dare I try and have already conquered the inner world? Even if it's silver? Is it impossible to convince even one who is arrogant by nature? I consider myself a sorcerer above mortals, but I have my subjects, my soldiers, and though I am not a dragon, I can let the flames engulf and engulf their bodies and souls. He casually fiddled with the berries on his plate and crushed them with his fork: "Unlike the sorcerers who dwell on the past, mortals are always moving forward—a process that began long ago, long before the Church existed, even in Greece and Egypt, or even earlier in the Sumerian civilization.

Once the power of mortals finally crossed the barrier of talent, when the first god was killed, when the first extraordinary being who was pushed off the throne by his courtiers swallowed the last breath of cold breath, the priests, shamans, whatever they were—the poor worms who were above all mortals by their blood and heritage—were torn off the veil of omnipotence—what they could do, mortals could do, and what they couldn't do, mortals might be able to do.

Without the threat of distance and agnosticism, mortals can naturally take their place, they have changed from enslaved to enslaved, extraordinary first from gods to humans, and then from kings to courtiers, facing the increasingly prosperous mortal world, they can only retreat step by step, until now, they have probably forgotten the glory of their ancestors. ”

"If, as you say," asked the Duke of Orleans, "is there not any one of them who is a visionary who wants to stop this process?"

"Yes," said Louis, "slavery." ”

The Duke of Orleans immediately understood that even if a child was to choose, he also understood that it was far better to rule a group of slaves than a group of free men, and that slaves at that time were indeed similar to mindless animals, greatly alleviating the threat posed by mortals to rulers, but this kind of behavior and system was not ordinarily devastating.

Even so, in the end, they could not change their predetermined fate.

"It is impossible for the weak to control the strong," said Louis, "it is an unshakable rule, stronger than any law or tradition—when mortals are still a group of ignorant animals, of course wizards can rise above them, but as mortals become wise, and their strength turns from weak to strong, the positions of the two will be reversed......" The king's gaze suddenly turned farther away: "And even if, as you say, someone sees the future, as a wise man, he may not be willing to stand still." "Just like him, he saw it, he could stop it—for the descendants of Bourbon, it would probably be their greatest hope to be able to pass on the crown, the orb, and the scepter forever, but for Louis...... Although he now has the same prestige and power as the sun that no one can resist, he may be able to snuff out the little spark he sees in his hands, and postpone the inevitable future for a hundred years or more.

But as he said, would anyone want to rule a bunch of monkeys?

He didn't know if his indulgence and tolerance of culture and thought would lead to another terrible change, but he said that for the sake of the Bourbon legacy, people would return to the dark ages of chaos......

He didn't want to.

"Brother Wang?"

The Duke of Orleans' inquiry awakened a pensive Louis XIV, who realized that he was taking the subject in the wrong direction: "Let us continue our previous discussion," he said: "The chalice that King Arthur sought is not a cup of the blood of Christ, as the present Church says, but a name, and it belongs to the wizards, rightly speaking, it belongs to the wizards, and is the result of countless wizards who have invested their magic power in a magical vessel for a long time in order to perpetuate and study the mysteries of magic." They store their magic in vessels and then draw it in war or other urgent situations. ”

"Sounds ......," said the Duke of Orleans, hesitantly, "an ammunition depot?"

"So to speak," Louis smiled, "an ammunition warehouse, it can be said that if the Knights of the Round Table really found the Holy Grail at that time, the war between the church and the wizards may not be the result it is now, Merlin really existed, and the witches and wizards at that time were countless times stronger than the wizards now, and you also know that the battle between the church and the wizards is essentially just a battle between two extraordinary people." Of course, we all know that the Holy Grail was not found, Merlin died and then deified, and so did King Arthur.

The church could not tell people that the great King Arthur not only had a wizard teacher and prime minister, but also had searched for the devil's property for Merlin, so they claimed that King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table were looking for the Holy Grail, which contained the blood of Christ. ”

"So, this Holy Grail is still in the Buslyonde Forest?"

Louis glanced at the Duke of Orleans, who was in high spirits: "Is that the case, brother, if it had been born a hundred years earlier, it might have been different, but ......" he shook his head: "It's too late now, our artillery can kill the real dragon," he pushed away the plate: "The artillery, the cannonballs and even the gunners are constantly being supplied, can the dragon?"

"The number of wizards is the biggest problem in itself," Louis continued, "The wizard who made the retreat to the inner world first was wise and stupid at the same time, you know what I mean, Philip," the Duke of Orleans nodded, the king meant- They were smart enough to choose to avoid the inner world when they were in a weak position, and stupidly enough to get by like this, they never seemed to think about taking advantage of this great opportunity to become stronger, if they were strong enough to overwhelm the numerical disadvantage, they might be able to rule over mortals again.

Not to mention that they can't do it, Louis can continue to expand his sphere of influence in people's livelihood and military industry like this, and the wizard's magic is indispensable.

"Of course you don't need to care about the Holy Grail," the Duke of Orleans asked, after a moment's thought, "but the wizards must have thought differently." ”

"That's where we have to be careful," Louis said, "and the world is usually unnoticed, that is, either barren, desolate, or difficult to get around, but the location is often crucial. Also, the wizards of the inner world are also quite valuable in a way - I hope they can be used by me, brother, not just Gayola Island - so Wren is important, after all, it is a sacred place for wizards. ”

He stared at the black-red berry trail on the white porcelain plate: "In addition to the Holy Grail, Merlin met Vivien, the fairy of the lake, and later Merlin was imprisoned by Vivien in a boulder, and the wizards have always suspected that the boulder that imprisoned Merlin is also in the Bouslyonde Forest. And Mont Saint-Michel," Louis said slowly, "and legend has it that the last place of King Arthur's rest, the Avalon guarded by the nymphs of the lake, is on Mont Saint-Michel. When Bedvery threw King Arthur's sword into the lake, it was retrieved by the lake fairy - you know what King Arthur's sword means. ”

"The wizards of England ......"

"England, and the whole of Europa - France, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Lithuania-Poland, Prussia, Austria, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Russia...... Even Ottoman Turkey...... All wizards, although their roots should be in Egypt, but no wizard would deny that Merlin is their recognized god of magic, and King Arthur is the ideal king for wizards, given that they are only one step away from success......" Louis suddenly smiled: "What do you think would happen if King Arthur was reborn?"

"No kidding," the Duke of Orleans subconsciously shouted, "It's not funny at all!"

"You are right, it is not funny at all," said Louis, "so whether it is for the sake of the world, or for my France, I will master Brittany thoroughly." ”

"There used to be wizards in France, too. The Duke of Orleans asked, skeptically, "But is that the only one we see?"

"Most of the wizards in France came from Brittany, which is their ancestral land, but you also know that Brittany has only been in France for more than a hundred years, if not more than two hundred years, which is why the power of the French world is so weak, and they seem to be expecting an English king. Louis said, "Charles VII must have worked with one of them, Joan of Arc," he added, adding, "but it is clear that the covenant did not know what was wrong, and the end result was not a happy one." The founders of Joan of Arc were eventually scattered among the Bohèmes, and Louis finally brought them back under the royal wing, but honestly, these witches had probably less than one percent of what the wizards had in the first place, and Louis thought it strange that these people could not even compare with the wizards of Gayora.

The wizards of Gayola are only the descendants of the wizards of the Latina region who migrated to Gayola, not all of Italy...... But as far as Louis could see, the French world was as weak as the French navy of the same period......

It now seems that some of the French wizards still considered themselves English wizards, and some of them were wizards who cooperated with Charles VII but failed, and as a result, they refused to associate with the royal family, and only a handful of wizards may still be willing to accept royal employment, and Bishops of Richelieu and Mazarin should have made some efforts to do so, such as Elelius. Unfortunately, Louis XIII still inevitably died, and even Louis XIV himself almost fell victim to political intrigue and conspiracy.

"Do you think we'll find the Holy Grail?" asked the Duke of Orleans, eager to do so.

Faced with his brother's temptation, Louis shrugged his shoulders, "If you want, you can try." "Even the French, the Knights of the Round Table are not exempt from the vulgar – they are almost the most romantic fantasy of all men and women.

So he doesn't have to worry about the scenery, for example, if he completely conquers Brittany, he can make a Holy Grail or something without them......