night

Itachi soaks in a tub soaked in various medicinal herbs while listening to Artoria's post-war summary.

"In today's actual combat competition, you played very well."

"Whether it's the grasp of the battle situation, the response or the finish, it's all perfect, even if I use your body and the strength you have at this stage, I may not be able to play better than you."

"But there are still some small flaws in this."

"For example, your way of fighting is a little too upright."

"If it weren't for your own quick reflexes, you would have been defeated in Uchiha Teru's small calculations, and ......"

……

Although the room was separated, Itachi could easily talk to Artoria through his heart.

Is it too upright?

Itachi is also aware of this.

However, he was a little surprised that Artoria would evaluate this point of his own as a flaw.

"I thought you'd compliment me on my integrity in this battle."

Itachi thought about it and couldn't help but bring it up.

After all, the Altoria he saw in his memory was a queen who was very much focused on glory.

Since she wants to train herself to be a new king who is better than her, then ...... She shouldn't approve of learning those tricks.

Artoria, on the other hand, was a little silent in the face of this.

It was a long time before her voice came again, "The integrity, humility, honesty, and justice that I have promoted...... They may not be suitable for your world. ”

"Moreover, I have turned my back on what I consider to be chivalry, for the sake of my country."

"Itachi, before becoming a king, I suggest that you have the ability to live, and this integrity is likely to lead to you being defeated and killed in a future battle."

She actually ...... Have you given up for a moment something that you used to be so determined about?

Itachi was surprised.

Artoria has always built on the spirit of chivalry to build a perfect and free ideal town.

But now, she is actually persuading herself to give up this spirit.

"I take your advice."

Itachi replied calmly.

He had no intention of carrying out the so-called chivalry, which was somewhat too idealistic.

For Artoria, who lived in that era and was exposed to this spirit from childhood to adulthood, she may be very yearning for chivalry.

But for myself who has faced war since childhood, it is really difficult to imagine that the enemy will "fairly" confront him.

Asking Artoria to guide him, he was just trying to learn as much as he could before he knew what he wanted to do.

Whether it's a ninja, a knight, or a king.

Itachi listened silently to some of Artoria's ideas for improving his own battles, but he needed to judge for himself how to execute them.

While discussing, Itachi got up from the tub.

Wrap yourself in a bath towel and dry your body.

At this time, some of the wounds left on Itachi's body in today's battle had quickly and quickly scarred, and some of the bruises had dissipated directly.

The body that had been softened by a day of training had gradually regained its strength, and the pitch-black potion in the tub had become transparent.

His body absorbed the medicinal effects of these medicinal baths very well, in addition to this external potion, there were also internal medicinal liquids and medicinal food......

These are the basis for the Weasel to be able to complete all this training in such a short period of time.

"Speaking of which...... Have you ever fallen into illusion many times during a fight? ”

Soon, though, Artoria came up with another idea.

Although he knew that Artoria couldn't see it, Itachi nodded unconsciously, "Yes, nine times in total." ”

But after a pause, he quickly reacted and understood what she meant by this question, "You mean to say ...... With you, am I immune to illusions? ”

"Yes, there were many times during today's battle when I saw you fall into a hallucination, but I was not affected."

Artoria replied, "I thought that if I could communicate with my heart and mind, I could transmit what I saw directly to your head...... You are completely immune to most illusions. ”

That's something she's found in battle.

In a sense, the ferret has another pair of eyes, a pair of eyes that no one can see at a distance of 400 meters.

"Tomorrow, when we go to the actual battle, we can try to see."

Itachi's casual reply, the ability to transmit ideas and visions through their minds, was something they explored little by little after returning from the battlefield.

Whether it will be feasible in battle, whether it will be in time, in fact, is still difficult to say.

At this point, Artoria did not speak again, and there was no sound on Itachi's side.

After getting dressed and leaving the bathroom, Itachi first finished dinner with his parents in the dining room, and then, according to his inner sense of Artoria, went to the hallway in front of his room and met her.

In the moonlight, Artoria was sitting alone in the aisle, looking out at the starry sky in the distance, its faint shadow as if it would disappear at any moment.

But...... She didn't belong to this world in the first place.

This is not the first time Weasel has seen such a scene.

He could feel the loneliness in her heart, and he could read the longing on her face.

Being in a world where no one knows her, only she can see her, and it is only right that these emotions appear in her heart.

And for her loneliness, Itachi didn't know how to comfort her.

As usual, he could only use his busy practice to help her ignore this loneliness.

"Your Excellency Artoria, yesterday you came up with the idea that the king should be alone." Itachi walked over and sat down beside her, "Why don't you tell me about it today, if the king is not lonely, what kind of disadvantages will there be." ”

"Drawbacks?"

The confusion in Artoria's eyes immediately returned to her previous firmness after hearing this, and she turned to face the ferret, "King, you must be alone......"

……

Itachi and Artoria regretted that they didn't wait for Uchiha Hui the next day.

Seem...... He was ashamed of the defeat in that battle and did not dare to come?

However, it is said that after the ninja is trained to fight, they will perform the Seal of Reconciliation.

But often, everyone is acting like this.

Very few people can be beaten to the point of falling behind, and they can still not care in their hearts.

Especially in the face of people who were expected to be weaker than themselves, once defeated, the sense of psychological gap is difficult to describe.

Itachi guessed in his mind about Uchiha Teru's thoughts.

That night, though, he learned the answer.

"Sorry, my team members informed me at short notice in the morning that they had managed to grab a D-class mission, so ......"

Uchiha Hui's blue nose and swollen face explained the reason why he couldn't go to the appointment today, "There is a farm near the village that has been attacked by a herd of wild boars, and we rushed over early in the morning, and it was with great difficulty that the wild boars were driven away. ”