Chapter Eighty-Six: My Heart and My Deeds Are as Clear as a Mirror
"Holy Sword Envoy, how are you feeling now? I should have saved your life just now, is this the expression on my benefactor? Could it be that I am on the same level as Gilgamesh in your eyes? β
In terms of the severity of the situation, the two of you can only be regarded as half a catty.
Although he thought so in his heart, Saber, who had already changed two masters in a row, felt that he was not qualified to talk about others, although the reason for changing the master was completely different, but compared to the warrior of the East, it still made the Knight King feel a little panicked.
But he couldn't refuse the master's order, not to mention that Roland did save him, as a knight, he failed to fulfill his duty of protection, but was protected.
This amazing experience made Saber stand up and salute Roland solemnly.
This made Roland a little unaccustomed, "Although I guessed that you won, but looking at Lancelot's state before his death, he is more comfortable as a loser than you as a winner." β
"Because Lancelot ...... More suitable than I am, he can find a reason to swing his sword, but I don't know what to do. β
Saber's face was full of depression, and he looked a little self-defeating.
"But aren't you doing a good job? The perfect king without selfish desires, and because of this, Lancelot regrets his original decision. β
"But that's not enough, I seem to be trying to save everything, but I can't do anything, what does Lancelot mean by telling me what I'm fighting for?"
"It's just literal," Roland shrugged, "sometimes, I find that you perfectionists are just easy to get into the nitty-gritty of putting aside your dreams now, what are you fighting for before you're dead?" β
"Justice and justice."
No matter what the situation, no matter what his status, King Arthur was always able to judge everything, which is one of the reasons why he is called the ideal king.
Just as he refused Mordred to inherit the throne in the first place, not because he was prejudiced against his identity, but because the other party did not have the qualifications to become the successor to the throne, but he never wasted time explaining the reason, so he gradually became disliked by the people around him.
Saber looked at Roland, hoping to get an evaluation of the answer.
And Roland nodded without hesitation, "It is worthy of being my servant, exactly the same as my thoughts, I am also fighting for justice." β
"Oh...... Yes? β
The old sword's face that is always unsmiling is rarely broken, and Roland fights for justice? Even if he has only been in contact with Roland for a few events, he can see that Roland is calculating some conspiracy, but at present, Roland has not done anything really bad, even if he wants Lancelot to fight with him, it is out of Lancelot's own will, so Saber accepted this master.
"No wonder you don't believe it, after all, I'm not the kind of justice partner in the broad sense, and the justice I fight for is very small, so small that it can only cover me alone."
Saber fell into deep thought, and after a while, he spoke: "This kind of individual justice, although I don't understand, will accept his existence, but in this way, it will not protect Britain, and it will not benefit the people. β
"Why not?" Roland tilted his head and said suspiciously: "If the justice that belongs to me spreads to the whole world, then my justice is not the justice of the world?" β
"Anyway, human beings are like a flock of pigeons, one flies to the right, and they all fly to the right, and they only need to pretend to step on the top of the head of the flock to control the direction of progress."
"I can't accept this kind of rule, it completely goes against the will of the people, and even if it really succeeds, how can you guarantee that your actions are in line with justice!"
Saber was a little angry, such a tyrant was the object of his despise, and the concept of the Knights of the Round Table contained the origin of equality from the beginning.
But Roland only laughed disdainfully, bared his white teeth, and replied in a tone of course.
"My heart and deeds are as clear as a mirror, and everything I do is righteous!"
Such a pure and extreme thought made Saber open his mouth wide and did not know how to respond, and even if it was extreme sophistry, he could not find the words to refute it for a while.
But Roland didn't let him go, and began to take advantage of the victory to pursue, "And, isn't this what you're doing?" β
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Saber raised his head and looked at Roland with a serious expression, although this was the first time they had officially gotten along, Saber had already deeply realized that Roland was the type he was not good at dealing with, and he didn't want to conflict with Roland as much as possible.
But this incident still angered Saber.
"What, I said it wrong?" As if he hadn't seen Saber's expression, Roland's eyes were still very playful.
"Blindly trying to save this country, you have indeed fulfilled the justice of the king, and the lives that have survived that suffering and multiplied to this day are not the same as those that exist in the homeland you want to protect?"
From this point of view, Saber and Kiritsugu are not bad, although the form of the demon is different, but the essence is not much different.
Extreme selflessness is essentially a kind of selfishness, and when life becomes a need to be judged by value and quantity, it is easy for people to go to extremes.
"I ...... I...... Britain must be saved. β
Saber was speechless, and said ambiguous words in his mouth, Roland's words really poked at his pain point.
"So that's your dream?" But Roland was unforgiving, "You are not born to be a king, if you have such an awareness before you pull out the sword in the stone, then I have nothing to say, but if not, you have to think about whether protecting Britain is a means or a goal for you to fulfill your dreams." β
Listening to these spicy words, Saber forced a wry smile on his thoughtful melancholy expression.
He was silent, and began to recall a time he hadn't remembered in a long time.
Before drawing the sword, Melly had told him the fate of Britain, but he still chose to accept it without hesitation.
That's how Saber replied at the time.
"There's a lot of people laughing, and I think it can't be wrong."
He doesn't have dreams, but at least, he can guard the dreams of others.
This simple reason is the driving force for Saber to move forward.
"I want to protect their smiles and the hope that exists."
"Then let's do it, compared to the past, the future, it is a great thing to be able to protect the smile of the present."
Roland said with his jaw headed, seemingly nonchalant, and reached out and patted Saber on the shoulder. "I'm not strictly a good person, and I can't guarantee where my future will go, but at least, in this Holy Grail War, I can guarantee that I am righteous."
Compared to the evil of this world, Roland, who only wants to obtain a body and recover his charm, is simply good, and the fundamental reason why he can accept the old sword is because there is no fundamental conflict between the goals of the two.
Looking at Roland, who was not confused and could quickly see through the essence and give guidance to others, Saber let out a sincere sigh.
"Master, you're so powerful."
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A few hours ago, under the Tosaka Mansion, far away from the battlefield, Tosaka Shichen sighed deeply.
Archer hadn't even known where he was going since the last time, and the servant now saw himself as nothing.
Even if you respectfully hand over the advice, you can only be reprimanded, and in the master-slave relationship of all the masters, I'm afraid there is no worse existence than yourself.
Even so, Tosaka Tokitomi did not regret his decision to use that spell in the first place, and the Hero King was the strongest Heroic Spirit, and until now, he was sure of it.
Aside from his overly arrogant personality, Archer is almost impeccable, and theoretically, even if he does nothing, he can wait until the Holy Grail War is won.
However, Tosaka Shichen could not accept this kind of hands-off shopkeeper-like model, and he had to maintain a certain degree of control over the servant, but fortunately, although Archer did not listen to orders very much, his disciple Qili was still as loyal as ever.
With his assassin here, he can always get the information of the battle at the first time, and place the demons to let himself perform micro-manipulation of the situation on the battlefield.
"Master."
A familiar voice came from outside the door, and Yan Feng Qili walked in and began to report the situation.
"According to the Assassin's report, Archer seems to have traveled to Einzbelen, and there seems to be a fight between Berserker and Saber in the forest."
"In this way, if it goes well, maybe we will be able to eliminate an opponent today."
Tosaka Tokitomi showed a leisurely look and looked at the magic furnace that had already begun to operate behind him.
"This battle came at a very timely time, the construction of the magic furnace was just completed, and by the time the battle was over, Archer's anger would have subsided a lot."
"To this day, the disciple has not been able to make contributions to you, which is really ashamed."
Yan Feng Qili lowered his head deeply, but Tosaka Shichen waved his hand indifferently.
"The masters of this session are basically veterans, and it's normal to be wary of assassins, and it's not your fault."
As he spoke, Tosaka stood up and picked up a slender black box from the table.
"Because I was a little short of money a few days ago, and I didn't have time to prepare your graduation gift, I hope it's not too late."
Tosaka Shichen pushed the box in his hand with a smile, and Yan Feng Qili opened the box and looked at the short sword in it.
Yan Feng Qili recognized this thing, a mercury sword, a fine magic dress, and the gems inlaid on its tail handle were very exquisite, both in terms of price and use.
"Master, such a gracious ......"
Before Yan Fengqili's words were finished, a dark red light flashed in the room.
This was a sign that the magic barrier had been touched, and Tosaka stood up quickly. Looking at the outer barrier, the pitch-black insect swarm was raging everywhere.
"The insect technique of the Makiri family? Hmph, knowing that Archer is not there, do you want to take the opportunity to come to the door and make a break? β
Even when it came to the danger of being invaded, Tosaka Toshitomi still maintained a calm attitude and quickly took out his usual wand.
Thinking of the lord of the Jian Tong family, Tosaka Shichen is even more calm, Jian Tong Yanye is just a half-ass, and he can't even make people vigilant if he wants to be vigilant.
What's more, there is also the existence of Yan Feng Qili by his side, this disciple who once shined in the identity of a substitute, and he is even more professional in fighting magicians.
"Qili, please wait for a while, now that your identity as my alliance has not been revealed, there is no need to wait for an opportunity, just sit and wait."
Tosaka calmly judged the current situation and quickly walked downstairs to meet the enemy.
"The key to open the mana furnace is on the table, if he lights up, it proves that Archer is consuming a lot of mana, so please help me open it so that I can avoid distractions during the battle."
And seeing his decisive action, Yan Fengqili's voice was actually a little more worried and eager.
"Master......"
Keenly aware of this, Tosaka Shichen was even more relieved, although he only had two years of experience, but Yan Feng Qili was undoubtedly a talent that could be trusted.
"There's nothing to be afraid of, Kiryu," Tosaka said confidently as he walked downstairs without looking back, "the wind of victory is blowing from behind me, so just wait for the good news." β
Tosaka walked calmly in his garden, as if this was not a dangerous battlefield.
Yan Feng Qili looked at his master's resolute back, stretched out his index finger, gently stroked the blade of the mercury sword, and prayed sincerely.
"Master...... Don't just die. β
Tosaka Shichen walked indifferently in his garden, ignoring the surrounding insects, and walked straight to the black-robed figure in the garden.
Even on the battlefield full of dangers, Tosaka Toshitomi maintained his usual graceful posture.
"Jian Tong Yanye, I want to praise you, although you are only a halfway monk, but you are so courageous, you dare to challenge the Tosaka family's workshop openly, I really don't know if you are stupid or fearless."
Jian Tong Yanye didn't respond, just waved his hand, and let the black swarm of insects surround Tosaka Shichen in an instant, telling the hatred in his heart, only to make Shichen frown and raise the civilization staff in his hand.
Without the slightest hesitation, Tosaka Toshitomi opened the defensive formation, with the huge ruby on the civilization staff as the center, symbolizing the delicate formation of the Tosaka family crest, and Tosaka Tosaka Toshitomi also opened the chanting in an orderly manner.
"Grant my enemy a cremation!"
The red fire snake crawled out of the defensive array, quickly swept the insect swarm, Tosaka Shichen could predict the next scene, in the dancing flames, the insect corpses continued to scatter, after making the demon die, the night of the wild goose could only urge the last insect swarm to fight to the death, and then he was giving him the final sanction.
However, the development of events was completely beyond Tosaka's expectations, and the flying insect swarm was not only not burned to death by the flames, but absorbed it, like locusts crossing the border, devouring all the flames he released, and his body lit up with a scorching light, and rushed towards him without fear of death!
Such a scene can't help but make Tosaka Shichen shocked, this has violated the common sense of the devil's way, it is not difficult for the Makiri family to make insects with fireproof properties, but to make insects that treat flames as nothing, it is completely different.
What's more, the swarm in front of him was not only not afraid of flames, but the flames released by himself were as if they had become their food.
It's so weird!
Tosaka Toshichen had just swung out a new defensive array, but the insect swarm did not bite up, on the contrary, they lay on top of the defensive array, their bodies constantly expanding, and finally directly turned into brilliant fire!
Such a scene made Tosaka Shichen not care about elegance, he quickly rolled on the ground, threw out a gem infused with magic power, formed a barrier, and narrowly blocked the blow.
"You guy, are you really a wild goose night?"
Tosaka Shichen's tone became solemn, and he said in disbelief.
The figure wrapped in the black robe only replied with action, he casually shook off the black robe used to cover it, and completely displayed his skin composed of turquoise scales, strange claws, and hideous and terrifying face in front of the shocked Tosaka Tokitomi, and sent an affectionate greeting.
"Yo, Shichen, I'm back from hell."
16000/16000, the fat chirp has burned out, and the results will come out tomorrow in the statistics......
(End of chapter)