Suppressing the discomfort in her heart, Artolia stood up and looked around with a frown. Rider, who was beside him, was drinking the wine from the Hero King as usual. It was a wine that only gods were worthy of tasting in myths. On the other side, the Golden King was still as disdainful as ever. He didn't seem to be bothered by his matter at all.
"Sit down, King Arthur! Tonight is the banquet of the three kings. We will not allow any clown who peeks in the dark to disturb us.”Rider gestured for the girl to sit down with a nonchalant expression.
"Rider, you're right this time. This is a gathering that belongs to the King, not something that a clown can disturb.”Gilgamesh laughed arrogantly, his gaze fixed on Lance. Everyone knew what he meant.
"Archer, what do you mean?!”Before Lance got angry, Artolia had already glared at the golden shimmering girl. She looked so aggressive that she was ready to start a war at any moment.
It was unknown if she was standing from the perspective of a friend or a master and servant, or if there were other reasons that made her so angry.
Gilgamesh smiled nonchalantly and continued to savor his wine.
Seeing Gilgamesh's attitude, Lance was really a little angry this time. He laughed coldly and said,""Golden Sparkling, don't get it wrong. I'm here to drink with a stray dog like you.”
"Bastard, who are you calling a stray dog?”Gilgamesh had originally thought that he could deal a blow to that bastard, but he had not expected to be humiliated in such a manner. How could he not be angry?
" That depends on who admits it, but I'm sure someone with no tolerance won't admit it, right?" Lance sneered, still taunting with a playful tone.
Seeing that the two of them were at loggerheads, in order not to ruin the banquet, Rider, who was the host, could only act as the peacemaker again. He said,"Alright, alright. Archer, you might not know this, but Berserker also has the title of King.”
"I want to hear what kind of name that is.”
"Ghostbeast King."
Upon hearing Rider's answer, Lance and Artolia immediately rolled their eyes, while Gilgamesh asked with a puzzled look,""Beast king? Could this be the king of the Netherworld?"
Although Gilgamesh had the longest history among them, one could imagine that his knowledge was the most superficial even though it was from a long time ago…
Lance raised his head high and ignored Gilgamesh's question. However, this made Gilgamesh even more certain of his guess, but he did not know that Lance was secretly laughing in his heart.
The corner of Altoria's mouth twitched. Seeing that Gilgamesh had misunderstood, and seeing Lance's smug look, she could only sigh helplessly and let Gilgamesh continue to misunderstand.
" This beast king..." Rider, who thought he was the most knowledgeable one here, pondered for a moment, then revealed a forthright smile again." I don't know either.”
"Hmph, it seems like he's just a nameless bastard king.”
"Ignorant fellow." Lance sneered coldly.
"Right, Archer, I saw that you were so happy playing the game just now. Let's talk about the game.”Before Gilgamesh could speak, Rider could not help but change the subject.
" A game…" Lance smiled playfully, mocking a certain someone.
"Alright, Berserker, you should go drink with your king.”Rider said helplessly, using his huge body to block Gilgamesh's furious gaze. It had to be said that although this guy had always been very outstanding, he was rough but subtle. He was indeed the king who had conquered half the world in the past.
Lance gently kissed the little loli's cheek and said gently,""Go back and wait for me."
Ertruqi grunted and looked at Altoria meaningfully before she disappeared into the courtyard with small steps.
After the girl left, she ignored the two Otaku Heroic Spirits who were chatting happily in the game. When she realized that they were alone, she said awkwardly,""We…"
Lance smiled and interrupted the girl, saying,""In this era, let's not talk about the past anymore.”
" I…" After a pause, Altolia gritted her teeth and couldn't help but say what she had been hiding in her heart."I always believed that we could go back to the past.”
The girl's green eyes were still as determined as before. Even after such a long time, it still gave Lance the illusion that he had returned to the past.
I also always believed that we could be as happy as we were when we were young, but…" The corners of Lance's mouth curled up slightly as he sneered and mocked,""I still want to say that you're still so naive…"
Ignoring Lance's sarcasm, the girl made up her mind. Her eyes were filled with bright anticipation as she said,""When I win the Holy Grail, you will know that I am right!”
"Do you want to use the power of the Holy Grail to return to the past and change the tragedy?”Lance knew the plot well, so he knew what Altoria was trying to do. He had a headache whenever he thought of her naive fantasy.
"That's right!" Artoria said firmly.
Looking at this girl who was still as innocent as before, Lance smiled bitterly and said,""But do you know what a tragedy is?! For example, what happened between Guinevere and me, do you think it's a tragedy?”
"…I will let you get a satisfactory result.”
" If we could get a satisfactory result, it would have been realized in the past…" Lance sneered and said disdainfully,""Do you think you can change the entire country with your strength? Or rather, do you think you can make the Empire submit to you?”
“……”
"So, stop joking. I believe that even if you go back to the past, you will still be controlled by the country. Those who were killed by you in the past will still be killed by you, and those who want to kill you will still kill you…"
"Enough!"
Artolia was suddenly at a loss when she was denied by the person she trusted the most.
" Because you don't have your own feelings. What you care about is the country…" Lance sighed and said coldly,""Guinevere is right. You are just a machine that has been crowned as a king and is working for the country!”
"No, I'm the king. The king's responsibility is for the country. I'm not wrong. It's nothing for me to sacrifice myself for the country.”
"That's right, that's why you were called the Knight King in history. Although you have the title of King, you're still a Knight in essence. In this way, you're still limited to the knowledge of a knight and don't have a deep understanding of the relationship between the king and the country…"
"Nonsense! Then what is your beast king?”
"The King of Ghosts? Because it is also crowned with the name of a king, it has the right of a king and can arbitrarily decide what belongs to it!”
"This is just the doing of a tyrant!"
"So what if you're a tyrant? Aren't you still a king? As a king, you can love your country and love your people, and you can also do evil, but you absolutely can't deny the history you've created!”
"Well said, a king with such insight must be extraordinary. It seems that I need to go back and properly investigate the information of the Beast King.”At this moment, Rider seemed to have finished discussing the game. He could not help but praise Lance's words. Gilgamesh, who was beside him, seemed to have a good conversation with Rider. It was rare that he did not mock Lance.
Although that was the case…
I can guarantee that you will definitely be disappointed!
Then, Rider turned to Artolia and denied mercilessly,""Also, Saber, you're wrong. It's not the king who gives up his life. It's the country and the people who give everything to the king.”
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