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Chapter 42 King Arthur

Such a change not only surprised Arthur, but Gao Wen almost stabbed the sword in his hand.The human form of the monster is too similar to Arthur, except for the plumper cheeks, "he" is exactly the same as Arthur when he drew his sword!

"Your Majesty!" Gawain became extremely nervous. He wanted to keep Arthur away from this little monster in human form, but the monster seemed to sense his malice. "He" turned his head and looked at Gawain with a very serious expression. vicious.

Arthur pondered for a moment, and he waved his hand to let Gawain not have to.Perhaps because the monster was related to him, he could feel an indescribable connection with him.But such a connection is not clear, more like a feeling from my own side.It seems that his guess was right, Morgan Le Fay definitely used what he got from him on "him".

Seeing that Arthur was not moving, the little monster also lost its initial fear. "He" babbled a few times, and suddenly rushed forward, voluntarily rushing towards Arthur's side.

Arthur didn't move, so the little monster rushed into his arms. "He" rubbed his cheek against him, and tried to look at him with moist eyes.

Arthur smiled.He could see that the other party's behavior was not out of a disguise, but a genuine intimacy. Even if the reason was due to Morgan Le Fay's hands and feet, such feelings were still true and intact.

Thinking of this, he touched the little guy's head, and didn't mind "his" appearance, so he stood up.

"Your Majesty?" Gao Wen hesitated to speak.

"It's okay, Gawain," Arthur said with a smile, "I will always watch him."

Gawain had no choice but to stop talking. He would never disobey His Majesty's will, unlike some pretentious purple-haired knight, no matter where King Arthur was going, he just wanted to follow him all the time.

So Arthur took the hand of the little monster, and he led the miniature version of himself out of the wooden house. The thick fog behind him had dissipated, and the sunlight outside the house was projected from the gap in the forest. Many knights outside the house When they heard the sound, they cast their eyes together, and the little monster immediately shrank behind Arthur.

Arthur didn't say anything, but quietly led him over, until he walked into the sun, and walked to the center of the knights.

And from the beginning to the end, no one raised a sword against him again.

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Arthur took the little monster to Camelot. Because of his appearance, many people around him were speculating about the relationship between him and King Arthur. Arthur simply "admitted" the relationship between the other party and himself at a meeting. And named it "Mordred".

Without any rejection or denial, Mordred was accepted by the entire Camelot as a "prince". When he stood on the high platform with his father, the whole kingdom was shocked. cheering for them.Everyone is rejoicing that the country has an heir. Of course, there are also many people who fainted in the crowd when faced with such "unacceptable" news. Fortunately, the army has long been stationed here. Casualties.

While everyone was watching the father and son, a mysterious figure in the crowd was looking at them coldly.She was wearing a very wide cloak, covering herself from head to toe.No one can see the details from her figure, and no one knows that she is the "mother" of Mordred on the stage.

She was in a bad mood, and it seemed that people around her could also feel the chill emanating from her, so a small circle was left around her.She didn't finish watching the celebration, and turned around to leave here...but she couldn't.Because when she turned around, she saw someone she absolutely didn't want to see.

It's Merlin.

Merlin pulled her into a strange space, where the surroundings were hazy, and all the noisy voices suddenly became very distant. She didn't speak first, and Merlin felt her stagnation, so he could only greet her first: "Hi, Morgan .”

Morgan Le Fay didn't take off the cloak, her voice was cold and stern: "Are you here to see my joke, Merlin?"

Merlin said: "It seems that you really missed on 'Mordred'... If I'm not wrong, the latent problems on him should erupt after a long time, and no matter what, he shouldn't have Appearing here should not have the status of 'successor'."

"Yes, Merlin," Morgan Le Fay walked forward, "I created its birth, it should have been injured and escaped in that fight, and then it will hide, I will nurture it, educate it , I will tell it its own origins, make it hate King Arthur who gave it its 'blood', and I will tell it that the entire kingdom of Camelot should belong to it...it will become a Conspirator, not..."

She thought of the little thing clinging tightly to King Arthur's side on the stage, and couldn't help vomiting blood in her heart.

"Because you misunderstood Arthur again," Merlin said with a sigh, "sometimes he will do things that even you have to sigh, and because it is him, some things you thought were impossible before , and will just accept it peacefully like this, he has such magic power."

"I have indeed learned the lesson." Morgan Le Fay also had to admit this, and her tone became complicated.She remembered what Merlin had said to Vivian when she went to find him—Arthur was not an emperor who would be controlled.

"Can you tell me?" Merlin asked softly: "Why do you do so many things? Give Arthur the secret treasure, use his blood to create things, tell me, Vivienne, you just had to wait for that The sword returned to your hands in the end, why do you have to make so many?"

He was not only asking Morgan Le Fay these words, but also Vivian behind her.In fact, he also missed one point. Lancelot was able to change his identity and become a member of the Knights of the Round Table thanks to Vivienne.

"Haha," Morgan Le Fay first laughed out loud, and then said: "Don't you think, Merlin, we've got too many things, much more than we expected at the beginning, all thanks to For your little Arthur, such a great achievement will definitely leave a brilliant mark in history..."

"I know," Merlin continued, "so you have to increase your weight, you have to participate, you have to control everything..."

"Yeah," Morgan Le Fay floated up out of nowhere: "Didn't you already know that? Only disputes can create great achievements, and only a grand death can make a great person sublime again. Don't you want to let your Will King Arthur become an unrepeatable legend?"

"He is already a legend!" Merlin also revealed his gentle mask, and he also flew up, his dark eyes were like the whirlpool of the abyss: "You shouldn't bother him anymore..."

"Then let's compare each other," Morgan Le Fay said coldly, "How long has it been since we fought each other? Merlin, do you want to see my progress during this time?"

The two looked at each other and flew towards each other.

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Camelot has entered a long period of development. When there is no war, people will unanimously focus on internal affairs.Starting from the most central capital city, the scenes in the kingdom became more and more prosperous day by day. At first, people gathered to pay homage to His Majesty Arthur, and later, merchants also began to flow in from all over the world. All kinds of goods greatly facilitated the circulation of commerce.

Arthur lowered the taxes on farmers, craftsmen, and merchants, liberated some slaves into civilians through several grand events, and established some channels to obtain freedom... At the beginning, there were some obstacles, But Arthur's prestige was too great, but the Knights of the Round Table rode around outside their manor a few times, and no one had any objections anymore.

But Arthur did not act too hastily, and it took several years for such a policy to be gradually implemented.Later, he began to worry about farming and people's livelihood. Sometimes, he would meet people of different occupations and status from various places, so as to understand the dynamics of various places.In winter, he will personally send out a lot of food and clothing, and really go deep into the bottom... He not only does this by himself, but also encourages the knights who follow him to do the same, Mo Dredd is always by his side, telling him how to treat the people of this country with his own actions every time.

So Vivienne saw that the country became more and more prosperous, and Camelot became the most affluent and stable place on the continent. The people walked on every stone road with their heads held high. Ruddy, to every visitor who came from outside the city, they introduced their king with loud voice and proud expression... Everyone felt happy to be the ruler of King Arthur, even the most There are also legends of virtuous kings in the border.

No one dared to challenge King Arthur's rule anymore. By the time Arthur entered middle age, he had become the well-deserved king of the entire continent. At this time, some small movements suddenly arose among the Knights of the Round Table.

Arthur brought everyone together one day.

It was an early morning when the dew hadn't evaporated, and ethereal dust was flying in the air. Arthur was sitting in his seat, and he looked sharply at all the knights present. No one dared to keep calm under his gaze. Everyone bowed their heads.

"I heard that some of you want to find the Holy Grail?" He said slowly.

Lancelot and Gawain beside him couldn't help shaking their bodies.But Arthur didn't look at them.

A knight said with a burning face: "It is said that as long as you drink the water in the holy grail, you can be resurrected from the dead and live forever. If we can dedicate it to your majesty, wouldn't it be..."

Arthur wasn't angry, but he wasn't moved as much as the others thought.Time has given him too many things. He lost the immaturity and vigor of his youth, but gained a kind of extraordinarily calm and steady. His eyes were deep, and the golden pupils seemed to contain something extremely broad. He smiled slightly, and then Said: "So, what do I need to pay?"

The knight was dumbfounded.Arthur looked at him with inclusive and gentle eyes: "I know that you all have good intentions, but sometimes, death should be a journey we have to go through. As the lord of a country, my every move There are too many things involved... If I need to pay a huge price...then what do you think is my most precious thing?"

It is the kingdom and the people of the kingdom.This is on everyone's mind.

"If I ask all of you to find the Holy Grail for me," Arthur continued: "Then who will fulfill the oath I made on the day I founded the Knights, and fight for justice and justice?"

None of the knights answered.

"If any of you really want to get it," Arthur said, "I can also let you leave the Knights of the Round Table. After all, this is what we agreed at the beginning. I hope that joining the Knights will be a good thing for you." An honor, not a bondage. However, if you leave, more people will join in, and, even if you do find the Holy Grail, I hope you will not give away such a precious thing Bring it to me, if you can, I hope you can drink it up yourself."

"How is this possible?!" Gao Wen was extremely shocked.Lancelot took a step back, but obviously, he also wanted to say something.

"Why not?" Arthur said slowly: "Finding the Holy Grail is also an honor, but I don't want this kind of honor, so this will only belong to your own spoils."

"No, Your Majesty," Lancelot said with a choked voice, "It is my highest honor to join the Knights of the Round Table. If you don't want to, I will naturally not even look at it. I hope you can forgive me, for my sake. Greedy delusion!"

Gao Wen also knelt down.There were many more people. More than half of the Knights of the Round Table knelt down. Their faces were full of panic, worried that King Arthur would be angry.

But King Arthur just sighed, and he said with sadness on his face: "My life is obtained by borrowing the dedication of others. Immortality is definitely not something worth pursuing for me." It will only bring me pain and regret, so...promise me, Mordred, that you will not seek the illusory Holy Grail."

A person flashed out behind him, it was a young version of King Arthur, with golden hair and blue eyes, he looked angry, and there seemed to be a storm in his eyes, he said urgently: "But father, Your body..."

Arthur stood up, looking at him with gentle eyes, he took his hand, just like when he was taken out of the cabin that day, he said softly: "That may be a good thing , but I can't bear the price of you leaving me, so Mordred, I hope you can stay here."

Mordred blushed immediately, and he seemed to lose his sanity, he stammered, "I, I, I too... I would also..."

This deed of finding the Holy Grail was snuffed out in the bud.When people in later generations study this period of history, they can't help admiring King Arthur's foresight, because more than 1000 years later, the competition for the Holy Grail caused a huge empire to be destroyed in the war, and there is an unknown amount of grievances hidden in it. Enmity and power struggle.But all of this was so lightly dissipated in Arthur's few words.

So a historical master in later generations said: King Arthur understands people's hearts too well.

The last scene that Arthur could remember was that he was walking on an invisible road, which was full of drifting smoke, just like the fairyland road he stepped on that day.At the end, he saw the white fairy with long hair hanging down again. She looked at him with a smile and asked him if he would go to Avalon with her, which he had been to. The name of Wonderland.

Arthur turned her down.He told her that although there was eternity, it was not what he wanted.

Vivian fell silent.She finally pulled up her skirt, gave a shallow salute, and disappeared like that.

In the outside world, Arthur also exhaled his last breath, on the bed curtain, and died at the end of his life.

At this time, 30 years have passed since the day he drew his sword.