novelraw Chapter 154 Real Illusion
Chapter 154 Real Illusion
"Dean, the third Holy Grail War has come to an end."
"Well, has anyone succeeded?"
"No. In this Holy Grail War, the Japanese army and the German Nazis were mixed in. The specific situation is very complicated. When the war was in the middle, the Little Holy Grail was destroyed in advance, the Holy Grail War was terminated early, and the ceremony failed."
"Well, what is the Einzbern family summoning?"
"The Einzbern family fiddled with the summoning of the Heroic Spirit, and summoned an out-of-standard class Avenger, but the power of this Heroic Spirit was very weak. On the fourth day of the Holy Grail War, he was killed by Edelfelt. The saber summoned by the family was defeated."
"So, the Great Holy Grail is still in Fuyuki City."
"Yes, Danik Ugdomirenia seems to have colluded with the Nazis to divert the Great Grail, but without success."
"So...it's this line of fate..."
"...Dean?"
"It's nothing, this matter ends here, and there is no need to worry about it in the future."
"Dean, don't you need to deal with Danik Yugdomirenia?"
"Don't worry about him, he's just a clown with more ambition than ability."
"Then next?"
"I'll take care of some things next, and I'll leave the Clock Tower to you, Barthumello."
"Yes, Dean, I will never betray your trust."
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"Your Highness, Your Highness?"
The girl suddenly opened her eyes, and saw a woman in a gorgeous palace dress smiling gently at her.
"Your Highness, it's time for you to get up." The lady clapped her hands gracefully, and a row of maids filed in and got busy.
'Your Highness, are you calling me?But who am I? 'The girl propped her forehead a little uncomfortably, baffled by the situation in front of her.
The lady beside him gently helped the girl up, put a big pillow behind her considerately, and asked with some concern: "Your Highness, is your head still hurting? Your Excellency Merlin is really too, how can you teach you magic indiscriminately?" You are a noble princess, what should I do if I hurt you..."
The girl frowned and murmured: "Magic, princess... who is Merlin?"
The lady paused and sighed: "Is there really a sequelae... Have you forgotten? Your Excellency Merlin is your teacher, the great magician of the court, and the guest of His Majesty the King. Yesterday, you and Your Excellency Merlin studied A spell, but the casting failed and suffered a magic backlash... You should have had more rest, but His Royal Highness Prince Arthur is coming to visit today, so you still need to dress up as soon as possible."
The girl resisted the headache, sorted out the relationship between the characters in her mind, and then asked: "I seem to forget a lot of things, what is my identity?"
The lady poked the girl's forehead with distress, and explained: "This time it's so serious... You are the princess of the kingdom, the second heir, Her Royal Highness Princess Fulan."
The girl named Fran asked, "I have a brother?"
"You have a half-sister, a princess left behind by the previous queen, Her Royal Highness Princess Morgan, the first heir to the kingdom."
Upon hearing the relationship between the characters, Fran felt that her identity and background might be more complicated than imagined. She frowned slightly, and then asked, "Who is Prince Arthur?"
"It's your fiancé, His Royal Highness Prince Arthur Pendoragon."
Flan listened to the head and two big, she tried to sit up, and ordered: "Help me tidy up first."
The maids washed the princess, and then surrounded her with gorgeous palace dresses and expensive and exquisite jewelry.I don't know how long it took before the maids finished the task of dressing up and retreated out. Fran, who had been tossed about a lot, only felt that she was physically and mentally exhausted, and she didn't seem to be used to this kind of life at all, which made her feel a little puzzled .
"It's so perfect, you are the well-deserved pearl of the kingdom, the number one beauty, no matter how gorgeous your clothes are against your radiance, it can only be reduced to a foil." The elegant lady who seemed to be Fran's personal maid praised sincerely .
Fran tilted her head to look at herself in the mirror. The girl in the mirror was seventeen or eighteen years old, with soft blond hair curled up high, and a beautiful crown inlaid with pure sapphires was pinned between her hair. The jewels on the crown are even clearer and more dazzling.The girl's snow-white skin seemed to be slightly radiant, and a pair of small earrings made of sapphire and diamonds hung down her cheeks, setting off the flawless snow skin like pearls and jade.The girl was wearing a gorgeous blue tutu dress with half-exposed shoulders and a slender waist. The exquisite silver embroidery and sparkling crystal decoration made the dress shine in the sun.
'Is this me?Why do I feel that my skin should not be so white, and my facial features should not be so profound. The girl was even more puzzled. After walking a few steps, she heard the maid behind her ask in surprise, "What's wrong with you? Why do you walk like a man?"
'I... like a man? The girl tilted her head to think, but felt that the crown pinned to her head was a little unstable.She quickly raised her chin, straightened her head, and shortened her stride, lest the maid let her practice her posture with the dictionary on her head.
After walking out of the room, everything in the palace was unfamiliar to Fran. She looked at the people and things around her without looking for traces, trying to retrieve her lost memory, but it didn't seem to work.
"Your Highness."
Suddenly, a male voice sounded, and Fran turned her head to look, only to see a young man in a white robe and white hair standing in front of the corner terrace with the backlight. It seemed to be shrouded in a dreamlike halo.The young man's face was not very clear in the shadow of the backlight, but those dreamy purple pupils were as beautiful as a dream.
'who is he?It feels... so familiar..." Fran stared blankly at the white-haired young man, as if looking at the only familiar reflection in a strange world.
"Good morning, Your Highness." The white-haired young man walked over with a smile, and his refreshing smile was like a breeze blowing on his face.The young man was tall and handsome, his white hair messed up gave him a bit of lively temperament, his upper body was a magic robe with white as the main color, and he was wearing dark wide trousers underneath, holding a strangely shaped The black staff showed his identity as a magician.
Facing the young man's dreamy purple eyes and refreshing smile, Fran could only feel her heart pounding, and inexplicable emotions fermented in her heart.
'Why... Is this love at first sight?But…'
Fran tried her best to calm herself down. She performed a palace etiquette instinctively, and her brain was running fast.
"Good morning, Your Excellency Merlin."
The white-haired magician on the opposite side seemed to be stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Why did Your Highness suddenly use an honorific name for me? Also, according to your maid, you seem to have lost your memory, do you remember now? "
Fran lowered her eyebrows, shook her head gently, and said, "I really can't remember many things clearly. I was able to recognize you because the maid told me some information in advance." She raised her head and looked directly at Merlin, and asked : "Since you are my teacher, in your opinion, when can I get my memory back?"
Merlin approached Fran, and raised his hand to caress her cheek. Fran's body froze, but she still didn't evade, just carefully paying attention to the reaction of the white-haired man opposite.
I just heard the man who was supposed to be his teacher say softly: "I know, you don't feel safe when you lose your memory, but maybe this is a good thing for you. After all, you have already given up our relationship, Isn't it? If you forget me and marry Prince Arthur, you won't suffer any more."
'ah? Fran understood what Merlin meant, and asked back: "You mean, we had an affair, and then you sealed my memory so that I could marry Prince Arthur?"
The man's expression became very complicated, but his eyes revealed touching tenderness.
"How could I do that? As long as you want, I can take you away at any time, even if I abandon everything and run away. Whether it is power, responsibility, or fate, I will not be moved by it. But you, you Can't let go of my responsibilities, can't let go of your identity, between the two of us, you have always held the initiative."
'ha?It turns out that I was a scumbag who teased my teacher before abandoning him for the embrace of the prince? When Fran heard the man's sincere words, she fell into self-doubt.
Fran took half a step back and distanced herself from her 'ex-lover'. She felt a little confused now. Although His Excellency Merlin's words were sincere, she couldn't fully believe them.
She glanced at the soldiers guarding the palace and the maids coming and going, and felt even more strange why she and this Lord Merlin made such relatively intimate conversations and actions in such a public place, but the people around them did not. What about different colors?This seems a bit unreasonable.
"Second sister?" A haughty and hoarse female voice suddenly sounded. Fran turned her head and saw a tall beauty in a dark blue floor-length dress. The dark eyes contained arrogance and indifference, and when looking at Fran, there was a trace of incomprehensible complexity and jealousy.
'She is... elder sister Morgan, she seems to hate me, why?Because I'm her half-sister? Fran said hello to the arrogant and gloomy Yujie, but what she got was ridiculed.
"Why, it's not enough to steal my sister's fiancé, even my own teacher? Is Princess Fulan, the pearl of the empire, as pure as a lily, so slutty?"
'Wait, what's going on?Could Prince Arthur Turn Out to Be Morgan's Fiancé?I stole my sister's fiancé?Am I so scumbag? !This is impossible! Fran's scalp was numb from the sudden amount of information.
"Your Highness, please be careful." Merlin stopped the taunting Princess Morgan with a smile on his face, "We all know the cause and effect of that incident, if you feel dissatisfied, you can go and get angry at Prince Arthur, why bother with yourself?" What about your younger sister? For the sake of this country, His Royal Highness even gave up the throne to you, if you say such things again, it would be too unreasonable!"
"You!" Morgan glared at Merlin bitterly, and said with a sneer, "Yes, Archmage Merlin, great sage, who can match your nobility? You can even give up your lover. Why, I Your good sister agreed to maintain a lover relationship with you even after marriage?"
"Okay." Fulan lightly interrupted the two who were about to quarrel: "Eldest sister, you are going to meet the guests too, so let's go together, it's getting late, father and king are probably waiting gone."
Morgan regained her haughty expression, she snorted softly, and walked in one direction on her own.Fran saluted Merlin, then turned and followed Morgan to the main hall.
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In the main hall, sitting on the high throne of the king was a handsome middle-aged man, probably his father.On the first seat of the guest seat, sat a beautiful young man with blond hair and blue eyes in a gorgeous formal attire.Noticing the presence of Fran and Morgan, the boy's sharp and bright green pupils looked over suddenly, with an elegant and dignified smile on the corner of his mouth, and he couldn't wait to greet them.
"Your Highness!"
Fran watched the young man walking towards her quickly, staring at her without blinking, full of the affection of a young man.Seeing this handsome and heroic young man, Fran herself was in a trance for a while, and an inexplicable sense of familiarity came to her heart again.
Suddenly, Prince Arthur seemed to realize his gaffe. He turned his body and bowed gracefully to Princess Morgan. After a formal ceremony, the young prince reached out and took Fran's hand, and said shyly : "Fran, you look so beautiful today."
But more questions arose in Fran's heart. Why did she feel that His Royal Highness, who was smaller than herself, looked like a girl?For example, with his coiled blond hair, pretty face, petite figure, and skirt-like armor, isn't this really a girl?Don't you all find it strange?
Fran sat and chatted with her a little uncomfortably, thinking about how to find a way to break up this so-called engagement. She didn't want to marry a stranger for no reason, even if the other party was a prince!
After the boring meeting, Prince Arthur invited Fran to take a walk outside the palace. Fran looked at the king's encouraging eyes speechlessly and nodded in agreement. Of course, it was not because of the relationship with this unidentified Prince Arthur, but It was she who wanted to find a chance to talk.
On the empty lawn, with the breeze blowing, looking at the blue sky, Fran's mood eased a little.Although Prince Arthur's gender is unknown, he is very considerate and pays close attention to Fran's feelings, which makes her a little embarrassed.
I don't know when it started, it was a little windy outside, but Fran saw that the weather was fine, and she didn't want to go back to that strange palace, so Prince Arthur expressed his willingness to help Fran get a cloak in person.Seeing Arthur walking away, Fran breathed a sigh of relief. Just as she turned around, she heard the guards' screams not far away.
"Dragon! It's an evil dragon!"
Fran: "???"
Suddenly, a huge cloud shrouded Fran's head for an instant. Before she could react, she felt as if she was suddenly swept away by a hurricane and was taken to the sky.
Fran looked down at the smaller and smaller castle in the distance, pinched her huge claws covered with black phosphorus like pinching a doll, and looked up at the black wings that seemed to cover the sky above.The high-altitude wind blew Fulan's hair into a mess, which also made her understand the current situation.
'So this princess was captured by the dragon? ! '
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In front of the window sill of the castle, Merlin stared at the distant shadow. His anger made him dig out five deep fingerprints on the stone window sill. Even the space around him seemed to be distorted in an instant.
"Damn! How did he get involved?!"
"Damn it, my script is all messed up!"
The author has something to say: This is Merlin's real pot~