Chapter 61: If One Cannot Live in Truth, Then One Must Die with Glory
Guinevere's arrival suddenly made the previously quiet garden cheerful. There seemed to be a special charm about her. Although on the surface she also seemed to be a calm and composed, elegant princess-type character, wherever she was, one could always feel a sense of relaxed joy.
In fact, this was also an important reason why she could become the "Queen."
"Guinevere's arrival brought new vitality to this kingdom composed entirely of knights."
In the original [Kingdom of Camelot], Artoria as the king was essentially a genderless ruling machine. She ruled that country with absolute rationality, calculating all gains and losses with perfect accuracy. This method of rule could of course make the kingdom prosper in a short period of time, but in the long run, it would inevitably cause resentment among the subjects of the kingdom—absolutely no one would like to be ruled by a machine without any emotions.
So, she married Guinevere, a queen who could bring "humanity" to this country.
—But this also happened to be the fuse for the destruction of the kingdom.
"Damn it!"
Looking at Guinevere, who was already sitting with Morgan and joining in this "free talk," Agravain, who was standing behind them, could no longer suppress the pain in his body and subconsciously clutched his heart. He recalled a very bad thing: in Camelot, almost all the Round Table Knights knew about the "affair" between Guinevere and Lancelot. But for one reason or another, everyone pretended that it wasn't happening.
—Even Artoria as the king hadn't said anything!
But only he, this Round Table Knight who had been pursuing the truth all his life, had pierced this royal scandal that was "not even two taels off the scale, but a thousand catties on it." He had revealed the truth. But the price was the disintegration of the Round Table and the fall of the kingdom of Camelot.
"Was it really worth it?" He couldn't help but ask himself this, but he couldn't find an answer that could put his mind at ease for a long time. And now, this question was not over. A new, even more serious problem was placed before him.
[Shiroryu].
He looked at the man sitting at the stone table, who was holding the little white beast named Fou on one side and quietly listening to the others' conversation on the other. As the most important adjutant beside the Knight King, he could be sure that in the "Kingdom of Camelot" he was familiar with, there was absolutely no such man! In other words, this man was the [culprit] who had caused this history to be distorted, and thus had made this land summon them, these "Round Table Knights."
"He is an anomaly."
Like an experienced repairman, he, who pursued the truth, saw the problem at a glance. But, looking at this beautiful ideal kingdom, looking at his mother, whose face showed an impatient look but who had never left... could he really say the two words "not right"? Was what he was looking forward to really that broken Britain, the destroyed Camelot, and the king who was kneeling on a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, crying her heart out?
...
Because of the extreme pain, Agravain closed his eyes. He took several deep breaths in a row, until his body finally felt a little better, and his chaotic brain finally cleared up a little, before he opened his eyes again. But the scene presented before him was no longer that sunny and cheerful garden.
But a pure white space.
[Shiroryu]—this man whom he had judged as an "error" was standing in this space, looking at him with an appreciative gaze.
"This is my mental domain. But, don't misunderstand, it wasn't me who pulled you in. It was your own soul that resonated with this domain of mine and came in on its own."
"How remarkable. You clearly didn't investigate anything, yet you found the [correct answer] at the first opportunity."
Shiroryu praised his insight. This man who had been pursuing the truth all his life, after becoming a Heroic Spirit, this wish of his had also been sublimated into an ability. Before his eyes, all "evil" had nowhere to hide.
—But now, there was no evil in his field of vision.
Agravain looked at the man before him with an almost dazed expression—no, it should be said, a white dragon. He could see the curses and despair attached to its body. Those were the most evil and terrifying things in this world. But they could never erode its body. In the midst of the curse and despair, its body was still sacred, blooming with a light that symbolized "purity."
"What, are you stunned? You underestimate me too much! I, Shiroryu, even while holding up Camelot with one hand, and bearing the anger and curse of this island on my body, am still invincible in the world!"
—Quite arrogant words, from this man's mouth, were spoken in an almost joking tone.
Alright, actually, he was just joking. He was not invincible, at least for now he couldn't beat that purple old woman.
But Agravain nodded in conviction. He believed his words—but at the same time, the expression on his face was even more painful and conflicted.
"He's not wrong either."
"That noble ideal... can't be wrong."
He already knew what was going on. That king who, in his cognition, had never been recognized by others and could be said to have died alone; in this parallel world, had finally found a "companion" who truly shared her ideals. These two had joined forces and, with extraordinary power, had forcefully reversed that destructive ending. On this Isle of Britain, which should have been in its last days, they had established a true [Kingdom of Heaven on Earth].
"What a beautiful country."
If possible, he really wanted the [Knight King] he knew to also come and see this country. If the king could see this country, she would definitely show a true smile, right?
He thought so. At the same time, a chain with a head as sharp as a spear had quietly appeared behind him.
—But the target of this weapon was by no means the smiling god before him, but his own throat. He was preparing to commit suicide.
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