"What did you say? Lamorak failed to assassinate Vortigern and was captured?"
When Artoria heard this news from the intelligence officer, she was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously retorted, "This is impossible. A knight as powerful as Lamorak, even if he is no match for the vile king, can still easily escape if he wants to. Where did you hear this news? Don't fall for Vortigern's scheme."
After a long military life, the Artoria in front of others was no longer the pure and shy white knight princess of the past. Without Merlin's assistance, she had to take the initiative to change herself, so that now she looked to outsiders as that wise and martial King Arthur who could lead Britain to glory.
Perhaps, only when she touched some people or things deep in her heart would she show a trace of the girl she once was.
"But, my King, this news came from the mouths of the people of Cornwall," the intelligence officer knelt on one knee on the ground, his expression looking a little hesitant. "According to them, after the vile king captured the glorious knight, he tied him up and paraded him through the streets. That's why this news spread so quickly and became known to us."
As if he had sensed that after he said this, the king's breathing in front of him had become a little rapid, the intelligence officer quickly added, "But you can rest assured. After learning of this news, Lord Gawain has already dispatched men to Cornwall to investigate. My King, you just need to wait."
"Is that so? It seems Sir Gawain is as reliable as ever."
Hearing his answer, Artoria, who had been a little flustered, was slightly relieved. But then she began to worry about Souya's safety if the news was true. Although it had been half a year since she last saw him, her longing for him had not diminished but had increased.
Especially when Merlin, because of his oath, had to leave Britain not long ago and return to his tower at the end of Avalon, this longing for him had become even deeper.
In the past six months of fighting with Vortigern, even though they were mostly on the winning side, and were getting closer and closer to his base in Londinium, it was inevitable that in this bloody life, she had accumulated a lot of fatigue and indescribable feelings. This feeling always made the girl feel depressed and down from time to time, and it was difficult to fall asleep at night. She urgently wanted to find someone to talk to.
But in Britain now, Merlin was in self-imposed confinement. Unless he took the initiative to find her, she couldn't contact him at all. And Kay, because of his position as the second seat of the Round Table, was also under great pressure. For both emotional and rational reasons, she didn't want to add any more trouble to him. As for the other knights, although she also trusted them very much and could feel their respect and admiration for her, after all, it was a relationship between a king and her subjects. She couldn't possibly bring her negative emotions to them.
At this point, the only person she could think of was Lamorak. That gentle him, who had taught her the principles of being a person, would surely pat her head and comfort her with warm words.
With this thought, Artoria waited for the return of the scouts as if a day were a year. And not long after, when the men sent by Gawain brought back the news that the intelligence was true, she almost impatiently convened a Round Table meeting to discuss the matter of Lamorak's capture.
There was no other way. Even though the first thought she had upon hearing the news was to immediately send troops to Cornwall to rescue him, her reason still told her not to act rashly. This kind of military strategy that would decide the development of the war should be discussed with her Round Table Knights. After all, the reason she had established the Round Table was precisely for this.
After a short while, Artoria and all the Round Table Knights came together to the huge round table in the castle hall. She looked around at everyone, then slowly told them the reason for convening the Round Table and the question of whether to save Souya.
And after she had finished speaking, the first to speak was the Knight of the Sun, Gawain.
"Of course we have to save him! That's Lamorak! If such a noble and powerful knight is allowed to be killed by Vortigern, that would be a loss for all of us, and even the whole of Britain!"
Gawain spoke with great passion, his words filled with fervent emotion. On this Round Table, besides Artoria and Kay, he was the one who had the best relationship with him. Besides, the current Gawain still believed that he and him were brothers created and bewitched by Morgan. He had been sad for a long time after hearing that he had sworn allegiance to her. Now that he had a chance to get this good brother back, he was naturally very happy.
But before he could sit down, another voice of rebuttal came out. "My King, Brother Gawain, I think this matter is really too strange. If we rashly go to rescue this Lamorak, we are very likely to fall into Vortigern's trap. So it's better to take our time."
Hearing this low and somewhat gloomy voice, everyone's gaze subconsciously looked over. As expected, it was the black-armored, serious-faced Agravain. As one of the few strategists of the Round Table, Agravain often thought about problems from the worst possible outcome. Even Tristan, who was always saying how sad he was, couldn't compare.
Seeing that it was this old-fashioned brother of his who was refuting him, Gawain subconsciously frowned. But this was not the first time Agravain had sung a different tune. He also knew that his brother's personality was just like that, and it wasn't intentional. So he tried his best to answer in a calm tone, "But Agravain, we can't just leave Lamorak alone. Even if Vortigern has an ambush, we are rescuing him, not fighting to the death. What's more," Gawain turned to look at Artoria, who was sitting at the head of the table, trying hard to listen to their discussion calmly. "As long as we can rescue Lamorak and let him join us, then we will have a combat power that is by no means inferior to mine."
Hearing this, the other knights were all slightly stunned. Only then did they remember that it seemed that Lamorak had indeed defeated Gawain before.
"Oh, not inferior to you? Are you talking about under the sun or normally?"
At this time, another knight in purple armor and with purple hair spoke up. He was the one known as the Knight of the Lake, Lancelot, and also the currently recognized strongest knight of the Round Table.
He, who held 'Arondight', had just fought a battle with Gawain not long ago. The final outcome was that he had relied on his hard strength to drag it out until sunset, and then had defeated Gawain. And even he had to admit that the three-times-stronger Gawain under the sun was really powerful. If it weren't for the characteristics of Arondight, he really might not have been able to last until sunset. So upon hearing Gawain personally admit that Souya was no worse than him, Lancelot's interest was immediately piqued.
"Although I don't want to admit it, I have to say that Lamorak's strength is indeed terrifyingly strong. And just the former him could fight to a draw with me in my Saint's Blessing state. Now he wouldn't be any worse than me," Gawain replied truthfully, his tone filled with sincere admiration.
On the side, Artoria, upon hearing his words, for some reason felt a little happy, the corners of her mouth unconsciously turning up.
But even though Gawain had said so, Agravain still held a dissenting opinion. "Being strong is one thing, whether he can be used by the king is another." Agravain's slow and firm voice came. "If Lamorak is as strong as you say, Brother Gawain, then why was he captured and imprisoned by Vortigern? What's more, if I remember correctly, he is a knight loyal to Morgan, right? I think you are very clear about what kind of person our mother is."
As he said this, Agravain kept staring into Gawain's eyes. His gray eyes were serious and unsmiling. "Since he has seen Morgan's character and is still willing to be loyal to her, I think there is probably something wrong with this Lamorak. For both emotional and rational reasons, we have no reason to risk saving him."
"Enough, Agravain! You can't slander Lamorak like that! He is a brother of the same birth as us!"
As if because Morgan was mentioned, Gawain's emotions clearly became agitated. He stood up in anger and rebuked Agravain from the perspective of an older brother. And the latter just remained silent this time, without answering.
"Ah, I am so sad. My colleagues are actually arguing over a person who is completely irrelevant and may even be an enemy. This is truly... too sad."
The red-haired Tristan closed his eyes, while plucking the harp-like bow or bow-like harp in his hand. His tone was flat and without a trace of emotion, his intonation beautiful and melodious, like a song. Clearly, he, like Agravain, did not support saving Souya.
"Alright, alright, everyone calm down, calm down."
Seeing that Gawain was about to say something more, Percival, the old good guy of the Round Table, quickly stood up to be a peacemaker. And while speaking, he also cast his gaze towards Artoria, then said with a smile, "Since we can't come to a conclusion, why don't we ask the king what she thinks about this matter, how about it?"
After speaking, Percival also added a sentence, "Of course, if we can let Lamorak join us, that would be excellent. I happen to also want to spar with him in spear techniques."
And after this sentence, everyone looked at Artoria. "My King, what do you think?"
"Mmm..."
In front of everyone, Artoria changed the hand that was supporting her chin to holding it, in a thinking posture. After a long while, the girl spoke. "I think... we should still go and save Lamorak."
As if afraid that someone would stand up and refute Gawain as before, she quickly said, "Actually, to be honest with you, I was an old acquaintance with Lamorak before. I believe he is not some vicious person. The reason he was captured this time must be because Vortigern used some kind of scheme. As long as we can rescue him, he will definitely help us fight against Vortigern."
Hearing her clearly biased words, the expressions of the Round Table Knights were all a bit strange, but they did not show it. "If that's the case, then let's vote."
Seeing that even the king did not support him, Agravain couldn't help but sigh, but still made a final struggle. To this, the other knights naturally had no objection. After all, it was a tradition of the Round Table to vote when there was a disagreement.
Thus, in the end, besides Agravain and Tristan, everyone else, including Gareth and Gaheris, chose to agree to save Souya. And in the end, only Kay, who had been silently listening on the side, had not expressed his opinion.
"Brother Kay... Minister Kay, what is your opinion?" Artoria asked.
Kay, as if he had just come back from his thoughts, said "ah," then paused for a moment, and finally, in everyone's gaze, slowly said, "Let's go. Let's go and save that guy."
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