The body in her arms was very light, as heavy as a piece of paper. However, even so, Artoria was still a little overwhelmed. Lancelot's body was slowly disappearing, and finally, it was almost
No more weight.
"Although the process of things was not perfect, in the end I still borrowed your chest..."
As if he was about to enter eternal sleep, Lancelot murmured softly.
"Being able to die in the king's arms and in front of the king's eyes... I am like this... haha... I am just like a loyal knight..."
"Lancelot...don't say that..."
Arturia answered anxiously. There was something she had to tell Lancelot before he disappeared.
Arturia hopes Lancelot can understand, not 'just like', but 'basically'. No one understands your sincerity and hard work for the king and country better than me... You are a person like this.
The loyal knight.
So there is no need to blame yourself. Everyone makes mistakes, even if it is an incomprehensible mistake - your nobility will not be completely subverted just by such a mistake.
That's why... I didn't question you. I didn't want to insult you or lose a close friend like you. It's precisely because this is what I think in my heart that I can forgive you for committing the big sin you said.
This is Artoria's real thought at the moment, but it seems that it cannot be Lancelot's salvation.
The Knight of the Lake slept like a baby, closing his eyes, and his body slowly dissipated in the air.
"Lancelot, actually you..."
"I know what you are going to say...I also understand...but...I hope you can let me fall into an endless sleep in my last fantasy...My king...finally...I hope you can stay
From your master's side, I can see that... your master is a very humane person..."
Just by looking at Artoria's sincere eyes, Lancelot understood what Artoria meant. This is a confidant and a close friend.
Lancelot had never forgotten Artoria, and it was precisely because of this that when he looked at the arm that had lost its weight, leaving only a simple interposition card, Artoria began to sob.
There is no magic in the interposition card, just like an ordinary playing card.
Can't even make a sound.
Arturia didn't allow herself to make even a single sound. When facing the loyal knight at the last moment, she was still being redeemed by him, so why did she have the right to cry now?
The king...can he only be aloof and arrogant?
Artoria said to herself, while looking for a way to save the country, how many people's inner feelings did she ignore?
Gawain died heroically and Galahad died for his mission. What were they thinking about in their last moments?
Did they also die with regret and depression? Why was he able to insist that this was not what they thought?
Arturia burst into tears, feeling as if her heart was being pricked by countless thorns.
What I did wrong was not the way to be a king...but the way to treat others?
No matter what, the established facts are irreversible...
"Lily..."
Due to Lancelot's transformation, the parking lot shrouded in black fog became clear, and the bright moonlight poured on the top of the parking lot.
Chen Xiaofeng appeared behind Artoria at this moment. Seeing Artoria like this, Chen Xiaofeng hesitated and didn't know how to speak.
"Master...I have been forgiven..." Artoria responded to Chen Xiaofeng with a smile, but the tears still hanging on her cheeks despite her forced smile made Chen Xiaofeng's heart ache.
Chen Xiaofeng just looked at Artoria blankly, and then, she came.
Just like the first time they met, Artoria quietly came to Chen Xiaofeng's side. She stopped within a distance that Chen Xiaofeng's hands could touch.
"Lily...you did...very well..."
Said with mixed feelings.
Not knowing what to say, Chen Xiaofeng felt inexplicably depressed. He didn't know what had happened before on this battlefield, but at this moment, he had an extremely firm belief in his heart.
The girl in front of me was once kept away, feared, and misunderstood... that was once everything to her. In this case, getting close to her, caring about her, and tolerating her is the compensation that the girl should have.
As a king, the girl lacks some human feelings, so all she has to do is teach him step by step how to understand the world.
"Lily... stay with me..."
Chen Xiaofeng mustered up his courage and said.
Arturia smiled, not the forced smile she had before, but a smile from the bottom of her heart.
"Yes, Master." He held the berserker's introduction card in his hand... This was the expectation of the Knight of the Lake.
"Eh?"
Chen Xiaofeng, who originally thought he would waste some words, was dumbfounded by Artoria's straightforwardness.
The night passed.
The wind blows on the roof, becoming flat, and dawn is in the distance.
The sun rises.
The stopped wind blew again, like eternal golden light.
"So, Master, finally...I have another small request..."
Arturia looked straight at Chen Xiaofeng and said in a voice without hesitation.
"Xiao Feng...can I call you that?"
The lips spoke those words.
The wind was blowing, and the eyes that were slightly closed due to the dazzling sun slowly opened.
"Ah... you really look like you to be able to ask such a question..."
Chen Xiaofeng turned his head sideways, smiled, looked at the interposition card in Artoria's hand, and thought of Artoria's previous performance...
"Don't worry...one day, he will return to this world again just like you..."
"Well... I know..." Artoria looked at the rising sun. The sunshine in Academy City is always so beautiful. "I hope that next time we meet, Lancelot can regain his former sparkle."
Artoria completely understood... If the "King" could not be made more humane, such a tragedy would happen again.
Erasing traces of one's own existence...such a thing is not the most fundamental solution in the first place.
Only by seizing the present can we avoid tragedy from happening again... Because of this, I must stay by Chen Xiaofeng's side.