lost narrative poem

Chapter 314 The Return

I don't know how long it has been...

In the midst of being confused, I finally felt the correction from the world...

I seem to be losing the will and strength to stay in this world, and I can't feel the connection of the contract...

Probably because the magician who was like a layer cake has left this world now, right?

Saber raised her head to look at Xue Ye, pursed her lips, and accepted her fate of leaving the world.

She didn't have any resistance to this, just knelt quietly on the snow, waiting for the final moment - all of this, perhaps, was a long and euphemistic punishment for tormenting the "king who doesn't understand people's hearts". She deserved it.

She is always right, she believes in it.Even so, she ignored the anguish and troubles of too many people, just like she ignored the pain of Lancelot and Guinevere.

She couldn't figure it out, and she didn't understand why she couldn't figure it out. This was the limit of Artoria, the king of knights.

Could it be said that Camlanchu's tragic situation is not a trick of fate, but the inevitable result of her governance?

"Ugh..."

At the moment when she gradually lost contact with the real world, she sobbed uncontrollably, letting the tears flow on her face, her eyes blurred.

Because she is about to die soon, no matter what she thinks or does, it will not be recorded in history.She doesn't have to give herself the title of king anymore, it doesn't matter even if she shows weakness, it doesn't matter even if she loses face.

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry... people like me..."

Although she knew that her apology could not be conveyed to anyone, the girl still repeated her confession, towards the unfulfilled ideal, towards the people who could not be saved, towards everything that disappeared because of her being a king.

Originally thought that one day, after crossing endless battles, he would finally be able to obtain the Holy Grail.At that time, all the mistakes I have committed can be erased through miracles.

However, the pain endured, the endless hatred, the bright future... And then, even the only hope that can be pinned is taken away.

She has nothing to lose now, she can only shed tears and repent in the moment called eternity, in the reproach called rest, and suffer in endless punishment...

It was supposed to be—it was.

"It's too expensive, why is the charge for a Saber so expensive... Are you charging with my points? You can charge me as much as you see me?"

A familiar voice came from ahead, with a feeling of gnashing of teeth.

"And I see that other people's spirit bodies can be brought back as soon as they are obtained. Why should I charge for my contracted Servant?"

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After waking up from the dream on the other side of time and space, Arturia, who had been kneeling there dejectedly, unwilling to look at the desolation and misery around her, raised her head subconsciously, and slowly looked around.

She thought she would see a familiar scenery——

The sunset sky is blood-colored.

The ground in front of him was also blood-colored.

The corpses that fell on the ground were those who once believed in a young girl, supported her as king, and jointly sang triumphant songs for her.They were divided into two factions because of the instigation of traitors. They regarded each other as enemies and killed each other, and then fell together on this battlefield.

That is, the place where King Arthur died, at the foot of Camlann Hill.

Because she entrusted her soul after death to the "world" and embarked on a journey to seek miracles, her time was frozen before she died.Unless the contract is fulfilled, she can only return to Camlan Hill again and again, repeating that scene over and over again.

This battlefield will forever blame her, torment her——

That's why Arturia, who took it for granted that she had returned to the battlefield under the setting sun, was unwilling to look at the surrounding scenes.

What's there to see?Her courtiers, her knights, and her friends all fell on this bloody battlefield, and even the body of Mordred, the tragic son who was a traitor and inherited his own blood, fell on her. In front of him, he was pierced through the heart by her.

Because of love-hate entanglement, she lost everything.

However, what appeared in front of Arturia at this moment was an incomparably huge platform, surrounded by a dark and dead void like the depths of the universe, the platform seemed to be suspended in this empty space of the universe.

Above the platform, there is a soft white ball of light, which seems to be the only sun in this space. The light emitted as a light source dispels the surrounding darkness and illuminates the entire platform.

Not far away, there was a lonely wooden door standing on the platform, and in front of her was the back of the magician, who was talking to the ball of light in mid-air in extreme annoyance, arguing about something.

For a moment, Artoria felt that she might be hallucinating.

"Where is... here?" She muttered to herself, her mind was in a mess and she couldn't react at all.

"Saber, you're awake. I just thought you were motionless and fell asleep..." Xia Ran turned her head, stopped the meaningless laning behavior with the ball of light, and looked at the knight behind her. girl.

"What is this place? Why am I here?" The knight girl stared at him and asked again.

"Hmph, that's a good question."

Xia Ran sneered, her voice lowered all of a sudden, and the ultra-low air pressure that seems to be able to make the air temperature drop suddenly spreads——

"This is a game. It's no longer a question of who made this game. Maybe it's the gods, maybe it's a demon, or it's more likely to be aliens or future humans. In short, you are now a member of this game, or Said that I have become a member of this game now. I feel confused when I put a choice in the city, and I feel that I am in front of decayed people. When they choose this game, they will be sent to the scenes of various horror movies... ..."

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"..."

Artoria didn't speak, just stared at him closely.

"Ahem, well, in fact, as you can see, this is the outside of the world, the Heroic Seat beyond the dimension and time axis..."

Under the girl's piercing gaze, Xia Ran couldn't hold on any longer, so she pretended to cough twice, and said so sincerely.

"The existence that became a heroic spirit will be freed from the shackles of time and move here..."

"You said this is the Seat of Heroes?"

Artoria was slightly taken aback, not sure for a moment whether Xia Ran was talking nonsense, or telling the truth, after all, as an exception among the exceptions, she had never been to the Seat of Heroes.

Without investigation, there is no right to speak. Since you don't know anything, there is naturally no way to confirm Xia Ran's statement now.

"Well, at least...probably...maybe...perhaps...should be of a similar nature, I think this example can help you understand better..." Xia Ran stretched out an index finger and scratched her cheek, a little embarrassed laughed dryly.

"Why do you use so many uncertain words?" Saber was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that this person was unreliable.

"Let's put it this way, if you think about it carefully, it should have told you the corresponding information..." Xia Ran said after thinking for a while.

Saber frowned, but subconsciously began to search her own memory, and then, as if some mechanism had been triggered, a piece of strange information flowed into her consciousness...

The next moment, her expression froze, and within two seconds, she came back to her senses, bit her lower lip hard and stared at Xia Ran.

"Why do you look at me like that? This should be a win-win situation, right?" Xia Ranqi said, "Are you planning to go back to the Battle of Jianlan and cry? You will never be able to honor that contract?"

He sighed, and pointed at the ball of light in the sky: "You are willing to believe in Alaya's mechanism of lending usury to lure you into the game, why don't you want to believe that it can really give you unlimited possibilities? the land where everything is promised?"

"A place of infinite possibilities... a place where everything is allowed?"

Artoria froze slightly.

"That's right, this is the hub linking all worlds, a collection of infinite possibilities. It does not correspond to one world, but an infinite space-time of the universe. The miracle you are looking for also exists in other worlds, and it is even a more advanced concept. .”

Xia Ran said so confidently, with a bewitching tone in her tone, as if she was trying to trick people into pyramid schemes, and brainwash them into saying how bright the future of their careers is——

"What the Holy Grail can't do, doesn't mean that no other person or thing can do it. You were determined to overcome the endless battle, and then get the Holy Grail to realize your wish? There is no change at all, or Is it more reliable than the holy grail filled with black mud?"

"..." Arturia was tongue-tied, as if it really made such a truth?

It was precisely because she hated the demise of Britain so much that she refused her own redemption. No matter what price she had to pay or how long the battle would be, she would change the outcome of her rule.

One failure is two times, two failures is three times... As long as she is still conscious and able to act, she will fight desperately for this goal...

The reason why her heart was ashamed before was because she found that she was determined to get the Holy Grail, but in fact, there was no way to realize her wish, not to mention that it was all about Heixiang, and her wish involved too much.

To change the history of the millennium length unit, and to change the whole human principle....

Even with the power of the Holy Grail, there is absolutely no way to achieve that level of miracle.

What she is afraid of is not failure, but the cruel fact - even if she succeeds, she will not be able to achieve her goal, which is what she fears most.

In this way, the behavior of the magician in front of her still gave her a new dawn in despair, telling her that there is still a possibility, but she needs to continue to fight and pursue...

"Really... there is still a possibility of success? What should I do if I can't find it anyway?"

The knight girl asked subconsciously, her tone was so urgent that she seemed to be a little girl who was worried about losing her.

"Why not? In your world, isn't the concept of magic a miracle that turns the impossible into the possible?" Xia Ran laughed dumbly, "If I can't find it, I can create it myself. As long as I don't die halfway, I will sooner or later." Touch that realm!"

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"You want to become a magician?" Saber stared at him suspiciously.

"It's not just a magician." Xia Ran smiled slightly.

(End of this chapter)