[comprehensive] reproduction plan

"I have a question, and I want you to explain it to me, sir, is that okay?"

Lancelot knew that this girl was now Guinevere's maid. Not long ago, he also knew that Guinevere had asked her to take care of King Arthur for one night. The next day, she was pardoned as a slave. , as the king's lover.

As a matter of course, Lancelot classified the girl into Guinevere's camp, so he was one of his own.

And it is impossible for Guinevere to tell him that Ah Chan once threatened to snatch Lancelot away from her.

Therefore, the knight, whose nature is full of tenderness and consideration for women, looked at the earnest eyes of the girl in front of him, and showed a polite listening attitude: "If I know the answer, I must."

"You are synonymous with honor, you are the greatest knight, and you are the king's favorite knight—may I know what makes you willing to accept the queen's love at the risk of reputation and moral violation?"

She repeatedly mentioned his majestic titles, but when the last half sentence appeared, Lancelot felt ashamed as if she was blaming her.

That put the smile off the First Knight's face.He seemed to think that the girl in front of him was deliberately sarcasm and humiliation, but A-chan immediately showed a painful expression and explained: "I want to know this because I, like you, fell in love with someone I shouldn't in love with."

"I'm in love with King Arthur. Do you think I can have him as the Queen has you?"

These words made Lancelot stunned. The pain that had been aroused in his heart slowly subsided because he sensed the girl's pain.

He forgot his anger, slightly softened his face, and showed a pensive look, "...you actually fell in love with the king? In your capacity, it really shouldn't be...but love, who can say that love has high and low How about preciousness? Love can bind a person. However, love itself is free and cannot be bound. Why did I accept the Queen’s love?——Because I fell in love with her. This is indeed something that should not be done , but two people who love each other, as long as they are happy, what can stop them from walking together? She is not afraid of rumors, and I, I can also make the knights shut up."

"But with all due respect, beautiful girl," Lancelot showed an apologetic expression when he saw the girl in front of him looking distressed and confused. She didn't come to ridicule, but really fell into trouble.He replied: "The king has only one queen in his heart."

"No, the king has admitted before that he no longer loves the queen." Ah Chan replied in a low voice, "but the king refuses to trust me. Even if he no longer loves his wife."

"He doesn't love the queen anymore?" Lancelot looked even more surprised than before. "How can this be?"

Ah Chan didn't answer this question, she just asked again softly: "So, can I get him?"

"...I don't know." Lancelot said in a daze, still unable to recover, "...you know, he is King Arthur."

And soon, Lancelot discovered that King Arthur did not seem to love the queen anymore.

Because the news will soon cease to be a secret.Not only the maids around the queen heard clearly at that time, but even the whole palace knew that King Arthur and the queen slept separately.

He either indulged himself in the arena all day long, or dealt with government affairs and resolved disputes among the people in the hall, and then slept there directly.

But when he mentioned the queen, he seemed very calm. Although he lost his love, he didn't hate him either.

I don't know if it's because King Arthur's attitude is so obvious, even the queen, who thinks he can't do anything to her, feels nervous and panicked for a while.

So Guinevere fell ill and was bedridden before the ninth Diamond Tournament, just like in the previous life.

Although in the previous life, King Arthur had sworn an oath—【I will never see you again, nor will I sleep with you again. ] But now he has to visit her due to the obligations of the king and husband.

He didn't take Lancelot with him this time, but he heard that Lancelot had entered the palace not long ago, so King Arthur guessed that he might see him in Guinevere's room.

There is no doubt about that.

When he bid farewell to Guinevere in his previous life, he knew very well that her lips, her body, and her heart did not belong to him, and never belonged to him. They all belonged to Lancelot.

Recalling his previous life, when Guinevere was unable to attend the martial arts competition due to illness, he even said: "You will miss the opportunity. Don't you always like to watch Lancelot's heroic feats on the field?" In this case.Looking back now, how stupid must he be to still have no doubts about such an obvious deed?

Thinking of this, King Arthur felt more helpless towards himself than angry.

He sighed slightly, and returned to the palace from the chamber.

Sure enough, he saw Lancelot beside Guinevere's bed, and everything was the same as in the previous life.

Guinevere claimed that she was ill and could not attend the tournament, and Lancelot, in order to accompany her, lied about his old injury and withdrew from the competition.But after King Arthur left, the queen was dissatisfied that they would be slandered if they were absent together, so she demanded that Lancelot must appear.

Lied, but was chased away by his lover because he was afraid of rumors, which made the first knight very angry.

And as soon as he left the queen's bedroom, he met A-chan again—she was standing there, staring in a daze in one direction, when she turned around and saw the sullen Lancelot, she seemed frightened. jumped.

"What's the matter with you, sir?" The girl showed a look of surprise, "Your expression is really ugly."

"...It's nothing." Lancelot slightly eased his expression, and just shook his head. "Why are you so happy?"

"I saw King Arthur just now!" the girl said innocently and childishly, "I said to him, good afternoon, Your Majesty. Then the king said to me, good afternoon, Ah-chan."

She bent her eyes happily, and it seemed as if she couldn't help but laugh at such a simple conversation, "Your Majesty called me by my name, how can this make me unhappy?"

That pure, undemanding look of enthusiasm reminded Lancelot of the beginning.At that time, it was the same for him and Guinevere. In a day, as long as they could meet their eyes for a moment, or even say a word, they would be filled with joy.

This made Lancelot couldn't help softening his brows and eyes, and he said to A-chan, "Then you just stay here and watch the king go away?"

"Yes." After briskly answering, the girl's bright eyes contained a smile that had not dissipated.She cared: "Lord Lancelot, you seem to have encountered some trouble. Is there anything I can do for you?"

Looking at her pure and innocent face, Lancelot hesitated for a moment, but still did not reveal the queen's waywardness.

He only said that in the past he had a great reputation, and his opponents would lose all courage when they heard Lancelot's name, so this year he will participate in the competition incognito, so as to prove his true strength.

"So," after listening to it, A-chan didn't expose his lie.She mused, "You need a blank shield?"

The shields used by today's knights all have patterns representing their respective identities. Since Lancelot wants to hide his identity, he obviously needs to replace it with a blank shield, or a shield with a different pattern from his current shield.

"indeed so."

"Then, I will help you find a suitable shield! Shall we meet at the gate of the palace tonight?"

She showed a serious commitment, then turned and ran away.

Lancelot was a little dumbfounded, but couldn't stop him.He watched the girl lift up her skirt, and the figure receded as lightly as a deer, but he felt that his bad mood before was finally much better.

He shook his head with a laugh, thinking that there would be no delay if he waited until evening, so he might as well go to the appointment to see, lest the girl be disappointed.

They left separately, but they didn't find King Arthur standing on the tower not far away.

... No, Ah-chan knew about it.

She was standing there, waiting for King Arthur to come out.But when he saw her now, he always wanted to keep a distance, so A-chan just saluted meekly, lowered her head without saying anything, and waited for him to leave.

That silent and restrained appearance was in great contrast to the previous enthusiastic and lively appearance, so King Arthur couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

After all, she is different from others.

After the rebirth, many sludges that he hadn't found in his previous life surfaced, so much so that he was more tired and even bored than in his previous life.

But only a few people are different.

He used to think that Gawain was too arrogant and rude in his previous life, but now he and Bedivere are his most important knights.

Besides the two of them, the rest is Ah-chan.

These three are the people he values ​​most now.

Among them, A-chan is particularly different.Because she was the only woman, and such a beautiful girl.

She is like the flowers blooming in May, the bright galaxy in summer night, the bright sunshine in spring, and the boundless and comfortable sky in winter.

So beautiful.

If possible, he wanted to give her all the best things in the world as compensation for his apology in the previous life.

But she seemed to want only his love.

Thinking of this, turning around and turning back seemed a little strange, and King Arthur, feeling bored, climbed up to the tower not far away.

It used to be his favorite place.Every time he was in a bad mood, he would stand on a high place and look far away towards the end of the horizon.

At this time, how vast the world is, and how small the individual is, it seems that all the gains and losses, sorrows and joys are not worth mentioning.

When he calmed down a little, he turned around and was about to leave, but he saw Lancelot.

He was standing with Ah Chan.

Not too close, King Arthur couldn't hear anything clearly, he could only see the girl talking to him with a smile.The first knight, who had a cold expression and frowning brows, slowly lowered his brows and eyes, revealing his gentle expression that is most praised by women.

—Anyone can, but only Lancelot can't.

Seeing this scene, King Arthur frowned suddenly.

He knew very well how popular Lancelot was with women. If it was someone else, if A-chan could turn her attention to the other party, he might bless her sincerely, but only Lancelot—only Lancelot no.

He only loves Guinevere.

King Arthur remembered very clearly that the last life was also at this point in time, and Lancelot would soon meet a girl named Elaine.And in the end, the girl would die of a broken heart for him.

It was impossible for him to watch A-chan step into the fire pit and just sit back and do nothing.

……

King Arthur easily found A-Chan in the palace, but when she saw him, the girl turned and ran away in a panic.

She seemed to be trying to pretend she didn't see him, but the way she changed course was too blunt and obvious.

King Arthur chased after him dumbfounded, but the girl ran fast.Just after running around a corner, she had already disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Ah-chan made King Arthur stand where he was when the mouse saw the cat. After a moment, he couldn't help laughing.

After avoiding King Arthur, Ah-chan met Lancelot at the gate of the palace as promised that night.

She handed over a blank shield to the knight, and handed him a red headband with an elegant black and white bird embroidered with two colors of embroidery thread.

"This is the crane from the East. In the hearts of people in the East, it is a symbol of auspiciousness. People believe that it will bring people good luck." The girl said seriously: "My lord, everyone who knows you knows that when you compete , I never wear any tokens from women on my body, so if you want to be unrecognizable, you might as well wear this."

Lancelot took the shield. After thinking about it for a while, he thought she was right.

"You're right," he said with a smile, "Okay, I'll attach it to my helmet."