Artoria the Big Liar

"The reality I'm in is not synchronized with the dreamland of the Alien Belt. When the communication gradually becomes stable, I will spend more and more time here. You don't need to be so anxious - Tona Riko, there is still a lot of time , there is no need to be so anxious."

"Then... will Artoria continue to stay in this Lost Belt?"

"Tonarico, you are the caster who summoned me. You know this matter better than me, right?"

"I...I don't know..."

Hesitation and confusion smudged in Tona Riko's eyes—I need to do something to give her the strength to persevere.

Thinking of this, a dozen arms supported my body and let me come in front of her.

The fingertips of his right hand lightly touched her face, and his eyes locked on her pupils.

Vortigern's body is very delicate, that's a fact.It is also true that Tona Riko's body is exactly the same as that of Sister Wang.

However, the current me is not at all as weak as when I was facing Sister Wang, and I am in a dominant position both internally and externally.

"Tona Riko, I am your 'husband'. How long I will stay here depends on when you recognize this identity. When you no longer need me, I will naturally leave."

"...Even if I leave the home planet with the elves, will you still be there?"

"Of course. It's just limited by the communication limit. It will take me a long time to wake up at that time, right?"

Tona Riko's eyes rekindled hope.

For the first time, I felt such emotions from her eyes.

Involuntarily, I smiled, let those dark arms disappear, and fell on her body.

"... Artoria?" She was confused, not knowing the meaning of this action.

"Tonalico, I've said it, and you admitted it - I'm your husband. Then, it's reasonable to do some intimate gestures, right?"

After all, it is the same person, after all, it is a goblin generated by Morgan's residual information. The feeling of staying in her arms is not much different from that of being in Sister Wang's arms in reality - the only difference is that Vortigern's body is more I'm still petite.

"Actually, it's not intimacy, it's far from my real life. But, Tona Riko, is this enough for you as a fairy?"

Her hands hugged my waist.Although separated by the black armor and black dress, the warmth was indeed passed on.

She didn't answer, but just maintained this movement, just letting time stop at this moment.

We were speechless to each other, and let the time pass slowly in this teaching routine, until I finally woke up from the dream.

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◆Mordred◆

I thought that after falling asleep in the dream, I would immediately return to reality.As a result, when I opened my eyes, the moonlight still illuminated the Huahai meadow very clearly. Only the morning star in the sky told me the current time, so I wouldn’t have the illusion that I had only slept for a while.

On the other side of the tent, the fairy Artoria still had her eyes closed, breathing calmly, and sleeping soundly.

I got up from the bed, patrolled around, caught two gray hares, and prepared to have a barbecue later.It's a pity that only coarse salt can be used, and the taste should not be very good.When I came back, the fairy Artoria had already woken up.She looked anxious, thinking that I had disappeared.Seeing me coming back with my right hand holding the rabbit ears, he trotted up to me and began to blame me.

"Mordred! Where have you been! Why didn't you tell me! I thought you disappeared!"

I didn't answer either, I just raised the two fat rabbits with my right hand and showed them to her.

She was still frowning tightly, with a swollen look, not happy at all.

"Anything is good for breakfast! If it doesn't work, I can quickly grow strawberries with magic. Just eating three strawberries is enough for an adult to consume for a day. But how could you just leave without telling me?" Woolen cloth!"

"I don't like strawberries. I don't like similar sour fruits. Barbecue is the best, it tastes really delicious."

"Mordred, answer my question! Don't try to diverge!"

Although my experience is slightly lacking, I have learned a lot from observing the interaction between my father and Rangna before.

There is no way to answer questions like this, and saying anything will damage the relationship between the two.Because what she wants to express is not "Why don't you tell her", but "Are you planning to abandon me?"This is a very common vexation that belongs to girls, because as long as she calms down and thinks about it, she will stop thinking like this.

It's a pity that she is obviously dominated by emotions now, and she is a compound of a bunch of emotions such as panic, inferiority, and anxiety.So, I should...

"... Mordred!"

Ah... thinking for more time than the limit, she immediately became more dissatisfied.

As a last resort, I can only say what comes to mind, lest her mood continue to deteriorate.

The method is similar to how I angered others, just like the time I angered the dimensional demon in the sky in the teaching building.

"Arturia, are you so afraid that I will disappear?"

Although it is similar to playing with fire, and it is very likely to get deeper and deeper, I still asked her this way.

The body also leaned forward in coordination, and her face was very close, allowing her emotions to be replaced by other emotions.

Sure enough, blush smudged on her cheeks.This silly girl who is as clean as white paper was once again controlled by me.

"No, no, Mordred... I just... just dreamed..."

"Dream... Arturia, didn't you say that you would accept Merlin's magic guidance in the dream?"

"That light sleep is just a deep sleep, so I went to listen to Merlin's lecture. The light sleep after the deep sleep will dream normally... just... just..."

Speaking of this, she hesitated and didn't want to say what was in her dream.

This instead piqued my curiosity.I carried the two fat rabbits and circled her around to put pressure on her.But she still refused to speak out, she was just holding on, not knowing how long she could hold on.

"So, it must be a very bad nightmare, right?"

"……Um."

The pressure was enough, but she answered very simply.

"I can probably guess—you are the savior sent here by Paradise. Then you must have had many companions before? But now you are alone—leave? Died? You must have both? So , when you opened your eyes and found that I was not by your side, you panicked. You looked around and couldn't find me, so you panicked. Is that right?"

"...Sorry, Mordred."

She looked down again.An inferiority complex engraved in her bones made her unable to straighten her back.

Should it be the low self-esteem accumulated by long-term failures?As a result, she gave up her mission and hid in the swamp.

When dealing with such a girl, you must never speak harsh words, but give her the strength to continue on her tour.

"Why apologize to me, Arturia?" After a pause, I apologized to her instead: "I'm sorry, Artoria, I just thought it was still early before I left, and I thought I could come back before you woke up. But I didn't expect that my act of leaving the tent would wake you up... Oh, I'm still far from my father, I didn't think it through enough!"

With a playful smile, I used this expression to relieve her stress and try to bring her mentality back to normal.

The blush on her face gradually faded, and the panic in her pupils also disappeared invisible.

She exhaled heavily, and the tone of the conversation became steady and normal——

"... Mordred, if you want to leave in the future, can you tell me?" After a pause, in order to worry about my rising, she quickly added a few words: "It's not that I don't want Mordred to leave , It’s not that you want to control too much, it’s just that if you know where you are, you won’t get lost when you travel in the future, and even if you get lost, you can quickly find it... Well, I’m sorry, Mordred, I used to be very important My friend got lost, and I still don’t know how the other party is doing..."

"Well, I will definitely say it in the future. When I go to the nearest city and buy some paper, I will leave two pieces of paper and write down where I am going, One for you to see, one for backup."

She froze for a moment, not expecting me to answer so simply.

As a result, her gaze avoided me again, and she lowered her head again—it's really easy to feel inferior.

"My silly girl! How can I blame you? If you disappear and you can't find it no matter how hard you look, I must have the same feeling? It's just a notification before doing something, what is it? What if At work and in the army, there will be even stricter regulations! Especially in the army, if you don’t follow the regulations, you will be treated as a deserter!”

"Is this... I thought... I thought..."

"It's not an excessive request in the first place?" I tilted my head, thought for a while, and turned the topic to another direction. "How about this... Arturia, you will leave temporarily in the future, just like me, tell me in advance, or leave two notes, one of which is a backup. Is it okay?"

"But...but I was rash...what if I forget?"

"Of course I forgot to talk about it?" I held her wrist and passed my temperature to her, using this temperature to calm her down. "The important thing is not not to complete the agreement, but the existence of the agreement itself? It is unreasonable to not want to make this agreement because you are afraid of forgetting it, and to give up eating because you are afraid of being choked by food, right?"

"I, I don't know...whether it can be done..."

It seems that her low self-esteem is short-lived【{

Smiling, I lowered my right hand, no longer holding her wrist, but holding her hand.

Not only did she not sleep well last night, but she also fell into a state of panic after waking up, so her hands were very cold, and she needed a companion to provide her with warmth—so, the strength of my handshake was slightly tighter.

"Arturia, my silly girl, you can even complete such a long and dangerous pilgrimage, how can you fail to make such a small agreement? Even if you doubt yourself, you should still try, right? Before giving it a try, people don’t know where their limit is. And this is not something to challenge the limit, so there is no need to be so nervous.”

"That...Actually, about the tour, I, I also..."

"Remember what I said last night? Things have to be done little by little. This is true for such small things, and the same is true for pilgrimage."

"Gum..."

She made noises of unknown meaning, like a wronged animal.

It's okay once or twice, but it's boring if it's funny too much, even if she is the fairy Arturia.

I let go of her hand, walked to the fire, and skinned the two fat rabbits with the bronze dagger she left behind—I had drained the blood when the hunt came.Then, remove the unnecessary viscera, wash the meat with clean water, remove two branches at the side, cut a long stick with my sword, put the rabbit meat on it, and start grilling.

The smell of barbecue is pleasant, and the silly girl on the side has been observing my movements with very curious eyes. The sea of ​​flowers in the Fairy Wilderness is extremely beautiful as the sun rises.The sea breeze with a little salt smell blows my face, and the clean air has no smell of gasoline.Everything is very quiet, without the noise of the city, and there are no people talking non-stop.

I have had many dreams in my not-so-long life, but such a relaxing dream like this... Thinking about it carefully, it seems to be the first time.My father is looking forward to my growth, and the kingdom is looking forward to my growth. Even the free time is used to catch up with the progress.After coming to modern times, my father hoped that I could relax, but after all, I couldn't relax, sinking into hatred, sadness and pain in incident after incident.Until now, the whole person has finally matured, so that he can usher in peace in his dream.

Because it was a barbecue, there was not much meat in one skewer, and it took a short time, so I handed one of the skewers to Arturia the Fairy.

"Try it? Rabbit meat can't be eaten for a long time, but it's pretty good to eat once in a while."

She took the rabbit meat and blew twice before tearing off a piece of rabbit meat.

After chewing carefully, her emerald green pupils shone brightly, her eyebrows were fully stretched, and she looked moved.

"Delicious! Delicious! Mordred, you are so good at controlling the heat! I have never eaten such delicious barbecue!"

"Eat more if it tastes good? These two rabbits are so fat, if you don't finish eating today, it will be a waste."

Chapter 46: The Economic System of the Lost Belt

◆Mordred◆

There are only two wooden sticks, and it is still too slow to eat. I spent more time peeling eight more, and made up ten. I roasted the rabbit meat together, so that it tasted much faster.As for the quantity, there is no need for it. If the barbecue is cooled, it will not be so delicious.

But these two fat rabbits are really too big, at least three times the weight of normal gray rabbits.

As a result, we couldn't help but chat while we were eating.

After all, this is the goblin's lore belt, there is no TV, eating barbecue and not talking, it is really hard for us.

But Fairy Artoria's character is very reserved, I don't speak, and she basically doesn't speak.

The person who opened the topic must be me——

"Speaking of which, Arturia, is your sense of taste normal?"

"Normal? Mordred, you mean...?"

"Although it's a bit disrespectful to say it, my mother—my real mother in reality, her cooking skills are terrible. How bad is it? It's not edible at all. Logically speaking, she can make delicious potions , Cooking skills shouldn't be so bad... By the way, she was a god a long time ago, but now she only has part of the blood of a fairy, so she can be considered a human being."

It's unreasonable rottenness, which belongs to the kind of rottenness that doesn't make all the mistakes in the process even if you don't make a little mistake.

Arturia froze for a moment, and frowned instinctively, thinking that I was using my mother to mock her.But soon she stretched out again, already realizing that I wasn't talking about her, but asking about the generality of goblins.

She had thought about it for a long time, so she definitely hadn't thought about it.But it was me who asked the question, so she had to answer.So just like I did just now, say what comes to mind, regardless of whether it is reasonable or not, it is better than staying silent all the time.

"This...the goblins in Britain seem to be not good at cooking. But I don't think it's the goblin's problem, but the problem of Britain. The quality of the salt mines in Britain is very bad. It has to be filtered repeatedly to get better salt. It takes effort. There are basically no spices, because it rains often and the fruits don’t grow well, and there is no tradition and accumulation of cooking techniques, so that’s why?”

"But it's too abnormal for my mother's cooking skills to be so bad. I didn't expect that I couldn't eat the baked bread."

"This... I don't know too well. I think the food I cook is at least edible, isn't it too bad? Anyway, I think that if there are not enough good ingredients, no one will study cooking. Cooking is a kind of experience Skills are not something that can be achieved at a pinch... That's why it's like this? As for Mordred's mother... Maybe she was too nervous? Maybe for her, cooking a meal is more important than destroying a castle It's much harder. The more nervous you are, the easier it is to make mistakes, and the more you accumulate, the more..."

The standard magician's answer solved my doubts.

My mother was really nervous when cooking, and she didn't dare to touch anything in the kitchen, but she instinctively wanted to run away for anything related to cooking.Even the simplest food like instant noodles, she dared not make it, as if her magic power would make the noodles rot immediately.

I looked at Fairy Artoria, she was also very nervous, a little afraid that I would follow up on this topic.

On the contrary, this aroused my little thoughts - this silly girl is really interesting to tease.

So, I smiled and stared straight at her.She ate the roasted rabbit meat and flinched again.

"Then... how does Arturia's cooking skills compare to mine?"

"It's definitely not as good as Mordred's... It's better to say that Mordred's talent is rare, right? It's just simple rabbit meat, coarse salt, and barbecue, but he can make it so delicious .If Mordred is not a knight, I doubt that Mordred can perform magic tricks that interfere with taste buds."

"Then...Arturia, did you enjoy your meal?"