Artoria the Big Liar

I'm betting, or rather praying, praying that Mordred won't press on.Otherwise, the accumulated fear will gradually make me lose my mind.And a tyrant who loses his mind will definitely become a mad king who drags the country into the abyss.

"I see..." Mordred said with vacant eyes, as if she really had a secret of her own, but I wasn't interested in her secrets—not at all, really.After hesitating for a long time, Mordred continued: "Father, I don't keep a diary, so I don't have anything to read."

"Well, I know. There are many ways to save memories, and diaries are not very easy to use."

"...Sure enough, Father still wants to ask me a question, right?"

I feel parched.Even when facing Jeanna, I wasn't so nervous.

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"...It's not a problem. I just want to know how you are doing. I heard that there are other people in your team? And the ability and strength are not bad?"

"Well... the ability and strength are indeed not bad. Father should know all about it, right?"

This is equivalent to asking me if I have been sending people to follow and monitor her.

Maybe Mordred didn't think so, but that's what he said.

My nervousness and panic increased, and my rational dissolution deepened.

"I'm not very clear. The only information I can grasp in the Lost Belt is the Dragon Legion. Ankara just told me that you have a new companion... Speaking of this, she was very happy when she came back .She has rarely been so happy, what did you say to her?"

"I just told her the facts of what happened in the past, and I didn't say anything." After a pause, Mordred's smile became subtler to me. "Actually, these things should be more suitable for my father, right? Why did she come to me? And she flew over impatiently, and everyone saw it."

"After all, I was the person involved, and my feelings at that time were also very deep and complicated. Some things may not be described accurately. It is more appropriate for you, Mordred, to explain—at least, I think so."

"But father should know that my feelings at that time were not plain or simple, right?"

My heart almost skipped a beat.The fear built up in my heart almost screamed for me to run.

Mordred's smile was still the same as before, and his eyes were the same.But I always have the illusion that she is blaming me, she is resenting me, she is crying silently for what happened in the past.Mordred is not that kind of person, so this must be an illusion.But the illusion was so strong and real that I couldn't help it.

I feel like my rationality is literally dissolving.At this moment, reality is more unreal than dream.

"At that time, Ankara and I were just talking about her mother, Jeanne. I can't describe it objectively, and only you and I know what happened in the tapestry. So I suggest that she talk to you, at least Improve the relationship between the sisters - with a consensus, you will not be as tense as before."

"Father, what's wrong with you? Why do you think so?"

My eyes narrowed sharply, almost panicked.

Mordred's smile disappeared, replaced by eyes that I couldn't understand.

I opened my mouth and could barely speak.I tried hard to force myself to speak, and finally made a sound after a pause of three seconds: "I didn't think too much... I just said this casually... Mordred, if you cause trouble and trouble, I my apologies……"

Suddenly, Mordred, like me, narrowed his eyes sharply.

She immediately panicked.Panic without reason, beyond my comprehension.

"Father, please wait a moment, I will call mother and Rangna over!"

After leaving this sentence, she quickly left the room.

And I sat back in her chair in a daze, closed my eyes, and tried to calm myself down.

Rarely, I can't be calm, I can't even control my thoughts.

All sorts of emotions roiled inside of me, each pointing to blame, anger, and hatred.

My heart became more and more irritable, as if what was flowing under my skin was not blood, but crawling ants.The chirping of insects outside, the humid air, and the oppressive atmosphere made me feel like I had sunk to the bottom of the abyss, unable to move or think, and became a slave to my emotions.

Mordred will be back soon.

As I said before, Sister Wang and Rangna came with her.

This alarmed Merlin, too, and they gathered together in Mordred's room, watching me.

I avoided their eyes, especially Jeanne's.Because Jeanne can read my feelings and know my thoughts.If she knew that my heart was surrounded by fear and irritability, she would be very worried.

However, dodging is useless.The moment I saw her, I was already looking at her.

Jeanna immediately came over quickly, squatted beside me, stared at me, making me seem to be seriously ill.I let out a breath and said, "I'm fine. There's no need to engage in such a big fight."

"Artoria, if the protagonist in the movie says 'I'm fine', it means something big happened." Jeanna's voice was urgent, which aggravated my irritability. "I feel you are afraid, you are anxious. Everything is getting better, what are you worried about, and what are you afraid of?"

I looked up and glanced at Mordred.

She is very smart, and almost instantly, the golden eyes similar to mine showed a clear look.

"Uh...well, I seem to understand...everyone, the father is indeed fine. You should leave first? My father and I have something to say—it's about the Strange Belt."

"Arturia, you'd better get rid of your negative emotions immediately! Otherwise, we won't let them go!" Leaving this warning, Jeanna acted like a leader, causing Sister Wang and Mei Lin to follow her and leave.Although Sister Wang and Mei Lin both looked worried, they had already proved Rang Na's ability in the past, and they could only do what Rang Na said.

Both Mordred and I are sons of Albion, and both have the sight of the dragon.After confirming that they were not eavesdropping, I sighed heavily. I was very tired, and my heart was extremely tired.

Mordred lowered her head, as if she had made a big mistake and was waiting for my reprimand.

"...Is the scabbard given?"

"Yes, Father. I will give it."

"Then what about your safety? Have you forgotten the goblin's methods?"

"Father, I have not forgotten. I have paid attention to it, and there will be no danger in the future."

"The despicableness of the goblins is far beyond your imagination. And this despicableness is their original sin from the beginning. The horned god is the teacher sent by Paradise to make them make up for their mistakes. In the end, they used the horned god in the ceremony. He was poisoned to death, and killed the witch of the horned god, and cloned the witch with technology to form a "human" with a lifespan of only 30 years. Without the scabbard, do you think you are stronger than the horned god? Who gave it to you? this kind of self-confidence?"

I speak heavily.Since the birth of Mordred, this is the first time I have said such a heavy word.

Sure enough, Mordred lowered his head even deeper, not daring to look at me at all.

"Mordred, have you ever thought about what I would do if you died? To me, the Lost Belt is just a dream, with different bodies on both sides. My body is over there If you die, you will only wake up here. But you are different. You entered the Lost Belt in a synchronized way. Whatever clothes you wear here, the same clothes over there. You took the Things will also appear here. If you die in the rumor zone, you are really dead. That's why I emphasize that you must never hand over the scabbard to others, why are you...!"

"But father, you also know that handing over the scabbard to her is the most efficient decision."

"It's not about efficiency at all! We're talking about your life!"

"But father, you said before that when you are in the middle of the incident, you can't describe Jeanna objectively. And I am in the same predicament now. After thinking about it myself, I made the decision to hand over the scabbard judge."

"Do you want to say that you think that goblin who was given the name of King Arthur is more important than your life?! Because I didn't do well enough and seriously injured you during the war between Kamlan and the Holy Grail, so you expect to get A better version of King Arthur, transfer the distorted feelings in your heart to that demon spirit?!"

The moment I said these words, my rationality briefly returned, and the restlessness in my heart was immediately extinguished by regret.

However, that was only briefly extinguished.Soon, regret creates more irritation.

Mordred said nothing.My slip of the tongue has made it impossible to continue the conversation between father and son.

The value standards of the two are different, and there is no common point as an anchor point, so there is nothing to talk about.

Going on, there is nothing for either of us other than making the father-son relationship worse.

It is impossible to kill all the fairies in Britain by following the dark thoughts in his heart.Not saying it can't be done, but it can't be done.Goblins are endless creatures unless I force them all to turn into Moss.And it would put me on the opposite side of the goblin, which would put Mordred on my side.

So, I have only one choice left.

"...take this scabbard."

Synchronized with speaking, I took a dark red light point from my heart【*"

This is my scabbard, a treasure returned by Emiya Kiritsugu.The existence of the two scabbards not only proves that the space-time paradox does not exist, but also proves my ability to overwrite the past.

"No! No! Father! I can't take the scabbard!"

"If you still think you're my child, then take it." I suppressed an anxious, almost commanding tone. "I'm still recovering from my old illness. I can't fight, and I don't need to fight. I can't use the scabbard in the Lost Belt, so you can take it. When your trip is over, just return the scabbard."

However, my words made Mordred extremely agitated, and she almost shouted: "No, Father! That's not the case! I never thought she was more important than you! I would never fight for her." Give up your protection! Father, Father! Please don't remove my responsibilities, please don't drive me away!"

"So, Mordred, what do you say I should do? How can I be sure that you can safely end your journey? You have given the scabbard to someone you like, what else can I do, I can What do you do? Tell me, Mordred! Tell me, this useless father, what you as a child want me to do?"

I don't know if I'm angry or sad.

The sound of me and her attracted the attention of Jeanna and the others. They came closer, and Meilin even opened the door.But I immediately gave Mei Lin a hard look, and she immediately closed the door, beckoning Jeanna and Sister Wang to leave.

Taking a deep breath, Mordred forced himself to calm down, and answered me in a calm tone: "You don't have to do anything, Father. I am capable of completing the journey by myself. Please rest assured, I am your child, I You have not been forgotten, nor your duty."

"But as I said, Mordred, this matter is not about travel at all! It's about your life!"

"The moment I became a Knight of the Round Table, I was ready to die in battle." Mordred's words made my scalp tingle, how could this kid be so stubborn! "I won't accept the scabbard. You said before that I will bear the corresponding responsibility for the decision I made. Even if it is the worst ending, I will not regret it."

"Mordred, you are my child!"

"Father, it is precisely because I am your child that I must prove my worth!"

"You already proved your worth in Albion! You don't need to prove anything! You just need to finish high school honestly, go to university, and then think about things like responsibility and value!"

"Escape may be a good choice. But I won't choose. You don't have to persuade me anymore, father."

"Do you like the goblin created by that paradise so much, Mordred!"

Hearing my words, Mordred raised his head and looked at me as if his fighting spirit had been aroused.

In those golden eyes, there is an iron-like determination, a steel-like determination.

"Although it's a long time late, but the same thing, I should have asked you in the first place—do you like the witch who suddenly appeared and came from unknown sources so much, father! For her, you can even want me. For her, you can Divide yourself in two. For her, you can even give up your dignity and the bottom line. Why are you asking me now?"

I felt like my lungs were going to explode, and my rationality was almost melted into magma.

I clenched my fists, my knuckles squeaked, and I really wanted to smash the table, or do some other damage.

But I can't - this is Mordred's room, and I'm forbidden to use magic.

I endured, endured... until I was about to suffocate, I took a deep breath.

For a split second, I felt old, and very old.Even though he is only 30 years old, and he has just talked about a big relationship that the world is focusing on, why does he feel like he is almost 50 years old!

After a long time, the door was opened again.Sister Wang, Jeanne and the sneaky Mei Lin came in.

"Arturia, are you okay?" Sister Wang asked knowingly.

"...It's okay." I gritted my teeth and popped out the word from between my teeth.

Chapter 66: Family Help

◆Artoria◆

"Sorry, Arturia, I shouldn't have said that..."

Jeanne's words upset me even more because things were not at all what they thought they were.

The dialogue between our father and son, only we know what it means.

I am very angry, I am very angry, but its source is not hatred, but love.

That is to say, bickering, or the conflict of values ​​between different age groups, or the inconsistency of the perspectives of the subject and the object, or intergenerational differences in their respective expectations and aspirations.

I could have said those words, but I was not in the mood at all.I don't want to explain, and I don't want to persuade Jeanne, I just want to keep my mouth shut and wait for the flame in my heart to go out naturally.

"Arturia, I want to know what happened in the Lost Belt that caused you and Mordred to have such a big conflict." Sister Wang's voice was as calm as ever, and it even made me change a little bit. Gotta calm down. "Especially Mordred, as a mother, I need to know who the other party is."

Taking a deep breath, I had no choice but to continue explaining about the Lost Belt.This includes the nature and mission of the goblin.Among them is something that Mordred doesn't even know-she is essentially an intelligence collection device generated by Paradise. The reason why she has the face of King Arthur and the name of King Arthur is only because King Arthur is the most famous in the history of pan-humanity. Only holy sword users.At the end of her mission, she will put the collected information, as well as herself, into the furnace of Paradise, and use herself to forge a holy sword, dissolving the divergence at the source of the Lostbelt and causing it to disintegrate.

In the past here, Sister Wang was the god who supervised the elves to forge the holy sword, and witnessed the whole process from collecting the materials of the holy sword to casting it into an entity.She understands what I'm saying, and she understands what kind of test Mordred will face.

"That's right, Miss Wang." I said, "If it's just like this, that's fine. I'm the king of the Lost Belt, and no one knows the nature of the goblins in the Lost Belt better than me. If all of them are elves, Maude Reid's trip will definitely be easy. But goblins are the majority after all, and you and Mei Lin should be more aware of the danger she will face than me."

"To put it bluntly, goblins are a group of natural spirits who have no concept of good and evil. If they are polluted by the outside world, they will do evil." Mei Lin explained, almost talking to herself, but actually explaining to Jeanna.All four of us knew that she was the key to cracking my emotional anomaly. "However, the goblins in the Lost Belt have done evil things since the very beginning. Not only did they slow down their work so that the holy sword could not be forged in time, but they also poisoned the horned god who redeemed them because they were afraid of punishment, and killed the witch of the horned god. So all goblins are born from pollution from the very beginning, coupled with the existence of the country and society, goblins need to squeeze and shape their own consciousness, which is tantamount to harm, making ordinary goblins completely vicious..."

"That's right. But Mordred doesn't understand this at all, and doesn't believe what I say. The elf she likes gave her too much illusion, and made her think that all the elves in the Lost Belt can be redeemed It's a joke! If those elves can be redeemed, then Tona Riko and I have spent so much effort to create a race of elves, what are we doing? Try our best to leave the planet itself and survive in a more dangerous universe. What?"

"Artoria, if necessary, I can share my information with Tona Riko." Sister Wang said, "Because of my perseverance in the past, I am stronger than Morgan in the history of pan-humanity. Share it with Tona Riko But the intelligence won’t harm me. Tonalico can greatly enhance her strength and can really help you.”

I really don't want to answer this question, but I have to answer now: "No, Miss Wang. Because of Mordred's choice, Tona Riko and I have already broken up. We are separated now, because from her standpoint It is impossible for her not to regard Mordred as an enemy."

Miss Wang pursed her lips.Disgust and sullenness flashed in the pale blue pupils—even if it was the child she gave birth to herself, but because of Kamlan's incident and Meilin's prophecy, she still couldn't like Mordred.

This made me even more tired.As a mother, Sister Wang can't understand the conflict between our father and son, and it's impossible for me to explain it to her-because once I explain it, she will only hate Mordred even more.Maybe they will take the initiative to find Mordred in private, and threaten Mordred to obey by severing the parent-child relationship, and this will make the situation unmanageable.

Sure enough, at this stage, there is no one else who can mediate the relationship between our father and son except Rangna.

We are all waiting for information from Jeanne.It's just that Jeanna doesn't seem to know this, her smile is still so frivolous, her eyes are still so indifferent, she doesn't take this matter seriously at all.So, after being silent for about a minute, I had to ask her: "Jeanne, what do you think about this?"

"Opinion? What else can you think? Isn't this a matter between your father and son?"

"I don't know how to deal with it, so I want to know what perspective you have on this matter."

"Artoria, do you trust Mordred?" Jeanne smiled and narrowed her eyes.Looking at her expression, I suddenly had a feeling of enlightenment. "If you trust, then this is the case. If you don't trust, then be a bad father and sever the relationship between Mordred and that goblin. You want to be a good father, and you want your children to listen to you If so—Arturia, I suggest you watch more TV dramas?"