Artoria the Big Liar

"Then... what should I do?"

"This is a question you should ask yourself, Mordred. No one else can give you an opinion. But in any case, it is best to find the answer quickly. You feel uncomfortable, and it is indeed only your own business. But Lily will be more uncomfortable, She always feels that she made you so unhappy. That child has too much empathy and will often think wildly. "

"Well. I know... I'll try."

But how can I work hard?What else can I do but wait?

From reality to the Lost Belt, from the mansion chosen by my father to the house of the landlady, I felt like I couldn't do anything and was extremely lost.And I have already returned to Misaki Town, so I can't communicate with the Earl, and I can't communicate with Tohsaka Rin.I can't even find anyone I know, and there is absolutely nothing to do.

Although I found a gym later, Misaki Town is too small and there are not many people at all.

And the day before school started, on my way home from the gym, I saw a special woman...

Chapter 78: Ignite Hope

◆Mordred◆

If you have to say that he is a very special person, that is not what he is.

She is just an ordinary student who is said to exercise in the gym every day.

Long black hair, black sportswear, black eyes, ordinary appearance, medium build.

Taciturn, without a sense of presence, and will immediately avoid the sight of others when they look at each other, and have no sense of presence than me.

However, she has a very special feeling about her, a bit like a goblin, but more like an elf.There are supernatural elements in her blood, which can be characterized as a witch or something.

As long as you look at her, there will be a feeling that your soul is being watched at the moment before she looks away.This is the fairy eye, able to see the other party's true nature.Lily has this kind of eyes, but because the situation in the Lost Belt is very complicated, everyone is just fighting for their own goals and missions, so Lily doesn't use this kind of eyes.

However, the more I make eye contact with her, the more I feel that this is a wonderful person.

"May I know your name?"

"Ah... well? That, that..."

She has a weak voice and doesn't look like a person who works out regularly.

Fitness will give a person self-confidence, and this is not groundless.

During exercise, adrenaline and dopamine will make people excited and violent.

Often in this state, people will become cheerful, confident, and even brave.

"Miss, I want to know your name."

"This... this..."

"Sorry, I'm being rude."

"... Kuonji Marina! My name is Kuonji Marina!"

She suddenly spoke loudly, a living social phobia.

I nodded.Knowing her name should be enough.

"Hello, Marina, my name is Bendo Mato."

"You, you, you, you, hello... the real bird..."

The elf feeling is getting stronger and stronger.Obviously, she is a human with fairy blood mixed in her ancestors.

I was only a little interested in dealing with such a socially phobic girl. I didn't ask much, just exchanged a few daily greetings, and then continued to exercise.Because my father’s warning before his departure sounded in my ears, my father and I are dragons, naturally aggressive and aggressive, even if the body is female, there is still a natural attraction to girls.

Jinna's body is not in good shape. Although it is exercise, most of it is aerobic exercise.After exercising regularly for a while, you need to rest for a while.The strength is also quite small. I have tried lifting weights, but the weight has been reduced to a minimum.The balance of the body is quite poor. After running on the treadmill for a while, the whole person will stagger.

After all, Misaki Town is a remote place, there is no regular fitness trainer in the gym, and Marina does not have the correct plan, and it is completely blind training. Not only is it inefficient, but most of the postures are wrong, and it is easy to get injured.

However, she was still too socially fearful, and she hid away before I spoke.

It was as if I belonged to a completely different world from her and didn't want to be invaded by me.

I also don't want to make things difficult for others.So I went home, ready to face school life.

However, on the way to school by bicycle, I found that girl—after all, her nature is too special, the kind of blood mixed with fairy blood is extremely conspicuous in my dragon's vision.Even though they were two blocks away and two or three kilometers apart, I could feel her presence as soon as I closed my eyes.

So, I temporarily changed the route, pretended to be a coincidence, and met her.

"It's good to see you again, Marina. Are you also a student of the private Kara Academy?"

She stared at me with wide eyes, bewildered.

The mouth has been opened, but not a word can come out.

The eyes trembled, filled with dark fear, and the brain was close to sluggish.

"Well, I was just a little surprised by the chance encounter. Would you like to exchange phone numbers? Maybe we can get in touch later?"

She continued to stare blankly, the syllable was almost pronounced, but she still couldn't say it.

Realizing I had made a mistake, I took the note out of my pocket, wrote the phone number in pencil, and handed it to her.

She accepted the note tremblingly, avoiding me with her eyes.

I smiled at her, and without continuing to torture and embarrass her, I rode my bicycle towards the school.

On the first day of school, there is usually nothing to do, everyone gathers in the playground for a meeting, and then distributes new teaching materials.In the classroom, when the teacher announced the suspension of father Wang and Jeanne, the boys and girls in the class were disappointed to varying degrees.As a result, after class, they concentrated their firepower on me and surrounded me three times in and out.

I explained one by one, without boredom, and with decent manners.Although not to the level of my father, the students in the class did not hate my existence——this is a rare thing in this country.

*【^

The homeroom teacher is still Rie Katagiri, the magician who communicated with the dimensional demon.As the dust of the Holy Grail War settled, I don't know if she was warned, or she really realized what she had done before, and talked to me about these things before the club activities.I didn't pay much attention to the affairs of the magician world, and after a few perfunctory words in my daily life, I was taken to the activity place of the club by her.

Although it is an ordinary school, it is a private school anyway.In Japan, the difference between public and private schools is huge.Even in a small city like Misaki Town, there is no shortage of club activities, and club activities are also very rich. It is said that there are bands and idol groups, and there are more than one of them.

But none of this has anything to do with me—not at all.

Be it the life of the school, or the creation of the HEMA department, it's all for the father.

But now, my father no longer exists, and when I return to the noisy environment of school, I feel more and more lonely.This loneliness lasted until I came to the activity room of the HEMA department.

The activity room is very large, not at all smaller than the activity rooms of the Kendo and Fencing Departments.

The two new members, Saki Arai and Yuu Takano, and Aoshige Yoshikawa, the magician-killer, were waiting for me in the event room.

Because it was the first time we met each other, everyone introduced themselves to each other, but I was in a daze on my own, lost my mind many times, and made the first meeting very embarrassing.Just distributed training swords, protective gear and teaching materials written in English, and then said some polite words, the first day of club activities ended like this.

Arai had a disabled father who needed to be taken care of in the early days, and Takano Yuki also needed to take advantage of his free time at night to subsidize the family.The two of them had no objections and left after school.The only people left in the activity room were me and Yoshikawa Aonari.

"So, Matori-san, are you worried about the minister's health?"

Yoshikawa Qingcheng is my only acquaintance in this school. Although I haven't spoken a few words with him, he knows the real identity of me and my father. There are many things that I don't need to explain very clearly, but he can easily understand them.

Even if he encounters something he doesn't understand, he is still a magician killer after all. He can restrain his desire for knowledge and communicate with me in his own way.

"Father's health is not a big problem. The suspension of school is for other things."

"Is this the first time Matori-san has separated from the minister?"

"The second time. Before, even if she went to France or Iceland to deal with some matters, she brought me with her."

This is the process by which the father used force to conquer these places.

Yoshikawa Qingcheng raised his eyebrows, he understood what I said.

"That is to say, during the summer vacation, in the eyes of Mato-san, isn't it considered a separation?"

"It doesn't count. Although the spirit foundation and memory are the King Arthur of pan-human history, Saber is indeed the father. According to the father's arrangement at the beginning, no matter whether it is me or Jeanna who wins the Holy Grail War as the master, the two will merge. It’s just that the dominant thoughts are different. Saber herself discovered this, and she felt that an early fusion would be more beneficial to both parties, so she made the decision to integrate with her father in advance.”

"Indeed. The longer the Holy Grail War lasts, the more damage it will do to Makoto." After a pause, Qingcheng continued: "That is to say, Matoko has been living for the minister since he was born, right? ?”

"Yes. This is the purpose of my birth. You know, Qingcheng, I am not a normal human being, but a man-made man—the man-made man of the Einzbern family. In modern terms, I am the king's father Clone."

Yoshikawa Qingcheng was silent for a moment.Disgust and anger were suppressed in those dead fish eyes.

The object of disgust and anger is naturally not me, but the many people who caused my birth and pushed the fate of me and my father to that end.Don't look at Qing Cheng's job as a magician killer, but his inner feelings are very rich and extremely intense, and it's just because of experience that he suppressed it in his heart, that's all.

"Student Matori, are you not used to life without a minister?"

"I don't know. I was already in this state before my sister left."

"Can you tell me what happened?"

If it was anyone else, I definitely wouldn't go back.

But Yoshikawa Qingcheng is different. Because of his profession, he has a very strict tone and can be trusted.

I told him about the Lost Belt.After all, he is a person in the magic circle, and many concepts can be understood in his own way without my explaining.He is a very reliable companion in reality.

The story is very long and there are many settings. When it is finished, the setting sun only retains a trace of afterglow on the western horizon.

"I see. Is it because Matori-san lacks goals?"

"You could say the same."

"Then set a goal first - let Miss Lily come here, how about?"

"How is it possible? Although her mission has been usurped by me, she still exists in the Lost Belt."

"No. Matori-san should have noticed, right? Ms. Lily is not affiliated with Pan-Human History." Yoshikawa Aoshige's statement made me stunned, and I never thought about it from this angle. "The Paradise Avalon exists in the Sea of ​​Stars, and the Sea of ​​Stars has no concept of a parallel world. Since Miss Lily was born in Avalon, it is enough to show that her connection with the Lost Belt is not as strong as Matori-san imagined. Stablize."

I was a little confused.But vaguely felt that Yoshikawa Qingcheng was talking about a very creative thing.

Exhaling lightly, Yoshikawa Aonari continued—

"Student Matori, I'm not a serious magician, so this is just my guess. Since Matori-san arrived at the Lost Belt in the form of a dream, there will be no gap in time whether he goes to the past or returns. Does that mean that So, Ms. Lily can also use the same method to come to our world? But, for Ms. Lily, there is reality and this is a dream. If Ms. Lily can get here, Ms. Matori will feel much better, right?"

The moment the voice fell, ecstasy exploded in my mind, causing my brain to temporarily lose the ability to think.

I am thinking about the feasibility of this matter.Results came quickly - it really seemed to work.

Then, Yoshikawa Qingcheng added: "However, considering that Ms. Lily is the fairy of Paradise, even if she came here in a dream, she must pass the test of mysterious decline. When a fairy comes here, it will become ugly because of the environment. , and finally turned into the appearance of a hag in a fairy tale. Or the existence is thin, like a phantom that may disappear at any time."

"Don't worry about that. We have a solution here."

Mother and Merlin have existed in this world for a long time by signing a servant contract with Jeanne.

A goblin is also a spirit body in essence, and can maintain its appearance through a servant contract.

Without the support of the Holy Grail, the servant will directly drain the magic power of ordinary magicians, leading to their death.But I'm not an ordinary magician, my magic power reserves are comparable to my father's, and I haven't had the erosion caused by my father's years of use.

"Thank you, Qing Cheng! You really helped a lot!"

For a split second, my life was filled with hope.

Yes, that is hope.This means that Lily and I can really be together.

There is no predestined separation, no illusion like a dream, whether it is here or there, the ultimate happiness can be ushered in——Suddenly, I remembered the dream I had before.In that dream, I was wearing a men's suit, walked into the wedding hall with a girl, and embraced under the watchful eyes of my family.

Dreams are revelations, dreams are the future.Thinking about it now, the so-called family members must refer to the father, mother, Meilin, Jeanne, and possibly Ankaragang.Their height in the dream is almost exactly the same as the impression.And in the dream, I did grow taller, taller than my mother, but the girl next to me was still the same as before.

This is enough to prove that Lily and I do have such a future and can indeed achieve happiness, which is indisputable.

"...It's nothing, Matori-san. It's good that I can help."

Yoshikawa Aosari didn't understand what all this meant to me, so he seemed a little baffled.

But when I think of that future, my whole body is very excited.

Suddenly, life is no longer boring, the world has more colors, and every day is a day worth working hard for.

Because, I know very well - if Lily knows this hope, she will definitely be happier than me.That way I can see her smile, and that's how it all goes back to the positive cycle.Even with the deadline and requirements given by my father, with the blessing of this positive cycle, it is not difficult for me to complete it.

The so-called hope is such a simple thing.

Chapter 79: Travel around the island

◆Mordred◆

"Mordred...really? Can I really go there too?"

When I said those words, Lily's eyes really shone like stars.

I nodded to her, confirming this【]+

But she couldn't believe it, and repeatedly confirmed to me, and I always answered in the affirmative.