Lords of Camelot

Artoria smiled and said calmly: "This is not a joke, is it? But I think, maybe it really ends here. Davian has been forced to this point, so I think the people have also I’m at the edge of my tolerance. In order to protect them, I adopted overly harsh policies. This is indeed my problem.”

She took the blame on herself for a crime that did not belong to her. If the land was rich and the people lived happily, her policies would be nothing at all. But unfortunately, the most fundamental thing has been destroyed, and Artoria's policy has become oppression.

"However, before the ending comes, we still have to work hard to do what we should do, right?" Artoria has expressed all her views. How could she not think of the ending because of her intelligence? But even if you know it, it would be wrong if you don’t work hard.

After hearing this, Merlin also showed a satisfied smile, but then he said helplessly: "Sorry, it's a bit abrupt to say it now, so I'll stop here. I ran into a little trouble, and I was targeted by an evil goblin. Well, we have to hide for the time being."

Arturia's relaxed smile before turned into distress. She could only say: "Qing Davidian has asked you so, hoping that you can restrain yourself and reduce problems with women. In the end, this is the only thing that matters. It won’t change for many years.”

"Of course, what is life without flowers? This is the whole meaning of my existence." Merlin was rather proud, as if he didn't care about this matter.

However, even if Merlin's words were quite problematic, Artoria had no intention of blaming him. Instead, she smiled back at Merlin.

"But thank you. Merlin, I express my gratitude to you. For me, you are undoubtedly a great teacher. If you really want to say it, Ector is my adoptive father and King Uther is mine. My biological father, you are the loving father who gives my life meaning.

So I think the fact that you have been by my side and the years you have been with me are very precious treasures.

In my heart, I sincerely thank you for your company. "

In an instant, the most sincere feelings struck Merlin's heart. He is a cold-blooded magician. In his past years, no one has ever shown such emotion to him.

The final conversation ended with Artoria's words. Merlin watched Artoria's figure board the ship at the port. Today, he fully understood the reason for his uneasiness on the chosen day.

They hope they can make an excellent king, a transcendent person who gives up the human heart. Artoria's eyes are the happiness of the people. Of course, she comes from the people and cannot give up on the people's hearts. From the beginning, they focused on different things. If only he could discover that difference in those eleven years.

For this he felt deeply pained and guilty, even extremely miserable. Because his sin has already been cast, no one will ask him to repent of it, but his own heart will torture himself.

This shouldn't be what an inhuman person like him would think, if others understood his inner thoughts. I’m afraid you will feel this way:

This is the closest Merlin gets to a human being.

When Merlin put his heart together, he returned to Camelot. Davian was at the top of the palace looking down at Camelot, which still looked flawless but was already exhausted inside.

"Qing David, let me thank you for your contribution to her these twenty-one years. For this reason, the original agreement can be completed. Go back to your own time and live the life you once had."

Hearing Merlin's words, Davian turned around, with a dazed and surprised expression on his face.

"You actually still remember this?"

Merlin was also dumbfounded, and then he deliberately showed a dissatisfied expression and said: "What? Do you think that I have no spirit of contract at all? I have been working hard to polish this for more than 20 years to send you back. Is the magic of your own time good? Today's magic is even perfect, with no flaws at all! You can finally go home."

Davian also smiled, and then he said something that surprised Merlin: "No, Merlin... No, Teacher Merlin. Thank you for remembering this. Even I have no hope for this matter, but you actually I still remember this."

"Why? Even you were in despair about the current round table before. Why don't you want to go back? You can escape from all this chaos and go back to your own time to live the peaceful life you deserve?" Merlin recalled Davian's visit. During the accusation in the Round Table Hall, he felt that Davian was clearly on the verge of collapse at that moment, but he was still holding on here now?

Merlin took two steps closer to Davian. He couldn't help but say: "You no longer need to sacrifice for this round table, and you no longer need to stand up for this land. You have done enough."

Merlin spoke the truth in his heart. The Round Table has miraculously survived even into its eleventh year. Being able to hold on to this moment can be said to be a huge contribution to Davian.

"If not me, who will it be? If I don't step up, who will? Who will I ask to sacrifice in my place?"

This simple rhetorical question based on Merlin's words left Merlin speechless.

But Merlin suffered even more because he had already seen it. I saw Davian's ending, when Davian said he couldn't leave Britain. His ending has already entered Merlin's eyes.

"It is true that that day in the Round Table Hall, I could not contain my feelings because of the situation at that time, and even said that I wished I could die in the Vortigern Rebellion. However, Teacher Merlin... my king is still there, and I am still there. I hope Still alive!"

Having said this, Davian raised his dark sword and pointed downwards at the people running around and trying to live in Camelot and continued:

"Teacher, everyone in this era is different from me. They have not experienced an era that is much better than this one, nor have they suddenly fallen into the abyss and entered this dark era like me. But they cherish the hope of beauty. The longing for the future and the hope for the future have continued to struggle until now. In this case, what qualifications do I have to not fight for them after having seen better times? How could I just escape back to my own time and face these people who are still working hard? Are people turning a blind eye?”

After hearing Davian's words, Merlin even had the urge to tell Davian about the future, telling him that his hope for the future had been shattered. The king is indeed still there, and his expedition to Rome will surely be successful. But when she returned home, she was greeted only by her own army.

Her rebellion is inevitable, in her rebellion. Destruction will come to Davian, and Davian will meet his end in lamentation. Merlin knew all of this.

"But please allow me to say thank you. Thank you, Teacher Merlin. I can't find any more suitable words. I came to Britain and have lived a very fulfilling life for more than twenty years. Although there are mostly painful memories, there are also joyful things. Thank you for remembering our original agreement, thank you." Davian bowed to Merlin and deeply thanked Merlin in front of him.

Merlin suddenly felt that he had done something wrong again. He had thought that Davian would happily accept his magic and return to his own time to live his life. But he was wrong. People change, and so does Davian.

He should not have made this agreement in the first place. The moment he defeated Vortigern, he should have sent Davian back to his own time to end it all.

"Okay, Teacher Merlin. I'm going to work on Camelot. There are still many things for me to do."

Looking at Davian leaving, Merlin's face showed grief that no one could see. He now understood why Davian and Artoria were so closely aligned, why they persisted until now, and why they had such people's hearts. It turns out that the human heart is like this: a heart that loves others, a heart that loves its partners, and a heart that loves the people.

Fight for all this, fight for something better. It is not about using these as spiritual food to satisfy oneself, but a sincere hope that all people can have a better future, a tomorrow that everyone can set foot on.

Unfortunately, it was too late.