king and queen

The stars are far away②

The queen's injury was too serious. Even if Merlin forced her to use magic to prolong her life, death could not be cured after all.Arturia's scabbard has long been lost, and even if she uses all means, she cannot restore her lost life.

"Guinevia..."

The hem of her skirt was covered with dried blood, and Artoria seemed to be completely absorbed by the shocking scene in front of her.She didn't blink her eyes, as if she was afraid of disturbing something.With trembling fingers, Wang touched his wife's cold cheeks. Only the slight ups and downs in his chest could make her confirm that his wife was alive.

Guinevia was awakened by this slight movement, her blue eyes reflected the entire sky, she could no longer feel the pain in her body, but she would not mistake this voice.

"……you are back."

"Yes, your king has returned home, and I have returned to your side."

"That's great..." There was only a vain light and shadow in the field of vision, Guinevia gazed tenderly at the direction of her husband, and couldn't help complaining: "You haven't talked to me for a long time, I'm very angry."

"It's my fault." This cruel scene turned into an invisible weight, which made Artoria almost unable to breathe.She slowly stretched out her hand, as if she wanted to touch his wife, but froze in mid-air timidly. "No, that's not right! You shouldn't just leave like this! It's my fault, I ruined your life!"

"That's not your fault." This man is gentle and noble, and always likes to take responsibility on his shoulders. He is Guinevia's longing husband and her king. "And King of Knights, do you know what you're talking about?"

"..."

"I am Guinevia, the princess of Scotland, the queen of Britain, and the wife of King Arthur——I am the wife in name of the king, and I should share happiness and suffering with her until the end of time, the other side of the world, you How can you say it's your fault?"

"...No, that's not the case." Arturia thought this sincerely. This girl was stubborn and naive, gentle and tenacious, noble and unyielding, and she wanted to protect the target. "You are by no means just my wife in name, you are the one I love."

Guinevia opened her eyes slightly in surprise, maybe she thought it was just pity for the dying, so she showed a weak but extremely beautiful smile quite cooperatively.

"That's really great. I'm loved by my husband... so happy, I can finally be led by God, right?"

"Your soul comes from the sky, Guinevia." The ignorant Wang felt that he couldn't look directly at the light, lifted her cold palm to his cheek, and whispered, showing pleading eyes , choking: "If you are really guided by God, you must not leave too far away."

Guinevia knows Artoria, she knows what a gentle king she is, she can kill herself for the sake of the country and the people, and she will feel sad because of the suffering of the people around her.

"Are you... are you sad for me?"

This man is so gentle.It may not be a big deal to Wang to always regard others as more important than himself, but Guinevia, as a bystander, always feels...that is too heavy.

She is very sad.

Because her voice could not be transmitted to the other party, she failed to make Wang realize that this state of existence was wrong.

"Gui Ni, only you and I don't want to lose, you will be fine."

This statement is serious.

"You will live."

She can't die.

Because of selfishness and political needs, he turned a blind eye to the happiness of a young girl, and married her almost deceptively. He could only confess with guilt on the wedding night, and he could only make up for everything with a grand wedding, please. She smoothed things over for her female identity, and co-created a big lie with herself.

Artoria regretted it, she shouldn't have involved her and deprived Guinevia of her freedom.

As a young girl, King Arthur owed his wife something. Although he vowed to love her as a man for the rest of his life, it was not enough. She couldn't bring happiness to his wife as a woman and destroyed her life willfully.

King Arthur closed his eyes in pain.

If only I hadn't met her, then she would have lived.Her future still has infinite possibilities, and she must not stop here.

This is a poor and cute silly girl, of course she did nothing wrong, she was just implicated in this marriage by the wayward king, and her husband was stingy in giving her.

Mingming had promised to give her a lifetime of loyalty, love and protection, but Artoria failed to do anything.

Why didn't you notice it?Artoria wanted to protect Guinevia, valued Guinevia, loved her, and wanted her to be happy.

Why did things become like this?

Is this the punishment imposed on the ignorant king?

"...I'm sorry, please don't be sad."

A faint smile appeared on Guinevia's beautiful but pale face, and the pupils that could have accommodated countless scenery could no longer reflect anything.

"It's all my fault, Guinevia."

"That's not the case. Our Arturia is the best girl in the world. She is very good. I hope she can think about herself and treat herself better."

Guinevia knew this would happen.

This person is more important than anyone else, Guinevia doesn't want to make her sad, she likes the way the other party smiles, but it is herself who makes her feel pain and sadness, Guinevia hates such a self.

"I will pray that my soul will always be with you, my king."

Please don't care, your queen just returned to the embrace of God.

"...Really, I am very happy..."

I would be very happy if you could come to see me.

The queen's face was full of smiles, as if stars were shining in her pupils.

This sentence will never be false, living in Camelot is very happy.

King Arthur, as dazzling as the sun... no, that is even more dazzling than the sun.Guinevia is grateful for this world, and it was a wonderful time to meet King Arthur.

In fact, I don't want to leave just like this, I still want to stay here, there are still many things I want to tell her, and there are too many scenery that I haven't seen together——

But death has opened its arms, and Guinevia's soul is being taken away.

Although we can't meet again, but because we said goodbye well, we will never experience life and death again, so it doesn't matter.

Just a little bit regretful.

Will Wang really be able to return to the world, and will the world really come into her eyes again?

With such doubts in her arms, she possessed the purity of a goddess and exuded the brilliance of a goblin. Such a woman lay quietly in her husband's arms, slowly closed her eyes, and quietly stopped breathing.

"I'm just a very mediocre human being, and I don't deserve your sorrow, Artoria." Guinevia finally whispered: "...I want to bask in the sun."

"But you are different." She repeated in vain. "You are different, Guinevia."

In this rainy weather, Guinevia died quietly in her arms.

"Please open your eyes and look at me, please..."

Arturia watched her leave helplessly, howling heart-piercingly, and wailing tragically.

The ideal and perfect king, the king who doesn't understand people's hearts, finally fell into the mortal world completely.

Someone used her death to bring the king back to the world.

King Arthur kissed her lips awkwardly and unfamiliarly, pecking at his wife's cold lips.

"You must be in pain."

Huge pain pierced through the king's heart, and Artoria closed her eyes in pain, mourning, and let out an indistinct sob from her throat. Her tears slid down her cheeks and hit his wife's body, splashing transparent splash.

It shouldn't be like this, she thought, it's wrong.

Guinevia should have the best happiness than anyone else. She is so gentle and lovely. She sacrificed everything to come to Wang's side, watch her, support her, and only Wang's figure is left in her eyes.

Yeah, why didn't I realize it sooner?

In Guinivia's life, only Artoria is left.

She cared so much about Wang that she even forgot herself.

King Arthur made a big mistake.

Wang paid a terrible price for his self-righteousness.

Her wife was finally abandoned by all and embraced by death.

King Arthur woke up from a light sleep again, and found that it was already bright outside.

"Why didn't you wake me up, Guinevia?"

"I want you to rest a little longer."

There seemed to be a response sound in my ears, but after listening carefully, I found that it was light and floating, as if it was playing in my mind.

Wang raised his head and found that his wife was sitting by the window smiling at him, her figure was gradually dispersed by the sunlight, and it seemed illusory to play a song of mourning.

There was a slight pain in her heart, and Artoria remembered in a daze: "Yes, Guinevia... is, gone..."

At this moment, it seems to be forgotten by the world, and a huge loneliness envelopes Wang.

It turns out that God also likes to joke with people like this. He took away the happiest time of Wang as a human being.

Artoria picked up the little lion lying on the bed, gently stroked its soft belly, and felt the remaining breath of his wife.

She could almost imagine how a certain queen sewed it with her own hands, with a happy mood and a gentle smile.

There was a heart-piercing pain in her chest, and Artoria looked back, only to feel that there was someone everywhere in the palace, all traces of her existence.

They have personally planted saplings in the courtyard, snuggled up in the corridor to keep warm, laughed together by the pond, danced among the crowd, and ran freely in the fields.

They watched the sunrise together and watched the sunset together.

What a wonderful time it was.

But it was such a past that was buried by her own hands.

"This is my fault, my lord, please... downgrade the punishment, please..."

King Arthur stared at the knight kneeling before him, unable to say words of forgiveness, and unable to punish him.

That's weird.

A king who doesn't understand people's hearts should be able to weigh the pros and cons ruthlessly, crush the sinner mercilessly, or forgive the innocent——

But, but—

Artoria couldn't do it.

She couldn't forgive him, but she couldn't hate him either.

"Let's go." Finally, Wang said in a tired tone, very calmly: "I can't face you calmly."

The winter of that year was extremely cold. The glorious knight reprimanded the king for his innocence and made irreproachable remarks. The queen left in an extremely tragic way. People around the king kept leaving. Conspiracies began to explode, and Mordred, the son of the witch and the son of the taboo—the rebellious knight finally raised the flag of rebellion and challenged the supreme throne.

But what did King Arthur do wrong?

Maybe her only mistake was not being able to look at the world, after all, this is no longer their era.

Witnessing the moment of the withering of the glorious man, even the soul that has experienced many battles can't help but tremble, so Artoria has been waiting for the goodbye with the miracle.

The story of King Arthur finally came to an end.

Ahhh, yes, it happened like this, she finally remembered——

How can such a life be so easily forgotten?

"Hold your chest out, Bedivere."

The Lion King said: "—You, indeed, have fulfilled your king's order."

"Thank you for your understanding."

The 500-year journey was finally able to be completely completed, and the Silver Knight, who was burdened with a big mistake because of "loyalty", ushered in the king's forgiveness, and he was finally able to die.

"I must also thank you, loyal knight, you...brought her back to my side again."

"...Really." Bedivere showed a gentle smile, his figure was gradually disappearing, looking at the noble and holy king, he was happy from the bottom of his heart, "His Royal Highness will definitely hear you say this." Very happy."

The king returned to the jade throne.

"Aggie Wen, I remembered something." The Lion King said calmly, the original eternity in her pupils, the immortal brilliance, the penetrating holy spring, which does not belong to the world at all. "You should remember Guinevia."

"……Yes."

The Lion King nodded, and didn't seem to expect any response. She said softly to herself, "Only I have forgotten her."

The knight's voice was unusually dry: "That's not your fault, Wang."

"I know."

Of course she knew, but she still regretted it.

The 500 years of wandering around the world as an undead was too long. The human part of her body was slowly peeled off and eroded, and she gradually forgot her feelings. Together with the unforgettable longing and love, she was completely torn apart broken.

King Arthur tried to awaken the "miracle".

That dream wasn't stupid, Arturia had indeed created endless great achievements, and established feats unimaginable by ordinary people.

She finally obtained the Holy Grail by virtue of her own will, but rejected the Holy Grail.

The past can never come back, the dead... Ah, of course, the dead, of course, cannot return to her.

With delusions in her arms, she kept struggling.

However, it wasn't until she held the Holy Grail that she finally understood that.

"Miracle" does not exist.

Wanting to restart the country and resurrect the dead is an unattainable "miracle".

Even if it subverts human reason and destroys the world, there is no possibility at all.

It would be great if I could realize it earlier, before I was alive, it would be great if I could lower my head, it would be great if I could look into the world, if I could return to the queen's side——

The king who was fooled by the world finally despaired completely.

She resigned herself to her fate and gave up.

Agguiwen stood guard beside the king, quietly watching the world collapse.

The Lion King recalled the past inappropriately, with a gentle smile on the corner of his mouth.

In her life as a king and a "person", the appearance of the queen is indeed too magnificent a scenery, enough to make the world pale.

"Do you think she will hate my frivolity?"

The Lion King didn't seem to want an answer, and before Agguiwen opened his mouth, he continued on his own: "It doesn't matter if you hate me, and it doesn't matter if you hate me."

"I still... want to see her again."

The Lion King is downright divine.

During her long wandering, she killed Artoria, King Arthur, and her past self.

The traces she left behind, the path she walked, the beliefs she steadfastly held, the future she envisioned, and the thoughts she embraced were indeed completely strangled by the Lion King, and the old days could not be recovered.

The Lion King closed her eyes, listening to the violent collapse sound from the pure white holy city, she raised her hand to touch the cold armor on her chest.

That is not only the strongest backing, Guinevia is also her softest heart, an incomparable treasure.

"Guinevia..."

This whispered call was submerged in the earth-shattering broken sound, and walked into eternity with the Lion King.

Humanity is restored, which is equivalent to the forced end of the king's life.

The Lion King will follow the sleeping queen together with her ideals.

"I love you."

After a long time, that longing finally returned to her embrace.

Part [-]: Back Around King Arthur