[comprehensive] not human

After getting the sword, the two began to rush towards the royal city. Yan Bai was especially worried about Vivienne who had arrived in the royal city with the army. For this reason, Artoria, who had seen the clues on the way, teased a few words.Yan Bai didn't care to refute her, or rather he couldn't refute.

Like he can't lie to himself anymore that he fell in love with Vivienne because of the love curse, maybe the love started because of the curse, but now he's really in love with the girl who sings in the woods in the morning, Crying for the dead soldier, the little girl who combed his beard and made the whole world brighten up when he smiled.

Vivian.Vivian.Wei, Wei, Ann.

The tip of his tongue popped out, his voice disappeared silently in the oncoming wind, Yan Bai squinted his eyes, leaned down on the horse's back, and swayed his body up and down as he ran, easing the wind resistance so that he could run faster.It was a cloudy day today, and the light was not good, but he still saw the gray shadow of the royal city under the billowing dark clouds in the distance.Inside the guard towers and tall city walls, there are dense urban houses, and in the innermost part of Baicheng is a white castle built along with the mountain.According to the news delivered by the crow last night, the army had arrived in the royal city a few days ago, so Vivian should be in that castle now.

Although it was a cloudy day, it did not affect the high spirits of the residents of England's royal city at all, because they knew from yesterday that today, His Majesty the King, the master of the kingdom, and his faithful friend, Master Merlin, will return from the holy lake, bringing King Arthur's new clothes. sword. Excalibur, this is the name of the sword of the king, which further proves that His Majesty the king is the chosen one, a natural king, even the fairy in the lake gave the king the sword. As for the sword in the stone, oh, so commemorative The sword of meaning must have been hidden in the treasure house deep in the castle and passed down from generation to generation.

Due to the blockade by Gao Wen and others, except for some Knights of the Round Table who accompanied the army, no one else knew that the Sword in the Stone had been broken or the specific reason why it was broken.This may have laid a hidden worry for future turmoil, but at least for now, everyone is happily preparing for the reception banquet, eagerly waiting for the return of the king.

When Yan Bai and Artoria rushed to the city gate, the place had already been cleaned up, and the ordinary people all retreated. Two teams of armored knights stood on both sides with their spears raised. Their armor was shining and their eyes were firm. Stand motionless at everyone's post.And the moment Artoria drove her horse onto the wooden bridge at the gate of the royal city, the shocking cheers pierced the sky from inside the city wall, shaking the armor of the Iron Knights slightly.Passing through the wide city gate built tightly with white rocks, Yan Bai saw countless people crowding on both sides of the street, blocked by Wang Cheng's guards, they looked at Artoria and him, each face was filled with shocking expressions. enthusiasm and joy.

The women waved the flowers and handkerchiefs in their hands, while the men raised their fists to the sky, and even the children were held on the shoulders of their fathers, witnessing this rare holy king.At the beginning, people were just yelling what they wanted to say, but as Artoria slowly walked into the city and walked towards the castle, thousands of words gradually converged into a common cry: "King Arthur! King Arthur! !"

"King Arthur! King Arthur!"

"King Arthur! King of Knights!"

"King Arthur! King Arthur! King of Knights!"

Yan Bai looked around, everyone was staring at the woman in front of him, and that woman was obviously thin and thin, but at this moment the back of the woman sitting upright on the horseback was so tall and insurmountable, her blond hair was coiled up Blown by the wind and bumped by the horse, her blue cloak was blown backwards, and it was covered with dust from the journey these days, but none of this would detract from her brilliance and her appearance.When she turned her head and looked at her people smiling, the crowd erupted in cheers, making the entire land of the royal city tremble.Even those armored knights all tightened their faces, suppressing their excitement strongly, not letting themselves join the crowd behind them, but their fiery eyes were on Artoria all the time.

This was exactly what he was worried about. Artoria's efforts had yielded results, and all the people loved her like a god.However, human beings are not gods after all. When people find a crack in the flawless image of God in their hearts, do they choose to understand or collapse.This is related to the future survival of this kingdom. If Artoria can guarantee her purity and perfection in the eyes of the people all her life, she will be deified and become the pillar of the people's hearts from generation to generation, but if she can't...

The white castle was getting closer and closer, and the faces of the crowd at the gate of the castle gradually became clearer.Yan Bai withdrew his thoughts, and his eyes moved from the head of the new queen, Guinevere, to Princess Morgan next to her, the Knight Gawain behind the queen, and then to Lancelot behind, and then to the Kai waited for the other Knights of the Round Table, and finally in a corner he saw the person he was looking for, Vivienne wearing a long white dress with her hair curled up, smiling at him.

Across Arturia in front, several spear knights, and the crowd, Yan Bai also smiled, and silently opened his mouth to Vivian: I'm back.

Yan Bai really wanted to go to Vivienne's side right away, but unfortunately he had a good idea, but it was impossible in reality.As soon as he and Arturia got off their horses, other people in the court surrounded them. Artoria attracted most of the firepower, but the rest was enough to ensure that Yan Bai could not follow his own will. Where I want to go, I can't even find that person among the countless faces.So he could only follow behind Artoria, surrounded by the crowd, and walked towards the castle.

The king returned with his sword, and the ten-year war ended with a complete victory. The long-delayed celebration banquet can finally be held.Because of the war before, even the wedding of the new queen, Guinivea, was held in a hurry. His majesty the king probably felt very sorry for this, so he did not leave the queen's side during the celebration banquet, and even declined the invitations of other noble girls during the dance. The request, even including his imperial sister Morgan, only held Guinevea's hand.

Of course, the queen's beauty was known to everyone before she got married, and most people didn't care about her behavior of monopolizing the king in disguise, on the contrary they were happy to see it happen.Many princes and ministers even began to fantasize about the appearance of the little princess and the little prince. Amidst the laughter and laughter, the gloom of Princess Morgan was almost covered up.

"Merlin, you're finally back." Vivian's voice made Yan Bai withdraw his gaze calmly, and moved it to Vivian's seemingly pretty face, which he hadn't seen for a long time. It was all men before. The army didn't think there was anything wrong with it, but now I found that Vivian's skin was slightly darker than other court noble girls. Not only was it not ugly, but on the contrary, compared to those pale skin, I felt that Vivian's skin was pink. more lovable.

"What are you looking at?" Vivienne's attention was still on what she had yelled several times before he realized it, and looked in the direction he was staring at just now, and saw the proud beauty with black hair, "Yes Princess Morgan."

"En." Yan Bai didn't really want to discuss Morgan with her, so he simply hummed a sound with his nose.

"She's so beautiful, isn't she?" Vivienne didn't seem to notice his indifference, but instead talked about Morgan in an envious tone, "Pale skin, long black hair, blue eyes, why are they all the same hair color? , she is so much prettier than me? Am I too dark?"

"...No." In my heart, you are the most perfect.Yan Bai thought in his heart.

"My queen mother told me that sometimes a man's not is not really not." Vivienne smiled openly without a trace of jealousy, "It can't be helped, some people are born beautiful."

"In my opinion, you are the same kind of person." A blond knight walked over and saluted Yan Bai respectfully: "Master Merlin." Then he turned to Vivienne, took her hand, bowed his head and kissed the back of her hand , "Vivienne, your beauty dazzles me tonight."

Vivian glanced at Yan Bai embarrassedly, and the latter stared at the knight expressionlessly for a while. This was a knight of the round table, and he seemed to be a member of the queen's clan.You must know that there are more than 150 knights of the round table now. Except for the most outstanding few among them, the rest of the people say that not everyone knows their names, and he does not need to know their names. He only needs to know their names. The background will do.

"Excuse me, mage, can I invite Miss Vivienne to dance?" The blond knight did not forget to ask Yanbai politely before taking Vivienne away. The latter nodded distractedly, turned and left banquet.

Groups of noble ladies around him were excitedly discussing which knight or noble to be their dancing partner. The dance music had already started to play. In the middle of the banquet, represented by the king and queen, many people joined the dancing ranks one after another.Yan Bai also thought about whether to invite Vivienne, but when he thought about his appearance at this time, he hesitated again.If such a young and beautiful woman is allowed to dance with an old man like him, won't Vivian's reputation be affected?You must know that in the eyes of others, she is just a princess from an unknown small country who came back with the army. The savage girl in the house got it casually, and now if Archmage Merlin treats her with his own eyes, she may become a target of public criticism.

Yan Bai knows very well that these noble ladies and wives in the court are leisurely and bored, and the way they pass the time is not only talking gossip, but also crowding out people they don't like.So in the end, he still didn't invite Vivian, so that...

Yan Bai stopped suddenly, looked back at Vivienne who was sometimes covered by other dancers in the middle of the dance floor, and frowned deeply.An excited nobleman bumped into him accidentally, and was about to raise his head to apologize when he was frightened into silence by his expression. It wasn't until Mage Merlin walked away and disappeared for a while that the little nobleman let out a sigh of relief, wondering why the mage's The expression is so ugly.

On the other side, Artoria, who had finished dancing with Guinevea, caught a glimpse of Merlin leaving in a hurry, hesitated for a while and whispered a few words in Guinevea's ear, although the latter was reluctant in her heart, she still didn't Show it, step forward to block another minister who wants to talk to Arturia, so that the king can escape from the banquet.

When Arturia found Merlin, the latter was sitting on the stone steps in the courtyard of the palace, watching the fireflies in the grass in the courtyard.Under the laurel tree, some fluorescent lights flickered and danced, and the palace lantern next to it illuminated the shadows of the leaves of the shrubs, swaying.Mage Merlin, who always loves cleanliness, dragged his white robe on the ground, but he didn't realize what he was thinking with his hands on his knees.He probably heard the sound of footsteps, he turned his head and glanced at the person coming, and found that it was Arturia who said indifferently: "It's just right, I want to tell you something."

Arturia was a little embarrassed for some reason, she looked away and stared at the griffin stone sculpture beside the stairs and said in a low voice, "I also have something to tell you. You go first."

"..." Merlin twitched the corners of his mouth and smiled without a smile, "Be careful of Princess Morgan and Queen Guinevere."

"...Why Guini?"

"Does she know your real gender?"

"Do not……"

"The people who can hurt you the most are those closest to you, Your Majesty, please remember this sentence." Merlin's gray-green pupils were almost dark gray in the dim light, with a strange coldness, "And you are related to this country safety."

Arturia sighed, imitating Merlin and sat down next to him without any image: "Are you warning me as a friend, or as the chief mage of the kingdom?"

"Both, please be careful anyway."

"Then it's my turn now. As a friend, I want to tell you, be careful of Vivian."