The Troubles of the Holy Maiden [Comprehensive]

On the black and strange boulder at the bottom of the lake, a long sword was stuck obliquely.

No, rather than a sword, it looked like a sword-shaped object, as if it had been a failure of a poor stonemason practicing his craft, completely losing the color of the metal, leaving only the jagged petrified shell and the corrosion of the lake.

It just stood on the boulder, and the hilt, tsuba, and blade of the sword could still be identified.One-third of the sword body was submerged into the boulder below, and it seemed to be almost integrated with the boulder.

When Artoria followed the team to the vicinity of the boulder, a young man in front of him was being led by the guards to undergo the so-called swordsman qualification test.But this test is nothing more than climbing onto the boulder according to the supervisor's request, holding the hilt of the sword with both hands to pull out the sword stuck in the stone.From the discussions among the onlookers, Artoria learned that no one has been able to pull out the sword in the stone, or even move it.Because of this, many people suspect that this is just a stone sculpture, which is integrated with the boulder below it, and it is not a sword at all, so it cannot be pulled out.It is even speculated that the king asked young and middle-aged people across the country to take this test to actually select strong men to fight for the king. Except for natural supernatural power, who can remove this fake sword from the boulder?

Arturia shifted her gaze to the young man who was being tested again. He was tall, wearing silver light armor, and dressed like a knight, but it could still be seen that his clothes were made of expensive materials that only nobles could wear. Is of noble birth.He had brilliant blond hair and blue eyes, which reminded Artotlia of Fran.Although this young man looked tall and fit, his expression and demeanor were full of the vivacity of a young man, giving the impression that he had just grown up.

The young man jumped onto the boulder confidently, holding the hilt of the sword with one hand and exerting force.

The atmosphere was a little still, and the young man's eyes widened in disbelief, as if he was surprised that he didn't pull out the sword with one hand.He puffed up his face, and his expression became serious.He held the hilt of the sword again with both hands, and began to exert strength on his waist and legs, trying to pull out the sword.

The scene fell silent, and everyone looked nervously at the young man.

The young man exerted all his strength, and his fair face turned red with the force. Suddenly, his hand slipped, and the inertia of force made him fall backwards, and sat down on the boulder.

"Hahahaha." The people present burst into laughter.

The young man's face was a little uneasy, he blushed, and argued loudly: "This is impossible, I am born with supernatural power, it is impossible that I cannot pull it out. This, this, this is not a sword at all!"

Some people in the audience who failed to draw their swords also echoed and booed, agreeing one after another.

The supervising officer on the side was questioned, but his attitude was still calm, but his tone of speech was a little mocking: "Your Excellency Gao Wen, please calm down, it is the fault of this sword that you can't pull it out. It should have been there when you came up." Actively jump into your hand."

There was another burst of laughter from the audience, and the idlers coaxed again: "Go down, little boy, go down if you fail."

The young man named Gao Wen was a little annoyed, he snorted and jumped off the huge boulder: "I want to see who can pull out the sword that I can't pull out." As he said that, he squeezed aside to watch the people who will be tested next.

'So his name is Gao Wen, Gao Wen? Artoria looked at the young man silently, and saw some familiar shadows from the young man's handsome face, some of which resembled herself, but more like her brother Arthur.The blond hair and blue eyes are the characteristics of the deceased uncle, the first cousin has blond hair and blue eyes, and my family is all blond hair and blue eyes.

’ He was actually Gao Wen, he was the son of the eldest sister. 'Artoria couldn't help recalling the days when she was still in the royal city.Gao Wen was only two years younger than himself, but a generation younger than himself and his brother.This little Douding admires his brother the most. He always runs around with his brother, imitating his brother. When his brother goes to train with his father, he also follows him. He fiddled with the small iron sword with a sharpened edge, which made his father laugh every time.

As for myself, as a girl, I can only sit on the sidelines and watch them gesticulating.

When I left Wangcheng, he was just at the age I could remember, and I still remembered him tugging at the corner of his brother's clothes and calling him "little uncle" in his mind. I didn't expect that ten years later, he would already be so tall.

Artoria felt sad, and didn't know how the child had been doing these years. It seemed that these officials didn't have much respect for him, a member of the royal family.Artoria couldn't help but smile in her heart: "Hehe, Futigeng even killed his brother and nephew, how can he care about this niece's son?" '

It's just that the appearance of an old friend, Gawain, smashed the small box that Arturia kept her childhood memories with a small hammer, causing those memories to swarm her.

The beautiful mother gently combed her hair, and inserted a fresh and delicate rose into the braided hair; the tall father smiled brightly, threw himself up, and gently received him in his arms; the most intimate The little white rabbit brought back by his elder brother Arthur after hunting was raised by himself in the garden. After training, he always feeds the little white rabbit together with him; his cousin Morgan holds a thick book and speaks softly for the little white rabbit. I read those touching legends by myself...

The days in Wangcheng when I was young were like in a fairy tale, leisurely and sweet, as if the white clouds floating in the sky were soft and sweet.

But as good as memories are, reality is cruel.

The father's heart was pierced from behind, and blood sprayed all over the floor when it burst, staining the mother's white skirt red. Behind the father's fallen figure was the ferocious face of Uncle Fertigeng, who was no longer as kind and gentle as before.The embarrassed elder brother ran for his life with him. His injured right hand could no longer hold the sword to fight, so he could only block all the arrows with his immature shoulder.In the end, he fell into his arms, his blood-losing body gradually became cold until he lost his breath.As for myself, my body was covered with my brother's blood, which turned from bright red to jet black. It was my brother's blood that bought me to live.

Overnight, all the sweet memories were shattered and turned bloody and dark. Overnight, she lost everything; she was just a lonely soul saved by her brother with her own life, and she owed Arthur all her life.

'Although I can't save my brother's life, at least I want to keep my brother's name alive, even if I give up my identity and live in someone else's name for the rest of my life. '

"Fran..." Artoria softly read Fran's name in her heart. She was an angel who appeared in front of her when she was in despair, a pair of arms that appeared when she was about to fall into the abyss, and a dark The warmest light in the world.

'Fran...is my light, I've lost too much, I can't lose it anymore, my light, I'm going to hold on to my light, never let go. '

When Arturia was lost in memory, several people had already completed the test, and they all failed without a doubt. The officials on the side also recorded the identity documents of these tested youths one by one.

Soon, it was Arturia's turn in the testing team. The guards led Artoria to the inspector. First, the official checked the identity documents. The officer scanned the documents, and his impatient expression turned serious. Mild up.

He looked at Arturia and compared the real person with the description and portrait on the document: "Your Excellency is Lord Camelot's eldest son, Master Al Frankenstein?"

Arturia nodded.Immediately, the official greeted: "Why did you come to take the test today? You should be arranged separately. We really didn't receive you well."

Artoria said casually, "It's okay, I don't care."

Seeing that Arturia didn't mean to embarrass others, the officials reassuredly let Artoria go to the boulder to test.

Arturia walked towards the boulder a few steps away, her eyes fixed on the stone sword.Although the distance was very short, in her perception, it seemed to take a long time, and every step was so heavy.

Seeing that Artoria was going to take the test, the idlers watching couldn't help booing.

"Hey, little boy, can you do it? You're so thin, don't break yourself like the little boy in front."

Gao Wen, who was on the sidelines, couldn't help but twitched his brows when he heard this. The little boy in front of him must be referring to himself. He has always been proud of his strength. Who is this rude guy talking about! Why am I like this little guy!"

Arturia was speechless, impatient with their noise, she cast a majestic look across her face.

In the past few years, Artoria had been carefully trained by Fran, and she held a high position and commanded the Knights. Her eyes were so majestic, and the two quarreling guys unconsciously shut up.

After being disturbed like this, Arturia completely lost her sense of tension, and felt her steps became easier.With one leap, she jumped onto the huge boulder with ease, and her figure was extremely light, which aroused the amazement of the onlookers.

Arturia approached the Sword in the Stone, took a deep breath, reached out and grabbed the hilt of the sword, and pushed upwards.

When Artoria exerted force on her hand, her heart sank.Just like ten years ago, the sword under him didn't move at all, without any reaction.

'Am I still not qualified to be a king? Artoria couldn't help asking herself, and immediately denied: "No, I have, I am ready to become a king, I can't doubt myself, this sword doesn't agree with me, I can't not agree with myself." '

'I, Artoria Pendoragon, have the determination to become a wise king and will not be shaken by anyone or anything. '

Arturia closed her eyes, trying to clear her head, but the scene of asking and answering questions about the qualifications of the king with Fran and herself ten years ago kept flashing in her mind, the picture of her hard work in the past ten years, Fran's approving smile, Merlin's response to the question. The poisonous tongue of my homework, the serious face of Lancelot and myself, the oath of trust and allegiance from everyone in the Knights...

These images flashed through Artoria's mind, making her feel as if her body and mind were lighter, as if something in her body was about to break out of the cocoon.

The voice in the ear seemed to be noisy, and something sounded into the ear socket.

"What! How come?"

"This is, what's going on here?"

A series of exclamations awakened Arturia who was in a strange state. She opened her eyes and saw that the shell of the stone sword in her hand was cracked. As the ground rolled and shook, bursts of dazzling golden light shot out from the cracks in the stone sword. , dazzled the eyes of everyone present, forcing them to cover their eyes and back away.

In Artoria's eyes, the stone sword in her hand was cracked inch by inch, and the stone surgical part fell off, revealing the gorgeous and clean inside, the exquisite sword tsuba, and the sharp sword body just came into her eyes.

'This is, father's holy sword, this is, the sword chosen by the king. 'Arturia didn't show it on the face, but she was trembling with excitement in her heart.

'Myself, have you been recognized? '

After the rays of light dissipated, this world-renowned gorgeous holy sword was displayed in front of everyone present, and this wonderful scene shocked everyone into speechlessness.

Artoria easily pulled out the sword from the boulder, and announced loudly:

"I am the son of King Uther, Arthur Pendoragon. Today, my father's holy sword returns to my hands."

She flicked her big sword smartly, pointed the tip of the sword in the direction of the guards and officials, and said loudly: "Tell Fu Tigeng, I will take back his life and my father's throne!"