Chapter 43 Two Dreams(1/2)
Facing the wind mixed with yellow sand, I quietly recalled my lost memories. ()() ()
The mind becomes chaotic in dreams, but it feels more deeply that nostalgic existence.
Wearyly leaned against the sword's tombstone and looked up at the sky.
At some point, under the huge gears that covered the sky, bloody rain fell, and the raindrops fell on their bodies and turned into transparent water droplets.
On the distant horizon, I noticed that sword hill was not like the sword hill that was produced by this world.
In the hazy rain, the fallen warrior corpses were vaguely visible, and broken guns and halberds stood beside the master.
Above the sword hill, I saw the knight kneeling weakly at the highest point.
The knight, who was so far away that he couldn't see clearly, bent down because he was overwhelmed and had to use his own sword to support his body.
Before I could think about it, I learned about that person, and the memories from some unknown origin told me the past.
I murmured a name-
Artoria.
The girl who has just passed the adult ceremony seems to have heard of the name in the distant past.
It was a war-torn era.
Starting with the demise of an empire, the originally invincible empire is waiting for death under the invasion of many pagans.
In order to fight the pagans, the empire transferred the troops that originally guarded an island country.
Her country lost the protection of the empire and soon split into small kingdoms.
The attacks of the pagans can be said to be a tragic battle between tribes that committed suicide.
People in their hometown experienced a long period of war called "days as dark as night".
At this moment, she was born as the king's heir.
During that long war, the king believed in the magician's prophecy and looked forward to an excellent successor. ()
But the child born is not the one the king expects.
That child is not a boy.
Even if you have the fate of a king, you will not be able to inherit the throne if you are not a boy.
The girl was fostered to a retainer and grew up as a knight's child.
Although the king was disappointed, the magician was very satisfied.
Originally, gender has nothing to do with becoming a king.
More importantly, the magician believed that the fact that the girl had to leave the castle before the day of prophecy was the real testimony of the king.
The girl grew up as his heir in the simple and wise old knight's home.
It is not because the old knight believes in the magician's prophecy. The old knight feels the same thing as the Lord in the girl, so he thinks that he must raise her and looks forward to her growth.
But there is no need to look forward to it. The girl just exercises day after day in order to be stronger than anyone else.
If only the king can save this country that is going to die, then there is no need for others to say much, and the girl vowed to swing her sword for this.
Then, the day of prophecy has arrived.
In order to choose the king, the king summoned the lords and knights in the country.
Everyone guessed that since we wanted to choose the best person to be the king, we must fight immediately.
However, only a sword inserted in a stone was prepared at the meeting place. (The full text novel is updated the fastest)
There is a golden inscription on the hilt of the sword.
"The person who pulls this sword out of the rocks should become the king of the top—"
Many knights seized the sword according to this inscription.
But no one could pull it out, so the knights began to fight immediately as they had prepared. ()
At that time, the girl was just a knight candidate and was not qualified to fight immediately.
The girl approached the rocks that were no one around and reached out toward the hilt of the sword without hesitation.
"Oh, oh. Before holding that thing, it's better to think about it carefully first."
Looking back, I saw the most awesome magician in this country.
The magician said that if you pull out that thing, you will be no longer a human being in the end.
The girl just nodded to the magician's words.
To become a king, she has to be no longer a human being. This kind of enlightenment has been achieved since she was born.
The king means that in order to protect the people, the existence of the most people must be killed.
As a young woman, she thought about this every night, trembling until dawn.
There is no one who is not afraid of one day.
But the girl said that she was afraid until today.
The sword was pulled out as if it were natural, surrounded by light.
——In that moment, she was no longer a human.
The king has nothing to do with gender.
Only with the king's function will no one care or care about his appearance.
Even if someone notices that the king is a woman, as long as he is an excellent king, there should be no problem.
Because of the magic of the sword, her growth stopped.
Although some knights felt uncomfortable and scared, most of them praised the mysterious immortality of the Lord.
--Then.
It began to be called the legendary king era by later generations.
The newly ascended king had wars like the war gods. ()
Wang often stands on the front line.
All the enemies were invincible.
God of War - Artoria.
The king who is praised as the incarnation of the dragon cannot be defeated.
Ten years of battles and twelve major battles all ended with her victory.
It was a day of concentration and galloping as a king.
She never looked back and was not injured once.
She grew up as a king and fulfilled her obligations.
Through the fallen knight, I saw the illusion of the girl.
The girl who was still on the battlefield stood under the blue sky, letting the breeze blow on her body, just looking into the distance.
The sky is high and the clouds flow very quickly.
In the clear air, she held a sword in her hand, looking at the army that should be facing.
——That posture stayed like a mark.
But why did she have the ending?
The girl who devoted her whole life to the country, fell helplessly on the sword hill to welcome her end.
Sadness kept pouring out of my heart.
The girl who saved herself again and again could not help her at all.
I have always wanted to be the embodiment of justice, but I can't even save my benefactor.
If you want to save everyone, you can't even save one person.
I understand my own limitations, and in the cemetery of the sword, I let regret fill my soul.
~~~~~~~ World~~ Need~~ Divide~~ Line~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
That's someone's story. ()
Do you want to know someone too much? Then I saw that guy’s dream.
Memory of a man who was sacrificed to the throne of heroes.
In the end, it was not understood, the story of a certain knight.
That's a simple story.
To put it bluntly, that guy is just a problem.
He clearly has considerable strength and ambitions, but he always makes mistakes in the way of trying to get the power, and eventually dies in vain.
To be continued...