Zongman: Picked up Medea at the beginning

Mary's comment on this was - It's not as good as the one who's just having fun!

Knowing this, Mary's question was naturally to the point.

Even the current Altria was a little dazed after hearing Meli's question.

But she also gave her own answer.

"When you realize you can't fulfill that responsibility..."

Altria let out a breath, but she looked at Meli very seriously.

"...Merlin had shown me this scene countless times when he was teaching me. It was me standing in front of the Sword in the Stone, reaching out my hand towards the hilt."

"And every time at this time, Merlin always reminds me that after you draw this sword, you are no longer a human being."

"Until I actually pulled the sword out of the stone."

"Merry, actually for a long time I couldn't understand what Merlin said, because I didn't think that drawing a sword was that powerful. But after my identity changed, I experienced my friends breaking the law, my relatives rebelling and betraying, and prisoners who were not that bad were executed..."

“I probably felt it at that time.”

"The being called Altria is not the chosen king at all, and is not even fit to be the king."

"She would be so distressed that she couldn't bring herself to execute her friend, she would refuse to admit defeat after losing a duel, she would feel lonely because of her relatives' rebellion, and she would sympathize with the hateful people because of their pitiful nature..."

"So when I realized this, I understood what Merlin meant by that sentence."

"Once I draw that sword, I will no longer be human."

"The human named Altria died at that moment, and her replacement should be the King of Britain, the Chosen King."

"The king will not feel sad, the king will not fail, the king will not be lonely, the king will not sympathize..."

"Before I can be a human, I must first be a king."

Having said that, Altria showed a somewhat bitter smile on her face.

"But I still failed. I still couldn't save Britain's fate. I still felt sad. I was so sad that I couldn't sleep when I saw the knights who died in the war. I still felt lonely. For this reason, even though I knew about the king's sister's affairs and never executed her, I still felt sympathy. After Sir Lancelot and Guinevere got together, I still couldn't bear to execute my comrades."

"So you shouldn't ask me when I gave up my responsibilities as a king. You should ask me how I gave up my responsibilities as a king. After all, I was not suitable from the beginning."

When Altria said this, she thought of the Britain she saw after she made a wish to the Holy Grail, but she continued.

"It's just that at that time, there was no one more suitable than me, so it seems that a liar like me has been playing the role of the chosen king on the throne for so many years."

"And similarly, if a truly suitable king, a truly chosen king, appears, I should give way to him, right?"

Hearing what Altria said, Meli fell silent.

She was not left speechless by what Altria had said, but she was left speechless by Merlin's silence, for which she did not know how to scold him.

At once......

In fact, she felt that she had gone too far by teaching Arthur.

Because she likes to have fun most of the time, she often deceives Arthur. Even the fact that Arthur has become a tool now is because he was deceived by her.

But...she felt that compared to that Merlin, she was simply a saint master!

After all, even though Arthur, who had been deceived by her for many years, was a little naive and rigid, at least his brain was normal...

He never worries about whether he is qualified to be a king. He only does what he thinks is right and what he can do.

And this Altria in front of me...

what! ?

What’s that? You are no longer a human being after you pull out this sword. Mary’s blood pressure went up when she heard it!

She didn't believe that Merlin, as her counterpart, would be unaware of Altria's thoughts.

Why do you still say such things...

Is this some kind of performance art?

Or is Merlin a pervert who can find fun in such a twisted and cruel life?

For a moment, Mary didn't know how to evaluate Merlin.

When Altria saw Meli's silence, she was ready to end the topic.

"I can probably sense that you seem to be worried about my current state, but there is nothing to worry about. I have simply been freed from the identity of the Chosen King that I played, and have returned to being Alto 550 Liya."

"And if I disappoint you, I can apologize, but I will never change."

"Because the one who appears before you now is the real Altria. I am not perfect, but this is the real me."

After leaving these words, Altria turned and left, obviously not intending to continue listening to Meli.

And Meli watched Altria leave without trying to keep her, she just scratched her hair in annoyance.

"This is a really tricky situation..."

"Yes."

As Mary complained, Roland's voice rang out, and she didn't know when he had walked to Mary's side.

Mary was not surprised by this and simply continued speaking along with Roland's words.

"So do you have any good ideas for this?"

Hearing Mary say this, Roland smiled.

Altria is indeed a difficult situation now.

Because she condensed her divinity after she developed a knot in her heart, she felt that everything she did now was right, and she completely immersed herself in her own knot.

But Artoria was the first one among the gods to condense her godhood. After such a long time, Tiamat's godhood was almost complete, but Artoria's godhood was still the same as when she just awakened...

But Roland discovered this very early.

so...

"Have."

....

166. He never took the Holy Grail War seriously

"I have my own plan. It's not that easy to deal with her just by talking, so I plan to warm up here first, and then when things are over here, I will go to the other side and do something ruthless, so that she can get over it herself."

"So if you are not sure, don't worry about so many messy things, so as not to bring some unexpected impact to my plan."

"Oh, by the way - after all, you are the helper called by Alaya, so I still have to say, welcome, Meili."

Roland said these words and then left Mary's place.

After Roland left, Mary slowly began to smile.

She likes fun things.

And now she found what happened between Roland and Altria very interesting.

So Mary suddenly felt that the task given to her by Gaia and Alaya seemed to become interesting all of a sudden, and she was not as resistant as when she first received the task.

But since Roland said so, Mary was no longer in a hurry.

after all

The task that Alaya and Gaia gave her was not just to deal with Sieg's matter here, but also a series of subsequent issues, so if nothing unexpected happened, she would have to stay with Roland for a long time.

So she has plenty of time to enjoy the fun~

After the Heroic Spirit Summoning Ceremony is over, the next step is to start planning.

Roland had already told Joan of Arc everything that needed to be said, and Joan of Arc had also told the others, so Roland didn't explain too much at this moment, but directly assigned the task.

Roland assigned Cuchulainn, Hercules and Iskandar to the front battlefield.

Roland divided the remaining people into three groups.

One group was led by Roland himself, another group was led by Artoria, and the last group was Illya, Arizuma, and Toosaka Rin. The three of them stayed in Einzbern and made arrangements, cooperating with Cu Chulainn and the other three in rear defense and logistics work.

Then, among the two groups responsible for the action, the team led by Altria had more people.

Altria, Meli, and Bazette - the three of them are heading for the Thousand Worlds Tree base in Romania. Their ultimate goal is to obtain the Holy Grail and then use Altria's power to bring back the galloping horse of light.

Roland and Jeanne are going to go to the Sky Garden where Shiro Amakusa is while trying to seize the Greater Holy Grail.

"Go find Amakusa Shiro Tokisada at this time? Are you planning to test him or get rid of him first?"

After Joan of Arc and Roland started working together, she asked this question.

Roland then set his sights on her.

"If that makes you feel more comfortable, then that's fine."

"I've said before that the rules of the game are always set by the strong, so even though I don't think so, if you want to do this, we can include killing him directly in the purpose of our operation."

"After all, whether it's killing one or two, it's still killing people, it doesn't matter."

After hearing Roland's answer, Joan of Arc fell into deep thought.

During this time, she had gotten to know Roland a little better.

She knew very well that although Roland looked a little arrogant, he was actually a very stable person, so since he said so, it meant that these things were all insignificant trivial matters.

If you think about it carefully, Jeanne is not surprised.

After all, it seemed that from the very beginning, she had not sensed any nervousness from Roland... It seemed that he had not taken this Holy Grail War, which involved fourteen heroes, seriously from the very beginning.

He has always defined himself as a strong man.

The attitude towards the two parties participating in the Holy Grail War is: if you want to grab the Holy Grail, grab it; if you want to kill people, kill them. It's that simple and direct.

However, Roland called for reinforcements before taking action.

And before, we mentioned inhibition.

This made Joan of Arc feel that things were not that simple.

In addition, she thought of Amakusa Shiro Tokisada's wish and sighed.

"Forget it then. Just do whatever you want."

"Anyway, I just need to prevent the other party from making a wish. I don't have any other plans. But you are different. Although I don't see how much you care about the Holy Grail War, you should have your own plans, so let's proceed according to your plan."

Hearing what Jeanne said, Roland smiled.

"Since you are following my instructions, then according to my plan, we have two goals for going to the Sky Garden this time - first, to kill the heroic spirit whose real name is Shakespeare, and second... to kill Amakusa Shiro Tokisada."

Ok?

Joan of Arc was a little surprised when she heard that Roland wanted to kill Shakespeare, but she didn't say anything.

But after hearing Roland's second purpose, she wanted to say that he didn't need to consider her, but she was interrupted by Roland before she opened her mouth.

"Okay, it's decided, so let's go, it's time for us to set off."

After saying this, Roland took a step forward and walked in front. Joan of Arc looked at Roland's back and felt warm in her heart.

She knew that Roland was taking her thoughts into consideration, so she did not insist on saying anything more. She just smiled and followed Roland silently.

She is not Roland's subordinate, but a cooperative relationship with him.

But now it seemed that she, following behind Roland, was like Roland's bodyguard - this scene was inconsistent with their relationship, but surprisingly harmonious, as if it should be this way.

While Roland was taking action, Romania was also not stable.

The Holy Grail War has already begun here.

The huge sky garden had already been lifted off, and Amakusa Shiro Tokisada used the rampage characteristics of his own Berserker, Spartacus, to test out who the other party's Heroic Spirits were and what abilities they had.

Then, through a series of arrangements, it was further confirmed.

Once he had the upper hand in intelligence and had made all the necessary arrangements - he also planned to go to the Thousand Worlds Tree and steal the Holy Grail.

But he is still preparing.

As for Qianjieshu, after becoming aware of the existence of the Sky Garden, they also quietly carried out some plans.

The main forces of both sides are included in the plan, but both sides also have a force that is not with the main force.

On Qianjieshu's side is their Assassin Jack the Ripper.

Jack the Ripper's first master died, and now that his master has been replaced, he has started to run wild.