Tribute to the Demon King

In Darius' impression, King Arthur should have signed a contract with Repression at the end of his life, participated in the Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City, and got acquainted with the magician named Emiya Kiritsugu and the half-baked magician named Emiya Shiro Master, finally enlightened at the end.

She received the Holy Grail, and then denied it of her own volition.She didn't hand over herself after death, nor did she belittle her own life... Instead, she let go of the holy sword and accepted her ending with a steady smile.

That was the future he knew...or the plot.

However, until now, everything he saw was completely opposite.

He couldn't help but asked Merlin in a daze: "King Arthur...became the King of Storms? Is she the King of the Wild Hunt?"

"No, the so-called King of the Wild Hunt actually belonged to someone else..."

Merlin sighed and explained: "But Artoria is different now. Because of various accidents, she has really become the Wild Hunt now."

This kind of future should not have appeared in the first place.

What went wrong?

In the hundred years since then, King Arthur has never left the world.With the help of the holy gun to survive, she became the king of the dead who relied on the holy gun to survive.Or in other words, the god attached to the Holy Lance.

——The world started from here and went to a different place.

"Since she has accepted such an ending, it's fine..."

Merlin sighed softly.

This cannot be said to satisfy him completely, but at least it is not the worst result.From the moment the Storm King was born, King Arthur's life was over.

In any case, her life was worth boasting about.

A miracle has been created and history has been created.In the end, she accepted that ending, and there was no need for her to go out from here again.

Because there are enough things to witness and beautiful things to see.

The man who even the god of death has forgotten, decided to wait here quietly for the end of the planet.

Seeing the familiar who had slipped out of his arms a long time ago and was running around in a panic, Merlin suddenly remembered the existence of this strange cat.

He gently grabbed it and placed it on the window.Said softly without any emotion.

"Go, Cathy Paluge. I'll just stay here. If you want to, go and touch the truly beautiful things freely."

It tilted its head to look at Merlin, then at Darius, and after a few soft calls of "Fu, Fu", it jumped out of the window.

Merlin then turned his gaze to Darius, his last cohabitant.

Because he is not a human being himself, he does not feel that human loneliness is loneliness.

But this man was different... he was pure human.

"Darius, are you not leaving?"

"I can't go anymore."

Darius just sighed softly and showed an open-minded smile: "I have been here for more than a hundred years. The time I have lived as myself is less than forty years. But I have passed it first. You have been watching here for more than a hundred years all your life... I can no longer go back."

Synchro magic has failed.

The complete memory of more than a hundred years has been added out of thin air, and it is still a hundred years from the perspective of a god-like God... When I go back with all these, the old personality named Darius will definitely collapse.

"So, I have no room to draw my hand."

"It's all about the details..."

But Merlin yawned instead, and said lazily: "If you want to go back, at worst, I will seal up your memory for you. When you develop to the point where you can perfectly accommodate the memory of this hundred years, it will Slowly unblock."

"...Will I grow up to that point?"

Darius blinked and asked, "Do I really have the ability to not become a lunatic even if I accept memories that are several times larger than my own?"

"You have."

Only at this time, Merlin looked extraordinarily serious.

He stared at Darius, and said in an affirmative tone: "Being able to ask this sentence shows that your personality is much tougher than you think. You are a person who should be born with glory. I have really suffered for you in the years of peace in the future."

"...Sorry, what you said was too romantic, I didn't understand."

"In other words, you will become a king. Otherwise, you can only become a monster that everyone fears."

Merlin unexpectedly showed a calm smile.

It was the look in the eyes that saw something that was once pursued, but now it is no longer needed.Regret mixed with a little open-mindedness.

According to Merlin's standards, for this magician who only picks faults and acts perfunctory, his words are already quite close to the essence.

...he wasn't lying.

Darius understood this immediately.

"You say... I will be king? Even in modern times?"

Darius raised his eyebrows and asked, "Then what kind of king will I be?"

"With your essence, you can only become a demon king who ravages the people. Subdue with fear and assimilate with personality."

Merlin said quietly: "Maybe, it's also possible that you can become a stupid guy that everyone trusts."

"That's a setting only for strong men who like to play military strategy games..."