Chapter 0514 Queen Artoria(1/2)
A moment ago, Saber was still in Tomoki City at the end of the 20th century, and was about to continue to snatch the Holy Grail with those little guys like a joke, but he didn't expect that when he met the little Annie chatting for a while, then when he opened his eyes, he actually came here.
What is going on?
Saber is still confused about this and just stands in a daze in the middle of a dim road that seems familiar, looking at his empty hands and some clothes that he hasn't seen for a long time.
"here it is……"
"That's right, this is Camelo, my adopted father, Sir Ector, and my brother-in-law, the hometown of my hometown..."
The blue sky, white clouds, fresh air, emerald green shade, surrounded by the chirping of insects and birds... The farm in front of me and the gate of the locked farmhouse made Saber... No, it should have made Arthur or Artoria Pandragon's heart soon surged up the memories of the past, and finally remembered where this place was and why she was here at this time.
"This is a living body, not a heroic body...what is going on?"
After touching his warm face, a dash quickly realized something.
"But why, I'm back... I'm actually back on the day of choosing a king? Could it be that everything before was just a dream?!"
At this time, Artoria really had a sense of unreality like a dream, as if... She herself had a long nightmare for no reason, and then suddenly woke up from the dream, and she found that everything seemed to have never begun?
Thinking of all the past, in that dream, it seemed that she had pulled up the sword today and became king... Then, soon after, her foreign wars began... First, under the invasion of the Saxons in the north, she finally successfully repelled the invasion of the Saxon barbarians from the north through twelve battles, and finally defeated the enemy in one fell swoop in the battle of Mount Patton, expelled all foreign invaders to Daerida, north of the Second British Administrative Region, ushering in the glorious era of King Arthur!
Then, the betrayal I encountered after returning from the expedition to Rome... From then on, the country began to fall apart, civil strife continued, and people were suffering from the sufferings, and all efforts were destroyed in the end...
But now, it seems that everything that has happened, except for the memory in your mind, is really like a dream, and it has never happened before?
"Be your big head dream!"
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"Do you know, it's very hard to reset the timeline of a plane, and it was almost discovered by someone else!"
Just as Artoria remembered her for ten years, she thought about her here, as an apprentice knight, trained swordsmanship and etiquette by Sir Ektor, and also participated in farming like her adoptive father and brother, secretly received the king's education, took care of horses and patrolled the village. Every day, when she could only sleep for three hours from the early morning to before sunrise, a familiar voice woke her up from behind, and a furry thing hit her on the face, which made her wake up suddenly.
That's right, the one who is talking and doing things now is undoubtedly Little Anne.
At this time, Anne was still holding a handful of broken gem fragments, which were actually the rule power and energy of the time gemstones after they were exhausted. In order to bring Artoria's stupid hair back to the other party's timeline and reset it back to a so-called "Day of Chosen for the King", Queen Anne put a lot of effort into it.
I won’t talk about the hardships of this to outsiders for the time being.
"But fortunately, those guys seem a little stupid. As long as they become a little serious, those guys will definitely not be able to find me!"
World consciousness, even the foot-picking magicians in the main plane can deceive them from them, let alone Anne herself! Anyway, she has successfully snatched a certain agreement from the Dark King Artoria Pandragon from the Heroic Spirits' throne, and brought it back to the other party's timeline, and then reset it back to the present.
And this is also the reason why Artoria had a dreamlike unreality just now! After all, no one can go back to the past in the blink of an eye, and then it is extremely real at this moment, but there are some memories of the future, and there will always be an illusion that seems to be the next day.
"Ann, Anne?!"
Memories surged again like a tide, and then Artoria turned around in surprise in the voice. Sure enough, she saw a familiar figure in a red skirt. The other party was carrying a plush bear's paw, looking at the road full of water and sludge with a little disgusting.
Just now, it was obvious that the other party used the plush toy to smash her face and let her recover from that trance.
"That's right! It's me!"
"Oh! Didn't I say you, look at it, your place is really dirty. Are you the king of such a ragged place? It looks dirty, but you still miss it. If I were me, don't want me to come back after leaving!"
First, he tiptoed to the grass on one side, and then rubbed the mud stained on his barbarian leather shoes hard on the haystack. Then Annie muttered toward the daimao who was still a little stunned.
Anyway, Annie thinks that even the city in the distance is about 10,000 people at most? In this downward corner, she really can't figure out what's good about it, and it's worth remembering it?
"That's because it just rained yesterday... It seems that we are really back to the 'day of choosing a king'?"
Artoria felt a little incredible that she could remember that it had rained 'yesterday', and then she took a deep breath and nodded.
"That's right, this is Camelo..."
"My father Yuser Pandragorn should have passed away yesterday, and today is the second day. The knights are in the cemetery of the church in the west, preparing to select a new king in the form of drawing a sword from the stone!"
"Now, it should be that I can't draw the sword, but it's a competition... Then, when I went home to get the sword for my brother Kai? I still remember that there was no one at home and the door was locked, so I couldn't get in, so..."
Artoria began to talk to herself and slowly recalled that she really never expected that before she succeeded in getting the Holy Grail and began to make a wish, she could actually return to this day and when everything started?
If she remembered correctly, her father, who had little impression of him, must have passed away yesterday. The domestic situation in Britain began to turmoil and chaos as early as when he was sick... Then, the Archbishop had to obey the advice of the prophet Merlin, summoned almost all the noble knights of surrounding territories and kingdoms, and selected the new King of Britain with a "sword of stone" inserted in the stones of the church cemetery!
She still remembered that the sword had such an inscription: "The one who draws out the sword from this stone is the king of England"!
However, no one, including her brother Kai, could pull out the tightly inserted golden sword from the rocks after two days of stalemate, since no one could pull out the holy sword, or choose the new king in the way they thought it was more reasonable?
So the knights quickly reached an agreement and decided to choose their own king through a competition!
The prophecy of the Archbishop or Merlin, at this time, when the knights were eager to become kings and dominate, they were thrown away by them... They wanted to choose their kings in their own way. The big fists were justified, and the most powerful ones could be kings!
As for the broken sword that was stuck in the stone that could not be pulled out... I don't know which damn mixed ball was inserted so deeply. They rotated nearly 200 people in two days. Everyone tried it many times, and even couldn't be pulled out with the strength of breastfeeding... So, now whoever wants to pull it out will pull it out, and they don't want to serve the broken stone and the broken sword that was inserted.
Whether yesterday or today, Artoria, who was named Arthur, seemed to have gone there, but she obviously did not have the qualifications to participate in the sword drawing or the competition that was about to begin. Her family, Kay, the son of Sir Actor, whom she fostered, was her brother-in-law Arthur, represented the family, and not her.
However, her loyal brother Kai was shocked to find out after entering the competition venue: he forgot to bring his sword?
So he could only ask Arthur to go home and get it. But when she rushed home, she found that the door of the house was locked, and everyone seemed to have gone to watch the competition... It was not difficult to imagine what happened next. When she thought about it, she really didn't have time to return to the competition venue to get the keys, and in desperation, she ran directly to the church cemetery, and then...
If she still wanted to follow the path before, then, now Artoria should have returned to the cemetery of the church after seeing the door of her house locked and pulled up the stone sword that chose the king?
"Anne, what are we going to do now?"
"Will I immediately go to the cemetery to pull up the sword in the stone, and use the holy sword to summon the knights, so that they can recognize me as the new King of Camelo?"
After looking at her outfit, wearing black narrow-mouthed pants and off-white knight attendant linen clothes, tied her hair, and looked like a tomboy. After calming down, Artoria finally calmed down and asked Anne, the little girl who was still complaining and muttering.
Actually, it is better to say it is confirmation than to ask?
Because she has made up her mind to do that, and the reason why she asked this was just because the other party was grateful to bring her back to this point in time. She did not think that this little girl could have any better choice.
Today, Artoria Pandragorn must draw out the sword in the stone, otherwise, the knights might really compete and choose a new king.
"Don't worry, let's prepare some things first!"
"Anyway, that rag was specially placed there for you to pull out. The things that were given to you are ordered by others to take them away, but others can't take them away. What are you anxious about?"
Anne knows the simple magic of recognizing the master like that sword in the stone, such as Anne knows more than anyone else! For example, an uncle who likes to hold a hammer, the hammer in his hand?
No! Uncle Hammer now seems to have no hammer anymore. It seems that this is true? Well, don’t think about these things for now...
Anyway, Anne was not anxious about the sword in the stone. Besides, the broken sword was said to be broken later, so it would definitely not be a good thing, and the quality would be fine! If someone hadn't had used it to build momentum long ago and was waiting to pull out the hair to gain reputation for this stupid hair, she might have made a hundred times better than that kind of ragged man!
"If you don't go, then what are we going to do now?"
"Anne, I think we'd better get faster. If we don't pull out the sword today, maybe the knights will really win a new king by themselves. At that time, things will definitely become very troublesome!"
"And, the king's oath cannot be destroyed!"
"I have a mission that I have to fulfill. I have only one wish from the beginning. From the time I drew my sword, this vow will never change. Even if I have started again, it will be the same!"
Artoria is still very strong at present about the willingness to pull up the sword!
She believed that after one experience, she would definitely do better this time than the last time, and she would definitely do it! In short, she would never let the country fall apart, destroy the people's homes in internal wars and the tragic ending of foreign enemies happen again.
"Don't be anxious!"
"There is no 'the mission that has to be completed' in this world! Sister Daimao, I tell you, don't live in the fate or dream that others have woven for you. No one will have to accomplish anything or mission! If you really want that, it's not impossible, but we agreed that this time, you must do what I said!"
"Hey! This time, let's have some fun!"
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Annie has discovered that this era seems to be very unusual, and it seems to be an era of mythology? That is what the magicians mentioned before, but it seems not? But no matter what, the mystery of this era is far beyond that of the time in Tokugi City. There must be many monsters or other powerful existences here, so the world is definitely very unusual!
So, she planned to make some necessary preparations before drawing the sword.
“…”
Artoria didn't know what the other party wanted to do, so she could only frown and stand on the muddy road in front of her adoptive father's house, looking at the little girl standing on the grass rubbing against the mud.
"Before you go to draw the sword, we need to find some helpers..."
"Forget it, I won't find help for the time being, so I'd better find some tyrants first! You're almost the king, how can you have no subordinates? I tell you, sometimes tyrants are better than those loyal subordinates, because they only follow your orders in their work and never ask about right or wrong!"
After thinking about it, Anne took out a large industrial gold nugget produced from the Commonwealth of Legends Minerals directly from her space pocket. It weighs at least as heavy as a ton. It looks square, probably a cube with a length, width and height of more than a foot.
puff!
When Anne threw it casually, under the huge weight, it was deeply immersed in the soft mud under the grass, revealing only about two-thirds of the volume above it on the ground.
“…”
"Annie, are you... wanting to hire those useless mercenaries?"
Seeing the other party taking out such a large piece of gold, Artoria was a little surprised, and combined with the other party's statement that "find a dog', he subconsciously thought that the other party must be trying to hire those unreliable mercenaries?
"It's useless, Anne, I don't think hiring those mercenaries is a good choice!"
"I don't need any soldiers now! Because, in the city of Camelo, there are hundreds of elite noble knights and at least two or three thousand regular soldiers. As long as I pull out the sword in the stone, they will regard me as the new master of Camelo, and even the king of Britain!"
"And those mercenaries are greedy, have poor discipline, are unsubsistent, have insufficient morale, and have no sense of honor and spirit of sacrifice... A guy like that is barely capable of serving as a guard of the caravan, but if you want to choose a soldier under your command, I'm afraid I won't choose them at this time!"
Looking at such a large piece of gold, such a large amount of money, it was almost enough for Artoria to recruit and train more than a thousand regular legion soldiers after becoming king, and to maintain them for at least two or three years.
So, she felt that this piece of gold should not be used to recruit those guys who were useless and could only make up the number of people and act as cannon fodder, because there is no war now, and there is no need to recruit soldiers urgently!
Instead of wasting it like that, it would be better to enrich her finances and alleviate financial pressure in the future!
You should know that in the war of conquests in the future, her British Kingdom was very short of money and food. Otherwise, when she marched and expelled the barbarians, she would not have done the helpless act of completely exploiting and exploiting one of the villages in order to protect more villages and people... Then all of this was because the kingdom was too poor?
Especially in the late stage of the war, the lords of the family were very embarrassed to her, King Arthur! Some of them even interrupted the money, grain and soldiers that they should have been supplying, which made her feel very embarrassed for a while.
"I'm not going to hire those useless guys!"
To be continued...