"You are so funny!" William replied bravely, "I just think you and Vivian are completely different."
"Vivian and I are different."
As King Arthur said, a waiter with a red copper and black cross was bringing over a dinner plate with drinks on it. King Arthur picked up a glass of juice and nodded to the waiter to express his gratitude.
"Why?"
"Even if the same person comes from different social classes, family environments, enjoys different education in different countries, they will be different. For a pair of twins, their parents divorced when they were young, one lives in China and the other lives in the United States. Do you think people who have been educated in two cultures can think the same way?”
"Why are you saying this to me."
"Because I'm teaching you how to be a king. Vivian can teach you how to be a knight, and she can teach you how to be a king, but she can't teach you how to be a good king and a good knight at the same time, nor can she teach you how to be a good knight. At the same time, be a good king. The identity of the Knight King itself has its own contradictions."
"Why?"
"You actually asked me why?" King Arthur seemed to have heard something funny. He burst out laughing and his body was trembling. The juice in the cup in his hand was shaking, as if it was about to shake out at any time.
"You are so naive now, your eyes are still so innocent, and you are still angry at me."
"Hey, don't you understand why? You forced Alice to me just because she is a British princess."
William said angrily that although Princess Alice was a great beauty, at the age of twelve, he was not old enough to think about women. Compared with the more mature elder sisters, Erica and Liliana of the same age were more in line with his wishes.
He didn't like this. The older girl had to raise her head every time she looked at her, and the tone of the other person's words was completely condescending. He didn't take any initiative in daily interactions.
To put it bluntly, William is actually very bad at dealing with women. What do they think and how should he get along with them? In the days of Avalon, the forest fairies liked to smash his head with apples and steal his clothes. , suddenly rushed out to scare him, and if he didn't sprinkle water on him while he was taking a bath, the fairies would like to see William's panicked and angry expression.
Therefore, his rebellious psychology towards women is also particularly subtle.
"To be precise, you feel that Princess Alice is not as loyal to you as Erica, right? Although it is not stated explicitly, you feel that Princess Alice does not love you or like you. Even if the two get married, for For Princess Alice, a young girl who dedicated her life to her country, it is not so much you she is marrying, but me, because she admires me and because you are my family, so she chose the next best thing to be close to me. , and combined with you, Erica can clearly be loyal to you and obey your orders, while Princess Alice is more like the person I arranged to be by your side."
King Arthur took a sip of the juice with a playful look in his eyes, "You don't want to be controlled by me, just like every child doesn't want to be controlled by their parents, especially since the relationship between the two is between a king and a prince. It's just me He doesn’t like my dominance, but he wants to dominate others.”
"Maybe that's the case, I also have a dark place in my heart." William said nonchalantly, but actually he also felt ashamed in his heart.
Not everyone can face the darkness deep in their heart calmly, expose it to their face, and deeply analyze themselves.
Even if it is wrong, people's first subconscious thought is to pass the blame. This is not my fault and has nothing to do with me. Maybe I am indeed at fault, but the responsibility is not entirely mine.
If you have a tough style, not only will you not admit your mistakes, but you will also blame others for your mistakes.
"The reason why I insist on trial by combat is because I feel wronged. When I was in Avalon, Vivian always wanted me to be a good king, wise, brave, kind, upright, and merciful, without losing the justice of the king. , you must also be humane and become a perfect king, treat your people like your own children, treat your friends equally, and live up to your robe.”
"However, although I promised Vivian that I would restrain my selfish desires and anger, and even said that I would use King Arthur, that is, you as my role model, but in your legend, your people betrayed You chose to support Mordred when you left the country. Your sworn brother Kai ignored your majesty and bullied you in the court because of your trust. He did not treat you as a king at all, as if you were still the younger brother of the past. The Knights of the Round Table said you had no feelings and left you, your queen Guinevere and your chief knight Lancelot even cheated on you and betrayed you, and such behavior abounds."
"Why?"
"Because you, King Arthur, are a good king, a perfect king, a king with a model of chivalry. You cannot let the political situation in Camelot be turbulent. You have to maintain the unity of the Knights of the Round Table and take the overall situation into consideration in order to unite all the forces that can be united. You You must actively fight against the Saxons in order to protect your people. Faced with your sworn brother Kai and the lord family that supported you in the past, you must be kind and reasonable to them, win over the queen's family, and bring Ike to the throne. The special knight is your second father, responding to your loyalty to the knight you are loyal to, but who really cares about you.
Who can understand your pain? King Arthur's deeds may seem like brilliant martial arts, but they are also filled with sadness. However, as the king, you have to endure all this and let them do their little tricks. You can depose your queen, You can exile Lancelot, or you can directly expel your sister Guinevere from Britain. The knights in your Knights of the Round Table may not all be outstanding. They think they are loyal to you and make arbitrary decisions. What you think you are loyal to the king has deeply hurt you and hurt your royal body, Britain, but you still have to respond to loyalty with loyalty and protect them.
A good king has his own principles and moral standards, so these people dare to bully him. Who doesn’t know that Liliana is the knight I like, but the Bronze Black Cross still chose to give her to the Marquis of Vauban, and also He said a lot of perfunctory and bullying words to me, I know I shouldn’t be angry, I should show the demeanor of a wise king, but..."
William kept talking, and King Arthur turned his head with a sad expression on his face. She did not stop him or show any anger.
This conversation made both King Arthur and William understand one thing. If William really turns into a dragon and becomes a "conqueror" after slaying the dragon in the future, then it will not be the curse of the dragon, but William's own will.
Can a good king be bullied casually?
Do you have to be a demon king like the Marquis of Vauban to not dare to bully him?
"William, do you like me?" King Arthur suddenly asked after a long silence.
"Why do you ask that?" William felt a little confused by this sentence.
"Answer me. Do you like me?" King Arthur emphasized his voice.
"Do you still need to ask? Of course." William replied.
"Whether it's Vivian or King Arthur?" King Arthur then asked.
"Of course, I like Vivian, but I also like King Arthur. I don't hate it." William replied. In fact, there was still something left unsaid in his heart. Although he was angry about King Arthur's weakness and bulliness, he never hated it. On the contrary, King Arthur is still the object of his longing.
"If King Arthur did what you said in history, then King Arthur would no longer be King Arthur. It's just that he didn't want to let anyone down. In the end, the Knights of the Round Table fell apart and the entire country was destroyed."
King Arthur felt nostalgic. Even though the incarnation composed of royal power had little to do with King Arthur's body, the essence of his soul, or data, was still composed of Artoria.
What Artoria likes, King Arthur will naturally like, and what Artoria hates, King Arthur will also hate.
"Vivian likes you too, William. You are her child, and giving you blood is tantamount to the continuation of her body and spirit for Vivian. No, this is love. This is my answer."
"It's inexplicable. What kind of answer is this?"
William expressed his incomprehension, but King Arthur just smiled and said, "That's the answer,"
"If an unjust case occurs in your kingdom, it initially only involves a local judicial officer, and you order an investigation, but soon you discover that it involves a local knight, and by tracing this Knight, I found out that this knight's backstage is a certain earl, and standing behind this marquis is your minister of state. The last person this minister of state entangled with turned out to be your queen. So what will you do? "
"Of course I must enforce the law fairly. I don't know, but it's okay. Once I know, then I must strictly enforce the law. The judge who can expose this case is undoubtedly a perfect judicial officer, so naturally I will also become a perfect king."
"Hahaha, William, you can't do it."
"Why?"
"For example, in the first case, if it involves a knight with a bronze and black cross, you will execute him decisively. If the knight is a bronze and black cross, you will not hesitate much. If the knight is from the Browntree family, , when you face the Browntree family's plea, you will hesitate a little, but in the end you will make the right decision. But when this person involves Paul Browntree, what will you do? You kill him, Erica will hate you forever, even if she doesn’t hate you, there will always be a thorn in her heart.”
"Erica, you wouldn't do such a thing."
"It doesn't have to be Erica, maybe it's just a murder case involving a relative of the Browntree family, maybe the brother of Mr. Paul's wife. Mr. Paul, who clearly should enforce the law impartially, did not abide by the spirit of chivalry, but chose to do it in private He used money, magic props, and his status as a cadre to win over the victim's family, and at the same time oppressed him as the chief knight. Even if he didn't actually mean it, it was just when his status, power and authority showed that he finally made the other party helpless to reconcile. Even if someone loses his life, it will be silent. Someone who wants to exclude the Browntree family and deliberately suppress them comes to you. Erica, who becomes your lover and paladin, out of love for her uncle, I chose to hide this from you, but all this was exposed by someone with intentions, forcing you to make a choice, what will you do?"
"I don't know. Maybe Mr. Paul will take care of it, after all..."
"William, don't forget that the victim is also a knight loyal to you, the one you should protect. Have you forgotten your justice?"
"So I don't know."
"To give another example, your knight Liliana loves you, loves you more than anyone else, believes in you, trusts you, holds an important position in your kingdom, and has repeatedly acted excessively and even toughly for the expansion of your royal power. Because of your behavior, he has accepted many magic associations with ordinary reputations to work for you, and this magic association is secretly engaged in the business of selling children and smuggling addictive drugs. Those magic associations use Liliana and your name to do whatever they want, Lily Yana and you indirectly become the protective umbrella of this dark force. When the matter is exposed, everyone wants you to execute Liliana. What should you do? Even Liliana wants you to do this, and she will try her best to distance herself from you. Clean up the relationship, admit that she is heinous, and say that she just took advantage of your reputation, and all this is because she loves you deeply and to protect you."
"These are just assumptions of yours." William said in a rather irritable mood.
"It's true. You alone may be able to guarantee that you will be a good king, but what about your subordinates, your relatives, and your knights? You have lofty ideals and want to be a great righteous man. Career, if you want to protect the country's just laws, you must constantly purify your organization. Those who can't keep up with your ideas, or those who have caught up but are dragged down by their relatives, wives, children, and friends, you have to give up. Your ideal, or should you stop and wait for them?"
"I really want to say that I want to stop and wait for them, but isn't this a crime against the country? In a country during a war, so many selfish people cannot be tolerated, and those who are dragged down by their relatives, friends and old friends are even more They are talents who can drive the country forward, and it is also a crime to give up on them, otherwise in the end, everyone will be deserted and no one can use them. This is a dilemma."
"Yes, King Arthur's royal path is doomed. She will only be wronged in her life. Even if she becomes a king, she will not have happiness because of being a king. Anyone can bully her. What she got from the beginning was not power. It is a responsibility and her dedication to her country and people. She knows that Lancelot has an affair with her queen, she knows that her adopted brother Kay is a bit arrogant, and she also knows that her sister Morgan Le Fay brought She knows that her nephew Mordred is plotting against her, and she also knows that Gawain is impulsive, but she firmly believes that she can control it all, and the king does not want to be stained with the blood of his relatives."
"Therefore the king must bleed."
"William, the king in this world is not perfect, and King Arthur is not a perfect king. She will also have resentment in her heart, but his knights and his subjects are not perfect either. This is such a country you will rule. Jesus once said that the sun shines on good people as well as evil people, and the rain falls on righteous people as well as unjust people. Neither good people nor righteous people are saints. Their standard is just one step ahead of ordinary people, nothing more, so there is unrighteousness. And injustice is the norm.”
“I can’t tolerate it. The sun shines on both good people and evil people, and the rain falls on both righteous and unjust people. It seems fair but is actually unfair, because the sun shines on a world without justice, and the rain falls on a world without justice. No matter what, I cannot forgive your queen for cheating on you, your knights for betraying you, and your people for being ungrateful to you. You have not failed your knights and your subjects, and they are all sorry for you."
William said angrily, and King Arthur showed a helpless expression, "You kid really can't communicate?"
"No, I love you and I can't tolerate them treating you badly!"
"Historically, when you attacked London, you also used this flag."
King Arthur said helplessly, suddenly realizing in his heart that William wanted to conquer Britain in the future. Could it be that he really wanted to take revenge on Britain.
The king also has feelings, and the perfect king also has love. It is precisely because of love that there is a king. A king without feelings may be fair, but he is definitely not a perfect king.
Jesus loved the world, and some betrayed Him and hurt Him, yet He forgave them and forgave all their sins.
This is the example of a king.
Ingratitude to a great leader is the hallmark of a great nation.
A leader who deeply loves his people would rather be hurt by his own country, but still loves his country
