I'm Shenji, what are you doing?

"You, you are-"

Saber's eyes widened and she could hardly believe her own eyes.

Archer showed unparalleled anger.

"Where did the bastard come from, how dare you interrupt my king's proposal ceremony!"

The knight, wearing armor as smooth as the lake surface, smiled slightly and replied in a deep and gentle voice: "Just a traitorous knight."

The King of Heroes quickly swept his eyes over the man who suddenly entered, with an explicit mockery on his face.

"Oh, it turns out it's not a mongrel, it's just a rabid dog. I didn't expect that after taking off the mask, the dog became bolder."

The man who was turned into a rabid dog by Archer, the knight who appeared as a "Berserker", ignored Archer's words, just looked at the woman behind him with longing, yearning, and a little intoxication, and called out the call in his dream Called countless times.

"king--!"

"Really, is it really you? My friend, the Knight of the Lake!"

Overly shocked and overly excited, Saber forgot her own situation and the existence of her enemy, and told her the number one knight who had followed her for many years.

"It turns out to be Saber, the dog you once had. No wonder you're so excited."

Archer's sarcasm was once again ignored by the two, and Lancelot shook his head at his haunting figure.

"Please don't use that title again. It is a title that can only be used by loyal and perfect knights. I who betrayed you and attacked you do not deserve that title."

"No, no, you are—" Saber, King Arthur denied repeatedly, "That is not a betrayal at all, Lancelot!"

"King, you are still like this." Lancelot sighed deeply. "You always ignore yourself and think about others wholeheartedly. That's why I, the rest of us, are willing to gather under your command and fight for you. Fight. But, king, you know, I have always wanted you to punish me personally, and I want you to ask me for your anger."

"Lance Lott" King Arthur felt a little tight in his chest for no reason.

"If I can be punished by you, if you can ask for compensation from me, then I will definitely believe in atonement. I will definitely believe that one day I will be able to find a way to forgive myself. The same should be true for the princess."

The voice of the betrayed knight, the man known as the culprit of the destruction of the Knights of the Round Table, was very soft, but it was extremely heavy in King Arthur's ears. She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but found that nothing could be said.

"Boring, boring, boring! It's actually a farce where the betrayer seeks forgiveness. How dare the betrayer seek forgiveness?"

Archer's face became more and more beautiful because of his anger.

"I am here to tell you that those who betray the king deserve death! Saber, let me punish this traitor for you!"

The Noble Phantasm poured down again, more, faster, and fiercer than before. Archer seemed to be venting his anger in this way.

"King, please step back."

Lancelot looked at the rain of treasures in the sky without fear, holding the first sword that came first with his left hand, and the second treasure gun with his right hand. The ownership of the treasure that originally belonged to Gilgamesh was in his hands. The moment was transferred to Lancelot's hands - the knight would not die with his bare hands.

Then, the sword and spear dance, the martial arts skills that once surpassed the entire Knights of the Round Table were fully displayed, and the noble phantoms were bounced off one after another.

In the rain of Noble Phantasms, Lancelot continued to switch to the Noble Phantasm that suited him. In the end, he held two treasure spears in each hand and waved them like windmills, firmly protecting himself and his king.

"Hmph, Mad Dog, even if you regain your sanity, haven't you changed your bad habit of being mean? This time, I will definitely blow you to pieces!"

The ripples of the "King's Treasure" almost covered the sky, and at a rough count, more than a hundred Noble Phantasms were aimed at Lancelot.

"Simply increasing the number of Noble Phantasms makes no sense to me, Hero King of Babylonia. Your 'King's Treasure' is indeed powerful, but you can't defeat me with this alone. Use the 'Sword of Deviation' in your hand. , so you might still be able to defeat me."

Lancelot's calm expression and confident words made Gilgamesh feel an unprecedented insult.

The insult suffered by the king can only be washed away by the blood donation of the bastard.

"Saber, if you don't want to die with this mad dog, stay away!"

After hearing Archer's words, Saber not only did not retreat, but held the holy sword tightly, preparing to fight Lancelot together, just like they had done many times.

"My friend, we-"

"No, King." Lancelot raised his gun and stopped Saber from approaching. "I am not qualified to fight alongside you now, and this also violates the agreement with my Master. My Master Like me, what he seeks is not the Holy Grail, he just wants to use his own power to defeat Archer’s master Tosaka Tokiomi——"

Tokiomi frowned and looked thoughtfully at the woods beside the shrine. At the end of his sight stood a man wearing loose sportswear.

"Matō—Kariya!"

Kariya looked away from Tokiomi and turned to Saber: "Saber, Miss Irisviel and Miss Kuu Maiya are up there. Assassin is also waiting for you there. Leave this place to me and Lancelot."

"King, I didn't catch up with the Battle of the Sword Fence. I regret this for the rest of my life. This time, please let me open a way for you. If, if you can allow me, maybe I can pay back some of the sins I have carried. .”

Lancelot lowered his head, knelt on one knee, and begged his king with the most solemn etiquette, begging for salvation.

I learned this from Kariya, a term specific to the East, called "paying for one's sins and making meritorious service", and it was also the path of atonement that Lancelot chose.

Saber looked at Lancelot, at the man who had been with her through life and death countless times, and at the man she had handed over to Guinevere herself.

She wanted to say that Lancelot was not at fault and did not need to forgive, as before, but Lancelot's attitude told her that she could not do this, so what should she do?

As Saber was thinking, and as Gilgamesh's patience was running out, Kariya sighed and spoke:

"It is true that lawbreakers should be punished no matter what era. King Arthur, do you, the selfless king, want Lancelot to continue to be treated unfairly? Do you still want him to continue to fall into madness?"

These words struck Saber's heart like a bolt of lightning, letting her know exactly what to do.

"Lancelot, I allow you to perform meritorious service. If you can defeat Archer and come before me again, I will pardon your crimes. My dear friend, I am waiting for you above."

Lancelot finally smiled and laughed heartily.

"As you command, my king! Lancelot will do his best to fight for you!"