Lost Narrative Poetry

"Can it be regarded as... a living person? Isn't it too rude to say this..."

Yukinoshita's brows had been furrowed and had not relaxed since just now. She carefully looked at the knight girl next to her and found that she did not have any objection.

His demeanor and expression were all calm and composed, and even his eyes were indifferent as if he had already accepted the fact——

She clearly looks like a fourteen or fifteen-year-old European court girl, but her majestic temperament is simply unforgettable... Such a person shines like a shining diamond.

Even though Yukinoshita had some unfounded vigilance and inexplicable displeasure, she couldn't help but feel that such a beautiful girl really shouldn't have suffered such a fate...

However, Saber really doesn't think there is any problem with this kind of thing. After all, this is her situation. There is nothing rude about Xia Ran's statement. Treating her as a living person does not make her feel I was offended.

In other words, as a failed person who has lost everything, it is already considered a luxury to be able to continue to have precious hope because of the qualification of a heroic spirit... She does not feel that she still needs to be Sympathy or pity, because she accepted her fate with full heart and relief.

But Yukinoshita, who was born as a modern person, was different. At this moment, he thought about a lot of things——

Looking at Arturia's calm expression, she didn't think it was because the other person didn't care about these things, but she felt that this girl had probably been smoothed by the cruelty of reality long ago, and she was no longer able to deal with this kind of thing. Fight against unfair fate.

——That is to say, I have accepted my fate...

Thinking of this, Yukinoshita Yukino turned to look at Xia Ran, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she said nothing.

Just when Xia Ran tilted her head, expressing confusion, the girl with long straight black hair sighed, turned back, looked into Saber's emerald green eyes, and asked seriously: "You ……May I have your name?"

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The latter hesitated for a moment: "Laetitia?" and said the name of a French village girl that Xia Ran had directly made up for her.

"I'm not talking about this, I'm talking about the real name. Even my sister knows that this must be a fake name..." Yukinoshita said angrily and glared at Xia Ran again.

"Her name is Artoria Pendragon."

The magician felt that he had really been shot while lying down, so he could only say Saber's real name. Anyway, there was no need to hide it at this time, and he was no longer in Fuyuki City in a certain world.

"Artoria Pendragon..." Yukinoshita murmured to herself, repeating the name in confusion, her voice so low that it was almost inaudible.

The next moment, she raised her eyes and looked directly at Xia Ran: "Is this the name you gave her? Why did you give her such a name?"

After a moment of silence, Xia Ran didn't say anything, but asked with interest: "Why do you think so, that I gave her the name?"

"Isn't this natural? The name "Artoria" is very similar to the female form of "Artorius" in Roman, which is the name of "Arthur"... …”

Yukinoshita looked at him seriously and explained her thoughts seriously.

"In this case, if her name were expressed in the male form, wouldn't it be "Arthur Pendragon"? He is exactly the same as the legendary king of Britain and the leader of the Knights of the Round Table... No matter how you look at this name, it seems too similar, right? "

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There was a sudden silence in the service department. Arturia opened her mouth, but in the end she was helpless and said nothing.

After a while, Xia Ran couldn't help but clapped softly, staring at the girl opposite with eyes filled with admiration——

"That's okay, Yukinoshita-san. Just by hearing a name, you can instantly recall the corresponding knowledge point, and I feel that this kind of scope is completely different from what a female high school student should behave..."

"It's okay. Compared to a pervert like you, I should still be a normal human being." Yukinoshita didn't care and didn't think her performance was that great, at least not in front of the person in front of her. What.

"This kind of statement is a bit rude to normal people... Do you know how many people have been expelled from their jobs just by saying it so lightly?" Xia Ran pointed out what was wrong with the girl without any self-awareness.

Facts have proven that being strict with others and being lenient with yourself is the way most people behave.

If Xia Ran had done such a thing, when others expressed their admiration and praise, he would humbly say that this is "something that anyone with brains can do, and it is basically not difficult", and launched it to countless people. Disgraceful map cannon strike...

"Don't change the subject. You haven't said why you gave her such a name." Yukinoshita urged him to explain.

"There is no reason, because this is her own name and has nothing to do with me..." Xia Ran didn't make any mystery, "Maybe the similarity in names is not a coincidence, but because she is herself?"

Hearing this, Yukinoshita blinked several times.

"Huh? It's not a coincidence...what do you mean?"

She seemed not to hear clearly and asked again.

"The name Arthur Pendragon is the name she has always used before, but now there is no need to continue to hide it, so she changed it back to the female form of her name..."

Xia Ran stretched out her hand and pointed at the silent knight girl——

"Formal introduction, this person is the legendary Lord of Camelot in ancient Britain, King Arthur or the King of Knights. In the era when chivalry was declining, he held the holy sword and brought short-term peace and final prosperity to Britain... …”

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"Wait, wait, please let me slow down first..." Yukinoshita held her temple as if she had a headache. She felt that her mind was a little confused now, "You said she is King Arthur. Most of the information comes from Celtic myths and legends and medieval unofficial historical documents, it’s not even certain whether they are legendary figures who really existed?”

"It's guaranteed to be replaced if it's fake." The magician answered decisively.

Anyway, he did not say that he was King Arthur of his own world, nor did he say that Arturia came from another world. In short, from the perspective of objective facts, this blond and blue-eyed exotic girl is indeed the legendary one. The king among them.

"Are you kidding? If this is true, she must have been at least a figure from that period around 500 AD, right?"

"What's this? You've even seen the gods that have survived to this day in distant ancient times, and there are two of them, and they both live in this city. If their ages can be calculated, they are at least two thousand years old. …”

Xia Ran curled her lips, disapproving of this.

"And that big monster is even more powerful than those two gods. Who knows she is... well, anyway, you should know that this world is not as simple as it seems. Even if you encounter "Taketori" Princess Kaguya in Monogatari, wouldn’t I be surprised?”

Originally, he wanted to use Yakumo Murasaki as an example, but for some reason, before he finished speaking, Xia Ran suddenly felt a palpitation in his heart, and his intuition was giving an early warning, telling him that he must stop.

He always believed in his own intuition. He paused decisively for a second, and then quickly thought about another classic example before continuing.

"What you said seems to make sense, but...it still feels strange."

Yukinoshita didn't notice Xia Ran's pause and change of words just now. She put her hand on her chin with a thoughtful expression on her face and stared at Saber beside her again and again. In the end, it was still hard to accept.

"Maybe it's because I don't know those gods or big monsters. Even if they are women, I wouldn't have any doubts. But you said... that King Arthur is a girl? This..."

"There is nothing we can do about it. In her time, girls could not directly inherit the throne. But King Arthur is destined to be a girl, so he can only hide his gender." Xia Ran laughed, but her eyes were on Looking around hesitantly, he didn't believe that his intuition would warn him for no reason.

"Destined to be a girl?"

"At that time, the Roman Empire was invaded by foreign enemies and gradually showed the trend of demise and division. The Britannia Islands, which were once part of the Roman Empire, fell into a situation of fighting among themselves. King Uther had no choice but to place his hope in the next generation. To create a new king who is born to be above mortals.”

Xia Ran explained, and at the same time because there was no sign of Yakumo Purple, she could only retract her gaze angrily——

"So he and the royal magician Merlin combined to create a maternal fetus by mixing the blood of the King of Britain, the ideology of Britain's incarnation as a red dragon, and the noble female blood to perfectly integrate the two, and King Arthur was born..."

"Master... why do you know such a thing?" The knight girl, who was digesting some of the information about the mysterious side of this world that the Master had just revealed, raised her head and looked at him in astonishment.

"Of course this is what Merlin told me..." Xia Ran said without blinking, without blushing or out of breath.

The magician's clairvoyance is the weakest among the highest rankings. He cannot see through the "past" and "future". He can only see everything in the "present". Judging from the development of modern society, he can freely browse the entire world. The content of the Internet only goes so far.

Even in the world of Fate, Xia Ran wouldn't give up on him. He was sure to say bad things about Merlin instead of Gilgamesh. Now that he was separated by the dimensional wall, he naturally didn't care what Merlin thought.

"..." Artoria suddenly looked embarrassed. How could she believe such a thing.

"I feel like I haven't woken up yet..." Yukinoshita let out a whisper mixed with a sigh. She was quite distressed now, feeling that the subtle emotions she had at the beginning were now gone.

Instead, King Arthur and Merlin, a series of elements that only appeared in legends, or even the legend itself appeared in front of her, making her feel at a loss.

Although she has known for a long time that she has been intertwined with the world over there since she discovered someone's secret, but when she really finds out that very common things are happening in front of her eyes, the girl still feels that her own world is changing. A feeling that will never come back.

"Just get used to it." Xia Ran comforted kindly.

The girl ignored him and just frowned: "Then why did she become your...familiar?"

"About a month ago, she experienced the last battle in her life, the legendary Battle of the Sword Fence, and then she and Mordred almost died together in the end. It's just that there are still some When she took her last breath, she was neither willing nor willing to accept the ending, so she prayed for a chance at the cost of her own soul..."

Xia Ran went through the whole matter without changing her expression——

"In the end, her prayers were answered by the world, her near-death state was frozen, and she was summoned to modern times by the power of magic. It spanned a thousand years. After going through some twists and turns, she became the Servant who signed a contract with me... …”