The Ultimate Lich King

"I said, King of Knights, could I have heard wrong?"

The first person to break the silence was Conqueror King Rider. The original smile on his face had disappeared and was replaced by a serious expression.

"You want to say that you want to change destiny, that is to say, change history?"

"Yes. No matter how difficult the wish is to come true, it will definitely come true as long as you have the almighty Holy Grail."

Saber proudly asserted that now Saber finally knew why the atmosphere in this world was so strange that the scene suddenly became cold.

"Ah, Saber? I want to confirm...the destruction of Britain should have happened in your time, right? Was it when you ruled?"

"Yes! So I can't forgive myself."

Saber's tone became firmer upon hearing this.

"So I am very unwilling and want to change that ending! Because I caused that ending..."

Unexpectedly, someone burst out laughing. It was a vulgar laughter that ignored any understanding, and this laughter came from the mouth of Archer, who exuded golden and lustrous light.

Faced with this great humiliation, Saber's face was full of anger. The thing she cherished the most was actually laughed at by Archer.

"...Archer, what's so funny."

Not minding Saber's anger, the Golden Heroic Spirit laughed and answered intermittently:

"A person who claims to be a king... and is praised by all the people... can still be 'unwilling'? Ha! How can this make people not laugh? What a masterpiece! Saber, you are the best clown!"

Next to Archer who was laughing non-stop, Rider also frowned and stared at Saber with some displeasure.

"Wait... wait a minute, King of Knights, do you want to deny the history you created?"

Saber, who has never had any doubts about her ideals, will naturally not be intimidated by him at this moment.

"Exactly. Are you surprised? Is it ridiculous? As a king, the country I dedicated my life for has been destroyed. What's wrong with me mourning?"

She was answered by another burst of laughter from Archer.

"Hey, did you hear that Rider! This little girl who calls herself the King of Knights... actually said something about 'sacrifice for the country'!"

Archer was answered by Rider's silence. To Saber, this was the same insult as being laughed at.

"I don't understand what's so funny. As a king, you should naturally stand up and work hard for the prosperity of your country!"

"you are wrong."

Rider firmly and seriously denied her words.

"It's not that the king sacrifices himself, but that the country and the people dedicate everything to the king. Don't get it wrong."

"What did you say?"

Saber couldn't hold back her anger anymore and she shouted loudly.

"Isn't that a tyrant! Rider, Archer, it's a huge mistake for you to become kings like this!"

"Indeed. But we are not only tyrants, we are also heroes."

Rider replied calmly, without even moving an eyebrow.

"So Saber, if a king is dissatisfied with the results of his governance of the country, it only means that he is a foolish king, worse than a tyrant."

Unlike Archer who constantly mocked Saber, Rider fundamentally rejected her. Saber frowned and retorted in a sharp tone.

"Iskandar, you...the empire you created was eventually split into four parts. Are you really not reconciled to this? Don't you want to do it all over again to save the country?"

"I don't want to." Rider didn't even think about it and gave a direct answer. He straightened his chest and looked directly into the stern eyes of the King of Knights.

"If my decision and my ministers lead to such a result, then destruction is inevitable. I will mourn and shed tears, but I will never regret it."

"how come……"

"Not to mention trying to subvert history! Such stupid behavior is an insult to all humans in the era I built!"

Regarding Rider's proud words, Saber denied:

"You only say this based on the glory of the warrior. The people will not think so. What they need is salvation."

"You mean they want the king's salvation?"

Rider shrugged and laughed.

"I don't understand! What's the point of this kind of thing?"

"This is the duty of a king!"

This time it was Saber's turn to speak proudly:

"Correct rule and correct order are what all subjects expect."

"Are you the 'right' slave then?"

"You can say so. Only those who devote themselves to their ideals deserve to be king."

Without any doubt, the young knight king nodded.

"People can understand law and order through the king. What the king embodies should not be something that will disappear with the death of the king, but something more noble."

Looking at Saber who was still resolute, Rider on the side shook his head as if he pitied her.

"This is not the path people would choose to survive."

"Yes. Since you are born a king, you cannot expect to live like an ordinary person."

In order to become the perfect monarch and the embodiment of ideals, she was willing to give up her body and throw away her personal feelings. The life of a girl named Artoria changed completely the moment she pulled the sword out of the rock. Since then, she has become synonymous with undefeated legends, hymns and dreams.

There have been pains and troubles, but they contain the glory of victory. Her unchanging belief still supports her arm holding the sword.

"King of Conqueror, someone like you who only cares about yourself will not understand my beliefs. You are just an overlord who is blinded by desire!"

What was originally a banquet now seemed to have turned into a debate between Saber and Rider. Looking at the two people arguing fiercely, Archer only said a word and then drank silently, while Flandre was drinking. He didn't speak from beginning to end.

Although the girl explained her identity as a king in front of three real kings, she was still essentially a child.

She had no idea about the national affairs that Saber and Rider were talking about, and she had no idea about the power of the emperor.

The girl who spent almost five hundred years in a dark basement knew nothing about any of this. She was just taking the place of her sister and speaking out the desire that had been hidden deep in her heart, the desire to revive the Scarlet family.