This Uchiha Itachi is very lonely

night,

Itachi was soaking in a bathtub soaked with various medicinal herbs while listening to Arturia's summary of the battle.

"You performed very well in today's practical competition."

"Whether it's the grasp of the battle situation, the response or the ending, it's all very perfect. Even if I were to use your body and the power you currently possess, I might not be able to perform better than you."

"But there are still some small flaws in it."

"For example, your fighting style is a little too upright."

"If you hadn't reacted quickly enough, you would have been defeated by Uchiha Teru's little plan, and..."

…

Although they were across the room, Itachi could easily talk to Artoria through his heart.

Too upright?

Itachi also realized this.

However, he was a little surprised that Arturia would actually evaluate this aspect of her as a flaw.

"I thought you would praise me for my integrity in battle."

Itachi thought of it and couldn't help but bring it up.

After all, the Arturia he saw in his memory was a queen who paid great attention to honor.

Since she wants to train herself to become a new king who is better than herself, then... she shouldn't agree with herself to learn those dirty tricks.

Arturia, on the other hand, was somewhat silent when faced with this sentence.

After a long time, her voice came again, "The integrity, humility, honesty, and justice that I promote... they may not be suitable for your world."

"Besides, I once betrayed what I thought was the spirit of chivalry for the sake of my country."

"Itachi, before you become a king, I suggest that you first have the ability to survive. This integrity may very well cause you to lose and be killed in a certain battle in the future."

Did she actually... temporarily give up something she had always been firm on?

Itachi was surprised.

Artoria has always used chivalry as the foundation to build a perfect and dispute-free Utopia.

But now, she is actually trying to persuade herself to give up this spirit.

"I accept your suggestion."

Itachi replied calmly.

He originally had no intention of practicing the so-called chivalry spirit. These spirits were a bit too idealistic.

For Artoria, who lived in that era and had been exposed to this spirit since she was a child, she might yearn for the spirit of chivalry.

But for myself, who has faced war since childhood, it is really difficult to imagine that the enemy will confront me "fairly".

He asked Artoria to guide him, but he just wanted to learn as much as possible before he knew what he wanted to do.

Whether it's a ninja, a knight or a king.

Next, Artoria mentioned some ideas for improving his own fighting. Itachi listened silently and took note of the contents, but he needed to make his own judgment on how to implement them.

While discussing, Itachi got up from the tub.

Wrap yourself in a bath towel and dry yourself.

At this time, some of the wounds on Itachi's body from today's battle had quickly scarred, and some bruises had even dissipated.

The limp body from a day's training gradually regained its strength, and the pitch-black potion in the bathtub became transparent.

His body has absorbed the medicinal effects of these medicinal baths very well. In addition to the external medicinal liquids, there are also internal medicinal liquids and medicinal meals...

These are the basis for Itachi to be able to complete all this training in such a short period of time.

"Speaking of which...have you fallen into illusions many times during the battle?"

But soon, Artoria came up with another idea.

Although he knew Artoria couldn't see it, Itachi nodded unconsciously, "Yes, nine times in total."

But after a pause, he quickly reacted and understood what she meant by raising this question, "Are you trying to say...that with you around, I can be immune to illusions?"

"Yes, during today's battle, I saw you fall into illusions many times, but I was not affected."

Artoria replied, "I thought that if I could directly transmit the vision I saw to your mind through telepathic communication... you would be completely immune to most illusions."

This was a wonderful thing she discovered during the battle.

In a sense, Itachi was equivalent to having another pair of eyes, a pair of eyes that could not be seen by anyone within a range of four hundred meters.

"We can try it out in actual combat tomorrow."

Itachi casually replied that the methods of transmitting thoughts and vision through the mind were something they had figured out little by little after returning from the battlefield.

Whether it is feasible in combat and whether it is possible in time is actually difficult to say.

The discussion ended here, Artoria didn't speak again, and There was no sound from Itachi's side.

After getting dressed and leaving the bathroom, Itachi first had dinner with his parents in the dining hall, and then followed his feelings about Artoria and walked to the corridor in front of his room to see her.

Under the moonlight, Arturia was sitting alone in the aisle, looking at the starry sky in the distance, and its faint shadow seemed to disappear at any time.

But...she doesn't belong to this world in the first place.

This is not the first time Itachi has seen this kind of scene.

He could feel the loneliness in her heart and read the longing on her face.

She is in a world where no one knows her, and only she can see her, so it is only natural that she should have these emotions in her heart.

As for her loneliness, Itachi didn't know how to comfort her.

He could only use busy practice as usual to help her ignore this loneliness.

"Your Excellency Artoria, yesterday you brought up the idea that the king should be aloof." Itachi walked over and sat next to her, "Why don't you tell me today what would happen if the king was not aloof.

Disadvantages."

"Cons?"

The confusion in Artoria's eyes immediately returned to her previous firmness after hearing these words, and she turned around to face Itachi, "King, you must be aloof..."

…

What made Itachi and Artoria a little regretful was that they did not expect Uchiha Teru's figure the next day.

It seems... that he felt embarrassed because of the defeat in that battle and did not dare to come?

Although it is said that ninjas will perform the Seal of Reconciliation after undergoing confrontation training.

But often, everyone just does it for a show.

Very few people can be beaten to a pulp and still not care at all.

Especially when facing someone who is expected to be weaker than you, once you lose, the psychological gap is hard to describe.

Itachi speculated on Uchiha Teru's thoughts.

But that night, he knew the answer.

"Sorry, in the morning, my team members notified me at short notice that they managed to grab a D-level mission, so..."

Uchiha Teru, with a bruised nose and face, explained the reason why he was unable to attend the appointment today, "There was a farm near the village that was attacked by a herd of wild boars. We rushed there early in the morning and finally drove away the wild boars."