69novels Chapter 137 The Unexpected Arrival
Chapter 137 The Unexpected Arrival
The next morning, bright sunlight streamed through the window, illuminating the entire room.
Feeling refreshed, Arthur put on his coat and walked out of the bedroom.
The fatigue from a year of fighting in another world was relieved last night, and the more than forty dragon power channels in his body were now emitting a steady and abundant roar.
Saya Aika, like a satiated Persian cat, wrapped herself around his arm without any restraint, her cheeks still flushed.
Behind them, Mary yawned without any regard for her image.
Immediately, a bright "funny person" light burst forth in those dazzling eyes, and she followed closely behind Arthur with light steps.
With anticipation for the new day, Arthur pushed open the heavy door of the Royal City Restaurant.
However, the sight before him made him swallow the "Good morning" he was about to utter.
Morning light streamed through the huge stained-glass windows and onto the long dining table.
A figure with dazzling blond hair was wearing slightly oversized casual clothes...
To be fair, the dress that Meli gave her did look rather too revealing on Artoria's flat chest.
At this moment, the Queen of Britain was shamelessly stuffing Camelot's special roast meat and soft bread into her mouth with both hands.
"Creak!"
The sound of the door opening interrupted the frenzied rice-making ceremony.
Arthur's hand was still stiffly on the doorknob, and he stood frozen in place.
Artoria, sitting at the table, froze instantly, with half a piece of juicy roasted meat still in her mouth.
Her once slender cheeks were now puffed out like a hamster's, and her clear, emerald-green eyes met Arthur's.
Most afraid of the air suddenly quiet.
In the midst of this incredibly strange eye contact, Mary cheerfully jumped out from behind Arthur, snapping her long fingers in the air.
Amidst a shower of pink and white phantom petals, joyful sounds echoed through the restaurant:
"Ta-da! It's a surprise~☆"
"What are you doing here?!"
Arthur's forehead vein throbbed. He glanced at Meryl, who seemed to thrive on chaos, and then asked Artoria with some disbelief.
"Um..." Artoria swallowed the large piece of roasted meat with difficulty, then guiltily wiped the grease from the corner of her mouth. "Good morning?"
"You're back, Arthur."
"Lia came back a day before you, my dear brother."
Before Arthur could sort out his thoughts, a clear and noble voice came from behind him.
Arthur turned his head and saw Morgan, dressed in a long black dress, walking side by side with the gentle and dignified Guinevere.
Morgan's gaze as she watched Arthur's retreating figure was initially filled with undisguised joy.
But when her gaze swept over Sajou Aika, who was clinging tightly to Arthur's arm, the temperature in her eyes instantly plummeted to freezing.
"This dangerous woman..." Morgan instinctively repelled Aige.
Sajō Aika glanced at Morgan, then tightened her grip on Wylie's arm, a victor's smile on her face. "Hmph."
Guinevere seemed used to the atmosphere between the two. She smiled gently at Arthur, her eyes filled with longing: "Welcome back, Arthur."
"Ah...is that so?"
Arthur keenly sensed the chilling murderous intent in Morgan's eyes and smiled helplessly.
He looked at Morgan and Guinevere and said gently, "I'm back, Guinevere, Morgan. Thank you for your hard work these past few days."
Hearing this comforting remark, the coldness in Morgan's eyes visibly dissipated, and she gave a haughty snort: "This is something I promised you in the first place."
Everyone then took their seats.
Watching this scene, Artoria, sitting at the dining table, was filled with a storm of emotions.
Although Arthur had told her the general outline of the matter, it was still far less impactful than seeing it with her own eyes.
She looked at Morgan, whose eyes were cool yet who doted on Arthur, and at Guinevere, who was gentle and dignified and whose eyes were only on Arthur.
No scheming, no betrayal...
Camelot here is as perfect as the unattainable dream she had fantasized about countless times before the Battle of Camlann.
"So, it turns out that as long as the right path is followed, everyone... can be this happy."
A pang of sadness welled up in Artoria's heart, but more than anything, she felt pure relief.
At the dinner table, Morgan picked up his black tea, took a sip, and began to briefly explain the current situation to Arthur:
"Just yesterday, Lia suddenly appeared in the back garden of the royal city."
Because the Red Dragon Furnace Core within her body has an absurdly high degree of similarity to your aura, the royal city's magical defense mechanism even mistook her for you, without triggering any alarms.
Mary was the first to spot her and concealed her presence.
After all, if the Knights of the Round Table knew that there was suddenly a female version of you, it might cause unnecessary unrest.
Then she pointed seriously to the walls around her that were flickering with light:
"I have set up the highest level of isolation barrier in the castle."
The world has its limits, and I don't know what kind of changes will occur if two red dragons appear at the same time.
In short, you guys better behave yourselves.
Sajou Aika sat obediently beside Arthur, and upon hearing Morgan's words, her eyes, connected to the Root, casually glanced at Artoria.
She had no interest in even glancing at any woman who wasn't trying to steal "Prince's" manhood or harm him.
She looked away, her eyes filled with eagerness as she cut the meat into pieces on the plate and fed it to Arthur bite by bite.
Artoria put down her knife and fork, and looked at Arthur with a dignified expression:
"Arthur, I don't know why I was pulled into your world after the Holy Grail was destroyed."
However… I am truly happy to see this vibrant Britain under your rule.
Arthur swallowed the roasted meat that Aige had fed him, and looking at the "other self" in front of him who had completely removed the heavy crown, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up.
The feeling of being able to have breakfast together in the sunshine after overcoming the brutal Holy Grail War was wonderful.
Driven by his knightly instincts, Arthur extended an invitation to Artoria.
"Now that we're here, let's rest here for a while." Arthur wiped his mouth, a hint of knightly fighting spirit igniting in his emerald eyes.
"Perfect timing. Let's head to the training grounds after breakfast. It's time to settle our score for that unfinished battle in Fuyuki."
"Just what I wanted!"
Upon hearing the word "battle," a bright fighting spirit also ignited in Artoria's eyes.
In that very instant!
The two holy sword wielders and their two red dragon hearts, perfectly synchronized, instinctively resonated with each other under the pull of their intense fighting spirit.
"Thump, thump!"
Two immense dragon powers erupted simultaneously in the cramped restaurant, like two supernovae.
"Snap!"
Morgan's highest-level isolation barrier couldn't even withstand a second of this terrifying "Double Dragon Resonance," shattering instantly like fragile glass.
"Arthur!" Morgan's pupils contracted sharply, and he stood up.
Without the cover of the barrier, the two identical highest-level mysteries of the divine era were exposed without reservation on the same physical coordinates.
The underlying logic of the world instantly created an irreparable paradox.
"Buzz!!!"
There was no prelude to the gathering of magic, no alarm of enemy attack.
An indescribable, absolute force, seemingly weighing down the entire universe, appeared out of thin air.
That power completely transcended the dimensions of human and divine cognition, and it descended upon the sky above the royal city with a thunderous roar.
In an instant, the glass windows in the restaurant cracked inch by inch, and the silver cutlery on the table turned to dust under the heavy pressure.
That is the will of the world itself.
That is Gaia, representing the planet's survival instinct, and Alaya, representing the collective unconscious of primates.
To eliminate this bug that was enough to tear apart the physical surface of the world, they roared furiously.
Arthur, as an individual who has just returned from crossing dimensions and still carries the aura of an "unstable variable" from another world...
It was precisely locked onto, with a power that could absolutely annihilate any will.