Chapter 5

"That's all?"

"That's all."

"…"

He wasn't lying.

Merlin made a judgment. It wasn't that he didn't seem to be lying, but that he wasn't lying.

Yes, Merlin could conclude that Bedivere wasn't lying at all. As a Half-Nightmare Monster who liked to study people's minds and was able to explore the human spirit, he had his own judgment about human beings.

That being said, Merlin's intuition told him that this person was both harmless and harmful. It was like a combination of contradictions that was hard to fathom.

But, speaking of which, was this guy asleep or awake?

He poked Bedivere who had a serious expression. At this time, the silver-haired handsome youth's eyes had turned from misty to clear and bright.

Merlin knew that some people would go crazy when drunk, some people would fall asleep, and some people would appear to be awake but in fact, they would be confused … Everyone's reaction would be a little different. But this time, he was even a little unsure whether Bedivere was really drunk or just pretending to be drunk.

"Bedivere."

"Oh?"

"… It's useless to pretend to be stupid!

It's useless!

I've been looking at Lily's beautiful green eyes every day, so it's completely useless! "

Merlin covered his little heart with his hand and realized that he had covered the wrong place. He covered his eyes with his hand. As a Nightmare Lord who loved gorgeous emblems, he really had no resistance to beautiful things, beautiful people, beautiful beliefs, and so on.

However, he wouldn't admit that this guy who looked like a good girl just now made him cute for a moment. This guy was really dangerous, right?

Right?

He was a magician with super high mental strength!

Alas, why was this cute guy a boy?

Why?

If it was a girl …

"Cough cough cough …"

Guy saw Merlin looking at Bedivere with a regretful expression and immediately understood what this guy was thinking. He coughed twice helplessly as a reminder. They hadn't finished asking!

Speaking of resistance to Bedivere's sparkling emerald eyes, Guy was much more advanced than Merlin.

As the ultimate siscon and Lily con, he was immune to all the cute attacks of other creatures.

"Right, there's one last thing … You said that you know what you should do now that you're with the king?

What can you do? "

"Of course it's what I'm best at!"

At this point, Bedivere revealed a confident smile.

"Since it has to be me, I think there must be something that only I can do. That's what I think. Even so, I've been very confused before … I'm just an ordinary person. I don't think I have any special abilities. But now, after meeting you all, I have a faint premonition."

"The thing you're best at is …"

"Let the king eat, sleep, play, and relax!"

"…"

"…"

"…"

The atmosphere once again fell into a suspicious silence. It seemed that after encountering Bedivere, their group had suddenly become speechless. Although someone refused to take the blame, the fact was that every time, they would be defeated by Bedivere's unique off-line behavior.

"Is this a conniving official?

Definitely a conniving official! "

Merlin's face darkened. He almost wavered when he heard this. It was fine to put this person by the king's side. Absolutely not!

Guy's lips moved slightly. He was once again in a dilemma … As her brother, he naturally wanted Lily to eat, sleep, play, and live a happy life every day. But the problem was that Lily was not only his sister, but also the king of this country!

This kind of indulgence was wrong, but he really wanted to pamper his sister again …

Guy, who was struggling with his rationality and emotions, ignored the look that Merlin gave him and fell into a deep dilemma …

Merlin looked at Guy who was struggling with himself again and was speechless. He knew that this siscon was not reliable. As expected, he had to do it himself!

However, before Merlin could scold Bedivere, Bedivere spoke first.

"After meeting you, I realized what kind of state King Arthur must be in now … He must be holding himself to the highest standards, carrying everyone's hopes and carrying the heavy burden of saving the country. The pressure must be very heavy."

"… Even so, King Arthur is the king who is prophesied to be able to save Great Britain. He, sss — he, is not as weak as you think!

You, this kind of behavior that erodes his fighting spirit, if you don't change, sss, you have no right to accompany … the King … "

In order to swallow his words, Merlin accidentally bit his tongue. Tears immediately welled up in his eyes, and the words that came out of his mouth were no longer imposing. However, both Lily and Guy were used to this, so they did not look at him strangely. Instead, they looked at Bedivere with a complicated expression.

If this guy knew who he was in front of, would he still speak like this?

"Even if he is the king, he is still human!

Any human will be tired. "

Bedivere nodded seriously as if to affirm his own thoughts. He then pointed at Merlin, Guy, and Lily and shook his head. "Look, a super strict devil teacher, a strict Knight who is so strict that he is even conflicted about doting on his sister, and a little girl who is strictly restrained by her words and actions … You are all King Arthur's teachers, companions, and relatives. Just look at you and you will know the situation the king is in now."

"…" There was nothing wrong with this deduction, but …

Guy's eyes twitched. He was about to say something when Bedivere muttered again.

"It is very important to strike a balance between work and rest. A spring will be crushed if it is constantly pressed … Speaking of which, are there springs now?

No, this is not important. The important thing is that the fate of the whole country is entrusted to the king. This is a very difficult and great thing to do — the king has brought happiness and hope to so many people. What's wrong with me just letting the king live a little more comfortably? "

"There seems to be nothing wrong with it."

Guy compromised. He was also one of the few Knights who cared about the king's own happiness in the future. At this moment, his sis-con had already overwhelmed his rationality as a Knight. He nodded in agreement. Then, as expected, Merlin glared at him fiercely.

"You are twisting words and forcing logic …"

"Otherwise, I don't understand why I have to go to the king's side!

I am only good at taking care of people! "

That was a habit cultivated from taking care of his sister.

Bedivere also felt a little wronged. It was not that he did not doubt the truth of what those people told him, but the problem was that he was just an ordinary student who had just entered the university. How could he be played by so many big shots who had mastered this kind of black technology?

He did not understand those too profound theories. Before this, he did not even know that there were mysterious things in this world that science could not explain … But, if it was just to wait until the end to return King Arthur's sword to the lake spirit, why did it have to be him?

So, later on, Bedivere felt that perhaps there was something that only he could do?

After seeing Merlin and the others, he had a faint premonition. Perhaps … he came here to make life easier for King Arthur, so that he would not die of exhaustion before it was time to leave.

After all, if it was someone with great ambition, or someone like Merlin Guy, they would definitely strive for the best and work harder to help the king create a prosperous world.

Bedivere felt that there was nothing wrong with his train of thought, but it seemed that most people did not quite agree with him.

With a slight sigh, Bedivere felt a wave of dizziness. Only then did he realize that he had accidentally said a lot of things that he shouldn't have said. Things that he should only keep in his heart?

Was he drunk?

Now, Bedivere felt like a person who knew that he was dreaming. He knew that he should have been drunk and let it slip, but he could not completely control his actions.

However, those people did say that as long as they did not reveal their identity and future matters, they would be suspicious. Then … there should be no problem, right?

No, there seemed to be a little problem. Lord Merlin did not seem to like him very much?

In this way, not to mention going through the back door, the other party would not eliminate him, right?!

However, Bedivere could not pretend to be like them, so … he could only convince Merlin to accept him.

With this thought, Bedivere stood up suddenly, but because he was drunk, he was a little wobbly. His legs went soft and he directly fell into Merlin's arms. This made Merlin's eyebrows twitch involuntarily, and he directly threw him out. Lily saw this and hurried over to hug him …

Well, a girl less than 1.6 meters tall directly hugged a man with long legs who was more than 1.8 meters tall, and then looked like it was not strenuous at all.

"You're not a girl, I don't care if you throw yourself into my arms or act coquettishly!

Do you think that I will compromise because you're good-looking?

I'm quite good-looking myself ~ I can look at myself every day ~ ~ "

"Do you really think this is okay?"

"What?"

"Lily, do you think this is okay?"

"Uh …"

Lily's lake-green eyes met Bedivere's green eyes. She was suddenly speechless. How was she supposed to say something like this?

Was she supposed to say that she did not care, and that she could not rest for the sake of Great Britain?

Even if she really did not care about this kind of thing, but looking at Bedivere's undisguised concern for "King Arthur" whom she had never met before … she felt that if she said something like this now, it would be trampling on the precious intentions of the person in her arms.

"I think, ah, you all seem to like making a mountain out of a molehill … Could it be that King Arthur is the kind of king who will indulge in debauchery when he relaxes a little?"

"Of course not!"

Guy rejected this possibility without thinking. He did not want to hear anything bad about Lily at all.

"Then if that's the case, why can't we let the king live more comfortably and not let the king lose his sense of propriety?

Besides, even if it's a waste of time, it's a waste of my time, right?

I'm the one who's wasting more time and energy, I'm the one who's willing to spend more time and energy!

And Lily eating the rabbit apple is just spending the same amount of time as before, and it can even increase her happiness, isn't this a good thing? "

"Well, there's nothing wrong with that, Lord Merlin."

"If that's the case … No!

I mean … that's also not … "

Merlin looked at Guy, who was already standing beside Bedivere, and suddenly felt a little dizzy. He had always felt that Bedivere was like some kind of poison that would corrode the king's will, but now that he thought about it, was Lily the kind of king who would be easily corrupted?

Besides, if Bedivere's power was really strong enough to be the king of corruption, perhaps he should have taken him in and used him as a whetstone for the king. With him by the king's side, there would be no problem at all, but … why did he still want to drive this guy away so much?

Bedivere saw that Merlin was silent and did not express his opinion. He felt that the other party had actually agreed with what he said, but was still hesitating for some reason.

He carefully thought about everything that had happened since they met, trying to find the reason why the other party had such great malice towards him, so … he rummaged through his memories and found the answer, and then blurted it out …

"Lord Merlin, are you still holding a grudge against me for pointing out that you don't like smelly socks, and that you might not wash them?

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to invade your privacy. Although your personal hygiene habits are not very good, I also did something wrong. Please forgive me! "

"…"

"…"

"Haha, hahaha, this is really, it's been a long time …"

"Calm down!

Lord Merlin!

Killing is wrong! "

"That's right, teacher!

Calm down!

Beckham was just telling the truth, he doesn't deserve to die!

And your hygiene habits are indeed a bit … No, I don't mean anything else. Magic cleaning is really useful, environmentally friendly, and convenient. What I mean is, he has already apologized, please forgive him! "

"T … teacher?"

Bedivere's somewhat muddled mind suddenly became clear, and he looked at Lily in disbelief. Merlin said that he was the king's teacher, the court magician who taught the children of the royal family. If Lily called him teacher, then …

"Hmph, that's right, it's exactly what you think."

"Since Lily has let it slip, then we don't have to hide it anymore."

"I'm sorry, Beckham, I didn't mean to hide it from you."

"I really didn't expect … Lily, so, you are actually … Morgan?!"

"…"

"…"

"…"

"To be able to become the Lord Merlin's disciple with the king, your status must not be low. I remember that King Arthur only has one sister in his immediate family, I still remember this very clearly."

"Your deduction is very interesting."

"Yes, this conclusion is not bad."

"Hmm …"

— — In the end, should he admit or deny it?