Chapter 5 : Arthur Pendragon King of Kamelott and future Sun God

----- Kamelott, Office of the Grand Master of the Guilds -----
----- 1:00 PM -----
William hasn't touched his salad since Siegfried's announcement, and a heavy mood is beginning to fill the room
But Siegfried continues to eat happily as if nothing had happened

William: Grim look “You announce such a crazy thing...”
Rises from his seat and grabs Siegfried by the collar to shake him off
“WHAT SHOULD WE DO SIEGFRIED? DO YOU HAVE A PLAN? TELL ME?! UUUH?!” Completely panicked look

Siegfried: Gets shaken by William “Me? ahah..” Embarrassed look
“Not at all!”

William: “WHAT?! BUT HOW CAN YOU STAY CALM WHEN KAMELOTT IS IN DANGER RIGHT NOW!!!” Shakes Siegfried even harder

Siegfried: “Because...” Disengages from William
“Ahem.. My sources, who brought me all this precious information...
It's the Round Table”

William: “HUH?!.. But... does that mean?” Head down, reassured
Siegfried: “Arthur will surely take care of this problem in the afternoon, so you don't have to worry Also, the Knights of the Round Table have also reported to me that more than 3/4 of Reihim's civilians are still alive, we just don't know where they've been evacuated.”

William: “... WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME ALL THIS BEFORE?!!”
Siegfried: “Because it always makes me laugh so much to see you so panicked, my little William hehe”
William: Growls and takes revenge on the food by devouring it

----- Kamelott Castle, King's Audience Hall -----
----- 2:00 PM -----
??? “Are you sure of yourself, Miss Marin?”
Marin : “With great precision, Arthur”
Arthur : “Well... I'm off to the North Gate market, I hear they're selling some lovely crows”
Marin : “Don't forget your going-out clothes”
Arthur: Takes up his cloak of magical concealment “Of course”

Arthur Pendragon

Arthur opens the back window of his courtroom, which brings a view of the north gate, and leaps from the window with phenomenal force, landing very silently on a small alley next to the marketplace
Arthur continues on his way, stopping at a counter where three people are looking at an old lady's knick-knacks

Market of Kamelott

Arthur: Incognito “Hello ma'am, I hear you're selling some lovely crows, is that true?”
Old lady: “Heuuu.. hello my dear sir, what are you talking about?”

Arthur: His fiery yellow gaze goes to the 3 people near the stand “Oh really? I'd heard you had some very nice crows... very... DARK”

Man in group of 3: “Ahem... I think you mean the crows at another stand further down the market”

Arthur: “Oh.. really? Would you take me there?” A false smile appears on his face
Man in group of 3: “Sure, follow us”

Arthur follows the 3 people into a dark alley, and is surrounded by 3 other people behind him

Arthur: “First of all.. I'd like to know what half-demons are doing in the peaceful Kingdom of Kamelott?”
???#1: Places his hand on Arthur's shoulder “Come on, how do you talk to nice strangers who show you the way?”
Arthur: Blows on the person's hand
????#1: Retracts his hand quickly, and his hand is burning at very high temperature, burn blisters appear “aAAAAA..”
Arthur: Looks at ???#1 “Silence!”
???#1: Suffers horribly from his burning hand, but can't shout
Arthur: “Shall I ask the question a second time?”
???#3: “Ahah! No way, we just caught a really big fish!”
???#4: “This attack... it can only be the king of this kingdom! AHAHAH”
???#5: “We're going to smash it!”
???#6 : “DIE”
Arthur: “Rays”

As Arthur utters Rays, the 4 people who tried to confront him melt like wax candles, motionless, unconscious

???#1 : Completely frightened, he cries and pisses himself, but still can't scream or speak
??#2: “They were such a pain.. Good riddance”
Arthur: “Spit it out if you don't want to end up like them”
???#2: Sigh “I know it sounds crazy... but personally I came to visit the Kingdom of Kamelott, I've heard nothing but good things about it in Dirium” Places his hand on his forehead and silently chuckles

Arthur: Taps the ground hard with his leg “You think you have the right to visit the kingdom of your enemies?!”
???#2: “Enemy? I'm nobody's enemy.. not since I'm no longer under the Dark Lord's command”

Arthur: Angered look of fire “Because you think I'm going to swallow that?!”
???#2: “You don't have to believe me, after all, it's all still very new.. but if he let us go, it's for a reason.. we have to tell you the truth”

Arthur: “Ah, the truth? I'm sorry, but I don't believe demons can tell anything that resembles the truth”

2: “Hmm.. Only the ignorant call us demons, you know...”

Raises his head to the sky

Arthur: Sigh of exasperation “Well, I don't feel like arguing with you here, so.. you and your friend are going to take a little walk in a room we've prepared just for you, unless you'd rather try your luck against me too”

???#2: “Ahah! No thanks, no thanks” Stretches out his hands to indicate that he should be handcuffed “Even if I think I've got a chance against a very diluted version of the Sun God”

Arthur: False smile “Yes, of course..” Cuffs the person very tightly and the other person down, fainting “Marin, you can teleport us”

Marin, far away in the castle: Near a summoning circle
“Arch level: Teleportation” Put both hands on the summoning circle

Marin

Arthur and the 2 people appear via a very bright light in the summoning circle

Arthur: “Good! It's time to interrogate these “brigands”, gentlemen, ladies.”

Behind Arthur are 5 knights in armor engraved with various golden signs and motifs
The knights of the round table will interrogate the mysterious person

----- Near the north gate market -----
----- 4:00 PM -----
William heads for his guild hall, still stressed by Siegfried's announcement

William: “If this got out, there'd be mass panic!!!”
Kin: Suddenly appears behind William “What would cause mass panic?”
William: Jumps up “AAAAH! Kin dammit! You scared me!”
Kin: “Sorry old man... I've been following you for a while, haven't you noticed me?”
William: “I'm far too worried about certain details. By the way, where's your brother?”

Gin: Running in the distance behind them “WAIT FOR ME, KIN!!!”
William: Growls loudly and turns back to Gin “YOU!!!”
Gin: “YAAAAAAAH!!!” Runs back to escape his father's gaze
Kin: Sneering silently “Yo? Why are you so wound up about him, old man?”
William: Sigh “That kid... You know very well he's not cut out to be a warrior...”
Kin: “Hey, haven't you seen him in action? He's got some really impressive earth techniques!”
William: “As if that's going to be enough!!... Aaaah.. You don't have to go to this tournament, kids”

Kin: Serious look and light tap on William's back “We'll bring home the winner's prize Dad... No matter what!”
William slowly turns back to Kin, and looks at him with concern and sadness
Suddenly, Kin disappears very quickly... and William hears a kid screaming in the northern market

Gin: “AAAAAH KIN LEAVE ME ALONE!!!”
Gin gets dragged to the ground by his big brother, who holds him by the legs, and drags him back to William
Kin: “You're going to train with me and Yumi now!!!”
Gin: “WHAT?!!”
Kin: “If you want to take part in the tournament with us, then...”
Looks at Gin with a dark, sadistic expression
“You'll have to prove to me that you're worth your new rank!”

Gin and Kin bicker in front of William, who is exasperated and tired of this day..

William's thought
Hmm... do I smell something burning?... Turns his head towards a dark alley... and makes a disgusted face

William: “Well, kids! Come on, let's have a nice cup of coffee”
Kin: “I'll have a beer”
William: “In your dreams, kiddo”

----- 6:00 PM -----
Back in the interrogation room in Kamelott castle, prepared for the half-demons

Arthur: “So, this famous truth? What is it, half-demon?” Sits quietly on a seat opposite the kneeling half-demon
???#2: “My name is Nobuo, I was a human like all of you... before the dark energy touched me and I lost control of my thoughts and consciousness”
Arthur: Crosses his hands and rests his head on them “... Continue”
Nobuo: “... I thought it was all over for me, even though I'd fought all my life to protect my homeland”
Arthur: “Your homeland?”
Nobuo: “I was a samurai of the Nobuyuki Empire, fighting all my life against what were thought to be ‘demons’”
Arthur: “Nobuyuki's empire?”
Marin : “That's impossible! Nobuyuki's Empire was wiped off the map by demons over 200 years ago!!!”
Nobuo: Very sad look “I see... time has passed so quickly since that last battle”

Arthur and Marin are shocked and can't believe it, a samurai from an empire destroyed over 200 years ago?

Nobuo: Experiences a very unpleasant sensation “Oh no.. he's found me”
Arthur: “Hmm?“
Nobuo: “Listen to me carefully, you don't exist!!! Your lives don't belong to you! You are prisoners of the Pendragon alliance!!!”
Arthur, Marin: “What... excuse me ?!”
Nobuo: “The balance has been completely upset, there aren't supposed to be this many of us affected by dark energy, something's stopping us from... Agh. AAAAAAAAAAGHHHH” Burns with a fire so hot that the windows and door explode in the room
Arthur: “Shield”

Arthur protects Marin and his knights from the incredibly powerful burn that Nobuo is undergoing

Marin: “ARTHUR! WHAT ARE YOU DOING, STOP BURNING HIM!!!”
Arthur : “IT'S NOT ME, MARIN !!”
Marin: “Huh?!..” Terrified look, gazes out from room window

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Here we are, in a huge library thousands of miles from Kamelott, is sitting a man with long, slightly curly silver-white hair and a big beard, reading a book entitled
“Le Morte d'Arthur “

??? : “Hmm.. It's strange... All these coincidences... I'm sure these kids don't even know what an Arthurian legend is”
???#2: Voice distorted between masculine and feminine
“Probably a joke from your old friends.. what about the leak?”
??? “It's fixed”
???#2: Voice distorted between male and female “Good.. my dear Leonard”

So, the leak was corrected by our great hero
The most powerful and dangerous man in the world
Leonard Pendragon, original Sun God, creator of star techniques