Chapter 21

The four Round Table Knights are completely loyal to King Arthur, which makes the King feel very good. Although two of the knights seem to have some hidden agendas, she has confidence in herself.

However...

"Sir Lin Ye, when will you appear?"

[Life Simulation System activated. Would you like to simulate?]

[Yes/No]

What!

The moment she hears this voice, Artoria's eyes light up instantly. At the same time, behind Artoria, Merlin is about to jump up!

"Finally, it's not so boring!"

Just as Merlin is about to immerse his mind into the system interface, he hears the King's voice ring out:

"Merlin, I'll leave them to you to arrange. I suddenly have something urgent to attend to, so I'm going back first."

The King turns and leaves without even giving Merlin a chance to react.

Merlin...

My god, do you have to be so quick!

Merlin knows what Artoria is going to do, but there's no help for it. Who told him to be a subject and her to be the King?

Thinking of this, Merlin looks at the four people before him and mutters, "I'm a court magician, not a steward... Come to think of it, Bedivere seems to be the future internal affairs officer, and Agravain is the future foreign affairs officer, right? Isn't that just right?"

In an instant, Merlin's eyes light up as he looks at Bedivere and Agravain, as if a big bad wolf is looking at little lambs.

"You guys, come with me!"

He gets up and leaves. Although the four don't know what happened, they follow him honestly.

Also accompanying them are Gaheris, disguised as Agravain's attendant, and Gareth, disguised as Gawain's attendant.

For these two, Merlin just glances at them faintly and says nothing.

Hmm, thanks for the newbie gift package sent by Morgan!

Merlin can see through everything, but unfortunately, he cannot discover that the system's voice has also rung out in the minds of these six Round Table Knights!

Large-scale real-person online game, start!

And sitting on the throne, the King has already opened her system interface!

[First day: You have just finished the knight selection and returned to the throne. Soon, Merlin arrives with the four knights and tells you that Bedivere will be your internal affairs officer from now on, and Agravain will be your executive officer. You trust Merlin, so you agree to his suggestion.]

Artoria...

Merlin, are you in such a hurry to get off work? They just arrived today, and you're putting them to work? Don't you even train them?

[Second day: When you are taking Bedivere to get familiar with Camelot, a patrolling cavalryman runs over and tells you that two powerful knights are fighting at the city gate. A dozen knights went to stop them but couldn't pull them apart.]

[Hearing this, you are shocked. Your knights are all carefully selected, top-tier existences. Even you would have to spend some effort to deal with a dozen knights, yet they couldn't pull apart two knights? So you take Bedivere and walk over.]

[And when you arrive at the city gate, you are surprised to find that one of the two people fighting is a knight holding a long spear. You hear from a knight who knows him that this person is named Palamedes, a famous battle maniac, and the other is Lin Ye, whom you haven't seen for a long time!]

"Lin Ye!"

The moment she sees Lin Ye appear, the King's eyes soften.

"You're not dead. That's great."

Looking at Lin Ye's name, the King only has one thought in her heart right now.

You guy! Where have you been for so long!!!

Ten minutes ago, Fate/Zero world, Lin Ye's house.

Lin Ye looks at the virtual screen in his mind and starts the life simulation.

[First day: You arrive in Gwent. You hear from passersby that King Arthur has built Camelot, so you decide to rush there.]

[Second day: You arrive in Camelot, but find that the knight tournament has already ended. To become a knight, you have to wait until next year or find someone to recommend you, so you feel very disappointed.]

This is because Lin Ye doesn't know the simulation is online right now. He thinks the King doesn't know him yet, which is why he feels disappointed. Otherwise, with Lin Ye's personality, he would definitely have gone to find the King directly.

Lin Ye continues to watch.

[Just as you sigh helplessly, a man beside you sighs as well. From his muttering, you learn that he is also a knight who came to rely on King Arthur but missed the time, having traveled all the way from Saracen only to be a step late. The moment you see him, you suddenly come up with a plan and pull him aside quietly, saying:]

"King Arthur needs true knights. Why don't we have a fight at the city gate? If we prove our strength, King Arthur will naturally come out."

[The other party nods at your suggestion, and you learn his name: Palamedes!]

"Palamedes! The ninth seat of the Round Table Knights!"

Lin Ye recognizes this knight's identity immediately. Palamedes, also translated as Palomides, is one of the strongest twelve Round Table Knights under King Arthur in the future. He has noble character but uses unscrupulous means in battle and likes to duel people.

Among the thirteen restraints of the Holy Sword, "must be a one-on-one battle" is his. However, in the Fate world, it has only appeared in the background story so far.

He was summoned by the Lion King in Chapter 6 of FGO, but because he didn't agree with the Lion King's views, he rebelled against the Lion King along with Kay, Percival, Gaheris, and Pellinore, and was eventually purged by the Lion King.

"Running into an acquaintance right away—not bad, not bad."

Lin Ye is very satisfied. When simulating Diarmuid before, the final rewards were either from Diarmuid or Fionn; just thinking about it makes it seem stingy.

Look at King Arthur; these characters are popping out one after another. The worst ones are four-star... well, Gareth, that cute girl, is a two-star, and she's embarrassing in daily life.

[So, your battle with Palamedes becomes more and more intense. Sure enough, you attract King Arthur and Bedivere. Seeing the strength of the two of you, Artoria directly recruits Palamedes into the Knights. However, you are appointed as the court magician and kept by her side.]

Lin Ye...

Hmm??

Come on! Don't you see I'm holding such a long spear? Why is the position still court magician? Isn't this the same position as the last simulation?

Lin Ye sighs helplessly. But forget it, it's not important. As long as he can successfully get close to the target, isn't that enough?

And at this moment, in the Camelot palace, seeing Lin Ye agree, the King also shows a gratified smile.

"Sir Lin Ye, don't worry. This time, I won't let you die in front of me again."

The King continues to watch silently. In the last simulation, she passed this year smoothly because of her "foresight." She must pay close attention this time.

[Third day: During the day, you continue to let Lin Ye learn magic from Merlin. At night, after you finish dealing with government affairs, you start your daily sword practice. Thinking of how Lin Ye died last time because of insufficient strength, you decide to teach Lin Ye sword techniques yourself.]

[However, in the battle, you discover that Lin Ye's close-combat ability is not much weaker than yours. Although his physical attributes aren't high, they are far beyond ordinary knights. You are greatly shocked. So you arrange for Lin Ye to be the Chief Knight Instructor, responsible for teaching new knights spear techniques.]

[Fourth day: Dealing with government affairs, practicing sword.]

[Fifth day: Dealing with government affairs, practicing sword.]

[33rd day: Dealing with government affairs, practicing sword.]

During this time, the King's simulation is basically the same. After all, as a king, she can't be different every day. But for others, especially the newly joined knights, the simulation content is completely different.

On Lin Ye's side:

[Fourth day: You arrive at the barracks under orders. Looking at the newly joined knights in the field, you choose:]

[Option 1: Convince people with virtue. By reasoning and talking about ideals with these knights, you gain everyone's recognition.]

[Option 2: Convince people with virtue. By establishing prestige through powerful strength, you gain everyone's recognition.]

Lin Ye...

Hmm? System, are you sure you didn't make a typo? Why are both 'convince people with virtue'? What's the difference? Forget it, that's not the point. The point is the content that follows.

"Are you asking if I'm prepared to use my mouth or my hands?" Lin Ye thinks for a moment and then says directly to the system: "As the saying goes, a gentleman uses his mouth, not his hands. System, I choose to use my hands!"

That's right! It's said that a gentleman uses his mouth, not his hands, but I'm not a gentleman, so naturally, I'll use my hands!

So, the scene changes.

[You explain your identity to these knights and explain that you will give them special training in the future. Then you let the knights who are unconvinced stand out and challenge you. The winner doesn't have to train, and the loser has to be obedient.]

[Hearing your words, seven or eight knights stand up on the spot, and then they all end up lying on the ground on the spot. Prestige +1.]

"Haha! One should look at a person with new eyes after three days of separation. Sure enough, my current strength isn't weak."

It's indeed not weak. First, the Round Table Knights at their peak only had 150 knights; except for those dozen or so, most were at the level of low-level Heroic Spirits. Second, even the most famous ones later aren't very strong right now; after all, they haven't become Heroic Spirits, don't have faith support, and few have obtained Noble Phantasms. Even if they have some special abilities, they aren't Lin Ye's match right now.

For example, Gawain—his physical fitness is only slightly stronger than Lin Ye's. He hasn't obtained Excalibur Galatine, and he isn't wearing the Belt of Bertilak. Even with the blessing of the Sun, he couldn't be a match for Lin Ye, who is currently fully equipped.

As for the only one who could defeat Lin Ye right now, it would be Percival holding the Spear of Longinus. However, his personality is indifferent and noble, so naturally, he wouldn't stand out to provoke Lin Ye.

[Fifth day: You train with everyone during the day and learn magic from Merlin at night.]

[Sixth day: Same as above.]

[Seventh day: Same as above.]

[Eighth day: While you are training these knights, you find a pair of young boy and girl in the corner of the training ground looking at you with longing eyes, so you go to them.]

[You learn from them that their names are Gareth and Gaheris, so you decide to let them train with you as an exception. Both are very grateful to you.]

"Percival, Palamedes, Bedivere, the four Gawain brothers—plus Kay, who grew up with the King—eight of the 12 seats of the Round Table have already appeared. The rest should be appearing soon, right?"