Chapter 5

[Seeing you refuse him, Lin Ye turns and leaves gracefully. Looking at his back, you are thoughtful but also quickly leave the area.

You return to Kay's side and hand the Sword in the Stone to Kay. However, Sir Ector beside Kay is very excited. He ignores the knighthood ceremony that is about to begin and instead takes you back to the church.

At this moment, all the knights in the city have also heard the news and rushed over.

Under everyone's gaze, you insert the sword back into the stone and then pull it out again.

At this moment, no one in the audience doubts you anymore. They shout "King of Britain" and then one after another perform the knight's salute to you.]

What?

Artoria saw this and hurriedly looked around. Sure enough, the crowd that had just gathered here had run off somewhere, shouting as they ran:

"The Sword in the Stone has been pulled out! The King of Great Britain has appeared!"

Hearing this, Artoria immediately took advantage of the chaos to run outside. She still didn't believe that a sword could decide the King of Great Britain; this was simply too absurd.

She quickly arrived at Sir Ector and Kay's side!

"Kay, Father, I brought the sword."

Artoria came directly to Kay's side with the Sword in the Stone. She just wanted to speak, but Sir Ector stared fixedly at the sword in her hand. At this moment, Artoria felt that something was wrong.

"This sword is... follow me!"

Sir Ector's expression changed drastically. He ignored everything and took Kay and Artoria directly to the church. Artoria looked around; sure enough, the church, which had been quite empty, was now packed!

Moreover, these people actually took half a step back when they saw them appear, directly clearing a path to the stone platform for them.

"This... is this real!"

Artoria was shocked. No matter how slow her reaction was, she knew something was wrong. At this time, Sir Ector had already brought Artoria to the side of the stone platform. He pointed to the stone platform before them and said:

"Alright, Artoria, the stone is here, the sword is in your hand. Insert the sword and pull it out again. No matter what, I am proud of you."

"This... alright, Father."

Artoria silently inserted the sword she was holding into the stone. Before she could pull it out, the knights on the side all rushed up, wanting to pull the sword out first.

"Move aside! Let me go first! This sword belongs to me!"

"Why! Don't you know what first-come-first-served means!"

"The King of England should be me!"

Looking at these red-eyed knights, Artoria took half a step back. Unfortunately, even without Artoria's intervention, these knights, including Kay, couldn't pull the sword out even an inch!

Seeing this, Artoria had completely believed in this Life Simulation System.

"This isn't a life simulation; this is predicting the future! What is this? Magic?"

Artoria remembered her elusive teacher; she would definitely ask him when she saw him next time.

Thinking of this, Artoria silently stepped forward and said:

"Let me do it."

Seeing Artoria speak, the knights who had failed just now all moved aside. Artoria stepped forward, silently gripped the hilt, and with one pull, the Sword in the Stone was pulled out easily!

At this moment, the audience was silent! After Artoria looked around, she said:

"Now, does anyone else want to try?"

The King of Britain! Born!

(PS: Mentioning that the time flow in the Fate/Zero world is different from the Great Britain era, so don't be surprised why the time on Artoria's side is different from Lin Ye's side.)

"Greetings, Your Majesty!"

"Greetings, my King!"

"Greetings, King of Britain!"

Amidst the cheers of the people, the King knighted the knights before her one by one, and one knight after another swore allegiance to the King. However, the King did not notice that not all knights recognized Artoria's status as King.

"To become our King just by relying on a sword! Don't joke around!"

Subsequently, these figures disappeared from the church.

The busy Artoria did not notice these people leaving; her mind was entirely on these knights.

"Strange, why didn't I see that Lin Ye?"

Artoria didn't understand. Logically speaking, that Lin Ye should have appeared to swear allegiance to her by now. But why didn't he appear?

"Let's check the life simulation first."

Artoria hurriedly continued the life simulation, and next, she saw the content that followed.

[Day 2: Late at night, after you arranged for those knights who swore allegiance to you, you returned to the room Sir Ector had specially prepared for you.

And just as you were fast asleep, you were awakened by a noisy sound! You hurriedly got up. At this moment, you only saw a sea of fire.

You learned from your brother Kay that those knights who left and some nobles in this country did not support you becoming the new King of Great Britain, so they decided to eliminate you before your coronation!]

What!

Artoria reacted. At this time, she was still a relatively naive girl, even less mature than the Saber Lily period, so she naturally felt panicked.

"Facing these people's surprise attack, what should we do?"

Artoria looked at the next scene.

[Under the cover of some loyal knights, you charge toward the outside of the encirclement, but you are outnumbered, and you can only fight while retreating.

Day 3: In the constant fighting, only Sir Ector and Kay remain by your side, but dozens of powerful knights have already surrounded you.

Just when you are at a loss, a large black cloud floats in the sky. After the black cloud approaches, you realize it is a sea of insects!

"Follow me!"

You hear a familiar voice. You don't think too much and immediately follow this figure. At this moment, you recognize that this figure is none other than Lin Ye, whom you refused earlier!]

"It's him!"

At this moment, Artoria's eyes lit up. Although this man was refused by her, he still helped her at a critical moment without holding a grudge. As expected, this is a true pillar of the state!

And at this moment, in the FZ world, Lin Ye also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Good thing I learned insect magic. Although it's just a bit of fur, it's no problem to entangle these knights for a while."

Don't underestimate the knights of the Age of Gods. Even without mystery, these knights are at least equivalent to some ordinary Heroic Spirits due to their excellent swordsmanship and superior physique—similar to the level of ordinary soldiers in Iskandar's Army of the King.

So, Lin Ye's strength is still not worth mentioning.

But even so, Artoria was quite grateful to Lin Ye in her heart.

At this moment, two options appeared before Artoria again.

[Facing Lin Ye who helped you, you decide:

Option One: Invite him to become your knight.

Option Two: Express gratitude and then leave.]

"Choose one!"

Artoria chose one almost without hesitation. This Lin Ye is definitely her pillar of the state!

[Facing your invitation, Lin Ye begins to think.]

"Of course I agree!" Lin Ye looked at the two options before him and directly chose to agree to Artoria.

"However, how did she survive this crisis in the King Arthur legend?"

Lin Ye kept recalling. He vaguely remembered that this event did indeed appear in the King Arthur legend and that she was saved by a mysterious person. However, this person was not explained in detail; later generations speculated that this person was a loyal knight of King Uther who had been arranged by Merlin to protect King Arthur by her side.

"Forget it, there are so many versions of the King Arthur legend, who knows what really happened."

Lin Ye thought about it and continued the simulation.

"He agreed!"

Artoria also breathed a sigh of relief. She was really worried that the other party would refuse her invitation because of her previous refusal. Fortunately, he didn't.

"Really, how could I doubt the magnanimity of such a true warrior."

At this moment, Lin Ye's influence in the King's heart became taller and taller.

[Congratulations on obtaining the white card:

Budding Talent - Lin Ye

Lin Ye:

Strength: E-

Agility: E-

Endurance: E-

Magical Energy: E

Luck: ?]