Chapter 34: Lies Become Truth When No One Questions Them!

Dagonite.

He is the Jester Knight of the Round Table Knight Order legend, called the Jester because he shouted and howled during the tournament, making Arthur Pendragon laugh uncontrollably.

In the legend of Arthur Pendragon, he believes himself to be a brave warrior and insists on being so.

However, in reality, he runs away at the slightest breeze or other's provocation. He often beats his own shield, making it seem as if he is constantly fighting, showing the king and the knights that he possesses all victories.

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Now, this jokester of the Round Table Knights appears before Su Ya.

Su Ya examines closely and discovers—

Isn't this the little‑bearded knight who, in daylight, suggested that Sir Ecto lead the cavalry to assault the conquered royal carriage and reclaim Yuse Wang's corpse?

Su Ya remembers him because the two strong, upward‑curving strokes that form a half‑circle little beard are strikingly conspicuous.

But,

why neither Mei Li, the magician, nor Lu Kan, the master‑level thief, noticed that he had been hiding outside?

Knight, why are you better at stealth than a thief!?

At this moment, after a round of bewilderment among the three, Lu Kan snaps back first, staring at Dagonite with a shocked‑angry face, and blurts out:

"How are you here?!"

"Why can't I be here!"

Dagonite turns his head, gives him a cold grin, and harshly reveals:

"You intend to kill us who are loyal to the king, make the noble king discard his crown, and even turn the noble king into your puppet!"

"But you cannot do it alone, so you rely on your mouth full of lies and sweets to deceive the magician lady, hoping to gain her aid, right, thief?"

"Yet, the weak you think you are, the clown‑like me you have always ignored, sensed your murderous intent from the start and recognized from the beginning that you are far from the upright Sir Ecto!"

"So—"

At this point, Dagonite turns his head, his eyes upright and tiger‑like, tears brimming, and looks at Su Ya,

"My king, your most loyal knight Dagonite has guarded by your side from the very beginning!"

Hearing this, Mei Li, though feeling nothing seems wrong, still looks startled, glares angrily at Lu Kan, and raises five pale‑green fingers,

"What! Lu Kan, how dare you deceive me, miss!"

"If this matter doesn't reach that amount, I will now eliminate you on behalf of my king!"

Lu Kan grits his teeth in anger, pulls the last five bills from his wallet, slaps them into Mei Li's hand, then glares back at Dagonite and rages:

"You're full of crap, you're just a coward!"

"Because you're afraid of death you followed me out, because you're afraid of death you crouched here early to eavesdrop, you have no so‑called knightly spirit toward the king and Britannia!"

"Do you dare to deny it? Do you dare to say it?"

"Do those knights outside know you're here? Did you organize those knights to guard the royal carriage? You're just trying to run away alone again, just like when you abandoned Sir Ecto!"

Dagonite, wounded by this barrage of words, trembles all over while clutching Su Ya's leg, unable to utter a single rebuttal.

Indeed, this is the real Dagonite.

He believed Lu Kan's lies because he feared death;

Because he feared death, he deliberately mentioned the assault on the royal carriage before Lu Kan, Su Ya, and Mei Li, forcing Lu Kan to expose Su Ya's identity, turning the knight from 'the steadfast knight guarding Sir Ecto's royal carriage' into 'the knight who ascends as the new king's top priority,' thereby causing the Knight Order to retreat;

He guessed that Lu Kan might intend to kill them, so he crouched here early to eavesdrop.

Faced with all this, Dagonite cannot refute, only clings to Su Ya's leg as if holding the last straw of salvation.

And at this moment,

Lu Kan shifts his demeanor, smoothly turning half‑kneeling before Su Ya in front of everyone, and with a flattering smile says:

"My king, I did not recognize you at first; please forgive my rudeness."

"I retract all my disrespectful words; since you are the true king, I must not abandon your knights, and I, Lu Kan, as the original supporter and protector at your side, swear that I will, even unto death, assist you to ascend the throne!"

Su Ya instinctively reaches out, but seeing Lu Kan make no move to pull out money, he sets a stern face and says nothing.

Lu Kan silently clicks his tongue, staring at the scarlet dragon emblem on Su Ya's back of the hand, racking his brain but still unable to grasp what it is.

Could it be that he truly is the king?

But that doesn't add up; if he is the king, why is his relationship with Sir Ecto, his adoptive father, so distant, and why would Mei Li refuse to bear his children?

At this moment, Dagonite senses Su Ya has no intention to punish him, so he turns his head, sneering at the kneeling Lu Kan on the other side, and says:

"You scoundrel, daring to kill the king's knight, you're finished!"

Lu Kan's forehead veins throb, cursing, "You coward, shut up! I am also the king's knight, you have no right to speak here!"

"Spit! You thief, what knight act are you putting on, have you ever sworn to the king?"

"Ha!? I @#@￥#@#"

In the increasingly chaotic stone house like a market,

two Round Table knights hurl insults at each other like shrewish women, while Mei Li, the royal archmage, not only fails to stop the chaos but fanned the flames, speaking for whoever pays her,

and the false king Su Ya can only stare bewildered at it all, watching the Round Table knights gathered around him for the first time.

Murderer, fraudster, robber, deserter

Is this my Round Table? So full of talent!

Su Ya couldn't help but laugh.

He didn't stop any of it, or rather, he had no intention to stop it,

finding it lively and entertaining.

More importantly, he himself is not the true Britannian king and has no desire to shoulder all responsibilities,

and compared to the Knight Order, this troupe looks more like a circus, giving the lone newcomer a slight sense of belonging.

Even if this joy only lasts until reaching the capital.

Lu Kan may be full of lies, but as a fellow fraudster Su Ya can hear some key important information in the other's nine truths and one falsehood, for example—

Sir Ecto is dead.

Yuse Wang is dead.

Grand Mage Merlin is dead.

These three, the most important guides for Arthur Pendragon's ascension to the throne, are all dead, cutting off Su Ya's possibility of succeeding the throne at the same time,

On the other hand, theoretically, at least for now in this place, no one can discern the authenticity of Su Ya, who bears the royal magical seal.

And a lie, if unchallenged, becomes truth!

Perhaps those who can tell Su Ya's truth from falsehood, according to the Arthurian legend, are only three people—

Archbishop Canterbury,

Sir Ecto's child, Arthur Pendragon's elder brother, Kai,

and Sister Wang, Morgan Leffi.

Morgan Leffi is the woman who won all of Mei Li's assets; she may be the woman in the Royal Capital who can discern whether Su Ya is false.

And Su Ya does not intend to go to the Royal Capital.

He looks at the chaotic room and suddenly shouts:

"Stop!"

The three, tangled in the commotion, all stop at once; Lu Kan and Daggnit glance at Su Ya cautiously, while Mei Li looks at him with a amused expression, her eyes half‑closed into crescents, as if saying, "You've got some nerve!"

Su Ya looks at the two half‑kneeling on the ground and ponders for a moment,

Then decisively orders:

"Lord Lu Kan, Lord Daggnit—let the past be turned the page. I trust your loyalty!"

"Now, go fetch me a map!"

(End of chapter)