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The next morning, in the simply furnished government office, Asher sat in a chair, seemingly deep in thought.
Artoria stood quietly by his side. The morning light fell upon her, her golden hair tied up, looking both capable and aesthetically pleasing.
"No news from Gawain and Lancelot yet?" Asher asked.
Artoria shook her head. "No news received yet."
"It seems that elf escaped directly after being injured that day and didn't remain in the town?" Asher muttered thoughtfully.
"If I were it, I wouldn't stay there waiting to be caught either," Artoria said.
Asher nodded lightly.
That was true; if the elf had any sense, it wouldn't stay in such a dangerous place.
He could only hope that Gawain and Lancelot's investigation would yield some news.
Noticing the fatigue on Artoria's face, Asher couldn't help but ask, "Lily, did you not rest well last night?"
Artoria gently shook her head. "It won't affect my normal work, don't worry."
"That's not the point. If you're very tired, it's fine to go back and rest first," Asher said with a smile. "There's nothing urgent to deal with here for now anyway."
Artoria shook her head again, "This is my duty. There's no need for me to rest because of personal feelings. I just went to bed a little late last night, it's fine."
"I remember you went to train last night, right? Did you come back very late?"
"I went back when it was almost time to rest," Artoria said.
"Then why are you so tired?" Asher asked curiously, but he felt as if Artoria had glared at him.
"Did something happen after you got back?"
Artoria's small face was taut. She said in a flat tone,
"Your Big Sister slept in my room last night."
No wonder she went to bed so late.
Asher understood as soon as Artoria said that.
Scathach had just left last night, so Uathach must have been very reluctant to be alone, which is why she ran to chat with Lily to relieve her boredom, right?
"She was carried in by the Royal Sister," Artoria added.
Speaking of which, Asher remembered that he hadn't gone to see Morgan last night, but Morgan had come to him instead. He guessed she became completely unrestrained after Scathach left.
And at that time, Asher vaguely heard some sounds from the door. Perhaps Uathach was planning to come find him then, but was coincidentally knocked out and carried away by Morgan?
"I was planning to sleep, but she woke up in the middle of the night," Artoria said again, "and then she talked a lot."
"That must have been tough for you," Asher said with a chuckle.
Artoria, who was planning to sleep, was held by Uathach and talked to all night. After imagining that scene, Asher suddenly felt it was quite amusing.
"What's so funny?" Artoria frowned in dissatisfaction.
"Just thought of something interesting," Asher patted the chair beside him. "Since you won't go back to rest, at least sit down."
"No need, standing is fine."
"Are you going to look down on your King from above?"
Asher asked.
"..."
"What a despicable fellow." After Asher said that, Artoria had no choice but to go to the nearby seat and sit down.
Watching Asher, who was deep in thought, Artoria's mind
conjured the scene from last night with Uathach in bed.
When Uathach woke up, the first thing she did was complain about Morgan. Uathach said she only wanted to sneak attack Ash because she hadn't done a night raid on him for a long time, but she was coincidentally knocked out and carried away by Morgan, who was passing by.
After that, Uathach hugged Artoria's arm and rubbed her face against it, then, like gossiping, asked a bunch of very bad questions.
For example, "Do you like Ash?" "You spend every day with Ash, so your relationship must be very good, right?" and "Have you already kissed? Have you done anything else?"
And when Artoria denied it, she heard Uathach continue, "There's no way you spend every day with him and have so many good opportunities without seizing them, right? Lily definitely isn't that stupid."
At that time, Artoria's mouth twitched a bit, thinking, I'm sorry for being that stupid person who spends every day with Ash and can't seize opportunities.
In short, Artoria basically spent last night enduring Uathach's incessant questions.
Actually, she wasn't very annoyed by Uathach. She was even quite happy for Uathach to talk about Asher's past in the Land of Shadows, such as how Asher had no strength when he was little and was easy to bully, or how, despite looking timid, he was actually quite cunning.
In short, she still loved hearing these things, and sometimes she even thought, When I grow up and my strength far exceeds Asher's, can I just use force directly?
For example, the next time Asher rejects her, she could
just use force to get him.
If possible, it would be best if it could be accepted. This
was only a last resort.
There was nothing she could do. This guy, Ash, was like he was fine with any woman except her. He would say "she's still young, it's for her own good," but in reality, he
probably just disliked her lack of development.
If it really came down to it, she'd just have to do that...
"Dazing off again?" Asher chuckled, looking at the
expressionless Artoria.
"Ah... mhm..." Artoria snapped out of it, giving a
perfunctory reply.
"You really like to daze off lately," Asher said with a smile.
Of course, this was because Asher didn't know what Lily
was thinking at the moment. If he knew that this "Ahoge-chan" was thinking about forcibly pushing King Arthur later, he probably wouldn't be smiling so brightly.
Knock knock.
Suddenly, there was a knock at the door.
After Asher said "Come in," a tall figure entered the government office.
Asher looked up. A handsome blond man came into view.
After searching the room for a moment, his gaze quickly fell upon Asher. He was wearing armor, his hair slightly clinging to his forehead, sweat dripping down his strands. He must have rushed back to Camelot.
Judging by Gawain's demeanor, it was clear he had found something.
Sure enough, the next second, Gawain spoke, "King Arthur, there's news."
Asher asked, "Did you find out the origin of that elf?"
Gawain shook his head. "I don't know its origin, but according to the investigation, the elf entered King Marco's territory after being injured."
"Lancelot has already gone to investigate, and I've returned first to report the situation," Gawain continued.
Asher nodded slightly. "Thank you for your hard work.
You can go rest now. I'll send someone to assist Lancelot with the investigation."
Gawain nodded gently, not being overly polite. After saying "Yes," he turned and left, as the journey had indeed made him a bit tired.
"Could the elf have some connection to King Marco?"
Artoria muttered to herself.
"It's not necessarily connected. The elf might have just accidentally fled into King Marco's territory, but it's worth investigating," Asher said.
Moreover, to investigate whether the person inside his body was indeed the Odin that Skadi mentioned, he would also need the druid by King Marco's side.
They could investigate it all together.
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