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178. Mordred: Is this idiot me?!
While Artoria was dreaming, Mordred was also dreaming.
Moreover, compared to Artoria, Mordred has been asleep, and her dreams are much more detailed.
The logic of dreams is often chaotic, and the sense of immersion is often higher.
So Mordred became king in her dream.
Then she wanted to pass the throne down, but the successor she chose could never think like a king, and was even impulsive and reckless in handling matters.
They can be quite clever from time to time, but they never consider the bigger picture.
Mordred tried to teach her countless times in his dreams, but she just wouldn't change!
This was unacceptable to Mordred!
Because the dream lasted a long time, Mordred maintained her sense of immersion while dreaming, but her main consciousness gradually became clearer.
Then she silently evaluated everything in her dream.
"How could this guy be so stupid!"
"Even after I've explained it so clearly, she still doesn't understand?"
"Could it be that she doesn't realize I want to pass the throne to her?!"
Mordred complained like this.
Then, when Mordred saw that after she had openly explained the problem to her, the other party took it as a test, she really couldn't hold back anymore!
"Any family with an heir like that would be furious!"
"Hopeless! This guy is so stupid, we need to replace him!"
Mordred watched and cursed, getting angrier the more she thought about it.
Meanwhile, although the sense of immersion did not decrease, Mordred's consciousness gradually cleared up because the dream lasted too long, and she gradually realized that this was not reality, but a dream.
"Merry, is it alright to let Mordred sleep like this?"
As someone who helps Mary manage Mordred, Bazett leans against the wall, looking at the still-sleeping Mordred, and asks Mary a question.
What problems do you think there might be?
When Mary heard Bazett say that, she didn't give a direct answer. Instead, she asked Bazett a question in return, and Bazett frowned and spoke up.
"Didn't Roland say that Artoria and Mordred should dream about each other? During this time, although Artoria has been sleeping every day and sometimes only appears at noon, Mordred has been sleeping all the time—is it really okay for their sleep schedules to be so different?"
"There's no need to worry about that."
Mary understood what Bazett meant.
“Dreams are amazing things. Artoria’s dreams are fragmented, a part each day, and then gradually pieced together the whole dream. Mordred’s dreams, on the other hand, are complete.”
"It's best not to calculate the time of such a dream in real time, because dreams are still very illusory."
"Some dreams are very fast, and some dreams are very slow."
"The concept of time in dreams is incredibly vague and elusive."
"As for Mordred, time slows down towards the end of her dream, so she can keep dreaming until she wakes up."
Bazett nodded, seemingly understanding.
But it was at this moment that Bazett suddenly thought of something.
That is the contract connection between the Heroic Spirit and the Master. In theory, only the Master can see the Heroic Spirit's memories from before his death, but Roland modified this part so that Mordred can also see Artoria's memories from before her death.
But Artoria has now been resurrected...
So what kind of dream did Mordred see at the end of the dream, when time began to slow down?
You can't...
Is this what's happening right now?
Mordred gradually regained consciousness.
Although the immersion in the dream remained unchanged, Mordred could still vividly experience everything that rushed through the dream, but she gradually began to realize that she was dreaming!
"Although everything feels real—the pain is real, the eating is real, the fighting is real... it must be a dream."
After realizing this, Mordred recalled her battle on the grasslands against the man who impersonated her father, but whose impersonation was utterly inaccurate...
"You lost without a doubt, so what's going on? Were you caught and knocked unconscious? Or did you fall for some kind of magic trick?"
Mordred sighed.
But she was unable to wake up, nor was she able to do anything freely; she could only watch and experience things with a clear mind.
The more Mordred looked, the more something seemed off...
At first, she didn't realize what was happening and felt uncomfortable looking at the heir who seemed to have some mental issues.
But as she looked, she realized...
This idiot looks so much like me!
When she realized this, she was completely stunned.
She carefully recalled the contents of her dream, and then looked at her current dream with utmost seriousness.
She understood everything when she saw that fool begin to usurp the throne!
The clown is me!
Mordred felt embarrassed at first, but she quickly fell into deep thought.
If this clown is her, then the king I'm currently viewing from this perspective... is my father!?
So that's what Father has always thought!
I misunderstood her!
Ah, this...!
Mordred is now filled with the regret of having squandered a winning hand!
How could I be so stupid!
My father has made it clear to me, yet I still feel like he's testing me!
The more Mordred thought about it, the more ridiculous she felt... she was the most ridiculous clown ever!
However, she certainly understood what she was thinking at the time.
After all, she was created by her own mother, so back then... no, even now, she always feels inferior when facing her glorious father.
This inferiority complex makes me subconsciously think the worst about things...
That's why things gradually developed to this point!
Mordred is very similar to Artoria in this part.
She also likes to find problems within herself, so she completely ignored the problems on Artoria's side.
Even so, she now understands her father!
Just as Mordred was filled with regret and thought this way, the Battle of Camlann ended, but the dream did not.
The dream suddenly shifted, and then it arrived at the moment when Artoria was condensing her divine essence!
Although Artoria had already joined the ranks of the gods before that, and was no longer considered a Heroic Spirit, the contract didn't seem to be calculated that way. Instead, it was calculated from the moment Artoria became a god.
After Mordred saw Artoria's divine form, she once again recalled what had happened on the grasslands...
"So...that really was Father!"
Mordred was completely dumbfounded.
Especially when she recalled what she had said to the other person, she felt a cold sweat break out on her brow!
As she was still thinking this, the dream gradually moved to the scene of that battle. In the rapidly passing dream, some other parts were skipped, but this part was skipped almost entirely—then Mordred took Artoria's perspective and felt the anger that immediately rose in Artoria after hearing her words. She subconsciously shrank her neck.
Fortunately, after the battle ended, Mordred sensed Artoria's complex emotions, which in turn complicated her own feelings.
After this battle, Mordred discovered that the dream had suddenly changed.
That is, although she was very immersed in it before, she had just quickly skimmed over many things, so for Mordred's now awake consciousness, it didn't feel very real.
But after this battle, Mordred felt that her dreams became more concrete and longer.
There will no longer be any parts that can be skipped.
And she seemed to have truly become her father, completely immersing herself in the story.
Mordred then immediately noticed his father's attitude toward Roland.
Although she had noticed it when it flashed through her dreams, she was surprised when she actually became immersed in it. She hadn't expected her father to be so obedient to Roland. This surprised Mordred.
However, when Mordred thought about how his father and Roland seemed to have a close relationship in the dream he had just passed through, he scratched his head and looked at Roland with a scrutinizing gaze, but he didn't have any other thoughts.
If Father is happy... then so be it!