Chapter 1865: "King" (Moon Tickets)
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The air seemed to grow heavy, so oppressive that it was hard to breathe.
The Sun Knight known as Gawain stared at the Iron Knight. One fell silent, while the other wore a grim expression.
The onlookers, however, watched with keen interest.
"What, what? Are they about to start fighting?"
Mordred was not worried in the slightest. If anything, she seemed rather excited.
"Thrum, thrum..."
The Red-haired Knight extended his hand and ran his slender, womanlike fingers over the strings of the harp in his hands, producing a pleasing melody.
"Ah, sorrow. Such sorrow." The Red-haired Knight spoke with an air of pity for all creation. "If you really start fighting, I'll lose two friends at once. How tragic."
At those words, the eyes of the two knights facing off against each other trembled slightly.
That was because they knew he was not saying it carelessly.
"...Infighting among the knights is forbidden. If the King learns of this, we'll all be executed." Gawain was silent for a long while before closing his eyes and saying, "You don't want to die before you've fully served your purpose, do you, Agravain?"
Gawain's words silenced the Iron Knight known as Agravain as well.
Only Mordred continued to laugh openly.
"What does it matter?" Mordred laughed mockingly. "We'll probably all die in the end anyway. Rather than serve as tools until the very end, only to die for no reason, we might as well die after having our fun. Right, Tristan?"
Mordred turned to the Red-haired Knight beside her for his opinion.
The Red-haired Knight known as Tristan played his harp again.
"I don't know whether you'll get to have your fun." Tristan spoke as though he were especially sorrowful. "I only know that you'll definitely be the