Recruiting Artoria

Morgan's hasty funeral followed Britain's old customs: her body was sent into the lake, where the Lady of the Lake would carry the deceased back to Avalon, far from the mortal world, to find the happiness and peace she had never known in life.

On the way back to the city, Mordred cried and fussed for half the day. Faced with his daughter's endless questions, Leon had no answer. He did not even dare look at her face, which was almost identical to his wife's.

He could only flee from Mordred in wretched embarrassment, hurriedly entrusting his daughter to Artoria's care.

Other than Morgan, her mother, the person Mordred was closest to was this aunt of hers. Leon could only hope Artoria would soothe his daughter's dazed...