King Arthur Refuses to Guard the Nation as a God

What exactly had happened to King Arthur?

The question lingered in everyone's minds. King Arthur's change was clearly connected to the Holy Lance, but no one knew whether the king herself had noticed the problem with it.

Or perhaps she had known all along that the Holy Lance was flawed and would affect her body, but had needed to keep wielding it in order to accomplish certain things.

Of course, some speculated that King Arthur's mind might already have been influenced by the Holy Lance—that she could no longer bear to put it down. Just like those heroes who slew dragons: after obtaining everything the dragons possessed, they wanted even more, until they eventually became dragons themselves.

Although the qualities King Arthur had displayed did not seem like the sort that would lead to such an outcome, who could say for certain when it came to human nature?

No one could guarantee that King Arthur would not change, for compared to before, the King Arthur in the Light Screen footage had already undergone obvious changes.

In the Light Screen footage, when Artoris reached the age of seventeen years and seven months, King Arthur summoned him alone before the throne. Everyone else was dismissed, leaving the "father and son" to meet in private.

Facing his increasingly imposing "father," Artoris felt immense pressure, even though King Arthur was actually a very young and beautiful woman.

Especially when the Light Screen footage showed King Arthur through Artoris's eyes—those cold emerald eyes seemed to gleam with sacred light in their depths, making the pressure all the more suffocating.

It was the kind of invisible pressure that could be felt even through the Light Screen, making people afraid to meet her gaze.

Thus, Artoris looked only once before averting his eyes. He lowered his