Merlin and Morgan le Fay

The Light Screen image shifted at that moment. Moving ahead of Morgan, it swiftly crossed an unknown distance and arrived beneath the Tower of the End, then rapidly ascended until it finally reached the tower's summit.

There was a circular platform roughly twenty meters in diameter here—the very top of the Tower of the End.

Whether the supporting pillars or the inner ceiling and floor, all of them were covered in lavish murals.

They did not depict any particular person; they simply gave off an excessively ornate impression, as though they pursued splendor for splendor's sake.

Upon this platform, a handsome man in white mage robes, with long, fluffy silver hair, sat cross-legged at the edge of the tower.

The moment people in the real world saw this man, quite a few recognized him at once.

They were people who had watched the live broadcast of the Orléans incident or related recordings. This man had appeared during that incident and helped Artoria when she was in trouble.

Though he had not appeared for long, his entrance had been exceptionally dazzling. The peerless petal illusion he had performed remained unforgettable to those who had seen it.

This man was Britain's great sage, as well as the most powerful mage in British history—Merlin.

This Tower of the End existed because of Merlin, for according to legend, this was where Merlin had been imprisoned.

In truth, there were many different legends concerning Merlin.

Although they all ended with him being imprisoned, the details varied somewhat.

In some legends, Merlin relentlessly pursued Vivien, the strongest and most beautiful fairy, earning her disgust. Vivien then deceived Merlin and made a wager with him, ultimately succeeding in locking him away.

Other legends claimed that Merlin and Vivien had originally been lovers, but Merlin had been too