Wait, wasn't Bedivere the most loyal knight of King Arthur in the legends?
And after King Arthur's death, hadn't he assisted the new king, Artoris, in governing the country, eventually retiring in his old age? He was one of ancient Britain's esteemed ministers, a man who saw things through from beginning to end.
So why did he look in the Light Screen footage as though he had committed some grave sin and was heading off to atone for it?
Bedivere in the real world noticed the inconsistency and immediately lost confidence in his instincts and speculation.
Could it be that the mysterious knight with a voice so similar to his was not his past life?
But if he was not Bedivere of the Knights of the Round Table, why had he come into contact with Merlin?
And what was going on with Merlin? Hadn't he supposedly been sealed away? Why had he suddenly popped up again?
It was a baffling development.
That opening scene alone made the situation impossible to grasp.
The Light Screen footage lit up again.
What it showed was a scene of windblown sand.
A man draped head to toe in a gray cloak, his face hidden behind a mask and his features impossible to discern, walked through the desert, struggling forward beneath the onslaught of a sandstorm.
However, although most of him was concealed, the parts that showed—his silver armor and silver metal arm—proved his identity.
He was the person who had spoken with Merlin in the previous footage.
Then, the man stopped.
Standing atop a yellow earthen hill that had endured who knew how many years of sun and wind, he gazed into the distance.
The inner voice belonging to that man sounded once more.
"When I came to my senses, I was already