In the real world, people watched scene after scene and listened to Merlin's narration, all of them shaken.
The only difference was how deeply each of them was affected.
Yet without question, Bedivere's perseverance and sacrifices moved everyone with the devotion of a loyal retainer who had no regrets, with his unwavering, selfless dedication.
"This is really... surprising. I thought he had only waited a few centuries, but it turned out he had been searching for over fifteen hundred years?"
"From King Arthur's era all the way to modern society, this..."
"Fifteen hundred years... even the history of our Napoleonic Empire isn't that long."
"No, no, if you start counting from the Frankish Kingdom, it comes to exactly fifteen hundred years."
"Damn it! The history of the Frankish Kingdom belongs to us Germanic people!"
"Give it a rest! It's part of the Napoleonic Empire now."
"It's not too bad! Although the Napoleonic Empire is currently riddled with internal conflicts, and it has a millennium-long grudge against the British Empire, back in the early days of the Frankish Kingdom, Charlemagne himself was a fan of King Arthur. His Twelve Paladins were practically copied from the Knights of the Round Table."
"Forget Charlemagne—the majority of the Twelve Paladins were huge Knights of the Round Table fans, okay?"
"Although, as someone from the Napoleonic Empire, I hate Holy Britannia and don't care much for the Knights of the Round Table, I have to admit that Bedivere moved me."
"What's so moving about it? It's just perseverance over fifteen hundred years. Which mythological figure hasn't persisted in doing something for hundreds or thousands of years?"
"You said it yourself—they're mythological figures. Is Bedivere a mythological figure? He's an epic hero, and he doesn't possess the power those mythological figures have. He's only human!"
"Exactly.