"You don't need to hide it. I noticed it long ago, when I went to save you." Merlin paused. "Among the children you had with Artoria and Morgan le Fay, two have King Arthur's blood."
"Whoever can draw the Sword in the Stone is King Arthur." Merlin paused. "And whoever can wield Excalibur must also be King Arthur... or rather, a wielder of the Star Sacred Sword."
He stared at Lan Ze while secretly moving one of the "pawns" on the chessboard a few more spaces.
At the same time, he continued, "So without a doubt, you're King Arthur too."
"Though I don't know why there would be two King Arthurs in one world, the holy sword wouldn't lie."
"I see." Lan Ze nodded slightly, wearing an expression that said, "I get it," when in fact he understood absolutely nothing.
His feelings were rather complicated.
Excalibur had actually been given to him by the system. It had nothing to do with him at all.
He had somehow created a child, then the system had gifted him an Excalibur (Unsealed) version, and Merlin had noticed... even thinking he was King Arthur too.
"Wait, so what does this have to do with Artoria, whom you just mentioned?" Lan Ze suddenly remembered that matter.
"You're an anomaly." Merlin's gaze suddenly sharpened. "There shouldn't be two King Arthurs in history. If you and Artoria were together... perhaps the future could be changed as well."
"It just so happens that the lords entered the palace some days ago and brought up King Arthur marrying a Queen..." Merlin lightly tapped the stone table, looked at the chess pieces continuing to move silently across the board, then glanced at Lan Ze, who was still frowning in thought, before continuing:
"How about it... when the time comes, you