"I was my teacher's student. I was that king's own son. But she refused to acknowledge me just because I was illegitimate.
My abilities, everything else-she rejected all of it."
Mordred's cold voice did not mean the passion within her had subsided. On the contrary, unimaginable hatred and rage lurked within her, enough to make her body tremble.
Her own son?
Shishigou recalled the legends of King Arthur he had heard-Mordred was the illegitimate child born of King Arthur's incestuous union with her sister Morgan.
As far as being Crown Prince went, that was indeed a fatal flaw. And if her teacher really was that person, it would agree with the legends. But... "she"?
"Wait."
"So I started a rebellion, intending to bring everything in Britain to an end. To prove that her reign was meaningless."
"Wait, Saber!"
Before Mordred had finished, Shishigou cut in, making her frown.
"What is it, Master?"
"Why 'she'? Was King Arthur a woman?"
Even through his sunglasses, Mordred could clearly see the confusion in Shishigou's eyes. She spoke as though it were perfectly obvious.
"Yes, my father was a woman."
"Then was 'Morgan' a man?"
"No, my mother was a woman too. Master, are you sure there's nothing wrong with your head?"
Seeing that Mordred still had not noticed the problem with her own words, Shishigou could only ask outright.
"Then how did two women give birth to a 'son'?"
"I'm a homunculus created through alchemy."
"..."
Kairi Shishigou fell silent. He quietly studied Mordred's face, no different from any ordinary girl's, and seemed to recall something. Everything else he had meant to say caught in his throat.
"What's wrong, Master?"
"No, nothing."
Shishigou shook his head and discreetly changed the subject.
"So, Saber, is your wish to become king?"
For Mordred, whose right