When Lin Ze brought Sirius into the inn, Arthur was sitting in the corner of the lobby on the first floor, staring out the window in a daze.
He saw a tall, slender man with unkempt hair behind Lin Ze. He was stunned for a moment, then jumped up from the chair, and the stool hit the wall.
"This... this is..."
"Your Witch King." Lin Ze pulled out the chair and sat down, then pushed Sirius onto another chair.
"Ah? This... how did you get him out?"
"That's it. Isn't it simple?"
Arthur opened his mouth and looked at the red marks on Sirius's wrists caused by the iron cuffs. He also knew that his question was a bit redundant, so he finally did not continue to ask.
Sirius leaned on the back of the chair with his two long legs stretched out. Although the tattered robe on his body made him look embarrassed, his carefree attitude really gave him a bit of the cynicism of the "Witch King".
"Is this the prince you are talking about?" Sirius tilted his head and looked at Arthur.
"Arthur·Pendragon." Lin Ze briefly introduces.
"What? King Arthur?" Sirius was shocked. Lin Ze who told him that he met a prince, but did not say that he met the famous King Arthur.
When Sirius was in the palace, because the king's name was not Yosé Pandoragon at that time, he didn't think that there would be a person like King Arthur at this time. In addition, Arthur was not very active in the palace. He had been wandering around outside and only returned to the palace occasionally.
Arthur's ears turned red, because what Sirius just shouted was not Arthur, but King Arthur: "That... I... I'm not the king yet..."
"No, no, no, you don't understand." Sirius was still showing off one second, and the next second he was in front of Arthur.
He rubbed Arthur's shoulders with both hands. "Come, let me see what's different about this guy."
Arthur:"..."
Lin Ze let Sirius touch here and there with Arthur. When he turned around, he asked the innkeeper to bring some hot soup and bread.
When the food was served, Sirius didn't care whether the food was delicious or not. He went straight up and stuffed all the soup and bread into his stomach.
Just halfway through eating, Saira opened the door from outside and came in.
When she saw Sirius, she paused, then walked over quickly, lowered her voice and asked in Lin Ze's ear, "Is this the Witch King?"
"Yes." Lin Ze nodded.
"How did you get him out?"
"We'll talk about this later."
Saira glanced at Sirius, without asking any more questions, and told Lin Ze the address of the small courtyard he rented in the east of the city.
"It's safer there than this inn. The people living in the east of the city are craftsmen, and they don't usually interact with people in the palace."
"Okay."
In fact, Lin Ze didn't think it mattered. After seeing the king's method of imprisoning Sirius, he felt that it was just like that. As long as the other party did not have a wizard or other supernatural creature of Morgana's level, in this royal city, he was the king's law.
If it weren't for the fear that his every move would change the current history and cause deviations in future generations, when he rescued Sirius, it was just a matter of raising his hand to touch the king.
But since they could live in a better place, Lin Ze was still happy to see it. That night, the four of them were led by Sela to the small courtyard in the east of the city.
Although the yard is not big, all the facilities are relatively complete. There is a crooked-neck tree growing outside the yard wall. The wind blows at night, and the branches rustle against the wall.
On the way, Saira also got Sirius some clean clothes to change into.
After a few people finished cleaning up, they sat in the house. Lin Ze couldn't stand the flickering light of the oil lamp, so he simply lit up "Lumos" with his magic wand.
Sirius looked at the wand in Lin Ze's hand with envy.
His wand was taken away by the king and kept as a collection. Although he could use some simple magic, it was still not as practical as the old man who had been with him for many years.
Arthur was sitting on the bench beside the table, resting his hands on his knees, his eyes constantly turning on Sirius.
"What are you looking at?" Sirius felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by him.
"What you don't know is that you have a very tall image among the common people in the royal capital."
"..." Sirius felt that these words were a bit hard for him to say.
"That Constantine is your father?" Sirius asked.
"It's nominally like this. My biological father, the previous king, died before I was born. In order to ensure the legitimacy of his throne, the current king asked me to call him father, but in fact he has many children."
"He is my... uncle..."
Lin Ze nodded. He thought it was strange before that King Arthur's father should not be named Constantine.
"Let me ask you something, are you interested in the throne?" Lin Ze said calmly.
Arthur was stunned for a moment, then shook his head. "It's better not to talk nonsense about this kind of thing. Although the current king is old, his political skills and ability to command troops are not bad. What's more, under his governance over the years, Britain's sons are living and working in peace and contentment."
"But he is dying now. You have to know that if he was in his prime, he would not be a threat to you, but now he can realize that he is dying. What do you think he will do next for his own child?" Lin Ze stared into Arthur's eyes and said word by word.
At first Arthur didn't understand what it meant, but when he saw Lin Ze's meaningful eyes, he immediately understood what Lin Ze meant.
"You mean... it shouldn't happen, right?" Arthur whispered, but it sounded unconfident.
"What are you talking about?" Sela did not understand the meaning of Lin Ze's words. After all, the political cultivation of ancient people was generally not high.
Neither of them spoke. Sirius patted Sela on the shoulder, then took the clothes he just bought and went to change clothes on his own.
"In fact, I have always felt that the best outcome would be for the current king to die of old age." Arthur was silent for a long time before holding back these words.
"Of course, this is your choice. I think no one knows what the royal family thinks better than you. You should be prepared after so many years, right?" Lin Ze looked at Arthur in front of him with a smile.
He feels like a blind fool who is inciting good students to make mistakes.
The reason why he has this idea is because he knows that King Arthur will eventually become the king no matter what, and after getting in touch with him these days, he feels that this boy is very suitable for him. He doesn't mind helping Arthur when he helps Sirius get the wand back.
Of course, the premise of all this is that Arthur must be willing.