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"Was that weird?"
About ten minutes later, rlin wrapped up the lesson she was giving Artoria.
After assigning so howork, she casually dismissed the consciousness projection she had yanked straight out of Artoria's dream.
When Veyron gave her a puzzled look and asked, "Are you sure this is the kind of thing you should be teaching her?" —rlin looked genuinely confused.
"Isn't this just a standard course on how to be a proper king? If she wants to be a ruler who's truly loved and respected by her people, she can't just rely on brute strength."
"...…You're sure this is what a 'standard' king's education looks like?"
"???"
"...."
From the way her eyes blinked in confusion, Veyron could tell rlin was 100% serious—she honestly believed what she was teaching was perfectly normal.
And honestly… it's not like Veyron thought there was anything wrong with preparing soone to be a beloved and respected ruler in the truest sense.
It's just… considering the era they're dealing with…
Yeah, it's a bit off.
How does that saying go?
Being half a step ahead of the tis makes you a genius. A full step ahead, and you're just a lunatic.
If Artoria actually manages to fully absorb the stuff rlin's teaching her, she's going to end up either as "The Mad Cruel Queen of Britain"… or "The Holy Saint of Britain." No in-between.
…Or maybe it's more like she's gonna be stuck choosing between becoming a Singularity or a Lostbelt?
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『Lady Avalon』: Hey, can I ask you guys sothing real quick~?
『Lady Avalon』: So, when I'm teaching Lily—that's Artoria, the one so of your worlds probably know as King Arthur—I'm not just teaching her swordsmanship. I'm also covering stuff a ruler should know.
『Lady Avalon』: That's not weird, right?
『Ghost Spider』: Sounds fine to ?
『Earth's Cancer』: Honestly, if your world has actual supernatural powers, then sure. But if it didn't, I'd say that stuff is more important than sword fighting.
『Lady Avalon』: Then why did Veyron make that face when he overheard part of my lesson?
『Lady Avalon』: (Photo.jpg)
『Ordinary Human』: You didn't tell them what kind of "stuff a ruler should know" you were teaching… (facepalm.jpg)
『Earth's Cancer』: Wait—so what did Miss rlin teach future King Arthur?
『Ordinary Human』: Das Kapital.
『Earth's Cancer』: ...Huh?
『Earth's Cancer』: Wait, which Das Kapital?
『Ordinary Human』: How many Karl Marxes do you think exist across worlds?
『Earth's Cancer』: .....
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Fujiwara Chika, who was soaking in a private hot spring with her older sister Toyomi and younger sister Moeha, slowly sank until only her eyes were above the water's surface, silently blowing bubbles.
Yeah… maybe we can't bla Mr. Veyron for reacting like that.
Das Kapital was basically a deep dive into capitalism—showing how wealth cos from exploiting workers and how that leads to inequality and class conflict.
Karl Marx wrote it as a critical analysis of capitalism…Which kinda sounds like straight-up anti-Empire talk.
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『Catwoman』: Not to be that person, but… isn't your tiline still in the fifth century? Like, Roman Empire-falling-era fifth century? Are you sure she can even understand that stuff?
『Lady Avalon』: That's why I gave her a crash course in European history first!
『Catwoman』: ...
『Snake Empress』: Um… can I just ask real quick...
『Hellish Blizzard』: Yeah, sa question here.
『Lady Avalon』: Hold on, I'll send you both the files.
Blizzard's world had civilian technology that was roughly equivalent to Earth's 21st century, but its history, geopolitics, and even the arrangent of continents and oceans were totally different from Chika's world.
As for Hancock? She didn't even live on Earth.
So before they could even finish asking, rlin already knew what they were about to say and sent each of them a special packet—the exact learning materials Artoria had been using lately.
After receiving the files, the two promptly went into "lurker" mode.
The rest of the group? Still happily chatting away.
『Earth's Cancer』: Socialist King Arthur... why am I dreaming about this?! (blank stare.jpg)
『Lady Avalon』: Oh please, that's not gonna happen.
『Lady Avalon』: Lily's a smart girl. I drilled it into her from day one—focus on facts, analyze problems case by case.
『Ghost Spider』: Speaking of which… considering how you explained those two Counter Forces before, I gotta ask: The stuff you're teaching her—don't you think the Counter Force knows what you're doing? Are they really just letting this slide?
『Lady Avalon』: You rember when you got dropped into this world by that thing that might've been the Will of the World?
『Lady Avalon』: Back then, I ntioned it in the group—since joining this chat, the Root's restrictions on have gotten a lot looser.
『Lady Avalon』: At least for now, I haven't felt like anything I'm doing is crossing a line.
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"Did this start after we ca back from that world corrupted by the Evil God?"
Veyron suddenly asked.
"Huh?"
rlin blinked, a little caught off guard.
"I an," Veyron continued, "the stuff you've been teaching the future King of Knights—these ridiculously ahead-of-their-ti lessons—did you only start after we returned from that world?"
He'd used the absurd Fate boost granted by the Will of the Kuroinu World to unlock the Fourth-Stage Gene Lock.
As for what rlin had done with her share of Fate… he never asked. Out of respect for her privacy. But he had noticed she'd been in an unusually good mood ever since.
Now, though… he had a pretty good idea what she'd used it for.
"Bingo~" rlin grinned and nodded.
"When I first arrived in this world, the question you asked back then…"
She had gone from being soone who had no real concern for humanity—just a casual observer curious to see how things played out, even going so far as to shut off her clairvoyance so she wouldn't "spoil the plot"—to soone who was now actively teaching Artoria knowledge far beyond her ti.
Yeah. Veyron was starting to think the Succubi (dream demon) standing before him might actually have developed a little… humanity.
"So when you asked 'wanna eat first'... you were serious?" he muttered, half in disbelief.
"Maybe," rlin teased, winking.
In the blink of an eye, her normal adult form shrank to just half a ter tall and floated midair.
Veyron: ...
Who told you being loli ant I wouldn't think of any bad things?
He grabbed Mini-rlin and gave her cheeks a rciless squish.
"...???"
Just as she wriggled free, her outfit suddenly morphed from a mage's robe into a very revealing swimsuit.
Veyron's eyebrow twitched. "Are you trying to provoke ?"
"Why don't you guess?" rlin said again, still smiling sweetly like nothing was out of the ordinary.
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