Chapter 4: Uther's Adopted Son

When he heard someone calling his name, Kai raised his head. Although it was quite impolite to raise his head without getting a response from the king, Kai was so familiar with King Uther that he didn't care about it at all. , anyway, he was sure that King Uther would not punish him for this little thing, even though King Uther had always been known as a tyrant. →

"Arthur?" Kai said a little uncertainly when he saw the big boy with blond hair in front of him. After all, Arthur was only eight or nine years old when he left. Ten years is enough time for a person to completely change.

"It's really you! Kai!" Arthur didn't care so much. After confirming that the person in front of him was his brother, Arthur completely ignored the royal etiquette and rushed over recklessly, hugged him and stood up. of kay. "It's really you! My brother. I knew it, I knew it, you wouldn't break your promise! You're really back! You're really back."

Kai stood up and caught his reckless brother a little helplessly. For such a big man, he still likes to jump on others, and he doesn't know where he learned it. But after hearing Arthur's excited words, Kai put away his helpless expression, hugged Arthur with a smile, and patted Arthur's back hard.

"Of course! Knights never break their promises!"

After a moment of hugging, Kai put Arthur down. Arthur also noticed something was wrong at this time. There was nothing wrong with hugging, but it was a bit unsightly to jump all over someone else. No matter what, he, Arthur, was also a qualified knight, no longer a child.

After putting down Arthur, Kai walked towards King Uther with a smile. Although King Uther was also very excited, if he wanted him to be as ungraceful as Arthur, it would be better to kill him. Of course Kai knew King Uther's habit of saving face, so he decided to take the initiative to say hello.

Kai walked up to King Uther, hugged him, then patted King Uther, and said softly: "I'm back, Uther." (This is not disrespectful, but a matter of family. This is a normal name in foreign countries, especially in ancient times)

At this time, King Uther stretched out his hand tremblingly, gently stroked Kai's hair, and said in a slightly excited voice: "It'll be good to come back, it'll be good to come back."

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Faced with this change, the crowd also began to whisper. Some people who didn't understand the situation were privately asking what was going on.

Merlin was one of them. He secretly pulled Knight Lyon's arm and asked, "What on earth is going on? Who is this Kai?"

Leon saw that Merlin was pulling him, so he explained in a low voice: "That is King Uther's adopted son, Sir Ector's third son, Sir Kay, known as the Lion Knight. He left ten years ago. Camelot, I said I was going to travel around the world, but I didn’t expect to come back today.”

Because the occasion was inappropriate, Leon did not elaborate, but only gave a general explanation. This is Merlin too. If it were any other servant, Leon would be wasting his breath.

Merlin is very special in Camelot. Although he is a servant, his status is not inferior. First of all, he was the apprentice of Gaius, the palace pharmacist. Gaius had a high reputation in Camelot. This learned pharmacist not only had outstanding medical skills, but was also an important advisor to the king, so he had a high status. Secondly, Merlin is also the prince's attendant. In the palace, the position of attendant has great potential for development. After all, he is the closest person to the prince. Although Merlin is a commoner, when Arthur comes to the throne, it will be Not necessarily anymore.

What's more, Arthur and Merlin have a very good personal relationship, which can be seen from the fact that Arthur takes him with him everywhere. At least Leon wouldn't treat him like an ordinary servant.

Merlin also understood that it was impossible for the Lyon Knight to tell him too much at this time, but someone else finally told him the key news. Anyway, all you need to know is that this knight named Kai is extremely close to King Uther's family.

However, Merlin was also a little surprised as to why Arthur had never told him about Kai before.

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King Uther is not a king who likes warmth. On the contrary, this old-fashioned and stubborn middle-aged man is not used to expressing his feelings. So after the brief tenderness, King Uther immediately suppressed the excitement in his heart. He coughed a few times, pointed at the unconscious griffon, and gave the order to the others: "Kill this monster!"

After giving the order, King Uther grabbed Kai's hand and planned to take his adopted son back to the palace.

"Wait! Don't kill it, I caught it with great difficulty!" Kai hurriedly stopped the soldiers. "My King, this is my prey, and I have the right to deal with it."

Hearing Kai's cry, almost everyone looked at the warrior in stunned silence. The warriors here are not only because Kai dared to fight and defeat the griffin, but also because he dared to openly oppose King Uther's orders.

In Camelot, there are fewer people who dare to do this than warriors who dare to fight griffins.

But what is surprising is that King Uther did not order the punishment of the person who dared to oppose him as usual, but asked with a puzzled look: "This is a monster, what do you want it to do? It is too dangerous." , Kai. The best way to deal with such monsters is to kill them."

King Uther's attitude made everyone, including Merlin, feel extremely surprised. This was not the King Uther they had in mind. Especially Merlin, as a mage, he actually resented and even hated King Uther's attitude towards magic. Those who were executed because of magic were all his kind in Merlin's eyes, and many of them did not do evil, but the same Sent to the guillotine by King Uther.

It can be said that King Uther, who has always been tough and cold, became rare and reasonable when facing Kai. In Merlin's impression, even Arthur could not disobey King Uther's orders, let alone oppose King Uther's orders in full view of the public.

"I need a mount. My horse was eaten by this guy. This guy made me walk for five days and five nights, and..." Kai pointed to the armor on his body. "Except for this thing, I feel like nothing can carry me..."

Only then did King Uther have the intention to take a closer look at Kai's armor.

This set of armor was very gorgeous, full of exquisite patterns and some runes he didn't recognize. King Uther didn't think any craftsman in the British Isles could forge such carving and forging techniques.

Of course, King Uther was also very concerned about the thickness of the armor, which was much thicker than ordinary knight armor. So King Uther also believed what Kai said. This thing weighed at least three to four hundred pounds, and ordinary horses couldn't carry a knight wearing this armor.