"King Lot and his army are on the move."

I guess I finally got my wish. A week after I started getting to know the knights, a soldier came in running to the castle holding a piece of paper and gave a full report to Artoria.

As soon as that happened, she called in a meeting for the knights and Captains. I was there out of boredom. Her statement about King Lot and his army made the knights begin talking between each other, and I think I saw Gawain tense with Agravain's expression turning grimm.

Leaning towards Lancelot, I asked. "Can you explain a bit? I'm not exactly well informed on what's going on."

Lancelot looked at me in surprise before his expression turned serious again. "King Lot is one of the monarchs and-"

"I'm not THAT ignorant. I know who King Lot is. I meant the events," I specified, stopping him from explaining unnecessary information.

Lancelot nodded and continued speaking. "King Lot managed to take over Norway and has been taking over Orkney recently, both are not close enough to be a concern, but the fact we're having this meeting as he made a move-"

"Means his movement has became more hostile," I concluded, already realising what Lancelot was building up to.

"They have already attacked three of our villages in the North. They're also becoming more aggressive," Artoria informed as her stare turned firm. "We cannot allow this. We already sent questions and warnings but none of them returned. It is time to take action. I will take Sir Lancelot, Sir Tristan, and Sir Gawain with me alongside five Captains and one thousand soldiers to take back our land. If King Lot remains hostile, we shall return in kind. Sir Agravain, Sir Kay, and Sir Bedivere are to be left in charge until my return. Have the troops prepare. We will leave at dawn tomorrow."

After that, everyone scrambled to follow Artoria's orders. Lancelot ran to the barracks to check on the troops whil Gawain and Tristan went to check on their equipment and supplies.

Walking towards Merlin, I asked. "Can't help but notice you weren't mentioned in those orders?".

The Mage of Flowers chuckled. "I've always been the kind to help in the back lines. If Arthur needed my assistance in anyway, they would have said something. What about you? Wouldn't you like to join this battle?"

"While I want to do that, if just to get over my boredom, I'll have to say no," my answer caused him to raise an eyebrow. "I'm not here to fight Artoria's battles for her. This is part of her journey to earn her position as a King, not as the wielder of Excalibur, so I have no reason to get involved."

"Hahaha! I didn't expect you to be so mature. I thought you'd take the chance to finally get some entertainment," Merlin shamelessly admitted.

I deadpanned at him. "I've been told I'm the odd one out amongst Elementals for various reasons."

And so, Artoria left with her knights and a thousand of Camelot's soldiers to the north to deal with King Lot. Agravain and Bedivere were the ones in control afterwards, mostly. They just kept things in a routine and Kay listened to what they said.

That meant less time to talk to them and I'm back to my boredom of doing nothing but walking around in Camelot. For a moment, I honestly thought that was gonna be what my entire stay in here is gonna be like.

Until the third day after Artoria left.

"King Lot's men were seen approaching from the Northwest," Agravain informed everyone as he called in for a meeting.

The statement, of course, caused an uproar amongs the current knights and Captains. "How is that possible!? They couldn't have defeated his majesty!" Bedivere cried out.

"They're not coming from the direction his majesty left in, so it's entirely possible that they were always there, simply waiting for their chance," Agravain explained, making everyone realise that King Lot's actions may have been a distraction.

"How did they get past your sight, Merlin?" Kay asked, turning to the Mage.

"They have Morgan with them and she's personally there with the troops," Merlin informed, causing the room to become even more hectic. "I tend to be cautious when using my clairvoyance on King Lot's territory because Morgan may notice. She probably took advantage of that and hid those troops while waiting for Arthur to leave."

"How many troops do you see now that they stopped hiding?" Agravain asked, focusing on the present.

Merlin stared at the distance for a second before answering. "No less than seven hundred. Eight hundred at most. Mostly normal soldiers, which is why hiding them was so easy. They'll probably reach Camelot tomorrow."

Agravain clicked his tongue. "Nothing we cannot handle, but still troublesome. The witch is far more dangerous than the army's troops, so we should focus on- Where are you going?!"

All the attention in the room turned to me as I began walking away. "Hey, you said those troops were coming from Northwest. So, all I have to do is head there and I'll run into them?" I asked.

"That's right. Are you planing to take them on?" Merlin asked, though judging by his smile, he already knew the answer.

"Oh, yeah. Finally something to do in this boring place. You can go ahead and prepare your troops if you want. By the time you get there, I'd have already dealt with them," I explained before suddenly stopping. "Actually, I'm gonna need a suit of armor, now that I think about it."

"Why?" Agravain and Kay asked at the same time.

"Honestly? I just want to wear one. There's really no more reason than that," I replied with a shrug.

This is my first chance for some real fun. I'm going to go all out.