Kai did not expose this child, at least not in broad daylight. This is Camelot, magic is taboo, and anyone who has anything to do with it will die. Even Kai is very careful to hide his will.
It's a magic thing. So there's no need to get this kid into trouble.
There is no malice in this child. He is Arthur's friend. Kay can see that when he gets along with Arthur, he is closer to the kind of friend in Kay's impression, rather than being submissive and respectful to Arthur like other people.
Arthur needs such a friend. What's more, his name is Merlin.
So Kai quickly changed the subject.
"Merlin, son of Hunith? The name is a woman. Where is your father?" In this era, when introducing yourself to others, especially when it is more formal, you will always bring your father's name. For example, when Arthur introduces himself to others, he will
Say, Arthur, son of Uther. This does not mean to show off, but to be frank and solemn. He means that the introducer will not do anything rude, because it will insult the dignity of his father.
Of course, if the family has a long history or the family has produced great figures, the introduction will be lengthened, such as adding your great-great-grandfather or something. But this is a bit of a show-off.
But few people would give their mother's name. There is no such thing as equality between men and women in this era.
Kai also asked casually, just as usual. But unexpectedly, Merlin suddenly became depressed.
"I...I don't have a father. I don't know who my father is at all. My mother never said that I was raised by my mother..."
Kai didn't expect that his words would actually hurt someone else's wound. So he apologized quickly.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do this. I hope you can forgive me."
Kai comes from modern society, so he doesn't care much about class differences, but Merlin is different. Although his talent makes him proud, he lives in this society and is bound to be constrained by social rules. His status
There was a big difference between him and Kai, which was an unchangeable fact. He was a commoner, while Kai was a noble, and the adopted son of King Uther. He never thought that a big shot like Kai would apologize to him for just one sentence.
Merlin was a little at a loss for such treatment.
"Sir Sir, I, no, no, no, you don't need to apologize. It's nothing. Really, really..." Merlin's face turned red. He felt that he was almost dying of embarrassment. It was actually in the presence of such a noble man.
He behaved so poorly in front of him.
Kai looked at the anxious Merlin and smiled. He did not continue the topic. After all, if he really wanted to continue, he would not be apologizing, but would embarrass the child.
"Your mother must be a great woman. She taught you well, Merlin. When you introduce yourself to others in the future, you can proudly wear your mother's name. There is no shame in that. On the contrary, you should be proud
You have such a mother."
Kai is not being polite. Even in modern society, it is not easy for a single mother to raise a child independently, let alone in BC. The people here are not enlightened, extremely backward and ignorant. A widow still has to live with a child.
You can imagine what life will be like for a widow who gives birth to a child to a man of unknown origin. There are many disputes in front of widows, and this is not just a Chinese saying. This kind of thing can happen in every era and in every region.
But even so, this Ms. Hunis still raised Merlin, and she seemed to have raised her well. This was even more commendable. For such a lady, Kai respected her from the bottom of his heart.
Merlin, who was at a loss just now, immediately smiled like a child when he heard Kai praise his mother so sincerely, a little shy but also proud. He was indeed proud of his mother. She had worked so hard all by herself.
He was raised by himself and taught himself the principles of life. Why shouldn't Merlin be proud of him?
"Thank you, Sir Kay. If Hunis knew that a noble lord like you praised her so much, she would be very happy."
Kai smiled and was noncommittal. Although he had never met this lady, Kai knew very well that the happiest thing about this lady was definitely not that she praised her, but that her child was recognized and praised by others. This is a
What my mother most hopes for and is most proud of.
This can be seen from the fact that Hunis would send a commoner Merlin to Gaius as an apprentice. She was not a short-sighted woman.
After chatting with Merlin a few more times about his mother, Kai asked Merlin how he and Arthur met and became friends.
"Oh! You're talking about this..." Then Merlin vividly recounted their encounter.
A few months ago, Merlin took a letter from his mother and came to be an apprentice to Gaius, the royal pharmacist. It went well at first. Gaius liked Merlin because of Hunis. Merlin himself was smart and kind, and he easily won over other people.
until he met Arthur who was doing trouble in the city on his way to deliver medicine again.
Arthur is not an obedient child. Like all energetic children, he likes to do mischief to vent his energy that he has nowhere to put. So bullying is something Arthur often does. Arthur is certainly not the kind of second-generation ancestor who does all kinds of evil.
He just likes to be lively, but he has good skills. He just takes it as fun, so the people in the city don't have much dislike for Arthur.
It's just kidding, who would take it seriously?
But Merlin didn't know, so when Arthur bullied someone once, Merlin stood up. He was not afraid of Arthur, and even choked Arthur with harsh words, although he was immediately beaten
Arthur suppressed him and locked him in the square and had people throw rotten vegetable leaves at him.
This can be regarded as a quarrel with Arthur.
After that, the two met twice more, and each time Merlin had the upper hand with his rhetoric, and was suppressed by Arthur in terms of force. Until the last time, Arthur directly asked Merlin to take up arms, and the two sides wanted to settle their grudges.
In fact, it was Merlin's sharp words that made Arthur so unhappy that he planned to beat him upright.
The process of the competition was very tortuous. In Merlin's story, Merlin relied on his own wisdom to fool Arthur around. But Arthur complained on the side that it was just his bad luck. Every time he planned to attack Merlin, his weapon was not stuck in something.
The strange thing is that I tripped on something on my foot.
However, the result was still the same as before, Merlin was defeated again. But this time Arthur did not punish him, but felt that Merlin had extraordinary courage, so the two had a good impression of each other for the first time.
Later, in order to avenge her son who was beheaded by King Uther, a witch tried to sneak into the palace to kill Arthur and let King Uther taste the pain of losing his son. As a result, all this happened due to Merlin's accidental attack.
An accidental collision destroyed the witch's plot and saved Arthur's life.
In order to reward Merlin, King Uther made Merlin become Arthur's attendant. This also started the friendship between the two.
"Oh?" Kay made a long voice, squinting her eyes and looking at Arthur who was already sweating profusely on the side. This was not because he was tired, but because he was scared!
Sometimes, Kaidu had to sigh. He was indeed the teleporting King Arthur. He was so talented that it was enviable. After being tormented by Kai so much, he still managed to withstand it. You must know that Kai's method came from a piece of Cheng Long he had seen in his previous life.
In the movie, Cheng Long relies on this training method that is impossible to achieve in reality to learn peerless martial arts and kill the villain boss.
But this kind of nonsense training method couldn't stump Arthur. Although Arthur was really hard at the beginning, he actually resisted it later on. Now, he has actually adapted to it.
But now that Kai was looking at him like this, Arthur felt that his whole life was so tiring.
