Heaven's Feeling – 14
Weeks went by as Naruto was under house arrest.
He heard shouts and screams beyond his home's walls as he contemplated what he should do next.
Arturia hadn't seen him at all, and he felt a little lost.
He didn't really know what to do next as he served his King for so long.
Rumours of civil unrest had reached a critical point, and Arturia had just returned from her short campaign of repelling assault along the borders a few days ago.
"Naruto, the King requested your presence," one of the Knights called out after he entered Naruto's home.
Naruto looked at him and asked what had happened.
No one told him anything as they were under King's order.
Naruto entered the throne room as instructed by a servant.
Naruto noticed only a few Knights were left in the whole Kingdom.
He learnt that Gawain and Bedivere had fallen in battle only moment before.
The throne room was almost completely dark as most of the windows were covered by heavy drape.
There was an opened coffin with a golden-haired girl laid on it.
A single opened window, allowing the light to shone on it. A Naruto's heart raced, and he panicked when he saw her face.
He ran toward the casket as he kneeled by her side.
"Arturia…" Naruto said in a choked voice before seeing the armours she wore.
He was confused.
"Mordred?" Naruto asked no one.
"She was my son, my child, but she lacked the capacity to be King… perhaps I am as well. I was forced to kill her… in the end; she only wanted me to acknowledge her… like how I want my people to acknowledge me… she kept calling me Father when I cut her down… I'm confused, when did everything… go so wrong…" Arturia muttered from her throne as Naruto looked up and made out her shape in the darkness.
Arturia's voice sounded weak as Naruto moved closer to her.
"My King," Naruto said, looking at Arturia and realized Excalibur was missing by her side.
Arturia always had Excalibur by her side.
Naruto scrutinized Arturia's face, and realized it was very pale.
Arturia stood up from her seat. She fell forwards, spinning around as Naruto caught her in his arms.
She was cold.
"I am dying… all my Knights are dead or left me… what is this feeling… loneliness... regret?"
Arturia muttered weakly, looking up at the blond man.
"Not everyone had left you, my King… I am here; I vowed to always stand by your side until the very end, didn't I?" Naruto said as he held her weaken body.
Mordred had fatally wounded her during their clashes as the blade she wield was cursed through the hatred that she felt for Arturia.
"What will happen to the Kingdom now... I have no heir, no one left who I could trust…"
Arturia said weakly in Naruto's arm as Naruto held her.
She felt warmness for the first time in a long time, as she closed her tired eyes and dreamed of something vivid, something far in the future as it whispered into her ears.
"Naruto…" Arturia said when she opened her eyes once more after a long pause.
"I am here, my King…" Naruto reassured her.
"I understand now, I just had a dream… of the future perhaps," Arturia said, looking up at him.
"Can you complete one last request? It might be seemed impossible, but I know it can be true as I saw it… centuries from now," Arturia said as Naruto face became slightly confused.
But he looked directly into Arturia's dying eyes. He swallowed his confusion.
"Yes, anything you wish, my King," Naruto said finally as Arturia nodded.
"Give me an heir," Arturia commanded.
Naruto blinked, trying to get his head around what Arturia had asked of him.