I am human, yes. But Excalibur stops a person from aging. So long as I never suffered a fatal wound, I could continue living on forever while carrying that sword.
[As Dazai reached out to brush away Bedivere's hair, Bedivere drew in a slow breath, pausing for a moment at the gentle contact. His eyes fluttered shut, but he didn't stay like that for long, because as soon as the hair was tucked away he glanced down at his silver arm, tracing the runes carved into it with his left hand's fingers.]
Three times my king told me to cast Excalibur back into the lake to return it to the Lady who had gifted it in the first place. In the legends, I only failed twice, and the third time I cast the sword into the lake and returned to my dying king.
But that legend isn't the reality. In truth, I failed three times. And when I returned a third time, still carrying Excalibur, my king was gone.
Unable to die because I had not returned Excalibur, my king was eventually healed by the goddess Rhongomyniad, since the king carried the lance bearing the same name. Then the king and Rhongomyniad left. And I, upon finding my king gone, had to journey to find her once again.
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[As Dazai reached out to brush away Bedivere's hair, Bedivere drew in a slow breath, pausing for a moment at the gentle contact. His eyes fluttered shut, but he didn't stay like that for long, because as soon as the hair was tucked away he glanced down at his silver arm, tracing the runes carved into it with his left hand's fingers.]
Three times my king told me to cast Excalibur back into the lake to return it to the Lady who had gifted it in the first place. In the legends, I only failed twice, and the third time I cast the sword into the lake and returned to my dying king.
But that legend isn't the reality. In truth, I failed three times. And when I returned a third time, still carrying Excalibur, my king was gone.
Unable to die because I had not returned Excalibur, my king was eventually healed by the goddess Rhongomyniad, since the king carried the lance bearing the same name. Then the king and Rhongomyniad left. And I, upon finding my king gone, had to journey to find her once again.