[ This time, he actually felt somewhat prepared for Ai's commentary on that front, as if he's aware of how bad of a lie it was.
But thinking about it from the perspective of a liar like him... that just meant that "Merlin aided Artoria Caster" was made into a lie. That it wasn't the mage of flowers who came to her aid, but himself.
It's no wonder, then, that her magecraft is the way it is... his teaching method was about as unorthodox as you can get. She would ask to learn something, he would leave for a few days to learn it himself, customize it so that Artoria could use it with her limited magical energy, then impart that knowledge onto her. ]
"Hmm, I see. So you'd need a tool you can charge with magical energy, and a spell you can use to make gunpowder explode? ...This is dangerously close to magical terrorism."
[ Honestly that speaks more to Artoria's preferences than his. Yet despite his witty remarks and foul mouth—that was almost certainly imparted onto Artoria herself, considering the way she is in the present—he taught her everything (within reason, he still can't fly) without complaint.
For a few years, before the staff was eventually confiscated from her, he had essentially raised her... hadn't he? ]
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[ This time, he actually felt somewhat prepared for Ai's commentary on that front, as if he's aware of how bad of a lie it was.
But thinking about it from the perspective of a liar like him... that just meant that "Merlin aided Artoria Caster" was made into a lie. That it wasn't the mage of flowers who came to her aid, but himself.
It's no wonder, then, that her magecraft is the way it is... his teaching method was about as unorthodox as you can get. She would ask to learn something, he would leave for a few days to learn it himself, customize it so that Artoria could use it with her limited magical energy, then impart that knowledge onto her. ]
"Hmm, I see. So you'd need a tool you can charge with magical energy, and a spell you can use to make gunpowder explode? ...This is dangerously close to magical terrorism."
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Honestly that speaks more to Artoria's preferences than his.Yet despite his witty remarks and foul mouth—that was almost certainly imparted onto Artoria herself, considering the way she is in the present—he taught her everything (within reason, he still can't fly) without complaint.For a few years, before the staff was eventually confiscated from her, he had essentially raised her... hadn't he? ]