Knights of the Round Table, Sortie

 

Unit 5 placed a hand on the Round Table.

It was to speak with Merlin—who was inside ‘the ornament’.

「My liege. I trust you are in fine spirits today.」

Abel, wearing the guise of a magician, smiled. The staff slung over his shoulder suited him perfectly.

「Ha. By the way—have you cast Alexandros III yet?」

「But of course! Lucius Tiberius had a general named Leo. We shall grant Alexandros III the role of Leo.」

「Does he have any legends attached to him?」

「No. None at all. Leo is merely a name. Geoffrey of Monmouth’s text doesn’t even describe what sort of general he was.—However!」

Merlin grinned, mischievous.

「Leo has a model. The real Roman emperor Leo I. He hailed from Thrace—the very land once ruled by Macedonian Alexander III. A man of the Leonid dynasty, built chiefly upon foreign peoples: the Thracians and Isaurians, once called Barbaroi.」

「An emperor of the Barbaroi. So that’s why Leo. Got it.」

Unit 5