"Well, at least that Merlin has been keeping my chambers clean. When he says that he will be my servant until he dies, I didn't think that he would mean that literally. The idiot" Arthur takes his first bite of food after they go back home, after his first taste he was immediately captured by the taste. "How did you cook this? I have never tasted better food in my life!"
"We have better food sources these days, people hunt for us, skin them and deliver them, others will crop and serve vegetables and then sell them in shops. It's how people get things today"
"Just how many people are in this world now?"
"Billions altogether"
Arthur nearly spilled his drink but was able to stop himself, "What now? Billions?"
"Yes"
Arthur settled down and gobbles down his dinner, "This is really good" He then looks at the cups, "What are those made of?"
"Glass"
"Seriously? People are able to make cups out of glass?"
"Yes"
His eyes rolled, "Things here now always seem to amaze me, the television thing was weird considering how those people got in there"
Maree snorted a little, recalling the memory. "By the way, apart from Camelot, are there any other castles that you know of are still active?"
Maree remembered something, "Yes". Arthur turned her head to him, "Really? There is?" He brightened up to finally know that there is something that he knows about.
"Yes, but it's not in this country"
Arthur then frowned, proceeding to eat his dinner. "It's called Kryal castle, they still have knights and they do events and tournaments there, but it is also a place where come and take a look at their history and celebrate"
He listened but he couldn't help in being interested, "Where is this place?"
"It is in the southern hemisphere in the south east of the country Australia"
"Southern hemisphere?"
"That means, down of the bottom of the earth"
"But isn't the earth a flat surface? Aren't you afraid that you might fall off the end?"
"No, you see scientists have seen that no matter how far you go, there is no end, you just simply end where you started from. The earth is shaped like a sphere"
"Is there no end to this new knowledge?"
"No, we simply just keep evolving"
Arthur rolled his eyes again, "So how can we get there?"
"Lucky for you, I was born there so I can get you there easily"
"Really? How?"
"PLANES?! That's the next thing you show me?! Planes?!"
"They are flying transports that will take a day or less to get there" Maree said. "Well, that is better than nothing then, let's depart on this….plane for Australia"
When Maree prepared Arthur a passport he got rather suspicious about how it all works, he thought that they would be travelling on a boat of some sort and the permission to go explained the passport, but when Maree took him to the airport, it was not what he expected.
"I had to get special permission for you to bring along your armour, if you had a sword it wouldn't be allowded" Maree said as they go to their line.
"Why aren't swords allowed to go on planes?" He asked.
"Because there are bad people that want to use swords and things as weapons on the plane. So they are banned to be brought with us. However your armour is a protective object so it was allowed to go"
"I see. But why can't you just teleport us to Australia?"
"It's not that simple, if you teleported to another country without legal permission you are breaking a law. Besides, I don't know any teleportation spells"
"I thought you studied"
"Magic of the old religion is scattered everywhere, it's extremely rare and very difficult to find. Nowadays western modern magic is in English and is more sophisticated than just simple enchantments. From what I know, the old religion has been dead ever since you died"
Arthur stopped for a moment. "Magic has been dead since I died?"
"Yes, Merlin is magic and is part of the old religion himself. I fear that ever since you died, a part of Merlin died too, and that is probably the reason why I was unable to do magic"
Arthur put his hands together and went dead silent.
"But Arthur…."
Arthur didn't move from his position, "When I used to take my short walks to the lake of Albion, I was able to feel something…warm. Maybe it was magic"
"What about it?"
"The same warm feeling that I feel at that lake is the same warm feeling I get from you"
Arthur furrowed his brows, "Me?"
"You're alive now and magic is back, if he feels it then he knows that there is hope for him and that you're alive"
"He is probably searching for me as we speak"
"Do you fear that we might pass him as we are searching?"
"Maybe. But Merlin isn't as stupid as he is so I am pretty sure that he has something in his head, so first we should get to Australia. It can be the first thing on Merlin's mind if he has been there"
On the plane Arthur was surprisingly quiet on the way, Maree thought for a moment that he was scared of flying, she chuckled a bit at the sight. His face was just blank.
"Arthur?"
Arthur twitched, "Yes?" He said, "What is it?"
"Are you scaaared Arthur?" Maree teased and Arthur scoffed, "No, of course not! I just hope that we can get there soon enough so I can do tournaments again, all of this future stuff is driving me crazy, it's all…..like…..Merlin…ish"
"Merlin-ish?"
"Like the world now is like his brain"
"Well, I suppose that he is glad that the world isn't like a royal prat"
Arthur froze, "What?"
Maree shut her mouth.
"Did your history books tell you some of Merlin's stupid words?"
"Yes" She adverted his eyes and he rolled his eyes at her, "That idiot"
"But for now, what can I do for you while you go back to your knighthood at Kryle?"
"I can't say how grateful I am after you took me into your house and looked after me, but with your magic, I would be happy if you could further your practices because I would like to see if we can try to contact Merlin in any way"
"Using magic?"
"If Kryle castle is a place of history then we could surely find some spells there that could fit your pieces, and mine"
