[ the golden king]

“Then let me do the honour of removing myself out of your sight,” He seemed to be in a good mood raising her hope in an escape without bloodshed. “If I work hard it is not to gain your attention, I’m after the Holy Grail not the respect of another King.” Least of all a tyrant such as Gilgamesh.

“Hum~” The King of Heroes hummed to himself, he was certainly feeling joyful today. He didn’t know why but he just assumed seeing Saber’s face put him in a better mood or the fact that bullying her is far too easy. Perhaps that. “Ah, but you are interested in fighting me in the future.” The way Gilgamesh stated it sounded like a solid fact. 

“Kuf--” He’s struggling to keep his laughter in, oh how he finds it amazing that Saber can make him laugh this hard. It was just so interesting. She was naive in many ways. She is a knight, not a king, yet not even a person. “Honor? I believe the people that deserve my honor are people who are worth my time.” 

There are only a few people in his mind that he could think of that deserve his respect, only five names came to mind. Sadly, Saber is not one of those people yet. 

He cracked a smile in spite of himself.

"That’s reassuring. I would be most surprised if he didn’t present himself as someone of his stature should be."

Gawain was The Knight of the Sun. He held a prestigious responsibility amongst the Knights of the Round. He never expected Gawain to fully accept what he has done, nor did he ever expect to meet him or the king ever again in this….life.

It was good too. It was hard enough facing him once after having taken the lives of the people he loved most.

He didn’t much feel like smiling, but he wasn’t about to show that.

Insult or compliment, that's up for Lancelot to decide as Gilgamesh yawns. 

"..." Though the last statement that Lancelot brought up to himself caused the golden man to raise a brow. Straightening up, Gilgamesh retain the bored look on his face before he shows his own sly smile. "Ho?" It seems like Gilgamesh was going to stab at something good now. 

Or at least, that was the plan. 

She nearly ran into a man, who stopped her calmly by the shoulders. She was jarred, caught between an apology and wanting to yell at them to run, but the man remained still, a bored look on his face—

A glowing portal then opened from behind him, and with a wave of the man’s hand, a sword appeared from it and flew, impaling one of them squarely, soon after exploding and decimating the rest of them.

The vestal was frozen, trying to process what had transpired in the mere seconds that had passed, when the man who saved her life addressed her.

"I-I——-"

She picked herself up hastily, mumbling in apology and attempting to straighten herself up, and afterwards made a deep bow.

Though what was more interesting to Gilgamesh was the fact that she was actually running towards them...almost in a way. If he wasn't blocking her way, surely the brunette would have ran towards another horde of undead right behind him. 

What to do with this one now? 

"Naturally one should be grateful when in a presence of a king, woman. Especially when this king absentmindedly saved you." As rude as ever, this man will be. But if Gilgamesh was actually more awake, then yes, he would let the woman meet her maker with the zombies, but that would be such a gruesome thing to watch...no, that was a lie. It would be entertaining but now Gilgamesh has to deal with this woman.

Now alive and not being eaten limb from limb by zombies.

"Honestly now, these things are nothing but maggots. Just knock their heads off and the only thing they can do is embrace you to death instead of biting."

Still, her body was not suited for fleeing for long periods on end, and the small amounts of adrenaline her body contained only went so far. Thus, after running for about forty minutes straight, she could go no further, and had to sit down. Even though she was out in the open, she’d felt as if she’d out run any potential predators — or so she hoped. A few meters away was another horde, but it hadn’t noticed her yet.

Looking up, however, she realized that not far from where she sat, she saw something floating in the sky. And then a booming voice went with it. Maidens? Virginity? King of Heroes? It didn’t make a lick of sense to her, but, she was so enraptured by his appearance, that she immediately responded.

"Ohhh! O — Over here! I wanna ride!”

However, there wast his one child that seems to be bouncing around for Gilgamesh's attention. Cold eyes glanced over to the small form of a girl, saying that she wants a ride from him. Gilgamesh isn't the type that hates children, he was quite fond of them to a certain level as long as they do not trigger his anger. 

"..." He was tempted to simply ignored her but she had thos eyes of a child that would do anything to get what they want. Gilgamesh does have a feeling that she would most likely try to follow him. Shutting his eyes, Gilgamesh turned towards the girl and jumped down from the vessel to land in front of her, almost kneeling so he can meet her at eye level.