Sir Bedivere is a knight of the Round Table and one of the few who remained loyal to his king until the very end. He rose to become an Imperial Guard, keeping watch over Arturia out of pure admiration for his king, simply wishing to be close to her and witness her true expressions. He discovered that, even as the knight who spent the most time in her presence, he never saw her smile even once, nor did he ever learn of her identity as a woman. He attended to Arturia at her death, finding himself unable to return Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake on two occasions because doing so would signal the end of the king's life. Although disobeying an order is the greatest sin for a knight, he did not feel it was right to return the sword. He felt anger that the king, who had worked so hard, was not properly rewarded, but being unable to change her fate, he properly returned the sword the third time. After she passed away, he was happy to see that she had finally obtained the peaceful slumber she had been unable to find in life.
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