Thank you! I'm glad you're enjoying this. :)

and having excaliber as the subtle knife is a brilliant touch!!

I really wanted to give Arthur something significant to do - while not quite magical, it's still a big responsibility. I didn't want everything to depend on Merlin's magic. Even though Arthur is great at fighting by sword and shield, I wanted to add something more to that.

Thanks for reading and commenting! :) Chapter 2 should be up next week.