The Unexpected Gift
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A magical incident ends up gifting Arthur with magic, who now feels more alone than ever. Merlin knows him too well to believe his simple lie that he's sick and so stuck in his chambers, however.
But when Arthur openly defends magic in front of his father...things begin to crumble, except he doesn't know why.
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