The entire analysis above is Shinji's own imagination, but he thinks it is most likely the correct answer. At most, Hercules's strength gave Ahad absolute confidence, making him, an old man who should have stayed at home, think that the time had come to fulfill his long-cherished wish, so he brought people directly to Fuyuki.
The androids of Einzbern are different from Atram and are not so ostentatious. Shinji did not expect that it would be Ahad who would take action personally. He had always asked Kirie and Fujino to keep an eye on women who looked like Yustisa, so he had not noticed the arrival of Einzbern, resulting in the failure to prepare the defense of the Emiya family in advance. Fortunately, no irreparable tragedy occurred.
Of course, that was all in the past. Now that the situation was clear, he would no longer give Yahad any room to maneuver, whether for the Emiya family, with whom he had known each other for ten years, or for Yustisa.
"Xiaoying, you and Sister R should work harder tomorrow to check the recent real estate transaction records. Yahad didn't go to the castle in the suburbs, so he must have prepared a new place to stay. We must find him, and quickly."
If we are too slow, Hercules might be able to recover his number of resurrections, and then it would be more difficult to deal with him.
"Okay, brother."
"Until the problem with Einzbern is resolved, Irisviel and Illya should stay in my mountain villa and not go anywhere. Not many people know about it there, and there are barriers and various defensive measures set up by Orange nearby, so it is very safe. Saber, their safety is in your hands."
"You don't have to tell me, I would do the same. Illya is my Master, and it is natural for a Servant to protect the Master."
"What, Illya is your Master?"
Kiritsugu was stunned when he heard Altria's answer.
He had always thought that Shinji or someone on Shinji's side was Altria's Master, because it was Shinji who gave the orders, and Altria had never refused once - he was so obedient and was completely different from the Knight King who always disagreed with him ten years ago.
As for why it turned out like this, Kiritsugu naturally thought that he came back too late, and Shinji couldn't wait and borrowed the scabbard to summon him again - this kid has done too many miraculous things, it's not impossible that he saw through him and left the scabbard to his daughter.
He never expected that it would be his own daughter, the person he least wanted her to be involved with, who would become the Master.
"Illya, what's going on?"
"actually... "
Illya didn't hide anything and told him everything. Kiritsugu's reaction also changed from shock to a wry smile.
"Hmm... The warehouse summoning circle..."
That was arranged by Kiritsugu himself. He never thought that the spell could be activated, and the person who activated it happened to be Illya. It really is true that you reap what you sow.
After calming down a little, Kiritsugu bowed his head to Altria.
"Thank you, Saber, thank you for saving Irisviel and Illya."
"No need to thank me, Kiritsugu. Have you forgotten that I swore to protect Irisviel? That oath still stands."
As she said this, Artoria looked at Irisviel, the former acting Master, who was also looking at her.
"Saber... "
Just like ten years ago when the two met for the first time - the silver knight and the white princess, they formed a sincere friendship.
Kiritsugu continued, "Although it may be inappropriate to say this at this time, Saber, I hope you can cancel the contract with Illya. She is not suitable to participate in such a war."
"this... "
If anyone else had said this, Artoria would have ignored it. But the person who said this was Illya's father, who was also a participant in the last Holy Grail War. Illya looked very young, and as a believer in chivalry, she really didn't want a child to go to the battlefield.
Just as she was hesitating, Illya spoke first, with a firm attitude.
"No, I don't want to cancel the contract with Saber. Saber is mine."
"Illya, don't be willful." Kiritsugu, who always doted on his daughter and obeyed her in everything, rarely frowned. "This is not a joke, this is a real war. At your age now—"
"—I'm already eighteen!" Illya protested.
"Eighteen years old is not allowed!"
"Big Liar can do it, Sakura can do it, why can't I?"
"They are not like you."
"What's the difference?"
"this... "
"Well, eighteen is indeed not young, although you can't tell at all." Altria whispered.
"Look at yourself before you say that," Shinji complained.
Illya just grows slowly, unlike you who don't grow at all. Perhaps this is why so many people followed Mordred in the rebellion. The pressure of a king who is always a teenager is extremely great.
Nearby, Kiritsugu saw that he couldn't handle his daughter and couldn't count on Altria, so he began to ask for support from others.
"Airi, Maiya, you guys can help too."
"I'm sorry, Kiritsugu, but I wasn't even ten when I participated in the Holy Grail War."
Irisviel said this naturally. Suddenly, many people's expressions changed when they looked at Kiritsugu.
Ten years ago, she was less than ten years old, Illya was eighteen years old, and pregnancy would take ten months... That means when Emiya Kiritsugu and Irisviel got married, the latter would not be more than one year old at most.
Although everyone knew there was something wrong looking at Irisviel and Illya's current state, marrying someone one year older was still a very difficult thing to accept - especially for Natalia and Xia Lei who were hearing about it for the first time.
The former whistled: "I never knew you had this kind of interest, kid. I always thought you liked mature older sisters."
The latter looked at Irisviel and whispered, "Kelly, this is not right."
Kiritsugu's expression was so wonderful. At that time, I didn't think about it because of my trading mentality and lofty ideals. My married life was also happy and perfect, so I forgot about this fact. Now that the old things are brought up again, it is really embarrassing. I had no choice but to change the subject.
"We are talking about Illya now, not me."
"Well, I can't help you with that. I wasn't even 18 when I got involved in the gang, and you were almost the same age." Natalia shrugged, indicating that she was unable to help.
Kiritsugu was in a terrible mood. He asked you to help, but you didn't help at all and only caused trouble. Fortunately, Maiya spoke at this time.
"Illya, the Holy Grail War is very dangerous."
"I'm not afraid." Illya put one hand on her waist and waved her magic wand with the other.
"Aren't you afraid of the giant that attacked you and your wife? He is also a participant in the Holy Grail War."
"Don't be afraid! I have Saber. I've heard that Dad and Mom relied on Saber to win the last Holy Grail War—Saber is the strongest!"
Illya held her head high and declared victory - but in Shinji's eyes, this was a sign of defeat.
Girl, this flag cannot stand.