That’s right, a flag! A flag of death!
In the UBW world line of "Fate stay night", Illya's contracted servant is Berserker Hercules. In the battle with Gilgamesh, Illya shouted loudly, "Berserker will not lose to anyone because he is the strongest in the world."
Then, Hercules was killed by Gilgamesh, and Illya herself was also stabbed in the eye and had her heart ripped out. This act became a black mark on Gilgamesh that could never be erased.
The results in other world lines are slightly better. Illya is fine, but Hercules still cannot escape the fate of being swallowed or killed.
Now Illya's contract partner has changed to Artoria, but she still shouted this ominous declaration.
Fortunately, Artoria is not the insane Hercules. She has her own ideas and can express them clearly. She said: "There was another hidden story in the last Holy Grail War. If Miss Scathach had not willingly given in, I would not have won the final victory."
Shinji's heart suddenly calmed down. Nice, well done, Altria, you are indeed the lucky A. With your "intuition", you can avoid the death flag unconsciously.
"Is that so?" Illya pouted and looked at Scathach.
"I guess so, but that's not necessarily the case now." Scathach looked at Artoria meaningfully, "You are now similar to me. If we fight again, I may not win."
"I know Saber is the strongest."
Illya became proud again, but she was only proud for less than a second when she heard Artoria say.
"You are also stronger than last time. You are Lancer now, not Assassin!"
The two immortals who had also lived for thousands of years smiled at each other. Illya, who didn't know the inside story, pouted again.
"What on earth is going on?"
"We'll know that only after we fight to the end." Altria concluded, "Illya, why do you want to participate in the Holy Grail War? Do you have a wish that you want to fulfill?"
"Yes, yes, there are several. I want my mom and dad to protect my home. I want to defeat that abominable giant and avenge my mom, aunt, and grandma. I also want to defeat Rin and that big liar to prove that I am the best."
Illya's wish was simple and childish, but precisely because of its simplicity, it was particularly strong when it was awakened, which is why it received a response from the Holy Grail at the last moment.
It was precisely because of this innocence that Altria's memory from more than a thousand years ago was awakened. She pulled out the "Sword in the Stone" that selected the king in order to defeat the enemy and protect the country.
"Then Illya must work hard. I don't know who Rin is, but if that big liar you mentioned is him..."
"It's him!" Illya nodded and waved her fist at Shinji.
The latter responded with a helpless look and said, "After all, I saved you, so can you please stop shouting and killing us?"
Illya tilted her head towards Natalia and Xia Lei and said, "You saved me, but you also have to seal my grandma and aunt."
Altria naturally couldn't understand this secret interaction, but that didn't stop her from continuing to speak.
"You have chosen a very strong opponent, perhaps the strongest."
"The strongest? Him? Humph!" Illya didn't believe it. "The strongest still needs your help?"
"That's because he saw that I was distracted. You haven't seen it, so you don't know how strong he is when he fights to protect the people who are important to him."
"Have you seen it?"
"Yes, I have seen it with my own eyes. It is just like a demon."
The name of the demon god and the look he gave sideways brought back memories that Shinji had buried in his heart.
That was 5 years ago. The look in her eyes when she and he parted was filled with relief, blessing, reluctance, and some emotions that Shinji could hardly understand.
But that was in a parallel world, how could she
"You, do you... have the ability to cross parallel worlds?"
"So you didn't know. I thought you knew." Artoria was a little surprised. "The ability to cross parallel worlds is exclusive to that 'Second Magician'. I don't have such a convenient ability."
"Then why do you?"
"It's a privilege granted by the restraining power. I am a bit similar to the me on the sword fence back then. Except that time is not fixed, other aspects are similar to the heroic spirit. Whether it was ten years ago or five years ago, whether it was this world or another world, it was still me."
"So that's how it is... This is something Gaia and Alaya would do." Shinji suddenly realized.
Since he is a hired hand of the restraining force, he naturally cannot be responsible for the affairs of only one world, so it is reasonable to grant him such ability.
At the same time, he also thought of another thing—why Artoria would obey his orders without hesitation.
If it was just the intersection ten years ago, it would not be enough for her to trust me so much. Although I have done a lot for her, she knows very little. Maybe she will listen in the end, but it is impossible for her to just do it without asking anything.
Before, Altria said "I thought you knew" probably because of this reason - out of the master-servant instinct five years ago, Shinji gave orders very skillfully, and Altria obeyed them very skillfully.
"Well, let's do it again. It's been a long time, Altria. I'm very happy to see you again."
"Me too, Shinji. Although I'm not your Servant this time, I feel safe with you around."
The boys and girls, also wearing blue colors, all smiled, just like they did five years ago when they fought side by side.
"Wait, wait a minute, I can't react, what are you talking about?" Illya was confused, "What five years ago? What parallel world?"
"And the master and servant, Miss Altria, have you ever been your brother's servant? When was it, and why didn't I know?" Sakura also joined in. From a while ago, this woman looked at her brother strangely, and she felt the approaching crisis.
"Yes, in another world. We participated in a large-scale Holy Grail War together. It was really dangerous. The Master and I almost died. Fortunately, we managed to overcome the difficulties in the end." Maybe I was used to it and blurted it out without paying attention.
"Die, die!" Ying covered her mouth and widened her eyes, "Brother, why didn't you mention it before?"
"Because it's all in the past, Artoria, please stop talking."
What Shinji fears most is his family worrying, so he never even mentions the journey to the parallel world.
"Well, since you don't want to." Artoria nodded slightly, and then said, "But you don't have to talk about other things. There is one thing I must give you an answer - about your confession to me."
"Hey hey hey hey hey hey~~~~~~~~~~~"
Suddenly, there were screams.
PS: Don’t forget, Illya has also suffered a lot (see the Sky Realm volume for details, where Illya was thrown among the dead), and her mental quality is actually not fragile at all.