Bedivere once said that before pulling the Sword in the Stone and choosing to become king, King Arthur had already known her fate.
"Before you pick that thing up, you'd better think it over carefully. Once you take up that sword, you will no longer be human until the very end. All of humanity will hate you, and you will ultimately meet a tragic death."
These were the words the Court Magus Merlin had spoken to King Arthur when she was preparing to draw the Sword in the Stone.
Thus, King Arthur had known her fate from the very beginning. She had known her own doom, and she had known the kingdom's ultimate downfall.
Merlin had even shown King Arthur visions of Great Britain after her reign through a prophecy, allowing her to witness the future of both the country and herself.
That included her miserable death on the Hill of Swords.
In view of this, King Arthur could have chosen to give up from the very beginning and not become king, living happily as an ordinary human being.
Unfortunately, King Arthur ultimately chose to draw the Sword in the Stone.
It was not merely because giving up would allow Great Britain's decline to continue, leaving its people in misery. It was also because King Arthur had seen something.
In the scenes of the future, King Arthur had seen beautiful things.
She had seen countless people smiling.
Therefore, King Arthur believed that her choice had unquestionably been the right one.
And so, King Arthur drew the Sword in the Stone without hesitation and became the legendary monarch of Great Britain.
Artoria〔Alter〕had always remembered this part of the past.
"Even though I, having fallen into darkness, no longer have the right to say this, I have always remembered that I chose