If you understand Shining carefully and interpret her correctly, you will find that Shining really likes her.

In FEX, he would suddenly laugh because he knew that Saber was observing him and Master from a high place.

In the fex link, he asked Xia Lulu to praise him in front of the blue Saber, and when he met Artoria, he would say that it was not the red Saber (Nero) but I like the blue one.

In ccc, he has no memory of the fourth or fifth battle. When the protagonist asks him what kind of girl he likes, he will say that he likes blond, blue-eyed and majestic knight girl knight. The protagonist says that he describes If she was too specific, he would say that if he met her, he would definitely let her be his wife, which made her resist.

In the Christmas plot of FGO's first year, he was eager to get gifts from Black Santa Claus (Black Knight).

In fz, he said that he found fun in this Holy Grail War. When he spoke, he held the golden Saber chess piece in his hand.

Finally he proposed to her. As the oldest king of mankind, he was probably longing for love when he proposed, but was rejected. It is normal for him to be unhappy.

She is the first of the shining characters in the fgo setting collection. [Aiming at the unattainable ideal (star), that struggling posture is the only star on the earth. The so-called stars are things that cannot be touched in the sky or on the earth, that is why they are so beautiful. ]

Some people may say that Shining just wants to get the treasure Saber. But the setting of Sparkling's Babylon treasure trove is that as long as Sparkling thinks it is a treasure, it will automatically be received in his Babylon, but Saber does not. The idea of ??collecting her as a treasure is naturally overturned.

When you propose marriage, you are talking about your wife. Everyone knows what a wife is.

In different world lines, sometimes it transcends memory and time and space. But there are really many, many similar plots. The fact that I like her is engraved on the spirit base and written into the setting collection. He is the oldest king, and he has the spirit and unique insights of a king that ordinary people don't have. He may have had no experience with love in his life, and he may be clumsy, but no matter what, he likes her in his own way.