Chapter 12

(Kariya Matou)

[Quiz time is 5 minutes, now beginning the quiz.]

Of the six pictures in this question, it seems only D is the matching answer, but since it is a multiple-choice question, it proves there should be other answers.

But the other pictures are all a bit different from the Artoria who appeared in the previous two questions.

Especially the last two, they are completely different people.

But Waver, Kayneth, and the others were also suspicious.

After all, this is too obvious.

[Time is up, the quiz has ended.]

Just like that, under everyone's analysis and guessing, five minutes passed quickly.

[Now beginning to announce the answers.]

The pictures appeared again, but this time introductions were added below the pictures.

[A: King Arthur's son, the last of the Knights of the Round Table, the Knight of Rebellion, Mordred.]

Waver: "So it's King Arthur's son, no wonder she looks so similar."

It's a good thing he didn't choose A; after all, the difference between Mo-chan and my King is still very obvious.

[B: The fifth emperor of Ancient Rome, the Flower of Olympia, Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus.]

Kayneth: "Hmm! This is that tyrant Nero!"

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "To think it's another emperor whose gender is inconsistent with the records."

Waver: "I can no longer believe the history books I read before."

Kayneth: "But why does the emperor of Ancient Rome look the same as King Arthur?"

You have to know that Rome and Britain have a blood feud, and Nero even suppressed Queen Boudica's uprising.

As a result, you, the King Arthur of Britain, look the same as the emperor who had a great feud with the country; what's the deal with that? (PS: Nero's era was decades before King Arthur's era)

Even Artoria was a bit dumbfounded by this.

[C: The legendary FG heroine, the Saint, Jeanne d'Arc.]

Bluebeard: "Ah! Saint! I said I wouldn't misidentify her!"

Waver: "So the Saint you were talking about refers to Jeanne d'Arc."

Kayneth: "I see, I think I know who you are, Bluebeard."

He had checked based on the name Bluebeard, and found that this was a crazy nobleman who appeared in the first edition of "Grimm's Fairy Tales," and he was a bit strange.

After all, he didn't know that fictional characters could also become Heroic Spirits as long as they were famous enough.

Now seeing Bluebeard crazily obsessed with Jeanne d'Arc, he finally understood.

This guy is the prototype of the Bluebeard in the fairy tale, Gilles de Rais.

Gilles de Rais developed mental problems after Jeanne d'Arc's death, tortured 300 children to death to study alchemy, and was finally executed by burning.

This also matches the perverted mentality and words and deeds of this guy.

The several Masters in the group also understood this guy's identity.

[D: Artoria's parallel world counterpart born in a mysterious time and space, Mysterious Heroine X.]

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "Hmm? Another parallel world?"

Kayneth: "Mysterious time and space? What kind of place is that?"

Waver: "In that case, this one is indeed King Arthur."

Feng Xi: "It definitely counts; didn't it say it's Artoria's parallel world counterpart?"

[E: Parallel world Artoria; because she didn't pull out the Holy Sword during her girlhood, but chose to use the Holy Spear "Rhongomyniad" as a weapon, her growth did not stop, her physical age grew to a stage consistent with the status of a King, and because she used the Holy Spear for many years, she became an existence close to a god.]

Artoria: "???"

Waver: "This is King Arthur from a parallel world!"

Rin Tohsaka: "The difference is too big!"

Conqueror King: "Hahaha, what's the big deal? This King also looked very different when I was young."

Waver: "How different?"

Conqueror King: "In your words, a beautiful young man."

Waver: "A beautiful young man! You?"

It's not that Waver doesn't believe it, but it's really hard to imagine that this big guy Iskandar was a beautiful young man when he was young.

[F: Parallel world male King Arthur, wielder of the Star Holy Sword, Arthur Pendragon.]

"!!!"

Now everyone in the group was stunned.

Waver: "Male King Arthur! So he really exists!"

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "We were all misled..."

Rin Tohsaka: "Hehe, I will never believe any information given by the system again."

Kayneth: "Thank you, system, for letting me recall the memories of being dominated by exams."

[The correct options are D, E, F.]

[Congratulations to Feng Xi for earning 5 Saint Quartz.]

[Bluebeard gave up on this quiz.]

[The rest all answered incorrectly, deducting 1 Saint Quartz.]

Waver: "Hmm? Feng Xi, you got it right!"

Feng Xi: "I just played a wave of reverse thinking, choosing the option that seemed most impossible."

Feng Xi: "This is my experience with exams."

Waver: "What kind of experience is that..."

Kayneth: "Hmph, if you have that energy, why not study hard?"

Feng Xi: "Do you think you can answer the questions in this group just by studying?"

Kayneth: "..."

[In this quiz, Feng Xi had the highest win rate, Emiya Kiritsugu second, Waver third, rewarding them with one Gold, Silver, and Bronze chest respectively.]

[Today's quiz has ended, continuing tomorrow.]

Waver: "Today's questions really refreshed my worldview."

Kayneth: "Indeed, the amount of information is too large."

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "Waver, what did you open in your chest?"

Waver: "This..."

Waver: "Wait a minute, why should I tell you!"

Kariya Matou: "Hmph, Tokiomi Tohsaka, still that hypocritical and disgusting face, actually wanting to Matsuwanko Matsuwanko Take advantage of someone's unpreparedness to find out their trump cards."

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "Hmph, Kariya Matou, when is it your turn, someone who isn't even a Jewel Jewel Mage, to speak here?"

Kariya Matou: "Hehe, sorry, I am already a Jewel Jewel Mage now."

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "You, a guy who doesn't even have magic circuits, are you trying to make me laugh?"

(Irisviel)

Kariya Matou: "Haven't you discovered yet? The shop in this group sells magic circuits, one for just one Saint Quartz."

Kariya Matou: "I have already purchased four magic circuits."

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "What!"

He really didn't know this; after all, his focus was on items like the Jewel Sword.

Kayneth: "Can even magic circuits be purchased!"

You have to know that magic circuits are the most important thing for a Jewel Jewel Mage, the important organ used by mages to convert life force into magical energy.

If you don't have magic circuits, you are destined not to become a Jewel Jewel Mage.

The more magic circuits you have, the more magical energy the possessor can use.

Of course, it's not that the more magic circuits the better; quality can also be compared to quantity.

And the number of magic circuits is determined at birth and will not increase due to external factors.

But now an exception has appeared, and that is this mysterious system.

It can actually increase one's own magic circuits through Saint Quartz obtained from answering questions.

If this were to spread, I'm afraid the entire Jewel Jewel Mage's Association would be in turmoil.

They hadn't looked at the system shop properly before; it seems they need to study it carefully next.

"What a magical system."

Waver had already arrived in Fuyuki City and settled in a hotel.

But he had no time to deal with this now.

In front of him were a gold chest and a bronze chest.

These were the rewards he got from answering questions yesterday and today.

Because he was on the plane yesterday, he didn't open the chest.

He was going to summon a Heroic Spirit tonight, so he opened them all at once to see if he could get any useful items.

"Hmm? What is this?"

Waver fell into deep thought looking at a card and a dagger that appeared in his hand.

On the other Reverse Reverse Reverse Reverse Side, at the Einzbern castle.

"Irisviel, the plan has changed."

Emiya Kiritsugu found his wife, who was wiping Avalon, and said with a serious face.

Irisviel asked strangely: "What's wrong, Kiritsugu? Are you not planning to summon King Arthur?"

"No, the summoning remains unchanged."

Emiya Kiritsugu looked at the card in his hand and said in a deep voice: "What needs to change is the person performing the summoning."

Returning to Fuyuki City, in the hotel room where Feng Xi was staying.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 'Heroic Spirit Summoning Card - Chaldea Version'!"

Feng Xi's face lit up with joy.

Haha, finally drew something good.

Chaldea uses the "Guardian Heroic Spirit Summoning System - Fate" to summon Heroic Spirits, and the summoned Heroic Spirits can remain in the present world until they are sent back or defeated.

In other words, the Heroic Spirit summoned with this card can remain in the present world.

This way, he would have two Heroic Spirits available in this Holy Grail War.

But it's a pity that there is no benefit even if he wins this Holy Grail War.

After all, the Holy Grail has already been polluted by Angra Mainyu into that ghostly state; it cannot be used to make wishes at all.

"Keep it for now, use it together tonight."