Fate: Question And Answer System of Traversing Heroic Spirits

[Time is up, the quiz is over.]

[Now let's start announcing the answers.]

[A: Britomart, Occupation: Lancer.]

[The mecha man in the picture takes off their armor, revealing their true form—a beautiful girl dressed in white, her hair styled into a bun with twin ponytails.]

Illya: "Eh? This art style feels completely wrong."

Tohsaka Rin: "Yeah, I thought it was a man. How is it a woman?"

Waver: "Is that really what you're focusing on?"

Kayneth: "This person is clearly holding a sword. How does that make them a Lancer!?"

[The system thoughtfully displays a scene where Britomart's sword transforms into a spear as she unleashes her Noble Phantasm.]

Everyone: "..."

They wanted to curse.

"Britomart, so it's her."

Artoria frowned and said, "But she's not quite how I remember her."

Iskandar: "You know her?"

Artoria: "She was a friend I met during my training."

[Brittomart is a knight featured in the epic poem The Faerie Queene. She was a close companion of King Arthur during his training years, a partner in adventure, and a master of the spear. Later, she embarked on a journey to seek out her destined opponent.]

[The fairy knight who inherited her name from her mother, Britomart, is the so-called second-generation Britomart—a knight serving the fairy queen, Gloriana.]

Iskandar: "So, what's the point of this introduction?"

Chihiro: "It means this is Britomart's daughter, the second-generation Britomart."

Artoria: "I see. I was wondering why she looked slightly different from how I remembered. So, she's Britomart's daughter?"

[B: Enkidu, Occupation: Lancer.]

[The divine weapon crafted by the gods to restore Gilgamesh to his divine throne, the Chains of Heaven.]

[Although initially Gilgamesh's enemy, Enkidu became his closest friend and ultimately abandoned the gods' mission, choosing instead to walk alongside humanity.]

Darnic: "So this is Enkidu, the Hero King's closest friend."

Ishtar: "This guy is Lancer? Is the Chains of Heaven considered a spear now?"

Tohsaka Rin: "It's really hard to categorize."

[C: Sigma, Occupation: Lancer.]

[The son of Maiya Hisau, trained from birth to become a weapon, and led to believe his mother had died long ago.]

[In a parallel world, Sigma was taken in as an orphan during childhood. He endured inhumane experiments, which stripped him of almost all emotions, and later became a mercenary magus. Eventually, he caught the attention of Francois Prelati and was recommended to Faldeus Dioland, making him a candidate for Masterhood.]

[Due to the distortion of the Holy Grail War system in his world, his summoned Servant, Watcher, altered his Lancer class, turning him into an ordinary person who was assigned the Lancer class.]

"!!!"

Kiritsugu stood up abruptly upon seeing this.

He had never known that Maiya Hisau had a son.

No wonder the young man had seemed so familiar.

This child was also drawn into the Holy Grail War of a parallel world.

Irisviel: "Kiritsugu, this child..."

Emiya Kiritsugu: "I'll talk to Maiya later. This is something she must decide for herself."

Darnic: "The Holy Grail War system in the parallel world is distorted? What kind of distortion?"

Waver: "Don't ask. Unless the question specifically pertains to that world, the system won't explain it."

Kayneth: "Watcher? Who's that?"

Bluebeard: "Oh, my dear friend Prelati! I didn't expect to hear your name again."

Tohsaka Rin: "Francois Prelati... wasn't he the one who gave Gilles de Rais the infamous textbook?"

Tohsaka Tokiomi: "Indeed, that's him."

Waver: "Faldeus Dioland... I've never heard that name before. So he's a Master in that world?"

Kayneth: "I haven't encountered the name Faldeus either."

"It's that world," Chihiro muttered, understanding the reference to Fate/strange Fake.

Chihiro knew only the general plot of the series and hadn't read it in depth.

The Greater Holy Grail of Fuyuki City had been taken once again after the Third Holy Grail War—this time by a foreign nation. In 2014, the so-called Pseudo-Holy Grail War began in Snowfield City in the United States.

Interestingly, Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and Ishtar all appeared in this war.

In this version, Ishtar descended into the body of Philia, the true Berserker Master. Unlike her fusion with Rin, this Ishtar fully retained her original divine personality, complete with her lack of human empathy.

Another notable participant was Ayaka Sajyou, the protagonist of Fate/Prototype.

[D: Romulus-Quirinus, Occupation: Lancer.]

[The son of Mars, the god of war, and the princess Silvia, Romulus is the founding king of Rome, who laid the groundwork for the great empire in his youth. This form represents his ascension as "Quirinus," one of the three supreme gods of Rome.]

[As a conceptualized deity, Romulus transcends ordinary biological traits or mundane responsibilities. His authority reaches the heavens themselves.]

[If his divine spears could be compared to weapons, they would be too immense and sharp for mortal comprehension.]

[His existence cannot be supported by a normal Saint Graph. Only a Grand-class vessel can accommodate him, hence his designation as a Grand Lancer.]

Everyone: "!!!"

Kayneth: "This… is another Grand Servant!?"

Tohsaka Rin: "Wait, didn't Romulus already appear? He didn't look like this!"

Tohsaka Tokiomi: "Look closely, Rin. This is Romulus in his divine youth, combined with the godhood of Quirinus. Together, they form the ultimate being."

Darnic: "Grand Servant… there's actually such a thing as a Grand Servant among Heroic Spirits!"

Iskandar: "Oh, Romulus, the founder of Rome, has such a powerful form!"

The First Emperor: "The Grand..."

Gilgamesh: "Tsk!"

Achilles: "Amazing. I'd love to test my strength against him."

Atalanta: "You'd probably get beaten."

Achilles: "Hey, big sister, the gap wouldn't be that big!"

Vlad III: "Grand Lancer, huh? No wonder I feel completely outmatched just looking at him."

As a fellow Lancer, he couldn't help but admit he was no match for this being.

Waver: "This is the second Grand-class Heroic Spirit to appear."

Darnic: "The second one? Who was the first?"

Waver: "Hassan-i-Sabbah , the Grand Assassin."

Caules: "Ah! The first Hassan, the Old Man of the Mountain—he's incredibly strong!"

Fiore: "I don't think that's the most pressing issue right now."

Caules: "...Oh, right. All four of them are Lancers!"

Gordes: "This is a trap! It's all a trap!"

Astolfo: "This system is really fun to mess with."

Kotomine Shirou: "Fun? I'm not so sure about that."

Semiramis: "This system is absolutely devious."

[The correct answers are A, B, C, and D.]

[Congratulations to Chihiro, Gilgamesh, Artoria, Iskandar, Diarmuid, Hassan of the Hundred Faces, Bluebeard, and the First Emperor for choosing all the correct answers and earning 5 Saint Crystals each.]

[In this round, Chihiro achieved the highest win rate, followed by Gilgamesh, Artoria, Iskandar, Diarmuid, Hassan of the Hundred Faces, Gilles de Rais, and the First Emperor. The rankings for this round are gold, silver, and bronze treasure chests respectively.]

[The quiz session ends here for today. It will continue tomorrow.]

Artoria and her group were quick to realize that following Chihiro would ensure they reaped benefits.

Even though Chihiro only got the last question correct, he still secured first place.

However, when Bluebeard's name appeared on the leaderboard, everyone instinctively turned to look at the room where he was hiding.

The man had locked himself inside and was eavesdropping on everything.

Soon after, the treasure chests were distributed to everyone.

"This… this wasn't easy…"

Looking at the treasure chest in his hand, Diarmuid's emotions were complicated.

It was his first silver treasure chest, having only received bronze ones previously.

When he opened it, he found a bouquet of white roses inside, labeled White Rose of Gratitude.

Although the roses never wilted, they served no purpose other than being used to court someone.

Iskandar: "Hero King, shall we compare prizes to see whose is better?"

Gilgamesh: "Ha, you wish to challenge my luck? Don't you know my rank is A in luck?"

Iskandar: "Haha, I win then—my luck is A+!"

Gilgamesh: "...Pathetic."

Despite the verbal sparring, both of them opened their treasure chests at the same time.

"Ding! Congratulations to the group member Iskandar for obtaining the Magic Item - Akhilleus Kosmos"

"Ding! Congratulations to the group member Gilgamesh for obtaining the Magic Item - Royal Travelling Incognito!"

"This… this is Achilles' shield!"

Iskandar's eyes lit up as he read the description of his reward.

It was none other than Achilles' iconic shield, an item he admired deeply.

What's more, its effect was impressive. For three minutes after activation, it could block any attack, no matter how powerful.

However, the downside was its long recharge time, it could only be used once per month.

Gilgamesh, on the other hand, seemed unimpressed with his own prize.

"Tsk, what a waste," he scoffed, tossing the item carelessly towards Iskandar.

The so-called Royal Traveling Incognito shows a picture of the First Emperor, Gilgamesh, and Ozymandias dressed in modern attire and taking a road trip.