The Q&A System Among Heroic Spirits, Part 49

"I choose, uh..."

Feng Xi was just about to say A when he suddenly felt something was off.

The question asked who was "closest to the King of Conquerors." Did option A count?

So that was it. The question looked simple, but there was a trap.

Then again, he might have been overthinking it.

And between B and C, it was hard to judge which of them was closer to Iskandar.

As for D, that really was just there to fill out the options.

"I'm not sure about this one either."

Feng Xi shook his head. "A, B, or C. Let's all just pick whichever."

"Is that so?"

The others could only analyze it themselves.

After thinking for quite a while, Feng Xi still chose B.

He decided to take a gamble on his own reasoning.

Across from them, Iskandar had wanted to choose A outright, but El-Melloi II and Waver stopped him.

They had also noticed the trap in the question.

After some analysis, they too found themselves brainstorming over A, B, and C.

In the end, they decided to trust El-Melloi II's judgment and chose B.

They also shared their analysis with Kayneth.

After all, their two groups were allies now.

As for the other groups, they really could only rely on luck.

[Time is up. Answering has ended.]

[The answers will now be revealed.]

[A: Alexander, Rider, Iskandar in his youth.]

"What? That's Iskandar as a kid?!"

Tokiomi Tohsaka and the other group members immediately turned toward Iskandar.

Good grief, what had he eaten growing up? They looked like two completely different people.

Iskandar laughed. "Haha, didn't I tell you? I was very handsome when I was young, too. You could call me a Beautiful Youth."

Everyone: "..."

Well, duh. Who had believed him when he said that?

Feng Xi knew that Iskandar had become like this because of his "Blessing of the Gods" skill.

This skill strengthened Iskandar's body with Zeus's lightning and increased his divinity, but as the price, the rank of "Beautiful Youth" would keep falling until it disappeared completely.

Looking at Iskandar now, there was no telling how many times he had strengthened himself.

[B: Hephaestion, Faker. To be precise, she is Hephaestion's twin younger sister. She has no name and serves as Iskandar's Magecraft double.]

Kayneth: "Faker? An imitation? Why is there another class now?"

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "Hephaestion's twin younger sister? I've never heard of such a person."

"Oh, did I mistake her?"

Iskandar scratched his head. "Can't be helped. The sisters look exactly alike. It's really hard to tell them apart."

Waver: "A Magecraft double? What does that do?"

"She was the one who faced attacks from enemy mages in my place."

Iskandar said solemnly, "Mages in the old days were very dangerous, especially with methods like curses. They were impossible to guard against."

"She was the double who drew curses away from me."

"So, a body double, then?"

Waver asked again, "Then why doesn't she have a name?"

Iskandar: "I wanted to give her a name back then, but she refused."

Waver: "Huh? Why?"

"Because most curses in the past used a person's name as the medium for casting them."

El-Melloi II explained, "As his Magecraft double, she must have been granted the name Iskandar, because only then could she intercept curses for the king."

"If she had a name of her own, she would no longer be able to misdirect curses aimed at Iskandar. In other words, she would lose her role as his Magecraft double."

"Ah, so that was it."

Iskandar laughed. "I didn't think that much about it back then. I wondered why she reacted so strongly."

Waver/El-Melloi II: "..."

[C: Lord El-Melloi II, Caster, Alexander's teacher.]

"His teacher? Me?"

El-Melloi II immediately looked utterly bewildered.

Having yet to experience the Singularity, he had absolutely no idea how he had somehow become the young king's teacher.

"Hahaha! So you became my teacher in the future?"

Iskandar clapped El-Melloi II on the shoulder. "It does suit your position. How about I start calling you Teacher right now?"

"Stop fooling around..."

El-Melloi II pressed a hand to his forehead, feeling his stomach ache again.

[D: Darius III, Berserker, the King of Conquerors' opponent in life. Even after becoming a Heroic Spirit, his sole wish is to fight the King of Conquerors once more.]

"So he really couldn't let it go."

Iskandar laughed. "A pity he hasn't manifested. Otherwise, I'd like to fight him again, too."

"Himself, his double, his teacher, his opponent..."

Kiritsugu Emiya and the others finally realized the trap in the question, unsure whether they had chosen correctly.

Now, all that remained was to wait for the system to announce the correct answer.

Chapter 56: Now We Can View Heroic Spirits' Status Panels

[The correct option is B.]

[Congratulations to Waver, Feng Xi, the King of Heroes, Kayneth, the King of Conquerors, Diarmuid, Kiritsugu Emiya, Sakura Tohsaka, El-Melloi II, the Goddess of Venus, Sola, and the Eldest Valkyrie Sister on receiving 5 Saint Quartz.]

[Bluebeard has declined to answer this question.]

[Everyone else answered incorrectly and loses 1 Saint Quartz.]

"So it really was wordplay."

Waver and the others instinctively looked at El-Melloi II. Luckily, he had noticed early.

"Stare..."

Rin Tohsaka also looked at Feng Xi with some resentment.

Feng Xi: "Don't look at me. I guessed this one, too."

"Do you even believe that yourself?"

Rin Tohsaka pouted. "Next time, no matter what you say, I'm choosing whatever you choose."

[In this round of questions, the King of Conquerors had the highest win rate, followed by Feng Xi and the Goddess of Venus, with Waver, Kayneth, Diarmuid, El-Melloi II, Sola, and the Eldest Valkyrie Sister in third place. They are awarded one gold, silver, or bronze treasure chest each, respectively.]

[Today's questions have ended. They will resume tomorrow.]

Then everyone's figures vanished from the hall as they were sent back to wherever they had been before.

Only Qin Shi Huang remained, but he could sense that once he dispelled his Reality Marble, he too would return directly to the present world.

"It didn't produce even the slightest fluctuation of magical energy. This system really is impressive."

"Let's see what I get this time."

After returning home, Feng Xi looked at the silver treasure chest in his hands and opened it straight away.

This was the first silver treasure chest he had opened. He would see how its contents differed from those of a gold treasure chest.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host on obtaining 'Mystic Code-Awakened Will'!"

A card landed in Feng Xi's hand. Its illustration depicted Kariya Matou from the original story, with half his face disfigured.

Its effect was to make the user's will incomparably firm, unable to be shaken by anything.

Oh, this was good stuff.