Bluebeard: "Aaaah! I'll kill you to avenge Ryunosuke!"
Extra Xi: "Save that for when you get down from the Throne of Heroes."
Extra Xi: "Besides, how long have you even known each other? You're already that close?"
Bluebeard: "How could someone like you understand the mutual appreciation between Ryunosuke and me?"
Extra Xi: "I don't want to understand how a pervert thinks."
Princess Consort: "Um, whatever the case, isn't killing someone a bit..."
Director Kayneth: "So naive. Are you really a magus?"
Director Kayneth: "And I already thought your voice sounded familiar. You also said you were a student. Could you be a student at the Clock Tower?"
Princess Consort: "Ah, um..."
Waver immediately broke into a cold sweat. He hadn't expected Kayneth to be so perceptive.
Director Kayneth: "All that stammering... could you be one of the underachievers?"
Kayneth began searching his memory as well and soon matched the clues to a name.
Director Kayneth: "Waver Velvet, is that you?"
Princess Consort: "..."
Director Kayneth: "Looks like I guessed right. It really is you."
Director Kayneth: "Hmph. You've really hit the jackpot."
Director Kayneth: "You're only a descendant of a third-rate magus family, but receiving such a miraculous opportunity is certainly a stroke of luck."
Director Kayneth: "But remember, that sort of luck won't always be there."
Princess Consort: "Ah, um..."
Director Kayneth: "What's wrong? Why are you stammering?"
Director Kayneth: "Weren't you quite defiant when you argued with me before?"
Waver was mortified. How could he possibly be defiant now?
He was currently on a plane, naturally bound for Fuyuki City.
To prove himself, he had decided to participate in the Fourth Holy Grail War. To that end, he had secretly stolen the holy relic Kayneth had gone to great lengths to acquire-a fragment of Iskandar's cloak-that very morning.
Now, facing Kayneth, both his teacher and the victim of his theft, he had absolutely no confidence.
Director Kayneth: "Where are you now? Come to my office."
Princess Consort: "Um, Professor Kayneth, I've already left YG."
Director Kayneth: "You've left YG! Where are you going? Are you planning to abandon your studies?"
Director Kayneth: "Giving up halfway? Where did all that resolve you had before go?"
Princess Consort: "Um, I'm not abandoning my studies. I'm just taking a few days off."
Director Kayneth: "A few days off? At a time like this?"
The more Kayneth heard, the more something felt wrong. Suddenly, something seemed to occur to him. He immediately hurried back to his office and opened his display cabinet.
Director Kayneth: "Ah! Waver Velvet, you bastard!"
Director Kayneth: "You actually stole the holy relic I prepared!"
Waver could do nothing about it. Sure enough, the truth had come out.
Chapter 7: The Second Quiz Begins
(The King of Conquerors and Waver)
Director Kayneth: "Say something, Waver Velvet!"
Director Kayneth: "I'll make sure you pay the price you deserve."
Ahoge King: "Stealing is certainly wrong."
Gilgamesh: "Hahaha! Another good show? Just the thing for a little entertainment."
Magus Killer: "What did he steal?"
That fellow Kiritsugu Emiya was already indirectly probing for information about someone else with his very first message.
If Waver had stolen Kayneth's holy relic, he was certainly coming to participate in the War of the Holy Grail. If Kiritsugu could take advantage of the current confusion to discover which Servant Waver intended to summon, he would have an extra measure of security.
Director Kayneth: "A fragment of Iskandar's cloak."
How could Kayneth fail to see Kiritsugu Emiya's intention? But the holy relic had already been stolen, and the Holy Grail War would begin tomorrow. He had no time to chase Waver down, so he might as well throw caution to the wind.
King of Conquerors: "Hahaha! So it was a holy relic of mine."
Princess Consort: "I'd already suspected it, but are you really Iskandar?"
King of Conquerors: "Of course. I never lie."
King of Conquerors: "Boy, I have high hopes for you. I'll be waiting for your summons."
Ahoge King: "Hey, hey, hey! That boy stole your holy relic from someone else's home. Do you approve of that behavior too?"
King of Conquerors: "Certainly not."
Princess Consort: "I'm done for..."
King of Conquerors: "How could you sneak around like that? You should charge right in while the owner is home, openly pick up the holy relic, and leave. Now that would suit my style."
Princess Consort: "..."
Director Kayneth: "..."
Ahoge King: "What are you saying! Isn't that robbery?"
Ahoge King: "As a king, how can you speak of robbery as though it were perfectly natural!"
Gilgamesh: "How vulgar. Is that any way for a king to behave?"
Gilgamesh: "As a king, if something catches your eye, that is an honor for its owner. They ought to present it to you with gratitude. Why would you take it yourself?"
Ahoge King: "Your behavior is no different from robbery either!"
Director Kayneth: "..."
Kayneth's entire worldview shattered. What sort of people were these kings of the past? Where were their dignity and manners as kings?
Why did every one of them behave like bandits and robbers?
Never mind. He had better hurry and obtain another holy relic.
Hopefully, he wouldn't end up with another utterly vulgar Servant.
Extra Xi: "Hey, hey, we're getting off topic."
Feng Xi looked bewildered. Hadn't they been discussing his killing of Ryunosuke Uryu? How had it gradually turned into a discussion of how kings behaved?
Never mind. He would take Sakura home first.
The little girl had cried herself to sleep in his arms.
After making his way to the Tohsaka Family residence, Feng Xi rang the doorbell.
"Sakura!"
Aoi Tohsaka, who had been worrying at home, immediately came to open the door. The moment she saw little Sakura in Feng Xi's arms, she took her from him.
Feng Xi: "She's fine. She just wore herself out crying."
Aoi Tohsaka bowed. "Thank you for bringing Sakura home. May I ask who you are?"
"It's nothing. I'm just a magus passing through."
Feng Xi waved a hand, said goodbye, and left.
He and Tokiomi Tohsaka would be opponents next, so it was best not to have too much contact now.
"A young man?"
Not long afterward, Tokiomi Tohsaka, who had just fought Old Worm, received a message from little Rin in the group and hurried back.
When he learned that the person who had brought little Sakura home was a young magus, he couldn't help frowning.
A magus appearing in Fuyuki at this time was probably here to participate in the War of the Holy Grail.
Although the other party had saved his daughter, he wouldn't show mercy because of that.
If that young man knew what was good for him, he might spare his life.
In the blink of an eye, it was the next day.
[Ding! The quiz will begin in ten minutes. All group members, please prepare.]
Princess Consort: "Is it finally starting? I'm ready this time."
Director Kayneth: "Hmph. Velvet, just you wait. I'll give you a vivid outdoor lesson and teach you how cruel the War of the Holy Grail is."
Feng Xi: "Pfft..."
Feng Xi laughed out loud. The man hadn't even figured out the cruelty of the War of the Holy Grail himself, yet he wanted to teach someone else.