"Dad! Please save Sakura! Go save her!"

  Young Rin had no choice but to tug desperately at Tohsaka Tokiomi's tr, her voice frantic.

  "Sakura… Sakura!"

  Tohsaka Tokiomi finally snapped out of his stupor, his voice erupting like the roar of an angry lion. "Matou Zouken, you vile old monster!"

  "What happeokiomi?"

  Tohsaka Aoi had noticed something was terribly wrong. Her tone was ced with worry as she asked, "What's going on with Sakura?"

  "Stay here and take care of Rin. I'll bring Sakura back immediately."

  Without taking the time to expin, Tokiomi dashed out the door, his mind rag. Sakura had only been handed over to the Matou family retly; if he moved quickly, it might not be too te.

  As Tokiomi disappeared from view, Rin began hurriedly expining everything to her mother.

  ***

  Meanwhile, Chihiro was the chaotic situation through the Type-Moon unication System.

  "I didn't expect the system to drop a bombshell right from the start," Chihiro mused, shaking his head. "Tohsaka Tokiomi must be losing his mind right now."

  It wasn't that Tokiomi didn't love his daughter. The problem y in his poor judgment when it came to people. Chihiro recalled that in one of the alterimelines, Fate/Hollow Ataraxia's "Hanafuda Wars" sario, Tokiomi had discovered the truth about Sakura and stormed the Matou estate by himself to rescue her. After the Fourth Holy Grail War, he had eve her to live with the Edelfelt family, a distant branch of the Tohsaka lineage in Europe.

  It was ironic how this revetion echoed the famous line, "It's all Tokiomi's fault," which Matou Kariya had shouted before his death in another world.

  Still, Chihiro couldn't help but smirk. "Such a tricky questiht out of the gate…"

  Anyone unfamiliar with the infamous meme would probably assume the correswer was A or B.

  ***

  Golden King: "What a disgusting se."

  Princess: "Who is that old man? How could areat a child like that?"

  Radiant Gnce: "If such evil were to appear before me, I would destroy it without hesitation."

  Foolish King: "Agreed. I would take that old man's head with a siroke, in honor of my knightly code."

  King of querors: "This question is a challenge for me. I don't reize any of these names."

  Director K: "Rebellious Spirit, do you know the person in the video?"

  However, Matou Kariya wasn't paying attention to the chat. He was too ed by the emotions stirred by the revetions.

  The five minutes allotted for answering the question passed swiftly.

  ***

  [The time for answering has ehe correswer will now be revealed.]

  [A new image appeared on the s, showing Matou Kariya from the previous video.]

  [This time, his hair was streaked with gray, and his face was marred by grotesque blue veins. He looked almost monstrous.]

  [At Kariya's feet y a corpse, the unmistakable figure of Tohsaka Tokiomi, tagged with his name for crity.]

  [Kariya's voice rang out, filled with rage and despair.]

  ["It's all this man's fault! Everything is because of him!"]

  ***

  [The correswer is D: Tohsaka Tokiomi.]

  [gratutions to "Princess," "Background Character Chihiro," and "Golden King" for correctly answering and earning 5 Saint Quartz.]

  [Partits who answered incorrectly: Director K, The Showman, Foolish King, King of querors, Radiant Gnce, Knight of the Lake, and Troupe of Acrobats will have 1 Saint Quartz deducted.]

  [For those with 0 Saint Quartz, the dedu will be recorded as a debt.]

  [Partits who abstained from answering: Mage Killer, Jewel King, Mapo Priest, Rebellious Spirit, Red Devil, Tragic Sakura, and Bluebeard.]

  ***

  Red Devil: "Dad, how could this happen?!"

  Rin's face went pale as she processed the video. Her father, Tohsaka Tokiomi, was shown dead, and his killer was her than Kariya, the kind uncle she had always trusted. The shock was too much, and her i worldview seemed to shatter with each revetion.

  Tohsaka Tokiomi and Matou Kariya, still rushing towards their destinations, were also shaken.

  "I… was killed by Kariya? A man with no magical talent?" Tokiomi's mind spun.

  "I… I killed Tokiomi?" Kariya was equally stunned.

  But they didn't have the luxury to dwell ohoughts. They were both focused on a single goal, saving Sakura.

  ***

  King of querors: "Princess, Background Character Chihiro, Golden King—how did you know the answer?"

  Princess: "I just guessed. I don't actually know who any of the people were."

  Background Character Chihiro: "Same here."

  Golden King: "Hah! It was simply iable that I would know. This king is never mistaken."

  The truth was, Golden King had only been lucky. He had tried to use his "Omnist and Almighty Star" to dis the answer, but found that the system's meisms were beyond even his power. Everything ected to the Fourth Holy Grail War had been pletely sealed off.

  ***

  [This cludes the warm-up round. Today's sessioured just one question as an introdu.]

  [Starting tomorrow, the daily Q&A will open at this time, featuring three questions. Please prepare accly.]

  [As "Princess," "Background Character Chihiro," and "Golden King" achieved equal scores, they will each receive a golden treasure chest. Please check your iory.]

  ***

  In the real world, a golden treasure chest materialized in the hands of Chihiro, Waver Velvet (aka "Princess"), and Gilgamesh ihrone of Heroes.

  The chest was about the size of a palm, but despite its modest appearance, Chihiro k could tain valuable rewards.

  Since he had earned double rewards thanks to his special privileges, Chihiro now held two goldes.

  "Should I open them here?" Chihiro pondered, but ultimately decided against it for now.

  ***

  Just then, a car rolled past slowly.

  Chihiro caught a glimpse of a little girl with purple hair in the back seat, staring out the window with a fearful expression.

  Sakura. This must be when she was first taken in by the Matou family.

  But hadn't this happened a year ago?

  fused, Chihiro didn't hesitate and quickly pursued the vehicle.

  He already khe location of the Matou estate. In fact, he had pted saving Sakura from her tragic fate a year prior. But at the time, there was no viable reason for him to leave the mountain, and he was still too young to travel alone.

  Moreover, there was date for when Sakura had been adopted by the Matou family, so staying in Fuyuki City indefinitely hadn't been an option.

  But now, fate seemed to have presented him with a ce. There was no way he could sit idly by.

  Using a secret Onmyōdō teique that enhanced his speed to supernatural levels, Chihiro mao reach the Matou estate before the car carrying Sakura even arrived.

  This teique, a mystical art from Japan, allowed its user to cover vast distances in mere moments, as if their legs were powered by motors.

  With some time to spare before the car reached the mansion, Chihiro decided to open his two treasure chests, hoping for some useful items.