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Chapter 12: Who is King Arthur?

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  Keh: "What about the Demi-Servant? Is it the same cept as the Pseudo-Servant?"

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  [Demi-Servants are the result of experiments ducted by Chaldea iure, desigo grant humans the power of Heroic Spirits.]

  [The oute is simir to that of El-Melloi II's case.]

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  Waver: "Chaldea? I've never heard of such a pce. Is it a department within the Mage's Association?"

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  Keh: "If even I haven't heard of it, there's no way you would. It must be some future anization."

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  Mage Killer: "System, this sed questioo be diverging quite a bit from the first one."

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  Keh: "Emiya Kiritsugu, you still haven't ged your name, have you?"

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  Keh: "Don't try to hide. I know who you are, your reputation precedes you in the magecraft world."

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  Emiya Kiritsugu: "..."

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  Seeing that his identity had been exposed, Emiya Kiritsugu stopped pretending and ged his dispy o his real one.

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  [There are indeed some discrepancies, as the stories from the first and sed questions e from two different parallel worlds reted to the Holy Grail War.]

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  Waver: "Parallel worlds? Are they actually real?"

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  Keh: "Of course, you fool. If you had paid more attention in your studies, you'd knoarallel worlds have been a known cept for quite some time."

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  The Mage's Association had indeed ducted researto parallel worlds for a while. It was said that the Wandering Sea, a secretive branch of the Association, possessed the means to observe parallel dimensions. The a magi there were known to enjoy watg the developments of alternate worlds.

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  [Now, let's annouhe group members' answers.]

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  [gratutions to Waver, Keh, Emiya Kiritsugu, Matou Kariya, Tohsaka Sakura, and Chihiro for correctly identifying the number of Servants and earning 2 Saint Quartz.]

  [Bluebeard chose not to ahis question.]

  [All other partits answered incorrectly and will have 2 Saint Quartz deducted.]

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  Chihiro iionally answered only part of the question correctly to avoid drawing too much attention. After all, this question had signifit pitfalls, making it very unlikely for ao get a perfect score. If he had answered everything right, it would have seemed suspicious.

  As for the Tohsaka family, Tokiomi had iionally given different answers for himself and his daughters, but Sakura's aurned out to be correct by sheer luck.

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  [The sed question is over. Now, we begin the final question for today.]

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  [This is a multiple-choice question. Please examihe following images and choose the oing King Arthur.]

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  Waver: "Huh? What kind of question is this?"

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  Are they supposed to guess who King Arthur is? But wasn't King Arthur's appearance already shown in the first question?

  The entire group was baffled by this, including Altria herself.

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  [A: The image shoerson heavy silver armor, bearing a striking resembo Artoria, though the expression appears more unruly.]

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  Artoria: "Sir Mordred…"

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  Upon seeing the person in the picture, Artoria felt a headache ing on. This was her "son," and she was all too familiar with that face.

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  Waver: "Well, that doesn't seem right…"

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  Although the figure looked simir to Artoria, the differen temperament was obvious. Of course, the possibility of the system trying to mislead them couldn't be ruled out.

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  [B: This picture shows a girl in a vish red dress, identical to Artoria in appearance, except she cks the iic ahoge and has a more developed chest.]

  [Additionally, the hem of her dress is transparent, leaving little to the imagination.]

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  Waver: "???"

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  Keh: "What is going on? They look exactly the same!"

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  Although options A and B had almost the same face, the differences in attire and presentation suggested they were not the same person.

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  Tohsaka Rin: "Now I uand what the question is about."

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  Waver: "I never expected King Arthur to have su ordinary face."

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  King of querors: "Hahaha! This question is indeed amusing."

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  Artoria: "..."

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  She wao protest, but didn't know where to begin. Mordred, she could uand, but this other person who looked just like her? How was she supposed tue against that? The face may have been the same, but the figure was pletely different.

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  [C: This image dispys a woman in shining silver armor with slender legs. She has a thin sword at her side and holds a rge white fg.]

  [Needless to say, the face is identical to Artoria's.]

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  Bluebeard: "Ah! My Saint! I've finally found you again!"

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  Chihiro: "Oh great, he's gone mad again. That was a jump scare."

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  Waver: "It has been quiet for a while."

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  Tohsaka Tokiomi: "Bluebeard, do yhe person in this picture?"

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  Bluebeard: "Of course, I could never fet the face of the Saint!"

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  Chihiro: "And what about the first two images? Do yhem?"

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  Bluebeard: "They are all my Saints as well!"

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  Tohsaka Tokiomi: "..."

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  Chihiro: "He was already crazy, but now we firm he's also face-blind."

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  Bluebeard: "Ah! Chihiro! I swear I will kill you!"

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  [D: The image is retively simple, showing 'Artoria' in a blue tracksuit and a baseball cap, looking like a modern youth.]

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  Keh: "This one feels closer, but the outfit is odd…"

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  Waver: "It could be a trick."

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  [E: The picture finally ges in style. Though it's still Artoria's face, the image shows a mature queen wearing a , plete with a rather… generous chest.]

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  Tohsaka Rin: "This one is a bit much. The difference is way too big."

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  King of querors: "Ihis figure doesn't resemble King Arthur at all."

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  After all, Artoria's petite figure was quite different from that of this mature-looking woman.

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  [F: The final image features a man.]

  [Though the face resembles Artoria's, the figure is undeniably male.]

  [The man is dressed in a white suit, and with such a handsome face, it's easy to imagine how many women would be charmed by him.]

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  "What? This is just too much!" The group members were exasperated.

  They had accepted the mature woman in the previous image, but presenting a male version of Artoria was a step too far.

  If they hadn't already known that King Arthur was a woman, they might not have found it strange. But now, knowing that King Arthur etite young woman, a male version just felt absurd.

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  Chihiro tried to stifle his ughter.

  This system really knows how to mess with people's heads.

  By the time this question is over, everyone's mi is bound to be thrown into chaos.

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