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Chapter 55: A Highly Misleading Title

  [B: This picture shows a tall woman with long hair aeroatic eyes.]

  Seeing this image, Iskandar's grin widened.

  He hadn't expected to see this old subordinate of his uhese circumstances. Unfortunately, that particur follower was far too stubborn and had refused to answer his call in the past.

  [eedless to say, this is a familiar face smoking, El-Melloi II.]

  Everyone instinctively turo look at Waver.

  Waver: "What, is something involvihis time?"

  Iskandar: "There's no question about it! After all, we share such a close bond."

  [D: This is also a Servant that everyone already knows, the infamous Berserker, Darius III.]

  Emiya Kiritsugu: "So, we have two options with knowies and two that remain mysterious?"

  Keh: "This question seems even harder to decipher."

  [You have 5 mio ahe question. Begin answering now.]

  "Chihiro, how should I pi this one?" Rin whispered, looking toward Chihiro, while Zhang Jiao and others also turo him, seeking guidance.

  "Hmm… choose, uh..."

  Chihiro was about to pick A when he hesitated, realizing something was off.

  The question asked for the person "closest to the King of querors." But if A was young Iskandar himself, did that t as someone "close" to him?

  That had to be the catch. It seemed like a straightforward question, but it was clearly hiding a trap.

  Then again, he could be overthinking it.

  Choosiween B and C to decide who was closer to Iskandar was tricky. As for D, it seemed like a throtion.

  "I'm holy not certain about this one," Chihiro admitted, shaking his head. "Just pick whatever feels right between A, B, and C."

  "Alright."

  With no clear answer, everyone analyzed on their own.

  Chihiro thought for a moment aually selected B, deg to go with his instinct.

  Meanwhile, Iskandar was leaning toig A but was stopped by Waver and El-Melloi II.

  They also noticed the potential trap in the question.

  After a bit of deliberation, they decided to trust Waver's assessment a with B.

  They shared their reasoning with Keh, sihey were currently allied.

  As for the roups, they had no choice but to rely on their owions.

  [Time's up. The quiz is now over.]

  [Now revealing the correswers.]

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

  "What? That's young Iskandar?!"

  Tokiomi and the roup members turoward the present-day Iskandar in shock.

  Goodness, what had he beeing to grow up so drastically? They looked like two entirely different people.

  Iskandar ughed heartily, "Haha! Didn't I mention that I was a handsome youth? You could even call me a pretty boy!"

  Everyone: "…"

  Nonsense! Who would believe you based on your current appearance?

  Chihiro khat Iskandar's transformation was due to his skill, "Divine Prote of the Thunder God." This ability used Zeus's lightning to enhance his physique and elevate his divinity, but at the cost of steadily redug his "beautiful boy" attribute until it was pletely gone.

  Judging from his current state, it was obvious that Iskandar had strengthened himself tless times.

  [B: Hephaestion, a Faker Servant who, to be precise, is the twin sister of the historical Hephaestion, and serves as Iskandar's magical substitute.]

  Keh: "Faker? A terfeit css? Since when has there been such a designation?"

  Tohsaka Tokiomi: "Hephaestion's twin sister… I've never heard of this person before."

  "Oops, my bad," Iskandar scratched his head, ughing awkwardly. "They look exactly alike, so it's easy to mix them up."

  Waver: "A magical substitute? What does that mean?"

  "She's the one who absorbs the attacks of enemy magi on my behalf," Iskandar expined, "Back then, magi were a stant threat, especially with their curses, which were difficult to defend against."

  "So, she's a kind of shadow warrior?"

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

  Iskandar: "I wao give her one, but she refused."

  Waver: "Hmm? Why?"

  "Most curses at the time used a person's name as the medium," El-Melloi II interjected. "As a magical substitute, she likely adopted Iskandar's name so she could intercept curses intended for him. If she had her own would break the spell's defle and she'd lose her ability to act as his substitute."

  "Ah, I see," Iskandar ughed. "I hadn't thought that deeply about it back then. I just wondered why she was so resistant."

  Waver/El-Melloi II: "…"

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

  "Teacher? Me?"

  El-Melloi II was utterly bewildered.

  He had no experieh any singurities and had no idea how he'd ended up as the young queror's instructor.

  "Hahaha! So you'll be my teacher iure!" Iskandar spped El-Melloi II on the shoulder. "That suits you perfectly! Should I start calling you 'Teacher' now?"

  "Please, stop…" El-Melloi II sighed, feeling a headache ing on.

  [D: Darius III, Berserker, the King of querors' lifelong rival. Even as a Heroic Spirit, his only wish is to challehe King of querors once more.]

  "So this guy never let go of his grudge, huh?"

  Iskandar chuckled, "It's a shame he didn't e. I would've liked to cross bdes with him again."

  "Myself, my stand-in, my teacher, my rival…"

  Emiya Kiritsugu and the others began to realize the tri the question, w if they had guessed correctly.

  Now, all they could do was wait for the system to annouhe right answer.

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