Darnic: "Astolfo, what is your css?"

  Astolfo: "Oh, I'm Rider."

  "Everyone froze."

  Tohsaka Rin: "You're… so ho?"

  Astolfo: "Why not? Is this something I shouldn't talk about?"

  Rin looked exasperated.

  Waver: "Well… at least oion is ruled out."

  "Pfft!"

  Chihiro couldn't help but ugh, holding his stomach as his shoulders shook untrolbly. "This Astolfo… he's a plete trap! Aaking everyone else down with him!"

  Kayh: "It goes without saying that Artoria is Saber. That leaves Kriemhild and the unknown Heroic Spirit as the possibilities."

  So-ui: "All of them are holding swords in their hands."

  Kayh: "Holding a sword doesn't automatically mean Saber.

  So-ui: "But they don't look like Berserkers to me."

  Tohsaka Tokiomi: "This question is deceptively difficult to judge."

  Everyone wracked their brains, submitting their answers just as the timer was about to run out.

  ---

  [Time's up. The quiz is over.]

  [Now revealing the correswers.]

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  [A: Artoria Pendragon, Css: Archer.]

  Everyone: "!!!"

  Sisigou Kairi: "King Arthur… is Archer?!"

  Waver: "You've got to be kidding me!"

  Tohsaka Rin: "She's holding a water gun, so she's an Archer?!"

  [The s dispyed a short expnation.]

  ["His Majesty the King has desded to the summer seaside. This time, she has left all the duties of kingship behind to face the summer sun."]

  ["For some reason, the King—who could not fully enjoy swimming and was limited to pying watermelon-splitting games on the beach, stumbled upon the world of water gun warfare. Before she realized it, she had embraced this battlefield wholeheartedly, dressed in her now-iic beach attire."]

  ["Of course, the unyielding King's goal is her than being the world champion."]

  Kayh: "Wait, what? How does ging into beachwear and holding a water gun shift her css to Archer?!"

  Tohsaka Rin: "This whole question was a massive trap!"

  Irisviel: "Saber, you're adorable like this."

  Artoria: "…"

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  [B: Kriemhild, Css: Berserker.]

  ["Kriemhild is the wife of Siegfried, as told in 'The Song of the Nibelungs.' After Siegfried's assassination, she vowed vengeance, achieving it at the cost of everything, driven by relentless obsession."]

  Waver: "She's a Berserker? I couldn't tell from her appearance alone."

  So-ui: "Her devotion to Siegfried is truly toug."

  Siegfried: "…Kriemhild…"

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  [C: Sieg, Css: Caster.]

  ["Though an artificial lifeform, Sieg is also a human who grits his teeth, ehe pain, and reaches out for unattaiars. He stands with those who defy fate to shoot dowars."]

  Darnic: "Artificial lifeform!"

  Darnic's suspi deepened as he stared at the image of Sieg. Could this Sieg be the homunculus residing uheir castle? The resembnce was too uny to dismiss.

  Darnic: "The creators must have a strange sense of humor to make such a character the protagonist."

  Chihiro chuckled lightly.

  He leaned back, shaking his head as he thought. "Sieg may be the protagonist of the Apocrypha timeline, but holy, he's one of the most unremarkable main characters iire Fate franchise."

  "The script made him tral, yet he was overshadowed by practically everyone else iory. I mean, look at Darnid Vd's pairing, Karna, Jeanne and Siegfried's unwavering loyalty, Achilles and Chiron's retionship, Astolfo's charm—heck, even Mordred's fiery personality pletely outshone him."

  He paused for a moment, lost in thought as memories of Apocrypha fshed through his mind. "The Master-Servant pairings were so well-crafted except for the lead," he added with a shrug. "The result? A messy, weakly-written protagonist that dragged down an otherwise stelr ensemble."

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  [D: Astolfo, Css: Saber.]

  Everyone: "!!!"

  Astolfo: "Oh, I really am Saber!"

  Tohsaka Rin: "Astolfo! You tricked us all!"

  Astolfo: "Huh? Why would you say that?"

  Tohsaka Rin: "Didn't you just say you were Rider?!"

  Astolfo: "Oh, I am Rider."

  Tohsaka Tokiomi: "Looks like in the main timeline, Astolfo's official css is Rider. But just like Artoria in the first image, it seems Astolfo's css has shifted in this parallel world."

  [The s dispyed a brief expnation.]

  ["In a parallel timeline, Astolfo mao acquire the Holy Grail. His wish? To bee the Saber he so greatly admired. That wish was granted, and thus, he asded to the Saber css."]

  ["I am your sword!"]

  ["Astolfo always loo say this lih the gravitas and pride of a Saber, which he deeply admired. His admiration for the Saber css drove his wish."]

  Darnic: "Astolfo mao obtain the Holy Grail."

  Tohsaka Rin: "Shouldn't we be more ed about what wish he made?"

  Waver: "You used the Holy Grail to ge your css?!"

  Astolfo: "What's wrong with that? It was my dream."

  Iskandar: "Hahaha! Everyone has their oirations, and Astolfo's are no less valid than anyone else's."

  Illyasviel: "Ugh… I only got one correswer, so now I've lost 2 Saint Quartz."

  Tohsaka Rin: "This wasn't a multiple-choice question—it was a trap!"

  Waver: "This is so frustrating."

  Kayh: "Stop pining. It's not like this is the first time the system's thrown us a curveball."

  Chihiro: "Let's just sider this a lesson for ime."

  ---

  [The correswer is D.]

  [gratutions to Chihiro and Astolfo for seleg all correswers. Each has earned 5 Saint Quartz.]

  Everyone: "!!!"

  Tohsaka Rin: "Astolfo, you answered correctly?!"

  While Chihiro's accurao longer surprised anyone, Astolfo's success left the group speechless.

  Astolfo: "Huh? What's wrong?"

  Tohsaka Rin: "How did you know the other images weren't Saber?"

  Astolfo: "Know? I didn't know anything."

  Tohsaka Rin: "…What?"

  Astolfo: "I just picked one! Isn't that what you're supposed to do for these questions?"

  Tohsaka Rin: "You didn't notice it was a multiple-choice question?!"

  Astolfo: "Oh, you mean I could've picked more? Oops!"

  Tohsaka Rin: …(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻"

  ---

  [In this quiz session, Chihiro pced first, Astolfo sed, and Kayhird. They received gold, silver, and broreasure chests, respectively.]

  Astolfo: "Yay! I got a reward!"

  Kayh: "…This is ridiculous."

  Kayh stared at his broreasure chest, ping the bridge of his nose in frustration.

  Kayh: "If not for him, I would've gotten silver at least."

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  [Ding! Private chat fun has been enabled!]

  [With so many members in the group now, private chat has been added. Members choose specifidividuals to talk to, ensuring only they see the messages.]

  Tohsaka Rin: "Finally! No more chaos every time we talk."

  Kayh: "This feature should've been implemented long ago."

  ---

  [Today's quiz session has ehe session will tiomorrow.]

  ---

  In Yggdmillennia Castle, Gordes and the others turo Darnic, awaiting instrus.

  "Patriarch, what's our move?" Gordes Asked

  Darnic smirked slightly.

  Darnic smirked slightly, his tone calm yet fident. "This quiz group might actually work to our advahe videos give us glimpses of the future, and that knowledge is invaluable."

  He tapped his e thoughtfully, his mind repying the revetions from today's videos. "For example, we now know the identities of Red Saber and Assassin. And based on his reputation, it's clear that Karna is their Lancer."

  Turning to the gathered Masters, Darnic's fidence was unmistakable as he addressed them. "The inal pn was to begin summoning tomorrow, but starting a day early won't harm us. Strategically, it ges nothing."