Walking in the Question and Answer System of Heroic Spirits

"Familiar" is just a euphemism; to put it bluntly, it's a walking corpse.

Feng Xi: "This is what they call bringing your head to me."

Ilya: "Sigh, is this how you use this idiom?"

Feng Xi was also astonished by Hartres's move.

Using human heads as props, you must have learned that technique from Kratos.

[Then, the Second King took out the Tathagata pendant.]

"If visual perception is the oldest form of magic in human history, then the 'magic eye' also has countless countermeasures."

The Second Prince swung the pendant, muttering, "For example, using a vulgar amulet to block one's vision."

"The stronger the opponent's vision, the easier it is to be reflected back."

"There is only one person who could have done this and had a motive, and that is..."

Just then, Adashino Ryori suddenly made her move, but her target was not the Second Prince.

Suddenly, Theresa's severed head opened its eyes, releasing purple magic that transformed into shackles that bound 'Koles' who was holding her.

"Wait a minute, teacher, what does this mean?"

[While 'Koreis' was still in a daze, Adano Hishiri had already taken his head and retrieved it.]

The Second King said calmly, "You are the real murderer who manipulated Calabre to kill Theresa."

Gold: "Good heavens, this is a trap."

Conqueror King: "Haha, I've been outmaneuvered by them all along, but now I've finally turned the tables on them."

Kenneth: "Hmph, this kid's not bad, he knows how to cooperate with the Legal Affairs Department."

Fiore: "Koles, how do you feel now that you've been arrested?"

Koles: "Sister, that wasn't me at all."

['Coles': "Are you kidding me, teacher? You have no evidence."]

[Second Generation: "That's why I'm waiting for evidence."]

Just then, the door opened.

"This really exhausted me. I don't know what would have happened if Sven hadn't found me."

Two people walked in through the door; they were indeed Corles and Reines.

They flew over using orange magic.

[The four people who were responsible for casting the spells—Lion's Robbery, Luvia, Sphen, and Flat—were exhausted from bringing them here.]

[The Orange Magic: As long as the destination is set in advance, it can make someone feel as if they are being pulled by a rubber band, reaching the destination at speeds exceeding Mach.]

Of course, the flight itself wasn't very pleasant.

Chapter 156: The Genius Hartles

Kenneth: "Orange, you actually had contact with that woman in the future."

Weber: "Teacher, there's no use telling me this."

Rin Tohsaka: "There's such a teleportation magic? It just doesn't look like the experience is very good."

Upon seeing the person in question appear, 'Koles' stopped pretending.

"Where did I give myself away? I thought I disguised myself very well."

"You only made one mistake, and that was treating me."

The Second Prince stated directly, "Koles cannot utilize such perfect medical techniques."

[Koles: "..."]

['Coles': "I see. Because it would have been troublesome if you died, I went a little overboard."]

[Grey: So, you mean the body was switched before we even got on the train?]

"No, it was even earlier."

"My investigation of him was flawless, wasn't it?" Caules said proudly.

"She's the source of the intelligence, isn't she?"

The Second Prince looked directly at Yvette.

[Yvette: "Well, because he promised I could study the Mystic Eyes I filmed..."]

Ilya: "Good heavens, there was a mole all along."

The wife said, "I thought she was being controlled, but I never expected..."

Kiritsugu Emiya: "That's what profit is all about."

Danic: "See? This is the magician of the Clock Tower. Even students, as long as there is profit involved, can immediately throw aside any feelings of friendship."

Kenneth: "Hmph, don't try to portray yourself as some kind of good guy. We're all the same."

Kotomine Shiro: "How pathetic."

[Second Generation: "After figuring everything out, I secretly found Miss Hanako and asked her to co-star in this play with me."]

['Kaules': "I see, so all that was to buy time for this moment."]

[Second Generation: "Now you can tell us, right? Who are you?"]

['Coles': "Oh, shouldn't you have guessed it?"]

【"yes."】

[The Second Prince said in a deep voice, "Nice to meet you, former head of the Modern Magic Department, Hartles."]

['Kaules' suddenly transformed into a tall, thin man with long red hair.]

Kenneth: "Hartles, it really is him."

Rin Tohsaka: "This guy doesn't look fierce at all."

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "Villains don't wear their identities on their sleeves."

"Hartles...?"

Danic thought for a moment and confirmed that he had never heard the name when he was at the Clock Tower.

It seems that due to a discrepancy in the world's development, their world did not produce a magician named Hartles.

[Second Generation: "The only person who can easily open the vault of the modern magic department, and who has the ability to fund Yvette, is you."]

Hartles: "You're right, I've always wanted to meet you formally."

[Second Generation: "Your goal isn't just this, is it?"]

Hartles: "Oh."

[Second King: "Your transformation technique is very similar to that of 'Guldoa Davenant,' and one of his patrons happens to be an investor in Marbury Workshop."]

[Guldoa was the murderer in a case he had handled before; he was skilled in shapeshifting.]

"You want to use the power of the spiritual veins to achieve some purpose."

"You're like an examiner taking care of a struggling student, constantly leaving clues to guide me."

Hartles: "I see. So, what else? The motive."

"This case is just a facade; you've already achieved your goal."

[The Second Lord said sternly, "You did this for the Holy Grail War."]

Hartres smiled without saying a word, showing no sign of shock.

["You, who were originally missing, investigated the Holy Grail together with 'Lord Marisbury,' and you discovered a method during that time."]

"Placing both on the same spiritual vein would inevitably cause distortion, and thus, another Holy Grail was born."

Reines: "I see, so this is the so-called subspecies Holy Grail."

[Venerable II: "This alone doesn't qualify as the Holy Grail; it needs further refinement."]

"The condition is that this spiritual vein must be connected to the one beneath Fuyuki City, Japan."

"Of course, in order to forge the Greater Grail, you also need one more crucial thing: someone who once served as your Master, namely, me."

"These are the stage setups you needed. From the moment you successfully summoned the Servant, your crime was complete."

Kenneth: "So this guy actually forged the Holy Grail?"

Kenneth: "Genius, Hartrace is an absolute genius."

Danic: "This is a method that we veteran magicians never even thought of."

Kiritsugu Emiya: "By forging the Holy Grail, I summon Servants outside of the Holy Grail War."

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "How long has this guy been researching the Holy Grail? He's already achieved such results."

Rin Tohsaka: "Now I know what it means to be miserable by comparing yourself to others."

The magicians in the group were all amazed by Hartress's talent.