Walking in the Question and Answer System of Heroic Spirits

[This video has ended.]

Rin Tohsaka: "You actually went and committed robbery."

Lion Jie Li: "It's not robbery, it's buying. Anyway, the association will foot the bill for me."

Feng Xi: "When it comes to wool, you have to grab it and fleece it as much as you can."

Lion Jie Li: "That's right, I've risked my life, what's wrong with spending some of their money?"

Kenneth: "..."

[The first question is finished. Now we begin the second question.]

[This is a buzzer-style question; the question will be asked once during the video, and you will have 5 minutes to answer. All group members can buzz in to answer.]

[A correct answer earns 5 Saint Quartz; a wrong answer deducts 1 Saint Quartz. If no one answers correctly within one minute, the answer is void.]

[Please watch the video carefully now.]

[Video begins.]

Another day of teaching has ended, and as usual, the students are still causing the Second Prince a lot of trouble.

Today he taught the Kabbalah magic created by Avisbro. The students' reports were all pretty good, but someone kept causing trouble for him.

[Flatter made a mistake with his credits, and Sven, in his competition with him, also made the same mistake, resulting in both of them needing to retake the exams.]

[A makeup exam means he'll have to find time to create the makeup exam paper, inexplicably increasing his workload.]

[Later, Flat and Sphinx actually got into a fight in class, which infuriated the Second Prince.]

[Then, in exchange for extra credits, they got the other students to beat them up.]

Lion's Robbery: "Pfft, Lord El-Melloi II, your classroom is certainly lively."

Ilya: "It feels so liberating. Can I join in the future?"

Kiritsugu Emiya: "We'll talk about this later."

Kenneth: "Outrageous, absolutely outrageous, Weber, this is the classroom you're running."

Weber: "???"

Weber: "Shouldn't you have come to me about this, @Second Generation?"

Second Generation: "???"

Normally, the Second Incarnation calls you, but if there's something to discuss, the Second Incarnation calls me.

I never realized before how annoying I was when I was younger.

[After the lesson, Grey was invited by Reines to afternoon tea, where they discussed the aftermath of the Mystic Eyes Collection Train.]

[Grey became friends with Olga and, at Olga's invitation, visited the city of Animusfia several times. There, she learned that Olga was selling her family's expensive nuclear power plant.]

Kenneth: "A nuclear power plant! What is Maris Billy trying to do with this thing?"

Rin Tohsaka: "They actually built a nuclear power plant. Are monarchical families all this rich?"

Lion Jie Li: "Even if you have money, you can't keep it up by spending it like this. You'll still have to sell it eventually."

[Later, Reines mentioned that the Second Prince had indeed secured a spot to replace someone in the Fifth Holy Grail War, but he declined.]

Because Faker is still alive, the young master couldn't bring himself to participate in the Holy Grail War, so he had to decline.

However, the second prince's withdrawal displeased another participant, Atram Gariasta.

[The opponent seemed to have a grudge against the Second Holy Grail War, and declared that he wanted to settle the score with the Second Holy Grail War, but the Second ultimately refused, and the opponent left in anger.]

Atram has already departed for Fuyuki City; the Fifth Holy Grail War is about to begin.

Rin Tohsaka: "Sigh! I finally got the right to participate, and you just gave it up."

The Conqueror: "Oh dear, what a pity. I wanted to see if I could make another appearance."

Kiritsugu Emiya: "The Fifth Holy Grail War..."

Kenneth: "Hmph, Webber Velvet, you did a good job on that, not letting personal matters interfere with official duties."

Weber: "..."

[Later, Reines mentioned Hartless, the mastermind behind the Eye-Collecting Train.]

[Reines: "Upon closer examination, that guy named Hartres has clearly had a close relationship with my brother since the beginning of the cases."]

[Grey: "Shall we start with a previous case?"]

"It's the Izeruma case."

Reines cautioned, "At the underground auction of the relic 'Siegfried's Bodhi Leaf,' which they bought as payment for the Grand Mage Aozaki Touko, someone offered a huge sum of money."

"So, it was around that time?"

Grey's thoughts immediately drifted back to the past.

Kenneth: "Izeluma, they're even connected to Hartres."

Sora: "Just how many people has this Hartres worked with?"

Izelma, also known as Twin Tower Izelma, is a branch family of the "Baruyereta," one of the twelve royal families.

This family has been dedicated to creating "the most beautiful humans" for generations, and they have achieved results, namely the Golden Princess and the Silver Princess.

It is said to be something that people perceive as beautiful.

Reines mentioned the case of Izeluma; could it be that a case also occurred in Izeluma's family?

Danic and others, however, were focused on Siegfried's linden leaves.

Gordes used this relic to summon Siegfried, but who would have thought it would fall into the hands of a Grand Magus in another world?

[Rewind to the night Leni took Gray to the Izelma banquet.]

The case began at this point.

Reines herself actually loathed these kinds of banquets, but hearing that a Grand Mage would be attending, she couldn't refuse and had no choice but to agree.

The two women departed from London, first taking the West Coast Line for three and a half hours, then changing trains at Oxenholm station, and soon after arriving in Windermere, finally reaching their destination.

A carriage was already waiting there, and the driver immediately went to greet the two women as they emerged.

"We've been waiting for you. You must be Miss Reines El-Melloi Archizolti."

Reines: "It's me."

[Driver: "Byron instructed me to come and fetch you. Please get in."]

Reines: "Then I won't be polite."

After boarding the carriage, it began to move forward, remaining remarkably stable even on the rugged mountain roads.

Upon reaching the lakeside, we saw two four-story towers, almost identical in shape.

That is the residence of the Izelma family, and the origin of the name "Izelma Twin Towers".

The driver explained to them that the Tower of Sunlight was on the east side and the Tower of Moonlight was on the west side. Finally, the carriage dropped them off at the foot of the Tower of Moonlight.

After they disembarked, the coachman and the carriage melted and shrunk, turning into a toy tin soldier and a toy carriage.

Chapter 172: The Grand Puppeteer, Aozaki Touko

Rin Tohsaka: "Sigh! Are the carriage and the coachman just toys?!"

Kenneth: "It's a doll, a specially made magic doll. The people in the Creation Department are the best at researching these kinds of things."

Waver: "So, the Grand Magician invited to this banquet is perhaps...?"

Kenneth: "That's right, that woman, the Grand Puppeteer, Aozaki Touko."

Kenneth: "It seems that this is where you met her in the future."

"As expected of a legitimate branch of the Creative Studies Department, they're quite adept at these kinds of tricks?"

Reines looked at the two dolls on the ground and laughed.

"It's an honor to receive such praise."

A bearded gentleman, around forty-five years old, greeted them at the entrance, bowing respectfully to Reines and saying, "Welcome, Miss Emerald."

This man had brown hair and wore a scarlet suit; perhaps due to a leg injury, he was using a cane.

"I am 'Byron Baljereta Izeluma,' thank you for coming from afar."

[Lynnes: "The head of Izeluma, huh? Forgive me for not greeting you sooner."]

[Byron: "It's alright, please come in. The banquet has already begun."]

Led by Byron, the two women entered the main hall of the Moon Tower.

The hall had a high ceiling, filled with a solemn glow, and the floor was covered with a plush carpet that seemed to sink right into your ankles, creating a very comfortable atmosphere.

[A series of mechanical puppets are playing "In the Mood," a famous jazz piece composed by Joe Garland in 1939.]

By this time, almost all the invited magicians had arrived, chatting and laughing harmoniously.

But beneath this facade of harmony, how much hypocrisy and malice truly lies hidden?

"It's like a mountain of dung! I don't know they're stacked shit that high!"