Tohsaka Rin: "Pfft, Astolfo-chan, you're so cute."
Astolfo: "Really? Hehehe."
Waver: "This lie will be exposed immediately. The man is on your back."
["Yes!"]
[The two magicians actually believed it and walked away.]
[Astolfo waved his hand and said: "You guys should also do your best."]
Everyone: "..."
Are these two people blind? Can't they see such a big person on Astolfo's back?
Caules: "(ーー゛) I don't know what to say."
Roche: "Me too."
Darnic: "Ahem, it seems like it's time to manage the people below."
["It turns out that's the only place that's feasible."]
[After the two magicians left, Astolfo thought for a moment and clapped his hands.]
[Meanwhile, in the basement.]
["The Homunculus actually developed his own will and escaped."]
[Roche looked at the broken culture tank in surprise.]
["But this is reality."]
[Avicebron said calmly: "We must always accept reality."]
[Roche: "But Teacher, if he escaped outside, the barrier would react."]
["That means he is still in the castle."]
[Avicebron turned and said, "Let's go."]
["Perhaps that Homunculus is the Adam Core that I'm looking for."]
[On the other side, Astolfo brought the android to Chiron's room and placed him there.]
["It seems that the magic circuit is about to go out of control. And, it is probably due to excessive fatigue."]
[Chiron analyzed after checking.]
[Astolfo: "Tired?"]
["I have never walked since I was born."]
[Chiron looked at the Homunculus's legs and said, "He is like a battery for supplying magic power."]
[Astolfo: "Really? It's a newborn baby."]
[Chiron: "Why help him, Rider?"]
[Astolfo: "What's the big deal? Because I want to."]
[Chiron: "You should know that Caster is looking for him now."]
[Astolfo: "Ahahaha, who cares about him."]
["Never mind."]
[Chiron said helplessly: "No one will come to my room, so I will lend it to you for the time being. But remember, don't answer even if someone knocks on the door."]
[Astolfo: "Ah, thank you."]
[Chiron: "But Rider, you will take responsibility to the end."]
[Astolfo: "Of course, I will help him until he no longer needs my help, but I will never abandon him before that."]
["Yeah."]
[Chiron smiled and left the room.]
[Time flies and it is the next day. The Homunculus on the bed finally wakes up, and Astolfo is lying on the back of the chair drooling, looking very cute.]
["Are you awake?"]
[The movement of the android naturally awakened Astolfo, and he smiled brightly.]
["I'm Astolfo. I saved you. Remember, remember?"]
[Video ends.]
[The correct answer to this question is D.]
[Congratulations to Waver, Chihiro, Emiya Kiritsugu, Tohsaka Tokiomi, Tohsaka Sakura, Fiore, and Chiron for obtaining 3 Saint Quartz.]
[Other group members will lose 1 Saint Quartz if they answer incorrectly.]
Darnic: "Rider, Archer, you two should explain yourselves."
Chiron: "No need to explain anything. We did not do anything to betray Black."
Astolfo: "That's right."
Darnic: "... Never mind. It's something that hasn't happened yet anyway."
Astolfo: "What are you going to do with this homunculus?"
Darnic: "You don't need to worry about this."
"Hateful!"
Astolfo gritted his teeth. Once this video came out, the homunculus might not be able to escape.
No, I must find a way to save him.
[The first question is over, and the second question will begin.]
[This is a quick-answer question. There will be one question in the video. The answer time is 5 minutes. All group members can answer it.]
[If you answer correctly, you will get 5 Saint Quartz. If you answer incorrectly, 1 Saint Quartz will be deducted. If no one answers correctly within 1 minute, the answer will be invalid.]
[Please watch the video below.]
[In an old-fashioned apartment, Gray came to El-Melloi II's room and was about to knock on the door to go in, but she heard him talking to himself.]
["I, I want to see you again and help you realize your dream, but this wish has already been…"]
[El-Melloi II in the room held the fragment of the emperor's cloak and murmured, "Even if you show up and laugh at me as an 'immature guy,' it's fine."]
["I know that I have to struggle to the last moment. That's right, right? I will do it. I am your subject."]
[With a bitter smile, El-Melloi II put the emperor's cloak fragment back into the box.]
[Gray did not disturb him and left quietly.]
Iskandar: "How come you are so sentimental in the future?"
Waver: "How would I know what I've been through?"
Kayeneth: "Huh, you look so old-fashioned, but you are still immature."
["Reines"]
[After calming down, El-Melloi II took out his phone and called Reines.]
["Yes, there is nothing we can do."]
["As for the Lord, I will go back and ask him in person. All I have to do is solve the problem in the Department."]
[The next day, Waver brought Gray to meet up with Lanis, and the three of them went to the Spiritual Evocation Department together.]
[Behind Reines was a mercury maid that Waver was very familiar with.]
[The person they are going to meet is "Wills Pelham Codrington," a first-level instructor in the Department of Spiritual Evocation, who is also the client of this mission.]
[Wills is a handsome blond young man. When they arrived, he was being confessed to by his female student.]
["I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."]
[After sending the female student away, Wills said with a wry smile.]
["You are still so popular."]
[El-Melloi II sat down and said, "But you were quite considerate to keep the door open when you were alone with the female student."]
Tohsaka Rin: "Hmm? What do you mean?"
Chihiro: "Stupid, leave the door open so people won't gossip about you."
Tohsaka Rin: "(?⊿?)?"
[After exchanging pleasantries, El-Melloi II asked why the other party invited him.]
["Wills expressed his wish to ask El-Melloi II to investigate the incident at the Marburry Workshop."]
[It turns out that five years ago, Wills's father, Trevor Pelham Codrington, bought an ancient Roman ruin and turned it into a magic workshop called "Marburry Workshop."]
[The magic power of this workshop is so strong that it can rival that of a Shrine.]
[But one day, the Marburry workshop suddenly went out of control, and the area around the workshop turned into a minefield.]
[Lightning struck at irregular intervals without warning, causing not only the magicians who went there to be struck, but also dozens of residents living nearby to be killed or injured.]
[Before the workshop was closed, the last person to die was the owner, Trevor.]
[After listening to Wills's narration, El-Melloi II directly pointed out that it might be due to the imbalance of the Leylines.]
["Yes, there is a Leyline under the Marburry Workshop."]
Kayneth: "Trevor is so lucky that he discovered a new Leyline."
When he heard about the Leylines, even he was somewhat tempted.
The timeline of El-Melloi II in the video is 2004; five years ago would be 1999. In their world, it is now 1995, and the Leyline has not been discovered yet.
This is a nice unexpected bonus.
Darnic was also somewhat tempted and prepared to write down the location to see if that Leyline existed in their world.
[Wills praised El-Melloi II's intelligence, and he immediately determined that there was a Leyline under the workshop, but El-Melloi II was confused.]
[With Trevor's strength, he was unable to repair the warped Leylines. There is indeed something wrong.]
[Reines then explained that because the problem of the Leyline had not been solved, their family had been under great pressure. Codrington's Main family took the opportunity to make trouble and wanted to "reclaim" the Marburry Workshop.]
[This is the hard work of Wills's father, so he naturally doesn't want to let his family get away with it.]
[After listening to the story, El-Melloi II said that he would go to the workshop with Wills to check it out.]
[Afterwards, Reines went to meet with the middleman who issued the mission, "Bram Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri."]
[Bram is the head of the Spiritual Evocation Department and Sola-ui's elder brother.]
[From the conversation between the two, it becomes clear why El-Melloi II took on this mission.]
[The Fifth Holy Grail War is about to begin, and El-Melloi II wants to secure a place in the competition, which is why he agreed to this task.]
[However, the two slots allotted to the Clock Tower have already been decided—"Bazett Fraga McRemitz" from the Sealing Designation Enforcers and "Atrum Galiasta," a young magus from the Middle East.]
[El-Melloi II's intention to replace one of them is exceedingly difficult.]
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