"Shamir, with the meeting adjourned, can you find Alois and lead our guests to Hanneman? If we are to find a cure for Hapi, I believe finding out what her Crest is should be the first step. Afterward, introduce Manuela to our guests as well. Have them receive a medical check-up." Rhea smiled at Hapi.

Shamir nodded at Patricia, Emiya, and Hapi. "Follow me." She left the chamber with the group in tow.

As the doors closed, Seteth visibly relaxed and exhaled. "Rhea, if this is truly the Agarthans, we must be ready." Silence followed. Seteth looked back at Rhea. "Rhea?"

Rhea's face showed a slight frown. "The boy… I'm not sure if my mind was playing tricks on me, but he focused on my eyes."

Seteth's eyes widened. "What? Did he see…?"

"Of that, I'm not sure. But when I looked back…" Rhea faced Seteth and Flayn. "It felt like I was looking at a mirror."

Shamir and Alois led Lambert, Patricia, Hapi, and Emiya to a room on the same floor as the Audience Chamber.

As Alois knocked on the door, he faced the group. "Welcome to our resident Crest professional, Professor Hanneman! He joined the Academy just over a decade ago, from the Imperial Year 1165. He always sighs when I'm near him though." Alois gave them a quick run-down on who they were about to meet.

Shamir sighed and looked to her side. "It's because you've got too much energy," she mumbled.

Emiya understood what she meant. Dealing with someone that had too much energy required a lot of dedication.

'Just like a certain tiger.'

Fortunately, Alois seemed more focused on making others happy rather than chasing his own convenience.

The door opened and a man with gray hair popped out to take a look. His hair was slicked to his sides, though a front section had a cowlick. He had a thick sideburn and sported a mustache and goatee. A monocle and a suit completed his scholarly look.

"Good evening, Alois, Shamir. Is there anything I can help you two with?" He peered out even more and his eyes widened as his eyes roved over to Lambert. "Your Majesty! Pardon my lack of decorum and formal attire at the moment. I was not expecting a visit, much less a royal visitor!"

'The business suit isn't formal enough? What do you usually wear?'

"Not to worry, Professor Hanneman. We're here on the orders of the Archbishop. We'd like to see the Crests that these two wield, if any." Lambert's hand waved over Emiya and Hapi.

"Oh? Potential students? Very well, right this way, right this way." Hanneman opened his doors. In the middle of his office was a machine. Behind it was a table with a neat stack of papers on one side. The walls were lined with books and one side had a door, and Emiya presumed it would have led to Hanneman's personal quarters. There were chairs on the other side of the door.

'If someone told me that this was a small library, I would have agreed. The man loves his pursuit of knowledge. I wonder how far he would go for it. Would he perfectly fit in the Clocktower?'

As everyone filed in the room, Hanneman put on a fur coat of some type and then looked back at them.

"Well, then, I know Alois already introduced himself, but I would like to personally do it as well. My name is Hanneman, a Crest scholar, and professor at the Officers Academy. I regret to inform you that I am only a Crest scholar, not a professional. I do not believe I know everything about Crests yet." Hapi and Emiya merely nodded at his introduction and stood in front of Hanneman and the machine. The adults sat on the chairs on the sideline.

Hanneman waved towards the machine in the middle of the room. "Now, this is a device I designed to determine whether the power of a Crest resides within you. Won't hurt a bit, I promise."

Emiya raised his hand. "Professor, I do not know what Crests are."

"What?" Hanneman asked incredulously. He faced the adults.

"Amnesia," Lambert responded.

Hanneman gasped. "Oh. Well then, allow me to tell you everything about them. Crests are, simply put, power incarnate. They are said to have been bestowed by the Goddess a long time ago. They exist within the flesh, and are passed through the blood. Those who carry Crests may excel at magic, display exceptional strength, or any number of boons. Each Crest has its own power, which is currently unknown to mortal understanding. For now, at least."

'Bestowed by the Goddess? Does it work like a contract? Perhaps the Goddess offered her blessings in exchange for something?'

"Now, while I did say it is passed through the blood, it doesn't mean that all descendants will inherit that Crest. In actuality, there are only a few that inherit the Crest in that Crest's bloodline. Now, who would like to go first?" Hanneman asked, glancing between Hapi and Emiya.

Hapi and Emiya glanced at each other and Emiya held out his hand towards the machine. "Ladies first?"

Hapi stepped forward as Hanneman stepped aside. "Now, all you have to do is hold out your arm over this device."

Hapi held out her arm and the machine glowed. It dimmed and a symbol appeared on the machine. It was made of two circles, one inside the other. The outer circle was incomplete, as it was not connected at the top. Four dashes crossed the outer circle while the bottom formed a triangle. The inner circle had a line on its top and bottom.

Hanneman's eyes widened as Hapi. "Oh my! What a wonderful find, that's the Crest of Timotheos. Those are quite rare, only coming from the Adrestian Empire!"

'So Hapi's Crest came from the Adrestian Empire? Are these enemies from Adrestia? First, our current lead, this Arundel guy, came from Adrestia. Then Hapi, who was found in Faerghus, actually came from Adrestia? Perhaps she was smuggled to Cornelia?'

"Now then, it's your turn!" Hanneman's words interrupted Emiya's thought. "Now, now, let us find out if you have one as well!" Emiya held out his left hand as he reached the machine.

Suddenly, red electricity formed around the machine.

Hanneman stepped back. "Huh?"

A red aura flared from the machine. Both aura and electricity began to converge on Emiya's hand. Emiya tried to pull back but his arm seemed to be frozen on the spot. Lambert saw him try to get away and rushed towards him. He reached from behind Emiya and tried to pull him away, to no avail.

Emiya began to scream in pain and aura and electricity split into three sections. The doors to the room slammed open to show Rhea, Seteth, and Flayn. They held confused faces as they entered the room. However, when they saw the red light show, their faces showed their horror.

Flayn gasped and covered her mouth with both her hands. Seteth held her back with his left arm and himself with his right arm. Rhea was frozen in shock.

The light show ended just as abruptly as it ended. Lambert and Emiya fell backward. Emiya tried to crawl but felt pain flood his senses as he placed his left hand down.

He fell to the ground, gritting his teeth to stop himself from screaming. He tried to stop the pain by squeezing his left wrist with his other hand. It somewhat helped.

Suddenly, white light surrounded him, and the pain lessened. He stole a glance at the only person that he knew who could heal, Patricia. And sure enough, that healing spell came from her. He saw the disappearing magic circle in front of her.

"What was that, Hanneman?" Seteth asked.

"I-I do not know. I have never seen a reaction like that before." Hanneman stammered out.

Emiya rolled over and sat upright. He held out his hand for Hanneman to look over.

"Alois, find Manuela and bring her," Rhea commanded. Alois bowed and ran outside the room.

"A new Crest!" Hanneman exclaimed excitedly. "Lady Rhea, it's a new Crest! To think there are still Crests out there that even I am unaware of! How thrilling!" He rolled Emiya's around to see it from different angles, though not enough to hurt him. He slowly dropped Emiya's hand to the ground and walked towards his device. He began to mumble unintelligently while he stroked his mustache.

Everyone else slowly approached Emiya, though Hapi rushed towards him and checked the Crest.

The Crest was separated into three sections and was vertically symmetrical. The first section was a diamond, though its top part was greatly elongated. One-half of the second section was a line that was slightly diagonal away from the middle and connected to the middle through two lines. The half was mirrored to the other side. The third section compromised of a waxing crescent moon and a waning crescent moon, connected through a V pointing down.

'It was the Command Spell for Saber, from the Fifth Holy Grail War. But how?'

"It's like a spear... Or a sword…" Hapi commented.

'You have no idea how close you are.'

Author's Note:

Absolutely nothing will come out of this. While this chapter is canon to my story, the fact that Emiya has the Saber Command Spell does not mean anything will happen.

There will be no Saber, no Holy Grail War.

I did it for my own self-satisfaction and because I wanted this scene. I've been imagining this scene since I thought about this fic in October.

It's literally just a scar on Emiya's hand and eye-candy for Hapi, nothing else.

Also, since people seem to like Emiya better than EMIYA, or the lack of reaction to the change, I'll keep it as Emiya from now on.

I've also taken some lines from when Byleth did their Crest Test. That scene was the inspiration for this, so it's why there's a bunch of canon lines.

2021/02/10 Edit:

Various formatting, spelling, and grammar changes.

No major changes.

2021/02/19 Edit:

As someone pointed out, it's supposed to be Majesty for both kings and emperors. I made this error because I thought Dimitri was called "Highness" in canon, even past the timeskip. However, this is wrong because Dimitri became king after the final map and Dedue calls him "Majesty".