The Death of Honor

"Very good! It seems you truly are just as the legends say—a man who sells his life for profit, with none of a magus's honor."

Seeing that Emiya Kiritsugu could no longer be recruited as an ally, Tokiomi immediately shifted his gaze to the head of the Archibald family sitting in a wheelchair.

"Lord Kayneth! As one of the Twelve Lords of the Clock Tower, surely you will not choose to give up like this man?"

"I..."

Kayneth was clearly hesitant.

Although he had always looked down on Emiya Kiritsugu, the Magus Killer, before this.

After experiencing that battle, he realized that while the other man was leagues beneath him in the field of magecraft, he was terrifyingly experienced and strategic in combat. He was certainly no fool who acted blindly.

Quite the opposite!

If that man had chosen to cooperate with Allen, then he must have had an exceptionally compelling reason.

That also meant that even if Kayneth chose to ally with Tohsaka Tokiomi, their chances of victory would not be high, while the risks would be immense.

Moreover, Kayneth was now completely crippled and could not even move without a wheelchair.

His fiancée, Sola, had also lost an arm and was currently in shock from excessive blood loss.

Such a defenseless pair would only become objects to be controlled and exploited, even if they joined the alliance.

Then there was Kotomine Kirei, a Master who had lost his Servant. Kayneth had every reason to suspect that the invitation was merely a pretext to seize Lancer.

As Kayneth fell into indecision, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became unusually quiet.

Golden Flash, who had always enjoyed watching such displays of human struggle, curled his lips into a pleased smile. He did not care in the slightest whether the alliance