Found a Lone Unlucky Bastard

In the center of Fuyuki City stood a luxurious thirty-two-story hotel, the highest-class hotel in the city.

This hotel was worth mentioning because one of the Masters in this Holy Grail War, Kayneth, who had come all the way from the United Kingdom, was temporarily staying on its top floor.

Kayneth's personality and attitude toward the Holy Grail War were obvious from his choice of temporary residence. A temporary lodging meant he did not take it too seriously, while the top floor of the most luxurious hotel in the city seemed like a way to flaunt his status. Though this hotel, which claimed to be the finest around, was in Kayneth's eyes merely a layer of lavish skin draped over lowly souls, ugly beneath as ever.

Born in the Clock Tower, the center of the Magician world, Kayneth looked down on Fuyuki City, a city in some tiny island nation, from the bottom of his heart. And that was indeed the case. In terms of status, even the Three Founding Families, the strongest families in Fuyuki City, were no more than country bumpkins with a little money compared to him.

True nobles disdained competing with nouveau riche for scraps. He had deigned to participate in the Holy Grail War only to add a few brilliant achievements to his résumé.

The Holy Relics used to summon Iskandar had been stolen, greatly enraging Kayneth. He had used a backup Holy Relics to summon Lancer, firmly believing that his own strength could make up for his Servant's shortcomings.

Arrogance came at a price!

From the very beginning, the Holy Grail War had deviated from Kayneth's script. After witnessing the battle between two extraordinarily powerful Heroic Spirits in the harbor district, he began to question Lancer's strength. Then, at the Tohsaka Family, he suffered