Finding a Holy Grail while casually taking a walk was one thing, but she picked one up every year.
Where did that leave people like them, who fought to the death over the Holy Grail?!
Just how absurd was her luck? Could it be EX?
[Ding, next, please see the luck rankings of the characters featured in this question.] [Diarmuid, Luck E.] [Cú Chulainn, Luck E.] [Elizabeth, Luck B.] [Gareth, Luck D.] [Percival, Luck C.] [Scáthach, Luck D.] [Therefore, the correct answer to this question is C.] [Congratulations to Feng Xi, the King of Heroes, Rin Tohsaka, Sakura Tohsaka, Zhang Jue, and the Goddess of Venus on receiving 5 Saint Quartz.] [Bluebeard abstained from answering this question.] [All other group members answered incorrectly and lose 1 Saint Quartz.] [For this round, Feng Xi placed first, Kayneth second, and Kiritsugu Emiya third. They receive one gold, silver, and bronze treasure chest respectively.] [Today's quiz has ended. It will resume tomorrow.]
The quiz was over, but everyone in the group was still dumbfounded.
A Heroic Spirit who casually picked up Holy Grails, and they were being told her luck was only B?
Now even Gilgamesh wanted to go out for a walk and see whether he could pick up a Holy Grail.
Otherwise, his own Luck A really felt like a fake.
Kayneth: "I never imagined an expert like Scáthach would only have Luck D."
Diarmuid: "My lord, that also indirectly proves how powerful that lady is."
Kayneth: "Of course I know that."
Kayneth was in a good mood, because he had finally received a treasure chest.
It seemed he really did have what it took. He simply hadn't been taking it seriously before.
"Is this the treasure chest you mentioned?"
Sola curiously examined the silver treasure chest that had suddenly appeared.
"Sola, you can open this treasure chest."
Kayneth handed the chest straight to Sola, putting his simp nature on full display.
Sola didn't stand on ceremony either and took the chest and opened it.
[Ding! Congratulations to group member Kayneth on obtaining a "Heroic Spirit Summoning Card - Holy Grail Edition"!]
Kayneth's face lit up when he saw what had come out.
This was exactly what he wanted.
Feng Xi, Kiritsugu Emiya, and Waver had all summoned additional Servants, and now there was a goddess as well, leaving the gap between him and the other teams wider and wider.
Fortunately, he could now summon an additional Servant to help him too.
But he no longer had any holy relics on hand, so he would have to rely entirely on luck this time.
"Kayneth, what is this?"
Sola held the summoning card for a long while without figuring out what it did, so she asked Kayneth.
Naturally, Kayneth explained the card's effect without any hesitation.
"It can summon an additional Heroic Spirit?"
Sola's eyes lit up, and she looked at Kayneth with a gleam in her eyes.
Though she said nothing, her meaning was already clear.
"All right, you can use this card."
Kayneth didn't mind at all, nor did he see anything wrong with it.
Sola was his fiancée, so of course she was on his team.
Besides, this would give Sola another layer of protection.
After all, this War of the Holy Grail included someone like Kiritsugu Emiya, who didn't fight fair.
He didn't want anything to happen to Sola.
Chapter 40: Forming an alliance
(Brynhildr)
Having received Kayneth's permission, Sola eagerly used the summoning card.
Command Spells appeared on her hand, and a summoning circle materialized out of thin air in the room.
Kayneth was somewhat surprised by this as well and immediately examined it closely, hoping to discover something, but he came away empty-handed.
This summoning circle was exactly the same as the one he knew.
Then a light flashed, and a tall figure emerged from the summoning circle.
She was a beautiful woman with waist-length teal hair, wearing a simple sailor uniform and holding a purple spear with a large, heart-shaped head.
Kayneth nearly choked when he saw the Heroic Spirit who had appeared.
Why was it another Lancer? Was he stuck with spearmen now?
"Um, may I ask who you are...?"
Sola, who came from the Sophia-Ri Family, could likewise tell that this Servant had an extraordinary bearing, and asked cautiously.
"Brynhildr. My class is Lancer."
The woman smiled. "Please don't treat me gently, Master."
"Brynhildr!"
Hearing that name, Sola immediately knew who this Servant was.
Odin's daughter in Norse mythology, the eldest of the Valkyries, and a famously tragic woman.
She hadn't expected to summon a goddess.
"To think it's Brynhildr."
Kayneth was delighted too.
Although Brynhildr wasn't on Ishtar's level, she was still a deity.
"Lady Valkyrie, may I ask what your luck is?"
Kayneth asked the question instinctively.
Brynhildr glanced at Kayneth and said flatly, "My luck is E."
"..."
For an instant, Kayneth felt as if thunder were crashing over his head.
Although luck was something difficult to pin down, and there was no telling whether it helped in combat, surely higher was still better.
It was one thing for every Heroic Spirit on his side to be a Lancer, but why did they all have Luck E too?
Could he have been cursed, or was his own luck actually E as well?
For a moment, Kayneth began questioning his life.
Knock, knock, knock...
Just then, someone suddenly knocked on the door to the room.
"Shh..."
Coming back to his senses, Kayneth immediately signaled for Sola and the others to be quiet, then quietly approached the door to investigate.
After repeatedly checking through the peephole to confirm that the person knocking really was a hotel attendant, Kayneth fastened the security chain before opening the door a crack.
"What is it? Didn't I say not to disturb me?"
Kayneth asked with a stern face.
"My apologies, sir."
The attendant bowed and said, "There are two guests downstairs asking for you. Although you said not to disturb you, they insist on seeing you..."
"Two guests are looking for me?"
Kayneth frowned and asked, "Who are they?"
"A young man dressed in green, and a middle-aged man dressed in red."