Fate/Magus Path

27 Geass

It's a dream.

The dark dungeon had become a paradise for rats and maggots, with heart-wrenching wails echoing in his ears at all times.

This scene was very familiar to Roy; he had returned to the Prison Tower once again, but this time, the protagonist was not himself, but rather him.

Watching the disheveled man imprisoned deep within the dungeon, Roy instinctively wanted to reach out to him, but he hesitated.

"..."

He saw the injured man trembling as he crawled up, his eyes devoid of any confusion, with a flame burning in his gaze.

Until the man turned away, gradually fading into the darkness, leaving behind a murmured phrase.

[Wait, and keep hope in your heart.]

...

Roy awakened from his dream and felt a bead of cold sweat trickle down his forehead as he nervously looked up, fearing that Lancer might suddenly burst out from the ceiling.

At the Hyatt Hotel, he knew this was the most luxurious hotel in all of Fuyuki City, and it was also Kayneth's lair. Was the Count really bringing him into someone else's magical workshop?

Noticing Roy's unease, the Count spoke calmly, "There's no need to be nervous. Although we're very close, the building where that magical workshop is located is not connected to here. We've hidden ourselves well; as long as we don't use magecraft here, we won't be discovered."

Upon hearing the Count's words, Roy sensed something. He got up and pulled back the curtains, immediately spotting the larger and more luxurious main building of the hotel across the street.

Moreover, there was a powerful magical aura emanating from the top floor of that building, which he could clearly perceive.

Goodness, how audacious!

Having figured out the situation, he guessed that Kayneth, with his noble arrogance, would certainly choose the most luxurious main building as his stronghold, completely disregarding the side building where he was.

This was a classic case of darkness under the lamp.

While Kayneth was brazen enough to expose his magical workshop, he could never have imagined that there was a magus even more arrogant than him, daring to hide close to his own magical workshop.

But being this close was rather thrilling...

The first night had already passed. Thanks to a certain incubus, he had grasped the situation of this Holy Grail War, but there were still at least six days and nights to go...

According to the intel, the depth of this Holy Grail War was clearly beyond his expectations; the Counter Guardians had already appeared, and what was worse, they all held hostility toward him.

Except for the disgraceful Assassin team, all the Servants present were top-tier. With his current combat strength, he wouldn't survive the Holy Grail War, let alone complete his tasks.

Was the Count strong? Very strong... a solid top-tier Servant, with speed that was also top-notch.

But he couldn't match the other Servants in this war. Gilgamesh needed no further introduction; he was the Servant killer and the strongest in this entire war. Fionn, the unparalleled leader of the Knights of Fianna of Erin was not much weaker than Gilgamesh. Each of Iskandar and Artoria were top-tier Servants; in a direct confrontation, the Count wouldn't stand a chance against any of them.

He hadn't shown himself last night, but Tokiomi Tohsaka and Kirei Kotomine were very aware of him.

Other groups of Servants wouldn't easily let Caster off the hook either, because the most troublesome Servant in the Holy Grail War wasn't the one with the strongest overall abilities, Saber, nor the long-range sniper Archer with nuclear blast capabilities, but rather the seemingly least destructive Caster.