Chapter Summaries

After Chaldea returned from the Sixth Super Singularity, a mysterious Mystic Eyes Conceptual Weapon slowed the flow of real time, while the Seventh Singularity became obscured and more than a dozen small Singularities appeared. Da Vinci traced the weapon’s origin to Shiki and concluded that his power had shaped the history leading to the Sixth Singularity, leaving her eager for his eventual arrival at Chaldea.

• Roman told Ritsuka Fujimaru, Mash, and Da Vinci that they had saved human history and that a mysterious Mystic Code had activated as they returned.
• Roman explained that the Mystic Code had shifted Chaldea’s time relative to Earth by more than four to one, but the Seventh Singularity had become unclear and over a dozen small Singularities were appearing.
• Da Vinci requested Marisbury’s confidential records, then studied them alongside the eye-like crystal found in the storage box.
• Da Vinci recognized the crystal as a Conceptual Weapon created from Shiki’s Mystic Eyes and deduced that its power had drawn King Arthur into the 2004 Holy Grail War, setting the events of the Sixth Super Singularity in motion.
• Da Vinci concluded that Shiki’s influence had formed a closed loop in history and anticipated that his arrival could transform Chaldea and bring more Heroic Spirits there.

After a dangerous return from another world, Shiki, Aoko, and Altria landed in a forest near Soya City and headed to a Dawn Cafe to recover before traveling home. Meanwhile, two Dead Apostles aboard a cruise ship bound for Japan prepared to hunt Shiki, though Vivie warned Count Dies against provoking the Holy Church.

• Shiki, Aoko, and Altria emerged from a crash landing in a forest, and Shiki explained that they were near Misaki City but had landed far from their intended destination.
• Altria offered to help Shiki walk, and Aoko teased him before leading the group toward the nearby city.
• Aoko recognized the city as Soya City, and the three made their way to its central station and entered the Kuonji Group's Dawn Cafe to rest.
• On a cruise ship approaching Japan through a typhoon, Vivie warned Count Dies that their mission to capture Shiki alive required caution around the Holy Church and other powerful forces.
• Count Dies dismissed Vivie's warnings but abandoned his plan to cause trouble aboard the ship, intending to hunt freely after reaching Japan.

At the Dawn Cafe, Tohno sensed that Aoko, Altria, and Shiki were inhuman and panicked when his friends tried to introduce them to him. After the girls turned down the boys by presenting Shiki as their boyfriend, the three discussed Tohno’s unusual bloodline and their own weakened condition while resting at the cafe.

• Tohno recognized Aoko and Altria as dangerous inhuman beings and tried to leave the cafe with his friends.
• Tohno’s friends invited Aoko and Altria to meet the Tohno Family, prompting Aoko and Altria to claim Shiki as their boyfriend and reject them.
• Tohno and his friends left for the hospital, while Tohno concluded that Shiki and the two girls were not human.
• Shiki sensed that a typhoon was approaching, and the three rested at the Dawn Cafe as the rain grew heavier.
• Aoko, Altria, and Shiki discussed Tohno’s sensitivity, his possible inhuman ancestry, and the aura leaking from Aoko’s Heroic Spirit body.
• Shiki affirmed that they remained human as long as their hearts stayed anchored to humanity, and the three planned to return home after resting.

As the typhoon disrupted their journey, Shiki, Aoko, and Altria traveled from Soya City toward Mount Fuji City and learned that hotels were full. The chapter left them arriving at the Houraisan residence, where Aoko and Altria agreed to stay the night in Shiki’s home.

• Shiki and Aoko discussed the Kuonji Group’s planned international expansion while waiting out the rain at a café.
• Altria and Aoko went out to find umbrellas and returned with three red ones, after which the group traveled toward Tokyo.
• A talent scout from the Big Apple Agency approached Aoko and Altria, but Aoko declined an offer to debut as a singer.
• The trio crossed Tokyo Bay to Mount Fuji City and found that a typhoon had filled the local hotels.
• Shiki invited Aoko and Altria to stay at the Houraisan residence, and both accepted.

Shiki brought Aoko and Altria to his family home, where his mother welcomed them and learned about their friendship with him. After sharing stories of Shiki’s childhood and illness, the family finished dinner, and the girls prepared to stay in his room while Shiki went to rest.

• Mrs. Houraisan was surprised when Shiki arrived with Aoko and Altria, then let them into the house.
• Mrs. Houraisan shared stories about Shiki’s childhood, including his early interests in drumming, martial arts, and helping others.
• Aoko and Altria told Mrs. Houraisan they were Shiki’s good friends, and Altria explained she had come to Japan to settle there.
• Mrs. Houraisan revealed that Shiki had suffered from a mysterious illness for ten years, though it had not returned since his trip to Fuyuki City.
• Shiki served dinner, and Mrs. Houraisan noticed how naturally he cared for both girls.
• Shiki prepared his bedroom for Aoko and Altria, then went to sleep in his parents’ room after overexerting himself.

Shiki's mother pressed him about whether he liked Aoko and Altria, and he blurted out that he wanted to marry five or six women. Meanwhile, Aoko and Altria discussed Shiki's past and his dream of saving Earth, then overheard his remark and reacted differently as they went to sleep.

• Houraisan Mom questioned Shiki about which of the two girls next door he liked, and Shiki eventually claimed he wanted to marry five or six women so she would stop pestering him.
• Houraisan Mom accepted Shiki's claim and happily imagined him bringing home several wives and grandchildren.
• Aoko told Altria about Shiki's childhood illness, his time at the Western-style house, and his dream of saving Earth with his friends.
• Aoko admitted she did not know how she would handle Justitia's love for Shiki, while Altria decided to keep pursuing her own closeness with him and leave the choice to the future.
• Aoko and Altria overheard Shiki's remark; Altria defended him as tired and irritated, while Aoko remained angry and refused to forgive him easily.

After learning that Aoko had overheard his careless remarks about having a harem, Shiki explained his thoughts and apologized, and Aoko agreed to set the matter aside for now. Shiki left with Ria to visit Ryougi Shiki, while Aoko watched them go and resolved not to give Shiki up to anyone.

• Altria told Shiki that Aoko was upset by his remarks the previous night, so Shiki hurried to speak with her instead of going straight to the Ryougi Family.
• Shiki explained that exhaustion after overusing his Mystic Eyes had left him muddled when he told his mother he wanted several girls, and he admitted feeling pleased by Justitia's affection.
• Aoko recognized that Shiki's harem thoughts were honest, but she also remembered how jealous she had felt at Dawn Cafe and how she had used Ria to make the flirtatious Boys suffer emotionally.
• Shiki apologized for hurting Aoko and said he wanted to prevent mistrust between them, while Aoko decided to put the unresolved issue aside so they could catch the nine o'clock bus.
• Shiki left beneath a red umbrella with Ria to visit Ryougi Shiki, and Aoko watched them go before resolving not to give Shiki to anyone.

Shiki brought Altria to the Ryougi Estate to meet Ryougi Shiki and ask her to stabilize the time flow of a world he was observing. Ryougi froze time across the universe, and Shiki began telling her about his summer vacation in a Singularity.

• Shiki explained to Altria that Ryougi Shiki was an awareness extended from the Root and discussed Altria's plan to find a place to live near him.
• Shiki and Altria arrived at the Ryougi Estate, where Kenboku Akataka welcomed them and Master Kaname briefly questioned their visit before leaving for cram school.
• Ryougi greeted Shiki and Altria, conjured Divine Age apple wine for Altria and green tea for Shiki, and expressed her happiness at seeing Shiki again.
• Shiki asked Ryougi to match the time flow of the world he was observing to their own, and Ryougi froze time across the universe.
• Shiki began recounting his summer vacation in a Singularity while Altria listened.

Shiki recounted his journey through the Singularity to Ryougi Shiki, who adjusted the flow of time between universes in exchange for his promise to help her someday. After Shiki and Ria left, the other Ryougi Shiki awakened with no memory of their visit and began investigating the strange gaps in her consciousness.

• Shiki told Ryougi Shiki about his summer journey with Aoko and asked her to synchronize time between universes.
• Ryougi Shiki adjusted the temporal flow and accepted Shiki's promise to help her in the future.
• Shiki and Ria left the Ryougi estate, while Ryougi Shiki observed parallel universes and anticipated meeting Shiki again.
• The girl named Ryougi Shiki awakened, learned that her family remembered the visitors, and vowed to uncover what happened during her unconscious periods.
• After Shiki shattered a mirror, Akataka brought her a sparse file on Hōraisan Shiki, and she decided to ask her brother about their father's business banquet.

Shiki, Aoko, and Ria returned to Misaki City, where they met Sister Yuika at the station. After Yuika mistook Aoko and Ria for dangerous beings and drew a crowd, Shiki calmed the situation, and they headed to Dawn Cafe.

• Shiki, Aoko, and Ria took a bus to Misaki City Central Station and ran into Sister Yuika.
• Yuika sensed Aoko and Ria's unusual auras, assumed Shiki was in danger, and took a fighting stance.
• Aoko identified herself and explained that she and Ria were not enemies, while Shiki hypnotized the onlookers.
• Ria introduced herself as Altria and reassured Yuika that she was human and Shiki's friend.
• Shiki picked up Yuika's umbrella, and the group crossed the street to Dawn Cafe.

Sister Yuika told Shiki, Aoko, and Ria that the Holy Church was searching for a Dead Apostle responsible for killing a village in Hawaii, and explained why she had come to Misaki City's station. After they agreed to help watch for it, Yuika and the others parted ways from the cafe.

• Yuika thanked Shiki for using his Mystic Eyes to conceal her unusual behavior in the square, then revealed that she had been searching for traces of a Dead Apostle.
• Aoko challenged Yuika's claim because Misaki City's Double Barrier should detect magical beings, and Shiki stopped their argument so they could discuss the matter privately.
• Yuika explained that a Dead Apostle had killed more than two hundred villagers in Hawaii and might have traveled to America, Indonesia, or Japan; the Holy Church was searching for it and could send an Einsatz to destroy it.
• Yuika revealed that she had served as an Einsatz and had fought Dead Apostles before, and Shiki noticed a strange white mark near her ribs.
• Yuika said Gōda Church was understaffed and felt reassured now that Shiki had returned; Aoko and the others then left the cafe with Yuika.

While waiting for Shiki and Aoko to return, Justitia teased Arisu about her restrained feelings and declared she would accept sharing Shiki. When the pair finally arrived with an unfamiliar Magus, Justitia and Arisu recognized the stranger as Saber, the grown female King Arthur.

• Justitia complained that her figure had not changed and reasoned that giving birth might explain Irisviel's figure.
• Justitia confronted Arisu about her jealousy and warned that suppressed witch emotions could eventually erupt, while Arisu admitted their feelings might lead to conflict.
• Maria reported that Shiki and Aoko had entered her sensory network, and Justitia ordered lunch prepared in extra-large portions.
• Arisu detected an unfamiliar Magus with Shiki and Aoko near the station, so she and Justitia waited for them to reach the residence.
• When three red umbrellas appeared on the slope, Justitia and Arisu recognized the unfamiliar Magus as Saber, the grown female King Arthur.

Shiki brought Aoko, Ria, and Justitia back to the Kuonji Residence, where they learned about the Singularity through his Mystic Eyes and discussed Aoko’s weakness after Artificial Heroic Spiritification. The chapter left Shiki preparing to meet Jiang Shang, the legendary figure who had given him the Jianmu Seed.

• Aoko handed out gifts from the Singularity, then became abnormally weak after ending her Artificial Heroic Spiritification.
• Shiki showed Arisu and Justitia the events of the Singularity through his Mystic Eyes, including his failed confession to Aoko.
• Arisu decided to take Shiki to her family’s welcome banquet in Tokyo on August 2 so she could reveal her feelings.
• Shiki introduced Maria, a mechanical familiar with limited intelligence, and the group discussed the possible causes of Aoko’s condition.
• Arisu told Shiki that Jiang Shang had visited looking for him, and Shiki identified him as the man who had given him the Jianmu Seed.

Shiki met Taigong Wang at a hotel in Misaki City and discussed Heavenly Dynasty affairs, an international cooperation event, and the unusual Parallel World he had visited. Taigong Wang asked Shiki to share information and leave a coordinate, while Shiki considered the possibility that other mythologies might also seek to influence that world.

• After lunch, Shiki left Aoko resting and traveled through the rain toward Kurara University, deciding not to interrupt Urameshin Yūsuke while he prepared to confess to the goddess he loved.
• Shiki arrived at the Niren hotel, where the lobby manager told him that Taigong Wang was waiting on the reserved top floor.
• Taigong Wang greeted Shiki and explained that powerful beings could observe and sometimes interfere with Parallel Worlds through methods other than Magic.
• Shiki declined Taigong Wang's invitation to attend the Kuonji Group's international cooperation event, saying he wanted to keep a low profile while he was still a high school student.
• At Yuanshi Tianzun's request, Taigong Wang asked Shiki about the unusual Parallel World and whether he could leave behind a coordinate; Shiki briefly described his experience there.
• Shiki and Taigong Wang considered whether other mythologies might also seek to interfere with the special Parallel World.

Shiki discussed three matters with Taigong Wang: finding a relic of Xu Fu and research on the Elixir of Immortality, traveling to England to retrieve what the First Magus left behind, and the Heavenly Dynasty’s stance on the Dead Apostles. Taigong Wang agreed to help with the first two and said the Heavenly Dynasty would leave the vampires to the Holy Church, after which Shiki left the hotel.

• Taigong Wang explained the Heavenly Dynasty’s Thought Disc system, and Shiki accepted a top-level account to give to the witch as a library.
• Shiki asked Taigong Wang to find a relic of Xu Fu and research materials on the Elixir of Immortality; Taigong Wang agreed to provide the research and search for a relic while Shiki searched in Japan.
• Shiki asked Taigong Wang to accompany him to the Clock Tower around mid-August to retrieve what the First Magus left behind, and Taigong Wang agreed.
• Shiki asked about the Dead Apostles, and Taigong Wang said the Heavenly Dynasty would ignore them and let the Holy Church handle them.
• Shiki asked how much Taigong Wang had paid to reserve the hotel’s top floor, exchanged middle fingers with him, and left with his red umbrella.

Shiki agreed to accompany Arisu to the Kuonji Family’s welcome banquet in Tokyo, while Arisu resolved to take a step toward confessing her feelings. In Yokohama, Vivie and Count Dies parted ways as he prepared to hunt for blood before traveling to Tokyo.

• Shiki gave Arisu a jade pendant that let her access public materials in the Heavenly Dynasty’s Thought Disc, and Arisu told him Altria would stay at the Western-style house.
• Arisu invited Shiki to accompany her to the Kuonji Family’s welcome banquet, and he agreed; she planned to take him for a new outfit the next morning.
• Shiki enlarged the window in Altria’s new room, and Justitia and Altria shared a bed that night and discussed their feelings for him.
• After seeing Shiki bare-chested, Arisu hurried away and resolved to take a step toward him at the banquet the next night.
• Vivie and Count Dies disembarked in Yokohama and separated, with Dies planning to replenish his blood before heading to Tokyo.

Shiki accompanied Arisu by bicycle to the Kuonji Family’s workshop so they could prepare for the evening banquet, while Arisu planned to confess her feelings afterward. As Shiki realized that Arisu might love him, the two continued toward Suzuhō with the banquet—and Arisu’s coming change—awaiting them.

• Shiki found a new bicycle matching the one he had ridden when he first saved Arisu, unaware that she had bought it because of that memory.
• Justitia warned Shiki that Arisu might change greatly that night and asked him not to dislike her.
• Shiki and Arisu left the Western-style house for the Kuonji Family’s workshop, with Aoko asking Shiki to bring back strawberry pastries.
• Arisu held Shiki around the waist as he rode them toward Suzuhō, savoring their closeness and resolving to confess after the banquet.
• Shiki connected Arisu’s past words and actions to possible romantic feelings for him, and suspected that something special would happen at the banquet.

Shiki accompanied Arisu to the Kuonji Family’s workshop to choose formal attire for the evening banquet, where Miss Mizushima tailored him a white suit and helped Arisu prepare her dress. Arisu let a thief steal their bicycle so she could spend more time with Shiki, and the chapter ended with Shiki admiring her striking formal look.

• Shiki and Arisu arrived at the Kuonji Family’s private workshop, where Miss Mizushima agreed to outfit Shiki as well as prepare Arisu’s formal dress.
• While Shiki was being fitted, Arisu sensed a thief stealing their bicycle but chose not to intervene so she could enjoy more time with Shiki.
• After lunch and hours of alterations, Shiki tried on a tailored white suit and was pleased with how it looked.
• Miss Mizushima sent Arisu to change, and Shiki was stunned when she appeared in a distinctive dark formal dress.
• Shiki called Arisu beautiful, leaving her shy and delighted as Miss Mizushima watched them together.

Shiki and Arisu traveled to Tokyo for Arisu’s family banquet, while Arisu resolved to confess her feelings to him. Meanwhile, the Dead Apostle Vivie infiltrated Misaki City and used her Mystic Eyes to lure Urameshin Yūsuke away, intending to make him her servant.

• Shiki carried the exhausted Arisu back to the Kuonji Residence, and Arisu decided she would confess her feelings that night.
• Shiki and Arisu dressed for the banquet, then left for Tokyo with Arisu’s grandfather, while Aoko and the others stayed behind.
• Vivie entered Misaki City, sought a safe base, and decided to target a promising boy she had spotted.
• Vivie used her Mystic Eyes to gain Urameshin Yūsuke’s trust and persuaded him to guide her to Kurara University.

Arisu told Shiki about her parents’ deaths and her estrangement from the Kuonji Family as they traveled to Tokyo for a banquet. At the Hyatt Hotel, her attraction to Shiki intensified, but he helped her regain control and explained that he would take lifelong responsibility if he entered a relationship.

• Arisu recounted how her English witch mother and Kuonji heir father had died, leaving her isolated from the family, while Shiki listened through their mental link.
• Arisu’s grandfather considered the family’s plans to use her for a marriage alliance and resolved to protect her right to choose her own life.
• Arisu and Shiki traveled from Misaki City to the Hyatt Hotel in West Shinjuku, where they waited in a lounge before the banquet.
• Shiki admitted he had been thinking about Kabukicho, and Arisu’s desire for him grew so strong that he had to call her back to her senses.
• Shiki told Arisu he was curious about intimacy but would take responsibility for life if he took that step, deepening her love for him.