Chapter Summaries

Shirou reflected on his family and worried about Jizi’s loneliness, while Rin met Jizi for lunch and brought her to the Tohsaka Residence. Rin’s trust in Jizi had grown, and she led her into the untouched Magecraft Workshop basement.

• Shirou remembered how Jizi had grieved the deaths and departures of the people they loved, and felt relieved that she had made a new friend in Rin.
• Rin overslept, rushed to meet Jizi in the shopping street, and pretended she had arrived elegantly and on time.
• Rin and Jizi ate lunch together, and Jizi discreetly ordered extra food so Rin could eat at her own pace.
• Rin recalled how Jizi had restored the Tohsaka Residence and its garden, and how she had investigated Jizi’s background before deciding to trust her.
• Rin took Jizi to the basement Magecraft Workshop and opened its door, intending to bring her in as an assistant.

Jizi insisted on helping Rin with the coming ritual despite Shirou’s objections, and Sakura reflected on her growing closeness with Jizi and the Matou magic within her. Jizi joined Rin at the Tohsaka house, where they prepared to summon a Servant with an old mask as their catalyst.

• Jizi told Shirou she would take two weeks off and stay at Tohsaka’s house, but refused to explain her reasons.
• Sakura arrived at the Emiya Residence, and Jizi pushed her toward Shirou before leaving; Sakura recalled how Jizi had taught her to cook and worried about the spell formulas in her body.
• Jizi remembered Rin’s intense reaction to an old mask and the tenderness she had felt toward Rin.
• Jizi arrived at Rin’s house and said she wanted to stand beside Rin and help with the coming ritual.
• Rin showed Jizi the mask her father had used as a catalyst in the last war and planned to begin the summoning at two in the morning two days later.

Rin spent her last ordinary school day with Jizi before preparing to summon a Servant for the Holy Grail War. As Rin began the ritual at two in the morning, Jizi sensed that the summoning might not produce the Servant Rin wanted.

• Rin woke to find Jizi had prepared breakfast, and the two shared a quiet meal before going to school.
• Jizi knitted Rin a scarf on their way to school, and they met Ayako Mitsuzuri, who invited them to visit the archery club.
• At the archery club, Rin saw Sakura Matou and learned that Shirou would not rejoin; Jizi stayed behind to avoid running into him, while Rin left but was delayed by Shinji.
• That night, Jizi sent a familiar to notify the Fuyuki Church that the Tohsaka Family would participate in the Holy Grail War again.
• Rin and Jizi checked the summoning circle, gems, and holy relic, and Rin began the summoning incantation at two in the morning.

Rin Tohsaka and Kiko Emiya welcomed Archer, a Servant whose summoning had gone awry and left him without his memories, and agreed to let him prove his worth. The next morning, Jizi sparred with Archer, who exposed her weakness against polearms, before Rin took Archer to explore Fuyuki while Jizi watched the Church.

• Rin and Jizi discovered that their summoning had brought forth a white-haired male Archer and wrecked the Tohsaka Residence living room.
• Archer said he would judge whether Rin was worthy of his loyalty, and Rin invited him to assess her over time; Jizi introduced herself as Rin’s apprentice and assistant.
• Archer revealed that he could not remember his identity because something had gone wrong during the summoning, though he retained his combat instincts.
• The next morning, Archer tested Jizi’s swordsmanship, copied her techniques, and defeated her with a broom used as a polearm.
• Archer advised Jizi to prepare for polearms and made breakfast; afterward, Rin took him to learn Fuyuki City’s terrain while Jizi was assigned to watch the Church.

Jizi investigated Kirei Kotomine’s church and discovered a suspicious blond man who seemed connected to him. After the man frightened Jizi and approached Sakura Matou, Rin resolved to watch Sakura and the school, while reminding Jizi to explain her actions to Shirou.

• Rin told Jizi how Kirei Kotomine and Archer had betrayed Tokiomi Tohsaka during the previous Holy Grail War, and why they suspected Kirei was pursuing a goal in the current war.
• Jizi watched the church all day, then followed a blond man who emerged without having entered through the doors.
• The blond man stopped Sakura Matou, and Jizi froze with fear before she could go help her.
• Jizi reported the encounter to Rin, who suspected the man was a Servant connected to Kirei Kotomine and decided they should keep watch on Sakura and the school.
• Rin reminded Jizi to explain her actions to Shirou, while Archer listened with a complicated expression.

Jizi and Rin investigated a soul-draining barrier at Huiqunyuan Academy, where Jizi was caught between the Servant Anzer and Shirou. Rin’s mask awakened a mysterious figure who recognized Rin before vanishing, leaving Rin stunned.

• Rin explained that the barrier would dissolve ordinary people and gave Jizi the mask to destroy its nodes.
• Jizi found and destroyed several barrier nodes, then encountered Shirou in the archery club and agreed to explain the danger to him.
• Jizi ran to the athletic field, where Archer and Anzer were fighting, but Anzer pursued her into a classroom after Shirou appeared.
• Jizi fought Anzer to protect Shirou and was wounded before blood touched Rin’s mask, which summoned a figure inside black mist.
• The figure blocked Anzer’s spear, called him Cú Chulainn, and greeted Rin as an old acquaintance before disappearing; Rin identified the figure as Asashin.

Shirou Emiya remembered how Jizi was killed and he was left helpless, a loss that drove him to become a world-saving mage and eventually a betrayed Heroic Spirit. He wondered whether changing the choices he made at the beginning could prevent his ideal from becoming twisted.

• Shirou watched a spear-wielding attacker overwhelm Jizi, wound her fatally, and stab him in the chest.
• A young woman from a distinguished family saved Shirou with a precious treasure, but Jizi had vanished because she was a Servant.
• Shirou and his savior searched for Jizi without finding her, and Shirou resolved to prevent such losses from happening again.
• Shirou teamed up with a sword-bearing girl to resolve an upheaval in his hometown, losing several people close to him in the process.
• Shirou traveled the world as a freelance mage, made a contract with the world to save others, and died after his companions betrayed him.
• As a Heroic Spirit, Shirou continued serving as a guardian and questioned whether he could choose a better path if he started over.

Jizi explained the Holy Grail War to Shirou and tried to convince him that she and Rin were fighting to prevent another disaster, but Shirou insisted on joining them. When Anzer attacked the Emiya Residence to seize the Mask, Shirou accidentally activated a spirit-gathering circle, which summoned the missing Saber.

• Jizi told Shirou about the Holy Grail War, the previous war’s disastrous fire, and her reasons for helping Rin.
• Shirou decided he had to participate in the war, and Jizi sensed Anzer outside the workshop.
• Jizi fought Anzer while Shirou tried to contact Rin, but he mistakenly used the spirit-gathering circle instead of the communication circle.
• Anzer entered the workshop and threatened to take Shirou hostage unless Jizi obtained the Mask.
• Shirou stumbled off the glowing spirit-gathering circle, and Saber appeared as Anzer’s spear struck an unseen barrier.

Shirou summoned Saber, who drove off Anzer after Jizi revealed that he was Cú Chulainn. Jizi arranged for Shirou and Saber to consider an alliance with Rin, but Rin encountered an Einzbern girl and Berserker on her way to the Emiya Residence.

• Saber confirmed Shirou as her Master and drove Anzer back in their first clash.
• Jizi identified Anzer as Cú Chulainn, and he retreated after admitting his Master's orders required him to withdraw if his true name was exposed.
• A crimson-coated man reported to Rin that the people at the Emiya Residence were safe, while Jizi explained the Holy Grail War to Saber and Shirou.
• Jizi proposed that Shirou and Saber ally with Rin, and Shirou agreed to meet and talk with them.
• Jizi received a message and hurried out with Shirou, while Saber followed.
• Rin confronted an Einzbern girl on the road to the Emiya Residence, and the girl summoned Berserker to fight her.

Rin and Archer defeated Illya and Berserker through copied Magecraft and a carefully planned trap, but Berserker survived Archer’s attack and nearly killed Rin. Kiko Emiya took the blow meant for Rin, and as Rin tried to save her, a black mist rose around them and sealed them off from the others.

• Illya and Rin fought with their familiars until Rin copied Illya’s Magecraft and forced her to summon Berserker.
• Rin and Archer trapped Berserker and struck his head with Archer’s Fake Spiral Sword, but Berserker survived and Illya declared Rin checkmated.
• Rin approached Illya, and Berserker swung at her; Kiko Emiya shoved Rin aside and took the blow, suffering a nearly fatal wound.
• Rin tried to heal Kiko Emiya as she weakened, while Archer and Illya held back outside the black mist that appeared around them.
• Kiko Emiya’s blood sank into Rin’s hidden mask as the mist absorbed Archer’s probing arrow and isolated Rin and Kiko Emiya from the battlefield.

Rin Tohsaka reunited with Asashin in the black mist while Shirou Emiya faced Illya and brsrkr, who claimed Kiko Emiya was mortally wounded. Asashin drank Jizi’s blood, but Jizi survived, and Rin discovered that Asashin looked exactly like Kiko.

• Rin Tohsaka found herself trapped in black mist and recognized Asashin, whom she had known ten years earlier.
• Shirou Emiya and Saber encountered Illya and brsrkr; Illya said Rin was inside the mist and claimed Kiko Emiya had been gravely injured.
• Asashin restrained Rin, drank Jizi’s blood, and gained a solid body, leaving Rin to believe Jizi had died.
• Asashin released Rin and revealed that Jizi was alive and breathing steadily.
• Rin slapped Asashin, knocking off her hood, and saw that Asashin had Kiko Emiya’s face and black hair.

Asashin revealed that she called herself Jizi and explained that the Jizi speaking with Rin was a thought-form of the Servant killed by Saber ten years earlier. As Saber and Berserker’s battle continued, Jizi rescued Saber from the black mist, leaving Saber to recognize her old enemy and attack her.

• Asashin told Rin that her name was Jizi, and claimed that Kiko Emiya’s birth mother had also been named Jizi, misleading Rin into believing Kiko was her descendant.
• Jizi told Rin that Kiritsugu Emiya had won the previous Holy Grail War but gave up his wish, and that Saber had killed her before she reached Rin.
• Jizi showed Rin the fight outside and asked her to protect Kiko Emiya while Jizi handled the battle.
• Berserker let go of his weapon, attacked Shirou, and then struck Saber, sending her flying toward the black mist.
• Jizi caught Saber as she reached the mist, but Saber recognized her as the Assassin from the Fourth Holy Grail War and lunged at her.

[Jizi] fought off Illya and Berserker, then stopped Saber from keeping Rin and Shirou apart. The group was left to talk, though Saber still distrusted [Jizi].

• Shirou rushed toward [Jizi], but Saber stopped him and warned that Assassin was dangerous.
• [Jizi] challenged Illya and taunted her until Berserker attacked, then used black mist to force him away and make Illya retreat.
• Rin trusted [Jizi] to handle Berserker and tried to explain the situation to Shirou, while Saber blocked her from approaching him.
• [Jizi] appeared beside Saber, briefly pretended to control Shirou with Yuri, and told Saber to let Rin and Shirou talk.

Jizi’s lingering consciousness, identifying herself as the Assassin from the last Holy Grail War, explained Irisviel’s death to Saber before recalling the Fuyuki fire and waking after ten years. She vanished as Jizi regained consciousness, but Jizi became distraught when she saw the mask and fainted again.

• [Jizi] introduced herself as the last war’s Assassin and told Saber that Irisviel died after absorbing too much spiritual energy.
• [Jizi] told Saber that Kiritsugu Emiya’s reason for destroying the Holy Grail remained unanswered, then recalled the fire at Fuyuki’s civic hall and her own apparent death.
• Jizi’s consciousness received a surge of information after ten years, and she woke as [Jizi] began to disappear.
• [Jizi] told Rin to give Jizi the mask and comfort her, then vanished before answering Saber’s question.
• Jizi recognized Rin, Shirou, and Saber, but seeing the mask made her panic and faint again.

Jizi lived through an increasingly unsettling day in a seemingly ordinary version of the Emiya household, where strange details suggested she was trapped in an illusion. At the abandoned Tohsaka Residence, she opened a mysterious box and heard someone address her as Jizi.

• Jizi sparred with Taiga Fujimura, who defeated her after dodging her feint and disarming her.
• Jizi spent the morning with Kiritsugu, Shirou, Sakura, Maiya, and Taiga, while odd details such as a black sun and unfamiliar golden cups briefly troubled her.
• Jizi suspected Magecraft was affecting her and planned to ask Rin Tohsaka for help, but learned Rin was absent from school.
• After spending the day helping with meals, Jizi visited the Tohsaka Residence and found it abandoned and covered in dust.
• Jizi searched the basement workshop, found a box, and opened it after seeing Rin in her mind; a black mask floated above a churning substance and spoke to her.

Jizi confronted the consciousness inside the mask, which revealed the Holy Grail War’s hidden darkness and demanded that she accept her past and power. Jizi forcibly severed their connection and woke beside Rin, while the chapter ended with an author’s poem explaining an update delay.

• Jizi spoke with the consciousness in the mask and resisted its insistence that she accept their shared identity.
• The consciousness forced visions of the Holy Grail War’s true nature into Jizi’s mind.
• Jizi rejected the visions and declared that she wanted to be Kiko Emiya, then tore her connection to the consciousness apart.
• Jizi drifted through the darkness toward Rin’s voice and woke as Rin called to her.
• Jizi apologized to Rin for worrying her.

After a peaceful day at the Emiya Residence, Jizi struggled with the possibility that recovering her lost memories could erase her sense of self. She confided in Archer and asked whether he had recovered his own memories.

• Jizi took over the kitchen and cooked a lavish lunch, changing Saber's attitude toward her.
• Shirou and Saber left the residence, leaving Jizi and Rin alone together; Jizi avoided Rin's questions and sent her to rest in her room.
• Archer appeared in the kitchen and watched Jizi wash the dishes before asking who she was.
• Jizi explained that she planned to recover her lost memories but feared that doing so could make Kiko Emiya disappear.
• Jizi told Archer that strange information had been surfacing in her mind and asked whether he had remembered anything since his summoning.

Rin Tohsaka and Jizi investigated Caster’s life-draining bounded field and uncovered Jizi’s fear of accepting memories that might change who she was. Their conversation was cut short when a combat familiar crashed through the ceiling, and they prepared to fight.

• Rin and Jizi reviewed surveillance reports identifying a Caster at Ryuudou Temple and another Servant at Homurahara High School, then decided to investigate Caster that night.
• Rin, Jizi, and Archer found an office building where Caster had drained the vitality of employees and split up to search it.
• While resting in the building, Jizi told Rin she was afraid that accepting Assassin’s memories would erase her identity as Kiko Emiya.
• A combat familiar crashed through the ceiling, and Jizi and Rin readied themselves to attack.

The Witch watched Jizi and Rin’s battle against her Dragon Tooth Warriors and became fixated on Jizi as a potential Holy Grail vessel. At school, Rin and Jizi investigated the identity of another Master before sensing a female Servant in the back courtyard, where Shirou had been slightly injured.

• The Witch observed Jizi’s copied Dragon Tooth Warriors and decided Jizi’s body would make an ideal Holy Grail vessel.
• Jizi struggled to stay awake in class, and Sakura Matou helped keep the teacher from catching her asleep.
• Sakura saw Jizi reunite with Rin and left the school grounds, while Rin wondered whether Shinji Matou or Issei Ryuudou was connected to the Grail War.
• Jizi and Rin planned to investigate the possible Masters at school and asked Shirou to look into Issei Ryuudou.
• Jizi and Rin sensed a female Servant in the back courtyard and rushed there after learning Shirou was slightly hurt.

Rin, Jizi, and Shirou captured a Servant who had attacked students at school and used magecraft to trace her contract to the chemistry lab. They found the lab empty except for a magically charged book, leaving the Servant’s Master’s whereabouts uncertain.

• Jizi healed Shirou after he fought a Servant who had drained a student’s life force.
• Rin’s Dragon Tooth Warriors and Archer pinned the Servant down, and Jizi helped Rin prepare a gem to trace her contract.
• Jizi forced the gem into the captured Servant’s mouth, allowing Rin to follow the magical link to her Master.
• Rin led the group to the chemistry lab, but her Yin Qi Bullet found no target behind the door.
• Rin opened the lab and found an open book near the window radiating magical energy.