Recaps

Cuauhtémoc reflected on how gentle the world had become under Lord Tonatiuh, and resolved to tell the old man he had met about it. The chapter then presented profiles for Favia in his Pretender and Foreigner forms.

• Cuauhtémoc’s parents noticed he seemed down and asked him what was wrong.
• Cuauhtémoc recalled that the world had once been frightening, but his father explained that Tonatiuh had abolished its cruelties.
• Cuauhtémoc said he now liked his name because it had been given and blessed by the great Sun, and his parents praised his growth.
• Cuauhtémoc remembered the old man who knew little about this world and decided to tell him that Lord Tonatiuh’s world was gentle.
• The chapter detailed Favia’s abilities and history as a Pretender and as Favia Tonatiuh, a Foreigner.

The chapter presented Favia as the Fifth Sun, a god who united the American pantheons, and revealed that the sun had chosen him as its own UO after he lived for 4.6 billion years to protect humanity. It left Favia able to transform into the Sun UO and described him defeating ORT with the gathered power of the solar system.

• The chapter outlined Favia's powers as the Fifth Sun, including his authority over nature, his summoned American gods, and his ability to wield the Noble Phantasms of other solar deities.
• The account explained that Favia had imitated the sun and lived for 4.6 billion years while pursuing a dream of protecting humanity from an already destined extinction.
• After Favia's death, the sun heard his will and chose him to become its One of the Primordials, Type: The Sun.
• Favia became the true Sun UO, gathered the power of the solar system, and crushed ORT in a single stroke.
• Favia could invoke his Sun UO identity by shouting, "Burn, sun!" and take the form of a red-and-blue body of light.

After reporting her mission to Zepia, Sion traveled to Romania to reunite with Novia, hoping to take their relationship further. At his residence, she found Melusine fighting two other dragons while Altrouge and Kiara welcomed her, and Sion realized her circle of rivals had grown.

• Sion reported that she and Manaka’s companions had defeated an ancient Dead Apostle, and Zepia congratulated her on making a choice of her own.
• Zepia mentioned the American Holy Grail War and its connection to the Third Magic, prompting Sion to wonder what Novia had done there.
• Sion traveled to the address Manaka had sent, wrestling with her desire to kiss Novia and her fear of asking for more.
• Sion opened the residence door and found Melusine battling a red-haired dragon girl and a small Nero-like girl.
• Sion met Altrouge Brunestud and Kiara Sessyoin, learned that Attila had taken Manaka out, and suspected that Avia might be Novia.
• Kiara teased Sion about her naughty thoughts and asked to be included when Sion acted on them.

Sajyou Manaka tried to recover her spirits while Attila took her out for dessert, but learning that others knew about her private habits devastated her. Back at the house, Attila met Sion, while Altrouge Brunestud revealed that Nero had left with Novia and might be stronger than everyone there.

• Attila took the dispirited Sajyou Manaka to a dessert shop and tried to cheer her up.
• Sajyou Manaka complained that she wanted Novia to appreciate her and include her, but she could not bring herself to say so directly.
• Attila told Sajyou Manaka that Kisshouin had mentioned her private nighttime habits, leaving her horrified that everyone knew.
• Sajyou Manaka returned home and ran to her room, while Attila greeted Sion and promised to help Novia.
• Altrouge Brunestud told Attila that Nero had left with Novia and that Nero might be stronger than them all.

After Draco confessed her feelings to Novia, Attila openly asked him to go to bed with her, and he agreed. The chapter ended with Draco joining them, Altrouge Brunestud accepting Novia’s invitation, and Sion left wavering as Kichijo-in Kihara asked whether she would join too.

• Novia returned with a newly bashful Draco, who introduced herself as Draco and said the others could call her Nero.
• Attila declared that she wanted to go to bed with Novia, explaining that she had decided to ask directly after seeing Melusine and Typhon with him.
• Novia agreed, and Attila embraced him; Draco then insisted on joining them and clung to his back.
• Novia invited Altrouge Brunestud and Sion to come along, and Altrouge Brunestud accepted while Sion hesitated.
• Kichijo-in Kihara asked Sion whether she was going to join them.

Hibino Hibiki excitedly told Ritsuka Fujimaru and her friends that Kouhaku had promised she would meet her father soon, while Suhou Nao’s doubts made Hibiki defend him and then apologize for asking to meet him. The chapter left their reunion still ahead, with Hibiki’s unusual origins and family unresolved.

• At Ahnenerbe, Ritsuka Fujimaru asked Hibino Hibiki if she was finally going to meet her father, and Hibiki said Kouhaku had promised they would reunite soon.
• Suhou Nao argued that Hibiki’s absent parents were irresponsible and suggested Kouhaku might be deceiving her.
• Hibiki tearfully defended her father, saying he was responsible and might have reasons for staying away.
• Suhou Nao apologized for speaking harshly, and Hibiki apologized for asking her grandfather to arrange the meeting.
• Hibiki reflected that she knew she was physically stronger than an ordinary human despite not knowing her origins or parents.

Novia learned that Hibino Hibiki considered him her father and traveled to Tokyo with Draco and Kisshouin to meet her. Hibiki met Marie Müller, an artificial being modeled on the Holy Scripture who wanted to merge with her, while Novia and his companions debated who Hibiki regarded as her mother.

• At the café, Ritsuka comforted Hibiki about her parents, and Hibiki sensed a familiar presence in Ritsuka that brought a black-haired woman to mind.
• Hibiki returned to her mansion and found Marie Müller, who revealed that she was an artificial imitation of the Holy Scripture and asked to merge with Hibiki to become complete.
• Hibiki activated Holy Scripture Mode and challenged Marie, who activated Apocrypha.
• Kouhaku told Novia that Hibiki considered him her father, and Novia agreed to go to Tokyo to meet her.
• Novia brought Draco and Kisshouin to Japan, where Draco questioned why they had come and Kisshouin teased her over possibly being Hibiki's mother.

Novia and Ritsuka Fujimaru met while independently following a limping white pigeon to a neglected shrine at Yushima Tenmangu. Their encounter left Ritsuka feeling that a new emotion had begun to bloom, and they prepared to pray together.

• Novia left Draco and Kisshouin at the hotel and went out to explore Bunkyo Ward on New Year's Day.
• Novia followed a limping white pigeon into a cordoned-off alley and found it at a rundown shrine.
• Ritsuka Fujimaru also followed the pigeon into the shrine and reached through its offering opening to help it.
• Novia and Ritsuka accidentally touched hands, then introduced themselves through the opening.
• Ritsuka felt a sudden warmth toward Novia, agreed to pray with him, and stepped outside to perform the customary steps.

Ritsuka Fujimaru spent the evening talking and stargazing with Novia at a neglected shrine, where his words reminded her of an elderly neighbor who had taught her to value peaceful moments. When a shrine guard approached, Ritsuka pulled Novia through the undergrowth to escape, and they continued their conversation on the road.

• Ritsuka Fujimaru joined Novia in the shrine pavilion, and they talked about a pigeon and a strange hometown legend.
• Ritsuka spread her jacket on the ground so they could watch the stars, and Novia wrapped her in her jacket to keep her warm.
• Ritsuka and Novia discussed stars and his time working in the Middle East until she realized it was past ten and needed to go home.
• Novia said that talking with Ritsuka had felt comforting, reminding her of an elderly neighbor who had cherished their conversations before he died.
• When a shrine guard arrived, Ritsuka grabbed Novia and fled with him through the undergrowth, then apologized for taking his hand.

Novia visited Hibino Hibiki’s café and mansion with Draco and Kisshouin, while reflecting on his plans to prevent deaths during the coming human order incineration. At the mansion, Marie Müller mistook Novia for her father, and he reassured her that she was not incomplete.

• Ritsuka Fujimaru realized she had forgotten to ask Novia for his contact information after he gave her his cross pendant.
• Novia, Draco, and Kisshouin watched Hibino Hibiki at the café and learned that she was keeping her emotionless combat state active after fighting the False Scripture.
• Novia said he had given his cross pendant to a girl he had met by fate and hoped she would handle an important future event well.
• Novia resolved to let the human order incineration occur without allowing anyone to die, and to overturn the ending God had foreseen for Roman.
• Novia and his companions arrived at Kouhaku’s mansion, where Marie Müller called Novia her father and said she needed to devour Hibino Hibiki to become complete.
• Novia told Marie Müller that she was not incomplete.

Hibino Hibiki recognized Novia as her father and realized Draco was her mother, while Marie Müller joined their family reunion. The next day, Ritsuka Fujimaru waited at the Coffee Shop and wondered whether her encounter with Novia had been real.

• Hibino Hibiki returned home and recognized Novia, then tried to identify who her mother was.
• Hibino Hibiki realized Draco was her mother and embraced both Draco and Novia; Marie Müller joined them and called them her parents.
• Kisshouin offered to be Hibiki and Marie Müller's mother, prompting Draco to declare her love for Novia and insist she was their mother.
• Draco found Kisshouin in bed beside Novia, tossed her onto the floor, and bit Novia's neck while demanding that he cherish her.
• On the last day of winter break, Ritsuka Fujimaru waited at the Coffee Shop and worried that she might never see Novia again.

Ritsuka Fujimaru confided in Hibino Hibiki that she could not stop thinking about Novia and hoped to give him a gift in return for his pendant. When Novia unexpectedly came to the café, they reunited and talked about the beauty and cruelty of the world before Hibiki returned and found them together.

• Ritsuka Fujimaru told Hibino Hibiki she had met someone interesting and privately decided to give Novia a ring in return for his cross pendant.
• Ritsuka heard a strange sound recalling the ocean and the shrine, then spotted Novia entering the café and greeted him.
• Novia explained he had come because Hibino Hibiki had invited him and Draco to meet her parents, and Ritsuka invited him to sit with her.
• Novia spoke about people as different colors and described the world's cruelty and beauty, telling Ritsuka that simply living well could make anyone a savior.
• Ritsuka invited Novia to enjoy the nearby anime event, but Hibino Hibiki returned before he could answer and noticed them sitting together.

Ritsuka Fujimaru learned that Novia was Hibiki’s father and realized her feelings for him were unrequited. The story then followed Amakusa Shirou’s decades-long wait for the Great Holy Grail War and ended as he prepared to pursue his wish of bringing happiness to humanity.

• Hibino Hibiki greeted Novia as her father, leaving Ritsuka Fujimaru stunned by the revelation.
• Draco appeared in a mature form, embraced Novia, and declared her love while Hibiki celebrated her mother.
• Ritsuka returned home, recognized that she loved Novia, and accepted that her brief romance had ended in heartbreak.
• After the Third Holy Grail War, Amakusa Shirou took a new identity, secretly kept pursuing the Greater Grail, and waited sixty years for another war.
• Amakusa used suggestion to take a Red Master’s Command Spells and recruit Lancer, Romulus, who agreed to fight alongside him.
• Amakusa reflected on his belief in humanity and his determination to spare people the suffering that stood between them and happiness.

Novia entered a connected world in Shinjuku and intervened in Sagara Houma’s attempt to sacrifice Reika Rikudou to summon Jack the Ripper. He found Jack had already killed Sagara, while Jack had saved Reika and claimed her as her mother.

• Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg sent Novia through a door into Shinjuku, where Novia spotted a green-haired woman under a suggestion.
• Novia recognized the woman as Reika Rikudou and discovered that Sagara Houma planned to sacrifice her to summon Jack the Ripper.
• Reika’s wish to live broke through the suggestion as Sagara performed the summoning ritual.
• Jack appeared, rescued Reika, transferred Sagara’s Command Spells to her, and killed Sagara.
• Reika accepted Jack as her child and fed her reheated hamburger steak.

Novia entered Jack the Ripper’s nightmare, acknowledged the nameless children’s suffering, and found a world where they could be born. After the children began to disappear, he remained in the City of Fog with the last girl, who worried about Reika Rikudou.

• Jack told Reika Rikudou she needed a human heart, and Reika gave her permission to take one.
• Novia appeared, accepted Jack calling him “Mommy,” and entered her nightmare alone.
• Novia encountered the nameless children born from London’s suffering and promised to accept them and find a world that welcomed their births.
• Gaia answered Novia’s search with a world where the Holy Grail had been distributed to every person.
• The children gradually disappeared, and the last girl asked Novia whether they were going to another world and expressed pity for Reika Rikudou.

Novia helped Reika Rikudou find the will to live again, then reunited with Abigail, who joined him as he traveled to Romania to observe the Holy Grail War. The chapter ended with Novia and Abigail arriving in Bucharest and sharing pancakes.

• Novia played Träumerei for Reika Rikudou, who then played it and felt the presence of her deceased parents encouraging her to keep living.
• Reika Rikudou left the house alone after thanking her parents, becoming the first Master to leave the False Scripture Holy Grail War with Assassin of Black, Jack the Ripper.
• Novia unexpectedly received Command Spells and was reunited with Abigail Williams, who appeared before him as a Foreigner.
• Abigail left Avalon, where Baobhan Sith, Meli, and Tlaloc discussed her sudden disappearance and guessed that she had gone to find her big brother.
• Novia told Abigail he planned to observe the Holy Grail War and give every participating Servant a bouquet, and Abigail agreed to take him to Romania through a gate.
• Novia and Abigail arrived in Bucharest, ate pancakes together, and Abigail promised to make some for him later.

Novia transformed into the Fifth Sun and unleashed a vision of the four Sun Eras and the world’s destruction upon everyone involved in the Holy Grail War. The warning ended without casualties, but left the Red and Black Factions aware of his overwhelming presence.

• Abigail offered to help Novia win the Holy Grail War, but he insisted on protecting her himself.
• Novia used the Jaguar Man Mask and the power of the Fifth Sun, then plunged magecraft users into darkness.
• In Trifas, Astolfo introduced himself to the Black Faction’s Servants and excitedly questioned Siegfried about his legends.
• The Servants, their Masters, and distant mages heard calls of jaguars, wind, rain, and sea as a vision of four suns and the world’s destruction unfolded.
• Novia identified himself as the Fifth Sun, and the vision ended with obsidian flowers appearing in everyone’s hands.

The Red Faction’s Servants discussed the arrival of a powerful South American sun god, while Amakusa Shirou learned that Jeanne d’Arc had entered Romania. Spartacus and several other Servants headed toward Trifas, and Amakusa chose to leave Jeanne alone for now.

• Mordred recognized the sun god’s aura as that of the Storm King and announced she wanted to challenge him.
• Shishigou and Mordred met Amakusa Shirou, Romulus, Tamamo no Mae, and Semiramis at the Red Faction’s base, where they discussed how to face the sun god.
• Shishigou and Mordred left to act independently, while Tamamo no Mae revealed that Spartacus had gone toward Trifas and Archer was pursuing him.
• Romulus decided to follow Spartacus, and Semiramis’s familiar reported that Achilles and Atalanta had also gone to Trifas.
• Semiramis reported that Jeanne d’Arc had entered Romania and was heading to Bucharest, and Amakusa decided to ignore her for now.

Jeanne d'Arc confronted Siegfried on a highway outside Bucharest, where he unleashed his Noble Phantasm, but Novia appeared and stopped it. Siegfried reunited with his old friend, while Jeanne asked Novia for help and Gordes warned her to deal with the pagan god.

• Jeanne recalled her execution in Rouen and stepped out of a taxi to face Siegfried, whom Gordes had sent to eliminate her.
• Siegfried and Jeanne prepared to fight, and Siegfried released his Noble Phantasm before Jeanne could use her authority as Ruler.
• Jeanne received a Revelation and sensed the Sun God approaching as Siegfried's attack filled the area with destructive light.
• Novia appeared, halted Siegfried's Noble Phantasm with his hand, and reunited with Siegfried, who revealed that he had fought in the war hoping to see him again.
• Jeanne asked Novia for help, and Gordes told her that no pagan gods were allowed to appear and that she should know what to do.

Jeanne formed an alliance with Novia, Siegfried, and Gordes, while mistaking Novia and Abigail for conspirators tied to an alien deity. As Novia used a Bronze Shemesh to observe Trifas, they saw a masked man attacking a muscular warrior who was protecting a pink-haired girl.

• Jeanne accepted Novia's proposal to join forces and resolve the Holy Grail War together.
• Novia invited Gordes and Siegfried to join the alliance, and Gordes agreed after Novia encouraged him to believe in his family's abilities.
• Jeanne realized she could hear Novia's thoughts and wrongly concluded that he and Abigail were conspiring with an alien deity.
• Abigail offered to take the group to Trifas through her Gate, but Jeanne refused and used her Ruler ability to locate Servants in the town.
• Novia revealed a Bronze Shemesh to observe Trifas, showing a masked man plunging his hand toward a muscular warrior's heart as the warrior protected a pink-haired girl.

Novia watched the Black Faction’s plot against Frankenstein and Spartacus unfold, then learned that Fran had been forced to use her Noble Phantasm and that Spartacus had sacrificed himself to protect her. Angered by the treatment of the girl who called him Grandpa, Novia went through Abigail’s door to confront those responsible.

• Spartacus fought the Black Faction’s forces while Achilles and Atalanta prepared to face Astolfo and Chiron.
• Vlad III and Avicebron tried to capture Spartacus, while Avicebron planned to use Fran as a sacrifice for creating Adam.
• Darnic ordered Caules to use his Command Spells, forcing Fran to unleash Blasted Tree of Lightning against Spartacus.
• Spartacus redirected his Noble Phantasm so it protected Fran rather than destroying her, then stopped Avicebron’s attack and vanished.
• Jeanne d'Arc misread Novia’s concern as part of a sinister plan, while Novia asked Abigail to open a door and went to confront the people who had hurt Fran.

Novia arrived in the forest to protect Fran from Avicebron, who summoned Adam and sought to remake the world as paradise. Novia opposed Adam with the combined power of the Aztec Sun Gods, while Tlaloc confronted him about not visiting sooner.

• Jeanne d'Arc tried to delay Novia, then convinced herself that his dismissive thoughts were the result of a powerful charm.
• Avicebron revealed that he planned to sacrifice Fran to create Adam, but Novia appeared and Fran greeted him as her grandpa.
• Novia recited Avicebron's Noble Phantasm, helping Adam manifest, and Avicebron named the giant golem as it began transforming the surrounding land into paradise.
• Avicebron declared that Adam's Garden of Eden would erase suffering, but Novia challenged his plan and summoned an obsidian sword.
• Novia summoned the colossal Tenochtitlan, drawing on the power of the First, Second, and Third Suns and the War God to face Adam.
• Tlaloc joined Novia in the cockpit and asked why he had not visited sooner, and Novia replied that they were together now.

Novia defeated Avicebron’s Adam Golem with Tenochtitlan and gave Avicebron the flower that held Adam’s core before he vanished. Amakusa Shirou prepared to seize the Greater Grail, while Novia returned to Tenochtitlan and reunited with Tlaloc, who asked why he had not come to find them.

• Avicebron commanded Adam to attack Tenochtitlan, but Novia used Quetzalcoatl’s power to wound the golem and drive it to its knees.
• Adam healed through the Garden of Eden, then Novia’s Tenochtitlan summoned four suns that merged and annihilated the golem.
• As Avicebron faded, Novia gave him the flower containing Adam’s core, and Avicebron accepted it before disappearing.
• Amakusa Shirou discussed the Sun God with Semiramis and resolved to launch a surprise attack on the Yggdmillennia Family to take the Greater Grail.
• Novia returned to Tenochtitlan, where Tlaloc called him Favia and asked why he had not come to find them.

Jeanne d'Arc concluded that Favia threatened the world's stability and planned to kill him with her sacrificial Noble Phantasm. After Favia returned with Novia, Fran, and Tlaloc, Jeanne misread Fran calling him “Grandpa” as evidence of a plot involving the God of the Church, while Tlaloc reunited with Abigail and embraced Novia.

• Jeanne sensed the Adam Golem's destruction and resolved to use Red Lotus Saintess against Favia, whom she suspected of threatening the world.
• Jeanne spoke with Abigail, who praised her and explained that Favia felt sorry about Jeanne's fate.
• Favia returned with Novia, Fran, and Tlaloc, and Fran called him “Grandpa,” shocking Jeanne.
• Jeanne suspected Favia was connected to the God of the Church and considered helping Fran escape his influence.
• Tlaloc confronted Abigail, then wrapped her arms around Novia and called him her lord Sun God.

Darnic used his Command Spells to force Vlad III to become Dracula and merge their souls, but another aspect of Vlad III appeared in the Hanging Gardens and destroyed Dracula before he could reach the Greater Grail. As Vlad III faded away, Amakusa Shirou revealed his plan to save humanity and prepared to confront him.

• The Red Faction attacked the weakened Black Faction, and Vlad III fought Romulus, Atalanta, and Tamamo no Mae.
• Darnic ordered Vlad III to invoke Legend of Dracula, then used his remaining Command Spells and his own blood to merge his soul with Vlad III's.
• Dracula reached the Greater Grail in Semiramis's Hanging Gardens, where another Vlad III appeared and embraced him until Dracula vanished.
• Vlad III spoke with Amakusa Shirou before dissolving into blue light, and Amakusa declared that he would destroy anything that obstructed his plan to save humanity.