Chapter Summaries

After Chaldea’s control room was destroyed, Novia and Ritsuka entered Singularity F, where Novia became a Demi-Servant and helped Mash fight. The group met Olga Marie and Cú Chulainn, whom Novia recognized as an old acquaintance and the Norse god Odin.

• The Demon God King declared the end of human history as a terrifying halo appeared across the skies of multiple eras.
• An explosion set Chaldea’s control room ablaze, and Novia emerged from the flames carrying Mash while ordering Romani to protect Chaldea’s power source.
• Novia reassigned Ritsuka as a Master and began her Spiritron Conversion as Chaldea evacuated.
• In Singularity F, Novia explained his Demi-Servant abilities to Mash and used support magic to help her defeat the surrounding enemies.
• Ritsuka woke, learned that humanity’s survival depended on fighting through the crisis, and heard about the Mystic Codes awaiting her after they returned to Chaldea.
• Olga Marie fled toward Ritsuka, Mash, and Novia with Cú Chulainn behind her; Novia recognized Cú Chulainn as Odin and thanked him for saving the director.

Novia accepted Odin’s commission to answer a summons from another world, then joined Ritsuka and Mash to face the black-clad King of Knights at the Greater Grail. The King of Knights recognized that their opposing standpoints left them no choice but to fight, despite knowing Novia was stronger.

• Cú Chulainn revealed his true name and later asked Novia to take his place when another world summoned him; Novia accepted without asking for payment.
• Novia sensed that the Star Sword and the remnants of Cernunnos had prompted Odin’s summons from a world on the verge of destruction.
• Novia, Ritsuka, and Mash encountered the black-clad King of Knights at the Greater Grail after Cú Chulainn was delayed by an Archer Heroic Spirit.
• The King of Knights explained that her imitation Holy Sword reacted to the Star Sword Novia carried and asked whether he would still oppose her.
• Novia declared that his presence was his answer, and the King of Knights accepted their opposing standpoints and challenged him to fight.

Novia, Mash, Ritsuka, and Olga Marie survived the King of Knights’ attack, and Mash awakened her Noble Phantasm before Novia defeated the weakened king with an analyzed Holy Sword. As the group set out to retrieve the Holy Grail, Lev appeared and turned on them, prompting Olga Marie to remember the hostility she faced after her father’s death.

• Mash faced the King of Knights’ dark Excalibur and deployed her Noble Phantasm to protect Ritsuka, Olga Marie, and Novia.
• Novia used water to drain the King of Knights’ magical energy, then defeated her with a Spiritron-analyzed Holy Sword as Ritsuka collapsed from exhaustion.
• Novia healed Mash, explained how her wish had awakened her Noble Phantasm, and suggested the name “Lord Chaldea”; Cú Chulainn then arrived and praised Mash and Ritsuka before departing.
• Ritsuka declared that they would retrieve the Holy Grail and return to their own time, while Novia thanked Olga Marie and she acknowledged Ritsuka’s accomplishments.
• Lev appeared, accused Ritsuka, Mash, Novia, and Olga Marie of disrupting his plans, and Olga Marie remembered being criticized by Chaldea staff after her father’s death.

Olga Marie learned she was dead, but Novia protected her soul and defeated Lev, allowing the group to return to Chaldea with her preserved in a card. After Chaldea restarted, Ritsuka woke from a nightmare of the world burning and found Novia beside her.

• Lev revealed that Olga Marie had died in the explosion and showed her Chaldeas engulfed in red.
• Novia used his abilities to shield Olga Marie from Chaldeas and stop Lev from transforming into a Demon God Pillar.
• Olga Marie beat Lev until he dissolved, then Novia preserved her soul in a card and the group escaped the collapsing Singularity.
• Back in Chaldea, Olga Marie directed the restart while Da Vinci wondered about Novia's unexplained abilities.
• Ritsuka dreamed that her home and family were burning, then woke in Chaldea as Novia came to comfort her.

The day before Chaldea departed for the first Singularity, Ritsuka sought Novia’s Atlas Institute uniform and reflected on their shared grief, while Da Vinci introduced her and Little Da Vinci. The chapter left Ritsuka waiting alone in Novia’s room and questioning why she was so fixated on him.

• Ritsuka mourned her family and friends but told Novia she would see the mission through, and Novia affirmed the importance of her resolve.
• At the Temple of Time, Goetia rebuked Lev for insulting Novia and explained that Novia had intervened to observe humanity and the Demon God King.
• Ritsuka admired her Chaldea Combat Uniform as Da Vinci introduced herself, explained Little Da Vinci’s origins, and promised to provide Ritsuka with the Atlas Institute uniform.
• Little Da Vinci recalled Novia’s request that she avoid mentioning him to Ritsuka and felt envious of their adventures together.
• Ritsuka went to Novia’s room to ask for the Atlas Institute uniform, found him absent, and waited while wondering about his grief and her feelings for him.

Novia unexpectedly arrived in the first Singularity ahead of Ritsuka and Mash and was recognized by Jeanne d'Arc Alter as her Master. Jeanne d'Arc Alter kept him beside her as an attendant while her campaign against France began.

• Ritsuka thanked Novia for preparing medicine and advising her to rest before her mission to France, then became flustered while bathing.
• Ritsuka and Mash arrived in Orléans without Novia and wondered why he was missing.
• Jeanne d'Arc Alter killed Bishop Pierre Cauchon, then ordered Bluebeard and six Mad Enhanced Servants to destroy humanity alongside the Dragon Tooth Warriors.
• Novia appeared in the burning cathedral, and Jeanne d'Arc Alter felt certain he was her Servant and Master despite his strange presence.
• Jeanne d'Arc Alter introduced Novia to Bluebeard as one of her Servants and decided to keep him beside her as an attendant.

Novia summoned Fafnir with Jeanne d'Arc Alter, then kept her distracted from her campaign of destruction while planning to bring her face to face with Jeanne d'Arc. After Novia shrank the unconscious Jeanne d'Arc Alter with the Youth-Restoring Elixir and left Gilles unable to act, he carried her toward La Charité, where Jeanne d'Arc and Ritsuka were headed.

• Jeanne d'Arc Alter summoned Fafnir, who cowered before Novia's Primordial Dragon aura, and the three flew together as she named Novia her dragon groom.
• Jeanne d'Arc Alter spent the next several days wandering with Novia instead of leading Fafnir to burn France, then resolved to resume her attacks.
• Novia subdued Jeanne d'Arc Alter and gave her the Youth-Restoring Elixir, causing her to shrink before carrying her outside.
• Bluebeard confronted Novia and explained his desire to destroy France over Jeanne d'Arc's suffering; Novia said he would stop him, but that Gilles should not be left alone.
• Novia prevented Bluebeard from using the Holy Grail, summoned Fafnir, and carried the shrunken Jeanne d'Arc Alter toward La Charité to meet Jeanne d'Arc and Ritsuka.

Jeanne d'Arc joined Ritsuka and Mash in opposing the Dragon Witch, while Novia arrived with Jeanne d'Arc Alter Lily, who was revealed to be Jeanne’s younger self. As the group camped near La Charité, a mysterious purple-haired Servant confronted Jeanne and pressed her about the people who cursed her.

• Jeanne d'Arc agreed to help Ritsuka and Mash reclaim Orléans and remove the Dragon Witch, then grew nervous when they discussed Novia.
• Jeanne d'Arc sensed an enormous life-form, but Fafnir arrived exhausted and collapsed before Novia and Jeanne d'Arc Alter Lily dismounted.
• Novia explained that Jeanne d'Arc Alter Lily was Jeanne d'Arc’s younger self, and Jeanne thanked him while privately hoping the child would help him forgive her.
• Jeanne d'Arc Alter Lily teased Novia and called him her Old Man Dragon Husband, while Ritsuka grew flustered after he called her a child.
• A purple-haired Servant appeared at the camp and asked Jeanne d'Arc whether she wanted to die or kill after seeing that some people cursed her.

Martha joined Ritsuka’s group after Novia freed her from Mad Enhancement, and she guided them to Servants summoned by the land. The group headed to Lyon to find Siegfried, while Novia examined Ritsuka and explained why France’s history mattered to the Singularity.

• Novia spoke with Martha and Jeanne d’Arc, and Martha recognized him as the little Via she had known before.
• Martha joined Ritsuka and Mash, explaining that she and Tarasque had left the Dragon Witch’s side; she also recalled receiving the Savior’s staff, which had given her the magical energy to resist her madness.
• Martha guided Ritsuka’s group to Marie Antoinette, Mozart, Kiyohime, and Elizabeth, and the group set out for Lyon to find Siegfried.
• Novia examined Ritsuka and told her that her body could handle only one more Servant contract for now.
• Novia explained how France’s destruction would undermine the historical foundations behind the Declaration of the Rights of Man, while Jeanne d’Arc Alter Lily teased Ritsuka for neglecting her history lessons.
• Outside the tent, Kiyohime and Elizabeth argued over food and their reasons for fighting until Marie Antoinette suggested they talk about love stories.

Kiyohime recounted how her first love led her to become a dragon and burn down a temple, while Siegfried and Georgios headed toward Fafnir. Georgios freed Siegfried from his curse and restored Vlad III to a different form, then sensed an approaching presence.

• Kiyohime told the gathered girls how she fell in love with a monk, became a dragon, and burned down a temple, prompting Elizabeth to protest and Jeanne d'Arc to ask about her transformation.
• Mash left the gathering to invite her Master and Consultant Novia to dinner, and Kiyohime later heard the Buddha speak cryptically about her future.
• In Montluçon, Siegfried urged Georgios to help him confront Fafnir, and Georgios carried him toward the dragon despite their poor odds.
• Georgios encountered Vlad III, Chevalier d'Eon, Atalanta, and Lancelot; Chevalier d'Eon and Atalanta accepted his strike to escape their forced slaughter, while Georgios stopped the blow from killing Vlad.
• Georgios removed Siegfried's curse and changed Vlad III's appearance, then prepared for an approaching presence he could not explain.

Novia brought Jeanne and Jeanne d'Arc Alter Lily to La Charité so Jeanne could reunite with her mother, Isabella. Isabella welcomed the shy Lily as well, and Lily realized why she did not recognize her: she was not Jeanne's childhood self but a separate being.

• Novia recognized Georgios as Michael's Executor, while Georgios concealed his own suspicions about Novia.
• Siegfried and Vlad III reunited with Novia, and the group prepared to confront the Dragon Witch after Fafnir joined their side.
• Jeanne d'Arc Alter Lily grew jealous of Jeanne and worried that she would soon have to reveal her identity to Gilles.
• Novia told Jeanne and Lily they would visit Isabella in La Charité before traveling to Orléans to meet the Dragon Witch.
• Isabella recalled Jeanne's execution and the day her daughter left home, then recognized the adult Jeanne who had once saved her.
• Isabella gently accepted Jeanne d'Arc Alter Lily and offered to hold her, prompting Lily to understand that she was not Jeanne's younger self.

Jeanne d'Arc Alter Lily reunited with Isabella and found the courage to accept her as her mother before leaving to face the final battle in France. At Orléans, she revealed herself as the Dragon Witch and joined Bluebeard as he transformed into the Sea Demon to fight Jeanne d'Arc and Novia's group.

• Jeanne d'Arc Alter Lily accepted Isabella as her mother, and Isabella entrusted her care to Novia as the group departed.
• Bluebeard surveyed the ruined church in Orléans and met Jeanne d'Arc, Novia, and the others outside the city.
• Jeanne d'Arc Alter Lily told Novia she would help Gilles, then admitted defeat while insisting she would still fight Jeanne d'Arc and the Chaldea Master.
• Jeanne d'Arc Alter returned to her adult form, and Jeanne d'Arc told Bluebeard she had not hated France even though he still sought revenge.
• Bluebeard summoned the Sea Demon through Prelati's Spellbook and merged with it, preparing to fight.

Ritsuka told Bluebeard that she would stop him despite understanding his hatred, and Kiyohime’s Noble Phantasm drew Novia into her temple and revealed him as the person she had long awaited. Bluebeard disappeared, while Jeanne d’Arc defeated Jeanne d’Arc Alter, whose final moments with Novia left her accepting the end of her part in the story.

• Ritsuka told Bluebeard that his hatred was understandable but that leaving him to destroy the world would be wrong, and he answered her with a threat.
• Kiyohime activated her Noble Phantasm, recognized Novia as the person she had awaited, and carried him in dragon form toward Bluebeard.
• Bluebeard recalled Jeanne d’Arc’s radiance and said he would return to his original era before disappearing.
• Georgios explained that Kiyohime’s Noble Phantasm may have drawn Novia in because of his connection to Maitreya, while Jeanne d’Arc Alter fought Jeanne d’Arc outside Orléans.
• Jeanne d’Arc defeated Jeanne d’Arc Alter but spared her, and Novia appeared and concealed them from the others.
• Jeanne d’Arc Alter accepted that her part in the story was ending and told Novia she had been happy.

After the France Singularity ended, Novia and the others returned to Chaldea, where Ritsuka received Martha’s walking stick and noticed an inexplicable taste on her finger. As Chaldea prepared to enter the Rome Singularity, Da Vinci suspected Little Da Vinci was concealing something about Novia.

• Novia kissed Jeanne d'Arc Alter before she dissolved into Spiritrons, and she returned to her essential form as the Holy Grail.
• Kiyohime questioned Ritsuka about whether bodily fluids could let a Demi-Servant supply a Servant with Od, then disappeared after asking Ritsuka to tell her about Novia.
• Saint George, Vlad, and Siegfried departed after encouraging Ritsuka and Mash to keep smiling, and Novia promised Jeanne d'Arc that he would take her to the seaside.
• Martha gave Ritsuka her walking stick and a blessing before disappearing, and Ritsuka secretly licked blood from her finger during the return transfer.
• Da Vinci challenged Little Da Vinci about her questions concerning Od and Novia, while Little Da Vinci avoided explaining herself.
• Ritsuka spent a quiet afternoon preparing for the next day's mission to the Rome Singularity.

Ritsuka recalled Mash’s sterile-room past in a vivid dream before heading back to Chaldea, while Novia and the others investigated the Osiris-led revolt destabilizing Rome. Novia suspected the God-Eating Plan had somehow resurfaced and set the group’s goal as stopping Osiris and recovering the Holy Grail.

• Ritsuka remembered a dream in which a white-haired girl watched Mash in her sterile room and called her “Sister-in-law,” then woke in Chaldea beside a startled Fou.
• In the Rome Singularity, Mash learned that uprisings under Osiris had spread through the Middle East after Alexander the Great returned from the dead with a strategist.
• Novia explained how Iskandar’s identity had been linked to both Zeus and Amun-Ra, then considered whether the God-Eating Plan and its Alexander IV experiment had somehow been revived.
• Novia told Ritsuka and Mash that they needed to stop Osiris’s assault on Rome and obtain the Holy Grail.
• Novia led the group toward Rome to explain the crisis to the current emperor.

Novia, Ritsuka, and Mash entered Rome under the alias Ming Weiya and were escorted to the palace, where Novia reunited with Nero and Draco. Their tense, flirtatious reunion was interrupted by Ritsuka approaching, while the chapter ended with her admiring Rome at night.

• Novia chose the alias Ming Weiya, and Locusta escorted him, Ritsuka, and Mash into Rome on Nero's orders.
• Locusta brought Novia to Nero's private bathhouse, where Draco revealed herself as another Nero and teased him about his disappearance.
• Draco and Nero competed for Novia's attention, and Novia recognized that Draco had likely caused the Roman Singularity by taking the Holy Grail.
• Novia sensed someone approaching, and Draco pulled him into the bath before Nero jumped in after them.
• Ritsuka looked out over Rome at night and admired the city's lights and lively streets.

Ritsuka wandered into Nero’s bathhouse and heard a startling claim about Nero and Novia before returning to her room. In Egypt, Ptolemy explained how his past work helped prepare his Master’s plan to become the all-encompassing god Osiris, and the chapter ended with Ritsuka meeting Nero and wondering whether Xiao Xiang’s mother had Roman royal blood.

• Ritsuka followed a blonde girl into Nero’s bathhouse after luring Locusta away with mushrooms, where a bathing figure claimed to be Nero and Novia’s illegitimate daughter.
• Ritsuka returned to her room in a daze and reassured herself that Consultant Novia would not behave improperly.
• In Alexandria, Ptolemy told Alexander and the Second how he had shaped mythology around Alexander and used Alexander IV as a blank vessel for a grand ritual.
• Ptolemy revealed that their Master intended to use Egyptian mythology and the ritual’s fruits to become Osiris, All-God of Egypt.
• Nero explained to Mash that Novia had told her to protect visitors from the future, while Ritsuka noticed Nero resembled Xiao Xiang’s mother and wondered if she had Roman royal blood.

Ritsuka, Mash, and Novia met Nero and Draco before agreeing to help investigate Alexander’s movement in Egypt, though Nero postponed their departure at Novia’s request. Novia then took Ritsuka to Saint Novia Main Hall, where Paul recognized her Walking Stick and Novia encouraged her to see herself as a savior.

• Nero introduced Draco as her illegitimate daughter, while Draco teased Nero by calling her “Mother” and clung to Novia.
• Ritsuka suspected Draco was a Servant and privately wrestled with her jealousy over how close Novia was to her.
• Nero declared that Rome would defeat Alexander’s movement, but agreed to wait until the next day when Novia asked her to postpone the journey.
• Novia took Ritsuka to Saint Novia Main Hall, where they met Paul and Ritsuka showed him Martha’s Walking Stick.
• Paul explained the Walking Stick’s history and asked Ritsuka what she would become; Novia called her their savior, cheering her up.

Novia and Ritsuka discovered that Ritsuka could serve as a medium for Novia to wield Pope Novia’s power, while Paul recalled how he had found and raised the child. In Alexandria, Alexander’s forces clashed with Lucius’s Roman army, and Lucius’s desperate command let him withstand Alexander’s attack before Alexander tried to persuade him to join Osiris.

• Paul recognized that Ritsuka had received the staff’s power, and faint golden motes gathered around her.
• Novia explained that Ritsuka could act as his medium, and Ritsuka wondered if she was effectively his Master.
• Paul remembered finding Novia as an infant after losing his sight, then raising him while spreading Christianity.
• Lord El-Melloi II watched the Roman Praetorian Guard battle summoned soldiers as Alexander rode out to challenge Lucius.
• Alexander unleashed a powerful attack, and Lucius ordered the accompanying mages to pour their magical energy into him.
• Lucius struck back with the Spear of Longinus, survived Alexander’s assault, and rejected Alexander’s offer to join Osiris.

Novia arrived in Egypt in time to destroy Alexander’s sun-like attack and save Lucius, then joined Ritsuka and Lord El-Melloi II to investigate Ptolemy and his Master. Lord El-Melloi II identified the Master as “Osiris’s Sand,” leaving Novia troubled by the possibility that Sion had become humanity’s last guardian.

• Alexander unleashed Ra’s divine power against Lucius, who stood his ground and steadied the guardsmen and mages behind him.
• Novia appeared in the sky, shattered Alexander’s attack, and threw him down, leaving his Spirit Core nearly destroyed.
• Novia reunited with Lucius and told him that Nero and the others would arrive soon.
• Lord El-Melloi II met Novia at the Roman Praetorian Guard camp and later told Ritsuka that Ptolemy and his Master were behind the events.
• Lord El-Melloi II named Ptolemy’s Master “Osiris’s Sand,” prompting Novia to consider whether she was Sion and what had driven her to that path.
• Draco told Novia that the large-scale ritual founded upon culture was almost complete.