Chapter Summaries

Sakatsuki Hiyori and Miyu crossed the World of Stasis and reached Novia, who offered Hiyori three wishes. After wishing for Miyu’s happiness and an end to the Sakatsuki family’s fate, Hiyori asked Novia to protect Miyu until Hiyori’s death, but he warned her that she had only about two years to live and urged her to reconsider.

• Sakatsuki Hiyori followed Miyu’s gaze toward a white figure and decided to approach it with her daughter.
• Hiyori and Miyu crossed the World of Stasis, overcame the strange barrier at the steps by playing catch, and reached Novia.
• Novia offered Hiyori three wishes, and she wished to learn that Miyu would find happiness and that the Sakatsuki family’s fate would end with her.
• Hiyori used her final wish to ask Novia to care for Miyu until Hiyori died.
• Novia revealed Hiyori had only about two years left to live and gave her a chance to change her wish, but Hiyori refused and asked only for Miyu’s protection.

Ivia spent a year caring for Sakatsuki Miyu in the Sakatsuki family's Bounded Field and celebrated her birthday by showing her a vision of the galaxy. The chapter left Miyu with the night’s images lingering in her mind.

• Ivia painted a seashore on a wall with Miyu and told her she would paint the sky herself after summer ended.
• Ivia and Miyu returned home, where Sakatsuki Hiyori had prepared a birthday party and cake for Miyu.
• Ivia discussed Hiyori’s concerns about his eventual departure and said they might meet again if fate allowed.
• After Miyu bathed, Ivia gave her a small jade Buddha pendant and called her his galaxy and most precious gift.
• Ivia showed Miyu a dazzling galaxy in the night sky, and its images kept resurfacing in her mind.

Miyu Satsuki spoke for the first time and prepared to tell Ivia something special for her birthday, but a disaster destroyed the Sakatsuki home and killed Yoshiko. Miyu used her Divine Child power to banish the darkness, after which Ivia left; Shirou Emiya then encountered him in the forest.

• Miyu spoke to Yoshiko for the first time and decided to save her first words to Ivia as a birthday present.
• On Miyu's sixth birthday, Yoshiko prepared her kimono while worrying about unusual magical energy in Fuyuki City.
• Dark mud shattered the Sakatsuki family's Bounded Field and destroyed much of the home, killing Yoshiko as she pushed Miyu aside.
• Miyu answered the people's pleas by unleashing her Divine Child power and driving away the darkness, but the effort left her in agony.
• Ivia comforted Miyu, fixed her kimono, and left after declaring his task finished, while Miyu called him a liar.
• Shirou Emiya encountered the silver-haired Ivia in the Sakatsuki family's forest and suspected he had resolved the crisis.

Caren investigated the mysterious tent in the park and met Ivia, whose Church-related aura and formidable magecraft intrigued her. After Ivia transported her into cold water and back to her bathroom, Caren returned to the tent eager to pursue him.

• Caren noticed signs of magecraft in Fuyuki and rode to a small park where she found a tent.
• Caren entered the tent and felt an intense desire toward the sleeping Ivia, who woke and confronted her.
• Ivia identified Caren’s fixation on crying children and revealed that he knew her name and background.
• Caren questioned Ivia about his identity and Church ties, while he said he was Ivia and described himself as Buddhist for the moment.
• Ivia used his magecraft to send Caren into cold water and then back to her bathroom.
• Caren returned to the park and found Ivia drinking tea inside the tent.

Ivia transferred to Homurahara Academy Elementary School and joined Ilya's class, where the students immediately crowded around him with questions. Ilya recognized him as the silver-haired person she had collided with that morning and planned to apologize once she could reach him.

• Caren left Ivia a school schedule and arranged for him to attend Homurahara Academy, and he decided to try school while waiting to see Ritsuka.
• Ilya overslept after watching magical girl DVDs, took a shortcut through the snow, and collided with Ivia before rushing on to school.
• Taiga introduced Ivia as the class's new transfer student, and Ilya recognized him as the person she had run into.
• The students surrounded Ivia after class, and he said Caren had bought his textbooks and identified her as his nominal sister.
• Ivia told the curious students that he had memorized their names and faces after one look.

On Ivia’s first day in Ilya’s class, he impressed Taiga and his classmates with his knowledge of Buddhist teachings, then realized he was undergoing Maitreya’s dragon flower three assemblies and declaring himself Maitreya. The school day ended with Ilya and Suzuka staying behind to sweep while their classmates went home.

• Ivia told Suzuka Kurihara and the others that he knew Ilya only because he had bumped into her that morning and had once lived in Fuyuki.
• Taiga taught the class about Maudgalyayana rescuing his mother and tried to quiet the students by challenging them to explain Maitreya’s teachings.
• Ivia answered Taiga’s challenge with the dragon flower three assemblies, and he and Tatsuko Yamama discussed punishment and redemption.
• As the classroom fell silent and the air seemed to change, Ivia recognized that he was undergoing Maitreya’s kalpa and said, “I am Maitreya.”
• Taiga ended the lesson and dismissed the students; Ilya and Suzuka stayed behind to sweep while their classmates left.

Ilya worried that Ivia would reveal her anime hobby at school, but her friends greeted her as usual and showed no sign of knowing her secret. The chapter ended with Ilya relieved that her school life had not fallen apart, while Ivia remained seated behind her.

• Ilya woke early, feared Ivia would expose her anime hobby, and watched True Magic Girl Bushido Musashi with Shirou and Leysritt before school.
• Ilya took a quieter route to school and checked the park where she had met Ivia, hoping to find leverage, but discovered nothing unusual.
• Ilya arrived at school and saw Ivia in the seat behind hers, then worried as the lively classroom chatter reminded her of her secret.
• Tatsuko and Ilya's other friends asked why she had taken a different route, and Ilya realized they had not heard about her hobby.

Ilya and her friends investigated why Ivia stayed late at school, discovering that he spent the time sorting love letters. After they followed him toward Caren’s home, Ilya found Caren watching a tent in a park and heard her explanation of Ivia’s troubled past.

• Tatsuko, Suzuka, Nanaki, and Ilya decided to investigate Ivia after Tatsuko wondered why he left school so late.
• The girls followed Ivia and saw him sort the love letters from his shoe locker into classroom desk compartments.
• The girls followed Ivia toward Caren’s house, but found it dark and empty, then split up to go home.
• Ilya took her old shortcut and found Caren hiding beside a park, where a tent had appeared.
• Caren threatened to punish the girls for spying and told Ilya that she and Ivia were blood-related siblings with different parents.
• Caren claimed Ivia had suffered at home and became distressed around women, while Ilya accepted the explanation as his hidden past.

Ilya gave Ivia an Animal Paradise ticket and worried that he would mistake it for an invitation, so she stayed to help him clean before they could go to the True Magic Girl Bushido Musashi event. The chapter ended with Ilya helping Ivia gather the love letters from his shoe locker as he explained that he returned them because he wanted to give them back to their owners.

• Ilya met Sakura Matou outside her home, agreed to pass along Sakura’s invitation to Emiya, and received Animal Paradise tickets in return.
• During class, Ilya discovered that the ticket she had torn up had somehow reappeared, then decided to give it to Ivia.
• Ilya left a ticket on Ivia’s desk, and Ivia accepted it on the day the Dragon Flower Bodhi Tree’s first assembly manifested.
• Ilya stayed behind to help Ivia clean, only to find that he had already finished the classroom.
• Ilya helped Ivia gather the love letters spilling from his shoe locker, and Ivia said he returned them to their owners rather than disposing of them.

Ilya and Ivia missed the True Magic Girl Bushido Musashi event at Animal Paradise, but received the last two bonus wands and shared an unexpectedly intimate moment. In the following spring, Ilya’s friends noticed how close she and Ivia had become as fifth grade approached.

• Ilya and Ivia arrived too late to see the Musashi event, so the ticket seller gave them the last two bonus magic wands engraved with their names.
• Leysritt watched Ilya and Ivia from nearby, having secretly bought Ilya a ticket, and filmed them while telling others a new event was starting.
• Ilya tried to demonstrate Musashi’s transformation, but kept throwing her wand; Ivia then performed an impressive introduction for her as the white Magical Girl.
• Ilya told Ivia he could call her Ilya, and he said she was his first assembly, prompting her to hurry home in embarrassment.
• At home, Ilya realized she had taken Ivia’s wand and wondered whether his words meant he considered her his first love.
• In the spring, Ilya’s friends remarked that she and Ivia had grown close and often talked during breaks.

Ilya’s friends teased her about growing closer to Ivia, while Ilya struggled to understand her feelings and find a way to thank him. After her brother Shirou came to take her closing-ceremony photos, Ilya stopped Ivia at the school gate and asked him to hold out his hand.

• Ilya denied that she had won Ivia over, while her friends agreed to help her get closer to him next term.
• Ilya and Ivia returned love letters together on the last day of fourth grade, and Ivia called her by name for the first time.
• Ilya’s brother Shirou arrived to take her school photos and met Ivia, who called Shirou a wonderful person.
• After Shirou left, Ilya realized she wanted to thank Ivia for their friendship and the magic wand.
• Ilya ran after Ivia, brought him back to the school gate, and asked him to hold out his hand.

After Ilya shared a heartfelt moment with Ivia at school, Ruby arrived and tricked Ilya into becoming a Magical Girl who would help Rin find the Cards. The next morning, Ilya brought Ivia milk, while Ruby realized he could see through her disguise.

• Ilya and Ivia posed for a photo together beneath the cherry tree, and Ilya told him she looked forward to getting along with him.
• Shirou left Ilya alone with her classmate for a photo, while Sella and Leysritt discussed Leysritt’s plans to submit Magical Girl footage to Musashi’s website.
• Ruby appeared in Ilya’s bath, persuaded her with the promise of romance, and completed a contract with her using her blood and full name.
• After meeting Rin Tohsaka, Ilya agreed to help find the Cards and secretly transformed to leave milk for Ivia at school.
• Ivia returned the milk bottles, and Ruby noticed that he had seen her hidden in Ilya’s schoolbag.

Ilya mistook Rin Tohsaka’s summons for a love letter, while Ivia guessed its contents and reassured her with words that left her delighted. Later, Ivia told Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg that he was undergoing a Buddhist tribulation tied to the Dragon Flower Three Assemblies, and warned that Zelretch would share its outcome if he remained in the world.

• Taiga caught Ilya sleeping in class, and Ivia sweetened Ilya’s mood by saying she was always in his field of view.
• Ruby fantasized about Ivia and Ilya, but Ivia silenced her and she later woke at the school shoe lockers.
• Ilya found a note from Rin Tohsaka summoning her to the high school courtyard at midnight, and Ivia correctly predicted the romantic-sounding words she had tried to use to disguise it.
• Ilya parted from Ivia at the school gates, then celebrated that he had understood her feelings and given her a way out.
• Ivia met Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg in the park and explained that his tribulation concerned Maitreya and the Dragon Flower Three Assemblies.
• Ivia told Zelretch that all worlds would eventually reach Dharma’s End and said Zelretch would share the Dragon Flower’s deliverance if he remained in the world.

Ilya met Miyu Edelfelt, a new transfer student and fellow Card user, and misunderstood Miyu’s warnings about Ivia as evidence that Miyu had bullied him in the past. The chapter ended with Ilya deciding to protect Ivia, while Miyu and Sapphire watched uneasily.

• Ilya entered the Mirror World with Rin Tohsaka and fled Medusa until Miyu used Lancer’s Gáe Bolg to defeat her and recover the Rider Class Card.
• Ilya left warm milk on Ivia’s desk, and Miyu arrived at school as a new student and took the seat beside Ivia.
• Sapphire explained the Class Cards to Ilya, while Miyu warned Ilya to stop fighting and cut ties with Ivia, whom she said treated the battles as a game.
• Ilya imagined that Miyu had tormented Ivia in the past and resolved to stand by him, placing a determined hand on his shoulder.

Miyu outperformed Ilya at school and confronted Ivia about abandoning Ilya, while Ilya tried to understand Miyu’s hurt and hostility. As Ilya prepared for Rin’s midnight Cards collection outing, an uncanny presence made her body go cold.

• Miyu excelled in every class and beat Ilya in a race, while Ivia offered Ilya water and encouragement.
• Miyu confronted Ivia, asking when he would abandon Illyasviel von Einzbern, and said she would not let anyone else suffer as she had.
• Miyu called Ilya a liar and said she hated liars, leaving Ilya confused about Miyu’s pain.
• Ilya learned that Rin had invited her to meet at the park beneath the bridge at midnight for their second Cards collection outing.
• Ilya sensed strange footsteps at home, then turned toward the window and felt as if her body had gone cold.

Miyu and Ilya faced the Saber Class Card after retrieving Caster, and Ilya’s terror triggered the emergence of a powerful alternate self who defeated Saber. The alternate self, revealed as Chloe, left Fuyuki after the wand prevented her from killing Ilya.

• Miyu reflected on how Ilya’s imagination and vitality differed from her own, while Sapphire urged her to trust Ilya.
• Rin Tohsaka and Luvia noticed the Mirror World had not collapsed when Saber appeared and attacked them with flames.
• Miyu distracted Saber while Ilya tried to carry the unconscious Rin Tohsaka and Luvia to safety, but Saber wounded Ilya and overwhelmed Miyu.
• As Saber prepared Excalibur, Ilya’s fear loosened her restraints, allowing an impassive alternate Ilya to emerge and destroy Saber with spatial rifts.
• The alternate Ilya tried to stab the unconscious Ilya, but the wand stopped her; she then vanished and walked through Fuyuki City as Chloe, exhausted and without magical energy.

Chloe replenished her magical energy after visiting Ivia, then dreamed of an alternate life in which she was the more mature version of Ilya. The next morning, she went with Ivia to Homurahara Elementary School, where the other students mistook her for Ilya.

• Chloe visited Ivia in his tent, and he kissed her to replenish her magical energy, causing her to faint.
• Chloe dreamed that she had grown up as Ilya and helped Ivia perform with the magic wand before waking in the tent.
• Chloe considered eliminating Ilya, but Ivia found her in the park and gave her a toothbrush and milk before they headed to school together.
• Chloe's arrival with Ivia startled Ilya's friends, who assumed she was Ilya and speculated about their relationship.
• Chloe attended cooking class with Taiga, who mistook her for Ilya and began the lesson on scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

Chloe shared a cooking lesson with Ivia, asked if she could cook for him, and grew attached to the warmth she received while shopping as Ilya. She returned to find Ilya asleep in their tent, while the story also revealed that Sella had kept Ilya home sick and Ruby had just told her she visited Ivia.

• Chloe cooked a barely edible tomato and egg stir-fry with Ivia, then fed him a spoonful and asked to cook for him again.
• Ivia agreed, and Chloe laughed off her request as a joke before leaving school early to buy groceries and prepare a meal.
• Market vendors mistook Chloe for Ilya and showered her with groceries and other gifts, making her savor the welcome she believed belonged to her other self.
• Chloe resolved to keep Ivia from meeting her and thought she would have to kill the real Ilya, then found Ilya asleep in their tent.
• Sella kept Ilya home after deciding she had a slight fever, and Ilya complained of boredom while resting.
• Ruby told Ilya that she had visited Ivia, leaving Ilya stunned.

Ilya discovered that the missing Class Card was at Ivia’s tent and went to wait there, but Chloe arrived and attacked her. Chloe revealed herself as another Ilya and challenged her to fight.

• Ruby told Ilya that she had delivered milk to Ivia as a present, then said the missing Class Card seemed to be in his tent.
• Ilya flew to the Small Park, found no Class Card, and fell asleep while waiting for Ivia to return.
• Chloe returned from school, found Ilya asleep in her bed, and attacked her with the Class Card.
• Ilya woke and saw Chloe, who looked like her; Ruby explained that Chloe’s spell could cause devastating damage by resonating inside Ilya’s body.
• Chloe called herself the real Ilya and charged at Ilya after Ilya fired a Magic Bullet.

Ilya fought Chloe in the Small Park until she unconsciously unleashed a finishing attack, which Ivia calmly erased before Irisviel brought them home. At dinner, Irisviel teased Ilya about her relationship with Ivia, and his revelation about the rumor that he had misogyny left Ilya insisting that her mother apologize.

• Chloe overwhelmed Ilya with her twin blades, but Ilya kept fighting despite her exhaustion and injuries.
• Ilya unconsciously activated Mimicry Circuits and gathered enough Od for a finishing attack, while Chloe noticed something and vanished.
• Ruby told Ilya to fire the attack at the ground, but Ivia arrived and made the torrent of light disappear.
• Irisviel invited Ivia to the Emiya home, where she questioned him about his family and his relationship with Ilya.
• Ivia said Ilya thought he had an illness because Caren had told her he had misogyny, and Ilya demanded that Irisviel apologize for pressing him.