Chapter Summaries

Ilya shared an affectionate moment with Ivia after apologizing for exposing his private affairs, while Irisviel asked him to help her daughter live an ordinary life. Meanwhile, Chloe allied herself with Berserker Heracles, and the next day Ilya and her friends prepared to confront Chloe.

• Ilya apologized to Ivia, then transformed into a Magical Girl and showed him her outfit before he left.
• Irisviel followed Ivia and asked him to look after Ilya, and he agreed to her request.
• Chloe entered the Mirror World, found Berserker Heracles, and proposed that they work together against anyone who came, especially Ilya.
• At the Edelfelt house, Miyu and Sapphire explained the recent Class Card events to Rin Tohsaka and Luvia.
• Ilya decided to confront Chloe, whom she named Kuro, and asked what had happened to her.
• Rin suspected Kuro had defeated Assassin and might already have obtained the Berserker Class Card.

Ilya and Miyu faced Chloe and Heracles in the Mirror World, where Miyu was overwhelmed by Heracles’s power. Ivia intervened with godlike authority, but Miyu remained hostile toward him and directed him to help Ilya.

• Rin Tohsaka and Luvia worried about Miyu’s worsening condition, while Sapphire resolved to find a way for Miyu to meet Ivia alone.
• Chloe confronted Ilya and Miyu in the Mirror World with Heracles, insisting that she was the real Ilya and attacking them with twin blades.
• Ilya fought Chloe as Miyu fought Heracles, who pursued Miyu into a dark building and used his Noble Phantasm, Nine Lives.
• Ivia appeared before Heracles and commanded him to stand down, unleashing divine power that shook the Mirror World.
• Miyu told Ivia that Ilya was in trouble but refused to meet his gaze, and Sapphire suspected that Miyu was jealous of Ilya.

Ilya and Chloe fought in the Mirror World until Ivia intervened and took Chloe away. Ilya believed he had done so to help her reconcile with Chloe, while Ruby teased her about Ivia’s secrets and feelings.

• Ilya fought Chloe on a rainy rooftop, using her blood to track Chloe’s movements.
• Ilya installed the Artoria Pendragon Saber card and blocked Chloe’s attack, then offered to talk things through.
• Chloe declared that only one Ilya could exist and attacked with her Double-Fake Spiral Sword as Ilya unleashed her Holy Sword.
• Ivia arrived, stopped both girls’ attacks with divine lightning, and took Chloe through a closing rift in the Mirror World.
• Ilya felt abandoned until Ruby suggested Ivia had taken Chloe away to help her, then teased Ilya about her childhood sweetheart.

Chloe accepted Ivia as her big brother after he reassured her that she could exist as herself, separate from Ilya. The next day, Chloe enrolled at Ilya’s school and sat beside Ivia, upsetting Miyu and provoking Ilya into a dodgeball challenge.

• Ivia told Chloe that the Einzbern Family was gone and that he saw Chloe and Ilya as two different people who could both exist.
• Chloe asked Ivia to be her big brother, and Caren reluctantly prepared identification so Chloe could enroll in school.
• Chloe arrived in Ilya’s class as her older cousin and asked Miyu to switch seats so she could sit with her big brother, Ivia.
• Miyu silently cried during class while Sapphire watched, unable to comfort her.
• Ilya challenged Chloe to a one-on-one dodgeball match and declared that Chloe would have to switch classes if she lost.

After Chloe and Ilya clashed over Ivia, he promised Ilya that Chloe would visit her house, while Caren told him a Church inspector named Luce was coming to Fuyuki. The following week, Rin Tohsaka and Luvia abducted Chloe to question her about the Class Card, but Chloe revealed she had allowed them to tie her up and easily freed herself.

• Chloe and Ilya fought over Ivia during a dodgeball game, and Ivia blocked Chloe’s magically empowered throw to protect Ilya.
• Ivia apologized to Ilya and promised Chloe would visit her house and meet Mrs. Irisviel.
• Caren told Ivia that the Church’s purge was over, a high-ranking inspector was coming to Fuyuki, and the inspector’s code name was Luce.
• Rin Tohsaka and Luvia took Chloe to the Edelfelt House basement and questioned her about extracting the Class Card inside her.
• Chloe refused to let Rin touch her, then stepped free of the wooden post and helped herself to tea and a macaron.

Chloe prepared to fight Rin Tohsaka and Luvia to keep the Class Card that sustained her, but Luce interrupted and assured her she would survive. Luce then accompanied Chloe to meet Ivia, revealing knowledge of his family that left Chloe wondering whether he had ties to the Church.

• Chloe told Rin Tohsaka and Luvia that she would fight rather than surrender the Class Card, and the women prepared to attack her.
• Luce arrived with Luvia's butler, stopped the confrontation, and declared that Chloe would live by the will of God.
• Ilya followed Ivia as he delivered love-letter replies and discovered that Miyu Edelfelt had sent him a letter and Animal Paradise tickets.
• Luce persuaded Chloe to take her to meet Ivia, and Chloe shared details about their relationship while they shopped at Fuyuki Market.
• Luce revealed that she knew about Ivia's younger sister and asked whether Ivia believed in Buddha; Chloe confirmed his faith, and Luce's smile froze.

Luce met Ivia and was shaken to learn that he rejected belief in God and considered himself a monk, while Ivia recognized that his tribulation was tied to the Dragon Flower Bodhi Tree. After accepting Miyu’s invitation, Miyu went to Animal Paradise to meet someone Sapphire had mentioned and waited alone in the crowd.

• Chloe brought Luce to Ivia, who confirmed he had never met her and directed her to Caren.
• Luce asked Ivia whether he believed in God and whether he could convert, but he said he did not believe and could not.
• Luce left for Caren, still hoping Ivia might call her back, while Chloe asked about Miyu’s invitation and Ivia agreed to attend.
• Ivia reflected that he had fallen into his tribulation by approaching it through what he already knew, and Chloe noticed a change in his behavior.
• Miyu left the Edelfelt House for Animal Paradise, entered the crowded park, and searched for a place to wait for the person Sapphire had mentioned.

Miyu attended Animal Paradise, where a Lion-kun led her out of the crowd and later returned her lost pendant, but she rejected the chance to reconnect with Ivia. Ilya and Chloe watched the encounter, while the chapter left Miyu and Ivia sitting apart in the rain.

• Miyu was pulled from the crowd by a miniature Lion-kun, who led her to a seat before leaving.
• Ilya and Chloe watched the children’s hero game and recalled how Ivia had agreed to play the villainous leader.
• Luce told Caren that she believed people could become good because that was Saint Novia’s hope for the Church and the world.
• After the event, Miyu noticed her pendant was missing and searched for it in the rain without Sapphire’s help.
• Ivia, still dressed as Lion-kun, emerged from beneath a bridge and tossed Miyu her pendant.
• Miyu returned the jade to Ivia and said they would soon be strangers again, while Ilya and Chloe watched from nearby.

Ivia brought Chloe into a new life with the Daikokuten mice serving them, while Irisviel watched the children and Miyu remained withdrawn after her painful encounter with Ivia. At the Dragon Flower Bodhi Tree, Ivia understood why it had appeared, but the chapter ended before its purpose was fully revealed.

• After Ivia left, the black-haired girl picked up the fallen jade and cried beneath a rainbow.
• Chloe woke to find Daikokuten mice transformed into maids and building a house for her and Ivia.
• Ivia explained that the Daikokuten would help them and planned to have them deal with Bazett when she arrived.
• Irisviel secretly observed Ilya, Chloe, Ivia, and Miyu at school, while Sapphire resolved to find Miyu another chance with Ivia.
• The Daikokuten brought Chloe lunch at school, prompting Ilya to envy Chloe's maids and renew her determination to compete.
• Ivia visited the Dragon Flower Bodhi Tree and realized it had appeared because it believed it was helping him.

Ivia brought Chloe to meet Irisviel, who began explaining Ilya’s origins and the Holy Grail War. Chloe challenged Irisviel’s account, claiming she had been created to become the Holy Grail before her functions, knowledge, and memories were sealed away.

• Ivia brought Chloe to Ilya’s home, where Irisviel recognized their resemblance and welcomed Chloe as family.
• Ilya and Chloe bickered in the bath until Irisviel interrupted them and revealed that Ruby had told her about recent events.
• Irisviel told Ilya that she had been born to become the Holy Grail in the Holy Grail War.
• Chloe objected that she had been the one created to become the Holy Grail, but Irisviel had sealed away her functions, knowledge, and memories.

Chloe and Ivia planned a birthday swimsuit-shopping trip while the Daikokutens prepared a beach outing that conflicted with the Edelfelts’ search for the Eighth Class Card. The chapter left Luce meeting the Daikokutens, who welcomed her as Ivia’s daughter.

• Chloe persuaded Ivia to help her choose a swimsuit for her first birthday.
• Daikokuten Number One learned that the Edelfelts had bought the beach the Daikokutens planned to prepare for Ivia and Chloe.
• Luce returned to ask Ivia not to become Buddha and encountered Number One at the house.
• Number One recognized Luce as Ivia’s daughter, and the Daikokutens eagerly welcomed her as their young mistress.

At a beach outing, Miyu struggled with loneliness and the pain of Ivia’s past departure while the others celebrated Ilya and Chloe’s birthdays. Ivia stayed with Miyu as she broke down and asked him not to leave, and he promised to remain by her side.

• Luce left after the Daikokutens flattered her, while Ivia and Chloe’s swimsuit shopping was interrupted by Ilya, her friends, and Miyu.
• Ilya and Miyu secretly watched Ivia and Chloe together in a changing room, and Ilya confronted Miyu about her feelings and apparent indifference.
• At the beach, Ivia invited Miyu to join the others, but she left without answering and later stayed away from Ilya and Chloe’s birthday party.
• Ivia found Miyu alone on a cliff, where she cried about his leaving five years earlier and begged him not to go.
• Ivia reassured Miyu that he would stay with her, and she continued sobbing beneath the night sky.

Ilya went to the summer festival feeling lonely and uncertain about her place beside Ivia, while Miyu arrived hoping to surprise him after they had made up. The four spent the evening together, but Ruby’s attempt to give Ilya an advantage ended with Ilya’s yukata coming undone and her running into Ivia.

• Ilya put off her homework, wondered whether Miyu’s improved mood meant something had changed, and dressed in a pink yukata for the festival.
• Ilya met Miyu, who apologized to Sapphire for her past behavior and admitted she had come to wait for Ivia; Miyu and Ilya discussed the price of cotton candy until Ivia and Chloe joined them.
• Ivia bought cotton candy for the four of them, and they played festival games, ate food, and watched the performances together.
• As the fireworks were about to start, Ilya felt increasingly out of place beside Miyu and Chloe; Ruby then told her that wearing no underwear beneath her yukata was improper.
• Ruby undid the back of Ilya’s yukata, and Ilya fled into Ivia, who closed his eyes while she clutched her garment and apologized; Ruby insisted she had acted for Ilya’s sake.

Ilya and Miyu reunited with Ivia at the fireworks festival, where Ilya wished him happiness for the year as Dragon Flower declared that her plan to save everyone was nearing completion. Later, Ilya’s group entered the Mirror World to confront the eighth Servant, whose countless Noble Phantasms overwhelmed their assault as Bazett charged into the barrage.

• Ilya transformed into a Magical Girl to cover herself, then Miyu helped her put her yukata back on.
• Miyu told Ilya that she and Ivia had only met in this world, and Ilya noticed how intensely happy Miyu looked when speaking of him.
• Ilya, Miyu, Chloe, and Ivia reunited at the fireworks festival, where Ilya wished Ivia happiness for the year.
• Dragon Flower stood beneath the tree at Homurahara Elementary School and said the time was almost right for her plan to save everyone.
• Rin Tohsaka, Luvia, Ilya, Miyu, Chloe, Bazett, Luce, and Caren entered the Mirror World to face the eighth Servant.
• The eighth Servant unleashed a vast barrage of Noble Phantasms, and Bazett evaded the weapons while charging forward and murmuring, "Hardening."

Bazett and the others failed to extract the eighth Class Card after Gilgamesh revealed Ea and destroyed the Mirror Realm. They discovered Ivia seated before the dragon flower bodhi tree, whose power threatened to merge Gaia and Alaya, and Gilgamesh declared that Ivia was stronger than them all.

• Bazett, aided by Chloe and Ilya, reached the eighth Servant and tried to seize his Class Card, but he summoned Ea and cleaved the Mirror Realm apart.
• Luce sensed a tribulation beginning and panicked as Gilgamesh rose aboard Vimana, which a gust shattered and sent him falling.
• The others saw Ivia seated before the dragon flower bodhi tree as its power began drawing humanity and the planet toward it, before Ivia opened their eyes and halted the light.
• Luce warned Rin, Luvia, Bazett, and the others that dragon flower was about to merge Gaia and Alaya and could end their world.
• Ilya asked whether they could still win, and Gilgamesh answered that Ivia was stronger than all of them before beginning to explain their inferiority.

Gilgamesh, Ilya, Chloe, and Miyu prepared to oppose Dragon Flower, while Miyu chose to stay despite being offered a way out. Dragon Flower rendered Gilgamesh’s Noble Phantasms powerless and advanced on the group, furious at their resistance to Ivia.

• Gilgamesh recognized that Ivia sought to keep humanity human and joined the others against Dragon Flower.
• Ilya resolved to enter the fight with Ruby, and Chloe chose to stand by Ivia rather than attack him.
• Miyu rejected Gilgamesh’s offer to leave and decided to stay, reflecting on her past and her wish never to see Ivia again.
• Gilgamesh unleashed his Noble Phantasms alongside the three girls, but Dragon Flower stopped them and reduced their weapons to scrap.
• Dragon Flower vowed to protect Ivia as he meditated, then charged at the group in anger.

Ilya, Chloe, and Miyu faced Dragon Flower, whose overwhelming power and Heavenly Wheel threatened to destroy them. After the three were attacked, Dragon Flower isolated Miyu and offered her alternate worlds where she could live happily with her family.

• Dragon Flower revealed a silver-haired face like Miyu’s and summoned the Heavenly Wheel, surrounding the girls with eighty-four thousand Cannon Portals.
• Ilya charged Dragon Flower after Ruby encouraged her, and gifts from Maitreya halted the portals’ attack long enough for Dragon Flower to strike the three girls directly.
• Dragon Flower beat Ilya and Chloe into the ground, then restrained Miyu with the sky itself.
• Miyu asked why she had forgotten her mother’s wish to Ivia He, prompting Dragon Flower to stop and acknowledge that the wish had brought Miyu into the world despite her refusal.
• Dragon Flower transported Miyu to a dark realm and showed her bubbles containing alternate worlds where she could live happily with Yoshiko and her family.

Miyu used Moon Cancer to hold back Dragon Flower while Ilya and Chloe reached Ivia, who explained that Dragon Flower’s wish meant the battle was not over. Ivia then challenged the girls under equal rules, and after Ilya attacked in her fused Stars form, he countered with the Thunderbolt and struck her abdomen.

• Dragon Flower attacked Miyu, but Moon Cancer emerged from Miyu’s shadow and gave her a chance to resist.
• Dragon Flower revealed her jealousy over Miyu meeting Master before her and raged that Miyu had become his first connection.
• Ilya and Chloe reached Ivia, who told them Dragon Flower had made a wish and wanted to become Miyu, Ilya, Chloe, and Caren.
• Ivia rose from the lotus throne and told the girls they had to overcome a future that had not yet arrived, then agreed to fight them under equal rules.
• Ilya transformed using Sapphire and attacked Ivia with a powerful magical bombardment, but he countered with the Thunderbolt and struck her abdomen.

Ilya and Chloe received new gauntlets and merged their powers to challenge Ivia, but they still could not defeat him. After Ilya asked about the mysterious verse and unsettled Ivia, he surrendered and ended the fight.

• Ivia overwhelmed Ilya and Chloe, while Luce rescued them and used a surge of magical energy to give them gauntlets.
• Two mysterious figures appeared to Ilya and Chloe, and one told them to learn who had spoken the verse about all beings being pure in nature.
• Ilya and Chloe awoke, fought Ivia again, and Chloe merged with Ilya so they could wield their powers together.
• Ilya and Chloe clashed with Ivia's Thunderbolt, but the battle revealed that they still could not defeat him.
• Ilya asked whether Ivia had spoken the verse, and his distracted reaction coincided with the imagined universe collapsing into the real world.
• Ivia identified the tree as a banyan tree and surrendered, telling Ilya that they would not fight anymore.

Ivia explained how human desires had shaped Karma Buddha and how Maitreya had accepted that identity. As Dragon Flower’s power weakened, Miyu fought her and revealed her own desire to defeat Dragon Flower without killing her.

• Ivia told Ilya that he had recognized Chloe speaking through her and explained that Karma Buddha was a composite figure created from human belief.
• As the Dragon Flower Tree gave way to the Banyan tree, Dragon Flower’s power weakened while Miyu’s Moon Cancer abilities stopped her attacks.
• Miyu and Dragon Flower fought, and Miyu remembered that Dragon Flower had guided her and Yoshiko in Ivia’s world but had been too afraid to meet Ivia.
• Dragon Flower admitted she wanted to kill Miyu and transformed into a huge white dragon to unleash an attack of annihilating light.
• Miyu used Moon Cancer’s power to hold Dragon Flower back and said she wanted to defeat her, but not kill her.