Chapter Summaries

Ritsuka Fujimaru resisted Azathoth’s attempt to take over her body, using Sun the Pilgrim’s power and the Ruyi Jingu Bang to face her monstrous double. As Azathoth’s throne-like pressure began sealing the weapon’s power, Ritsuka’s struggle remained unresolved.

• Molay welcomed Azathoth’s manifestation through Ritsuka Fujimaru, while Novia recognized the danger to the planet.
• The Lion King appeared to Novia and Azathoth-Ritsuka, and Xuanzang recognized Sun Wukong’s power within the possessed girl.
• Novia asked Xuanzang to use Five Elements Mountain, Shakyamuni Tathagata Palm, so Sun the Pilgrim could release his full power.
• Ritsuka expelled the black foam in her mental world, resisted Azathoth, and manifested the Ruyi Jingu Bang through Divine Spirit Summoning.
• Ritsuka declared that she would not let Azathoth touch Novia, then faced her towering double as Azathoth’s pressure began to seal the Jingu Bang’s power.

Ritsuka fought Goat Ritsuka Fujimaru while Novia's Buddhist light weakened Azathoth's hold on the Singularity. Goat Ritsuka entrusted her remaining power and memories to Ritsuka, leaving Novia and Ritsuka to face what came next.

• Ritsuka wielded Sun Wukong's power and fought Goat Ritsuka Fujimaru with the Ruyi Jingu Bang as Novia's Buddhist light freed the Singularity from the Evil God's dream.
• Ritsuka asked what Azathoth wanted, and Goat Ritsuka said they had come to take Novia away and revealed their close, familial bond with him.
• Goat Ritsuka explained that Molay had used the true Holy Grail to rewrite Ritsuka's body, then entrusted her remaining power and the spell Divine Spirit Summoning: Azathoth to Ritsuka.
• The Singularity began to collapse as Goat Ritsuka dissipated, while Ritsuka suffered the cost of the battle and received Azathoth's memories.
• Ritsuka asked Novia whether he was happy being a teacher, and he admitted that he was.

After Ritsuka, Mash, and Novia returned from Jerusalem, Ritsuka concealed her new powers while Molay and Charlemagne departed and Kama questioned her. Novia met the Lion King in the Third Temple, where she agreed to answer one question and he asked who the mysterious mother in his mind was.

• The Lion King stabilized the collapsing Singularity and brought night over Jerusalem.
• Ritsuka, Mash, and Novia awakened in Chaldea, where Ritsuka hid the powers she had gained from Sun Wukong and Azathoth.
• Ritsuka invited Molay to join Chaldea, and Molay departed after recognizing the power Ritsuka carried.
• Ritsuka discussed Kama's possible role in Chaldea, and Charlemagne arrived before dissolving away without explaining who his older sister was.
• The Lion King brought Novia to the Third Temple and offered to answer one question, so Novia asked who the mysterious mother in his mind was.

After Novia learned that Shekinah had been born from him and could only be resolved through his Ascension, he left the Lion King and began searching for her himself. Back in Chaldea after the Sixth Singularity, he investigated the name Shekinah while Da Vinci, Dr. Roman, and Ritsuka reviewed the mission without him.

• The Lion King told Novia that the unnamed existence had been born from him after her dwelling was destroyed, and that he would have to ascend to his seat to resolve her existence.
• Novia asked whether Bedivere had returned the Holy Sword, then left the Lion King without asking her to reveal Shekinah's location.
• The Lion King identified the existence as Sophia and Shekinah, and reflected that Novia's refusal to ascend had caused her descent into the human world.
• Da Vinci, Little Da Vinci, Ritsuka, and Dr. Roman discussed the completed Sixth Singularity over tea, while Ritsuka concealed what she remembered about Kama and Novia.
• Novia tested a magical Bounded Field around a cross, found no trace of Shekinah, and began investigating the Old Testament name Shekinah as a possible lead.

Novia answered a deathly summons and possessed Utsumi Erice, revealing himself to Lucius Longinus as the Demon King, Erlkönig. He began fighting Lucius and conjured thick mist, leaving their battle obscured.

• Novia answered the distant Master’s call and arrived in the world of Fate/Requiem.
• Lucius Longinus trained Utsumi Erice while she struggled against the wicked spirits inside her.
• Novia possessed Erice, spoke with Lucius, and recalled their shared past.
• Novia revealed his silver-haired form and identified himself as the Demon King, Erlkönig.
• Lucius attacked, but Novia evaded him and summoned mist with words from Goethe’s poem.

After Novia stopped fighting Lucius, Erice’s grandmother Chitose caught the exhausted girl and unexpectedly treated her gently. Days later, Novia continued sharing Erice’s body and teasing her, while Erice gradually found herself enjoying their conversations.

• Chitose stopped Lucius from unleashing his Noble Phantasm, and Novia struck him before Erice collapsed from exhaustion.
• Chitose caught Erice and gently stroked her bruised face, surprising Lucius with her unusual tenderness.
• At school, Erice argued with Novia and laughed when the AI lesson showed an inaccurate statue of Novia as the First Pope.
• After school, Erice went home alone, and Novia took control to add an egg and greens to her instant noodles.
• Erice mocked Novia for lacking a body or Spirit Origin, but he compared his helplessness to her own experience without a Holy Grail.
• Erice hid beneath a pillow in embarrassment, then admitted to herself that having someone to talk to felt nice.

Erice and Novia argued over the Holy Grail Elimination Battle before Novia persuaded her to consider entering despite her lack of a Servant. Meanwhile, Lucius worried that the Demon King’s influence could endanger Erice, while Chizuru Misasagi insisted he would not make her submit.

• Erice let Novia possess her at school, where his lively manner had made her popular, and she admitted she felt jealous and uneasy about relying on him.
• Novia suggested Erice enter the Holy Grail Elimination Battle, but she rejected the idea and criticized the event for treating Heroic Spirits as entertainment.
• After they argued about what made Heroic Spirits and their struggles meaningful, Erice apologized, and Novia reassured her before possessing her and declaring they would enter.
• Novia took Erice to a shop marked Borgia, and she stopped objecting to his plan.
• Lucius warned Manazuru Chitose that the Demon King might encourage Erice to submit to the death she represented, but Chizuru Misasagi insisted that Erlkönig would protect children like Erice.

Novia, using Erice’s body, sought information from the Borgia siblings about entering the Holy Grail Elimination Tournament. They offered a genuine Seleucid Astrolabe in exchange for stabilizing Alexander VI and his Master, and Erice went to the group psychotherapy center to begin.

• Novia and Erice visited Cesare and Lucrezia, the Borgia siblings, to ask about qualifying for the Holy Grail Elimination Tournament.
• Cesare said they could not access the city management AI’s information, but Lucrezia produced an astrolabe that could disrupt its perception of the user.
• Lucrezia offered Erice the astrolabe if she stabilized Alexander VI and his Master enough to get them out of group psychotherapy within three days.
• Erice accepted the deal and left the siblings’ shop.
• At Shinjuku’s psychotherapy center, Novia and Erice found Paracelsus and Nightingale treating unruly Servants, while Alexander VI argued with Shakespeare.
• Nightingale announced that Alexander VI showed a traumatic stress response and recommended removing the hippocampus from his Spirit Origin.

Novia, speaking through Erice, revealed to Alexander VI that his Master, Yagai Yukinobu, had killed his family and destroyed his own Spirit Core to reject his specialness. Alexander VI took Novia to the Yagai estate to continue the psychotherapy, where someone came out to greet them.

• Paracelsus let Erice enter Nightingale’s treatment room and explained Alexander VI’s therapy and Yagai Yukinobu’s history.
• Erice confronted Alexander VI with details about his past and revealed that Yukinobu had killed his family and his summoned Ōkuninushi himself.
• Nightingale allowed Alexander VI to accompany Novia and Erice to the Yagai estate on the outskirts of Shinjuku.
• Alexander VI led them to the mansion, where the gate opened and rows of humanoid dolls stood as someone stepped forward.

Yagai Yukinobu revealed that he had killed his family and clan in an attempt to become ordinary, then attacked Erice after Ōkuninushi’s power reacted to her. Erice identified herself as a fictional Demon King, and Yukinobu began a powerful invocation as the confrontation escalated.

• Yagai Yukinobu explained that Ume’s death and his fear of remaining special led him to kill Ōkuninushi and his family, including his wife and daughters.
• Yukinobu described the curse that followed Ōkuninushi’s death and said he had buried the severed hands of his relatives and the Yagiri clan beneath the home.
• Yukinobu invoked the Heroic Spirit Control Act to prevent Alexander VI from intervening, then drew the Muramasa Blade and aimed it at Erice.
• Erice said she was a fictional Demon King, and Yukinobu leapt toward her as the chapter ended with him invoking the serpent god Kuchinawa.

Novia, controlling Erice, defeated Yagai Yukinobu, whose attempts to become ordinary had led him to destroy his family and remain trapped in an immortal, rotting body. The next day, Erice received the Seleucid Astrolabe and prepared to enter the Holy Grail Elimination Tournament.

• Novia used Erice's power to withstand Yagai Yukinobu's sword attacks and disrupt his Divine Body.
• Yagai Yukinobu explained that his Command Spells repeatedly healed his suicide attempts, then used them up resisting Novia and fatally wounded himself.
• Ōkuninushi's authority revealed Yagai Yukinobu's memories, including his murder of his family and his wish to escape the expectations placed on him.
• Novia confronted Yagai Yukinobu about his betrayal, and he realized that being ordinary meant not harming or deceiving others without cause before he died.
• The next day, Lucrezia reported that Yagai Yukinobu had died and that Alexander VI had passed his psychological evaluation and found a new Master.
• Cesare gave Erice the Seleucid Astrolabe, and Erice accepted the prospect of competing in the Holy Grail Elimination Tournament.

Erice and Novia registered for the Holy Grail Elimination Tournament by using the Seleucid Astrolabe to convince examiner Aoko Aozaki that Erice had a Servant. Three days later, the tournament opened at Shinjuku’s Rome Colosseum.

• Novia possessed Erice and revealed that the Holy Grail had shown Yagai Yukinobu a vision that led him to betray Ōkuninushi.
• Erice and Novia arrived at Shinjuku Central Station, where Servants and Masters registered amid a crowded, chaotic lobby.
• Novia told Erice that Aoko Aozaki, a human examiner, handled applicants the city AIs could not understand, including cases like Yagai Yukinobu’s death.
• Aoko rejected Erice’s application because she had no Holy Grail or Servant, so Novia possessed her and used the Astrolabe to alter the registration system’s records.
• Aoko approved Erice’s registration after Novia provided a false Foreigner-class Servant profile, and Erice received a badge counting down to the tournament.
• The tournament opened three days later at the Rome Colosseum, where security was tight and spectators underwent inspections.

Chizuru Misasagi and Lucius watched Erice’s first Holy Grail Elimination Tournament match, where Novia used Erice’s body to defeat Jack the Ripper. Afterward, Aoko Aozaki approached Chizuru with questions about Yagai Yukinobu’s death and the Demon King possessing Erice.

• Chizuru Misasagi and Lucius discussed the tournament’s energy-gathering rules and the Leidenfrost Family’s suspected search for a Holy Grail that could overturn Manazuru Chitose’s wish.
• Circe introduced Erice and Jack the Ripper for the tournament’s first Individual Match as the crowd cheered.
• Jack unleashed Dark City of Fog, while Novia used Erice’s body to summon the Demon King’s power and counter her Noble Phantasm.
• Novia defeated Jack with a spell that drained her magical energy, and Circe declared the Demon King the winner.
• Chizuru and Lucius left the arena, where Aoko Aozaki asked Chizuru to help determine how Yagai Yukinobu died and questioned the Demon King inhabiting Erice.

In Shinjuku, Cesare, Lucrezia, and Alexander VI profited from betting on Erice’s victory over Jack, while Erice and Novia discussed her guilt over a past school conflict and their uncertain bond. Novia promised to help her apologize publicly after they won the tournament, then teased her when she asked him to smile.

• Cesare and Lucrezia reviewed the enormous betting profits from Erice defeating Jack, and Alexander VI arrived promoting Erice merchandise.
• Jack asked Erice to join a worldwide group of Jacks, and Erice agreed before asking Novia whether she seemed human.
• Erice told Novia how a classmate had apologized after Erice wrongly started a fight, leaving Erice ashamed that she had never apologized in return.
• Novia advised Erice that feelings required action and declared he would help her publicly apologize to the classmate if they won the tournament.
• Erice asked Novia to smile when he seemed distant, and he resumed teasing her, prompting her to vow inwardly to kill him someday.

Aoko Aozaki visited Tallahassee to investigate the ruined Cape Canaveral, where she reunited with her sister Touko and Beo. She could not access the submerged facility, and their conversation left questions about the Holy Grail War and its Servants unresolved.

• Aoko sold Tallahassee's Jack a CD and player, then agreed to promote the Demon King's Shinjuku matches and write her a song.
• Touko Aozaki found Aoko scamming Jack and questioned why she had come to Tallahassee.
• Aoko explained that she wanted to investigate Cape Canaveral but could not reach its underwater gates or obtain the missing records.
• Beo joined the sisters and described the statue of Paul Bunyan in New York, while Aoko recalled meeting passionate Servants in other cities.
• Aoko and Touko discussed their unused Command Spells, and Beo wondered which Servant he might summon if he had old-style ones.

Erice and the Demon King faced Karna in the Holy Grail Elimination Tournament final, where Karna recognized a hidden death divinity in Erice and unleashed his Noble Phantasm. As the Demon King prepared to meet the attack, he urged Erice to accept the wicked spirits within her and the pain that made her able to understand others.

• Aoko, Touko, and Beo watched the tournament livestream, where Circe and Blackbeard introduced Erice and the Demon King as undefeated finalists against Karna and his Leidenfrost Master.
• Karna told Erice he had seen her reluctance to defeat Servants change, then summoned Yami after identifying a death divinity within her.
• Erice rejected Karna's guess and declared she would stay with the Demon King until he revealed who he really was, prompting him to take silver-haired form.
• Karna began fighting Erice with his spear and flames, and her blow made his golden armor tremble with fear.
• Karna activated his Noble Phantasm, O Sun, submit to death, while Erice urged the Demon King to use his own ultimate attack.
• The Demon King told Erice that the wicked spirits would always remain with her and urged her to accept them because she could feel others' pain.

Two or three months after winning the Holy Grail Elimination Tournament, Erice decided to leave Shinjuku and work independently in Akihabara, but Chitose arrived at the station to question her choice. The chapter left Erice confronting her grandmother's concern while Novia pointed out that her new work was much like being a mage.

• After defeating Karna with the Demon King's Noble Phantasm, Erice and Novia won the Shinjuku Holy Grail Elimination Battle, and Erice apologized publicly to a former classmate.
• In the Colosseum lounge, Erice demanded to know what Novia really was and told him not to possess her without permission.
• Two or three months later, Erice planned to leave Chitose's supervision and travel to Akihabara for work approved by the City Management AIs.
• Novia revealed that he had contacted Chitose because Erice would regret leaving through deception.
• Chitose found Erice at Shinjuku Station and said the work would put her in danger, while Erice angrily challenged her right to stop her.

Erice left Shinjuku for a mission in Akihabara after another tense parting with her grandmother, Manazuru Chitose, and met Aoko Aozaki at the station. Meanwhile, a ritual in the Syrian wasteland gathered six decayed Death Gods behind seven black Doors and announced that Death was coming for the human sheltering the daughter of Yomi.

• Erice and Chitose encountered a crowd celebrating several Elizabeth Báthory Servants dressed in Taisho-style outfits, prompting Erice to condemn Shinjuku’s treatment of Servants.
• Chitose asked Erice to summon the Demon King, embraced the silver-haired form, and watched Erice depart by train.
• On the train, Erice told Novia she hated Chitose at times but respected Lucius, while Lucius waited with souvenirs and Chitose spoke cryptically about their past affection.
• Erice arrived in Akihabara and met Aoko Aozaki, who said Manazuru had asked her to meet them.
• In the Syrian wasteland, black liquid formed seven Doors containing six decayed Death Gods, and a voice warned that Death was coming for the human sheltering the daughter of Yomi.

Erice settled into Aoko Aozaki’s mansion in Akihabara, where she learned that Novia had secretly messaged Chitose about her move. After changing into local clothes and teasing Novia, Erice let him possess her, while he continued investigating the Holy Grail and the death god Mot.

• Aoko Aozaki offered Erice a place to stay until City AI canceled her assignment and gave her Akihabara clothes to wear.
• Aoko explained that Manazuru Chitose had helped recreate the Kuonji mansion after Misaki City was destroyed, and Erice learned Novia had deleted a message he sent Chitose about her move.
• Erice summoned the Demon King to watch Novia, but the Alder Tree bowed to him instead of restraining him.
• Novia considered whether Mot had caused the new era’s strange conditions and identified him as a possible target behind the events involving death.
• Erice changed into the clothes Aoko had prepared and taunted Novia, then returned to the living room when he did not respond as usual.
• Novia complimented Erice’s outfit, and Erice let him possess her.

Nine-year-old Utsumi Erice lived alone in Akihabara, where she worked as a Night Watch member and relied on Novia to defeat a swarm of Gremlins. A month later, the Old Humanity leatherworker and his Servant Louis XVII staged a gruesome murder in Shinjuku, while Erice watched them perform in her group therapy room.

• Utsumi Erice evaded Gremlins until she agreed to Novia's conditions, then Novia took control and destroyed the monsters with lightning.
• The leatherworker and Louis XVII discussed their plan to kill Manazuru Chitose and start a revolution against the New Era.
• Louis XVII and the leatherworker noticed a silver apparition that seemed to encourage murder after their victims died.
• A month later, the leatherworker and Louis XVII displayed a human-skin artwork in Shinjuku, prompting authorities across Japan to launch a search.
• Erice watched the leatherworker and Louis XVII perform a short play called "Revolutionary Trial" in Akihabara's group therapy room.