Chapter Summaries

Erice learned that a second, distinct massacre had wiped out an investigative team in Tama, and Aoko Aozaki warned her that the Night Watch faced a dangerous new threat. Novia identified the culprit's lingering presence as Helheim, and Akihabara's Night Watch imposed a Level One Alert.

• Leatherworker asked Erice whether she wanted to change the City and confessed that he wanted to save it, while Louis apologized and led him away.
• Erice wondered whether Leatherworker might be connected to the murders, but Novia cautioned that thoughts alone could not change the world.
• Aoko showed Erice images of the frozen massacre in Tama and explained that the victims included Servants and Night Watch investigators.
• Aoko warned Erice that the case was confidential and ordered Night Watch members not to operate in groups smaller than ten.
• Erice searched for possible modern-era killer Servants, but Novia identified the slaughterhouse presence as Helheim, a Norse Underworld.
• At Akihabara's Night Watch headquarters, Hijikata Toshizō declared a Level One Alert and prohibited unauthorized groups of fewer than ten from going on duty.

Erice and Aoko investigated abnormal magical activity along Akihabara’s coast and encountered the Wandering Jew, Ahasuerus, and his Servant, Captain Hendrik van der Decken, as they arrived aboard the Flying Dutchman. Ahasuerus recognized the power surrounding silver-haired Erice and tried to placate her, while Hendrik prepared to flee.

• Hijikata assigned Erice and Aoko to investigate coastal magical disturbances tied to the expected arrival of Ahasuerus and the Flying Dutchman.
• Aoko questioned Erice’s bodiless Demon King, who possessed her and said he appeared because Erice accepted him.
• The Flying Dutchman emerged offshore, and Ahasuerus leaped toward Akihabara’s coast with his cursed crew.
• Ahasuerus sensed an unusual presence in silver-haired Erice and remembered the long curse that had kept him alive since Jesus’s crucifixion.
• Ahasuerus apologized for Hendrik’s behavior and suggested they leave Akihabara, while Hendrik tried to get them to shore.

Aoko Aozaki’s assignment appeared to end when Ahasuerus and the Captain left Akihabara, but Kundry confronted Erice over the Captain and was linked to the Slaughterhouse murders. Kundry summoned Helheim, where Hel recognized Erice and invited her to join the dead.

• Aoko Aozaki ordered Ahasuerus and the Captain to leave Akihabara, and Erice watched them row toward their ship.
• Ahasuerus urged Erice to enjoy life, while Erice and Novia argued about her loneliness and his possession of her.
• Kundry arrived with Gremlins, accused Erice of taking the Captain from her, and was questioned about the Slaughterhouse murders.
• Ahasuerus sang from his ship, triggering Kundry’s distress and prompting her to summon Helheim in Akihabara’s harbor.
• Hel and Garm appeared on the frozen sea, and Hel told Utsumi Erice that she belonged with them.

Silver-haired Erice, possessed by Novia, fought Hel and the Death Gods over the fate of Manazuru Chitose’s new era, while Aoko Aozaki confronted Kundry at the harbor. The chapter ended with Kundry striking Aoko with a projection of the Holy Lance, leaving her wounded and sinking underwater.

• Silver-haired Erice used Novia’s divine authorities to defeat Hel’s Garm and repel Hel, who declared that the Death Gods would bring about a new dawn by destroying the current era.
• Novia resolved to stop Hel and end the world’s unfinished Holy Grail War, then Erice jumped down after spotting someone below.
• Aoko Aozaki told Kundry that Akihabara’s magical energy would poison her and urged her to leave, while recognizing that Kundry’s love for Ahasuerus had freed her from her former fate.
• Kundry rejected Aoko’s sympathy and hurled a projected Holy Lance, piercing Aoko’s chest and sending her into the harbor.
• Aoko recalled her past and realized the lance was only a projection, but its effects hindered her healing as she sank beneath the water.

Aoko Aozaki woke in the Kuonji mansion after the Demon King saved her and became her Servant. She learned that Erice did not know about their contract and forbade the Demon King from possessing her in front of Erice.

• Aoko Aozaki recalled seeing a silver-haired figure before the Demon King rescued her from the sea, and she woke with Command Spells on her left hand.
• Erice told Aoko that the Demon King had saved her and that Police Chief Hijikata had given them a few days off.
• The Demon King spoke to Aoko through her mind, explained his different aspects, and revealed that Erice did not know about Aoko's injury or their contract.
• Robin visited Aoko and mistook the Demon King's possession for a change in her personality before Aoko regained control and flattened him.
• Aoko ordered the Demon King not to possess her whenever he pleased, especially in front of Erice, and worried that she had taken a Servant who belonged with Erice.

Aoko learned that Novia had stayed away from Erice to push her toward mastering her powers, while Erice used a dangerous new spell to draw him out. The two reconciled through their shared interest in a German folktale, though Erice angrily denied that Novia mattered enough to be struck by the spell’s seventh bullet.

• Aoko returned from observing the wastelands and watched Erice practice shaping the evil spirits into weapons and traps.
• Novia told Aoko that Erice had learned Gandr and that he was keeping his distance to help her control her emotions and powers.
• Erice grew lonely and furious at Novia’s silence, then combined Gandr with Ether-bodied bullets to attack a tree.
• The attack drew Novia out, and he caught and crushed the returning shock wave while possessing Erice.
• Erice and Novia discussed the German story of the Magic Bullet Shooter, and Novia teased her about whom the seventh bullet would hit.

Louis and Leatherworker prepared to abduct Aoko Aozaki as their final victim so Louis could activate his Noble Phantasm and kill Manazuru Chitose. After Novia questioned Louis about his past and his devotion to his Master, Louis left without revealing his feelings.

• Leatherworker told Louis that the City had narrowed its search to Akihabara and proposed completing one final work before they were caught.
• Leatherworker chose Aoko Aozaki as their next target, and Louis went to deliver a pair of shoes while Leatherworker resolved to kill Manazuru Chitose.
• Louis recalled that one more murder would complete the thirteen required to activate his Noble Phantasm against the leader of their surroundings.
• Louis encountered silver-haired Erice, and Novia asked him about his feelings and whether he wanted to escape the prison of his past.
• Louis insisted that bearing his responsibilities was his duty, then left as though fleeing Novia's questions.

Erice panicked when Novia stopped speaking to her and used her Magic Bullet Shooter to track him outside Akihabara, then jumped into the sea despite being unable to swim. Meanwhile, Novia helped Aoko escape Louis XVII’s Noble Phantasm, and Frankenstein arrived with the unconscious Erice aboard a huge ship that struck the bounded field.

• Erice left the Old Humanity Lecture Hall and wondered why Novia had fallen silent.
• At the Kuonji Western-Style Mansion, Erice tried to summon Novia, then used her Magic Bullet Shooter to locate him outside the City.
• Erice guessed Novia was with Aoko and headed toward the outskirts, ignoring the danger of leaving Akihabara.
• Erice jumped into the sea to reach Novia, only to realize she could not swim well and began struggling in the water.
• Louis XVII and the Leatherworker captured Aoko, but Novia entered her body and helped her overpower them.
• Frankenstein arrived aboard a huge ship carrying Erice and crashed into Louis XVII’s Noble Phantasm Bounded Field.

Erice awakened her buried divinity, summoned the Heavenly Raft of Rama, and fired the Seventh Bullet, creating an opening that let Louis XVII escape with his Master. Aoko later tracked Louis to his workshop, where she found him dying after killing Leatherworker to activate his Noble Phantasm.

• Erice's memories and divine power resurfaced beneath the sea, and she summoned the Heavenly Raft of Rama.
• Fran was brought aboard the ship, and Erice fired the Seventh Bullet, which wounded her and sent the raft crashing into Louis XVII's Noble Phantasm.
• Louis XVII seized the opening and fled toward Akihabara with his Master, while Aoko approached Fran and told her to bring Erice along.
• Aoko returned to Akihabara with Fran, then followed a lead to the workshop where Leatherworker and Louis XVII were hiding.
• Aoko found Leatherworker dead and Louis XVII dying, and deduced that Leatherworker had sacrificed himself so Louis could attempt to activate his Noble Phantasm.

Erice woke after four months unconscious at the Kuonji Western-Style Mansion and learned that the Demon King had possessed her while she slept. She confronted him about leaving to protect Aoko, then forgave him for now as they headed downstairs.

• Erice woke in the Kuonji Western-Style Mansion and met Fran, who told her that she had been ordered to report Erice's awakening to the Demon King.
• Erice decided to see the Demon King herself, and Fran led her out of the sickroom.
• Fran slid down the mansion's stair rail, but Aoko let the stunt pass because the house had not been damaged.
• Erice asked Aoko whether the Demon King was with her, then discovered that he had been possessing her and had stayed by her side.
• Erice learned she had been unconscious for four months and confronted the Demon King about secretly leaving to protect Aoko and solve the Shinjuku Murder Case.
• Erice accepted the Demon King's explanation and said she would let him off for now, while Aoko watched them descend the stairs.

Aoko, Erice, and Fran traveled to London to return Egyptian artifacts and explored the city while catching up with Fran and Moriarty. Young James Moriarty encountered the silver-haired Erice, but she showed no sign of being the person he hoped to find.

• Aoko joined Erice and Fran on a trip to London after Manazuru Chitose requested their help returning artifacts to the city.
• The group arrived in Detective City London and stopped for tea while Fran described her father Moriarty’s imprisonment and their relationship.
• Aoko reflected on her return to London and the awkwardness she felt around Erice and Novia.
• Young James Moriarty approached Fran and explained that Sherlock Holmes had sent him to the British Museum.
• James stared intensely at the silver-haired Erice, hoping to find Faria in her, but she asked whether his back hurt instead.

Erice, Aoko, Fran, and James Moriarty investigated Sherlock Holmes’s death in the British Museum and began connecting it to the murders in Akihabara and events in London’s past. As the group considered the mystery and the two Moriartys, Aoko said something would not work, leaving them poised to hear what she had noticed.

• James Moriarty escorted Erice, Aoko, and their companions to the British Museum, where they found Sherlock Holmes dead before the Three Fates sculpture.
• Irene Adler confirmed that Holmes’s Spirit Core had been shattered, and Erice and the others returned to Fran’s home after answering questions.
• James denied killing Holmes and, with Erice, concluded from Fran’s projection that Holmes had died instantly before his body was reconstructed.
• Erice linked Holmes’s death to the murders in Akihabara and questioned whether Death Gods were involved, while Fran identified a black figure she had seen at the museum.
• Fran recounted James’s cryptic plans from seven years earlier, and Erice inferred that two versions of Moriarty might exist and that London barred them from meeting for six days.
• James said he had no desire to meet his older self, and Aoko suddenly remarked that something would not work.

Fran took Alice and the others to May Liddell’s concert, where reports of deadly incidents across London coincided with a mysterious Servant awakening Erice’s death-linked power. Outside the venue, Alice met the real Liddell and revealed that she had witnessed Sherlock Holmes’s death.

• Fran found that May Liddell was performing that night and brought the group to her concert.
• At the concert, Alice left after learning that fires and other deadly accidents were spreading across London.
• Erice’s evil spirits stirred as a horned female Servant declared that death was expanding and consumed Command Spells.
• The Servant told Erice, “Remember that you must die,” triggering Erice’s ghostly transformation before the Servant departed.
• Alice met the real Liddell outside the venue and said she had been present when Sherlock Holmes died.
• The Demon King possessed Alice, turning her hair silver.

Aoko and Liddell reunited before Nzambi’s attack on the concert unleashed a wave of Servant zombies and panic. Aoko, with Novia’s power, confronted Nzambi and destroyed her, then continued toward the concert to reach Erice and the others.

• Aoko reunited with Liddell, who recognized that Novia was possessing her and laughed at Aoko’s claim that he was her Servant.
• During the concert broadcast, Nzambi emerged from a Servant and stabbed the Liddell onstage, while the audience and other Servants fell into chaos.
• Aoko headed toward the concert and asked Novia to possess her and eliminate hostile Servants; she used her Detective Identification Badge to direct guards and seized an infected Servant’s Spirit Core.
• Novia identified Nzambi as the source of the zombie infection, and Aoko followed the terrified crowd toward the goddess.
• Nzambi raised corpses to attack Aoko, but Aoko wounded her with a tornado and destroyed Nzambi’s dagger when she tried to infect her.
• Nzambi vanished after the dagger burst apart, and Aoko pressed on to find Erice and the others.

After Nzambi’s defeat, Erice regained her divinity and Jeanne d'Arc Alter’s group arrived in London, while Kuchime and Mot revealed the threat of a plan to remake the world. In Detective City, Irene shared Sherlock Holmes’s final clue and agreed to cooperate, as the group encountered Saber Alter and the two Jeanne d'Arc Alters.

• Novia noticed that Erice’s hair had grown longer and divinity had returned to her, and Erice asked the Demon King to return to her body.
• Saber Alter, Jeanne d'Arc Alter Lily, and Jeanne d'Arc Alter arrived at the concert venue looking for Dragon Husband.
• Kuchime drank alone and suspected that Mot was still pursuing his plan to create a new celestial body; Mot revealed that he intended to remake the world and become its supreme god.
• Irene told silver-haired Alice and the others that Moriarty remained imprisoned, shared Sherlock Holmes’s final clue, and offered Scotland Yard’s support against the threat to London.
• Saber Alter declined an offer to help guard London, then encountered silver-haired Alice and the group, while Jeanne d'Arc Alter denied wanting to see Dragon Husband.

The long-haired Erice recalled how Mot defeated her mother, Izanami, and Novia comforted Erice as she pledged to travel with him. The group went to question the imprisoned Moriarty about Sherlock Holmes’s murder, while Moriarty reflected on meeting Faria.

• The long-haired Erice remembered that Mot had nearly killed Izanami, who fought to protect her child before Erice’s father erased Erice’s memories of the Underworld God.
• Novia promised to protect Erice if danger became too great, and Erice insisted that Novia take her with him someday.
• Novia, Erice, and Fran went to the Clock Tower to meet the imprisoned Moriarty, who denied involvement in Sherlock Holmes’s disappearance and offered to help find the culprit.
• Moriarty spoke with Aozaki and recalled meeting Faria while he was a university student who had not yet chosen his path.

Novia and Moriarty discussed the good man Moriarty had become before Divine Beasts attacked London, forcing the silver-haired Alice to join the fight. After the Dogs of Daena fell to gunfire, she headed to face Nasu and called on the Demon King for help.

• Moriarty told Novia that he had been a good man and recalled his regret at failing to see Father Faria before the priest died.
• Alarms announced that the Divine Beasts Dogs of Daena and Nasu had appeared in London, and Moriarty asked the silver-haired Alice to deal with them.
• The silver-haired Alice reached the Dogs of Daena, which was defeated by London's armed forces, then rode toward the battle against Nasu.
• The silver-haired Alice found Fran fighting alongside the remaining forces, saw that Erice was missing, and walked toward Nasu alone.
• As Nasu charged at her, the silver-haired Alice asked the Demon King what to do while pouring magical energy through her Magic Circuits.

Novia used Alice to destroy Nasu, then learned that Erice was trapped and gravely injured on a bridge. In Asto Vidatu’s Underworld, Novia defeated the Persian god of death, whose final warning revealed a glimpse of a black Sun and an approaching catastrophe; the chapter ended with a mysterious being smiling at Theia as the world darkened.

• Alice’s Demon King used her Od to kill Nasu, and communications resumed afterward.
• Erice contacted Novia from a bridge where she was trapped, explaining that enemy interference erased information that could disadvantage them.
• Novia recognized that Erice was gravely wounded and spoke gently with her as she struggled to stay conscious.
• Asto Vidatu tried to take Erice away and destroy the human world, but Novia confronted him with a Magic Bullet Shooter.
• Novia’s power overwhelmed Asto Vidatu, who warned that the Holy Grail’s sludge was about to overflow and that another ancient god of covenants must not emerge.
• A vision showed a black Sun, a fiery Throne, and a being smiling at Theia before the world darkened.

Novia met El, who revealed himself as the first god betrayed by Canaan and offered Novia sole divine sonship before declaring he would end the New Covenant with the Old Testament’s judgment. Meanwhile, Moriarty turned himself in as the seventh incident in his plan to destroy London, and Novia prepared to confront him as Fran asked him to punch her father.

• Novia encountered El in the black mud, and El identified him as the Elf King and offered him divine authority as his sole divine son.
• El revealed that he was the first god betrayed by Canaan and announced that he would bring daylight anew by ending Jesus and the New Covenant with the Old Testament’s judgment.
• Moriarty realized that the final incident in his plan was approaching and walked toward Scotland Yard, resolving to destroy London and the world beyond it.
• Moriarty revealed his identity as James Moriarty and surrendered himself at Scotland Yard, claiming responsibility for Sherlock Holmes’s death.
• Fran told Novia that Moriarty was on his way to identify the scene of Holmes’s death and asked Novia to punch him hard.
• Novia considered the Queen of Heaven in Canaanite mythology and recalled that Asherah, Anat, and Kadesh held that title.

Novia uncovered the Moriartys’ layered identities and confronted the professor about his plan to destroy the isolated utopia realm. Moriarty revealed that he and Holmes had both recognized the world’s abnormality, but Holmes’s response remained unexplained.

• Novia suspected his so-called mother was Shekinah or Sophia, then went to the British Museum to resolve the incidents in London.
• The silver-haired Alice accused James of being Colonel Moriarty and of using Holmes and the Fate Three Goddesses to undo the professor’s scheme.
• The silver-haired Alice invoked the Greek Fates, stripping away the disguises and revealing Berdie Edward, Colonel James, and the imprisoned professor as the three Moriartys.
• Moriarty explained that he wanted to destroy the isolated utopia realm by using Holmes’s spirit origin and the buried Old Continent as a weapon.
• Moriarty said Holmes must have noticed the world’s abnormalities, but he had never seen Holmes prepare to address them.