Chapter Summaries

Allen spared Kotomine Kirei and told Irisviel that Caster was still alive, while revealing his knowledge of the Holy Grail and Emiya Kiritsugu’s dream. At the castle, Sakura thwarted an Assassin’s ambush and counterattacked.

• Irisviel questioned Allen about letting Kotomine Kirei escape, and Allen said Kirei still had a role to play and asked whether Caster was dead.
• Irisviel confirmed she had sensed no magical energy from Caster, and Allen said he would pursue him after his Command Spells ran out.
• Allen claimed he had entered the war to fight strong opponents, challenged Kiritsugu’s dream of saving humanity, and warned Irisviel that the Holy Grail was no longer what she believed before vanishing.
• Irisviel and Hisau Maiya returned to the castle, where Diarmuid told Kayneth that Berserker had destroyed Caster’s Familiars with a blazing sword and created a vast lava pit.
• Hundred-Faced Hassan attacked Sakura from behind, but her Ice Barrier stopped the dagger and Gin-chan severed the attacker’s feet.
• Sakura blinked away, raised protective shields, and fired a Super Ice Bolt at the injured Assassin.

Sakura killed Assassin, and Emiya Kiritsugu used an Origin Bullet to badly wound Kayneth before Diarmuid fled with his Master. Allen praised Sakura and encouraged her plan to confront her father, while the others learned she was Tohsaka Tokiomi’s younger daughter; Irisviel then arrived with Hisau Maiya.

• Sakura froze Assassin with her magic, and Gin-chan tore the frozen Servant apart.
• Emiya Kiritsugu shot Kayneth with an Origin Bullet, severing and reconnecting his Magic Circuits and leaving him critically wounded.
• Diarmuid blocked Kiritsugu from attacking further, but Saber stopped Diarmuid from killing Kiritsugu because he was Irisviel’s husband.
• Allen arrived, warned Diarmuid that Kayneth needed immediate treatment, and Diarmuid carried his Master away.
• Allen praised Sakura, who asked to punish her father, and he told her to save that confrontation for later.
• Emiya Kiritsugu recognized Sakura as Tohsaka Tokiomi’s younger daughter, and Irisviel arrived with Hisau Maiya.

After Kiritsugu learned that Kirei had targeted him and questioned whether the Grail could grant his wish, Allen departed with Sakura, leaving Kiritsugu to reconsider the war and Berserker’s origins. Meanwhile, Kayneth faced Sola’s threat to cut off his Command Spell-bearing hand unless he surrendered the spells.

• Irisviel told Kiritsugu that Kirei had nearly killed her and Maiya, while Allen warned Kiritsugu that the Church and Tohsaka family might be working together.
• Allen told Kiritsugu that eternal peace could not be achieved through the Holy Grail, then left with Sakura on a Spirit Winged Young Dragon.
• Irisviel explained that Berserker sought a worthy opponent rather than the Grail, and Kiritsugu considered making an alliance with him.
• Saber suggested Berserker might retain memories because he became a Heroic Spirit while alive or might possess an ability to learn others’ secrets, leaving Kiritsugu in doubt about his own wish.
• Sola snapped Kayneth’s little finger and threatened to cut off his Command Spell-bearing hand unless he let her remove the spells.

Kayneth refused Allen’s offer to leave the Holy Grail War because he would not abandon Sola, while Kotomine Kirei found a new purpose after Berserker acknowledged his evil nature. Gilgamesh and Kirei joined forces to investigate Berserker as Tohsaka Tokiomi remained unaware of their alliance.

• Sola took Kayneth’s Command Spells, and Kayneth watched her hurry off to reunite with Diarmuid Ua Duibhne.
• Allen offered Kayneth a chance to withdraw from the Holy Grail War, but Kayneth refused because he would not abandon Sola.
• Allen warned Kayneth that forgiving Sola might end in tragedy, then left as Kayneth lost consciousness.
• Kotomine Kirei told Gilgamesh that Berserker’s acknowledgment had freed him to embrace his evil nature and given him a reason to fight in the war.
• Kirei and Gilgamesh agreed to investigate the Masters and uncover Berserker’s identity and origins.
• Tohsaka Tokiomi remained unaware of their alliance while teaching Rin magecraft at home.

Sakura confronted her father, Tokiomi, at the Tohsaka home and warned him that his secret alliance with the Church had been exposed, then left after demonstrating her power. Back at the training building, Allen explained that he had marked Rin so he could protect her if she faced danger.

• Rin failed to transmute a crystal in the workshop and was surprised when Sakura and Allen appeared.
• Tokiomi arrived and told Rin that Sakura was now Matou Sakura and represented the Matou family in the Holy Grail War.
• Sakura warned Tokiomi that his schemes with Kotomine Kirei and the Holy Church were exposed, then froze the basement and declared that she and Berserker would win the war.
• Allen carried Sakura away through a hole in the wall, while Tokiomi told Aoi that Sakura had become a formidable opponent and Rin silently cried.
• Sakura practiced close-quarters combat with Moon Cell Liquid, and Allen told her he had placed a Flying Thunder God Technique marking on Rin to protect her.

Allen continued helping Sakura recover from her nightmares before setting out to stop Caster, whose crimes had left dozens of children dead in Fuyuki City. After finding a sewer full of murdered children alongside Rider and Waver, Allen revived them and left the search for Caster’s hideout to the others.

• Vilnalasath praised Sakura’s recovery, while Allen admitted he was struggling with the responsibility of raising her and discussed her growing power.
• After Sakura fell asleep, Allen and Vilnalasath discussed Rider and Waver’s search for Caster and the difficulty of tracking Gilles de Rais and Uryuu Ryunosuke.
• Rider and Waver raced through the sewers and found a chamber filled with the tortured bodies of children.
• Allen arrived with his Wolf Pack, agreed with Rider that the perpetrators deserved punishment, and refused to formally join forces with him.
• Allen restored the children’s bodies and returned their souls, bringing them back to life as Waver and Iskandar watched in shock.

Allen explained that his apparent resurrection only restored bodies and returned souls that had not yet departed, then left Rider to bring the rescued children to safety while he continued hunting for their killers. Meanwhile, the French Marshal and Uryuu Ryunosuke prepared a citywide attack with Abyss Seeds, and Tokiomi arranged for Aoi and Rin to leave Fuyuki.

• Allen explained to Waver and Rider that he could revive only people whose souls remained nearby, then left the rescued children with Rider as he searched for the two killers.
• Rider took the children to a police station, where Waver used hypnosis magecraft to keep their rescue from causing trouble for them.
• Uryuu Ryunosuke and the French Marshal planned a mass attack and sent Uryuu to scatter Abyss Seeds across Fuyuki.
• The Abyss Seeds began hatching into monsters that manipulated people with dreams and drove some victims to violence or suicide.
• Tokiomi told Aoi and Rin to stay with the Zenchou family, explaining that he feared the Holy Grail War and Sakura's power could put them in danger.

Young Rin survived a dangerous Magecraft book and later confronted a knife-wielding killer, but Uryuu Ryunosuke trapped her and nearly attacked her. Allen rescued Rin, severed Uryuu Ryunosuke’s leg, and demanded to know where Caster was hiding.

• Rin secretly entered Tokiomi’s Magecraft workshop, opened a dangerous book, and was nearly seized by hands reaching from its pages.
• Tokiomi rescued Rin, gave her a Magic Power Pointer, and warned her to avoid objects that produced a strong reaction.
• On her way home, Rin used the pointer to identify a knife-wielding boy as dangerous, kicked him between the legs, and fled.
• Uryuu Ryunosuke blocked Rin’s escape, caught her, and tried to hypnotize her before kicking her in the head.
• Allen appeared through a spatial tunnel, rescued Rin, severed Uryuu Ryunosuke’s right leg, and demanded to know where Caster was hiding.

Allen captured Uryuu Ryunosuke but could not force him to use his Command Spell, then told young Rin about Sakura’s torture in the Matou family. Rin revealed what she learned to Tokiomi, who left in fury to seek revenge against the Matou family.

• Allen tortured Uryuu Ryunosuke in an illusion, but the serial killer enjoyed the pain and refused to summon Caster with his Command Spell.
• Allen warned young Rin to stay home during the Holy Grail War and explained that Sakura had been tortured by Matou Zouken after her adoption.
• Rin broke down over Sakura’s suffering, then returned home and told Tokiomi and Aoi what Allen had revealed.
• Tokiomi realized Matou Zouken had used Sakura as a tool to prolong his life and left, intent on destroying the Matou family.

Matou Tsuruno’s hope of taking control of the Matou family ended when Tohsaka Tokiomi burned down the estate over what Zouken had done to Sakura. At the Einzbern castle, Rider invited Saber to drink and discuss the Grail, but Allen arrived and challenged Rider’s choice of wine.

• Matou Tsuruno considered how to claim the family’s wealth and remove Sakura from the inheritance, but Tohsaka Tokiomi attacked the Matou estate over Zouken’s treatment of his daughter.
• Tohsaka Tokiomi set the Matou mansion ablaze, killing Matou Tsuruno and Matou Shinji and ending the family’s place in the magecraft world.
• Rider Iskandar entered the Einzbern castle uninvited and persuaded Saber and Irisviel to join him for wine in the garden.
• Rider proposed that the Servants settle who deserved the Holy Grail by comparing their visions and stature, then offered wine to Saber.
• Allen landed nearby in a bolt of Thunder and explained that Rider’s industrially produced wine was inferior to fine wine.

At the Banquet of Kings, Allen challenged Gilgamesh’s claim to the Holy Grail and offered the other kings wine, food, and books to prompt them to reconsider their rule. He urged Artoria in particular to read The Prince as the discussion of kingship began.

• Gilgamesh questioned Allen’s right to attend, and Allen explained that he had once ruled Utopia before it became a republic.
• Allen produced a feast and Morning Dew Wine, which Rider, Saber, and Gilgamesh sampled and praised.
• Saber asked whether Rider had called them together to fight over the Holy Grail, and Rider explained that he wanted a debate about who deserved to claim it.
• Gilgamesh declared that the Holy Grail belonged to him, while Allen and Saber challenged his claim and demanded evidence.
• Allen gave the kings copies of The Prince and advised them to reflect on their past decisions, especially urging Artoria to consider why she had failed.

Rider, Gilgamesh, Saber, and Allen debated what it meant to be a king and what they would wish for from the Holy Grail. Allen condemned rulers who served only their own desires, while Saber defended her wish to undo Britain’s destruction and the chapter ended with Rider rejecting regret over the fate of his empire.

• Rider praised The Prince, but Gilgamesh dismissed its ideas and declared that a king’s laws were whatever he proclaimed.
• Rider revealed that he wanted the Holy Grail to give him a living body, prompting Gilgamesh to vow to kill him and Rider to threaten his treasury.
• Allen unleashed Conqueror’s Haki, knocking Waver unconscious and shocking Irisviel, while Rider and Gilgamesh withstood the pressure.
• Allen argued that a true king should shoulder responsibility and improve the lives of the people, and Rider and Gilgamesh rejected his ideal as a form of servitude.
• Saber said she wanted to change Britain’s fate because she regretted its destruction, but Gilgamesh mocked her and Rider argued that a king should never regret the outcome of his rule.

At the Feast of Kings, Allen challenged Rider and Gilgamesh’s views on kingship while helping Saber understand how her selflessness had alienated her subjects. The debate ended when Assassin’s Black-Clad Men surrounded the courtyard, revealing that Tohsaka Tokiomi had made his move.

• Artoria defended a king’s duty to sacrifice for the nation, and Rider argued that a king must embody strong desires and guide the people.
• Gilgamesh mocked Saber’s troubled expression, prompting Allen to rebuke him for sexually harassing her.
• Allen explained that Saber had failed to connect with her subjects by erasing her identity as Artoria, while Rider had failed to govern his conquered lands responsibly.
• Rider asked why Allen would not rule as a wise king, and Allen said he sought strength to slay gods rather than political power.
• Allen spotted figures surrounding the courtyard, and Assassin’s Black-Clad Men appeared as Tohsaka Tokiomi made his move.

Assassin interrupted the Banquet of Kings, prompting Rider to summon his Army of the King and overwhelm the Hassans. As Saber questioned her fitness to rule, Allen urged Artoria to accept that Britain’s fall was not hers alone to bear and to consider her own future.

• The Hassans surrounded the banquet, and Rider prepared to answer their attack after one cut his wine ladle and stained his shirt.
• Rider summoned his Inherent Domain, revealed his bond with his army, and argued that a king was not solitary.
• Rider led his army in a charge that swiftly crushed the Hassans.
• Allen explained to Saber that war was the strong dominating the weak, while Saber wondered whether she was unfit to be king.
• Allen told Artoria that her virtues did not make her responsible for Britain’s fall alone, and urged her to let go of the past and question whether the Grail could change her homeland’s history.

After the kings’ banquet, Saber struggled with Rider’s condemnation of her ideals while Allen encouraged her to keep fighting on her own terms. Tohsaka Tokiomi began the next phase of his plan, and Allen returned home to find Sakura had been training against Uryuu Ryunosuke before deciding to use him as bait for Caster.

• Rider rejected Saber’s claim to kingship and warned her to abandon her dream, while Golden Flash encouraged her to persist.
• Allen told Saber she was free to choose her path and urged her to fight as a warrior; Irisviel and Saber then speculated that Allen came from a modern era in a parallel world.
• Tohsaka Tokiomi ordered Kotomine Kirei to begin phase two and send Archer after Rider and Berserker.
• Allen returned to find Sakura practicing combat on Uryuu Ryunosuke, healed her cut, and told her to think independently.
• After Sakura went to bed, Allen decided to use Uryuu Ryunosuke as bait to draw out Caster.

Allen used Uryuu Ryunosuke as bait to lure out Gilles de Rais, but Caster instead demanded a hostage exchange after kidnapping Aoi and Rin. Allen agreed to exchange Rin for Uryuu first, while Emiya Kiritsugu and Hisau Maiya continued monitoring the situation.

• Allen waited at Fuyuki harbor with the impaled Uryuu Ryunosuke, hoping to draw out Gilles de Rais, but the trap failed.
• A giant Sea Demon arrived with a photograph of Aoi, Rin, and Sakura, and Caster proposed exchanging Aoi for Uryuu before later releasing Rin.
• Allen demanded proof that the hostages were safe and insisted that Rin be exchanged first; Caster agreed to meet at midnight the next day.
• Uryuu told Gilles de Rais to pursue his goals regardless of Uryuu's fate, and Allen took him back to his building after Caster's Sea Demon departed.
• Hisau Maiya reported the encounter to Emiya Kiritsugu, who ordered her to keep watching Allen and vowed to take the Holy Grail for himself.

Gilles de Rais took Rin and used a black egg to threaten Aoi, while Allen planned to exploit the hostage situation to track him down. Allen visited Irisviel at her new residence, explained that the Holy Grail would consume her, and told her Kiritsugu’s wish could never be fulfilled.

• Gilles de Rais seized Rin, froze her with suggestion magic, and forced a writhing black egg into Aoi’s mouth as a threat against Berserker.
• Allen woke beside Sakura and decided to inspect the Holy Grail, while using Rin’s Flying Thunder God mark and Uryuu Ryunosuke to pursue Gilles de Rais.
• Allen and Sakura drove to Emiya Kiritsugu’s new residence, where Saber and Irisviel had arrived.
• Allen explained that Irisviel’s growing magical power made her the vessel of the Holy Grail and that she would lose her life, personality, and memories as more Servants died.
• Irisviel asked whether Kiritsugu’s wish would come true, and Allen said the contaminated Holy Grail and Kiritsugu’s naïve wish made that impossible.

Allen told Irisviel that the Holy Grail had been corrupted by Angra Mainyu and would twist any wish into a catastrophe, leaving her to decide whether to escape her fate. Later, he treated Sakura to ice cream and met Rider and Waver, showing off his wealth and warning them about nuclear weapons.

• Allen explained to Irisviel that Angra Mainyu had corrupted the Holy Grail and asked whether she still intended to become its vessel.
• Irisviel questioned Allen's certainty, then kept his warning from Saber until she could speak with Kiritsugu.
• Allen told Sakura that Irisviel might sacrifice herself for her mission and rewarded her with ice cream.
• Allen, Sakura, Rider, and Waver met at a dessert shop, where Allen teased Waver and offered to pay for their food.
• Allen bought the shop for a huge sum, displayed gold and gemstones, and refused Rider's proposal to join forces to conquer the world.
• Allen warned Rider and Waver that nuclear weapons could destroy Fuyuki City, and Rider became curious about their power.

Allen explained to Iskandar why conquering the modern world was impossible, then revealed to Rider and Waver that he came from a parallel modern world and knew their futures. After Rider and Waver left, Sakura chose the surname Tashi, and Allen entrusted his newly purchased dessert shop to its staff.

• Allen showed Iskandar information about nuclear weapons and explained how modern politics and warfare made world conquest impossible.
• Rider questioned Allen about his knowledge of modern society, and Allen admitted he came from a similar parallel world and described future technology.
• Allen told Waver that Kayneth and Sola would die soon and that Waver would become Monarch El-Melloi II, then invited Rider to watch him deal with Caster at the harbor that night.
• After Rider and Waver departed, Sakura asked about her fate and chose to take Allen's surname, becoming Sakura Tashi.
• Allen told the dessert shop's manager, Kumiko, to continue operating the business as usual, and the staff pledged to work hard to protect their jobs.

Emiya Kiritsugu and Irisviel decided to investigate Berserker’s claim that the Holy Grail was contaminated, while Allen exchanged Uryuu Ryunosuke for Rin and rescued Aoi from Caster’s trap. Caster and Ryunosuke then began their planned attack at the docks, drawing the Fourth Holy Grail War’s participants together.

• Emiya Kiritsugu and Irisviel agreed to speak with Berserker and prepare to flee with Illyasviel if the Holy Grail was contaminated.
• Allen exchanged Rin for Uryuu Ryunosuke, then Sakura warmed Rin and gave her food and strawberry juice.
• Caster returned Aoi with a monster implanted in her chest, but Allen removed it and healed her before asking her to take Rin and Sakura away.
• Aoi tried to leave with her daughters, but Caster’s dense fog trapped them at the docks.
• In a cave, Caster and Uryuu Ryunosuke decided to begin their planned carnival early, and the other participants of the Fourth Holy Grail War gathered in response.