Chapter Summaries

After Trisha was found decapitated aboard the train, Olga Marie accused several people before Shirou intervened and proposed using the Hogyoku to restore her. Shirou took charge of the investigation, leaving Webber and Caleb to examine the corpse while Olga Marie watched.

• Olga Marie grieved over Trisha's corpse and accused Shirou of murdering her, but Webber confirmed Shirou had been with him.
• Olga Marie then accused Caleb and attacked him with a Gandr bullet, prompting Caleb to approach with Black Keys to knock her out.
• Shirou blocked Caleb, explained that the Hogyoku might gather Trisha's shattered soul and allow her revival, and accepted Olga Marie's plea for help.
• Shirou asked Conductor Rodan for permission to investigate, then ordered Webber and Caleb to examine the body from magical and scientific perspectives.
• Caleb told Webber that although he believed mages deserved punishment, he had not intended to kill Olga Marie, who was mourning her companion.

After Trisha was murdered aboard the Mystic Eye Collection Train, Shirou investigated the scene and comforted Olga Marie while preparing to protect Webber. The chapter ended with Webber setting out to pursue something important to him, with Shirou accompanying him.

• Caleb examined Trisha’s body and concluded she had been killed by a clean decapitation, while the others noted that her head was missing.
• Shirou deduced that Caleb possessed Mystic Eyes of Past Sight and left him to speak with Webber.
• Shirou visited Olga Marie, acknowledged her grief over Trisha, and offered to arrange another room, but Olga Marie insisted on staying in hers.
• That night, Shirou guarded Webber’s room because Webber could not defend himself from the murderer.
• Webber left his room to pursue something important to him, and Shirou agreed to go with him.

Shirou, Gray, and Webber met a powerful woman on the Mystic Eye Collection Train, where she recognized Webber and attacked him. Shirou stopped her sword and prepared to face her.

• Shirou, Gray, and Webber arrived at the crude carriage where their appointment was set to take place.
• Shirou told Gray that Olga Marie had been given time and space to recover, while storm clouds gathered over the train.
• A woman with mismatched gold and silver eyes appeared on the roof and insulted Webber, mentioning Ouminous and his former Master's clairvoyance.
• The woman declared that Webber should die and slashed at him with her shortsword.
• Shirou caught the woman's blade one-handed and challenged her as a Servant.

Shirou and his companions were attacked by Hephaestion and her lightning chariot, leaving Webber badly burned. Shirou brought Webber to his room and used the Hogyoku and Fullbring to heal him while ordering Fujino, Gray, and Ulquiorra to guard the room.

• Shirou fought Hephaestion, who revealed herself as Iskandar's foremost confidant and attacked with a lightning-charged chariot.
• Webber stopped Shirou from unleashing a devastating attack, and Shirou carried Webber and Gray away before the chariot struck.
• Caules found Webber scorched by lightning, and Webber collapsed after asking them not to tell the train staff.
• Shirou brought Webber to his room, ordered Fujino and Gray to guard the door, and summoned Ulquiorra to protect them.
• Shirou used the Hogyoku and Fullbring to restore Webber's burned body as Olga Marie questioned his abilities.

After the Mystic Eye Collection Train was forced toward the Sea of Trees' Child, Shirou used a projected armament to warm the carriage and prepared to face the ice-and-snow apparition. Webber woke as the train stopped, and Shirou left the others behind to seek the True Crimson Fruit.

• Shirou treated Webber's injuries, while Gray prayed for her master's recovery.
• Lord Rodin announced that the train's ley-line tracks had been tampered with and warned that it would enter the Sea of Trees' Child.
• As snow fell and the carriage grew cold, Shirou projected a golden, sunlike object to warm the room.
• Webber woke and apologized to Gray before asking to rest for another five minutes.
• The train stopped in an icy landscape, and Shirou told the others to stay put while he went to pick fruit.

Fujino and Ulquiorra guarded Shirou’s room until he allowed Yvette and Caleb Frampton inside. Shirou agreed to help Caleb control his Mystic Eyes in exchange for investigating Kirei Kotomine, then said he could defeat the Dead Apostles by cutting down the branches protecting the Sea of Trees’ fruit.

• Fujino blocked Yvette from entering Shirou’s room, and Ulquiorra threatened her with his katana until Shirou invited the visitors inside.
• Yvette checked on Webber, who complained that she had neglected her self-study assignment.
• Yvette explained that the Mystic Eye Train had broken down and that Caleb needed to sell his Mystic Eyes because his life depended on it.
• Shirou offered to help Caleb control his Mystic Eyes if Caleb used his Church connections to find Kirei Kotomine.
• Shirou declared that he would reach the Sea of Trees’ fruit and cut down the branches protecting it, ending the battle within half an hour.

Shirou blasted and hacked his way through the Son of Fuhailin’s defenses, seized its core, and encountered Hephaestion while trying to catch the departing Mystic Eye Train. He left Hephaestion facing a Broken Phantasm explosion as he vanished.

• Shirou used a pseudo-Balmung blast and Broken Phantasms to clear a path through the forest, stunning Yvette and Caleb.
• Shirou cut through the Son of Fuhailin’s branches, reached its sapphire core, and pocketed it.
• Shirou detonated a Broken Phantasm behind him and confronted Hephaestion, who had been searching for Ulquiorra.
• Shirou projected Karna’s Brahmastra, vanished toward the train, and left Hephaestion to face its Broken Phantasm explosion.

Olga Marie searched the train compartment and discovered a hidden Imaginary Space tied to Trisha’s Magic Crest, but Fujino stopped her from opening it. Ayano Riri arrived to investigate, while Fujino kept her at bay with her Mystic Eyes and overwhelming physical strength.

• Olga Marie repeatedly searched the cleaned room after an explosion shook the train and it started moving again.
• Olga Marie found a spell formula suspended at a fixed position relative to the train and recognized it as Trisha’s Imaginary Space.
• Olga Marie tried to open the space by turning her wrist and guessing Trisha’s password, but Fujino stopped her, warning that Shirou might otherwise be unable to save Trisha.
• Fujino spotted Ayano Riri’s white snake familiar under the bed and confronted it for watching them.
• Ayano Riri entered the room and claimed that investigating the case was part of her job, while Fujino held her at bay with her Mystic Eyes of Distortion.

Shirou reunited Trisha’s head with her body and returned her soul, attempting to revive her. Trisha began to twitch, leaving the group to see whether the resurrection had succeeded.

• Melvin arrived and went to see Webber aboard the Rail Zeppelin.
• Fujino told Shirou that she had found Trisha’s head in an Imaginary Pocket.
• Shirou learned that time did not pass in Imaginary Space and decided he could try to revive Trisha.
• Shirou used the Hogyoku to reconnect Trisha’s head and body, then returned her soul.
• Trisha’s body twitched after Shirou’s procedure.

Trisha awakened and reunited with Olga Marie, while Shirou learned her Imaginary Space magecraft and heard Tiamat singing inside it. After Trisha suspected Dr. Arest had arranged her beheading, Shirou left with Fujino to help Father Caleb control his Mystic Eyes and search for someone.

• Olga Marie threw herself at the newly awakened Trisha, and Shirou prescribed her extensive sleep as treatment.
• Shirou asked Trisha to teach him Imaginary Space magecraft in exchange for saving her, then quickly opened the space himself.
• Shirou heard Tiamat singing inside Imaginary Space, warned the others about her, and said he could only hold her back for about twenty minutes.
• Trisha admitted she did not know who had cut off her head but suspected Dr. Arest was the mastermind.
• Shirou left with Fujino to help Father Caleb master his out-of-control Mystic Eyes in exchange for his help finding someone, while Olga Marie complained about Shirou.

Shirou helped Father Caleb gain control of his Mystic Eyes and asked him to investigate Kirei Kotomine. Meanwhile, Shirou sent Fujino to alert Second about the suspicious Caules and learned that Natalia had found the young man he was looking for.

• Shirou told Fujino that Dr. Hartless was likely on the train and sent her to tell Second that Caules seemed wrong.
• Shirou visited Father Caleb and used the Hogyoku to help him control his Mystic Eyes.
• Father Caleb thanked Shirou and agreed to investigate Kirei Kotomine after returning.
• Shirou called Natalia, who said she had found the young man and was heading toward him.

Shirou joined the pursuit of Dr. Hartless after he fled the carriage, while Webber recovered the Holy Relic and questioned Faker about her past. Faker attacked when Webber asked why she had not appeared in the King's Army, and Shirou blocked her as Webber prepared to continue.

• Shirou woke inside the carriage and found Natalia fighting Faker while Father Caleb confronted Dr. Hartless.
• Dr. Hartless escaped with Faker, and Shirou pursued them with Webber and Gray.
• Dr. Hartless returned the Holy Relic to Webber, who wrapped it safely and asked Faker about her name and her absence from the King's Army.
• Faker attacked Webber, and Shirou stopped her with his sheathed sword while Webber prepared to explain further.

Father Caleb fought Dr. Hartless while Shirou battled Faker, but Faker escaped Shirou’s powerful attack by activating a spell. Webber resolved to continue his fight against Dr. Hartless, then agreed to deliver Shirou’s blue sphere in exchange for a new Pocket Monsters game.

• Natalia offered to shoot Dr. Hartless, but Father Caleb refused her help and fought him using Black Keys and Caleb’s invisible Illusory Mystic Eyes.
• Dr. Hartless summoned Faker with a Command Spell and then spent another Command Spell empowering Faker’s final attack.
• Faker summoned his chariot and charged at Shirou and Webber with the Wheel of the Demon Heavens.
• Shirou unleashed his Cero of the King, but Faker escaped during the blast, and Shirou apologized to Webber for failing to stop him.
• Webber gave up on the Holy Grail War and declared that El-Melloi II’s battle would continue, then agreed to deliver Shirou’s blue sphere to Bartholomello in return for a new Pocket Monsters game.

In February 2002, Shirou summoned Irisviel von Einzbern as a Caster using a photograph, then sent her to find Kiritsugu and Illya. He set out with Okita Souji for Mount Enzou on a sudden hunch.

• Shirou drew a summoning circle and used an edited photograph of Irisviel as his catalyst instead of trying to summon King Arthur.
• Shirou summoned Irisviel, who introduced herself as Caster and asked him about Emiya Kiritsugu.
• Shirou told Irisviel where Kiritsugu and Illya were, and she hurried out to find them.
• Okita Souji asked why Shirou had summoned Irisviel, and he explained that he wanted to help Kiritsugu's wife and Illya.
• Shirou asked Okita to accompany him to Mount Enzou, though he did not know why he felt compelled to go there.

Shirou and Okita Souji investigated Mount Enzou, where Shirou encountered a Shadow Servant resembling Siegfried and learned that Solomon had summoned the Shadow Servants. As they started down the mountain, they found an exhausted Lancer whose appearance Shirou recognized, leaving him stunned.

• Shirou and Okita Souji walked up Mount Enzou, and Shirou sensed an approaching attacker.
• A Shadow Servant resembling Siegfried ambushed Shirou, but Shirou destroyed him.
• Solomon told Marisbury Animusphere that one of his summoned Shadow Servants had been destroyed.
• Shirou decided to leave the mountain with Okita Souji, but sensed another Servant nearby.
• Shirou cut through a boulder and found a green-haired Lancer, whom he recognized and stared at in shock.

Shirou found Enkidu near Mount Enzou and formed a contract with him, then returned home to find his friends from Kan'fuze City had arrived despite the Holy Grail War. The chapter ended with Enkidu and Okita Souji confronted by the Emiya household's chaotic gathering.

• Enkidu told Shirou that his Master had died while investigating the leyline beneath Mount Enzou and that he was about to vanish from lack of mana.
• Shirou offered Enkidu a contract, and Enkidu accepted after confirming Shirou could supply enough mana for two Servants.
• Shirou rushed home to make supper, and Enkidu and Okita Souji chased him to the Emiya residence.
• Shirou recognized Ryougi Shiki's car outside and realized that his friends from Kan'fuze City had come to Fuyuki despite his warning.
• Shirou entered and found Touko Aozaki and Natalia drinking, Kiritsugu and Irisviel watching Illya, Shiki and Kirie chatting, and the others gathered around the house.

Shirou struggled to keep the Karan-do group away from Fuyuki despite their willingness to face the Holy Grail War, then invited Enkidu to visit Gilgamesh. As Shirou sensed danger and practiced magecraft through the night, Natalia told Touko she had quit smoking because it was banned in the Emiya family.

• Shirou objected to Shiki, Mikiya, Mana, and Touko coming to Fuyuki, but gave up when Shiki insisted they could protect themselves.
• Shirou helped Enkidu choose modern clothes and suggested that they visit Gilgamesh the next day.
• Shirou reflected on the Emiya family's growth and his ominous instincts, then practiced magecraft because he could not sleep.
• Enkidu stayed in spirit form outside Shirou's door to guard him from another ambush.
• Natalia declined Touko's cigarette and explained that she had quit because smoking was forbidden in the Emiya family.

Shirou brought Enkidu to Fuyuki City’s church, where they met Gilgamesh, who had become a game-loving shut-in. After Shirou followed a smell of blood deeper into the church with Kallen, they encountered Cú Chulainn, who suspected Shirou was thinking something rude.

• Shirou brought Enkidu to the church and found Gilgamesh playing a handheld game console.
• Gilgamesh insulted Shirou as a counterfeit and tested his strength, but Enkidu defended his Master.
• Shirou offered Gilgamesh two game cartridges, which Gilgamesh accepted before taking Enkidu off to play.
• Shirou smelled blood and went deeper into the church, where he met Kallen Olsytia, its person in charge.
• Shirou and Kallen found Cú Chulainn, who confronted Shirou about his suspicious thoughts.

Shirou fought Cú Chulainn in a church, where their duel ended when Enkidu and Gilgamesh arrived. Cú Chulainn realized he was facing three powerful opponents and began looking for a way to escape with his injured Master.

• Cú Chulainn attacked Shirou, who revealed his Command Spells but chose to fight without summoning Enkidu.
• Shirou and Cú Chulainn traded blows until Shirou caught him off guard with a Void Blast, then asked to stop when he noticed Kallen was frightened.
• Cú Chulainn refused to stop, explaining that he had used Rune Magic to heal his Master but could only manage fire runes well.
• Enkidu arrived, and Gilgamesh appeared with him after their gaming session.
• Cú Chulainn recognized Gilgamesh and Enkidu as formidable threats and cautiously backed away, but Shirou pointed him out to them.

Shirou and Enkidu confronted Cú Chulainn, learned that Kirei Kotomine had ambushed and badly injured Bazett, and Shirou healed her. They recognized that the Holy Grail War had unusual complications, while Gilgamesh said someone would handle the unexpected developments.

• Cú Chulainn backed down after Shirou, Enkidu, and Gilgamesh confronted him, then explained that Kirei Kotomine had ambushed Bazett and broken her spine.
• Enkidu suggested dealing with Bazett as an enemy, but Shirou refused and began healing her.
• Shirou told Enkidu that he had encountered a second Lancer and a Shadow Servant, and Gilgamesh dismissed the irregularities as a minor accident.
• Gilgamesh stayed behind to help Kallen while Shirou and Enkidu prepared to leave.
• After Shirou finished treating Bazett, he asked Cú Chulainn to organize a copy of his Rune magecraft, and Cú Chulainn complained that Runes were troublesome.