Chapter Summaries

Kurumi released the divine seed and forced Saber away from the Sea Demon, revealing herself as the divine Heroic Spirit the Church had warned about. She began cleansing the corrupted river while Caster vowed to defile her, and the confrontation remained unresolved.

• Kurumi transformed into a divine form and told Saber she would handle the Sea Demon while protecting ordinary people.
• Saber lowered Excalibur and returned to shore after Kurumi overpowered her, then identified Kurumi as the divine Heroic Spirit.
• Iskandar wondered whether Kurumi was a Saintess or Goddess, while Gilgamesh called her a god's lackey and considered making her his consort.
• The Conqueror King's Army of the King failed to contain the Sea Demon, which surged through the river in waves of bloody water.
• Kurumi's golden patterns cleansed the bloodied water and erased severed limbs as Caster raged inside the Sea Demon and threatened to make her suffer.

Kurumi destroyed Caster’s Sea Demon with her gravity formations and divine flames, ending Caster’s threat. After returning to her witch form and leaving the river, she considered Diarmuid as her next target and received a side quest.

• Kurumi restrained the Sea Demon with thirteen gravity formations, crushing its tentacles and stopping its regeneration.
• Kurumi burned the Sea Demon, Caster, and the surrounding traces of blood and corruption with divine flames; Red Queen kept a tentacle fragment for experiments.
• Kurumi’s divine power faded, and she returned to her black dress before waving to Saber and vanishing from the river.
• The Masters grew more wary of Kurumi, while Irisviel worried about Saber’s connection to her.
• Kurumi went to bed beside Sakura as Red Queen examined the tentacle fragment, and Kurumi thought of Diarmuid before a side quest appeared.

Kurumi accepted a quest to give Diarmuid an honorable battle and went to intervene as his fight with Saber began. Kaineth tried to warn Diarmuid but discovered a gunman had found him and Sola.

• Kurumi accepted the quest issued by Diarmuid and learned that Gaia and Alaya-Shik had chosen her as a Divine Agent.
• Red Queen warned Kurumi that Diarmuid would die that night, and Kurumi headed to the battle after confirming Saber and Lancer were fighting.
• Diarmuid encountered Saber and the woman in white and began a chivalrous clash with them.
• Kaineth, unable to use his damaged magic circuits or warn Diarmuid, heard a nearby sound and found a gunman opposite him as he whispered Sola's name.

Kurumi intervened after Kaineth used a Command Spell to make Diarmuid kill himself, restoring Diarmuid and his broken spear. She sent him to finish the final battle and promised to return him to the Hall of Heroes.

• Emiya Kiritsugu threatened Kaineth, who used a Command Spell to order Diarmuid to kill himself.
• Diarmuid impaled himself with his crimson spear, and Saber realized Kaineth had been forced to use his Command Spell.
• Kurumi arrived in a divine state, weakening Irisviel with her radiance and claiming that a source of evil lay within her.
• Kurumi restored Diarmuid to life and returned his broken Yellow Rose of Mortality, while Diarmuid received memories of his future self.
• Kurumi told Diarmuid to take up his spears, finish the final battle, and then return to the Hall of Heroes.

Kurumi restored Saber and Lancer to their peak states and oversaw their duel, which Saber won. Diarmuid fulfilled his final wish and disappeared, while Kurumi received a charm-enhancing gift.

• Kurumi made Lancer choose an opponent and restored Saber to her peak state by returning her sheath.
• Diarmuid challenged Saber, and Kurumi created an arena for their fair duel.
• Saber and Diarmuid fought with their spears and sword until a golden torrent declared Saber the winner.
• Diarmuid accepted defeat, bowed to Kaineth, and knelt before Kurumi to fulfill his final wish.
• Divine radiance carried Diarmuid away, and Kurumi received the Radiant Visage's Gift, a black tear mole that enhanced her Charm.

Kurumi returned to the villa after preventing Kiritsugu from attacking Kaineth and discovered that Diarmuid’s gift had given her a powerful Charm. As the Holy Grail War’s remaining Masters grew cautious, Red Queen arranged for Kurumi to meet Saber the next day.

• Kurumi returned to the villa, suppressed her divine power, and found that her beauty mark could trigger Charm even when she was not trying to seduce anyone.
• Red Queen reported that Old Bug remained in the Matou residence while Nightmare searched for his hidden clones, and Kurumi reassured Sakura that she would not leave her behind.
• Red Queen put Sakura to sleep and told Kurumi that Tohsaka Tokiomi’s planned alliance with Saber had fallen through because of Kotomine Kirei.
• Red Queen explained that Tohsaka Tokiomi had dismissed the truth about Sakura’s suffering and had driven Matou Kariya close to collapse, then revealed she had saved recordings of the events.
• Red Queen told Kurumi that Saber had agreed to meet her the next day, calling it a date, while Kurumi insisted it was likely a battle appointment.

Saber met Kurumi in a café, where Kurumi proposed an alliance and explained that she had intervened in the Holy Grail War because the Grail was corrupted. Saber learned that it could grant wishes through destructive means, and Kurumi said her aim was to remove the source of evil.

• Saber arrived at Kurumi’s café invitation, and Kurumi proposed that they form an alliance.
• Kurumi challenged Saber’s trust in Kiritsugu and said Saber should trust her divine form, then revealed she was an elf transformed from a human and nurtured by the World Tree.
• Kurumi had Red Queen seal the café with a magecraft barrier and explained that she had come for what was inside the Holy Grail.
• Kurumi told Saber the Holy Grail was corrupted and now fulfilled wishes destructively, such as by destroying a city.
• Kurumi clarified that she meant to remove the source of evil, not eliminate the Holy Grail, and questioned whether the Grail could truly grant omnipotent wishes.

Kurumi Tokisaki tried to persuade Artoria to abandon her wish for the Holy Grail and offered her an alliance, but Artoria said she needed to consult her Master. Kurumi then revealed that Berserker was Lancelot, leaving Artoria shaken by the fate of her former Knight of the Round Table.

• Artoria questioned Kurumi about her identity, and Kurumi introduced herself as Kurumi Tokisaki and invited Artoria to use her name.
• Kurumi offered to erase Artoria’s regrets, but Artoria insisted she still wanted the Holy Grail to return to her era.
• Kurumi proposed an alliance in which Artoria would receive the Holy Grail while Kurumi claimed the heads of Golden Flash, Blackie, and the Conqueror King.
• Kurumi asked Artoria about Berserker, but Artoria said he did not seem familiar and teased Kurumi about her clothes.
• Kurumi revealed that Berserker was Lancelot, the Knight of the Lake, and Artoria reacted with disbelief and distress.

Kurumi took Artoria on a date, explaining the idea as they ate and shopped together. As evening fell, Artoria suddenly disappeared, leaving Kurumi to wonder whether a Command Spell had summoned her away.

• Kurumi calmed Artoria and suggested that Lancelot might have wanted to apologize rather than fight her.
• Kurumi invited Artoria on a date, and Artoria eagerly agreed after learning that it involved eating.
• Kurumi and Artoria spent the day wandering and snacking, with Artoria eating far more than Kurumi could comfortably keep up with.
• As they sat together at sunset, Artoria vanished without any nearby magical energy fluctuation, and Kurumi wondered if a Command Spell had summoned her.

Kurumi joined Artoria in pursuing the Servant who had kidnapped Irisviel, while realizing that Berserker had disguised himself as Iskandar and framed the Conqueror King. As Artoria and Iskandar raced along the mountain road, Kurumi agreed to help stop him so they could reach Irisviel.

• The Red Queen told Kurumi that Berserker had disguised himself as Iskandar, ambushed Saber's hideout, and kidnapped Einzbern.
• Kurumi arrived at the Einzbern residence and offered to help Artoria pursue the apparent Conqueror King.
• Artoria sped after Iskandar on her motorcycle with Kurumi riding behind her.
• Kurumi sensed that the kidnapper was not Iskandar and realized Berserker had escaped after framing him.
• Artoria and Iskandar raced their vehicles along the mountain road, and Kurumi agreed to help force the Divine Chariot to stop.

Artoria confronted Iskandar over Irisviel’s disappearance and unleashed Excalibur, but the Conqueror King evaded the attack. Kurumi replenished Artoria’s magic, and they rode off to investigate who had taken Irisviel, while Matou Kariya questioned a woman beside Kotomine Kirei.

• Artoria accused Iskandar of abducting Irisviel and demanded that he return her.
• Iskandar denied taking Irisviel, but Artoria prepared to fight as Kurumi pointed out that Irisviel was not with him.
• Artoria released Excalibur, blasting the mountain road, but Iskandar evaded the strike with his Divine Chariot.
• Kurumi restored Artoria’s magic, and Artoria asked her to help find Irisviel’s abductor before they rode away together.
• Matou Kariya asked Kotomine Kirei about a woman lying on the ground.

Kurumi and Artoria tracked Irisviel’s trail to a bloodied clearing, where Berserker Lancelot attacked Artoria. As they fought, Matou Kariya watched from the shadows, struggling to endure the magical energy demands of the battle.

• Matou Kariya demanded information from Kotomine Kirei, who warned that challenging the witch would get him killed.
• Kotomine Kirei carried the unconscious Irisviel away as Saber’s magical energy drew near, and Matou Kariya followed him into the shadows.
• Kurumi and Artoria found traces of Irisviel and concluded she had been badly injured and taken away.
• Kurumi suggested Berserker might be responsible, and Artoria insisted Lancelot would never do such a thing.
• Berserker Lancelot emerged from the shadows and struck Artoria, forcing her to defend herself while Kurumi watched.
• Matou Kariya, hiding nearby, coughed up bloodied Engraved Bugs as Berserker’s battle drained his magical energy.

Artoria and Berserker fought until Berserker was recalled by a Command Spell, and Kurumi told Artoria to ask Emiya Kiritsugu about the auras she had sensed. Kurumi chose to wait for The Evil of This World to awaken rather than hunt down the remaining enemies, then went to sleep, leaving Tohsaka Aoi to Sakura.

• Artoria regained the advantage over Berserker and destroyed his Noble Phantasm, but Berserker vanished after his Master recalled him with a Command Spell.
• Kurumi told Artoria that she had sensed four auras and urged her to return and question Emiya Kiritsugu about Irisviel and the others.
• Kurumi explained to the Red Queen that Berserker was still useful and that she planned to catch her enemies together when The Evil of This World awakened.
• The Red Queen teased Kurumi for being lazy, and Kurumi admitted that her magic crest research and depleted spiritual power had left her unwilling to act.
• Kurumi changed into pajamas and went to sleep, telling the Red Queen to wake her when Heroic Spirits fought and leaving Tohsaka Aoi to Sakura.

Matou Kariya and Tohsaka Tokiomi fought at the Fuyuki Church, with Kariya driven by rage over Sakura and Tokiomi’s role in her fate. Kariya unexpectedly landed punches that disrupted Tokiomi’s magecraft, and Tokiomi resorted to fighting with his fists.

• Aoi rushed to the Fuyuki Church after learning that Kariya and Tokiomi were going to duel.
• Kariya and Tokiomi exchanged words before beginning a magecraft battle, where Tokiomi’s superior skill gave him the advantage.
• Tokiomi’s fireball consumed Kariya’s insects, causing the remaining Engraved Bugs to devour Kariya’s body faster.
• Kariya charged Tokiomi with his fist and struck him, leaving Tokiomi stunned when his magecraft failed to stop the blow.
• Kariya landed another punch, and Tokiomi threw aside his cane and fought back with his fists.

Tohsaka Tokiomi and Matou Kariya fought brutally by hand inside the church, while Kotomine Kirei and the King of Heroes watched from above. Tohsaka Aoi arrived and witnessed the bizarre struggle.

• Kotomine Kirei and the King of Heroes watched Tohsaka Tokiomi and Matou Kariya fight and discussed how Aoi might react.
• Matou Kariya struck Tohsaka Tokiomi, while his Engraved Bugs caused him to cough up blood and insects onto Tokiomi.
• Tokiomi and Kariya wrestled across the church, trading punches as their clothes were scratched and torn.
• Matou Kariya bit Tohsaka Tokiomi's chest, and Tokiomi retaliated by biting Kariya before they resumed fighting.
• Kotomine Kirei questioned the King of Heroes about the spectacle, and Tohsaka Aoi appeared in the church doorway.

Aoi mistook Tohsaka Tokiomi and Matou Kariya’s brutal duel for an intimate encounter and left the church in anger with Sakura. After the men resumed fighting and finally exhausted themselves, Tohsaka Tokiomi acknowledged Kariya’s strength and offered him a place among magi, leaving Kariya to consider the proposal as Kotomine Kirei watched.

• Aoi arrived at the church and, seeing the battered men in the shadows, accused Tohsaka Tokiomi and Matou Kariya of behaving like lovers.
• Aoi rebuked both men, then ran from the church after Tohsaka Tokiomi criticized her composure.
• Aoi encountered Sakura, returned with her to give the men another chance, and left again after they saw the pair still struggling together.
• Matou Kariya and Tohsaka Tokiomi fought until their clothes were ruined and both collapsed from exhaustion.
• Tohsaka Tokiomi acknowledged that Kariya had won and asked whether he wanted to return to the world of magi and live with Aoi.
• Kotomine Kirei observed the scene from above and remarked to the King of Heroes that events were taking a strange turn.

Kotomine Kirei considered turning against Tohsaka Tokiomi while Tokiomi weighed Matou Kariya’s warning about Kirei and Archer. Kurumi and Red Queen arrived as Golden Flash and Iskandar began their duel, and Golden Flash summoned Ea to face the Conqueror King’s army.

• Golden Flash dismissed Kotomine Kirei’s offer to replace Tohsaka Tokiomi, while Kirei studied the Command Spells on his hand.
• Tohsaka Aoi left Fuyuki City, and Sakura returned to the villa, where Red Queen gave her extra ideological lessons.
• Matou Kariya told Tohsaka Tokiomi that Kotomine Kirei was colluding with Archer and had helped kidnap an Einzbern woman.
• Waver used all three Command Spells, and Iskandar and Golden Flash arranged to finish their fight on the bridge.
• Kurumi and Red Queen arrived above the bridge and planned to observe Golden Flash’s attack and lure out his Chains of Heaven.
• Golden Flash opened a space with a golden key and drew Ea as Iskandar’s warriors charged through the Ionian Hetairoi.

Gilgamesh used Ea to destroy Iskandar’s Army of the king, while Kurumi and Red Queen studied whether the Noble Phantasm truly cut space. As Iskandar charged Gilgamesh without his Divine Chariot, Kurumi prepared Nightmare to kill him if the Chains of Heaven bound him.

• Gilgamesh released Ea’s true name and unleashed a storm that tore apart the Army of the king’s bounded-field world, killing nearly all of Iskandar’s followers.
• Kurumi and Red Queen analyzed the attack and considered whether Ea used real spatial power or merely simulated spatial cutting with wind pressure.
• Kurumi worried that the Chains of Heaven could restrain her divine power and ordered Red Queen to suppress her power and prepare Nightmare to attack.
• Iskandar charged Gilgamesh on horseback, and Kurumi noticed that his Divine Chariot was absent.
• Kurumi gave Red Queen control of Nightmare and ordered it to kill Iskandar if the Chains of Heaven bound him, then attack the chains from every angle.

Nightmare and Kurumi intervened in the duel between Iskandar and Gilgamesh, killing Iskandar with a surprise spear strike and trapping the Chains of Heaven. Kurumi later knocked Gilgamesh into the river and escaped across it as her divinity erupted.

• Iskandar charged Gilgamesh through the Gate of Babylon’s barrage, but the Chains of Heaven restrained him just before he could strike.
• Nightmare hurled its heavy spear through Iskandar, who died after telling Gilgamesh he would wait for him in the Hall of Heroes.
• Nightmare seized the Chains of Heaven and destroyed the bridge in an explosion while Waver escaped and left the battlefield.
• Gilgamesh demanded Kurumi surrender, but Nightmare’s attack damaged the Chains of Heaven instead of harming him.
• Kurumi ejected from Nightmare, grabbed the heavy spear, and swept Gilgamesh into the river before crossing to the opposite bank and unleashing her divinity.

Kurumi entered a divine state and used its power to slow and damage Golden Flash’s Noble Phantasms, while Nightmare struggled to hold the Chains of Heaven. The fight grew more dangerous when Golden Flash redirected his barrage toward Kurumi, whose consciousness remained distant.

• Kurumi transformed the Divine Dress and became nearly as powerful as her peak combat state, though her emotions and awareness were blunted.
• Golden Flash emerged from the river, furious, and opened the Gate of Babylon to attack Kurumi with Noble Phantasms.
• Kurumi spread divine radiance that slowed the incoming weapons and caused them to crack, while Nightmare reinforced its armor to keep the Chains of Heaven restrained.
• Golden Flash flooded Kurumi’s domain with a torrent of Noble Phantasms, accepting that many would be damaged beyond repair.
• Red Queen noticed that Golden Flash had silently shifted his aim toward Kurumi and feared for her while Kurumi remained in a wandering state.