Recaps

Bai Yue and Medusa held a contest inside a shared dream, with Luviya Serlinta joining after discovering what was happening. The contest ended in a draw, and Bai Yue left Luviya wondering whether the bizarre dream had been shared by all three of them.

• Bai Yue and Medusa created dolls that shared their senses and compressed their contest into a few seconds in the outside world.
• Luviya Serlinta entered Medusa's dream through her eyepatch and learned that Bai Yue and Medusa were competing to see whose scabbard reached its limit first.
• Bai Yue invited Luviya to join Medusa, and Luviya accepted, creating another Holy Sword and scabbard for the contest.
• Bai Yue used a Thorn Attack on Luviya, disrupting her focus as the contest continued.
• Luviya and Medusa returned to reality, where the contest had ended in a draw and Bai Yue told Luviya to prepare lunch.

Luviya Serlinta, Medusa, and their companion ended their dream contest by sharing a bizarre lunch made with substances from the scabbard and holy sword. Afterward, Medusa revealed that she wanted to become smaller and cuter because she felt people avoided her striking appearance.

• Luviya Serlinta learned that the contest had ended in a draw, so both she and Medusa had to add their substances to rice.
• Medusa lifted the seal on their senses, and Luviya woke after the accumulated sensations overwhelmed her.
• Their companion showed Luviya a mirror recording of the collection, tasted both glasses, and described Luviya’s as violet-flavored and Medusa’s as like a blood-red rose.
• Medusa and Luviya poured the remaining substance over their rice and ate the unusual meal.
• Their companion asked why Medusa still wore her blindfold, and Medusa admitted she felt people preferred small, cute figures and avoided her when she looked at them.
• Medusa said becoming small and cute was part of the wish she had brought to the Holy Grail War.

Bai Yue explained that Medusa’s beauty, rather than her height, made people shy around her, then kissed her and angered Luviya Serlinta. After Luviya resolved to confront Tohsaka Rin, the story shifted to Lainas, who learned the new matches would pit every Servant against the other six and reunited with the man who had returned after ten years.

• Bai Yue told Medusa that men were intimidated by her beauty and that women were jealous of her appearance, while Luviya Serlinta blamed Medusa’s gloomy manner as well.
• Bai Yue put glasses on Medusa, kissed her without asking, and apologized after Luviya Serlinta pulled them apart.
• Bai Yue silenced Luviya Serlinta and exploited her weakness, leaving her furious when he slipped away; she looked forward to meeting her rival Tohsaka Rin for afternoon tea.
• Lainas recovered from the Queen’s reckless test drive, which destroyed their car, and read the announcement for a six-match contest among the Servants where killing was allowed.
• A man from Lainas’s past joined her and the Queen at their table, and Lainas mocked him for returning after ten years while noticing other women’s scents on him.

Scathach challenged Bai Yue to a fight after recognizing him as an opponent who could fulfill her wish for death. He restored the Land of Shadows and revealed his overwhelming power, leaving Scathach shaken by how little her strongest attack affected him.

• Bai Yue wiped cream from Lainas' mouth as Scathach sensed no danger from him and decided to challenge him to a battle to the death.
• After afternoon tea, Bai Yue transported Scathach and Lainas to the wilderness and restored the Land of Shadows, allowing Scathach to descend in her true form.
• Scathach prepared to fight with her full strength and realized Bai Yue's main body ruled the world and the Root Vortex.
• Scathach unleashed an all-out strike that shattered the Land of Shadows, and Lainas was swept back to the wilderness unharmed.
• Scathach recovered from the attack and admitted that her strongest strike had barely affected Bai Yue.

After erasing the record of Scathach's death, the man challenged her to a duel with equal attributes, and their battle escalated into a brutal contest of endurance and will. The duel ended in an unexpected intimate entanglement, leaving Lainas stunned as the outcome remained unresolved.

• The man explained that he had erased the record of killing Scathach and proposed a fair duel using power equal to hers.
• Scathach and the man fought at superspeed with spears, inflicting severe wounds on each other as Lainas watched.
• After their weapons shattered, they continued fighting with punches, kicks, and headbutts until they could barely move.
• The man kissed Scathach, and she tried to attack his exposed Holy Sword, but he locked their legs together to prevent her.
• Scathach and the man agreed to let the Holy Sword and its sheath decide the duel through sensation, and their sudden, forceful connection left Lainas dumbfounded.

Lainas watched Scathach and the holy sword’s wielder turn their deadly fight into a contest of endurance, with repeated stress reactions deciding who could strike while the other was vulnerable. Scathach ultimately declared him the winner, but her defeat gave her a new goal: to grow stronger and challenge the powerful beings in other worlds.

• Lainas used Magic to listen as Scathach and the holy sword’s wielder continued their duel through the Holy Sword Purification Ritual.
• Scathach and the wielder repeatedly suffered stress reactions at nearly the same time, turning several rounds into draws.
• Lainas accidentally touched the sheath and experienced an involuntary reaction herself.
• The sheath weakened during a later clash, and Scathach fell into a near-fainting state while the holy sword continued attacking.
• Scathach declared that the wielder had won, then resolved to pursue greater strength and challenge the powerful beings he had told her about.

Lainas agreed to undergo the Holy Sword Purification Ritual so she could receive information about another world and gain an advantage in the Holy Grail War contest. The ritual ended with him deliberately using her secondary scabbard, and Lainas asked whether the other participants had experienced the same thing.

• He told Lainas that Scathach had enough magical energy to recover, while Scathach slept and reviewed information about the Hakone World.
• He said Lainas needed to undergo the Holy Sword Purification Ritual to receive his memories, and that experience would help in a Holy Grail War contest.
• Lainas reluctantly agreed, and he began with the Tai Chi Combination Ritual, inspecting her secondary scabbard and transferring material from the true scabbard into it.
• When the formal purification began, he used the secondary scabbard instead of the true one, and Lainas realized he had intended to do so.
• Lainas asked whether the other Holy Grail War participants had also used the wrong scabbard.

Bai Yue performed Holy Sword Purification rituals with Lainas’s secondary scabbard and discovered that she felt pleasure when the ritual’s residue spilled out. The chapter ended as Bai Yue and Lainas prepared to perform the true ritual with both her primary and secondary scabbards at once.

• Lainas questioned Bai Yue about the Holy Sword Purification Ritual, but he refused to explain its details.
• Bai Yue used the Mechanical Holy Body to create a Holy Sword and carrier, then performed the ritual with Lainas’s secondary scabbard.
• Bai Yue repeated the ritual, and Lainas forced them apart, causing the accumulated residue to spill out.
• Bai Yue realized that Lainas felt pleasure when the residue escaped, but she denied it and refused his offer to test her reaction again.
• Bai Yue stopped pressing Lainas, and they prepared to activate both scabbards for the true purification ritual.

After enduring a Holy Sword Purification Ritual, Lainas destroyed the recordings of her loss of control and received limited access to an information library. The next day, Mordred became excited about the Holy Grail War’s announced matches and a mysterious ticket that could take her to other worlds.

• Lainas underwent a purification ritual with both the primary and secondary scabbards, and the combined effects overwhelmed her self-control.
• The ritualist recorded Lainas’s reaction to the secondary scabbard’s release, prompting her to destroy the crystal ball and camera once she regained her senses.
• Lainas learned that the ritual had given her a time-limited hourglass granting access to an information library, and that two other contestants had also undergone purification.
• Lainas suspected Kallen Olsy and either Tohsaka Sakura or Asagami Fujino were the other participants, then planned to enter the library through a dream.
• Mordred welcomed the announced Holy Grail War matches and eagerly anticipated a mysterious ticket to worlds featuring Asura Gods, Buddhas, and Gift Games.

Illya’s mother caught her sneaking in to watch the Holy Sword purification ritual and teased her into plainly stating what she wanted to do. Mordred watched in stunned disbelief as Artoria behaved affectionately and playfully, leaving her unsure whether the scene was an illusion or her father’s true self.

• Illya crept toward her mother’s room, where Bai Yue and Alice were performing the purification ritual, and Mordred followed her to the doorway.
• Illya and Mordred accidentally pushed the door open and tumbled into the room, startling Artoria and Alice.
• Artoria carried Illya to the Altar and teased her about repeatedly watching the ritual, then invited her to participate.
• Artoria removed the seal around Illya’s scabbard and urged her to say explicitly what she wanted.
• Illya stammered out the improper words describing the act she wanted, while Mordred watched in shock and questioned whether Artoria’s behavior was an illusion.

Mordred discovered Artoria’s relationship with the Holy Sword’s wielder and was drawn into a chaotic purification ritual with Illya. The group then proposed a ten-round parent-child duel, with Illya rolling to decide who would go first.

• Mordred confronted Artoria after witnessing her ritual with Lady Alice and learned that the Holy Sword’s wielder had stolen Artoria’s heart.
• Artoria admitted she was happy with her choice, while Mordred threatened to make the wielder regret it if he ever hurt her.
• The Holy Sword’s wielder provoked Mordred into joining the purification ritual, where she and Illya took turns collecting the substance it produced.
• The wielder proposed a ten-round purification contest between Alice and Illya and Artoria and Mordred.
• Alice gave Illya a die to determine which team would go first, and Illya rolled a two.

Alice and Illya carried out an elaborate Holy Sword Purification Ritual as their first move in the contest against Mordred. Illya used a secondary scabbard in the unorthodox plan, and the chapter ended as it began merging with the Holy Sword.

• Mordred rolled a one, giving Alice and Illya the chance to go first.
• Alice whispered their battle plan to Illya, then helped her prepare in matching white formal gowns.
• Alice and Illya began the ritual, using the Holy Sword’s vessel and a secondary scabbard in their combination.
• Mordred realized Illya’s apparent mistake was part of Alice’s plan, and the Holy Sword wielder eagerly accepted the unusual ritual.
• Illya worried that the secondary scabbard would make Bai Yue dislike her, then felt it start to merge with the Holy Sword.

Illya completed a round of the Holy Sword Purification Ritual with Bai Yue, while Mordred and Artoria prepared to compete against Illya and Irisviel. Artoria persuaded Mordred to continue as a team and revealed that Alice had prepared matching bridal attire for them.

• Illya realized that the Holy Sword welcomed the auxiliary scabbard and admitted through telepathy that she liked Bai Yue.
• Bai Yue teased Illya about being the cutest auxiliary scabbard, while Artoria grew embarrassed as Mordred questioned her about the ritual.
• The first round ended when the Holy Sword and scabbard separated, releasing energy into a crystal cup; the contest would last ten rounds, with five for each side.
• Mordred urged Artoria to join the next round, then tried to proceed alone when Artoria hesitated.
• Artoria stopped Mordred from going alone and led her to the dressing room, where she showed her two custom-made bridal outfits prepared by Alice.

Mordred and Artoria copied Irisviel and Illya’s Holy Sword Purification Ritual, producing less substance than Illya. Alice and Illya then changed into maid outfits and prepared to begin their turn.

• Mordred wore the ritual dress Irisviel had prepared and joined Artoria for the purification ritual.
• Artoria and Mordred copied the Einzbern pair’s opening moves, then fused their scabbards to produce the substance.
• Mordred released the substance into a crystal container and found they had collected about two-thirds of Illya’s amount.
• Alice and Illya changed into matching maid outfits and greeted the group with a seductive invitation.

Mordred and Artoria watched Irisviel and Illya perform an elaborate Holy Sword purification ritual and researched the modern products used in it. After the ritual ended, they headed to the dressing room to prepare for their turn, with their ritual outfits still unrevealed.

• Irisviel and Illya used vibrating and twisting modern devices on the scabbards while performing the purification ritual with Alice.
• Mordred searched online and discovered that the devices were legal products, while Artoria denied ever having used or encountered them.
• Alice and Illya performed another startling part of the ritual, which left Mordred and Artoria watching in shock.
• Irisviel and Illya finished the ritual, and Mordred led Artoria to the dressing room to prepare for their turn.

Mordred and Artoria disguised themselves as matching lion-eared maids and performed the purification ritual while trying to keep their identities hidden. After the ritual left them dazed, Mordred nearly gave herself away and grew furious when the owner of the Holy Sword made a disparaging remark about the other scabbard’s substance.

• Mordred and Artoria put on matching maid outfits, let down their hair, and emerged together to confuse Illya about who was who.
• Irisviel recognized that the pair were imitating her and Illya while disguising themselves as each other.
• The owner of the Holy Sword tried to identify the maids with teasing remarks, but neither their reactions nor their responses revealed their identities.
• Mordred and Artoria performed the Tai Chi Combination Ritual, intensifying the scabbards’ reactions until they released three waves of mist.
• Mordred nearly answered when someone called her name, then realized she had almost exposed herself.
• The owner of the Holy Sword associated a strawberry scent with one substance and refused to describe the other, leaving Mordred furious.

Mordred and Artoria collected the Holy Sword’s substance during their purification turn, then watched Irisviel and Illya perform theirs in school outfits. Artoria realized Little Cutie was absorbing and storing the substance, revealing the mother and daughter’s hidden advantage.

• Mordred and Artoria completed their purification turn, gathered nearly as much substance as Illya’s side, and disguised their scents before changing back.
• Irisviel and Illya began their turn in school outfits, with Irisviel using a maneuver Mordred and Artoria could not imitate.
• Mordred teased Artoria about her body, then asked her to devise a way for them to compete with Irisviel’s technique.
• Artoria noticed that the scabbard’s stress reactions remained strong even though little substance appeared to be escaping through Little Cutie.
• Artoria realized Little Cutie was absorbing and storing the substance, and Mordred recognized the method as similar to collecting water from mist with cloth.

Mordred and Artoria watched Lady Irisviel and Illya perform a Holy Sword purification ritual and learned their SPA method. Mordred proposed a new plan using the area that clamped the sub-scabbard, and she and Artoria began trying it as Lady Irisviel watched with interest.

• Mordred watched Lady Irisviel and Illya use Little Cutie’s transparent substance to wipe the Holy Sword and perform the SPA ritual.
• Mordred questioned Artoria about the earlier purification ritual, and Artoria admitted that they had pressed the scabbard opening against the Holy Sword while wiping.
• Lady Irisviel and Illya completed their ritual, collecting the substance produced during the purification.
• Mordred proposed that she and Artoria wear JK outfits and squeeze the Holy Sword with the areas that clamped the sub-scabbard while performing their own SPA ritual.
• Mordred and Artoria exposed the sub-scabbard-clamping areas and moved together, while Lady Irisviel recognized their plan.

Artoria and Mordred’s ritual left their side tied with Illya and Irisviel’s, so Illya devised an unorthodox method for the fourth match. As Illya and Irisviel’s ritual continued, Artoria found inspiration in a webpage and secretly conceived an even more shocking plan.

• Artoria and Mordred completed their ritual, bringing their collected substance to roughly the same level as Illya’s side.
• Illya took charge of the next round and devised a swimsuit-clad Tai Chi Combination Ritual with Irisviel after seeing a hint on Mordred’s laptop.
• Mordred questioned whether Illya had truly invented the method, while Artoria read a hospital webpage and formed a startling new ritual plan.
• Artoria destroyed the laptop when Mordred noticed her reaction, then denied having thought of anything.
• Illya and Irisviel continued their ritual, passing the extracted substance by mouth to the Holy Sword wielder before switching places.

Artoria and Mordred performed a nurse-themed Holy Sword purification ritual using IV tubing, impressing the others with their method. As the ritual ended, Irisviel tasked Illya with inventing a more outrageous approach for the final round, and Illya began developing an idea after browsing nursing information.

• Artoria and Mordred emerged dressed as nurses and uncovered the Holy Sword’s sheath.
• Artoria and Mordred repeatedly fused their secondary sheaths with the Holy Sword while an IV tube delivered the substance it produced.
• Irisviel told Illya to devise a ritual that could surpass Artoria’s, and Illya searched nursing information on a laptop for inspiration.
• Illya found a method for internally cleaning a secondary sheath, and Irisviel began combining it with Illya’s idea for the next ritual.
• The Holy Sword reacted to Artoria’s and Mordred’s different techniques, producing a large amount of transparent substance before the ritual ended.
• Irisviel told Illya it was time to prepare for the next round, and Illya protested that she did not want to proceed.

Irisviel and Illya used a funnel and the Holy Sword’s substance to perform an elaborate purification ritual, leaving Artoria and Mordred worried they could not match it. Mordred then whispered a daring plan for their fifth round, and Artoria agreed to try it.

• Illya watched Artoria and Mordred finish their ritual and felt embarrassed when Bai Yue compared their results.
• Irisviel and Illya dressed in miko attire and poured their stored substance through a funnel into Illya’s sub-scabbard.
• Illya used the Holy Sword’s substance to wash the sub-scabbard as Irisviel supplied more, impressing Artoria and Mordred.
• Mordred doubted their chances in the fifth round, while Artoria worried the Holy Sword’s increased output might consume their share.
• Mordred whispered a new ritual method to Artoria, and Artoria agreed to it despite her hesitation.

Illya and Irisviel’s purification ritual produced an unusually large amount of substance, but it left the Holy Sword visibly fatigued and revealed that Illya’s secondary sheath had begun reacting to the ritual. Artoria and Mordred began their final-round performance with a cheongsam and a syringe, leaving Illya to fear they planned to draw the substance back out through a tube.

• Illya and Irisviel completed the secondary-sheath ritual, and Illya noticed that the sheath’s sensations had changed and that it reacted alongside the Holy Sword.
• Mordred realized that repeated purification had made the secondary sheath respond to the ritual and questioned Artoria about her own past experiences with it.
• The Eizenbern mother and daughter’s fifth ritual produced nearly thirty percent of the total substance and left the Holy Sword showing signs of fatigue.
• Artoria and Mordred chose a cheongsam for their final performance and approached the Holy Sword with a medical kit.
• Artoria used two large syringes to fill Mordred’s secondary sheath, then attached a tube and blocked its opening to control the escaping substance.

Artoria and Mordred tied with Illya and Irisviel in the Holy Sword Purification Ritual, after which Bai Yue began ranking the participants and their secondary scabbards. The story then shifted to a new breakfast scene where two quarrelers fought over a piece of dim sum, introducing the start of the Fifth Holy Grail War.

• Artoria and Mordred used their secondary scabbards to transfer and purify the substance, then challenged Bai Yue to force the final substance into them during the ritual.
• Bai Yue judged the match a tie after both sides produced the same volume of substance.
• Bai Yue ranked Irisviel first, Mordred second, Artoria third, and Illya fourth for their ritual performance.
• Bai Yue named Illya the cutest secondary scabbard, Alice the most practical, and Mordred tied with Alice for practicality.
• At breakfast, two identical-faced people fought over the last piece of dim sum, which fell to the floor and was stepped on.

Tohsaka Rin, Ishtar, and the other Holy Grail War teams were dropped onto a floating island, where Jeanne introduced an arena and a crowd of invited spectators. As familiar faces and an unexpected version of Rin arrived, Lainas suspected the War would broadcast a Holy Sword Purification Ritual and decided she would withdraw rather than take part.

• Tohsaka Rin and Ishtar fell from the sky, lost their powers, and splashed into the water after their descent was cushioned by magical membranes.
• Tohsaka Rin recognized Sakura and other participants as the teams approached the floating island, where Jeanne appeared as chief referee and a vast arena formed.
• Spectators arrived by streaks of light, and Medusa, Medea, Kiyohime, and Mordred recognized relatives, teachers, and acquaintances among them.
• Ishtar recognized a newcomer from her Parallel World, who transformed into Ereshkigal with Tohsaka Rin's face.
• Luviya Serlinta noticed her twin among the spectators, while Asagami Fujino identified a Magician known to Medea through Ryougi Shiki.
• Lainas suspected the Holy Grail War would livestream the Holy Sword Purification Ritual, resolved to withdraw, and guessed that Luviya Serlinta and Illya had already undergone it.

Karen saw her revived mother before the Holy Grail War began, and the seven Master-Servant groups were drawn into a courage trial where survival determined their standing. Tohsaka Rin and Ishtar discovered that their settlement’s food might come from people sacrificed outside, while Stheno and another sister watched Medusa’s trial from the spectators’ area.

• Karen recognized her revived mother and learned that he had helped bring her back after her mother chose to return.
• A colossal phantom transformed the arena and drew the seven groups into the first Holy Grail War trial, where surviving the longest counted as victory.
• Tohsaka Rin and Ishtar woke in a settlement beneath a radioactive wasteland, where they had to endure foul food and communicate through gestures.
• Ishtar noticed suspicious residents leaving the cave, then warned Rin that the settlement’s meat might have come from the two people who did not return.
• Stheno watched the trial and remarked that Medusa was more famous in the Human World than she and her sister were.