Chapter Summaries

After the hot spring meeting ended when the holy sword went berserk, Snow White caught Pest soaking something in coffee milk tea for their master. Their master revealed that he had known about the prank all along, then said he was sending Pest and Snow White out of Little Garden.

• Asuka asked who Pest would join in the plan, and their master described a beautiful girl with short golden hair, leaving Leticia’s reaction for Asuka to notice.
• The holy sword suddenly went berserk, releasing a shockwave that ended the hot spring meeting beneath falling snow.
• Snow White saw Pest put something from her clothing into coffee milk tea and followed her to their master’s room, expecting him to punish her.
• Snow White tried to expose Pest, but their master revealed he knew what was in the drink and asked Snow White to add one of her own.
• Their master drank the prepared coffee milk tea and said Pest and Snow White were going out of Little Garden.

Pest and Snow White traveled with Bai Yue to a world beyond Little Garden’s observation so they could gain strength, while Leticia learned that she could grow stronger by breaking her Gift Game. As Bai Yue heard what seemed to be a Heroic Spirit summoning incantation, Kasukabe Yao worried that her missing father might be in Little Garden.

• Pest and Snow White followed Bai Yue through a strange solar system and arrived at a futuristic, mystical site in Little Garden.
• Bai Yue gave Pest and Snow White invitation letters, then took them with him through a vortex toward a world Little Garden could not observe.
• Leticia found Bai Yue sleeping after Pest and Snow White vanished, and Bai Yue told her she could become stronger by breaking her Gift Game.
• Bai Yue heard a voice asking him to become its subordinate and let it wield his sword, while he was preparing to spend time with Leticia.
• Kasukabe Yao let her calico cat leave to play with the children, then wondered why her father had disappeared instead of keeping his promise to return for her.

Kasukabe Yao learned that her father was alive in Little Garden and that Vellazz Ignifatus might know where he was. Bai Yue then began merging with Leticia’s soul to learn about her and break her Demon King’s Gift Game, while a mysterious summoning incantation reached him.

• Bai Yue told Kasukabe Yao that her father was alive and in Little Garden, and suggested she ask Aisha during the South Area’s Harvest Festival because Vellazz Ignifatus might know more.
• Yao asked Bai Yue about his home and relationships, and he openly said he wanted her and the other girls to join his group.
• Bai Yue heard a phantom voice reciting part of the Heroic Spirit Summoning Incantation.
• Leticia returned to her old home with Bai Yue, who untied her ribbon and revealed her mature form.
• Bai Yue bit Leticia to merge with her soul and break her Demon King’s Gift Game, allowing her to see through her physical body’s opened eyes in the outside world.

Asuka, Yao, and Black Rabbit were forced into a lethal Gift Game against the rampaging Demon King Leticia and the colossal Dragon Dracula. While fighting for survival, they questioned whether Leticia had truly caused the vampires’ destruction or had been manipulated into becoming a Demon King, possibly by Ouroboros.

• Leticia sealed the desolate region with Decadent Wind and began a Gift Game for Asuka, Yao, and Black Rabbit while Izayoi trained under Jiaoliu.
• A colossal Dragon appeared, and the parchment named Demon King Dracula and Leticia as Game Leaders while imposing deadly terms on the participants.
• Bai Yue warned that Leticia could not control the game and that the three could genuinely be killed, then vanished.
• Asuka, Yao, and Black Rabbit fought waves of monsters created from the earth and the Dragon’s scales while dodging its roars and lightning.
• Yao questioned whether Leticia had caused the vampire clan’s destruction, and she and Asuka considered whether Ouroboros had driven Leticia into becoming a Demon King.

Asuka, Yao, and Black Rabbit uncovered the truth behind Leticia’s rebellion and cleared the game’s third victory condition, but exhaustion left them unable to face the stronger monsters that followed. As they fell toward their deaths, the clouds vanished, and Leticia’s master rescued her and the three; afterward, a golden-haired girl’s Holy Sword purification ritual reached its limit again.

• Asuka and Yao stopped Black Rabbit when her account of the vampires’ dispute revealed that a revolution may have caused Leticia’s downfall.
• Asuka, Yao, and Black Rabbit learned that the rebels had exposed vampires to sunlight and that Leticia had accepted blame for torturing those responsible.
• Asuka, Yao, and Black Rabbit fulfilled the third victory condition, causing the game to grow more dangerous as new monsters appeared.
• The exhausted trio fought out of the castle, but the giant dragon’s tail swept them away and its pterosaur-like scales pursued them.
• Leticia’s master erased the clouds, caught the falling trio, freed Leticia from her chains, and carried them away in a carriage.
• A golden-haired girl continued purifying the Holy Sword until the ritual reached its limit again.

Asuka, Yao, and Black Rabbit woke in a carriage after Leticia's Demon King Game, only to be tormented by lewd sounds from behind a curtain. When Black Rabbit fell and Asuka moved, both noticed a darkened spot beside them, leaving them stunned.

• Asuka woke beside the exhausted Black Rabbit and Yao and realized Leticia's Demon King Game had ended with only one victory condition fulfilled.
• Asuka tried to ignore the sounds from behind the curtain, then pulled Black Rabbit's ears open and joined her in making Yao listen too.
• After an hour of the sounds, Asuka asked Black Rabbit to knock her unconscious, and Yao asked for the same, but the music suddenly intensified.
• Black Rabbit lost her balance and fell onto a darkened spot, then knocked Asuka over while trying to explain herself.
• Asuka got up and pushed Black Rabbit away, then froze when she noticed another darkened spot beside where she had been sitting.

Asuka, Yao, and Black Rabbit witnessed Leticia’s Holy Sword Purification Ritual during the journey to Hako niwa City, leaving them stunned and exhausted. An explosion stopped the carriage near the city, where Bai Yue encountered a young girl who looked like Leticia.

• Asuka, Black Rabbit, and Yao peered through the curtain and watched Leticia’s ritual, with the Holy Sword’s effects changing rapidly before it separated and receded.
• Leticia served tea to her master, while Asuka, Yao, and Black Rabbit scolded Bai Yue and recovered from the journey’s ordeal.
• An explosion ahead forced the imperial carriage to brake, and Black Rabbit accidentally kissed Bai Yue as she lurched forward.
• Bai Yue left the carriage to confront the roadblocker, a young girl who resembled Leticia and caught his interest.

Leticia reunited with her niece Lamia, but Lamia suddenly attacked her and Leticia died after being exposed to sunlight. Asuka and the others discovered that Lamia had been manipulated by James of Ouroboros, while strange data waves from the construct above the Waterfall at the End of the World disrupted the attackers.

• Lamia, the daughter of Leticia’s sister, reunited with Leticia and celebrated that her aunt’s Gift Game had been broken.
• Lamia threw Leticia from the carriage into direct sunlight and apparently stole one of her Gift abilities, prompting Asuka, Yao, and Black Rabbit to attack.
• A clown-dressed man tried to seize Lamia, but abnormal data waves from the construct near Hako niwa City disrupted his escape and left him behind an arm.
• Asuka, Yao, and Black Rabbit found Leticia dead, with a hole where her heart had been.
• Lamia said James, an Ouroboros super strategist, had promised to free her mother and reunite their family, then rushed to Leticia in distress.

After Leticia vanished into the data rift, Karyu joined Black Rabbit, Asuka, and Yao and uncovered how Ouroboros had manipulated Leticia’s niece into attacking her. Bai Yue then announced a deadly game against Ouroboros, and Little Garden’s powerful factions realized he was searching for James through the Akashic Records.

• Asuka, Black Rabbit, and Yao returned to Hako niwa City after Bai Yue told them Leticia was safe, and they met Karyu, the Chaos Great Sage, at the entrance.
• Asuka explained that Ouroboros had used Leticia’s niece to attack Leticia and seize the Sovereignty of the Sun, while Black Rabbit feared Leticia had already died.
• Karyu interrogated Leticia’s niece, learned that James was important to Ouroboros, and removed the brainwashing that had compelled the girl to attack Leticia.
• A projection showed figures forming inside strange devices, including the long-dead mother of the Asura Clan Prince, and Bai Yue declared that the game had begun.
• Little Garden’s powerful factions realized Bai Yue was accessing the Akashic Records and searching for James, whose exposure could reveal more of Ouroboros’s secrets.

Ouroboros faced public outrage after its members’ loved ones were resurrected and forced into a cycle of violence, while White Night considered how the resurrection could affect Canary and the coming conflict. Leticia awoke from death, discovered the immense historical data Master was bearing, and found him awake again as he kissed her.

• Spectators condemned Ouroboros for its cruelty, while some mocked its members for objecting to the same methods they had used against others.
• White Night discussed the resurrection with Lappko, wondered whether Canary had also returned, and considered preparing for a major battle if Master could protect the people of Hakone World.
• Master sought a way to repair his Mechanical Holy Body and manage the vast data he had accumulated, while Leticia awakened after being resurrected.
• Leticia realized that touching Master had subjected her to a year of conscious time and flooded her with a fraction of Little Garden’s history, revealing the burden of his use of Decadent Wind.
• Leticia worried that Master’s revenge would bring him countless curses, then noticed he had awakened and was kissed by him.

Bai Yue returned to No Name and began caring for Algol, while cruel Eighteen Layers of Hell Gift Games spread through Little Garden. His unusual Holy Sword care left Kaling flustered and Algol embarrassed.

• Bai Yue and the Vampire Princess kissed after he dealt with their worries, while Fate Execution Mechanism announced brutal Gift Games that forced participants to solve a challenge or kill its victim.
• White Night denied responsibility for the games when questioned in the Upper Layers, pointing out that they were outside her jurisdiction.
• At No Name, Kaling and Algol argued over a pastry until it flew into Bai Yue's face, and Algol blamed Kaling.
• Bai Yue introduced himself to Kaling, then gagged Algol and took her away for Holy Sword care as Black Rabbit, Asuka, and Yao welcomed Leticia's return.
• Algol cleaned Bai Yue before beginning the care, and Kaling stepped out of hiding to mock her, only to become visibly flustered by what she saw.

Lamia watched Algol and Kaling compete to tend to the holy sword, while Leticia realized the Sovereignty of the Sun was bound to her niece and could not safely be removed. Seeing the two powerful women serve her master, Lamia began to admire him and hope he could save her mother.

• Algol teased Kaling into touching the holy sword, and the two began competing to care for it.
• Lamia tried to return the Sovereignty of the Sun to Leticia, but Leticia explained it was bound to Lamia's soul and that her master might know how to remove it.
• Leticia brought Lamia to the platform, where she found Algol and Kaling tending to the holy sword in an increasingly outrageous rivalry.
• Asuka, Yao, and Black Rabbit secretly followed Leticia and watched Algol swallow the holy sword's attack before Kaling tried to match her.
• Lamia was astonished by Algol and Kaling's actions and began to admire the master who had resurrected Leticia.

Black Rabbit received Harvest Festival invitations but feared another attack and considered destroying them until Bai Yue urged her to trust him. As Bai Yue connected to a new world, Root Shiki sensed an unknown force from outside her world, while the login interface remained unavailable until the Summoning Ritual began.

• Black Rabbit accidentally fell into Algol and Karyou's food, then later realized she had made a mess while helping Lily in the agricultural district.
• Lily gave Black Rabbit invitations to the South Area Harvest Festival, and Black Rabbit considered burning them because she feared another Ouroboros attack.
• Bai Yue stopped Black Rabbit, encouraged her to rely on him, and told her she would see the person she missed again.
• Bai Yue connected to the new world's network, fell asleep on Black Rabbit's lap, and used her skirt as an eye mask.
• Root Shiki sensed an unknown fluctuation from outside her world, while the login interface showed selectable characters but would not allow login before the Summoning Ritual began.

Bai Yue observed Ryougi Shiki and her other personality, Ori, through a rabbit doll until they detected and attacked him. After striking a deal with Root Shiki for a body in exchange for unknown knowledge, Bai Yue began synchronizing time between worlds, with about a year and a half remaining before the official launch.

• Bai Yue logged into a rabbit doll in a young girl's room and watched the girl until Ori sensed him and destroyed the doll with a wooden sword.
• Bai Yue recognized the girl as Root Shiki, and she gave him the ability to speak before they discussed who she was.
• Shiki detected Bai Yue in the room, changed into Ori, and attacked him, wounding him before he escaped.
• Bai Yue explained that Root Shiki had made a deal with him: she supplied the materials and equipment for his body, and he provided her with unknown knowledge for each day he acted.
• Bai Yue learned that about a year and a half remained before the official launch and used the Mechanical Holy Body and system to synchronize time between the worlds.

Bai Yue discovered that Asagami Fujino's painlessness came from medicine used to seal her special ability, and he persuaded her to accept his help learning to control it. After treating her, he began restoring her sense of pain, while the chapter left their deal underway.

• A young Fujino asked Bai Yue whether he could not feel pain, and he offered to restore her sense of pain in exchange for her help.
• Bai Yue spent a week posing as a doctor and examined Fujino, finding that medication had suppressed her pain and sealed her special ability.
• Bai Yue told Fujino the truth about her ability and urged her to learn to control it so she could protect her mother.
• Fujino accepted Bai Yue's offer and addressed him as Zero.
• Bai Yue injected Fujino with medicine, and she eagerly welcomed the returning sensation of pain before eyeing a scalpel to feel more.

Bai Yue trained Asagami Fujino while investigating how to gain magical power and prepare for the coming Holy Grail War. He visited Einzbern Castle and warned its head that the Fourth Holy Grail War would not fulfill the family’s goal, then offered his soul for examination.

• Bai Yue taught Asagami Fujino to control her Mystic Eyes of Distortion and used a psychological switch to seal her ability when her emotions became too agitated.
• Bai Yue investigated the home of Fujino’s younger sister and the Einzbern family, considering ways to take the girl before her adoption and seeking possible cooperation to gain Magic.
• Irisviel welcomed Bai Yue at Einzbern Castle, and he questioned her about being unmarried and having a daughter named Illyasviel.
• Bai Yue told Justeaze Lizardo von Einzbern that the Einzbern, Matou, and Tohsaka families would not win the Holy Grail War because the Holy Grail had been corrupted.
• Bai Yue explained the Holy Grail War’s true purpose and offered Justeaze Lizardo von Einzbern the chance to observe his soul.

Justeaze Lizardo investigated Bai Yue’s anomalous soul and heard his proposal: he wanted to win over Irisviel and promised to make her a true Third Magus. After spending nearly half a month improving Eizenbern magic, Bai Yue secured the family’s help in arranging for one of the Tohsaka Family’s daughters to be adopted by the Eizenbern family.

• Justeaze Lizardo observed that Bai Yue’s soul was unaffected by his ordinary body, then detected soul fluctuations that Bai Yue deliberately controlled.
• Bai Yue asked whether Irisviel was married, then announced that he intended to win her over himself.
• Bai Yue offered to make Irisviel a true Third Magus as part of a deal, and Justeaze Lizardo saw no reason to refuse if he could deliver.
• During nearly half a month with the Eizenbern family, Bai Yue successfully underwent the creation of Magic Circuits and rapidly improved the family’s spells.
• Justeaze Lizardo agreed to arrange for one of the Tohsaka Family’s daughters to be adopted into the Eizenbern family.

Bai Yue reflected on Irisviel’s growing affection for Illya and considered a scheme involving the Holy Grail War, while Irisviel provided information about several children. After Asagami Fujino completed her training and worried Bai Yue had disappeared, she reunited with him at the clinic and saw Irisviel arrive.

• Irisviel realized her concern for Illya was genuine maternal love after Bai Yue showed her a recording of her reaction to the prospect of Illya entering the Holy Grail War.
• Irisviel wondered whether her growing concern for Bai Yue meant she was falling in love with him, while Illya showed displeasure at their closeness.
• Irisviel gave Bai Yue information about several children, and he formed a malicious plan for the upcoming Holy Grail War.
• Asagami Fujino completed her assigned practice in under a week, then spent the rest of their half-month apart worrying that Bai Yue had disappeared.
• Fujino went to the clinic and happily reunited with Bai Yue, then froze when Irisviel entered and asked whether the child had arrived.

Asagami Fujino demonstrated her control over her Mystic Eyes at Bai Yue’s clinic and learned about Irisviel and the Holy Grail War. When Ryougi Shiki arrived, Bai Yue revealed that he knew her secret and said he wanted to help both Shiki personalities remain.

• Fujino visited Bai Yue’s clinic in a nurse’s uniform and demonstrated that she could control her Mystic Eyes of Distortion.
• Bai Yue told Fujino about the Holy Grail War, Irisviel’s origins, and his intention to pursue Irisviel.
• Bai Yue told Fujino he might pursue her when she grew up, and Irisviel said she was not angry.
• Ryougi Shiki brought an injured girl to the clinic and accused Bai Yue of having entered her room naked.
• Bai Yue called Ryougi Shiki by the name Shiki, causing the injured girl to lose consciousness and prompting Shiki’s urge to kill him.
• Bai Yue told Shiki he wanted both her and her other personality to remain, and Shiki asked whether he could see the future.

Bai Yue warned Tohsaka Tokiomi that the Matou family planned to use Sakura as a vessel, preventing her adoption into their household. After confronting Ori about his claim that one of the Ryougi selves would disappear, he was asked which of them would be lost.

• Shiki rejected Bai Yue’s claim that making her fall in love with him could change their fate and left him.
• Rin learned that Sakura was about to be sent away and overheard Bai Yue tell Tokiomi that Matou Zouken planned to devour his descendants to extend his life.
• Bai Yue deliberately broke Tokiomi’s soundproof barrier so Rin and her mother could hear his warning, then left with the Eizenbern woman.
• Kariya reacted violently when Tokiomi considered sending Sakura to the Matou family, and Tokiomi decided to investigate the Eizenberns before choosing Sakura’s future.
• Ori visited Bai Yue late at night and asked whether Shiki or Ori would disappear in their original future, adding that she wanted the loss to be herself.