Chapter Summaries

Ori struggled to control her murderous urge, and Bai Yue absorbed the negative darkness causing it, leaving Ori relieved but flustered. The next day, Shiki noticed Ori acting strangely, and Ori encountered Bai Yue at the school infirmary, where she realized he was still carrying the wound she had given him.

• Ori stabbed Bai Yue, but he used a Third Magic formula to absorb her negative darkness and temporarily ease her urge to kill.
• Ori fled after realizing Bai Yue would bear her pain, while Shiki noticed that Ori’s urge to kill had suddenly weakened and that she was unusually restless.
• During PE, Ori accidentally caused a classmate to sprain her ankle and took her to the infirmary.
• Ori found Bai Yue working as the school infirmary consultant and reluctantly let him treat her scraped knee.
• Ori pressed the place where she had stabbed Bai Yue and realized he had come to school despite his injury.

Ori treated Bai Yue’s wound while Shiki warned him not to provoke Ori again, and Ori kept their private romantic encounter from Shiki. More than half a year later, Bai Yue continued trying to win over Sakura and Rin as potential adoptees, while he and Irisviel hoped to bring Illya out of the castle; Bai Yue then planned to travel to Europe to pursue another girl.

• Ori returned to the infirmary, took the needle from Bai Yue, and began stitching his wound until Shiki took over and asked how he had been hurt.
• Bai Yue admitted that he had deliberately provoked Ori, and Shiki warned him not to do it again because Ori might kill him.
• Over the next half year, Bai Yue visited Fuyuki City regularly, gave Sakura a pendant, and gave Rin a mana-purifying pendant that she accepted with thanks.
• Tohsaka Aoi asked Sakura whether she would agree to become Bai Yue and Irisviel’s child, and Sakura said she would while seeming sad to leave home.
• While driving through the countryside, Irisviel worried about Illya and her own worsening condition, and Bai Yue reassured her that Illya would be able to leave soon.
• Bai Yue decided to go to Europe to pursue another twin-tailed girl, bringing his confirmed list of participants to five.

Luvia Edelfelt learned that Tohsaka Rin had outperformed her on a magecraft experiment and began competing with her through assignments. By Luvia’s fifth submission, she was waiting to see whether the teacher would again judge Rin’s work as better.

• Luvia found a magecraft question on a note dropped by her substitute teacher, solved it herself, and completed the experiment in twelve minutes.
• The teacher told Luvia that Tohsaka Rin, a girl her age, had completed the experiment in eleven minutes, prompting Luvia to demand more information about her rival.
• Luvia learned of the Edelfelt family’s resentment toward the Tohsaka family over a tragedy in the previous Holy Grail War and vowed to defeat Rin.
• Luvia submitted another assignment, but the teacher showed her Rin’s more refined analysis and said Rin had turned it in only an hour later.
• By her fifth submission, Luvia was watching the teacher correct the assignments and was ready to challenge his fairness if she lost again.

Luviya competed with Bai Yue, accepted his pastry bet and a ring marking her entry into a special competition, while Bai Yue began seeking a sixth candidate. He then approached Lainas, a five-year-old girl who enjoyed others' suffering, and offered her a chance to participate in the Holy Grail War instead of her adoptive brother.

• Luviya learned she had beaten Rin's gemstone Magic efficiency by only 0.1% and agreed to continue competing with Bai Yue.
• Bai Yue gave Luviya a pastry, bet that he had made it himself, and promised her a supply if he lost; he also gave her a ring for a special competition with seven entrants.
• Bai Yue gave Luviya the sixth-round assignment and began writing to a tomboyish girl before turning his attention to a blonde candidate connected to a Holy Grail War participant.
• Lainas secretly enjoyed watching a boy suffer after he broke his toy, then smiled at the sight of another child's parents arguing.
• Bai Yue confronted Lainas about her pleasure in others' suffering and offered her a Holy Grail War participant's qualification in place of her adoptive brother Kayneth's.
• Lainas agreed to participate if Bai Yue could transfer the qualification, and asked whether he meant a participant's ticket rather than a spectator's.

As the Fourth Holy Grail War approached, Kotomine Kirei concealed his alliance with Tohsaka Tokiomi while learning that his daughter had gone missing, and a mysterious man promised Ryougi Shiki a way to escape her connection to the Root. Lainas eagerly joined the war to torment her adoptive brother, who discovered that his disciple had stolen his summoning relic and was participating too.

• Lainas welcomed the chance to enter the Holy Grail War alongside her adoptive brother, expecting to enjoy his humiliation.
• Kotomine Kirei reviewed his secret plan with Tohsaka Tokiomi and learned that his daughter had disappeared, but showed no concern.
• A woman at the Eizenbern estate prepared to summon a Heroic Spirit while thinking of the absent man who had given her a ring and promised to return.
• Ryougi Shiki asked the mysterious man to maintain his body, then expressed a wish to become an ordinary girl by separating herself from the Root.
• Lainas's adoptive brother learned that his disciple had stolen his Holy Relic and gone to Fuyuki City to participate, forcing him to seek another relic.

Tohsaka Tokiomi summoned the Hero King while other summoning rituals began, including one that brought the female King of Knights to Irisviel. The chapter left the Holy Grail War underway, with the identities and consequences of the other attempted summons still uncertain.

• Tohsaka Rin and Luviya prepared to summon Servants, each intending to join the Holy Grail War and prove herself, while Fujino considered what wish to request from her brother.
• Tohsaka Tokiomi summoned the Hero King as an Archer, and Kotomine Risei’s Spiritron detector reacted as though an eighth Heroic Spirit had appeared before it shattered.
• Kotomine Risei knelt and apologized to the Hero King, while Tohsaka Tokiomi placated him and privately planned to use the king before discarding him at the war’s end.
• Irisviel summoned a female Saber using a golden-and-blue scabbard and was astonished to recognize her as the King of Knights.
• The King of Knights asked Irisviel whether she was her Master, and Irisviel assured her she was not offended by Irisviel’s surprise.

Artoria encountered Bai Yue, another Heroic Spirit who claimed to be King Arthur and carried a scabbard identical to hers. After recognizing him, Irisviel and Bai Yue reunited, while Bai Yue challenged Artoria to consider the consequences of changing Britain’s fate.

• Artoria sensed an enemy near Illya’s room, and she and Irisviel rushed there to confront the person entering.
• Bai Yue revealed himself as Arthur Pendragon, and Artoria tested his sword against her own before confirming that their scabbards matched.
• Irisviel recognized Bai Yue and kissed him, while Illya made a promise with him to share such affection when she grew up.
• Bai Yue told Artoria that he knew her true name and desire to change Britain’s fate, then questioned whether she was prepared to alter the futures of countless people.
• Artoria fell silent as she considered the consequences of changing the past.

Bai Yue arranged to upgrade Alice into a Third Magus and secured Justeaze Lizardo’s support, then gave Alice the Heaven’s Feel dress. Meanwhile, Artoria remained convinced Bai Yue was an impostor, even after their intimate ritual left her flustered.

• Artoria challenged Bai Yue about his purpose, and he said he intended to change her fate after she fell in love with him.
• Bai Yue explained how he hid his identities from the Counter Force and delivered a completed plan to upgrade Alice into a Third Magus.
• Bai Yue revealed that multiple Casters could manifest using magical energy accumulated by the Masters through Soul Materialization, and Justeaze Lizardo asked him to fulfill the Eizenbern family’s wish.
• Bai Yue left the castle with Mrs. Irisviel, Illya, and Artoria, and gave Alice a box containing Heaven’s Feel.
• Artoria performed a purification ritual with Bai Yue’s Holy Sword but still believed he was a special Heroic Spirit copying King Arthur’s identity and Noble Phantasm.

Artoria struggled to make sense of Alice and Bai Yue’s Holy Sword Purification Ritual, then arrived near Fuyuki City with the group and remained wary as they explored. At another airport, a black-haired man arrived carrying a shy, hungry silver-haired girl.

• Artoria suspected Bai Yue had deceived Alice and Irisviel, but could not detect Bewitchment Magic or persuade Irisviel to distrust him.
• After Illya fell asleep, Artoria witnessed Alice perform the Holy Sword Purification Ritual and was too shocked to stop it.
• Artoria landed with Bai Yue, Illya, and Irisviel, noticed a suspicious gaze, and warned Irisviel while they were at the airport.
• Bai Yue took the group into the city, where Alice held Artoria’s hand and explained that they were getting familiar with the coming Holy Grail War battlefield.
• A black-haired man arrived at another airport carrying a silver-haired girl, whose stomach growled as they prepared to leave.

Jeanne met Bai and Karen at the airport, accepted a ride to Fuyuki, and agreed to stay with them after Bai offered to hire her. She accidentally agreed when Bai asked her to become his wife, then tried on a school uniform at a mall while he stared at her in fascination.

• Jeanne gave Karen snacks and accepted Bai's offer of a ride to Fuyuki.
• Bai introduced himself as Bai and introduced the child as Karen, while Karen teased Jeanne about being a famous French village girl from the Hundred Years' War.
• Jeanne explained the historical Jeanne's deeds and admitted she had no money or place to stay in Fuyuki.
• Bai offered Jeanne temporary lodging and a job, then asked her to become his wife; Jeanne agreed before realizing what he had said.
• At a mall, Jeanne emerged from the fitting room in a school uniform and asked Bai why he was staring at her.

Jeanne worried that the man’s feelings for her were serious, then agreed to split up the work at their new house while he prepared dinner. Shiki and Ori investigated a suspected murder, and Ori attacked a mysterious figure at a clinic, only to discover that her pen had pierced his hand through the lines in her vision.

• Jeanne stopped the man from buying more clothes, chose to clean their new house, and noticed he had bought a special outfit.
• Shiki heard that a witness had reported seeing her near a murder scene and denied leaving home, while Ori also insisted she had been asleep.
• After realizing neither of them had gone out, Ori suspected she had lost control, took over the body, and ran to a clinic, where she found evidence that he had returned.
• Ori confronted an Onmyoji-dressed man who smelled of blood, beheaded him, and fought a second figure who appeared from the air.
• Ori’s short blade shattered against the second figure, but a pen she threw pierced his palm, and she realized the lines in her vision had affected the attack.

Shiki and Shiki confronted Bai Yue after he returned in the form of a Servant, and learned he had joined the Holy Grail War to change their fates and reach the Root. Shiki realized a third personality had influenced Bai Yue’s choice of Master, while he explained that involving either Shiki could expose Root Shiki and endanger the world.

• Shiki attacked Bai Yue with her steel pen, but he trapped her with paper-doll chains and kissed her until her murderous impulse faded.
• Shiki and Shiki switched control of their body, argued over Bai Yue’s intimacy with them, and found Asagami Fujino on the stairs with a Command Spell.
• Shiki recognized Bai Yue as a Servant and learned he had joined the Holy Grail War to change people’s fates and reach the Root.
• Shiki angrily asked why Bai Yue had chosen Fujino instead of her, and he explained he had wanted to keep Shiki out of danger.
• Shiki asked whether Bai Yue’s decision was because of the third personality who had met him on the overpass, and he confirmed it.
• Bai Yue explained that involving Shiki in the war could bring her into contact with the Root, merge her with Root Shiki, or allow her wish to destroy the world.

Shiki learned that her third self may have made a deal that turned him into a summoned Heroic Spirit, and she left to seek answers while wrestling with jealousy. Tohsaka Rin secretly summoned Archer to help her father in the Holy Grail War, but Archer forced her into a magical-girl disguise and demanded she pose for a camera.

• Shiki asked about the corpse and learned that Araya Souren had tried to abduct Fujino before he was killed.
• Shiki left to find a way to speak with her third self, while Ori teased her for being jealous.
• Tohsaka Rin secretly prepared to assist her father after summoning Archer with a gift she had received.
• Rin called for Archer on a deserted street, and he appeared only after grabbing and kneading her cheeks.
• Archer changed Rin into a flashy magical-girl outfit and threatened to leave the war if she refused to wear it.
• Archer took out a camera and ordered Rin to copy a magical-girl show's signature pose.

Assassin infiltrated the Tohsaka residence to kill Tohsaka Tokiomi, but Archer confronted him and another golden figure intervened, sparking a fierce clash between two nearly identical Archers. The battle drew several participants toward the mansion, where the identities and strength of the combatants began to come into view.

• Assassin entered the Tohsaka residence to kill Tohsaka Tokiomi, unaware that Kotomine Kirei and Tokiomi had arranged for him to serve as a decoy.
• Archer attacked Assassin and nearly killed him, but a second golden figure knocked Archer's weapons aside and called him a counterfeit.
• The two golden Archers exchanged barrages of weapons, producing magical energy that Waver Velvet sensed through his familiar.
• Waver described the clash to Rider, who carried him out to the battlefield in his chariot.
• Irisviel and Saber drove toward the Tohsaka mansion, and Saber took the wheel using her Riding skill.

Artoria and Irisviel discovered that this Holy Grail War had fourteen participants, including duplicate Servants, while Jeanne revealed she was the Ruler assigned to supervise them. Tohsaka Rin’s Command Spell ended the clash between the two Gilgameshes, and Jeanne announced that the fourteen participants belonged to Red and Black factions, leaving Rin to realize she stood against her father’s side.

• Artoria and Irisviel watched two Archers exchange powerful attacks, and Artoria suspected that the war contained duplicate Servants and fourteen participants.
• Jeanne appeared before Artoria as Ruler and explained that she would supervise the war and punish rule-breakers.
• Gilgamesh and the opposing Archer escalated their barrage until Tohsaka Rin used a Command Spell to stop the confrontation.
• Gilgamesh withdrew his attack after realizing that his opponent had also been forced to stop by a Command Spell.
• Jeanne declared that the Holy Grail War had two factions of fourteen participants, and Rin recognized that her father belonged to the Red faction while she belonged to Black.

Luviya Serlinta learned that the Holy Grail War had fourteen participants split into factions, then realized her Rider was someone she knew who had become a Heroic Spirit. Elsewhere, Lainas rode in a plush version of her favorite cartoon character and looked forward to seeing her uncle’s reaction.

• Luviya Serlinta considered the faction rules and wondered whether the Tohsaka father and daughter were both participating.
• Rider revealed that he knew Luviya’s secret cartoon and was the person she suspected, though he warned her not to expose his identity.
• Luviya discovered that the cartoon was not airing because of the time difference and the date, then prepared for bed.
• Rider returned in a plush cartoon costume, swept Luviya into a princess carry, and delighted her with his cuteness.
• Lainas, carried by a brown-skinned man, said she wanted to see her uncle’s reaction and was curious about him.

Lainas sensed a mysterious connection between the man who summoned her and another King Arthur, and accepted his offer of an extraordinary life if she uncovered their secret. At the Eizenbern villa, Saber became wary of Yue but was tricked into inspecting Alice after a purification ritual, then sampled Yue’s breakfast under the pretext of protecting her.

• Lainas used her Mystic Eyes to sense that the present-day man shared a special connection with the person who gave her the qualifications to summon him, and he offered her a wish if she discovered their secret.
• Yue promised Lainas the chance to challenge gods, manipulate myths, and travel to other worlds, even if she lost the Holy Grail War.
• On the drive to the Eizenbern villa, Saber warned Irisviel to be cautious around Yue and resolved to investigate his origins.
• After Alice’s purification ritual, Yue claimed that the Holy Sword had left something problematic inside her, prompting Saber to rush in and examine Alice herself.
• At breakfast, Alice persuaded Saber to taste Yue’s food for safety, and Saber ate half the lavish meal while insisting she was only inspecting it.

Artoria learned that the Holy Grail War would sacrifice its Heroic Spirits and agreed to let Caster work under Jeanne’s supervision to save Alice. As Caster began separating the Lesser Holy Grail and elevating Alice, the ritual reached a critical stage and another spell appeared.

• Artoria confronted Bai Yue and questioned whether he intended to harm Alice or Illya, then grew alarmed when he arrived with Fujino and a Black Faction Servant.
• Irisviel explained that the Holy Grail War used Heroic Spirits as sacrifices to open a path to the Root, and Artoria comforted her after she apologized for hiding the truth.
• Bai Yue asked Jeanne to supervise the effort to separate the Holy Grail from Alice, and Jeanne agreed that the plan did not violate the war’s rules.
• Artoria watched Caster begin a complex ritual around the sleeping Alice and recognized its transcendent nature, like Merlin’s Magic.
• The shrinking Magic Array attached itself to Alice, then a different spell appeared.

Alice separated Irisviel from the lesser Holy Grail, while Caster warned Jeanne that Red Faction’s Caster might be an old acquaintance. Jeanne investigated a remote location and found Ryunosuke Uryu with his summoned Caster, who recognized her as Joan of Arc and believed she had been resurrected.

• Alice separated the Holy Grail mechanism from Irisviel, leaving her feeling relieved as she began her path toward becoming the Third Magus.
• Jeanne questioned Caster about his spells and heard his warning that Red Faction’s Caster might be an old acquaintance who could break the rules.
• Jeanne cooked dinner at Bai’s home, rejected his confession by claiming she liked someone else, and left at night to investigate Red Faction’s Caster.
• Jeanne found Ryunosuke Uryu and his Caster performing grotesque experiments on a child, and Caster recognized her as Joan of Arc and rejoiced that she had been resurrected.

Jeanne tried to stop Assassin from executing Caster, but the attack killed Caster’s child hostage and left Caster injured before he escaped. Rider, Iskandar, then challenged Assassin and charged at him with his fully released chariot Noble Phantasm.

• Assassin appeared beside Jeanne and attacked Caster, while Jeanne realized the Black Faction had used her to lead him to his target.
• Jeanne restrained Assassin with a Command Spell and stabbed him, but his sword pierced the child and wounded Caster before Caster escaped with his Master.
• The dying child thanked Jeanne, and she confronted Assassin before following him outside.
• Rider, Iskandar, used lightning from his Divine Might chariot wheels to reveal Assassin and chose to fight him rather than let him pursue Caster.
• Iskandar introduced himself and offered Assassin a place beneath his rule, then charged with his fully released Noble Phantasm as Assassin prepared to meet him.