Chapter Summaries

Shirou Emiya, summoned as Assassin by Hyōma Sagara, learned about the faction war in Romania while pretending to study magecraft to fulfill a personal wish. As Hyōma prepared to travel to Romania, Shirou recognized that their compatibility was terrible, and the Holy Grail War was about to begin.

• Hyōma Sagara received Darnic's impatient instructions to return to Tirifas, and Shirou Emiya gathered information about the war between the Thousand Tree and the Clock Tower.
• Shirou told Hyōma that he was studying magecraft to make up for his limited training in life, while Hyōma praised his talent and considered their compatibility good.
• Hyōma decided to avoid using his sacrificial magecraft around Shirou, then went to rest before their flight to Romania.
• After Hyōma left, Shirou reflected that their compatibility was terrible.
• The next day, Hyōma traveled toward the airport with a Thousand Tree Family junior and said Assassin was in spirit-form.

Shirou Emiya disguised himself as Hyōma Sagara and planned to infiltrate the Thousand Tree Family while remaining hidden in Japan. He assessed his growing abilities and the powerful Red Faction lineup, concluding that he needed to reach Level 6 before taking on Karna or Achilles.

• Shirou Emiya used suggestion magecraft to keep Hyōma Sagara hidden in Japan and planned to claim he had come to serve his Master at the Thousand Tree Family.
• Shirou examined his parameters and abilities, noting that his identity and magecraft seemed to have replaced Archer Emiya’s.
• Shirou reviewed the Black and Red Faction’s strongest Servants, including Vlad the Impaler, Karna, Achilles, Mordred, Atalanta, Spartacus, and Semiramis.
• Shirou judged Karna and Achilles too difficult to fight before he reached Level 6 and resolved to avoid them until then.

Shirou Emiya chose Red Saber Mordred as his main target for the Great Deed needed to advance his abilities and traveled to Romania under a disguise. At the airport, Ruler Jeanne recognized him as a Guardian and questioned him about the Holy Grail War’s abnormalities.

• Shirou Emiya considered the eligible Heroic Spirits and selected Mordred as his primary target and Atalanta as his backup.
• Shirou Emiya arrived in Bucharest, vanished after spotting the Thousand Tree Family staff, and changed his appearance to Ikki Kurogane.
• Shirou Emiya encountered Ruler Jeanne and rode with her toward Tirifas after persuading her to give him a lift.
• Jeanne identified Shirou Emiya as Archer Emiya, recognized that he was a Guardian, and asked whether he knew about the Holy Grail War’s abnormalities.
• Shirou Emiya denied knowing anything, but Jeanne’s Revelation told her he was lying.

Shirou Emiya refused to reveal Shiro Tokisada Amakusa’s identity to Jeanne, but warned her that a Red Faction Servant would attack her. On the way to Tirifas, Jeanne encountered Red Lancer Karna and recognized him.

• Shirou Emiya pretended not to know what Jeanne wanted to learn and refused to disclose information about Shiro Tokisada Amakusa.
• Shirou Emiya warned Jeanne that a Red Faction Servant would attack her during her journey, hoping to deepen her trust in him.
• Shirou Emiya and Jeanne rode together toward Tirifas and chatted about mathematics.
• Jeanne sensed a Servant nearby, stopped the car, and ran toward the danger as Shirou Emiya followed.
• Jeanne changed into her battle attire and confronted Red Lancer, identifying him as the Heroic Spirit Karna.

Shirou Emiya, Jeanne, and Gordes faced Karna after Karna declared war on the Ruler and prepared to attack her. The confrontation left Shirou refusing Gordes’s request to help defeat Karna.

• Karna confirmed that he was the Red Lancer and said his Master had ordered him to kill Jeanne.
• Karna summoned his enormous spear, and Shirou revealed himself as an Assassin alongside Jeanne.
• Shirou called for Saber, who cut down a signpost and collapsed the ground beneath Karna.
• Gordes introduced himself as Black Saber’s Master and urged Jeanne and the others to punish Karna together.
• Jeanne refused to interfere in a fight between Servants, insisting she had to uphold her role as Ruler.
• Gordes asked Shirou to join Saber in defeating Karna, but Shirou refused.

Shirou Emiya and Gordes watched as Karna and Siegfried began the first major battle of the Holy Grail War. As the two Servants fought to a standstill, Shirou revealed Karna’s true name to Gordes.

• Gordes ordered Siegfried to attack Shirou, but Shirou warned that revealing Saber’s identity would not be worth the risk.
• Karna and Siegfried recognized each other as worthy opponents and began fighting after Shirou, Jeanne, and Gordes withdrew.
• Karna’s divine spear technique wounded Siegfried despite his Dragon's Blood Armor, while Gordes’s Healing Magecraft restored him.
• Gordes asked Jeanne to reveal Karna’s true name, but she refused to interfere as a neutral Ruler.
• Shirou told Gordes that the Red Lancer was Karna, the demigod Great Hero from Indian legends.

Shirou Emiya’s account of Karna’s battle with Siegfried helped him join the Black Faction at Millennia Fortress. He introduced himself to its Masters and Servants as a future Heroic Spirit with experience in the Fifth Holy Grail War, leaving them eager to hear more.

• Shirou Emiya told Gordes that Red Lancer was Karna, and Karna and Siegfried fought until dawn before parting with mutual respect.
• Gordes invited Jeanne to Millennia Castle, but she refused to preserve her neutrality and continued on alone.
• Shirou Emiya rode with Gordes and the Saber group to Millennia Fortress, where Darnic welcomed him as the Black Faction’s seventh Servant.
• Darnic asked about Hyōma Sagara, and Shirou Emiya said his Master had disappeared after reaching Romania but had ordered him to obey Darnic.
• Shirou Emiya told Astolfo, Fiona, and the others that he was from another world and had been a Master in the Fifth Holy Grail War, describing its famous Servants.

Shirou Emiya briefed the Black Faction on the Red Faction’s formidable Servants, then recognized Red Saber as Mordred and claimed the right to face her. He planned to use the coming battles to build his strength and save fights with Karna and Achilles for last.

• Shirou Emiya warned the Black Faction that Gilgamesh and Karna were exceptionally powerful, and Vlad the Impaler agreed to face Karna himself.
• Shirou Emiya explained that he knew many Heroic Spirits because he had fought in a future world-ending crisis where countless Servants were summoned.
• Darnic showed Shirou Emiya a recording of Red Saber, and Shirou identified her as his daughter, Mordred.
• Shirou Emiya asked Darnic to leave Mordred to him, and Darnic agreed.
• Shirou Emiya planned to raise his attributes through battle, gain another level, and reserve his fights with Karna and Achilles for last.

Shirou Emiya joined the Black Faction’s operation to intercept Red Berserker and chose Atalanta as his target while the other Servants engaged Achilles. He ambushed Atalanta in the forest and revealed his identity as Black Assassin, leaving her wary.

• Shirou Emiya watched Berserker and her Master, then went to the library to study magecraft.
• Darnic summoned the Masters and Servants after learning that Red Berserker was heading toward Millennia Fortress, and the Black Faction secretly planned to capture him.
• Shirou saw Achilles and Atalanta following Berserker and went into the forest to confront Atalanta while Siegfried and Frankenstein engaged Achilles.
• Atalanta hid nearby and waited for an opening, but she sensed someone approaching and fired three arrows at the unseen enemy.
• Shirou knocked aside Atalanta’s arrows, identified himself as Black Faction’s Assassin, and challenged her to get acquainted.

Shirou Emiya chased Atalanta through the jungle, unable to overcome her Divine Realm-level archery until he used projected Noble Phantasms to charge through the trees and catch up. He blocked her Noble Phantasm and prepared a killing blow as he reached her.

• Atalanta questioned Shirou Emiya's identity and fled through the jungle while firing arrows to keep him away.
• Shirou Emiya struggled to pursue Atalanta because the trees slowed him and her archery suppressed his attacks.
• Shirou Emiya projected Renren Usamaru's gloves and Takeshi Momotani's Goliath armor, then accelerated through the forest and closed the distance.
• Atalanta fired her Written Complaint Arrow at Shirou Emiya, who blocked the descending beams with Seven Rings of Heavenly Walls.
• Shirou Emiya reached Atalanta and extended his fist for a killing blow.

Achilles fought Siegfried and Frankenstein while Siegfried’s Master forced him to begin and then halt his Noble Phantasm with Command Spells. Black Archer wounded Achilles, but Achilles left to aid Atalanta after seeing her Noble Phantasm flare in the distance, arriving as an enemy launched a devastating attack.

• Achilles overwhelmed Siegfried and Frankenstein, while Siegfried resisted Gordes’s Command Spell to use his Noble Phantasm because he could not identify Achilles’s weakness.
• Gordes ordered Siegfried to stop the Noble Phantasm’s release, leaving Siegfried exhausted after two Command Spells were spent.
• Black Archer struck Achilles with arrows that pierced his defenses and injured his shoulder and knee, thrilling Achilles and making him eager for a worthy duel.
• Achilles saw Atalanta’s Noble Phantasm flare in the distance, summoned his chariot, and rushed to her aid.
• Achilles arrived as an enemy unleashed a devastating attack and roared, "[World Encompassing Sky]!"

Shirou Emiya failed to kill Atalanta after Achilles blocked his finishing blow, then returned to Millennia Fortress and discussed the Red Faction’s strength with Darnic and the Black Faction. After learning that Siegfried was pursuing Astolfo, Shirou headed out to watch the confrontation.

• Shirou Emiya attacked Atalanta with Black Bird, but Achilles intercepted the punch with World Encompassing Sky and injured Shirou’s arm with the recoil.
• Achilles took Atalanta away after another arrow struck his shoulder, while Shirou healed himself and returned to Millennia Fortress.
• Shirou reported that Atalanta and Achilles were the Red Faction’s Archer and Rider, and Chiron agreed to confront Achilles.
• Shirou told Darnic that he could gain Divinity by defeating a powerful opponent, persuading the Black Faction to help him hunt Mordred.
• Shirou learned that Siegfried was pursuing Astolfo and left the fortress to follow them.

Siegfried turned against Gordes after Astolfo urged him to protect the dying homunculus, and Shirou Emiya revived the boy. The group decided to bring him back to Millennia Fortress, while Jeanne departed after arriving too late to witness the fight.

• Astolfo pleaded with Siegfried to stop Gordes and save the homunculus, prompting Siegfried to confront his Master.
• Gordes refused Siegfried's appeal, so Siegfried knocked him unconscious and knelt beside the dying homunculus.
• Siegfried prepared to sacrifice himself, but Shirou Emiya stopped him and used Yoishigure to restore the homunculus's vitality.
• Shirou Emiya persuaded Astolfo and Siegfried to take the homunculus back to Millennia Fortress, promising to protect him from Caster.
• Jeanne arrived after sensing the fight, exchanged farewells with Shirou Emiya, and left in the opposite direction.

Shirou Emiya persuaded the Black Faction to spare the homunculus and abandon plans to use him as Avicebron's Noble Phantasm core. He then warned Astolfo and Siegfried that the child would need a safe guardian after the war and suggested asking Fiore.

• Shirou Emiya argued that Siegfried and Astolfo had acted honorably, and Darnic blamed Gordes for nearly causing Siegfried's death.
• Shirou Emiya persuaded Vlad the Impaler and the others that killing the homunculus would undermine the faction, and Avicebron agreed to find another core.
• Vlad the Impaler asked Shirou Emiya to inform Saber and Rider, and Astolfo and Siegfried celebrated the homunculus's safety.
• Shirou Emiya warned Astolfo and Siegfried that the homunculus would need a guardian after the war and proposed asking Fiore to take responsibility.
• Astolfo offered to help Shirou Emiya during the civil war in exchange for asking Fiore, prompting Vlad the Impaler to question the offer.

Fiore agreed to help protect and treat the homunculus, while Shirou Emiya arranged for him to leave Millennia Fortress. Shirou examined Fiore's legs and explained that her exceptional Magic Circuits had burdened them, leaving two difficult possible cures.

• Fiore agreed to help the Servants protect and treat the homunculus, and Shirou Emiya argued that the child should leave Millennia Fortress to avoid witnessing his companions die.
• Fiore offered to arrange transportation for the homunculus, while Chiron worried that he might not survive his coming battle with Achilles.
• Shirou Emiya offered to help Chiron and asked to learn from him, and Chiron agreed to teach him.
• Shirou Emiya examined Fiore's legs and concluded that her Magic Circuits had caused a curse-like condition rather than an injury.
• Shirou Emiya proposed transplanting Fiore's Magic Circuits or strengthening her body, but said both cures would be difficult during the Holy Grail War.

Shirou Emiya received a full day of archery instruction from Chiron and crossed into the divine realm. He then met Jeanne in Tirifas before his planned deadly battle with Red Saber, insisting that he would win.

• Chiron explained that Fiore's condition came from her exceptional talent, and that her fragile body could not withstand it; he knew no certain cure.
• Shirou Emiya asked Chiron to teach him archery, and after a day of instruction he broke through the Non-human realm into the divine realm.
• Shirou Emiya told Chiron he might have another way to strengthen Fiore's body, though he would not know whether it worked until he leveled up.
• As night approached, Shirou Emiya visited Jeanne at the church, asked her to call him by his true name, and invited her to dinner.
• Over dinner, Shirou Emiya told Jeanne that he would fight Red Saber that night, and declared that he would be the victor.

Shirou Emiya and Jeanne left their restaurant after night fell, then found Mordred and challenged her to a duel outside Tirifas. As Shirou provoked Mordred into accepting, the Black Faction watched from Millennia Fortress and chose not to interfere.

• Jeanne told Shirou Emiya she hoped he would win, while making clear that she would stay outside the Holy Grail War’s battles.
• After the city emptied for the night, Shirou Emiya and Jeanne tracked down the Saber group and approached Mordred and Kirie Fujimura.
• Shirou Emiya taunted Mordred by comparing her to Artoria, then blocked her attack with Tsumugari Muramasa.
• Shirou Emiya proposed moving their duel outside the city to prevent damage, and Jeanne assured Kirie Fujimura she would guarantee a fair fight.
• At Millennia Fortress, Fiore expressed concern, but Vlad the Impaler said Shirou Emiya had chosen the duel and urged the Black Faction to watch.

Mordred learned that Artoria had once wished to undo the kingdom’s destruction, then turned on Shirou Emiya after he claimed to have been Artoria’s lover. When Shirou’s Dragon’s Blood Armor stopped her sword, Kirie Fujimura used a Command Spell to strengthen Mordred, and the two prepared to fight.

• Shirou Emiya told Mordred that he had met Artoria in the Fifth Holy Grail War and explained her wish to save the destroyed kingdom by finding a new king.
• Mordred flew into a rage when Shirou claimed he had persuaded Artoria to abandon that wish and had seen her off as her lover.
• Mordred attacked Shirou, but his projected Dragon’s Blood Armor let him catch her sword and kick her away.
• Kirie Fujimura proposed strengthening Mordred with a Command Spell, and Mordred agreed to fight Black Assassin with all her strength.
• Kirie used a Command Spell to empower Mordred, while Shirou ignited his flames and prepared to battle her.

Shirou Emiya and Mordred fought for hours outside Tirifas, with Shirou’s skill and controlled weapons eventually giving him the advantage. After Kirie Fujimura used all three Command Spells to empower Mordred, both fighters prepared to settle the battle with their Noble Phantasms.

• Shirou Emiya and Mordred clashed repeatedly, trading attacks while Shirou healed his wounds with Magecraft.
• Shirou revealed he could control his projected weapons, striking Mordred from behind and leaving her badly wounded.
• Mordred told Kirie Fujimura she would not flee, and Kirie used all three Command Spells to empower her for a final attack.
• Mordred raised a fifty-meter blade of magical energy as Shirou gathered his power into a flaming greatsword.
• Shirou and Mordred called out Rebellion Against My Glorious Father King and High-Class Excalibur, preparing to clash.

Shirou Emiya defeated Mordred after their magical clash, and Mordred let go of her wish to draw the Selection of the King Sword. As Shirou left the battlefield, he reached LV.6.

• Shirou Emiya and Mordred fought to a draw in a clash of magical greatswords that devastated the surrounding area.
• Mordred explained that she no longer wished to challenge the Selection of the King Sword and wanted instead to take up what had fallen from Artoria's hands.
• The Selection of the King Sword appeared before Mordred, but she refused to draw it.
• Shirou Emiya used the sword to kill Mordred, making her the first participant to leave the Holy Grail War.
• Shirou Emiya walked away from Jeanne and Kirie Fujimura, then reached LV.6 as golden light shone around him.