Recaps

Merlin met Touko, who sent him through a mysterious door into the past, where he encountered young Arthur and Artoria in a female form. Seven days after Touko recreated the world and left for Camelot, Illya encountered a talking Magic Staff that wanted to make her a Magical Girl.

• Merlin spoke with Touko, who said she would send him away because the world needed Miss Merlin rather than Mr. Merlin.
• After Merlin finished painting Touko, she opened a dark doorway, and he stepped through into the past and met young Arthur.
• Merlin told Arthur he would change his appearance, while Miss Merlin appeared before young Artoria during sword practice and introduced herself.
• In Fuyuki City, Illya noticed a red Magic Staff falling toward her and caught it as it targeted her.
• The Magic Staff pretended to be injured, protested when Illya threatened to throw it away, and claimed it could turn her into a Magical Girl.

Illya rejected a red Magic Staff’s offer to become a Magical Girl after revealing she was the Third Magus’s daughter. In another world, Miss Merlin agreed to teach Mordred kingship after Aozaki Touko revived her, and the story left them settling into their new home as Mordred trained and Touko prepared breakfast.

• Illya told the red Magic Staff that she was Illyasviel von Einzbern, the daughter of the Third Magus, and it excitedly asked her to become its master.
• A little black-haired girl asked a Blonde Girl for shelter, food, and clothes in exchange for helping retrieve the cards.
• Miss Merlin met Aozaki Touko and Mordred, learned Britain would fall, and agreed to teach Mordred how to become a king.
• Aozaki Touko placed Mordred in a blank body and revived her, and Miss Merlin arranged for her to study alongside Artoria in a dream.
• Mordred trained with her greatsword before breakfast while Miss Merlin advised her to exercise reasonably, then went inside to find Aozaki Touko cooking noodles.

Aozaki Aoko visited the Aozaki Household and discussed Illya’s possible inheritance of her Magic Crest. In the past, Aozaki Touko, Mordred, and Miss Merlin encountered bandits, and Touko learned they had turned to robbery because their village was running out of food.

• Illya greeted Aozaki Aoko, who had returned to the Aozaki Household, and told her that Touko had traveled through time.
• Aozaki Aoko explained that Magic Users could interfere with time and said Illya might inherit her Magic Crest if she had no descendants.
• Illya said she would rather inherit Touko’s Magic Crest, and Aoko teased her for wanting both.
• Aozaki Touko, Mordred, and Miss Merlin were surrounded by bandits who threatened to rob them.
• Touko pulled out the bandit leader’s beating heart, examined it, and returned it after deciding he was not truly evil.
• The bandit leader explained that poor harvests and food shortages had driven his village to rob travelers to survive.

Illya joined Tohsaka Rin to recover a Heroic Spirit card and found Medusa on the athletic field. After Medusa attacked, Illya dodged and knocked aside her Chain Blade, leaving Medusa wary of her.

• Aozaki Touko offered the bandits a way to solve their food shortage in exchange for a price, and the chief agreed to take her, Mordred, and Merlin to the farmland.
• Kai emerged after the group left, confirmed his heart was still beating, and decided to gather knights to capture them without telling Artoria.
• Illya left home to meet Tohsaka Rin, while Sella and Rieses discussed whether Illya needed protection and their feelings for Touko.
• Tohsaka Rin and Illya used Ruby to reveal the distortion at the center of the athletic field and found Medusa there.
• Medusa attacked Illya with her Chain Blade, but Illya dodged it and knocked it aside, prompting Medusa to retreat.

Illya’s Soul Gem took human form and confronted Ruby while Illya continued fighting Medusa. Elsewhere, Aozaki Touko used magic to restore a village’s wheat harvest, then left after the villagers offered human lives or maidens as payment.

• Illya dodged Medusa’s Chain Blade and held back from attacking until she knew whether defeating this Medusa would affect the other one.
• A blue-haired girl appeared, knocked Ruby away, and revealed that she was Illya’s Magic Wand and Soul Gem, created by Aozaki Touko.
• Ruby accused the Soul Gem of being jealous and inferior, while Illya assured her she had no intention of abandoning her.
• Medusa attacked again, and Illya leaped aside to evade the Chain Blade.
• Aozaki Touko magically turned a village’s withered wheat into a plentiful harvest, astonishing the villagers.
• The bandit chief offered human lives or maidens as payment, but Aozaki Touko refused and walked away.

Touko and Miss Merlin discussed what to do with Britain’s people, while Kai pursued them after learning they had saved a village’s harvest without demanding a sacrifice. In Fuyuki, Illya and Rin met Luviya and a mysterious girl after the girl defeated Medusa, and they set out together to retrieve more cards.

• Touko told Miss Merlin she could send the souls of the Britons to the Sea of Stars while keeping her promise to Artoria.
• Kai arrived at the village, learned Touko had demanded no sacrifice, and rode after her group with the other knights.
• Illya blocked Medusa’s attacks with two Magic Wands while Rin checked whether the different versions of Illya were connected.
• A black-haired girl used a Lancer card to kill Medusa and retrieve the Rider card.
• Luviya arrived, recognized Illya as the daughter of a Magic User, and asked to work with her on retrieving the cards.
• Luviya, Illya, Rin, and the black-haired girl traveled together in a car.

Miyu learned from Luviya that Aozaki Touko had recreated the world and that Illya was her daughter, while Touko confronted Goetia through a vision of the future. Their opposing beliefs made clear that they were destined to fight, and Touko returned to find Merlin, Mordred, and a group of knights staring at her.

• Miyu asked Luviya why she was so concerned about Illya, and Luviya explained that Aozaki Touko had reset the planet and that Illya was her daughter.
• Aozaki Touko noticed Goetia watching her through a vision of the future and challenged him to explain his intentions.
• Goetia questioned why Touko had not created a world without death, and Touko said she had only wanted to protect her family and would not impose a god's will on humanity.
• Goetia and Touko rejected each other's ideals and agreed that their conflict would end with one of them dying.
• Merlin, Mordred, and a group of mounted knights gathered around Touko as she withdrew her gaze.

Illya learned that Miyu had transferred into her class and wanted to ask Touko to save another world. After spending the day with Miyu, Illya reflected on their differences and explained why she was collecting cards.

• Kai asked Aozaki Touko to teach the knights how to survive, but she refused because interfering could create a singularity.
• Aozaki Touko told Kai that the people’s souls would be reborn in a new world, and Ferguson suggested spreading the claim to ease their suffering.
• Waver read a parchment describing an orange-haired Savior and wondered whether Aozaki Touko had changed history.
• Miyu transferred into Illya’s class, then asked Illya to help her contact Touko so she could ask her to save the world.
• Illya walked home with Miyu, felt outmatched by Miyu’s talents, and explained that Ruby and Rin had led her to collect the cards.
• Miyu asked Illya whether she was afraid of fighting Heroic Spirits, and Illya agreed that it was dangerous.

Miyu asked Aozaki Touko to save her Parallel World from destruction, but Touko demanded a reason to help and left Miyu unable to answer. The chapter leaves Miyu without a way to persuade Touko.

• Illya told Miyu that she had already lost a Holy Grail War, but said she trusted Miyu as her companion.
• Illya brought Miyu home and learned that Miyu would live in the mansion beside her house.
• Miyu told Aozaki Aoko that she came from a Parallel World facing destruction and asked to contact Touko.
• In Britain, Aozaki Touko and Miss Merlin watched Mordred prepare to fight a Chimera that Touko secretly strengthened.
• Miyu pleaded with Aozaki Touko to save her world, but Touko asked what reason she had to help and then left.

Illya and Miyu obtained Touko’s Salvation Ritual Grimoire and asked Luviya to interpret it, hoping to save Miyu’s world. Luviya warned that the ritual demanded a living planet as a sacrifice, leaving their plan in doubt.

• Aoko, Sella, and Rieses left rather than interfere as Touko refused to help save the Parallel World, while Illya urged Touko to reconsider.
• Touko said returning to the future would put her in danger, then suggested Illya and Miyu try performing the ritual with the materials in her room before ending the projection.
• Illya found the Salvation Ritual Grimoire after a mysterious hand dropped it from the ceiling, and she and Miyu discovered they could not understand it.
• Miyu brought the Grimoire to Luviya, who confirmed the ritual might save the world but advised against attempting it.
• Luviya explained that the ritual required a life-filled planet as a sacrifice, shocking Illya.

Luviya explained the near-impossible requirements for a ritual to save Miyu’s world, but Ruby proposed using Gems to gather its magical energy and Illya to persuade Aozaki Touko to help. In a vision of Britain’s past, Touko watched Artoria draw the Sword of Selection, then told her they would meet again and that she would become Touko’s possession; Merlin predicted she would eventually fall in love with Touko.

• Luviya listed the ritual’s demands, including vast magical energy, the world’s cooperation, humanity’s faith, and facilities for all life, leaving Miyu despairing but unwilling to give up.
• Ruby said Gems could extract enough magical energy from Parallel Worlds and suggested Illya ask Aozaki Touko to help; Luviya said they first needed to collect all the Heroic Spirit cards.
• Aozaki Touko watched the selection ceremony with Mordred, who said Britain’s fate could not be changed by choosing a king.
• Merlin warned Artoria that drawing the Sword of Selection would cost her humanity and make everyone hate her, but Artoria drew it anyway.
• Touko called herself Artoria’s future husband and said Artoria would one day become her possession before disappearing.
• Merlin told Artoria that Touko was her lover and predicted she would eventually fall in love with her.

Aozaki Touko watched the end of King Arthur’s story with Mordred, then reunited with Artoria in Camelot after Britain was saved. Artoria and Touko sailed to Avalon, where the people of Britain welcomed their king and the two began their life together.

• Aozaki Touko watched Guinevere and Lancelot’s romance with Mordred, who stopped herself from interfering to avoid changing the future.
• Aozaki Touko showed Mordred her past declaration that she wanted to marry Guinevere, leaving Mordred mortified.
• After watching Artoria’s story end, Aozaki Touko took Mordred to meet Artoria, who had returned to Camelot; Bedivere brought her the Holy Sword and news that Britain awaited her in Avalon.
• Artoria and Aozaki Touko sailed across the lake, confessed their love, and kissed while Bedivere rowed.
• Artoria arrived in Avalon to find the people of Britain gathered to welcome her, and she walked toward them hand in hand with Aozaki Touko.

Waver wondered whether Aozaki Touko was the Lord in King Arthur’s account of Britain’s salvation. At Altrouge’s castle, Touko soothed her angry wife by explaining Arcueid’s pregnancy and telling her that Remilia should claim Gungnir.

• Waver read that King Arthur had contracted with the Lord to secure salvation for the souls of the British, and suspected Touko was the Lord.
• Arcueid invoked her pregnancy to stop Altrouge from hitting her, while Remilia defended the unborn child; Altrouge ordered them out.
• Touko arrived at Altrouge’s castle despite a maid’s warning, then disguised herself as a little girl before meeting Altrouge alone.
• Touko told Altrouge that Remilia should retrieve Gungnir, which Touko had located after reshaping the world.
• Touko explained that Crimson Moon had used Arcueid’s body and intended the unborn child to be a vessel for her resurrection; Altrouge doubted Touko’s excuse but accepted her attitude.

Aozaki Touko asked Crimson Moon to leave Earth alone while she pursued a way to become a Demon God, and Crimson Moon agreed to wait three thousand years for her return. Later, Touko and Artoria discovered that Mordred had grown into a mature woman and heard why she had begun calling Touko “Lady Touko.”

• The morning after their retaliation, Aozaki Touko found Crimson Moon reading books about manipulating her son-in-law and took them away.
• Touko asked Crimson Moon not to attack Gaia-chan or seize Earth while she left the world to seek a path toward becoming a Demon God.
• Touko promised to give Crimson Moon a lively Moon, and Crimson Moon agreed to wait three thousand years before trying to seize Earth again.
• At a coffee shop, Touko asked Artoria how Mordred was doing as Camelot’s ruler, and Artoria said she expected things to be going well.
• Touko projected an image of Mordred at a hot spring and discovered she had grown into a mature woman.
• Mordred explained that Touko was the first person who had truly cared for her, unlike Mother and Father King.

Mordred revealed her romantic feelings for Aozaki Touko and tried to persuade Artoria to accept their relationship, using her exhaustion as queen as an excuse. The story then shifted to Fuyuki City Bridge, where Illya asked to fight Medea herself.

• Mordred told Aozaki Touko that she wanted to be her lover rather than her daughter, and Artoria angrily challenged her.
• Mordred demonstrated her rune magecraft and claimed she had grown strong enough to resist Artoria, but backed down when Artoria prepared to retrieve the Holy Lance.
• Mordred claimed that ruling Camelot had exhausted her and that she wanted an heir with Aozaki Touko, though she privately admitted she was manipulating Artoria.
• At Fuyuki City Bridge, Illya and Tohsaka Rin complained that the Heroic Spirits they encountered were people they already knew, including Medea.
• Luviya sent Miyu to defeat Caster, but Illya asked to handle the battle herself because Medea had a special connection to her family.

Arcueid learned that Touko had already chosen the name Flandre Brunestud for their unborn child, prompting her to reconsider their relationship as future parents. She and Remilia also discussed Arcueid’s past with Roa and the unresolved murder of Merem Solomon, with Remilia suspecting Touko.

• Remilia asked Arcueid whether her unborn sister had a name, and Crimson Moon revealed that Touko had chosen Flandre Brunestud.
• Arcueid realized that her pregnancy meant she and Touko could no longer carry on as an ordinary couple without taking on parental responsibilities.
• Remilia asked how Arcueid and Touko had become involved, and Arcueid said their relationship had likely begun around the time she killed Roa.
• Remilia asked whether Arcueid had found Merem Solomon’s killer, and Arcueid said she had a suspect but the case was difficult to investigate.
• Arcueid explained that Merem Solomon’s death had been quietly suppressed despite involving the Holy Church and the Dead Apostles, and Remilia wondered whether Touko had done it.

Illya and the others recovered the Caster card, but Black Saber appeared before Miyu could fight her. Aozaki Touko returned, defeated Black Saber with the Third Magic, and revealed that Arcueid was pregnant; afterward, she began a proper conversation with Miyu.

• Arcueid told Remilia to focus on training instead of investigating Merem Solomon's death, and Remilia left to find Izayo Sakuya and search for her destined weapon.
• Illya explained that her combined Magic Wand form drained her stamina quickly after overpowering Caster.
• Black Saber appeared, and Miyu prepared to fight her with the Lancer card.
• Aozaki Touko returned and turned Black Saber into light and mist with the Third Magic, then caught the fallen card.
• Touko told Illya that Arcueid was pregnant and would return home to await the birth of Illya's little sister.
• Touko began speaking with Miyu, who introduced herself as Emiya Miyu from a parallel-world Emiya Household.

Illya worried about Miyu’s possible death if she used her wish-granting power, but promised they would find another way together. After thinking over their conversation, Illya called Miyu and eagerly summoned her when she saw her in a maid outfit, while Aozaki Touko and Arcueid chatted downstairs.

• Illya told Miyu she wanted her to live and promised they would solve the problem together rather than accept her death.
• Illya worried about Miyu and Ruby advised her to ask Miyu directly, but Illya avoided bringing up painful memories.
• Ruby and Illya joked about Tohsaka Rin before Ruby started a video call with Miyu.
• Illya saw Miyu wearing a maid outfit on the call and insisted that she come over immediately.
• Miyu arrived at the Aozaki Household, and Aozaki Touko and Arcueid discussed the girls upstairs and Touko’s childhood.

Aozaki Touko returned to Fuyuki City to help Arcueid raise her unborn child, then visited Kuonji Alice and admitted she could lift the curse of Alice’s Magic Crest. Alice agreed that the curse and having children were separate matters, and Touko proposed that their child take the Aozaki surname; later, Illya and Miyu easily retrieved a card by defeating the Hundred-Faced Assassin.

• Arcueid and Aozaki Touko found Illya pinning Miyu to a bed after Illya’s maid outfit fixation, and Touko told Illya to let Miyu go.
• Aozaki Touko brought Kuonji Alice a bowl of noodles and said she planned to take Arcueid to Misaki City so Arcueid could raise her unborn child there.
• Kuonji Alice asked whether Touko could resolve the curse of her Magic Crest, and Touko confirmed that she could.
• Aozaki Touko told Kuonji Alice she would stay with her even if they had no children, and Alice said the curse and having children were separate matters.
• Aozaki Touko proposed that their child take the Aozaki surname, and Kuonji Alice glared at her smugly smiling partner.
• Illya and Miyu fought the Hundred-Faced Assassin in the mirror space and completed the card retrieval with ease.

Aozaki Touko learned that her parents had not taken the longevity potion because they wanted to preserve their right to choose death, and she struggled with whether to accept their decision. Irisviel comforted Touko and promised to remain by her side for eternity.

• Aozaki Father and Aozaki Mom congratulated Aozaki Touko on the coming birth of Flandre Brunestud and teased her about her talent for pursuing women.
• Arcueid explained that Touko had named their unborn child Flandre Brunestud years earlier, and Touko speculated that her future self or the world had made the prediction come true.
• Aozaki Touko noticed her mother's white hairs and learned that her parents had not taken the life-extending potion because they feared losing the choice to die.
• Aozaki Touko urged her parents to take the potion, but Aozaki Mom asked for more time to think it over.
• That night, Aozaki Touko worried about whether she should accept her parents' choice, and Irisviel promised to stay beside her forever.

In the Mirror Space, Illya and Miyu fought Berserker before Illya accepted that she would meet him again through Touko. Tohsaka Rin revealed an extremely valuable gemstone, and Luviya later told Miyu that Touko had given it to Rin, prompting Miyu to question their relationship.

• Illya recognized Berserker and hesitated to fight him until Miyu stepped forward to protect her.
• Miyu and Illya joined forces against Berserker, and Illya later said she could summon him again through Touko.
• Tohsaka Rin explained that Touko could summon Berserker, then encouraged Illya to trust they would meet again someday.
• Tohsaka Rin defended her family's status by revealing Aphrodite's Gemstone and claiming it was worth a hundred billion yen.
• Luviya told Miyu that Touko had given Rin the gemstone, and Miyu wondered if Rin was destined to become Illya's mother.

Tohsaka Rin and Luviya decided to involve Miyu’s Parallel World in the Salvation Ritual after El-Melloi II explained why the Second Magic could not supply the needed energy. The chapter ended with Miyu warning Illya and the others that the powerful Einsworth family wanted to capture her for the ritual.

• Luviya told Miyu that witnessing Aozaki Touko reshape the world had left her awed by Touko’s power and influence among magi.
• El-Melloi II explained to Tohsaka Rin that Lord Gems could not accumulate enough energy for the ritual, and that Touko’s Third Magic was essential to its core.
• Tohsaka Rin and Luviya agreed to return to Fuyuki City, find Illya, and seek ritual personnel and resources from Miyu’s world.
• Tohsaka Rin and Luviya proposed traveling to Miyu’s world and asking its people to help save it.
• Miyu told Illya and the others that the Einsworth family wanted to capture her for the Salvation Ritual, and confirmed that the family was very powerful.

Illya persuaded Remilia to spare Miyu’s dying Parallel World in exchange for three wishes, while Remilia prepared to return to Fuyuki City. Izayo Sakuya collected Illya and began taking her to Einzbern Castle, where Remilia’s plans awaited.

• Illya called Remilia for help, but learned her younger sister planned to invade the Parallel World and claim it as new territory.
• Illya convinced Remilia not to invade Miyu’s world by agreeing to grant her three wishes, and Remilia immediately asked for Illya’s blood for a month.
• Remilia revealed that she wanted Illya’s blood because she believed it resembled their father’s, while Izayo Sakuya warned that Lady Altrouge might forbid it and hinted that the blood could be lethal to vampires.
• Illya noticed Fuyuki City had gone dark, and Ruby explained that large-scale magecraft was being used ahead of Remilia’s return.
• Izayo Sakuya arrived by air and, at Remilia’s order, took Illya to Einzbern Castle in a waiting car.

Illya arrived at Einzbern Castle to find Remilia had gathered a massive force to fight the Einsworth family, and she met the allies who had come to support them. As Remilia introduced the assembled factions, an airship appeared overhead; the story then shifted to the previous day, when Bunbyo Rei visited Aozaki Touko to ask about her daughters’ plans.

• Izayo Sakuya escorted Illya through a crowd of soldiers to Einzbern Castle, where Remilia revealed the army she had gathered as a surprise.
• Illya reunited with Miyu, Tohsaka Rin, and Luviya on the castle rooftop, and Miyu reassured her that the Einsworth family could cover the army’s expenses.
• Remilia introduced the supporting forces, including werewolves, Dead Apostles, magi, and Holy Church Executors; Illya recognized Bazett Fraga McLachlan and Kirei Kotomine among them.
• A loud explosion interrupted Remilia’s introduction as an airship appeared in the sky, and Remilia recognized its occupant.
• The previous day, Bunbyo Rei visited Aozaki Touko at the Kuzuki Western Mansion and said the higher-ups had sent him to ask about her daughters’ plans.

Aozaki Touko agreed to consider helping save the Parallel World and decided to visit Miyu’s world with Arcueid and Azu. At Mount Enzou, she defeated the black King of Heroes, brought out his younger form, and reunited with Remilia and Illya.

• Bunbyo Rei asked whether Aozaki Touko would help save the Parallel World, and she said she would help only if its people completed the necessary preparations.
• Aozaki Touko made breakfast and persuaded Azu to join her and Arcueid on a trip to Miyu’s world.
• At Mount Enzou, Aozaki Touko struck the black King of Heroes and forced him to revert to Young Gil.
• Aozaki Touko returned Gilgamesh’s power card and told Young Gil he could use it, while he observed the assembled forces around them.
• Remilia and Illya rushed to Aozaki Touko, who introduced them to Young Gil as he greeted the girls.