Chapter Summaries

Aozaki Touko spent time with Altrouge, Irisviel, and Bremeth, while Altrouge revealed her mature form to win Touko’s attention. On a stormy night, Aozaki Aoko joked with Yaya about becoming a high school girl and Yaya’s age as a doll.

• Aozaki Touko discussed Bremeth’s human-killing authority with Altrouge and Fina Blood Svel, while Irisviel shared soup with Bremeth.
• Aozaki Touko relaxed against Irisviel after dinner, and Bremeth’s White Beast sought Irisviel’s attention.
• Altrouge teased Aozaki Touko, then changed from her petite form into her mature appearance and invited Touko into her arms.
• Aozaki Aoko watched the rain and joked with Yaya about graduating and becoming a high school girl.
• Yaya claimed she felt bashful, and Aozaki Aoko pointed out that Yaya’s age as a doll made her a little girl.

Aozaki Aoko learned that her sister Touko had agreed to let her inherit the Aozaki Household’s Magic Crest and the Fifth Magic. Troubled by what the inheritance could mean for their relationship, Aoko left the house in the rain.

• Yaya told Aozaki Aoko that Touko had married Irisviel, and Aoko reacted with disbelief before dismissing Yaya’s marriage proposals.
• Aoko and Yaya watched a television report announcing that Aozaki Touko would accept the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
• Aozaki Grandfather arrived and declared that Aoko would inherit the Aozaki Household’s Magic Crest, saying Touko had already agreed.
• Aoko worried that inheriting the Magic Crest could damage her bond with Touko and left the house with an umbrella.
• Aozaki Grandfather also left the Aozaki Household by an unknown means.

Aoko began inheriting the Aozaki Magic Crest while Aozaki Grandfather told her he would soon die, and Bunbyo Rei tried to persuade Yaya to stop the transfer. In London, Altrouge received blood treatment from Aozaki Touko, who later learned from a letter that Aoko was inheriting the Fifth Magic and her grandfather planned to die soon.

• Aozaki Grandfather ordered Aoko and Yaya to wait outside his workshop, then brought Aoko inside and told her Kuonji Alice would teach her after she inherited the Magic Crest.
• Aoko questioned whether Alice would teach her properly, and Aozaki Grandfather said he would die in about three days before beginning the transfer.
• Bunbyo Rei warned Yaya that the inheritance could drive Aozaki Touko and Aoko into conflict, but Yaya refused to stop Aoko and said Touko would resolve the problem.
• Altrouge drank Aozaki Touko's blood for treatment, locked the bedroom door when Irisviel came to call them to lunch, and fell asleep after feeding.
• Aozaki Touko read a letter reporting Aoko's inheritance of the Fifth Magic and Aozaki Grandfather's impending death, which surprised her.

Aozaki Touko decided to return to Japan after her grandfather’s death, and her household planned to accompany her. Meanwhile, at the Clock Tower, Lorona told a disappointed student that Touko would eventually return to receive the Grand title.

• Beo wondered whether Touko could extend Aozaki Grandfather’s life, but Touko admitted she did not know the Fifth Magic’s true nature.
• Touko agreed to return to Japan, and Irisviel, Altrouge, Illyasviel, Kohaku, Hisui, and Lidell all expressed a desire to go with her.
• Touko decided everyone would travel together and told Irisviel she wanted to wait until after the Holy Grail War to have a child.
• At the Clock Tower, a blond student complained to Lorona that Touko had gone back to Japan and might not return.
• Lorona said the Twelve Lords had decided to grant Touko the Grand title for reviving the Foundation of Magecraft for the Runes.

Aozaki Touko returned to Misaki City with Irisviel, Altrouge, and their companions, then visited her dying grandfather, the Fifth Magic User. She introduced her companions as family and friends, leaving Grandfather stunned when Illyasviel von Einzbern also claimed to be Touko’s wife.

• Aozaki Touko discussed the rumors about her inheritance of the Fifth Magic with classmates at the Clock Tower.
• Aozaki Touko and her companions explored Misaki City, where a Counter Guardian appeared before a mysterious woman made it vanish and said Shiki would soon visit her.
• Aozaki Touko brought Irisviel, Altrouge, and the knights to Grandfather’s cave, surprising him with the powerful group accompanying her.
• Aozaki Touko told Grandfather that she had brought her family and friends to see him.
• Illyasviel von Einzbern introduced herself to Grandfather as Touko’s wife, leaving him at a loss for words.

Aozaki Grandfather gave gifts to Touko and her companions, distributed his possessions, and calmly died before appearing once more as a spirit. After returning to the Aozaki Household, Touko introduced Illyasviel as her wife, shocking her parents and Aoko.

• Illyasviel accepted an elixir from Aozaki Grandfather, while Lidell tried to claim one as Touko’s future wife and Altrouge received an elixir meant to heal her old injuries.
• Aozaki Grandfather gave Touko a Mystic Code for Alice and offered Touko the Magic Workshop and the household’s spiritual veins, leaving Aoko only the Magic Crest to inherit.
• Aozaki Grandfather stopped breathing, then appeared as a spirit to request a simple burial and told Touko to leave his body in the Magic Workshop for a few days.
• Altrouge asked whether the Princess could turn Aozaki Grandfather into a Dead Apostle, but Touko said he had chosen to die; that night, his spirit watched the household before returning to the cave.
• Touko returned to the Aozaki Household and introduced Illyasviel as her wife, startling her parents and Aoko.
• Aozaki’s Mother asked what would happen to Azu.

Aozaki Touko and Aozaki Aoko discussed why Touko gave up inheriting the Fifth Magic, with Aoko pressing her sister to explain her choice. Touko said she had her own path and asked why Aoko had accepted the Magic Crest, leaving the sisters’ deeper reasons unresolved.

• Aozaki Touko quietly signaled Aozaki Aoko to keep Irisviel’s age secret while Irisviel told Aozaki Mom she was twenty.
• Aozaki Mom asked Altrouge her age, and Altrouge claimed she was fourteen before accepting praise for her beauty.
• After the household went to sleep, Aozaki Aoko found Touko waiting in the living room and asked why she had rejected the Magic Crest.
• Aozaki Touko said Aoko was better suited to inherit the Fifth Magic, but Aoko argued that using and developing the Magic were equally important.
• Aozaki Touko explained that the Fifth Magic was not her pursuit and asked why Aoko had accepted the Magic Crest.
• When Touko offered Aoko a carefree life with beautiful women, Aoko challenged her choice of companions, and Touko joked that handsome men would get beaten to death.

Aozaki Aoko and Aozaki Touko reconciled after Touko explained that she had given up the Fifth Magic because Aoko mattered more to her. The next day, the sisters set out to visit Azu, discussed the mysterious red figure and the Counter Guardian, and met a kimono-clad girl who asked if Touko was Aozaki Touko.

• Aoko admitted that she had accepted the Fifth Magic partly because she wanted to stand on equal footing with Touko, and Touko said Aoko was more precious to her than the Magic Crest.
• Touko comforted Aoko as she cried, then whispered something to her, and Aoko whispered back after blushing.
• The next morning, Aozaki Mom watched Touko and Aoko leave to visit Azu while Irisviel and Illyasviel helped her in the kitchen.
• On the road, Aoko told Touko that a red figure had appeared to her, and Touko explained that it was likely the Counter Guardian, formed from Alaya and Gaia.
• Touko said a little girl had helped drive the red figure away and pointed out a kimono-clad girl, who asked whether she was Aozaki Touko.

Aozaki Touko met Ryougi Shiki and brought her to the Kuzuki Western Mansion to discuss their mysterious encounter in the park. There, Shiki listened as Touko and Kuonji Alice discussed Touko’s grandfather’s death and her impending appointment as a Grand, while Touko left the park incident unexplained.

• Aozaki Touko met Ryougi Shiki at dawn, and Shiki demanded to know why they had met in the park; Touko said they needed somewhere more suitable to talk.
• Yanagi Akiryu tried to stop Touko from taking Shiki, but Shiki told him and the hidden guards to leave, and he obeyed after Touko promised not to hurt her.
• Touko led Shiki and Aozaki Aoko to the Kuzuki Western Mansion, where Kuonji Alice offered Shiki chocolate from Songs of Sixpence.
• Touko and Alice discussed Touko’s grandfather, who had died while talking with her the previous day, and the rumors that Touko might have killed him.
• Touko told Alice that she planned to return to London after the funeral because she was about to be crowned a Grand.

Aozaki Touko and Kuonji Alice discussed Touko’s wife, Irisviel, and the future child who could preserve Alice’s life and Magic Crest. Later, Ryougi Shiki asked Touko about the unknown personality who had met her in the park, and Touko arranged to speak with that personality.

• Kuonji Alice confronted Aozaki Touko about not bringing Irisviel to the Western Mansion, and Touko explained that she had been monitoring Misaki City with familiars.
• Aozaki Touko promised to bring Irisviel and the others to meet Kuonji Alice the next day, then made Alice breakfast and explained Irisviel’s role as the Lesser Grail.
• Kuonji Alice worried that having a child with Touko would bind her more closely to Touko, while Touko said she had already solved the problem of Irisviel dying after the Holy Grail War.
• Ryougi Shiki asked Aozaki Touko what had happened during their park meeting and who the unknown personality within her was.
• Aozaki Touko asked Shiki to let that personality come out and speak with her, and Shiki agreed.

Ryougi Shiki learned that her hidden original personality created her and Ori to confront a world she found boring, and she sensed that personality’s love through her feelings for Touko. The next night, Altrouge and her entourage visited Kuonji Alice’s mansion, where Touko tried to ease the tense gathering before the room fell silent.

• Aozaki Touko told Ryougi Shiki that her original personality created her and Ori to deal with a boring outside world, and that she could foresee the future.
• Ryougi Shiki learned that Ori had died in a car accident and that she had awakened an ability after her coma; Touko explained that Shiki and Ori reflected one another while their original personality occupied the space between them.
• After Touko kissed her forehead, Ryougi Shiki sensed the hidden personality’s love in her own feelings and greeted Touko as SHIKI.
• The next night, Altrouge, the Black and White Knights, and the Primate Killer arrived at Kuonji Alice’s mansion, putting Alice on guard until Touko reassured her.
• Most of the guests sat apart from Touko, Alice, Altrouge, and Irisviel, while Lidell quietly warned that Altrouge was only gentle toward Touko.
• The lively gathering fell into silence as the guests faced one another around the tea table.

Irisviel introduced a truth-checking game that exposed Aozaki Touko’s feelings and let Kuonji Alice question Altrouge about her plans for humanity. The game ended with Altrouge admitting she would not launch a world conquest under the Dead Apostles’ current strength, and everyone prepared for another round.

• Irisviel proposed a game using Kuonji Alice’s truth-verifying Magecraft device, and the four participants drew colored balls to choose who asked questions.
• Irisviel asked Altrouge how many people’s blood she had drunk, but Altrouge said she had never counted.
• Altrouge asked Aozaki Touko whether she preferred large or small breasts, and Tingting exposed Touko’s answer as a lie; Touko said she liked everything about Kuonji Alice.
• After the game reached its hundredth round, Kuonji Alice asked Altrouge how she would treat modern humans if she recovered and united the Dead Apostles.
• Altrouge claimed she would secretly control humanity and demand tribute, but Tingting called her statement a lie.
• Altrouge explained that the Dead Apostles lacked the strength to conquer the world and that expanding their numbers recklessly could disrupt the ecosystem, then the group prepared another round.

After a round of Truth or Dare revealed Azu’s extraordinary magical power and her affection for Touko’s younger body, Touko slept in before waking to prepare for her grandfather’s burial. She learned that Irisviel and Azu had reconciled through a private conversation, and the chapter ended as Irisviel brought breakfast.

• Altrouge asked Azu about her magical reach, and Azu said she could change the entire world if she wanted to.
• Touko asked Azu when she would inherit her Magic Crest, but Tingting changed its response after Azu threatened it with a glare.
• Azu asked how Touko would manage multiple wives living far apart, and Touko explained that she could exist in multiple places and times through different bodies.
• Azu embraced Touko’s younger body, while Altrouge asked to hold it and Touko refused.
• Illyasviel woke Touko and reminded her that she had to bury her grandfather that day.
• Altrouge told Touko that Irisviel had spoken privately with Azu during the night, and Irisviel brought breakfast as Azu helped her in the kitchen.

Aozaki Touko and Kuonji Alice prepared a guarded grave for Aozaki Grandfather, then Touko said farewell with her family before leaving for London. At the airport, Touko recognized Ryougi Ori and invited her to visit, while Ori remained uncertain about her future danger.

• Aozaki Touko and Kuonji Alice built a grave and surrounded it with bounded fields and defenses against grave robbers.
• Aozaki Aoko and her family arrived to pay their respects, and Kuonji Alice confirmed that Aozaki Grandfather's spiritual body had disappeared.
• Aozaki Touko departed for London after telling Ryougi Shiki to visit her if she had time.
• Aozaki Touko recognized that Ryougi Shiki was actually Ryougi Ori and said she could not predict whether Ori would die.
• Aozaki Touko invited Ryougi Ori to visit her in London and offered to pay her travel costs, meals, and lodging.
• Kiyomizu Akiryu and his men met Ryougi Ori at the airport and confirmed she was unharmed.

Aozaki Touko taught a Clock Tower class on substitutes for magical potions while an ancient magus sought her help to prolong his life. After class, she offered Lorona advice about researching the Philosopher’s Stone and invited her to talk further.

• An elderly magus in a wheelchair offered all his property for Touko to treat him, and Touko said she could extend his life by only two or three years before directing him to the infirmary.
• Touko taught a lesson on finding substitutes for extinct magical potions using materials compiled by Kuonji Alice.
• Lorona’s blond friend praised Touko and asked whether Lorona should persist in researching the Philosopher’s Stone, revealing that Lorona was the friend he meant.
• Lorona asked Touko for advice about the Philosopher’s Stone, and Touko suggested that the Atlas Institute’s Contract Order could help her access its completed Philosopher’s Stone.
• Touko invited Lorona to talk after class about her views on the Philosopher’s Stone, leaving Lorona nervously agreeing.

Aozaki Touko met the alchemy prodigy Lorona and considered recruiting her as an assistant, then met Inorai Balgeletta Atroholm, the Lord of the Department of Creation, who tried to draw her into the Democratic Faction. Touko rejected the value of factional politics, and Inorai ended by offering her the chance to obtain someone beautiful.

• Aozaki Touko spoke with Lorona at a café and considered taking her on as an assistant if she proved suitable.
• The blond boy urged Lorona to seek Touko's support, then jokingly suggested she seduce Touko; Lorona doubted Touko was interested in her.
• Inorai Balgeletta Atroholm met Aozaki Touko in her Clock Tower office and explained that Touko had become a symbol of the Democratic Faction.
• Aozaki Touko said she had no interest in factional struggles and explained that her research helped people speak calmly to her, even when she held a gun to their heads.
• Inorai described Touko's influence in the Clock Tower and asked about the rumors surrounding her preferences.
• Inorai asked whether Touko wanted to obtain someone even more beautiful.

Aozaki Touko considered Inorai’s offer of the Golden Princess and Silver Princess in exchange for helping the Izuluma Family with Android technology, while Inorai judged her value to an elderly visitor. In London, Aoyama Aohana and Emiya Kiritsugu awaited a mission and unexpectedly discussed having a child together.

• Inorai offered Aozaki Touko the Golden Princess and Silver Princess and proposed passing her techniques to children who could inherit the Izuluma Family’s Magic Crest.
• Aozaki Touko deferred her decision until she could see the next generation’s finished product, and she and Inorai reached a tacit agreement.
• After Aozaki Touko left, Inorai told an old man that she found Touko difficult to recruit but sensed she had the power to kill her.
• Aoyama Aohana and Emiya Kiritsugu waited outside a mansion in London for their boss’s summons and talked about keeping mission money to buy a house.
• Aoyama Aohana asked Emiya Kiritsugu if he would father her child, leaving him stunned.

Emiya Kiritsugu accepted Aozaki Touko’s job to find Christian antiques for money to support the children in his orphanages. Later, Lidell asked Touko about the ceremony for granting a Grand title, and Touko said it was held in Albion’s Mausoleum beneath the Clock Tower.

• Aozaki Touko offered Emiya Kiritsugu a paid job collecting old Christian artifacts, and he agreed to begin immediately.
• Emiya Kiritsugu proposed raiding the Vatican for relics, but abandoned the idea when Touko warned she would not protect him if he were exposed.
• Touko promised to donate one hundred million to charity, though she would not say whether it meant dollars or yen.
• Lidell showed Touko her new outfit and asked whether she was prettier than Azu, but Touko chose Azu.
• Lidell asked where the ceremony for granting a Grand title took place, and Touko identified Albion’s Mausoleum beneath the Clock Tower.

Aozaki Touko, Irisviel, Lidell, and Beo explored Albion's Mausoleum and reached its uppermost level, the Mining City, where dangerous dealings awaited newcomers. After Touko unnerved a predatory vendor, the group moved on and Lidell took photos of Touko and Irisviel.

• Lidell explained Albion's Mausoleum's significance and invited Irisviel to attend Touko's Grand ceremony, while Altrouge volunteered to go too.
• Touko carried Irisviel at high speed through the mausoleum, while Beo carried a terrified Lidell to the Mining City.
• Touko inspected a vendor's stall and accepted a purple herb after the frightened vendor offered it as a gift.
• Lidell left the vendor behind, and the narration revealed that he had considered robbing the newcomers and selling their blood and organs.
• Lidell photographed Touko and Irisviel together, directing them to move closer and put an arm around each other's waist.

Aozaki Touko toured the Excavation City with Irisviel, Beo, and Lidell before dining with Inorai, who discussed how they could travel deeper into Albion. A mysterious girl appeared to Touko as a phantom, and the chapter left Touko planning to reach the Old Heart through the Bureau of Secret Remains Dissection.

• Aozaki Touko and Irisviel posed for a travel photo while Beo intimidated onlookers and led the group toward a restaurant.
• Inorai met Aozaki Touko outside the restaurant and explained that the Bureau of Secret Remains Dissection suspected she had bypassed its entrance controls.
• Inorai invited the group to eat Chimera meat, and Aozaki Touko let her keep Beo's identity confidential.
• Aozaki Touko saw a phantom girl atop a tower, heard her greet Touko, and returned to herself when Irisviel touched her shoulder.
• Inorai asked which route Aozaki Touko would take to the Old Heart, and Touko chose to go through the Bureau of Secret Remains Dissection.