Chapter Summaries

Aozaki Touko secured Tohsaka Tokiomi’s signature on a contract that placed the Tohsaka Household’s assets and future descendants under her influence. After spending the night at the household, Touko was asked by Tohsaka Aoi whether Tokiomi could safely return from the Root, and she said no one present could use the method she knew.

• Aozaki Touko presented Tohsaka Tokiomi with a compulsory contract, and he signed after she promised to give Tohsaka Rin freedom and support.
• Fujimura Taiga told Tohsaka Rin and Tohsaka Sakura that she had become close to Touko by saving her from thugs, though the girls were unconvinced.
• Aozaki Touko emerged from her discussion with Tokiomi and told Taiga that everything had gone smoothly.
• Tohsaka Aoi and the girls urged Touko to stay overnight, while Taiga left after dinner.
• Tohsaka Aoi asked Touko whether she could safely return from the Root, and Touko said she knew a way but none of them could use it.

Aozaki Touko returned to the Kuzuki Western Mansion, received the Fifth Magic Mystic Code from Kuonji Alice, and discussed her plans for the Holy Grail War. When Tohno Akiha arrived worn out and asked Touko for help, Touko went with her to deal with the inverted members of the Tohno Family.

• Aozaki Touko returned to the mansion and told Kuonji Alice she planned to visit Kanbu City before going back to London.
• Kuonji Alice gave Aozaki Touko the Fifth Magic Magecraft Mystic Code for her coming Holy Grail War.
• Aozaki Touko told Kuonji Alice that she would give Avalon to the King Arthur she summoned to protect them from attacks.
• Tohno Akiha arrived with damaged clothes and asked Aozaki Touko to come to her house.
• Kuonji Alice explained that Tohno Akiha had come for help clearing out the inverted members of the Tohno Family.

Aozaki Touko killed Tohno Makihisa after he engineered a confrontation to gamble on defeating her and obtaining a cure for his Inversion Impulse. She carried the grieving Tohno Akiha back to the Kuonji Western Mansion, where she promised to help suppress Akiha’s own Inversion Impulse and reunited with Alice.

• Tohno Makihisa admitted that he had deliberately sent Akiha to find Aozaki Touko so he could fight her and gamble on surviving long enough to seek the Miko Futago.
• Tohno Makihisa attacked Aozaki Touko in the poison-filled basement, but Touko had protected herself with a barrier and killed him.
• Akiha waited outside, regretted making Touko kill her father, and vowed to repay her; Touko told her Makihisa had died peacefully and carried her away.
• Akiha told Touko that the Tohno Family’s Inversion Impulse would eventually affect her too, and Touko promised to find a way to cure or suppress it.
• Touko brought Akiha to the Kuonji Western Mansion, where Alice had prepared a room and offered ingredients for food.

Aozaki Touko met Root Shiki in the park to discuss Sakura’s dreams, alternate timelines, and the risks of Touko pursuing omniscience. Root Shiki then asked Kenmoku Akiryu for money so she and Touko could go shopping, leaving the story poised for their next outing.

• Aozaki Touko and Root Shiki met on a park bench, and Root Shiki explained that Sakura’s dreams had connected her to another version of herself on the Throne of Heroes.
• Aozaki Touko questioned whether she was herself a deduced existence, and Root Shiki left the question unanswered.
• Aozaki Touko said she wanted an omniscient perspective but intended to pursue it herself rather than rely on Root Shiki.
• Root Shiki warned that growing power could change Touko’s worldview and distance her from humanity.
• Aozaki Touko decided not to summon herself, joking that she did not want to end up killing herself.
• Root Shiki asked Kenmoku Akiryu for money so she and Touko could go shopping, and Akiryu agreed.

Aozaki Touko and Root Shiki left a casino after their impossible winning streak and visited Mother of Kanbuchi to ask about their futures. Mother of Kanbuchi could not see either woman's destiny, and Root Shiki challenged Touko's suggestion that they were lovers.

• Aozaki Touko and Root Shiki won repeatedly at the Ryougi Family casino until its manager offered them ten million yen to leave.
• Kenmoku Akiryu explained that the women were connected to the Ryougi Family and left his share of the money as compensation for the dealer.
• Aozaki Touko and Root Shiki found Mother of Kanbuchi in a secluded alley and asked her to predict their futures.
• Mother of Kanbuchi said she could not observe their futures, and Touko wondered whether her transmigration or SHIKI caused the anomaly.
• Root Shiki revealed that seeing her future would expose Mother of Kanbuchi to the Root and cause her death.
• Ryougi Shiki questioned Touko's claim that a fortune-telling visit would make their date sweeter and denied that they were lovers.

Aozaki Touko and Ryougi Shiki visited the Asagami household to meet Asagami Fujino, with Touko threatening the family head at gunpoint to summon her. The chapter left Fujino unable to leave the house, as her guardian apologized and blamed a strange magic.

• Mother of Kanbuchi foretold that Ryougi Shiki would be loved and have a cute daughter, and told Aozaki Touko that her future daughter would be well-behaved and adorable.
• Ryougi Shiki asked whether Aozaki Touko had killed anyone, and Touko described killing Tohno Makihisa to prevent him from becoming a murderous beast.
• Aozaki Touko told Ryougi Shiki that she wanted to find her a playmate and led her to the Asagami household to meet Asagami Fujino.
• Aozaki Touko pointed a handgun at Asagami Kōzō and demanded that he bring Fujino to them, and he agreed out of fear.
• Fujino's guardian apologized that a strange magic seemed to prevent her from leaving the house.

Aozaki Touko confronted Asagami Kōzō and revealed that she intended to cure Asagami Fujino and claim her powers. After Fujino’s mother agreed to leave with her daughter, Touko began testing whether Fujino could feel pain.

• Aozaki Touko forced Asagami Kōzō to do push-ups and answer arithmetic questions while waiting for Fujino.
• Fujino’s mother brought her into the living room, where Touko explained that she wanted to cure Fujino and acquire her Mystic Eyes of Distortion.
• Touko said Fujino would join Umbrella Corporation as her subordinate when she grew up and that she wanted Fujino’s mother to come with them.
• Fujino’s mother agreed to leave with Touko so she could stay beside Fujino.
• Touko pinched Fujino’s cheek and asked whether it hurt, but Fujino looked puzzled.

Aozaki Touko helped Asagami Fujino feel pain again and took her under her protection, then forced Asagami Kōzō to work for her charity fund under threat of a curse. Three days later, Touko left, while Ryougi Shiki sensed that Touko would return and briefly met a boy who was moving away from Kanbuchi City.

• Aozaki Touko flicked Asagami Fujino's forehead, allowing Fujino to feel pain and break down in relieved tears.
• Aozaki Touko let Fujino's mother carry her, then offered Asagami Kōzō death or a curse requiring one hundred good deeds each year.
• Asagami Kōzō chose the curse and agreed to work for Justice Partner and support its activities.
• Three days later, Ryougi Shiki told Asagami Fujino that Touko would return, and Fujino teased Shiki about Touko's feelings for her.
• Ryougi Shiki exchanged a brief glance with a black-haired boy in a moving truck as he left Kanbuchi City with his father.

Waver struggled with the Clock Tower’s contempt for his weak lineage and met a black-haired girl who claimed to be Aozaki Touko. Meanwhile, Touko and Irisviel planned to return to the Einzbern Family, repair Irisviel’s Lesser Grail, and summon King Arthur early so they could get to know each other before the Holy Grail War.

• Waver listened as a green-haired man mocked his abilities and suggested he sneak into Aozaki Touko’s lecture.
• Waver went to the library to study Zoroastrianism and helped a black-haired girl find books about Angra Mainyu.
• The girl introduced herself as Aozaki Touko, but Waver dismissed her claim and she left after threatening to extort him when she regained her adult body.
• Irisviel told Touko that Avalon had been found and that the Einzbern Family wanted them to summon King Arthur ahead of the Holy Grail War.
• Touko agreed to return after finishing her research and said she could safely resolve the Lesser Grail in Irisviel’s body.
• Irisviel and Touko discussed having Illya and possibly a second daughter.

Aozaki Touko stopped a green-haired student from bullying Waver Velvet and invited Waver to attend more of her lessons, implicitly protecting him from retaliation. The green-haired man accepted that warning and left Waver alone, while Waver remained wary of him.

• Aozaki Touko entered her classroom and caught the green-haired student threatening Waver Velvet over a seat.
• Aozaki Touko questioned the two students, learned Waver's name, and thanked him for helping her find a book the day before.
• Aozaki Touko invited Waver to attend more lessons, signaling that she would protect him.
• The green-haired man told Waver that Touko's influence had persuaded him not to retaliate, then left for Kayneth's office.

Aozaki Touko returned to Einzbern Castle and summoned Artoria as Saber for the Holy Grail War. Artoria formed a contract with Touko, then mistook Touko’s powerful friends for threats before Touko reassured her.

• Aozaki Touko explained that she would summon Solomon only after completing the Third Magic, but could summon him early if King Arthur faltered.
• Hadon and the Androids prepared the summoning circle at Einzbern Castle, and Aozaki Touko placed Avalon within it.
• Aozaki Touko summoned Artoria, who accepted her as Master and completed their contract.
• Illya asked whether King Arthur was a girl, prompting Artoria to defend Aozaki Touko from the people she sensed as dangerous.
• Aozaki Touko reassured Artoria that they were friends, and Altrouge kissed Touko before praising Artoria’s quick protective response.

Artoria enjoyed Irisviel’s cooking at the castle before Aozaki Touko explained that the Holy Grail could not grant her wish to save Camelot. The chapter left Artoria confronting the possibility that her quest could not change her kingdom’s fate.

• Artoria praised Irisviel’s cooking but resisted her invitation to stay, insisting she had a wish to fulfill.
• Irisviel revealed that Touko already knew Artoria wished to return to the day the king was chosen and encouraged her to speak honestly with her Master.
• Artoria delayed their conversation to try Irisviel’s durian-flavored pizza, then later joined Touko in her bedroom.
• Touko explained that her ability let her learn some things about the past and future, though not every detail.
• Touko warned Artoria that the Holy Grail could not grant her wish and said changing Camelot’s fate would only bring a more tragic outcome.

Artoria agreed to help Aozaki Touko win the Holy Grail War in exchange for a plan to save Camelot by moving its people to the Sea of Stars. Later, Cornelius Alba approached Touko about collaborating on Runes and was stunned by her apparent mastery of them.

• Aozaki Touko told Artoria that Camelot's fall had been inevitable and that the Holy Grail could not change the past.
• Touko offered to send Camelot's people to the Sea of Stars by using the Third Magic and Chaldea's Spiritron Transfer technology, while allowing them to reincarnate until humanity disappeared from the surface.
• Artoria agreed to serve Touko as a knight if the plan worked, and Touko revealed that winning the Holy Grail War would let her master the Third Magic.
• Cornelius Alba stopped Touko in the street and proposed that they study Runes together, but Touko refused and demonstrated a flame produced with Runes.
• Alba asked whether Touko had revived the Runes, and Touko left without answering clearly or looking at his research materials.

A mage enraged by Aozaki Touko’s success considered using a Heroic Spirit to kill her, while discussions in Fuyuki revealed the preparations and financial strains surrounding the coming Holy Grail War. In London, Sola warned Kayneth that entering the war would put him against Touko, but he dismissed the danger as a friendly contest.

• A mage learned that Aozaki Touko had revived the Rune script and decided to seek a Heroic Spirit to kill her in Fuyuki City.
• Kirei Kotomine and Tohsaka Tokiomi discussed the torch depicting a savior, Touko’s goals, and the Tohsaka Household’s need to keep her alive during the Holy Grail War.
• Kirei told Emiya Kiritsugu that Tohsaka Tokiomi might still have private motives, then told Karen she would see Aozaki Touko during the war.
• Sola-Naizare-Sophiarei warned Kayneth that joining the Holy Grail War meant opposing Aozaki Touko, but Kayneth called it a friendly contest between aristocrats.

Kayneth dismissed Waver’s argument that effort could overcome inherited advantages, while Waver challenged him with Aozaki Touko’s example. In Fuyuki, Matou Kariya returned to find the Matou Household rebuilt and was chosen as a Master; his family then faced the prospect of entering the Holy Grail War.

• Kayneth reassured Sola that his friendship with Aozaki Touko made the Holy Grail War safe for him, then read Waver Velvet’s paper and judged its argument unrealistic.
• Kayneth criticized Waver’s paper in class, and Waver challenged him by citing Touko’s achievements without a Magic Crest; Kayneth called Touko an exceptional case and demanded proof.
• Matou Kariya returned to Fuyuki after Matou Tsuruno told him Matou Zouken had died, but he found the Matou Household replaced by an unfamiliar building.
• Kariya collapsed in pain as his Mage Circuits opened, and he discovered a Holy Mark on his hand.
• Aozaki Touko, Artoria, and Irisviel discussed whether to raise Illya as an ordinary child or a princess during their flight to Fuyuki.
• Matou Tsuruno, Matou Shinji, and Matou Kariya gathered in the Matou Household basement and debated whether to summon a Heroic Spirit despite their weak position.

Matou Kariya chose to fight in the Holy Grail War so he could wish to return to the past and win Tohsaka Aoi’s love. Several Masters summoned Heroic Spirits, and the chapter ended as Kariya summoned his own.

• Matou Kariya told Matou Tsuruno he wanted the Holy Grail to send him back to when he first met Tohsaka Aoi, and Tsuruno promised to support him.
• Tohsaka Tokiomi hosted Gilgamesh, intending to use him as a trump card and eventually command him to kill himself if necessary.
• Cornelius Alba summoned Avicebron and asked him to defeat Aozaki Touko, whom Alba hated and envied.
• Avicebron warned Alba that Touko was formidable, while Alba described her strengths and suggested threatening someone close to her.
• Waver Velvet summoned a powerful Heroic Spirit, who ordered him to go to a library and learn about the era.
• Matou Kariya completed his summoning ritual in the Matou Household basement, bringing a hero from the past into the modern world.

Matou Kariya summoned Lancelot but lacked the mana to sustain him, while Matou Shinji proposed buying mana-rich bodily fluids as a remedy. Elsewhere, Aozaki Touko visited Kayneth at his heavily fortified hotel and warned him that its defenses could still be overcome, leaving Emiya Kiritsugu interested in the three Magecraft Furnaces inside.

• Matou Kariya summoned Lancelot, then explained that the Servant's mana consumption had left him too weak to stand.
• Matou Shinji suggested that Kariya buy bodily fluids containing mana from sellers in Fuyuki City to support Lancelot.
• Emiya Kiritsugu told Aozaki Touko that Kayneth and Sola were staying at the Hyatt Grand Hotel, and Touko went there with Artoria to visit them.
• Kayneth revealed that three large Magecraft Furnaces supplied mana to the hotel's defenses, and Touko warned that explosives could destroy the building despite its barriers.
• Emiya Kiritsugu considered using his connection to Kirei Kotomine to borrow Assassin and seize the Magecraft Furnaces.
• Sola said she viewed the Holy Grail War as a friendly competition and offered to take refuge with Aozaki Touko, but Kayneth decided to reinforce the hotel's security.

Kayneth questioned Diarmuid about Aozaki Touko’s strength and asked him to avoid hurting her, while Touko encountered the King of Heroes and left after giving her name. Meanwhile, Emiya Kiritsugu tried to recruit Kirei Kotomine to steal Kayneth’s Magecraft Furnaces, but Kirei’s demand for a larger share stalled the plan.

• Kayneth asked Diarmuid whether he could kill Aozaki Touko, and Diarmuid said he could strike her down at close range but knew little about her magecraft.
• Kayneth told Diarmuid to avoid injuring Touko, explaining that Sola admired her and that their contest was only a friendly match.
• Touko met the King of Heroes on a commercial street, recognized him, and gave her name before leaving with Artoria.
• Emiya Kiritsugu met Kirei Kotomine by a river and proposed stealing Kayneth’s three Magecraft Furnaces.
• Kirei initially rejected the risky theft because of his daughter Karen, then demanded two-thirds of the sale money, leaving Kiritsugu stunned.

Emiya Kiritsugu and Kirei Kotomine planned to steal the Magecraft Furnace Cores from the Hyatt Grand Hotel, while Avicebron prepared an army of Magic Dolls under Arba’s command. Waver and Iskandar watched the army approach an ancient castle, where Waver recognized someone who terrified him.

• Kiritsugu and Kirei agreed to give Kirei two-thirds of the proceeds from selling the Magecraft Furnace Core, then ordered Assassin to steal the three cores from the Hyatt Grand Hotel.
• Aozaki Touko spotted and destroyed a familiar watching her and Artoria, causing the two Assassins surveilling them to retreat.
• Avicebron built a large Magic Doll army as Arba urged him to challenge Touko, but Avicebron warned Arba not to underestimate her.
• Kiritsugu and Kirei planned to steal the Magecraft Furnace Cores after Kayneth left the hotel, with Assassin’s clones ready to cause a distraction.
• Waver and Iskandar saw more than a thousand Magic Dolls advancing toward an ancient castle, and Waver recognized the orange-haired girl atop it as someone he feared.

Aozaki Touko prepared to face Avicebron’s Magic Doll Army and allowed Beo to test her Baji Quan against it. As Touko’s Dolls joined the battle, Avicebron and Arba observed from afar while the Matou Household watched the fight on screens.

• Aozaki Touko ordered the Einzbern Maidservants to stand down, then asked Altrouge to keep Irisviel safe while she went to meet the enemy.
• Beo asked to fight so she could improve her Baji Quan, and Touko agreed as long as she avoided Heroic Spirits when possible.
• Beo transformed into her adult form and charged into the Magic Doll Army, smashing dolls with her fists and feet.
• Touko summoned her own Doll Army, and the Dolls clashed with the Magic Dolls as Artoria stood guard against possible Heroic Spirit attacks.
• Avicebron told Arba that Touko’s Dolls were interesting because they sacrificed performance for a willful design choice.
• Matou Kariya, Matou Shinji, and Matou Tsuruno watched the battle from their basement and grew increasingly unsettled.