Chapter Summaries

Aozaki Touko asked the Holy Church to bring her Ciel, Roa’s unkillable former host, while joking that her unborn daughter’s name could cause a world war. At the Gravekeepers, Ciel was ordered to help prolong a Dead Apostle’s torture.

• Altrouge held newborn Illya and discussed names for her unborn child with Aozaki Touko and Arcueid.
• Aozaki Touko told Shuraze Yuika that she had returned to Misaki City to ask the Holy Church for Ciel, then revealed she had only been teasing about a world-threatening crisis.
• After Aozaki Touko vanished, Shuraze Yuika regained her sight and realized she could no longer hate Touko.
• At the Gravekeepers, Ciel explained that magecraft could strengthen a Dead Apostle’s regeneration, and Narubaleck ordered her to provide its details.
• Narubaleck told Ciel she had a mission for her.

Ciel was ordered to travel to Japan to assist Aozaki Touko, while Touko’s household settled into domestic life as Altrouge prepared for the baby. Altrouge returned Arcueid’s stolen long-hair concept, and Ciel arrived at the Tohno Family estate to meet Touko.

• Narubaleck told Ciel that the higher-ups wanted her to go to Japan and assist Aozaki Touko, then demanded she write down her Dead Apostle healing spell before leaving.
• Touko and Altrouge lounged together at the Kuzuki Western Mansion while the others went about their day, and Touko complained that the child had left her lonely.
• Aoko and Arcueid returned from shopping with clothes for Touko, Altrouge, and the baby.
• Altrouge released the concept of Arcueid’s stolen long hair, restoring Arcueid’s waist-length golden hair and her former regal bearing.
• Kohaku led Ciel through the Tohno Family estate to the room where Touko was waiting, reassuring her that Touko was a good person.

Aozaki Touko brought Ciel to witness the plan to awaken Roa inside Tohno Shiki and end his current incarnation. Arcueid's insults roused Roa, who then attacked Touko after seeing her kiss Arcueid, but Touko trapped him behind a barrier.

• Ciel followed Kohaku into the basement, where Aozaki Touko showed her the chained Tohno Shiki and explained that Roa's memories had not fully awakened.
• Tohno Akiha left the basement after saying that killing family members afflicted with Inversion Impulse was her duty.
• At Aozaki Touko's direction, Arcueid read insults that provoked Roa's consciousness into surfacing inside Tohno Shiki.
• Roa awakened and addressed Arcueid as his Princess, then became enraged when Aozaki Touko kissed her.
• Roa broke free of his chains and attacked Aozaki Touko, but her runic barrier hurled him into a wall and kept him trapped.

Aozaki Touko trapped Roa’s soul in a Reality Marble after he tried to escape death by reincarnating, then crushed the world around him to demonstrate her power. As Roa faced destruction, Touko questioned why he had deceived Arcueid at the True Ancestor banquet.

• Aozaki Touko and Ciel teased Roa about his past and her relationship with Arcueid, provoking him into threatening them.
• Roa detonated his magic to begin another reincarnation cycle, but awakened as a soul on Mount Everest inside Aozaki Touko’s Reality Marble.
• Aozaki Touko revealed that she had restored the Third Magic and captured Roa’s soul before he could reincarnate.
• Aozaki Touko’s enormous hand closed around the planet, destroying it while Roa desperately tried to resist.
• As Roa awaited death, Aozaki Touko asked whether he had deceived Arcueid to help her gain freedom.

Aozaki Touko killed Roa, and Ciel agreed to work under her after Roa’s death left her unsure of what to do. Back at the Tohno residence, Touko promised to find a way to cure Tohno Akiha’s Inversion Impulse and planned to examine her that night.

• Aozaki Touko crushed Roa’s miniature world, and Arcueid confirmed his death when her stolen power returned.
• Ciel accepted Aozaki Touko’s offer to stay by her side and later work in Tokyo, then went to find Kohaku for arrangements.
• Arcueid asked whether she should tell Ryougi about the details of Roa’s death, and Aozaki Touko said she would discuss it with Ryougi while leaving out the kiss for now.
• Aozaki Touko met Tohno Akiha in the living room and told her that Tohno Shiki had disappeared completely.
• Tohno Akiha said she would want Aozaki Touko to kill her if her Inversion Impulse ever took over, but Touko vowed to prevent that future.
• Aozaki Touko said she needed to examine Tohno Akiha’s body and planned to stay overnight and begin the examination in her room.

Ciel moved into the Tohno Family residence, while Kishimo Arcueid and Araya Souren visited Aozaki Touko to ask whether she would use the Third Magic to save humanity. Touko refused and warned that Kishimo Arcueid’s influence might lead her toward a future she wished to avoid, but she did not drive her away or kill her.

• Kohaku welcomed Ciel to the Tohno Family residence and offered to help her retrieve her belongings from the hotel.
• Kishimo Arcueid persuaded Kohaku to bring her and Araya Souren to meet Aozaki Touko.
• Araya Souren asked Touko to materialize the souls of all humanity, and Touko said she could do it but would not.
• Kishimo Arcueid confirmed Touko’s power and asked why Touko was wary of her.
• Touko explained that Kishimo Arcueid might lead her toward a future in which she tried to save the world, but said she liked her and would not kill her.

Aozaki Touko arranged for Kishimo Arcueid to serve as a nun in the Holy Church, while warning Kohaku to stay away from her dangerous charm. Later, under a crimson moon in Misaki City, Touko and Arcueid waited for Altrouge's child, a pure-blooded True Ancestor, to be born.

• Aozaki Touko told Kishimo Arcueid she would save her if she asked for help.
• Aozaki Touko pressured Bunbyo Rei to let Kishimo Arcueid serve as a nun and meet Church leaders.
• Kishimo Arcueid agreed to Touko's request and asked Bunbyo Rei to teach her about Christianity.
• Kohaku told Aozaki Touko that Kishimo Arcueid's presence stirred her urges, and Touko warned her to keep her distance.
• Aozaki Touko and Arcueid waited at the Western Mansion as Altrouge prepared to give birth beneath a crimson moon.

Altrouge gave birth to a daughter as the blood moon and strange disturbances signaled a fate-altering birth. Aozaki Touko named the baby Remilia Brunestud, and the chapter ended with Remilia trying to nurse from Touko before Altrouge fed her.

• Arcueid and Aozaki Touko waited anxiously for the birth while Blood and Stulute guarded the Western Mansion.
• The blood moon intensified, animals fled, and Bunbyo Rei heard a sound like fate turning as the newborn cried out.
• Altrouge emerged with the baby, and Remilia reached for Aozaki Touko, who carefully took her into her arms.
• Aozaki Touko named the blue-haired baby Remilia Brunestud, explaining that the name suited her hair and fate-related power better than the planned name Gilles de Rais Brunestud.
• Remilia tried to nurse from Aozaki Touko, who had no milk, so Altrouge took the baby and fed her.
• Aozaki Father, Aozaki Aoko, Irisviel, the Black and White Knights, and others hurried over to see Remilia.

Touko and Altrouge reminisced about how their schemes brought them together, then Altrouge chose to spend the night caring for Remilia, leaving Touko alone. The next morning, Illya learned Touko was traveling to Tokyo and joined her for breakfast.

• Altrouge came downstairs and found Touko lying awake in the living room after Remilia's birth.
• Touko and Altrouge admitted they had once planned to use or control each other, but those schemes had drawn them closer.
• Altrouge went upstairs to stay with Irisviel and care for Remilia, while Touko remained alone for the night.
• Sella woke Illya and told her Touko was traveling to Tokyo to handle matters related to preventing the world's end.
• Illya came downstairs, greeted Touko, and ate breakfast as Touko asked whether she was ready.

Aozaki Touko visited Kayneth’s flower shop with Irisviel and Illya, then discussed a confidential magic-circle project with Kayneth. She later found Roman relaxing at Kayneth’s home and offered him paid leave, which he hoped to take after their plan was complete.

• Aozaki Touko reunited with Sola and Kayneth at the flower shop and teased Kayneth about the Soul Gem’s transformation side effect.
• Aozaki Touko introduced Illyasviel von Einzbern and Irisviel von Einzbern, then took Kayneth aside to discuss a confidential magic-circle project.
• Sola showed Illya the flowers and explained how red roses could express love between people of any gender.
• Kayneth returned to her living room and prepared tea for an important guest while Roman ate cake on the sofa.
• Aozaki Touko arrived, checked on the mission’s progress, and offered Roman paid leave; Roman asked to take it after the plan was completed.

Aozaki Touko and Roman discussed the End Avoidance Mechanism’s planned planetary magic circle and the risks of sabotage as they prepared for the apocalypse’s aftermath. Later, Touko reflected on how Lorona had grown into a capable adult while they worked through years of accumulated paperwork.

• Aozaki Touko offered Roman a paid vacation and said she planned to disband the End Avoidance Mechanism once it had achieved its goal.
• Kayneth returned to his male appearance, and Touko discussed her Soul Gems and her hope that Illya would become a genuine Magical Girl.
• Roman reported that subordinate Holy Grails had been placed around the world, but warned that interference could disrupt the planetary magic circle.
• Kayneth told Touko that an Umbrella executive had leaked secrets after being seduced, and that his superior had killed him.
• Aozaki Touko recognized that Lorona had grown into a mature woman, and Lorona brought her coffee as they returned to work.

Roman spoke with Illya about Aozaki Touko, keeping the details of her past from her while praising her extraordinary strength. Later, Touko watched the End Avoidance Mechanism's banquet from a villa balcony, where Kayneth joined her.

• Roman agreed that Illya could call him Uncle Roman and gave her strawberry cake and tea.
• Illya asked how Roman had met Touko, but he said she was too young to hear the story and offered only a little information.
• Roman described Touko as a genius and one of the strongest people in the world, while Illya doubted his claims.
• Roman explained that Touko's gold-trimmed invitations granted access to auctions for blank dolls that could contain new souls.
• Touko watched the End Avoidance Mechanism's employees celebrate their holiday at a banquet, and Kayneth joined her on the balcony.

Kayneth agreed to return to London in disguise as Aozaki Touko’s maid, partly to see Waver. Meanwhile, Touko and Irisviel watched Illya enter a dream adventure created for her, where Suigintou sent her to defeat Shinku over a stolen cake.

• Aozaki Touko offered to take Kayneth to London under the cover of her maid, and Kayneth agreed to go see Waver.
• Touko put Illya to sleep, and Illya awoke in a dream before Suigintou, who appointed her a hero and gave her a greatsword.
• Suigintou told Illya to defeat Shinku and reclaim the cake, warning that Illya would return to the dream nightly until she succeeded.
• Illya set off to fight slimes while Touko and Irisviel watched from their bedroom through a display.
• Irisviel recalled wishing she could have had a fairy-tale childhood, and Touko explained that she had made the Reality Marble for Illya to play and befriend the Rose Maidens.

Illya learned that her dream companions were the Rose Maidens, while Remilia searched London for her fated maid and discovered that someone had blocked her attempt to investigate an assassination. Touko visited Gray in London, where Gray was living under Saber's care, and prepared to speak with her teacher, Waver.

• Illya told Touko about being summoned in a dream to fight Shinku, and Touko encouraged her to befriend Suigintou and the other Rose Maidens.
• Remilia searched London with Arcueid for her destined silver-haired maid but found no trace of her.
• Remilia tried to use her power over fate to investigate Merem Solomon's assassination, but someone had obstructed her.
• Touko and a maid visited Gray's apartment, where Gray welcomed Touko and offered to make tea while she spoke with Waver.

Aozaki Touko visited Waver and offered him a Soul Gem that could enhance his magecraft, while hinting that his true power would come later. As Touko and her companions left, she prophesied that Waver would reunite with Iskandar, and Gray hurried home to prepare dinner for Artoria.

• Aozaki Touko met with Waver, who admitted he still owed her two hundred million dollars, while Miss Kenshin challenged his remarks about Kayneth.
• Waver explained that he respected Kayneth and lamented his own lack of magical talent, prompting Touko to offer him a Soul Gem as an external magical organ.
• Touko told Waver the Soul Gem could be used nine times and joked that its side effect was turning him into an armored Kamen Rider; Waver accepted it.
• As she departed, Touko prophesied that Waver would reunite with Iskandar and promised to bring the King of Conquerors from the Throne of Heroes if the prophecy failed.
• Gray hurried home, worried that Artoria had not yet eaten dinner.

Aozaki Touko arranged a Clock Tower teacher’s identity for Miss Kenshin, then visited the Clock Tower to hear El-Melloi II’s lecture. There, she reunited with Inorai and discussed Byron’s plan to create the Golden Princess and Silver Princess.

• Miss Kenshin asked Aozaki Touko for a temporary Clock Tower teacher’s ID and questioned why her Soul Gem caused gender transformation while Waver’s caused armor.
• Aozaki Touko offered Miss Kenshin a different Soul Gem with different side effects, but Miss Kenshin decided to keep the one she had.
• Aozaki Touko visited Altrouge, then left early the next morning while Altrouge slept and Remilia and Arcueid were still resting.
• Aozaki Touko arrived at El-Melloi II’s classroom as a new student, where she reunited with Inorai Balgeletta Atolohom.
• Aozaki Touko and Inorai discussed the coming Golden Princess and Silver Princess, and Touko said Byron lacked the talent to make his plan succeed.
• A blond student asked Gray about Aozaki Touko, and Gray said she was a Magic User and Waver’s former teacher.

Waver taught a class while Aozaki Touko and Inorai observed, and Lainis met Touko’s mysterious temporary lecturer, Miss Kayneth, whose resemblance stirred an inexplicable sense of familiarity. Later, Inorai suggested Touko could use the Izuluma Family’s research to become the world’s most beautiful woman, but Touko showed little interest in changing her own appearance.

• Gray and Flat discussed how Sven’s sharp senses made him wary of Aozaki Touko, whose scent seemed to signal a dangerous predator.
• Waver found Aozaki Touko and Inorai in his classroom, then began his lesson as they observed his teaching.
• Lainis agreed to arrange temporary lecturer qualifications for Miss Kayneth and wondered why she seemed familiar.
• Miss Kayneth denied knowing Lainis and said she would convey Lainis’s thoughts about the El-Melloi Family to Touko.
• Lainis questioned Miss Kayneth about her relationship with Touko, but Miss Kayneth refused to reveal her identity.
• Inorai suggested Touko could become the most beautiful woman using the Izuluma Family’s research, but Touko said she was more interested in taking such a woman into her arms.

Aozaki Touko returned to the castle and reunited with Remilia, then began training her in combat. Remilia’s reliance on physical strength and fate prediction proved ineffective against Touko, who sent her flying with a flick and explained that fate had changed.

• Lidell told Aozaki Touko she was traveling to Shanghai for a concert before retiring as a singer and taking over the Department of Botany.
• Remilia learned that Aozaki Touko had returned and rushed downstairs to greet her, while Crimson Moon questioned Touko’s delay in creating her a body.
• Aozaki Touko caught Remilia as she leapt into her arms, and Altrouge joined them as they went upstairs together.
• Aozaki Touko began training Remilia in the castle courtyard and evaded her fast spear thrust before flicking her forehead and sending her flying.
• Remilia asked why her fate prediction had failed, and Aozaki Touko said fate had changed because she had foreseen Remilia’s prediction.

Aozaki Touko trained Remilia, then discussed Crimson Moon’s possible resurrection and her conflict with Touko. The next day, Touko recruited Emiya Kiritsugu to help study the Emiya Household’s Magic Crest, and he agreed to start immediately after she threatened to withhold a charitable donation.

• Aozaki Touko sparred with Remilia and knocked her back with forehead flicks, teaching her to fight more cautiously.
• Remilia stopped training in embarrassment after the castle’s Dead Apostle servants witnessed the sparring, and Altrouge ordered them not to spread what happened.
• Altrouge explained that she was gathering Dead Apostles to serve Remilia when she grew up, while Touko warned that Remilia’s rapid growth would slow.
• Touko visited Crimson Moon in Arcueid’s bedroom, where Crimson Moon asked when Touko would revive her and acknowledged their conflict over control of Earth.
• The next day, Touko asked Emiya Kiritsugu to let her study the Emiya Household’s Magic Crest, and he agreed to begin at once after she threatened to cancel a charitable donation.

Aozaki Touko visited Artoria in London, and the two went for a walk beside the River Thames. A painter captured them together in a portrait, which Touko admired before leaving with Artoria.

• Aozaki Touko arranged for Emiya Kiritsugu to join research beginning in half a month and told him to invite Aoyama Aohana to breakfast.
• Aozaki Touko visited Artoria at her London apartment, where Artoria offered to prepare a room for her.
• Aozaki Touko and Artoria walked beside the Thames and agreed to pose for a painter who wanted to capture them together.
• The painter finished a portrait of Touko and Artoria at sunset and said he intended to keep it.
• Aozaki Touko praised the portrait, declined to buy it, and left with Artoria.