Chapter Summaries

Saigō punished Aurora by taking away her beauty and forcing the Salisbury soldiers to expose her alleged crimes, while Morgan’s army prepared to destroy Salisbury. As the city turned against Aurora, she broke down without regretting her actions.

• Artoria chose to stay and witness the slaughter, and Saigō ordered Morgan’s soldiers to kill Salisbury’s forces while sparing exactly two thousand.
• The Salisbury soldiers turned on one another until their numbers fell below Saigō’s limit, and Aurora remained untouched amid the carnage.
• Saigō aged Aurora with a curse and ordered the surviving Salisbury soldiers to take her home and reveal her evils to the city.
• Saigō ordered Morgan’s guards to eliminate Salisbury, and they charged toward the city to slaughter the Wind Clan and seize its territory.
• Salisbury’s residents believed the soldiers’ accusations, condemned Aurora, and watched her beauty fade as she was tied to a stake.
• Aurora broke down under the residents’ hatred but still refused to repent for her sins.

Saigō sent Artoria to ring the third Bone Bell while Chaldea reached the ruins where Mash had been frozen. As Mash’s ice began to melt, Ritsuka caught her, leaving the group poised to hear what happened two thousand years ago.

• Saigō told Artoria she was ready to ring the third Bone Bell and ordered Percival and his knights to protect her.
• Artoria entered the Grand Cathedral with Percival as Saigō reflected on Mash’s approaching awakening and the damaged Void Barrier.
• Merlin guided Chaldea to the Rain Clan’s ruins and explained that the Mirror Clan had Morgan’s permission to share information about Mash.
• Ritsuka found Mash frozen in the tower, and Merlin admitted to Kay that he was afraid of dying.
• The magical ice around Mash began to melt, and Ritsuka caught her as she fell.

Mash awakened in Orkney and reunited with Ritsuka, then recounted her journey with Ash in the distant past. Merlin revealed that Ash had become Queen Morgan after the fairies repeatedly betrayed her, and that the mysterious Zarathustra was Morgan’s husband and the king of Britain.

• Mash revived and recognized Ritsuka, who told her Chaldea had searched for her for half a month and brought her to Orkney with Merlin’s help.
• Da Vinci examined Mash and confirmed she was physically and mentally well; Mash regained her memories and learned that Habertrot might lose most of hers.
• Ritsuka described Chaldea’s perilous journey through Britain, and Mash recounted traveling with Ash the Savior more than two thousand years earlier.
• Kirschtaria inferred that Ash was Queen Morgan, while Merlin explained that Morgan had been raised by the Rain Clan, repeatedly betrayed after saving fairies, and eventually chosen to become Queen.
• Holmes reminded Ritsuka and Mash that Chaldea had to oppose Morgan to stop the curse and save Human History.
• Merlin revealed that Zarathustra was Queen Morgan’s husband and Britain’s king, prompting Ritsuka to ask about his origins.

Merlin warned Chaldea that Zarathustra was Morgan’s husband and helped plan an alliance against Camelot. Morgan prepared her forces for the coming war, sent Artoria to Oxford to ring the next Pilgrimage Bell, and discussed Chaldea’s threat with Saigō.

• Merlin told Chaldea that Zarathustra had accompanied Morgan for four thousand years as her husband and advised them to stay away from Him.
• Merlin proposed that he and Oberon gather forces from the Fairy Country and Edinburgh, and Oberon agreed to help.
• Mordred grew more eager to meet Morgan, suspecting that the Queen might be the mother she knew.
• Morgan rejected Percival’s request to attack Chaldea immediately, ordered her knights to relocate their people to Camelot, and warned Bávan Shí not to disrupt her and Saigō’s plans.
• Morgan sent Artoria to Oxford to ring the Bone Bell and instructed her to invoke the Queen’s authority if Woodworth resisted.
• Saigō asked whether Chaldea could cause trouble, and Morgan said she could control the fairies even if they rebelled.

Ritsuka’s group entered Gloucester’s theater hoping to win over Morrigan, but they were summoned by Saigō and Melusine instead. Mordred recognized Saigō as Queen Morgan’s husband and confronted him about his connection to her mother.

• Ritsuka, Mash, Little Da Vinci, Peroroncino, the King of Knights, and Mordred traveled to Gloucester to seek allies against Queen Morgan.
• Peroroncino earned an invitation to the theater by impressing the fairies with his knowledge of fashion.
• At the theater, an attendant led the group to a private room, where they found Saigō and Melusine rather than Morrigan.
• Saigō reassured the wary group and welcomed them to sit, while Melusine poured them wine.
• Mash recognized Saigō as the god she had met in Greece and during the Fairy Calendar, leaving her uncertain about his gentle demeanor.
• Mordred asked Saigō whether he was Zarathustra and Queen Morgan’s husband, focusing on his connection to her mother.

Saigō explained how Morgan of Pan-Human History and Lostbelt Morgan became the Queen of Winter, then unsettled Mordred by insisting King Arthur would never acknowledge her. He revealed that he was seeking Koyanskaya and urged Chaldea to gather Gloucester’s fairies in rebellion against Morgan, while Mordred watched him prepare to leave.

• Saigō explained that Pan-Human History Morgan sent her memories six thousand years into the past, where they merged with Lostbelt Morgan, and said he was the Queen of Winter’s Master.
• Saigō told Mordred that King Arthur would never accept her, leaving Mordred shaken and afraid.
• Ritsuka, Mash, and Little Da Vinci recognized that Saigō meant Koyanskaya when he mentioned the fox he sought.
• Saigō advised Chaldea to seek support from Gloucester’s fairies rather than Morrigan and encouraged them to build a rebellion against Morgan.
• Saigō said he would support Chaldea’s efforts, then stood to leave as Mordred asked where he was going.

Morrigan revealed to Koyanskaya that she intended to destroy Woodworth and herself as revenge, despite knowing the Fang Clan’s loss would endanger Britain. Saigō arrived with Ritsuka’s group, warned that the new world would have no place for remnants of the Old Era, and exposed the risks surrounding Morrigan’s plan.

• Morrigan showed Koyanskaya the Mystic Code she had made and admitted that her revenge against Woodworth was the purpose driving her.
• Morrigan explained that the Fang Clan’s extinction could doom Britain, but she believed the fairies were already destined to perish and wanted to kill Woodworth before dying herself.
• Morrigan warned Koyanskaya that the Queen’s husband, Saigō, was the most terrifying person in Britain, but Koyanskaya dismissed the warning.
• Saigō entered Morrigan’s room and told her that, despite her repentance, the new world could not accommodate remnants of the Old Era.
• Saigō said Woodworth did not know Morrigan’s plans and described his difficult encounter with Artoria over the Fang Clan’s Pilgrimage Bell.
• Koyanskaya examined Melusine as a possible source for her Beast’s tails, decided she was unsuitable, and lost interest in remaining in Britain.

Saigō revealed that he intended to bind Koyanskaya into the fractured Takamagahara Pantheon Worldview as its Amaterasu, then overwhelmed her when she attacked him. The chapter left Koyanskaya horribly corrupted by Saigō’s power of the Gaia Hypothesis, while Ritsuka and the others watched in pity.

• Koyanskaya tried to leave Morrigan’s residence, but Melusine blocked her at Saigō’s command.
• Saigō told Koyanskaya that he meant to make her the anchor of a declining Divine Group Worldview and use her as its Amaterasu.
• Koyanskaya attacked Saigō, using four tails to hold off Melusine and another to seize him, while the King of Knights shielded Ritsuka and the others.
• Saigō summoned an illusory river of curses that swallowed Koyanskaya’s tails and overwhelmed her.
• Saigō explained that Koyanskaya was part of the planet’s ecosystem and could not withstand his Gaia Hypothesis power.
• Koyanskaya’s body became grotesquely corrupted as she screamed in agony, and Ritsuka and the others watched with pity.

Saigō captured Koyanskaya and left Gloucester, while his power of Treason drove Mordred into anger and confusion about Artoria and Morgan. Morrigan allowed Chaldea to act in her name and promised to help against the Fang Clan, but asked them to keep her revenge plan secret.

• Saigō sealed Koyanskaya inside a book as a living Gift and told Mordred he would see her again in Camelot.
• Mordred tried to stop Saigō, but he departed with Melusine, leaving the hall under oppressive tension.
• Mordred’s thoughts turned against Artoria as Saigō’s Treason took hold, and she rejected Artoria’s attempt to support her.
• Morrigan told Chaldea she would not oppose Queen Morgan but would help them fight the Fang Clan in Gloucester.
• Morrigan asked Chaldea to conceal her plan for revenge against the Fang Clan, and Ritsuka agreed to keep it secret.

After leaving Morrigan in Gloucester, Chaldea considered its gains but remained uneasy, while Artoria Caster and Bávan Shí traveled to Edinburgh to meet the Northern Fairy Queen. Artoria hoped to persuade her friend Nocktnaerel not to attack Camelot, and the chapter ended with the two queens greeting one another.

• Chaldea left Morrigan after securing her promise against the Fang Clan and permission to operate in Gloucester, while Ritsuka tried to reassure the group about Koyanskaya's capture.
• The chapter recounted how Nocktnaerel became Queen of the Northern Fairies and united them against Morgan's rule.
• Artoria Caster arrived in Edinburgh with Bávan Shí, intending to persuade Nocktnaerel to halt her planned attack on Camelot.
• Nocktnaerel welcomed Artoria and teased her about becoming Queen Morgan's younger sister, while Bávan Shí challenged her over the Northern Fairies' rebellion.

Nocktnaerel hosted Artoria, Bávan Shí, and Chaldea in Edinburgh while weighing pressure from the Northern Fairies to oppose Morgan. In Camelot, Saigō restored the Weak Spirit and realized the Mother of Evil Gods had influenced his path from the beginning.

• Artoria asked Nocktnaerel to stop her plans against Camelot, but Nocktnaerel explained that she had to heed the Northern Fairies’ will.
• Nocktnaerel invited Artoria and Bávan Shí into Edinburgh’s palace, where Bávan Shí recognized the palace as the transformed Queen Mebh.
• Artoria and Bávan Shí encountered Ritsuka, Mash, Da Vinci, the King of Knights, Mordred, and Oberon in the reception hall, and Nocktnaerel demanded that both sides keep the peace.
• Saigō restored the Weak Spirit in Camelot and declared that only Destruction remained.
• Saigō reflected on how he had restored the Spirit of Decay and realized the Mother of Evil Gods had influenced his choices and history from the beginning.

Saigō recognized that the Mother of Evil Gods had guided him to restore the Spirit of Decay, then prepared to help Morgan and the Halloween Queen. His aura terrified Britain’s rulers and Chaldea, while Nocktnaerel marched her Northern Fairy army toward Camelot for war.

• Saigō accepted the Mother of Evil Gods’ influence as a kindness and promised to repay her if she bore him no Malice.
• Saigō resolved to help Morgan fulfill her desire and assist the Halloween Queen with her next step.
• Saigō’s aura shook Morgan, Nocktnaerel, Oberon, and Chaldea; Ritsuka, Mash, and Little Da Vinci feared he might oppose them.
• Artoria failed to persuade Nocktnaerel to abandon rebellion, then left Edinburgh with Bávan Shí, who anticipated the coming war after waiting two thousand years.
• Nocktnaerel led thirty thousand Northern Fairies toward Camelot alongside Chaldea, Artoria, and Mordred.

As Nocktnaerel and the allied Fairy armies marched on Camelot, Ritsuka reassured Mash that their conflict with Morgan was a clash of ideals. Inside the city, Morgan slaughtered her officials and declared that Britain—not its throne—was what she sought to preserve, while Saigō planted the seed of Treason in her soul to prepare her to become the Great Demon of Treason, Morgan le Fay.

• Nocktnaerel led the Northern Fairies toward Camelot as more than two hundred thousand allied troops gathered to overthrow Morgan.
• Ritsuka comforted Mash, reminding her that Morgan had helped her and urging her to fight for Pan-Human History without losing heart.
• Morgan ordered the Fairy Knights and Mirror Clan guards to kill the officials who had failed to report the rebellion, and they slaughtered more than a hundred Fairies.
• Saigō asked Morgan whether she cared about the throne, and Morgan said she cared only about preserving the Isle of Britain.
• Saigō urged Morgan to commit treason against Celtic Mythology and become the Great Demon of Treason, Morgan le Fay, then planted a seed of Treason in her soul.
• Morgan sensed that the seed held immense power and reacted with shock as it entered her soul.

Morgan received the power of Treason from Saigō and prepared to purge Camelot, while King Arthur’s allied army gathered outside the city. As the siege began, Woodworth led the Fang Clan out through Camelot’s gates to attack the far larger rebel force.

• Saigō gave Morgan the seed of Treason and explained how she could use it to join Zoroastrianism by betraying the Celtic Pantheon.
• Morgan ordered Bávan Shí, Barghest, and Gareth to move their people into Camelot’s inner city, then planned to destroy the city’s residents and purge Britain.
• Agravain reported that the Knights of the Round Table had gathered 230,000 fairies, and King Arthur took command of the assembled forces outside Camelot.
• Kay provoked Mordred, but King Arthur stopped the quarrel and reminded the knights that they were fighting to save Pan-Human History.
• Woodworth led several thousand Fang Clan soldiers out of Camelot to attack the rebel army, leaving King Arthur and her knights stunned.

Woodworth routed Bogart and Sheffield’s forces before Morrigan trapped him and the Fang Clan, allowing the rebel army to attack Camelot. The siege failed, and as Chaldea searched for a way into the city, Merlin revealed that its defenses could be disabled by destroying a control core inside the gates.

• Bogart charged Woodworth, but Woodworth transformed into his ancestral A-Rayn form and killed him, prompting the Fang Clan to slaughter Sheffield’s soldiers.
• Morrigan trapped Woodworth and the Fang Clan inside a box, and King Arthur ordered the rebels to attack Camelot.
• The fairy army besieged Camelot until nightfall but could not damage its walls, then withdrew to camp.
• Ritsuka and the Chaldea group discussed ways to breach Camelot, while Nocktnaerel admitted she knew no method.
• Merlin explained that destroying the sorcery’s control core inside Camelot’s gates would disable the city’s defenses, but the group had no clear way to reach it.

Merlin led Ritsuka, Mash, and Romulus through Camelot’s unguarded defenses, where Romulus destroyed the magical ritual protecting the city walls. As Nocktnaerel and the fairy coalition charged into Camelot, Morgan rose from her throne and the sealed curse beneath the city began to boil.

• Merlin proposed infiltrating Camelot through the enormous pit and destroying the magical ritual at the gates.
• Morgan revealed to Saigō that the pit was a trap for the fairies, and Saigō called on Cernunnos to pledge loyalty to the Halloween Queen.
• Ritsuka, Mash, Merlin, and Romulus climbed into Camelot and followed Merlin to the ritual’s underground core.
• Romulus hurled his spear at the core, destroying the ritual and causing chaos inside Camelot.
• Nocktnaerel led thirty thousand Northern Fairies in their first charge against Camelot as the King of Knights ordered the Knights of the Round Table to attack.
• Morgan stood for the first time in two thousand years, and the curse beneath the tower began to boil after her seal was removed.

The rebel fairies captured Camelot and began slaughtering and looting as Ritsuka and Chaldea regrouped with Nocktnaerel to press toward Morgan. Morgan unleashed the Great Calamity, and as the curse consumed fairies across the city, she appeared before Mordred and greeted her as her child.

• The rebel fairies breached Camelot's walls, and the Southern Fairies looted and killed while Nocktnaerel's Northern Fairy legion kept discipline.
• Ritsuka reunited with Little Da Vinci and Mash, and Romulus encouraged Ritsuka to stand firm amid the carnage.
• Morgan ordered the Fairy Knights to defend the inner city, while Saigō offered to handle Nocktnaerel.
• Chaldea and Nocktnaerel's forces failed to break through the inner city's defenses before Morgan released the Great Calamity, whose black storm and mud transformed fairies into Mors.
• Nocktnaerel asked Chaldea for help as the curse spread through her army, and Morgan appeared above Camelot and multiplied herself with Mirror Magic.
• Morgan addressed Mordred as her child.

Morgan confronted Mordred and deepened her doubts about King Arthur, leaving Mordred resolved to follow the path of treason. Morgan then unleashed the Great Calamity on Camelot, slaughtering its fairies and forcing Merlin to face the failure of his plan.

• Morgan rebuked Mordred for living by the Knights of the Round Table’s expectations and argued that King Arthur had never understood the people she ruled.
• Morgan urged Mordred to follow her to a promised land where she would accept her, and Mordred unconsciously gripped the Sword of Regicide as her doubts became a choice.
• Morgan used a spell formed by over a hundred of her reflections to blast Camelot, killing more than a hundred thousand fairies in one strike.
• Melusine transformed into the Dragon of Albion and Barghest reclaimed her Black Dog form, while Percival led human warriors against the fairies.
• Bávan Shí and Gareth guarded Camelot’s inner city as Morgan reappeared before Chaldea and accused Merlin of expecting her to save the kingdom.
• Merlin’s expression grew grave as he realized Morgan had released the calamity he had expected her to contain.

Merlin realized that Zarathustra had distorted his deductions as Morgan released the Great Calamity to destroy Pan-Human History and keep Britain for herself. While Mordred betrayed King Arthur with Clarent Blood Arthur, Nocktnaerel’s Northern Fairies became trapped by the spreading curse, and a mysterious figure approached them across the curse-filled river.

• Merlin recognized Zarathustra’s presence as the source of flaws in his predictions and feared the curse would turn Earth into the Steel Earth.
• Morgan told King Arthur that she intended to destroy Pan-Human History so Britain would remain hers, and said she trusted and supported Zarathustra.
• As King Arthur prepared to fight Morgan, Mordred suddenly struck her with Clarent Blood Arthur.
• Nocktnaerel refused to abandon the Northern Fairies, who were trapped on an island surrounded by the spreading curse.
• Nocktnaerel realized Morgan had been suppressing the Great Calamity to preserve the fairies, then saw an elegant figure walking unharmed across the curse-filled river.

Saigō offered Nocktnaerel a chance to save the Royal Clan and the Northern Fairies if she pledged her life to him and recognized Artoria Caster as queen. After Artoria returned from Paradise with its power and a newly forged Star Holy Sword, Saigō entered Cernunnos’s storm to fulfill the Halloween Queen’s commission and bless the dead god.

• Saigō offered to save Nocktnaerel’s people and restore their Fairy Eyes in exchange for her loyalty, explaining that he admired her character and needed her connection to Maeve.
• Saigō told Nocktnaerel that her Royal Clan must join Morgan’s United Kingdom and acknowledge Artoria Caster as their queen, but Nocktnaerel refused unless Artoria could defeat her.
• Artoria Caster returned from Paradise with its power and the Star Holy Sword, and Saigō explained that the sword lacked its core and that Paradise had granted her power through Treason.
• Saigō crossed Cernunnos’s storm, stood upon the dead god’s body, and decided to bless it for its gentle nature.