Chapter Summaries

Annie summoned five hundred Flamewaker Royal Guards to defeat the Clock Tower force that had attacked the Tohsaka residence and massacred civilians. The prisoners revealed that Tohsaka Tokiomi had been banished by Lev Lainur Flauros, leaving Annie unable to locate him before the surviving captives were killed.

• Annie discovered that Clock Tower enforcers had murdered hundreds of civilians and decided to burn every attacker.
• Annie summoned Tibbers, who killed Lev Lainur Flauros with a single claw strike.
• Annie opened portals to Azeroth and brought five hundred Flamewaker Royal Guards to surround and defeat the Clock Tower force.
• Rin Tohsaka asked Annie to find Tohsaka Tokiomi, and a prisoner said Lev Lainur Flauros had banished him.
• The Flamewaker commander ordered the remaining prisoners killed, and the Clock Tower operation ended with its force wiped out.

After the Clock Tower’s attack on the Tohsaka estate failed, Annie explained to Rin and Sakura that their father, Tohsaka Tokiomi, had been banished to another world and could not be found. She sent most of the Fire Elementals back to Azeroth, then took the Tohsaka family and their servants to a secluded mansion as their home burned.

• The Clock Tower’s forces were wiped out in the battle, while reporters gathered outside the Tohsaka estate to film the Fire Elementals and the damage.
• Annie told Rin, Sakura, and Aoi that the mages had killed hundreds of people in nearby homes, and defended her decision to kill the attackers.
• Annie revealed that Tohsaka Tokiomi had been sent to another world, and said she could not find him; Rin vowed to study Arcane magic and bring him back herself.
• Annie opened a portal and ordered the Fire Elementals to return to Azeroth, but their captain pleaded to stay and explore, so Annie gave them a one-use teleport stone.
• After the fire made the Tohsaka estate uninhabitable, Annie teleported Aoi, Rin, Sakura, and the servants to a secluded mansion belonging to the Edelfelt family.
• The Fire Elementals stayed behind and planned to feast in a human city, while the captain revealed that their spending money was actually their wages.

Annie settled with Rin, Sakura, and Aoi at the old Edelfelt estate while Fuyuki’s Fire Elementals drew worldwide attention and exposed the Clock Tower. Zelretch explained that the Holy Grail War had been advanced to next month, and Annie agreed to pursue the Grail so Rin and Sakura might find their missing father, Tohsaka Tokiomi.

• News reports described the Fuyuki incident, revealed that mages had killed 674 civilians, and showed Fire Elementals arriving in the city and confronting armed forces.
• Reporter Ichiro Chiba interviewed Hestia, who said the Clock Tower mages had killed the civilians and that the Fire Elementals had come to kill mages who threatened their queen.
• Annie watched the broadcast at the Edelfelt estate, where Zelretch had come to negotiate with her on behalf of the Clock Tower and discuss the Holy Grail War.
• Zelretch told Annie and the Tohsaka sisters that the deaths of mages and the energy released by Annie’s portals had advanced the Holy Grail War to early next month.
• Rin suggested using the Grail to find or restore Tohsaka Tokiomi, and Annie agreed to take it, while Zelretch began explaining his plan for the war.

Matou Kariya returned to Fuyuki and agreed to enter the upcoming Holy Grail War after Zouken Matou claimed Aoi and her daughters were alive and promised to protect them. At the Tohsaka residence, Luviagelita Edelfelt arrived with a Command Spell, forcing Sakura and Rin to settle which sister would compete by playing rock-paper-scissors.

• Matou Kariya refused to enter the Matou residence until Zouken Matou revealed his rotting condition and said the Fourth Holy Grail War would begin in eleven days.
• Zouken Matou told Matou Kariya that Aoi Tohsaka, Sakura Tohsaka, and Rin Tohsaka were alive, and Kariya agreed to compete in exchange for their protection.
• Zouken Matou planned to give Matou Kariya a Command Spell and use Kariya's body to seek a new life through the Grail.
• Annie urged Sakura Tohsaka and Rin Tohsaka to choose their representative after they spent days arguing over which sister should compete.
• Luviagelita Edelfelt arrived at the Tohsaka residence, introduced herself as Aoi's cousin and the Edelfelt representative, and showed her Command Spells.
• Annie explained that the Tohsaka sisters could obtain a Command Spell through their family's back door, and Sakura Tohsaka and Rin Tohsaka began playing rock-paper-scissors to decide who would compete.

Rin Tohsaka watched Luviagelita Edelfelt and Illyasviel von Einzbern arrive with powerful Holy Grail War catalysts while she and Sakura had none. Annie refused to steal a relic for them and ordered the sisters to summon without one, leaving the five girls bickering as they headed to the summoning circle.

• Rin abandoned her Arcane book and joined Sakura, Annie, and Luviagelita to inspect Luviagelita's relic, a fragment of Saint Joan of Arc's banner.
• Illyasviel von Einzbern arrived with Irisviel von Einzbern and announced that she would participate in the Holy Grail War.
• Illya showed off Avalon, the scabbard of Excalibur, and challenged Luviagelita to see whose Servant was stronger.
• Rin and Sakura realized the Tohsaka Family had no catalyst and urged Annie to steal a cross, but Annie gave Sakura an ordinary cherry blossom and refused to help.
• Annie ordered Rin and Sakura to summon without a catalyst, and the five girls ran off together toward the summoning circle.
• Aoi Tohsaka welcomed Irisviel and Illya to the estate and led Irisviel inside to show her their rooms.

Ryunosuke Uryu accidentally summoned Caster and made a contract with Bluebeard, while Luvia, Illya, and Sakura summoned Jeanne, Artoria, and Medusa for the Holy Grail War. Gilgamesh killed Zouken Matou and weakened the Crest Worm, then asked Matou Kariya to help him pursue the Grail as Kariya explained that the rules had changed.

• Ryunosuke Uryu received Command Spells and summoned Bluebeard, who agreed to help him claim the Holy Grail.
• Annie explained that the Holy Grail system supplied the energy for summoning, and Luvia summoned Saint Jeanne of Arc with her relic and incantation.
• Illya summoned Artoria Pendragon using the holy sword's scabbard, but Artoria chased Annie after Annie tugged her cowlick.
• Sakura summoned Medusa, who threatened the other Masters before Sakura stopped her, and Annie returned to provoke Medusa into a fight.
• Gilgamesh killed Zouken Matou, removed the Crest Worm from Matou Kariya, and scalded it in a jar.
• Gilgamesh asked Matou Kariya to help him obtain the Holy Grail, and Kariya told him the Holy Grail War's rules had changed.

Kayneth and Waver flew to Fuyuki for the Fourth Holy Grail War, where Waver learned more about the Mage's Association's dark reputation and noticed that the newspaper's blood-drawn summoning circles hinted at an unaccounted-for Master. That evening, Annie and the others gathered at the Tohsaka estate for dinner, where the meal turned into a scramble over the best dishes.

• Kayneth told Waver to avoid investigating the Fuyuki murders, while Waver argued that the Mage's Association should act against the killer who was using its name.
• Kayneth and Sola-Ui suggested that the Association had a history of harming ordinary people and avoiding responsibility, leaving Waver disturbed by what he had learned.
• Kayneth listed the known Masters and mocked Waver for overlooking the blood-drawn circles as a clue to the missing seventh Master.
• Kayneth told Waver to travel separately and summon his King of Conquerors while Kayneth kept the old epic poem catalyst for himself.
• At the Tohsaka estate, Annie complained that the larger dinner party meant more people would compete for food, and Aoi assured her that three chefs would prepare meals.
• When Aoi announced dinner, Annie, Artoria, Joan of Arc, and Medusa used their abilities to snatch the most desired dishes, prompting Rin to complain as she took Annie's duck leg.

Annie and the others spent the day playing magical chess beneath the cherry blossoms while the Holy Grail War drew near. After Rin lost and Sakura described the Masters’ alliance, Kariya arrived and warned that his powerful Servant might pursue the Grail against their interests.

• Annie used a Muggle-Repelling Charm to keep ordinary visitors away from the estate’s cherry blossoms.
• Annie defeated Rin at magical chess, and Luvia beat Illya after Illya repeatedly tried to take back her moves.
• Sakura explained that she, Illya, and Luvia had allied with their Servants to share victories and suppress the other competitors during the first six days.
• Kariya arrived at the estate, and Aoi recognized him after nearly ten years apart.
• Kariya told Rin that he had summoned an extraordinary Servant who would seek the Holy Grail, and that Kariya could only command him three times.

Aoi and Matou Kariya reunited in the cherry grove, where Kariya learned that Tohsaka Tokiomi had been banished to another world and vowed to help Sakura bring him back. Meanwhile, Annie confronted Gilgamesh for attacking her Protective Array, and he left after she humiliated him and boasted about her own power.

• Aoi and Matou Kariya reminisced about their past, and Kariya insisted he had no regrets about leaving the Matou Family to protect her.
• Aoi told Kariya that Tohsaka Tokiomi had vanished after the Mage's Association attacked, and Kariya explained how difficult it would be to find someone in another world.
• Kariya revealed that Zouken Matou had ordered him to join the Holy Grail War, then promised to help Sakura win the Grail and bring Tokiomi back.
• Annie appeared before Gilgamesh after he attacked her Protective Array, and she stopped his weapons and knocked him from his perch.
• Artoria, Jeanne d'Arc, and Medusa arrived as Annie mocked Gilgamesh and claimed to possess treasures and armies beyond his understanding.
• Gilgamesh dismissed his Noble Phantasms and departed, while Matou Kariya arrived and asked the girls what had happened.

Weber struggled to manage Iskandar, who planned to conquer the modern world and sent Weber on errands for books and food. Meanwhile, Annie taught Rin, Sakura, Luvia, and Illya magic, turning them into sheep with Polymorph and leaving Artoria to consider roasting them.

• Iskandar made Weber buy books and explained that he intended to use the Holy Grail to gain a body and conquer the world, potentially with nuclear weapons.
• Iskandar abandoned their stakeout of Fuyuki City's killer and forced Weber to buy him a late-night snack.
• Rin asked Annie to teach her Teleport, but Annie explained the difficulty of spatial magic and handed the girls a stack of books to study.
• The girls rejected the reading and asked for an easier spell, so Annie offered to teach Polymorph.
• Annie transformed Rin, Sakura, Luvia, and Illya into sheep, then explained the spell's rules to them.
• Artoria arrived and, after Annie asked about roast lamb, agreed that the four sheep looked edible.

Annie opened the Fourth Holy Grail War as a weeklong competition, beginning with a magic chess tournament. After exposing Ryunosuke Uryu as dangerous and capturing all seven Servants as figurines, she explained the rules and prepared the contestants to compete.

• Annie waited with Zelretch and the arriving Masters while Rin and Sakura argued, and she warned the girls away from Ryunosuke Uryu after her enchanted hairpins revealed his evil alignment.
• Weber arrived late and explained that his Servant had disappeared, so Annie revealed that she had captured all seven Servants and turned them into figurines.
• Annie announced that the first event was a magic chess tournament, with contestants using their Servants as hidden pieces and earning points for captures and checkmates.
• Annie created four magical chessboards and explained that the seven Masters would compete alongside Rin, who would fill out the numbers but could not earn points.
• Kenneth questioned how seven contestants could be divided into four matches, while Ryunosuke admitted that he did not know how to play chess; Annie dismissed both concerns.

Emiya Kiritsugu told Irisviel he wanted to take her and Illya away from the Einzbern Family and protect them from becoming tools of the Holy Grail War, and Irisviel agreed to face the consequences with him. Meanwhile, Annie began the first competition of the Fourth Holy Grail War, a rigged chess tournament, and the matches continued with Servants secretly directing the players.

• Emiya Kiritsugu explained to Irisviel that he wanted to leave the Einzbern Family to protect her and Illya, and Irisviel agreed to stand by him.
• Annie secretly rigged the draw so Sakura Tohsaka faced Matou Kariya, Illya faced Kayneth, Tohsaka Rin faced Ryunosuke Uryu, and Luviagelita faced Waver.
• Annie started the chess competition and taunted the adult players while Tibbers warned her that Ryunosuke Uryu harbored hostile intentions toward her and the girls.
• Gilgamesh directed Matou Kariya's moves against Sakura, while Medusa encouraged Sakura to distract Kariya and ask him to surrender.
• Caster Gilles de Rais recognized Illya's opponent's general as his Jeanne and lost interest in the match.

The first day of the magical chess tournament ended with several unexpected losses, and Saber confided in Annie that she wanted to return to the Day of Choosing the King. Annie offered to take Saber back in time and let her try changing history with Annie’s advice.

• Ryunosuke Uryu quit against Rin Tohsaka, Waver and Iskandar lost to Luvia, and Sakura Tohsaka defeated Matou Kariya with a back-rank mate.
• Kayneth beat Illya despite her cheating, and Illya confronted Annie before Irisviel sent her to eat.
• Annie found Saber by a pond and heard that Saber wanted to return to the Day of Choosing the King to save Britain and its people.
• Annie and Saber argued about ruling a country, with Annie defending her forceful methods and Saber calling them tyrannical.
• Annie took out Time Stones and offered to take Saber back to the Selection of the King so Saber could try Annie’s approach.

Annie returned Artoria to the day the king was chosen and prepared a force of golden Flame Knights to help her claim the throne. Artoria drew the Sword in the Stone as a woman, and the knights set out to confront her after hearing the news.

• Artoria awakened in Camelot with memories of her future, and Annie explained that she had reset the timeline.
• Annie forged one hundred golden-armored Flame Knights and gave Artoria a holy sword and the white horse Shadowfax.
• Annie persuaded Artoria to reveal herself as a woman and ride to claim the throne, despite Artoria's fears about opposition.
• Artoria drew the Sword in the Stone while Dagonet watched, then waited with Annie and the golden knights near the church cemetery.
• Dagonet told the competing knights that a woman named Altria had drawn the sword, prompting them and the townspeople to hurry to the cemetery.

Morgan blocked Merlin from interfering with Artoria’s attempt to become queen, forcing him to trap her in his Garden of Avalon. Artoria drew the Sword of Selection and claimed the throne, but the knights refused to swear allegiance after a golden-armored guard killed Tonnard in a duel; one knight remained as the others departed.

• Morgan confronted Merlin in the mountains and revealed that she wanted to see how Artoria’s rule unfolded, so she kept him from reaching Camelot.
• Merlin dragged Morgan into his Garden of Avalon and struck her with a powerful golden sword attack, after which she vanished from the woods.
• Artoria drew the Sword of Selection, declared herself queen, and called on the British knights to swear allegiance.
• Tonnard insulted Artoria and challenged one of her golden-armored guards, who killed him with a single lance charge.
• Percival and the other knights acknowledged Artoria as queen but refused to pledge loyalty and rode away, leaving one knight approaching her.

Artoria became Queen of Camelot but failed to gain the allegiance of any knights, and she postponed her coronation while Annie urged her to build power by force. Merlin then appeared, blamed Annie for ruining his plans, and prepared to fight her until Artoria intervened.

• Artoria asked Kay to swear allegiance, but he was shocked to learn that his sworn brother Arthur was a woman and rode home to consult Sir Ector.
• Archbishop Padrick offered to crown Artoria, and she scheduled the ceremony for one month later while Camelot's people dispersed.
• Annie mocked Artoria's lack of support and proposed forcing the knights into obedience, but Artoria rejected enslavement and worried that Britain would fall sooner than before.
• Merlin emerged from a vortex, accused Annie of ruining his plan with Uther, and attacked as Annie and the Flame Knights prepared to fight him.
• Artoria stepped between Merlin and Annie and asked them to stop, while Merlin wondered what had happened to Artoria.

Morgan returned to Orkney wounded after clashing with Merlin and ordered Gawain to take fifty cavalrymen to Camelot and swear allegiance to Artoria Pendragon. In Camelot, Merlin tried to take Artoria away, but Annie attacked him and the Flame Knights charged, prompting Merlin to unleash a deadly wind attack.

• Morgan arrived at Orkney Castle with a wounded shoulder, and Gawain learned that Merlin had injured her.
• Morgan ordered Gawain to lead fifty cavalrymen to Camelot and support her sister Artoria Pendragon as queen, and Gawain reluctantly agreed.
• Merlin confronted Artoria and offered to take her to Avalon, but Artoria refused and vowed to fight for Britain.
• Annie struck Merlin with a fireball and ordered the Flame Knights to attack him.
• Merlin unleashed a storm of invisible blades that tore through the charging Flame Knights.

Annie and Merlin fought inside Merlin’s Ideal Land while Artoria waited outside, leaving her alone after the battle vanished from view. Captain Sanders and his soldiers turned on Artoria, and she began fighting back when they tried to seize her and claim the throne.

• Annie and Merlin traded attacks, then Merlin drew Annie into his Ideal Land while Artoria was left outside with the destroyed cavalry.
• Annie summoned Tibbers and unleashed a vast storm of flames across Merlin’s demiplane as Merlin and Tibbers fought.
• Captain Sanders arrived with the Camelot garrison, saw the golden armor fragments, and decided to seize Artoria and take the throne.
• Sanders ordered his soldiers to capture Artoria and force her to marry him, but Artoria split the first soldier who charged at her with the holy sword.

Altria was captured by Sanders’s rebels after fighting hundreds of soldiers, but Annie returned and revived the Flame Knights, who routed the rebels and rescued her. Archbishop Padrick kept the Church out of the conflict as Camelot’s uprising left hundreds dead and the kingdom in turmoil.

• Archbishop Padrick refused to send the Church’s few armed members to help Altria, saying she was not yet their queen and ordering the cathedral doors barred.
• Altria tried to break through the encirclement but was knocked down by spearmen and pinned to the ground, allowing Sanders to capture her.
• Annie returned from Merlin’s demiplane and found Altria captured; Sanders ordered his soldiers to attack Annie, but their thrown axes missed her.
• Annie revived the one hundred golden-armored Flame Knights, who charged the rebels, killed hundreds, and rescued Altria while leaving soldiers who surrendered alive.
• Sanders fled on horseback, but a fleeing soldier struck him from behind and knocked him off his horse; the Church watched as the battlefield filled with corpses and surrendered prisoners.
• Padrick declared that the Church would side with whoever won and regretted that Camelot’s sword-in-the-stone selection had set off the uprising.

Gawain prepared to sail from Orkney to Camelot, where Altria had consolidated her rule but lacked knights and soldiers, while refusing to let Gareth and Gaheris join him. As Annie worked on a magical battle map, Camelot’s guards reported flying monsters that had captured archers, and Altria asked Annie to investigate.

• Gawain packed for his journey to Camelot and decided he would bring his fairy horse Gringolet despite disliking its taunts.
• Gareth and Gaheris asked to accompany Gawain, but he refused and told them to keep training under Agravain’s supervision.
• Altria reflected on Camelot’s depleted army and the lack of knights willing to serve her, while fearing a future Saxon invasion.
• Annie planned a magical sand table for commanding battles and considered using satellites to gather real-time information across Britain.
• A city guard reported that flying monsters had been harassing farmers and capturing Camelot’s soldiers and archers.
• Altria asked Annie to deal with the monsters, and Annie agreed to go investigate later.