Chapter Summaries

Shirou imagined a seductive woman and discovered that Kiyohime Sesshoin was standing before him in exactly that form. He tried to make her let go, but she insisted that everything he had belonged to her.

• Shirou pictured a woman with an adult figure, unusual clothes, and a seductive expression.
• Shirou realized the woman he had imagined was standing right in front of him.
• Shirou tried to pull up his pants, but Kiyohime Sesshoin stopped him and asked to take his essence.
• Shirou asked Kiyohime Sesshoin to give him a break, but she refused and said everything he had was hers.
• Shirou tried to bargain for giving up less, while Kiyohime Sesshoin dismissed his offers and judged him a disappointment.

Shirou was abducted by Kiyohime Sesshoin, who declared that everything he had belonged to her and tried to seduce him. He found no weakness in her and realized a fight might be unavoidable.

• Kiyohime Sesshoin grabbed Shirou, but he escaped after leaving his pants behind.
• Sesshoin appeared in front of Shirou again and teased him about taking off his clothes.
• Shirou projected new pants and tried to ward her off with jokes and talk of socialism.
• Sesshoin said Shirou had barely been affected by her and found him interesting.
• Shirou tried to stall while searching for a way to defeat Sesshoin, but could find no weakness he could exploit.

Shirou met Kiyohime Sesshoin in Heaven’s Hole and suspected she was connected to the black Archer and his condition. He tried to attack her, but Sesshoin quickly defeated him.

• Kiyohime Sesshoin approached Shirou and teased him when he kept backing away.
• Sesshoin introduced herself and called Heaven’s Hole their love nest, which Shirou denied.
• Shirou suspected Sesshoin was behind his condition and considered killing her, though he doubted he could win.
• Shirou insulted Sesshoin and charged at her, but she defeated him.

Sesshoin tried to tempt Shirou into following his desires, but discovered that he was erasing her Noble Phantasm and believed in humanity’s collective liberation. She panicked at the threat he represented, while Shirou said he had always considered himself.

• Sesshoin chased Shirou and urged him to surrender to his desires so she could lead him into the world’s mysteries.
• Sesshoin realized Shirou was turning Heaven's Hole into magical energy and corroding her Noble Phantasm.
• Shirou said his wish was to fight for truth and achieve communism, though he did not know how he would help bring it about.
• Sesshoin recognized that Shirou genuinely believed in humanity, unlike her, and felt a crisis at the danger he posed.
• Shirou answered Sesshoin’s question about whether he considered himself by saying that he always had.

Shirou woke in his classroom after facing Sesshoin, frustrated that he had been sent back just as he thought he might win. Elsewhere, Alaya searched Gilgamesh’s Gate of Babylon while Gilgamesh made Angelica his pillow and played games.

• Shirou rejected Sesshoin’s offer to join his harem and prepared to fight her.
• Shirou suddenly woke in class, where Kuzuki told Matou to handle him and Matou put a coat over him.
• Gilgamesh rested against Angelica and declared that she would be his pillow.
• Alaya rummaged through Gilgamesh’s treasures and cast out rare magecraft materials while Gilgamesh played PS4.

Alaya revealed that she was gathering materials to free and summon a powerful person she had encountered during a Singularity. She began explaining the historical incident that first brought them into contact, but had not yet revealed what happened after Emiya arrived.

• Alaya counted the large stockpile of materials she had gathered, and Gilgamesh wondered whom she planned to summon.
• Gilgamesh exposed Alaya’s hidden books by invoking the Star of All-Knowing and All-Powerful, and Angelica found another copy beneath her desk.
• Alaya admitted that the materials would both break the shackles on a powerful person and let that person possess someone, and she warned Gilgamesh not to tell Emiya.
• Alaya said she had first encountered the person during a Singularity in the mid-twentieth century, when someone tried to alter a major event that established a regime.
• Alaya sent one of her Guardians to the Singularity, but the Guardian disappeared, so she sent Emiya and watched the live broadcast.

Alaya told Shirou and Gilgamesh about the dangerous person she had encountered and admitted she had bound him with chains, but Shirou said there was no time to wait before summoning him. Shirou described his encounter with Kiyohime Sesshoin, while Gilgamesh praised him for surviving her.

• Alaya said she had seen a Gundam and that its pilot had nearly killed her after throwing Emiya back to her.
• Alaya feared Emiya would let the person possess him, and Shirou wondered whether a banknote could serve as a Holy Relic.
• Alaya explained that she had bound the person with chains that would take nearly a month to unlock.
• Shirou noted that everyone had returned from school because they could not keep attending during the war, and warned that they might not have a month.
• Shirou said Kiyohime Sesshoin had dragged him into Heaven's Hole, and Gilgamesh praised him for resisting her.

Shirou and the others discussed how to deal with Sesshoin, whose Beast Class powers limited what they could learn about her. Shirou suspected his teacher was holding her back and began considering plans, including following her instructions to forge a sword.

• Gilgamesh explained that Sesshoin's Authority could block his Star of All-Knowing and All-Powerful, leaving him with only limited information about her.
• Shirou realized Sesshoin was a threat to everyone present and rejected the idea of surrendering because he believed she would target him.
• Illya suggested asking Heracles for advice, and Heracles questioned why Sesshoin had not launched a full-scale attack if she was as powerful as they feared.
• Shirou reasoned that someone was holding Sesshoin back and concluded that his teacher was the only person capable of doing so.
• Shirou proposed plans involving Alaya and the sword his teacher had asked him to forge, while worrying that his teacher might not be able to hold out much longer.

Shirou discussed how to use the Sword that Cuts Everything with Gilgamesh and Heracles, but remained unsure how to defeat Kiyohime Sesshoin. An assassin then walked down a street in plain sight, drawing attention and risking discovery.

• Gilgamesh rejected the beef Shirou had chosen and recommended meat from the Taurus of the Heavens.
• Shirou asked Heracles what it meant for a sword to cut everything, and Heracles suggested cutting other things instead.
• Shirou recalled his teacher's advice about killing everything, causality, and concepts, and worried that Kiyohime Sesshoin would give him little time.
• Someone said he had thought of a way that involved Shirou's sister, and Shirou drew his sword in response.
• A black-clad assassin walked down the street and drew people's attention.

Archer reflected on his role as Kiyohime Sesshoin’s pawn while the unseen black Assassin attacked him in broad daylight. Though Sesshoin’s power repeatedly revived him, Assassin prepared to strike his neck as the chapter ended.

• Archer reasoned that the black Assassin would avoid revealing herself in public, since she was a powerful mystery.
• Archer considered how his death might weaken Sesshoin against Shirou Emiya and the powerful allies gathered around him.
• The black Assassin attacked Archer, but Sesshoin’s Heaven’s Hole and skills restored him after his body began to split apart.
• Archer confronted the nearby Assassin over abandoning her name and emotions in pursuit of justice.
• The Evening Bell rang in Archer’s ears, and the unseen Assassin moved to offer up his head.

King Hassan attacked Sesshoin in the city, but she blocked his death-bestowing strike and caught his cloak as he tried to escape. Elsewhere, Shirou drew his blade after Gilgamesh said something about Illya, but Heracles restrained him and urged him to listen first.

• King Hassan attacked Sesshoin with the Evening Bell, but she used her authority to block its death and avoided his strike.
• King Hassan stirred up a sandstorm and tried to escape, but Sesshoin grabbed a strip of his cloak.
• Shirou drew his blade after Gilgamesh said something about his little sister, Illya.
• Heracles held Shirou back and convinced him to sit down and hear what she had to say.

Shirou tried to persuade the young Gilgamesh to talk, but she resisted his affection and refused to answer him. He eventually picked her up despite her protests, while Heracles watched in bewilderment.

• Gilgamesh refused to talk to Shirou and rejected his attempts to comfort her.
• She slapped Shirou's hand away when he tried to pat her head and refused kisses and hugs.
• Shirou decided to use force and lifted Gilgamesh up.
• Gilgamesh screamed for Shirou to put her down as he teased her, while Heracles covered his face.

Shirou was caught in an awkward situation with Gilgamesh when Sakura, Miyu, Illya, and Chloe arrived and misunderstood what they saw. As the others joined in accusing him, Shirou faced an increasingly threatening crowd.

• Miyu, Illya, and Chloe entered with Sakura, while Alaya took photos of Shirou and Gilgamesh.
• Sakura asked what Shirou was doing, and he claimed he had been playing a game with Gilgamesh.
• Gilgamesh denied playing a game and said Shirou was mean, prompting the group to suspect him.
• Alaya prepared a sensational headline, while Artoria and Rin reacted with shock and withdrew from Shirou.
• Heracles warned Shirou about his tastes, and Sakura said she would make sure to love him properly as everyone approached.

Shirou tried to escape the others’ accusations by making the situation even more chaotic, while Sakura and the three girls competed for his attention. The chapter ended with Chloe throwing herself at Shirou and asking whether he no longer liked her.

• Shirou realized he had little time to prove his innocence and abandoned his plan to explain himself.
• Shirou kissed and groped Sakura, then praised her voluptuous figure.
• Sakura blushed and became determined to be the first to win Shirou’s affection.
• Miyu and Illya decided Chloe should approach Shirou to avoid disrupting their alliance.
• Chloe threw herself at Shirou and reminded him that he had said he liked little sisters most.

Chloe tried to remind Shirou of their past, but Gilgamesh used a growth potion and prepared to fight for him. Shirou believed he had balanced the factions against one another, until Artoria declared that Shirou was already hers and threw the situation into chaos.

• Chloe reminded Shirou of an afternoon they had spent together, and Shirou praised how cute elementary schoolgirls were.
• Gilgamesh drank a growth potion, grew into an adult, and readied Ea to claim Shirou by force.
• Shirou privately believed he had control of the factions and could let them wear one another down before keeping them all as his wings.
• Alaya urged Artoria to join the fight before Shirou was taken away.
• Artoria calmly declared that Shirou was hers and that the others had already lost, frightening Shirou and sending Alaya's stocks soaring.
• Shirou protested that Artoria could not say whatever she wanted as his carefully maintained balance collapsed.

Shirou's claim that he and Artoria had slept together sparked a confrontation among the women at Matsukoshiya. Meanwhile, Kiritsugu finished work and invited Irisviel to try the restaurant after her cooking failed again.

• Artoria reminded everyone that she and Shirou had slept together, prompting Illya, Gilgamesh, and Sakura to threaten him.
• Shirou urged the others to stop before they destroyed the Matsukoshiya beef restaurant.
• Kiritsugu finished his work for the day.
• Irisviel despaired over another failed meal, and Kiritsugu invited her to eat beef at Old Master Raiga's new Matsukoshiya.

The standoff over Shirou continued as the women sought allies, and Alaya quietly offered Gilgamesh a plan to improve her chances. Artoria pressed Shirou to choose, while Alaya hinted that the uneven contest might soon change.

• Illya called on Heracles to support her, leaving Gilgamesh at a disadvantage.
• Gilgamesh considered seeking an ally but rejected the idea of working with Sakura because of their past grudges.
• Alaya approached Gilgamesh and proposed a plan, which Gilgamesh eagerly accepted.
• Artoria asked Shirou to make his decision, and he rubbed his forehead.

Shirou tried to reassure Sakura and declared that the girls were all his wings, but Kiritsugu and Irisviel arrived and prepared to punish him for upsetting Illya and her sisters. The chapter left Shirou blindfolded and accepting his fate while Sakura and the others reacted to his impending punishment.

• Shirou reflected on his relationship with Artoria and tried to comfort Sakura, who clung to his arm.
• Shirou declared that he did not want to let go of any of the girls and called them all his wings.
• Kiritsugu and Irisviel entered, and Kiritsugu threatened Shirou for allegedly bullying Illya.
• Chloe and Illya appealed to Kiritsugu, while Miyu pleaded with him not to kill Shirou.
• Kiritsugu offered Shirou a choice between having a leg broken in Germany or facing Irisviel's chemical method.
• Shirou blindfolded himself and accepted his fate as Sakura lamented, Artoria comforted her, and Chloe promised she would still like him.

Shirou and Gilgamesh escaped the others’ White Album scene and reached a forest, where Gilgamesh proposed marriage after they defeated Sesshoin. Shirou rejected her, wary of making such a dangerous promise while Sesshoin remained their enemy.

• Gilgamesh pulled Shirou away from the White Album scene and led him through a door into a forest.
• Shirou thanked Gilgamesh for getting him away from the others’ distractions.
• Gilgamesh became flustered when Shirou praised her maturity and asked to marry him after Sesshoin’s defeat.
• Shirou refused, then considered Gilgamesh’s appearance and personality before deciding he would not make a marriage promise while facing Sesshoin.

Shirou explained to Gilgamesh why he was avoiding romance, warning that talk of marriage after a battle could invite disaster. After Gilgamesh reconsidered his past promise to Enkidu, Shirou turned his attention to Alaya and her claim to be a journalist.

• Gilgamesh offered Shirou medicine from the Gate of Babylon, believing it would help with his functional deficiency.
• Shirou refused the medicine and explained that his dangerous life left little room for dating or sex.
• Shirou explained that promising marriage after a war was a terrifying flag and warned Gilgamesh not to do it again.
• Gilgamesh wondered whether his promise to marry Enkidu after defeating the Taurus of the Heavens had led to her death.
• Shirou asked why Alaya had come along, and Alaya claimed that running fast was a journalist's trademark skill.
• Shirou sharpened his gaze as he considered making big news.