Chapter Summaries

After the Fairy Allied Forces were defeated, Toneri and Michael visited Mab to discuss the proposed Fairy Kingdom. Mab considered joining if the King's Clan kept its self-governance, then challenged Toneri to a rematch, wagering that Michael would belong to her if she won.

• Heidi spared Spriggan because the Earth Clan needed him, while the Knights of the Round Table beat him and let him live.
• Mab learned that Londinium had defeated the Earth Clan and Fang Clan forces, and rejected her guard’s suggestion to exploit their losses.
• Toneri and Michael teleported into Mab’s bedroom and explained that they had come to discuss establishing a Fairy Kingdom.
• Toneri said the human girl who drew the Sword of Selection would rule Britain, and Mab said the King's Clan might join if it retained self-governance.
• Mab challenged Toneri to a rematch and declared that Michael would belong to her if she won.

Mab lost a duel to Toneri but agreed to support the Fairy Kingdom, while Aurora received an invitation revealing that the human girl who drew the Sword of Selection would be crowned king. Spriggan rejected the prospect of human rule, and Aurora began steering him toward a plan to change Toneri’s decision.

• Mab challenged Toneri, lost the duel, and agreed to support the establishment of the Fairy Kingdom.
• Toneri left with Michael, promising to meet Mab again at the coronation ceremony.
• Aurora read Londinium’s invitation and learned that the human girl, not Toneri, would become king of the Fairy Kingdom.
• Spriggan confronted Aurora and objected to a human ruling fairies.
• Aurora encouraged Spriggan to see himself as a more suitable king and hinted at a method to change Toneri’s mind.

Six months after Heidi helped bring peace between humans and fairies, she prepared to be crowned King of Britain. At the ceremony, Toneri announced she would retire with Michael afterward, while Heidi took her place at the center of the Knight's Hall.

• Heidi led the Knights of the Round Table in settling disputes between the clans, and humans and fairies lived in harmony across Britain.
• Michael teleported his group through the crowded streets of Londinium to the Knight's Hall, where the central seats had been reserved for them.
• Andel told Toneri that Lainick had gone south to eradicate the Mors, and Toneri said she planned to retire with Michael after the coronation.
• Uther told Toneri that he would marry after the ceremony and showed her his silver ring.
• Heidi entered the Knight's Hall in silver-and-gold armor and a crown as the crowd applauded, and Toneri praised her as the future King of Britain.

Heidi’s coronation ceremony descended into chaos when Earth Clan fairies accused her of atrocities and she, Uther, and the Round Table knights collapsed after coughing blood. Spriggan then revealed that he knew Toneri’s true identity as the Calamity Witch from Paradise.

• Aurora crowned Heidi as Britain’s new ruler, and the assembled guests prepared to celebrate.
• Toneri refused the wine because she feared getting drunk around Michael again, while Melusine resolved to pursue her own plan.
• Heidi began her declaration of justice and coexistence, but Earth Clan fairies interrupted and accused Londinium of imprisoning and tormenting them and creating weapons that transformed fairies into Mors.
• Heidi coughed up blood and collapsed, followed by Uther and the Round Table knights, as the ceremony erupted into violence between humans and fairies.
• Toneri tried to stop the fighting with the Staff of Selection, but Spriggan confronted her and called her the Calamity Witch from Paradise.

Spriggan exposed Toneri as a Witch from Paradise, provoking her into unleashing the Holy Spear before she collapsed. Michael protected her, then burned the fairies who tried to arrest them, and the flames consumed Londinium.

• Spriggan accused Toneri of being a Witch from Paradise and used a fairy maid to demand that she remove her aura-concealing necklace.
• The fairies turned against Toneri, and their taunts about the Rain Clan drove her to attack Spriggan with the Staff of Selection transformed into a spear.
• Toneri's Holy Spear reduced Spriggan to dust, after which she collapsed and Michael carried her to safety.
• Klar tried to arrest Michael and his companions, but a fairy struck her unconscious and ordered the soldiers to attack.
• Michael killed the attacking fairies with golden flames, which surged through Knight's Hall and reduced Londinium to ashes.

After the coronation failed and Heidi and the Knights of the Round Table were killed, Toneri broke down in grief and rage, and Michael put her to sleep. Michael disbanded the group, and Teterot chose to pursue her dream of becoming a tailor.

• Toneri woke and asked Michael what had happened at the coronation; he told her Heidi and the Knights of the Round Table had been killed and Londinium had likely burned down.
• Toneri lamented the failure of her two-thousand-year effort, erupted in grief and rage, and transformed the Staff of Selection into a lance.
• Michael calmed Toneri and put her to sleep as her magical energy threatened to destroy the forest and herself.
• Michael declared the group disbanded, and Hector said he would become an ordinary blacksmith in Tintagel.
• Teterot decided she might become a great tailor and gave Michael the first bridal gown she had made.

Michael and Toneri’s companions went their separate ways after the savior’s party fell apart, and Michael spent four centuries on an island beyond Britain while Toneri slept. Toneri awakened transformed, and Michael prepared to return as the Great Calamity approached.

• Melusine and Bavanxi chose to stay with Michael and Toneri, while Michael warned that Britain’s savior would never appear again.
• The savior’s party disbanded: Hector went to Tintagel, Teterot returned south to train, and Michael settled on an island with the remaining members.
• Four hundred years passed as Michael studied the Root, Toneri’s body and magical power changed during her sleep, and the worlds’ time flows drew closer together.
• Michael considered destroying Britain before the Great Calamity arrived, but Toneri awakened and interrupted him.
• Toneri saw her grown, white-haired reflection, discovered that her Fairy Eyes could partly read Michael’s thoughts, and nearly fell while adjusting to her changed body.
• Michael caught Toneri and teased her about her new proportions, prompting her to blush and charge into him.

Toneri refused Michael’s offer to leave the Lostbelt and resolved to use the Imaginary Tree to end the Fairy Era and make Britain real, despite the Great Calamity threatening to destroy it. Michael prepared to help her before departing, but Toneri discovered his relationship with Melusine and attacked him while Melusine watched anxiously.

• Toneri and Michael left the sheltered paradise, where Michael destroyed the calamity shadows with the Holy Spear Rongomyniad.
• Toneri recognized the Great Calamity and refused to abandon Britain or leave the Lostbelt with Michael.
• Toneri announced that she would end the Fairy Era and use the Imaginary Tree to make Britain real, and Michael agreed to help before leaving.
• Toneri learned that Michael had been intimate with Melusine and attacked him with the Spear of Selection.
• Melusine watched Michael and Toneri chase each other and silently hoped Michael would be all right.

As the Great Calamity overwhelmed Britain, Lainick and the defenders of Salisbury fell, and Aurora abandoned Klar before dying in the Mors swarm. Michael and Toneri began using the Imaginary Tree’s magical energy to reweave Britain, sealing the parallel world from outside interference.

• Lainick fought until the Mors swallowed him, after his Fang Clan warriors had fallen protecting the evacuation.
• Klar warned Aurora that Salisbury was lost, and Aurora escaped with her through an underground tunnel.
• When Mors attacked the soldiers as they tried to leave the city, Aurora fled while Klar was devoured; Aurora was then torn apart by another swarm.
• Michael observed the devastation through his Familiars and said that most of Britain’s fairies had been wiped out.
• Toneri activated the magecraft formula to reweave Britain with the Imaginary Tree’s magical energy, and a barrier blocked outside beings from interfering.

Toneri and Michael remade Lostbelt Britain as a lasting world and revived its dead fairies, then Toneri prepared to leave once a new Fairy of Paradise arrived to sustain it. The chapter ended with Toneri crowned Queen Morgan, ruling Camelot as an uncompromising monarch.

• Michael helped Toneri reshape Britain, reduced the cost of reviving the dead fairies, and altered the summoning formula to restrict them.
• Toneri completed the new Britain, founded Camelot beside the Great Hole, and summoned the dead fairies back without their memories of her as their savior.
• Toneri revealed that her true name was Morgan, Avalon le Fae, and Michael restored her hidden memories of their first meeting, prompting her to confront him.
• Toneri told Melusine that she would eventually travel to Pan-Human History to find Michael after a new Fairy of Paradise arrived to sustain Britain.
• With Bavanxi's help, Morgan dressed for her coronation, took the throne, and warned the assembled fairies that Britain belonged to her and would have no future without her protection.

Michael returned to Chaldea after spending two thousand years in the Lostbelt of Britain and found Aika Sajo occupying the director’s office. After confronting him about his relationships with Toneri and Melusine, Aika reconciled with Michael, who then questioned her about becoming director.

• Michael returned to Chaldea, where the staff greeted him as the former director and mentioned documents awaiting his approval.
• Michael entered the director’s office and found Aika Sajo, who had taken his place and appeared as a mature woman.
• Aika accused Michael of being involved with Toneri and Melusine and asked which of them he liked best.
• Michael embraced and kissed Aika, then told her that she was the only Aika Sajo he loved.
• Aika revealed that her mature appearance was a magical simulation and returned to her original form.
• Michael called Aika the director and asked her what had happened, but she pretended not to understand.

Michael caught up on the Vordem heir’s assassination and learned that Kischurche had been found and made head of the family. After Kischurche’s grandfather sought Michael’s help, Michael suspected something was wrong with the heir and considered taking over the Vordem Family.

• Michael learned that Kischurche Vordem had been assassinated and was missing, then discovered that Dietrich Vordem was believed to have arranged it.
• Michael read that Kishō planned to join the Fourth Holy Grail War with Iskandar’s Holy Relic, which Michael had sold at auction.
• Michael considered using the war to test his strength against Gilgamesh and take the Hero’s treasures with his Mage’s Garment.
• Michael received word that Kischurche had been found and had replaced Dietrich as head of the Vordem Family.
• Michael learned that Ingram Vordem had come to the Celestial Department to ask for his help, and he considered using Kischurche to absorb the Vordem Family.

Michael met with Ingram Vradem, who apologized for his son’s actions and revealed that the Vradem family had been asked to join the Fuyuki Holy Grail War. The meeting left Michael considering Inolai’s motives and the risks facing Kishō El-Melloi Archibald.

• Alpha told Michael that Ingram Vradem had been waiting, and Michael went to meet him.
• Ingram apologized for his son’s conduct and offered compensation for the trouble caused to the Celestial Department.
• Ingram told Michael that Lord Barueretta had offered the Vradem family control of a high-grade spiritual land in exchange for sending a magus to the Holy Grail War.
• Ingram revealed that Kishō El-Melloi Archibald had also declared his intention to participate and win the Fuyuki ritual.
• Michael dismissed Ingram’s concern about conflict with El-Melloi and wondered what Inolai was planning.
• Ingram explained that the Holy Grail War was intended to reach the Root but had never produced a victor, and warned that Kishō’s participation could bring consequences for the Lord Families.

Ingram asked Michael to heal Kischurche’s injuries, and Michael restored the young heir’s damaged Mage Circuits. Ingram then offered an alliance between Vordem and Animusphere in exchange for Michael taking Kischurche as his personal disciple, while revealing that he intended to accept his approaching death.

• Ingram asked Michael to heal Kischurche, whose assassination attempt had left him with a severe chest wound and damaged Mage Circuits.
• Michael examined Kischurche and identified a Bloom Bullet combined with poison, with traces of the Mage Killer’s methods.
• Michael used Displacement Magic to restore Kischurche to his condition before the injury.
• Ingram asked Michael to accept Kischurche as his personal disciple and offered Vordem’s lasting alliance with Animusphere in return.
• Ingram explained that his vitality was failing, rejected becoming a Dead Apostle, and chose to leave the future to Kischurche.

Kishō publicly ridiculed Waver Velvet’s paper arguing that effort and understanding could overcome the limits of bloodline, and Waver stormed out of class. Waver unknowingly received Kishō’s missing Holy Relic, while Kishō later secured a replacement spearhead for the coming Holy Grail War.

• Kishō lectured that magecraft depended on inherited bloodlines and mocked Waver’s paper proposing that rational use of magecraft could overcome innate shortcomings.
• Kishō pointed out that Waver had repeatedly failed Pride rank certification, threw his paper to the floor, and humiliated him before the class.
• Waver left the lecture hall in anger, collided with a cleaning cart, and lied that Kishō had sent him on an errand.
• The cleaner gave Waver a wrapped box addressed to Macedon, and Waver accepted it without knowing it contained Kishō’s Holy Relic.
• Kishō discovered that his Holy Relic had disappeared and obtained a rusted spearhead said to have come from the Fianna Knights as a replacement.

Michael brought Kischurche to Babel Tower, revealing that he owned the BT Group and had turned the building into a powerful base for the Holy Grail War. He altered the Greater Grail to summon fourteen Servants instead of seven and looked forward to the Three Founding Families’ surprise.

• Michael announced that he would participate in the Holy Grail War, drawing discussion among the Clock Tower’s Lords and students.
• Michael brought Kischurche to Babel Tower and explained that its top floor would serve as their base.
• Kischurche sensed that Babel Tower drew magical energy from an alien star and suppressed unauthorized magi throughout the surrounding area.
• Michael and Kischurche used a concealed teleportation array to reach the top floor, where Michael considered his defenses against possible attacks.
• Michael revealed that he had changed the Greater Grail’s formula to summon fourteen Servants, then laughed at the chaos he expected to cause.

Michael warned Kischurche that the Holy Grail War was more dangerous than a contest of magecraft and revealed that the Greater Grail had been corrupted. Meanwhile, Kiritsugu learned that Michael Stefan Animusphere had joined the war and resolved to rely on the King of Knights to defeat him.

• Michael explained that the Holy Grail War would test Kischurche's ability to survive against Masters and Servants who would do anything to win.
• Michael showed Kischurche the corrupted Greater Grail and warned that it would twist any wish into disaster.
• Michael told Kischurche to prepare to summon a Heroic Spirit that night and choose from the Holy Relics he had gathered.
• Kiritsugu read a report that Lord Animusphere had entered the Holy Grail War and learned that Michael Stefan Animusphere was a two-hundred-year-old Brand-ranked mage.
• Kiritsugu told Irisviel that Michael was the Dead Apostle 20th Progenitor, the Fool, and decided they would need the strongest Servant to defeat him.

Michael summoned Paracelsus and confirmed that he had retained memories of the Tokyo Holy Grail War, then gave Kischurche a relic to summon the strongest Archer for his examination. Kischurche summoned Arash, who recognized Michael and agreed to protect his new Master.

• Michael summoned Paracelsus and learned that he remembered the Tokyo Holy Grail War and Aika.
• Michael reproached Paracelsus for concealing his handling of Reienkan Misaya, then told him not to pursue victory in the Holy Grail War.
• Michael gave Kischurche a battered crimson greatbow as a Holy Relic for summoning the strongest Archer.
• Kischurche summoned Arash, who remembered the Tokyo Holy Grail War and asked Michael about Elsa.
• Arash accepted Kischurche as his Master and warned him to use his Noble Phantasm carefully because it could only be released once.

Hasegawa Kaede followed the instructions in a mysterious booklet and summoned a Heroic Spirit, awakening the Mage Circuits within him. The summoned Sabre, Siegfried, appeared and offered to obey his command.

• Hasegawa Kaede received a booklet about the Holy Grail War and a bloodstained leaf, but initially dismissed them as a prank.
• Hasegawa Kaede, a bestselling light novel author struggling for inspiration, stayed awake and decided to try the summoning ritual.
• Hasegawa Kaede drew the Magic Circle, placed the leaf at its center, and recited the chant.
• Hasegawa Kaede's hand burned and a red spiral pattern appeared on it as the room filled with wind and glowing mist.
• Siegfried appeared before Hasegawa Kaede and introduced himself as Sabre, saying he had answered the summons.

Hasegawa Kaede summoned Siegfried as his Saber and fought off Uryuu Ryunosuke and Gilles de Rais after they attacked his neighbors. Siegfried destroyed Gilles with Balmung, leaving Michael to realize that a Servant had been eliminated before the Holy Grail War officially began.

• Hasegawa Kaede learned that Siegfried was his summoned Saber and accepted the role of Master.
• Siegfried sensed a hostile Servant and protected Hasegawa Kaede when Gilles de Rais attacked through the wall with tentacles.
• Hasegawa Kaede tried to call the police, then charged at Uryuu Ryunosuke and quickly disarmed and defeated him.
• Gilles de Rais summoned a powerful sea demon, but Siegfried unleashed Balmung and destroyed Gilles and his false ether body.
• Michael watched the blast from Babel Tower and realized a Servant had been eliminated before the Holy Grail War began.