Chapter Summaries

Miyazaki Yota learned that he had become a Master in a Holy Grail War and met his Servant, A'tui. After learning how the tower trials and Sky Castle worked, he resolved to win the competition with A'tui's help.

• Miyazaki Yota accepted that he had been chosen as a Master after his computer was destroyed and new information appeared in his mind.
• A'tui introduced himself as Assassin and explained that he was not a hero from Pan-Human History and had no name of his own.
• Miyazaki Yota and A'tui watched the seven towers and Sky Castle, and Miyazaki Yota recalled that Masters had to clear tower trials and earn tokens to challenge the Holy Grail's Guardian.
• Miyazaki Yota imagined what he might wish for if he won, then decided to aim for first place and asked A'tui to help him.

Michael joined a tense breakfast with Sajo Hiroki, Sajo Ayaka, and the newly summoned Artoria Pendragon, whom Aika called Lily. Sajo Hiroki tried to dissuade Ayaka from taking part in the Holy Grail War, but she left the house upset after their conversation.

• Michael came downstairs and found Sajo Hiroki angry, Sajo Ayaka subdued, and Aika serving an unusually large breakfast.
• Michael recognized the white-clad Servant as Artoria Pendragon, and Aika began calling her Lily.
• Lily sensed Sajo Hiroki's anger toward Ayaka's involvement in the Holy Grail War and comforted Ayaka by holding her hand beneath the table.
• Sajo Hiroki reflected on the danger of the Holy Grail War and his regret that he knew so little about Ayaka's wishes.
• After breakfast, Sajo Hiroki asked Ayaka to speak with him alone, and she came downstairs about ten minutes later before leaving the house upset.

Michael persuaded Sajo Hiroki to let Sajo Ayaka remain in the Holy Grail War, promising that he and Sajo Aika would protect her. Meanwhile, Sajo Aika comforted Ayaka in the greenhouse and invited her to share what was troubling her.

• Lily tried to follow Ayaka, but Sajo Aika stopped her and said that she and Michael would handle the matter.
• Michael spoke with Sajo Hiroki about Ayaka's participation in the Holy Grail War and reassured him that she would be protected.
• Sajo Hiroki agreed to let Ayaka continue as a Master after Michael offered his help.
• Ayaka brooded in the greenhouse about her father's refusal while pigeons tried to comfort her.
• Sajo Aika joined Ayaka, teased her about complaining, then reassured her and invited her to talk about her worries.

Sajo Ayaka gained confidence after Sajo Aika encouraged her to pursue the Holy Grail War, and she went to school wearing the bracelet her sister had given her. After hearing that Misaya had been absent for a week and receiving no reply to her email, Ayaka decided to visit her friend’s home.

• Sajo Ayaka admitted that she wanted to prove herself to her father, and Sajo Aika comforted her and promised to support her.
• Sajo Ayaka went to school with Lily following in spirit form, and her new confidence showed despite her glasses.
• An upperclassman admired Sajo Ayaka’s bracelet and learned that Sajo Aika had recently returned from abroad.
• The upperclassman mentioned that President Reienkan had been absent for a week and that a family had been murdered, but Sajo Ayaka said she did not know why Misaya was missing.
• After Misaya failed to reply to her email, Sajo Ayaka decided to visit Misaya’s home in case her friend was in trouble.

Reienkan Misaya could not sleep and wandered through the Linglongguan Family estate, unsettled by a vague feeling that something had happened. Caster found her in the corridor and questioned her, leaving her to sense that he seemed different.

• Michael ordered Caster to clean up the aftermath and wait at the Greater Grail after confirming the Linglongguan Family head was dead.
• Reienkan Misaya lay awake during a storm, unable to sleep despite counting sheep.
• Misaya tried to listen to her mother's radio but received only static, then decided to walk through the mansion on her way to the bathroom.
• Caster found Misaya in the corridor and reminded her that her father worried when she wandered around at night.
• Misaya told Caster she was going to the bathroom and noticed that he seemed different to her.

Sajo Ayaka visited Reienkan Misaya and learned that Misaya had become a Master in the Holy Grail War. Misaya heard that Ayaka’s missing sister, Sajo Aika, had returned with her husband, but doubted she would get along with them.

• Sajo Ayaka waited for Reienkan Misaya at Reienkan Mansion and learned that Reienkan Michiko was away in Chiba Prefecture.
• Reienkan Misaya arrived, teased Ayaka about seeming happier, and explained that magical interference had blocked her phone signals and kept her from receiving Ayaka’s emails.
• Reienkan Misaya revealed her Command Spell and declared her intention to defeat the other Masters and Servants and claim the Holy Grail.
• Sajo Ayaka reacted strongly to the Holy Grail War and said her sister, Sajo Aika, had returned with her husband.
• Reienkan Misaya recalled Aika’s disappearance after the first Holy Grail War, accepted Ayaka’s assurance that the couple were not participants, and said she probably would not become friends with them.

Sajo Ayaka’s visit with Reienkan Misaya ended in a confrontation over Ayaka’s participation in the Holy Grail War. Misaya ordered Cú Chulainn to strip Ayaka of her Master status, but Lily appeared and blocked his attack.

• Reienkan Misaya asked Sajo Ayaka whether she had become a Master, and Ayaka’s hesitation confirmed it.
• Misaya warned Ayaka to give up her Master status or become her enemy, but Ayaka refused because she had a wish to fulfill.
• Misaya declared that Ayaka’s weak magecraft would lead to defeat and decided to strip her of her Master qualifications.
• Misaya summoned Lancer, and Cú Chulainn thrust his spear at Ayaka’s heart from behind.
• Lily appeared beside Ayaka and blocked Cú Chulainn’s spear with the Sword of Selection.

Cú Chulainn pressured Lily in their spear duel while Reienkan Misaya attacked Sajo Ayaka with ice. Lily struggled to hold her ground, and Ayaka was knocked down and pinned beneath a fallen tree.

• Cú Chulainn exchanged blows with Lily, whose intuition let her block his attacks despite his superior skill.
• Cú Chulainn struck the same spot on Lily’s blade repeatedly, nearly forcing her to drop the Holy Spear.
• Sajo Ayaka tried to help Lily, but Reienkan Misaya attacked before Ayaka could use her Command Spell.
• Ayaka’s bracelet blocked Misaya’s ice spikes, but Misaya unleashed a blizzard and advanced an ice wall.
• Ayaka fired raven feathers from her ring, but they failed to stop the wall, which sent her into a tree and pinned her beneath its fallen trunk.

Pinned beneath a tree trunk, Sajo Ayaka freed herself and faced Reienkan Misaya, who demanded her Command Spell and attacked when she refused. With her Mage's Garment nearing exhaustion, Ayaka awakened the power of her second Mage Crest and unleashed a blazing ring of fire, while Lily continued fighting Cú Chulainn.

• Sajo Ayaka used Reinforcement to push aside the tree trunk pinning her and realized her bracelet's barrier had protected her.
• Reienkan Misaya demanded Ayaka surrender her Command Spell and Master status, then attacked her with a storm of icicles when she refused.
• Ayaka considered her lack of talent for her family's Black Magecraft and the burden of preserving the Sajo Family's legacy.
• Ayaka activated the second Mage Crest in her right arm, sensed the elements around her, and raised the temperature until a blazing ring of fire surrounded her.
• Lily used Magi Release to boost her abilities and continued dueling Cú Chulainn, who still outmatched her in skill.

Sajo Ayaka used her hidden Elemental Conversion Mage Crest to resist Reienkan Misaya, then summoned Lily to clear a path for their escape. Reienkan Misaya and Cú Chulainn remained at the damaged mansion, where Misaya ordered him to repair the wall.

• Sajo Ayaka used Elemental Conversion to split Reienkan Misaya’s flames and replenish her mana.
• Sajo Ayaka spent a Command Spell to summon Lily and ordered her to blast open an escape route.
• Lily unleashed the Sword of Selection, destroying part of the Black Forest and the reinforced fences before carrying Sajo Ayaka away.
• Cú Chulainn asked Reienkan Misaya to unseal his Noble Phantasm, but she refused and questioned why he had struggled against Lily.
• Reienkan Misaya returned to the mansion and ordered Cú Chulainn to repair the damage, while he reflected on Lily’s holy sword.

A weary magus from the Mage's Association traveled to an Ikebukuro church to meet Father Faan, despite the hostility between the Association and the Holy Church. He waited in a reception room after checking it for surveillance and activating a signal blocker.

• The scarred foreign man followed his map to an old church in Ikebukuro and entered after watching the visitors.
• The man listened briefly to the priest's sermon, then left the chapel and headed toward the restricted rear building.
• The man identified himself as a magus to a young priest, who reacted with hostility and led him to a reception room.
• The young priest told the man that Father Faan was delivering a sermon and left him waiting.
• The man inspected the reception room with magecraft, activated a signal-blocking device, and rested on the sofa.

Hadi registered with the Holy Church for the Holy Grail War but refused to reveal his Servant’s class. After he left, overseer Sangred Fain and Nicholas exposed their contempt for Hadi and other Easterners.

• Sangred Fain introduced himself to Hadi as the Holy Grail War’s overseer and offered the Church’s limited assistance.
• Hadi refused to disclose his Servant’s class, citing the risk that the information could reach other Masters.
• Sangred gave Hadi a register, and Hadi signed his name after checking the pen and failing to read the concealed names already inside.
• Hadi left the Church, and Sangred watched him depart with open disdain.
• Nicholas joined Sangred, and the two discussed Hadi before expressing racist contempt for Easterners.

Nicholas Harris and Father Faan discussed Hadi and the Holy Grail War, while Nicholas’s past revealed the deadly choices he made to revive his family. Hadi sensed potential danger as he walked through the city, then continued on with Caster without detecting any Servants.

• Nicholas used magecraft to locate Hadi and decided to gather information before choosing whether to attack him.
• Nicholas and Father Faan discussed the Holy Grail’s history and its promise to grant wishes, though Father Faan doubted it could fulfill anyone’s desire.
• Nicholas recalled that he had secretly allied with the Church to enter the war and had personally killed his father, the former Harris family head, who opposed the plan.
• Hadi opened his Mystic Eyes and asked Caster whether any Servants were nearby, but Caster sensed none.
• Hadi closed his Mystic Eyes, lowered his headscarf, and hurried into the crowd.

Tamakiaino and Drake entered the ancient tower after Tamakiaino used her Command Spell to open its door. Separated from Drake in a world of endless light, Tamakiaino opened another door and fell into a void, where her strength and thoughts faded.

• Tamakiaino marveled at the tower and asked Drake what she thought of it; Drake focused on the treasure she believed it contained.
• Tamakiaino hesitated over the danger of entering, but Drake encouraged her to trust her and promised to protect her.
• Tamakiaino placed her hand on the tower door, and her Command Spell and Mage Circuits caused it to open.
• Tamakiaino entered the tower and found herself alone in a world of endless light after Drake disappeared.
• Tamakiaino opened a solitary door, causing the world to crack apart, and fell into a void until she stopped thinking.

Tamakiaino emerged in Akihabara with no memory of the Holy Grail War and discovered that she had traveled back to 1991. After recovering her memories and summoning Drake, she learned that something mysterious had interfered with them, and Drake prepared to face the threat.

• Tamakiaino found herself in Akihabara after leaving the tower and realized that less than ten minutes had passed.
• Tamakiaino briefly saw a figure she recognized as her brother, chased after him, and lost him in the crowd.
• Tamakiaino noticed the date on a large screen and discovered that it was January 17, 1991.
• Tamakiaino recovered fragments of her Holy Grail War memories and summoned Drake in a secluded alley.
• Drake explained that an unknown force had affected their memories and prepared to confront whoever was responsible.

Tamakiaino and Drake discussed whether their return to ten years earlier was an illusion and whether the Holy Grail War could reveal what happened to Tamakiaino’s missing brother, Tatsumiaino. After a news report suggested a mage was attacking people, Tamakiaino resolved to enter the conflict and began planning with the information she had gathered.

• Tamakiaino told Drake she hoped the world was real so she could learn what happened to her brother, Tatsumiaino, and possibly prevent the tragedy.
• A news report said a violent patient had escaped from a hospital and attacked and killed pedestrians.
• Drake and Tamakiaino suspected the attacks were connected to a mage rather than mental illness, and Tamakiaino concluded the Holy Grail War might be their way out of this world.
• Tamakiaino decided to fight in the war to find answers about Tatsumiaino and reviewed the notebook Elsa had given her.
• Drake approved of Tamakiaino’s preparations and felt fortunate to have her as a Master.

Tamakiaino searched the streets at night for Elsa and Archer Arash, hoping to ally with them and uncover what happened to her brother. After hours without finding them, she encountered a superhuman man and prepared to test herself against him.

• Tamakiaino explained that she was seeking Elsa and Archer Arash as allies in the Holy Grail War.
• Tamakiaino recalled how Elsa had told her that her brother Tatsumiaino had likely died in the previous Holy Grail War.
• After searching for hours without finding Elsa or a Dead Apostle, Tamakiaino dispelled her heating spell to conserve magical energy.
• A vacant-eyed, overweight middle-aged man rushed toward Tamakiaino at unnatural speed.
• Tamakiaino recognized the man as something like a ghoul and decided to fight him herself.

Tamakiaino fought a transforming Dead Apostle with her alchemical bullets until an unknown Servant arrived and killed it. The Servant reverted to a human youth, whose appearance left Tamakiaino frozen.

• Tamakiaino shot the middle-aged man with an alchemical bullet, but he regenerated and transformed into a powerful second-stage Dead Apostle.
• Tamakiaino fired more bullets and dodged the Dead Apostle as it charged through the flames.
• Drake warned Tamakiaino that a Servant was approaching, and Tamakiaino told her to wait while she pretended to be in danger.
• A youth called out Berserker, and his monstrous Servant crushed the Dead Apostle and destroyed its head.
• The Servant returned to human form, and the youth ran over to ask Tamakiaino if she was all right; she froze when she saw him.

Tatsumiaino reunited with his younger sister Tamakiaino after she found him in the looping world where he had been trapped for ten years. As they learned that Tamakiaino had become a Master in the Second Tokyo Holy Grail War, she pledged to help him win the Grail and escape.

• Tatsumiaino mistook Tamakiaino for a frightened stranger and prepared to erase her memories, but she recognized him as her brother.
• Drake appeared to protect Tamakiaino from Jekyll, and Tatsumiaino realized the woman was his sister, Little Tamaki.
• Tatsumiaino told Tamakiaino that he had died and been revived before the Holy Grail War, then endured countless failed cycles over ten years.
• Tamakiaino promised to help Tatsumiaino obtain the Holy Grail, and Drake agreed to assist while expressing interest in his knowledge of the looping world.
• Tamakiaino revealed that she had summoned a Servant and become a Master in the Second Tokyo Holy Grail War, which Tatsumiaino feared would bring trouble.

After Sajo Ayaka collapsed from the strain of her changing body, Michael treated her while Sajo Hiroki learned that Reienkan Misaya had fought her. Michael and Aika noticed someone nearby, and Aika suggested erasing Ayaka’s memories of her best friend, but Michael rejected the idea.

• Michael explained that Ayaka had depleted her vitality and given her a Magic Potion, while Aika added special changes to Ayaka as her body transformed through her connection with Lily.
• Sajo Hiroki asked Lily who had fought Ayaka, and Lily identified Reienkan Misaya as Lancer’s Master.
• Sajo Hiroki recalled Misaya’s talent, her father’s suspicious death, and her hope of using the Holy Grail to learn the truth, while worrying that Misaya and Ayaka would eventually have to fight.
• Michael and Aika sensed someone nearby, and Aika proposed altering Ayaka’s memories so she would forget Misaya.
• Michael rejected Aika’s plan, then teased her and kissed her forehead.