Chapter Summaries

Reienkan Misaya and Cú Chulainn approached the Sajo Residence to investigate Sajo Aika, but they encountered the unnervingly powerful Michael. After Michael revealed another name to her, Misaya abandoned the night raid and departed.

• Reienkan Misaya and Cú Chulainn discussed the danger they sensed at the Sajo Residence and Misaya’s suspicions about Sajo Aika.
• Misaya explained that she intended only to gather information about Sajo Aika, whom she suspected might be a Master or have larger plans in the Holy Grail War.
• Michael emerged from the darkness, and Cú Chulainn warned Misaya that he was dangerous and asked to have his Noble Phantasm restriction lifted.
• Michael told Misaya he knew her name and purpose, urged her to withdraw, and gave her his name as well as another name in a private message.
• Misaya introduced herself as the head of the Linglongguan Family and left after hearing Michael’s revelation.

Sajo Ayaka and Lily awakened in a strange world and entered a tower, where a blood-soaked battlefield led them toward a distant gate. A figure calling itself the Guardian of the Holy Grail confronted them, and Lily drew her sword to protect Ayaka.

• Sajo Ayaka woke on a flower-covered plain, reunited with Lily, and learned that neither knew how they had arrived.
• Sajo Ayaka and Lily entered the tower through a gate veiled in golden mist.
• Sajo Ayaka and Lily emerged on a narrow path littered with soldiers’ corpses and spotted another gate ahead.
• A black figure landed before Sajo Ayaka and Lily, identified itself as the Guardian of the Holy Grail, and threatened to extinguish them.
• Lily pulled Sajo Ayaka behind her, manifested her armor and holy sword, and cut through the blast of the figure’s landing.

Sajo Ayaka's Mage Crest awakened and transformed her circuits through Elemental Conversion as Lily fought the Holy Grail Guardian. The change strengthened Lily, who stopped retreating and met the Guardian's assault head-on.

• The Holy Grail Guardian attacked Lily with weapons formed from magical energy, forcing her to dodge and fight at a disadvantage.
• Lily struck at the Guardian's ankle, but he evaded her attack and smashed the ground with a warhammer.
• Sajo Ayaka wished she could fight beside Lily, and her Dragon Factor responded with a roar as her Mage Crest awakened.
• Elemental Conversion reshaped Sajo Ayaka's Mage Crest and circuits, causing her magical energy to surge.
• The Guardian threw a dagger at Sajo Ayaka, but Lily cut it in half and confronted him head-on as her abilities increased.

Lily and Sajo Ayaka joined forces to defeat the Holy Grail Guardian, who warned them against greed before vanishing. Sajo Ayaka claimed the golden light he left behind, then suddenly lost consciousness.

• Lily wounded the Holy Grail Guardian, and Sajo Ayaka descended with the elemental spirits Michael had left her.
• The Holy Grail Guardian drew a Curved Sword and attacked with flames formed from curses.
• Lily unleashed the Invincible Golden Sword while Sajo Ayaka fired the Sword of Paracelsus, shattering the Guardian's blade and piercing his body.
• The Holy Grail Guardian vanished in golden light after warning Lily and Sajo Ayaka about pursuing the Holy Grail.
• Sajo Ayaka collected the golden light, but she lost consciousness before she could inspect what it contained.

After waking from having her Mage Circuits reshaped, Sajo Ayaka learned that she had cleared her tower and received a Sigil needed to enter Sky Castle. Elsewhere, Kaima Yuuto examined a second Sigil with his Servant Gilgamesh, who vowed to defeat the other Masters and claim victory in the Holy Grail War.

• Sajo Ayaka woke in her bedroom, exhausted from having her Mage Circuits reshaped, while Aika and Lily watched over her.
• Ayaka discovered a Sigil of the Hall of Selection in her hand and learned that it was required to enter Sky Castle for the Holy Grail War’s final stage.
• Ayaka realized that her tower had vanished because she had cleared its trial, and that another Master had cleared a tower as well.
• Kaima Yuuto received and examined a Sigil that Gilgamesh had obtained after clearing a tower.
• Gilgamesh dismissed the other Masters and Servants as weak and declared that he would defeat the remaining six.

Miyazaki Yota visited his injured friend Kitahara with Kobayashi Takashi and learned from A'tui that a Magic Circle was draining patients’ life force throughout the hospital. A'tui suspected a rival Holy Grail War Master had created it, leaving Miyazaki facing a dangerous new threat.

• Miyazaki Yota noticed Sajo Ayaka was absent from class and wondered if something had happened to her.
• Kobayashi Takashi told Miyazaki that Kitahara had broken his leg in a roadside accident and was hospitalized, so they planned to visit him after school.
• Miyazaki and Kobayashi visited Kitahara, who was unusually exhausted despite having slept for much of the day.
• A'tui told Miyazaki that a Magic Circle covering the hospital was draining patients’ life force and gathering it underground.
• A'tui explained that the life force was being converted into mana and that a rival Holy Grail War Master was likely responsible.

Miyazaki Yota learned that a mage was draining life force from hospital patients and discovered the hospital was only one of several collection bases. With A'tui's help, he infiltrated the hospital at night and descended into the elevator shaft toward the Magic Circle's hidden core.

• Miyazaki Yota overheard nurses discussing six sudden heart attack deaths and realized a mage was harvesting life force in the hospital.
• Miyazaki Yota saw a grieving high school student clutching a photograph of himself with a girl and quietly left him alone.
• A'tui told Miyazaki Yota that the hospital was a life-force gathering base, not the mage's workshop, and that other bases existed.
• Miyazaki Yota and A'tui planned to destroy the hospital's Magic Circle, whose core lay beneath the building.
• Miyazaki Yota entered the hospital at night, climbed into the elevator shaft, and A'tui carried him down into the darkness below.

Miyazaki Yota and A'tui entered the hospital's hidden underground passage to find and destroy the Magic Circle's core. They reached the core, where a Minotaur-like guardian stood in their way, and A'tui prepared to fight it.

• A'tui cut through the elevator doors, and he and Miyazaki Yota entered the underground corridor leading to the Magic Circle's core.
• A'tui told Miyazaki Yota that he had been a king called the King of Stars and that his armor and weapons were spoils from past battles.
• Two machine guns emerged from the ceiling and fired at them, but A'tui destroyed the trap with lightning spears.
• Miyazaki Yota and A'tui reached a hall where the Magic Circle's core gathered the hospital's stolen life force and converted it into mana.
• A three-meter Minotaur-like monster awakened to guard the core, and A'tui summoned two giant hammers and challenged it.

A'tui defeated the Minotaur Demon and destroyed the Magic Circle that had been draining life force, while Miyazaki Yota vowed to avenge the dead. Nicholas relived Asterius's defeat in a nightmare, then discovered a mana node had vanished and decided to investigate, confident he could handle the magus responsible.

• A'tui killed the Minotaur Demon, removed the ruby, and destroyed the Magic Circle; Miyazaki Yota accepted the ruby and vowed to defeat the culprit.
• Asterius charged the red-haired woman but she pierced his Spiritual Core, then cut down Nicholas as he attacked her with flames.
• Nicholas woke from the repeated nightmare of his death and summoned Asterius, whom he insulted for losing.
• Nicholas noticed that one of the mana nodes supplying his Magecraft Workshop had disappeared and decided to investigate, believing he could easily defeat the magus responsible.

Hadi’s life in a war-torn homeland shaped his mastery of Bestial Magecraft and his determination to end the conflict. After learning that the Holy Grail might grant his wish, he entered the Holy Grail War, but failed and fell into darkness as the world collapsed around him.

• Hadi crossed a ruined city where civilians and soldiers had died amid the fighting.
• Hadi learned Bestial Magecraft from an old magus and preserved his humanity through meditation despite its dangerous effects.
• After his master died in a white phosphorus bombing, Hadi inherited the Mage Crest and served the government forces against rebel leaders.
• Hadi concluded that killing the fighters would not end the war because powerful people were perpetuating it for profit.
• Hadi learned of the Holy Grail in Egypt, traveled to the Far East, and summoned a Servant to enter the Holy Grail War.
• Hadi failed to obtain the Holy Grail as the world collapsed, and he fell into darkness.

Hadi, struggling to advance in the Holy Grail War with Shakespeare as his weak combat Servant, received a job offer from Father Faan. The Church offered him a Command Spell as payment, and Hadi agreed to hear the commission’s details.

• Hadi woke after failing to clear his tower and saw that two other Masters’ towers had disappeared.
• Hadi stayed at a cheap inn in Ikebukuro with Shakespeare, who hoped to draw inspiration from Hadi’s story.
• The innkeeper delivered Hadi a phone, and Father Faan called him on it.
• Father Faan offered Hadi a commission in exchange for one Command Spell.
• Hadi stopped himself from rejecting the offer and listened as Father Faan began explaining the job.

Hadi accepted Father Faan's commission to secretly investigate the Linglongguan Family, suspecting that the Church had sent him as expendable reconnaissance. He surveyed the family's heavily protected Reienkan Mansion and left to find a better vantage point.

• Hadi reviewed the target documents and warned Shakespeare that the commission could bring him into conflict with other Masters.
• Hadi disguised himself as an ordinary middle-aged Far Easterner and traveled by train toward the Linglongguan Family's estate.
• Hadi recalled the Church's claim that the family had once unleashed Dead Apostles, causing nearly a hundred civilian deaths, and suspected the Church was preparing to target them again.
• Hadi circled Reienkan Mansion and observed its barbed-wire fence, magical wards, and dangerous bounded-field forest.
• Hadi decided to climb a nearby building to get a closer view of the estate and learn more about a likely Holy Grail War opponent.

Hadi watched Reienkan Mansion and learned that a Servant was approaching, then had Shakespeare enhance his equipment and abilities with Textual Bestowal. A blue-haired spear-wielding Servant arrived on the rooftop and challenged Hadi and Shakespeare to fight.

• Hadi surveyed Reienkan Mansion with magecraft and judged Reienkan Misaya too dangerous to confront without a plan.
• Caster warned Hadi that a Servant was rapidly approaching, and Hadi used his Mystic Eyes to assess the magical energy coming from the mansion.
• Hadi decided to test whether Shakespeare’s magecraft could help him fight a Servant and asked Caster for assistance.
• Shakespeare used Textual Bestowal to enhance Hadi’s equipment and physical abilities, making him comparable to a third-rate Servant.
• A blue-haired Servant carrying a spear appeared on the rooftop and challenged Hadi and Shakespeare to fight.

Hadi fought Cú Chulainn on the rooftop but was badly outmatched, so he called on Caster Shakespeare to intervene. Shakespeare conjured a grim theatrical scene that trapped Cú Chulainn in a blood-soaked ruin.

• Cú Chulainn challenged Hadi after revealing that his Noble Phantasm was sealed by his Master.
• Hadi transformed through Bestial Magecraft and used a phantom tortoise shell to defend himself.
• Cú Chulainn overwhelmed Hadi with a spear barrage, shattering his defense and leaving him covered in cuts.
• Hadi admitted the strength gap and called for Shakespeare and his troupe to help him withdraw.
• Shakespeare recited a tragic speech, and Cú Chulainn suddenly found himself in a sunless ruin filled with blood and carrion crows.

Cú Chulainn relived the battle in which he killed his friend Ferdia, but rejected the illusion built from his regrets and broke free. He returned to the rooftop to find the pair of Masters gone, leaving him to face a troublesome situation.

• Cú Chulainn recalled massacring civilians during the Cattle Raid and explained to Ferdia that he had to hold back Medb's army.
• Ferdia challenged Cú Chulainn, and their friendly spar escalated into a four-day fight that left both mortally wounded.
• Ferdia asked to be buried across the creek before dying from Gae Bolg's wound.
• Cú Chulainn saw an illusion of his past death and declared that he regretted killing Ferdia but had never regretted his choice.
• Cú Chulainn restored his life force, broke the Demon Spear in the illusion, and shattered the false scene.
• Cú Chulainn woke on the rooftop and found that the pair of Masters had vanished.

Cú Chulainn destroyed Sangred Fain’s Familiar, while Sangred learned the Holy Grail’s true nature and decided to seize it for the Church—and himself. Meanwhile, Tatsumiaino discussed finding more allies to defeat a terrifying monster that was not a Servant.

• Cú Chulainn spotted Sangred Fain’s crow Familiar and burned it to ash with rune magecraft.
• Sangred Fain learned from the Church’s scroll what the Holy Grail truly was and resolved to claim it and purge those he considered enemies.
• Tamakiaino, Drake, Jekyll, and Tatsumiaino shared breakfast together.
• Tatsumiaino said they needed more like-minded companions to defeat the final enemy, which he described as a terrifying monster rather than a Servant.

Tatsumiaino and Tamakiaino waited with Elsa and Archer to ambush Assassin, while Tamakiaino wondered what her brother had endured through his reincarnations. Tatsumiaino explained why he would still join the Holy Grail War, and Tamakiaino became sure that he was truly her brother.

• Tatsumiaino and his allies prepared an ambush at Assassin's hunting grounds, planning to target the lone Servant first.
• Tamakiaino wondered about Tatsumiaino's past reincarnations, and he told her that Elsa had believed and helped him in every one.
• Tamakiaino asked whether Tatsumiaino regretted joining the Holy Grail War, and he said he did not, though he felt sorry for his family and others.
• Tatsumiaino explained that he had joined because Tokyo was his home and he wanted to do something for the city.
• Tamakiaino recognized that Tatsumiaino's gentle nature remained unchanged and prayed for the Holy Grail to return him to everyone's side.

Suzuno was cornered in an Ikebukuro alley by Gōdō and his men, who had targeted her after she worked as a high school student prostitute. As the men dragged her deeper into the alley and beat her, she desperately hoped someone would save her.

• Tatsumiaino spotted his target after Elsa reported that they had arrived and told her to begin the plan.
• Gōdō and four men surrounded Suzuno, accused her of breaking their rules, and mocked her as she pleaded that she had done nothing wrong.
• Gōdō reminded Suzuno that he had been her customer and taunted her into calling the men “Daddy.”
• Gōdō pretended to let Suzuno go, then grabbed her hair when she ran for the alley entrance.
• The men dragged Suzuno deeper into the alley and punched her in the stomach while she thought of her hospitalized mother and cried out inwardly for help.

Assassin intervened when five men cornered a girl in an alley, hoping to sustain her fading existence by hunting. Just as Gōdō reached for her mask, an archer on a nearby rooftop fired an arrow, and Assassin looked up at the newcomer.

• Assassin entered the alley and found five men threatening a girl named Suzuno.
• Assassin considered the men a source of magical energy and checked that no one else was nearby.
• Gōdō approached Assassin and tried to remove her mask.
• An arrow struck the ground near Gōdō, and Assassin spotted a person holding a greatbow on a rooftop.

Tatsumiaino and the other Servants defeated Assassin, who fought Drake before dying and being recorded on a bronze card. Afterward, Tatsumiaino spared the punks from the Servants' judgment but made them experience the violence they had inflicted, then erased Suzuno's memories of the night.

• Arash, Drake, and a third Servant confronted Assassin, who reflected on her past and resolved to fight rather than flee.
• Assassin used Presence Concealment to attack Drake, but Drake shot her repeatedly and killed her with a musket blast.
• Tatsumiaino emerged with a bronze card bearing Assassin's likeness and helped Suzuno to her feet.
• Tatsumiaino refused Drake's suggestion to kill the punks and used a spell to make them experience the harm they had caused their victims.
• Tatsumiaino apologized to Suzuno and erased her memories of the night.