Chapter Summaries

Neltharion recounted how Mordred crushed his heart and lungs, leaving him to die, until the Great God saved him with flesh from Father's heart. Leon began to realize what Neltharion really was.

• Neltharion said Mordred crushed his heart and lungs and left him to die.
• Neltharion held on for five or six days using his innate vitality.
• The Great God sent an incarnation to save Neltharion and replaced his heart and lungs with flesh from Father's heart.
• Neltharion said the rest of his injured body had to heal over time.
• Leon sighed and began to say, "So you really are..."

Leon told Neltharion that he planned to step down and hand his position to Arthur, asking the black dragon to guide him. Neltharion was stunned and said he had many questions.

• Leon said he planned to hand everything over to Arthur.
• Leon asked Neltharion to help Arthur because he was inexperienced.
• Neltharion furrowed his brow, rubbed his head, and said he had too many questions.

Leon told the Machine God that he wanted to try living differently and see the world from another perspective. The Machine God was shocked and asked what had prompted his decision.

• Leon said he wanted to try a different way of living and view the world from another perspective.
• The Machine God reacted with shock because Leon's decision had not been part of Its calculations.
• The Machine God asked Leon what had caused him to change.

Leon considered the Machine God's recommendation of Agravain as the next Chancellor but questioned whether Agravain's personality suited the position. The chapter ended before the Machine God explained further.

• Leon asked the Machine God whom he recommended to succeed as Chancellor.
• The Machine God immediately named Agravain, whom he had prepared for the role.
• Leon acknowledged Agravain's ability, loyalty, and character but wondered if his personality would be a problem.

Luther led an armored knight through the palace to meet the Emperor. The knight approached the grand hall, struck by its splendor.

• Luther, nearly sixty and still vigorous, climbed more than a hundred steps to the palace.
• Luther led a knight in full armor toward the Emperor, who was waiting for him.
• The knight followed Luther with a straight posture and steady steps.
• The knight looked toward the opulent side hall they were about to enter.

Arthur admitted to Leon and Luther that she was Artorius. Leon said she should understand why he had summoned her, and Arthur guessed that he wanted her to reveal her identity and become the Empire's heir apparent, but asked why.

• Arthur told Leon and Luther, "I'm Artorius."
• Luther set down his teacup and became solemn.
• Leon said Arthur should understand why he had summoned her.
• Arthur guessed Leon wanted her to reveal her identity and become the Empire's heir apparent, then asked why.

The Empire’s victorious fleet anchored before the harbor, and its sailors and marines disembarked to cheers from the welcoming crowd. The soldiers began returning to land, while officers maintained order.

• The Empire’s vast fleet anchored in the sea before the harbor.
• Officers arranged for the soldiers to disembark in order.
• The sailors and marines appeared before the welcoming crowd and drew cheers and applause.
• The soldiers began returning to land as officers kept order.

Leon asked the hall what they thought of Artorius being appointed heir to the Empire. The Emperor’s move came only days after Mordred’s removal, leaving those present surprised by its speed.

• Leon asked the assembled hall for their opinions on Artorius becoming heir to the Empire.
• Those present murmured as they considered the appointment.
• The hall reacted with surprise that the Emperor had acted so soon after Mordred’s removal.

Leon revealed that Chancellor Jupiter had once recommended Agravain as the next chancellor, drawing the crowd’s attention to him. The chapter ended with Agravain becoming the banquet’s focus.

• Leon said that Chancellor Jupiter had recommended Agravain for the position of next chancellor.
• The crowd reacted with commotion and turned to look at Agravain.
• The guests watched Agravain with envy, jealousy, astonishment, and confusion.

The emperor shocked the ministers by announcing that he would abdicate. The ministers knelt in alarm, left to face the emperor's earth-shattering declaration.

• The emperor announced that he would abdicate.
• The ministers reacted with shock and dropped to their knees.
• The ministers regretted staying in the hall instead of overseeing the troops at the harbor.

Leon presided over a packed royal palace gathering and looked with satisfaction and approval at a young man standing before him. The chapter ended as Leon began to speak, leaving his announcement unfinished.

• Officials and nobles filled the palace's main hall and the square outside.
• Leon sat on the throne and gazed solemnly at the young man below.
• Leon began to address the gathering, saying, "I have a..."

Artoria returned with the army and joined the celebrations and reward ceremony. Leon gathered Artoria, Kay, Lancelot, and Merlin, who had resigned but retained his honors and benefits.

• Artoria returned with the army, and the court held a feast and celebration.
• Leon distributed rewards, grants, and titles.
• Leon summoned Artoria's elder brother Kay, her close friend Lancelot, and her teacher Merlin.
• Merlin remained in the capital after stepping down, and Leon wanted to spend time with him while they could.

Leon’s abdication ceremony and Artorius’s coronation were held at the imperial palace amid elaborate preparations and a gathering of Britain’s officials and nobles. The chapter ended as the ceremony began, with a figure standing near the front of the crowded hall.

• Britain’s residents experienced a series of major events, which affected the imperial capital especially strongly.
• Leon’s abdication ceremony and Artorius’s coronation were officially held after extensive preparations.
• Officials and nobles gathered in the imperial palace’s vast hall as solemn music and a children’s choir played.
• A figure stood near the front of the hall among the assembled dignitaries.

An incantation reached Gensokyo and began summoning a servant for the Holy Grail War. It ended with a call for the summoned being to descend.

• A male voice's incantation broke through time and space and disturbed Gensokyo's peace.
• The speaker called for a servant to answer the summons of the Holy Grail and serve under him.
• The speaker invoked good and evil and called for the summoned being to descend from the Wheel of Restraint.

Kiritsugu summoned a powerful, mysterious Servant whose presence unsettled him. The chapter ended as Kiritsugu examined the Servant’s status panel and saw that all five attributes were ranked A.

• Kiritsugu stepped in front of his wife and warily watched the summoned Servant.
• A towering man in blue-and-white plate armor stood on the altar with his face hidden beneath a hood.
• Kiritsugu used his abilities as a Master to inspect the Servant’s status panel.
• Kiritsugu saw that all five of the Servant’s attributes were ranked A.

Leon watched Charles D. Bretonnia declare on television that people were not equal, and his expression grew pained. Irisviel brought him tea, leaving the scene in the sitting room.

• Charles D. Bretonnia delivered a speech about how people differed in wealth, status, prestige, and health from birth.
• Leon watched the speech on television and furrowed his brows with a pained expression.
• Irisviel entered carrying tea, added milk and sugar, and set it beside Leon.

A young man murdered a family while a television reported on a bizarre murder case. He approached the family's bound and gagged surviving child, who watched helplessly.

• A television reported on a mysterious murder case.
• The young man complained that the news and magazines called him a demon.
• He set down a still-warm corpse and discarded the dagger.
• The family's surviving child watched as he walked toward them.

Leon anticipated the Holy Grail War beginning that night and looked forward to facing the heroes summoned into it. Kiritsugu sensed Leon’s killing intent was aimed at those Heroic Spirits, not at him.

• Leon closed his notebook and said the Holy Grail War would erupt that night.
• Leon told Kiritsugu to prepare, calling a contest between heroes from different eras a rare sight.
• Kiritsugu felt Leon’s killing intent and realized it was directed at the summoned Heroic Spirits.
• Kiritsugu remarked that Leon seemed eager to fight the heroes of history.

A boy looked at a man in a dark red suit sitting on a motorcycle after the Servant warned him to see for himself. Rider and the other side both regarded the man with solemn seriousness.

• The Servant urged the boy to come out and look, speaking without his usual confidence.
• The boy leaned against the Servant's arm and followed his gaze.
• The boy saw a blond man in sunglasses and a dark red suit astride a motorcycle, radiating a threatening presence.
• Rider's expression turned solemn, and the other side reacted the same way.

Kiritsugu held Irisviel’s hand and promised to save her from the Holy Grail’s cursed fate. After learning that the Grail had been corrupted, he felt his ideals and last hope collapse, but Leon’s reminder led him to reconsider.

• Kiritsugu held Irisviel’s frail hand and promised to free her from the Holy Grail’s fate.
• Kiritsugu recalled how learning of the Holy Grail’s corruption shattered his ideals and convictions.
• Kiritsugu reflected that the Grail had been the last hope keeping him from despair.
• Leon’s reminder prompted Kiritsugu to reconsider his situation.