Chapter Summaries

Leon, Merlin, and their companion found a massive pit hidden beneath a canopy of leaves. Leon questioned whether the giant spider's nest was inside, and Merlin confirmed that it was.

• Leon and the others reached a pit over a hundred meters across.
• Leon peered into the dark depths and saw blue glimmers below.
• Leon asked Merlin whether the giant spider's nest was inside the pit.
• Merlin nodded.

Leon accepted the old man's terms for now and tried to calm him before the great battle, though he regretted having to reimburse the Jeweled One. The chapter ended as footsteps approached.

• Leon had hoped to muddle through the matter, but the old man laid it out plainly.
• Leon agreed for the time being and tried to soothe the old man's emotions before the great battle.
• Leon worried about reimbursing the Jeweled One, whose magecraft expenses he knew from [The Tohsaka Family's Household Finances].
• Footsteps sounded.

Leon entered the underground cavern and found ORT waking from the crystal wall. The giant spider noticed Leon and his companions as its chitinous body rose.

• Leon entered the cavern and spotted ORT.
• Leon drew his black spear and prepared to attack.
• ORT’s flying saucer flared with light and pulled free from the crystal wall.
• ORT’s spider-like body rose to its feet and stepped across the crystal floor.
• ORT noticed Leon and the other two approaching.

Leon fought the giant spider and discovered that it was far stronger than he had expected. He stayed focused as the battle reached a stalemate.

• Leon charged the giant spider with his sword.
• The giant spider swung a blade-like foreleg to block Leon's attack.
• Leon realized the spider had stopped his full-strength strike with ease and resolved not to underestimate it.

Merlin searched the battlefield for the Jeweled One while avoiding attacks and falling webs. He reached a relatively intact area but still could not find him.

• Merlin dodged sword energy and emerald-green beams amid the ongoing battle.
• Merlin narrowly escaped a falling web that exploded on contact, ending up covered in dust and grime.
• Merlin searched a damaged but stable patch of ground near the battlefield’s edge for the Jeweled One.
• Merlin failed to find the Jeweled One.

Leon realized ORT had not broken free into the world but had entered a chaotic spatial storm isolated by the Jeweled One. The Jeweled One explained that even ORT could not enter the storm unscathed.

• Leon saw the flying saucer shatter the barrier and feared ORT had escaped.
• Leon looked beyond the breach and saw a space filled with dazzling, prismatic colors.
• The Jeweled One said the place had been exiled from the world and turned into a chaotic spatial storm.
• The Jeweled One warned that even an ultimate entity like ORT could not enter the storm safely.

ORT noticed something unusual about the incoming petals and attacked them while continuing to target Leon. Its cannons blasted a gap in the wave, but the petals soon overwhelmed the opening.

• A colossal wave of petals surged through the underground cavern toward ORT.
• ORT maintained its beam attack on Leon while forming a band of light beneath itself.
• ORT fired waves of yellow-green light cannons to block the petals.
• The cannons blasted a gap in the sea of flowers, but the petals quickly pressed on.

Merlin watched in alarm as His Majesty entered ORT's body, whose nature and internal conditions were unknown. The chapter ended with Merlin fearing for His Majesty's safety.

• Merlin saw His Majesty enter ORT's body from a distance.
• Merlin worried that His Majesty had acted recklessly.
• Merlin realized that neither he nor Solomon knew ORT's origins, purpose, or true nature.
• Merlin had not known how ORT survived or attacked, or what its interior contained.

Merlin found Leon collapsed with festering wounds and used petals to lift and wrap him, easing his pain. Leon felt relief, though the sensation was cloying.

• Merlin hurried to Leon after leaping to the ground.
• Merlin covered Leon in petals and lifted him into the air.
• The petals eased Leon’s pain, but their sensation felt cloying to him.

The chapter described Caliban’s prosperity after Academy City developed and began producing internal combustion engines. It ended before the expedition began.

• Caliban’s streets filled with people, traffic, and noise.
• Academy City developed and tested the internal combustion engine.
• The royal palace and prime minister’s residence ordered its official production.
• Wealthy people and nobles began buying the newly manufactured automobiles.

At the harbor, Leon gave Mordred advice before she left for the battlefield. Mordred acknowledged him eagerly as her group prepared to follow Artoria’s army to the new continent.

• Leon told Mordred to listen to her aunt and Lancelot and learn from their experience.
• Mordred said she understood, though she seemed eager for the battlefield.
• Leon watched as Mordred’s group prepared to depart after Artoria had already led the main army to the new continent.

Leon, Merlin, and Jupiter prepared to contact Chaos atop a sealed building in Academy City. Jupiter warned that their preparations could not prevent a stellar-class warship fortress from overwhelming his main body.

• Leon asked Jupiter whether contacting Chaos would cause problems for his main body.
• Jupiter said their preparations would be useless against Chaos because of its overwhelming scale.
• Jupiter began to add another concern.

Leon identified the giant eye beyond the rift as Chaos, the ancient prototype starship from which the Greek Twelve Machine Gods originated. Merlin was shaken by the revelation, and the chapter ended with him telling Leon that Chaos had always existed.

• Leon identified the giant eye as Chaos, the oldest Machine God and the prototype of the Greek Twelve Machine Gods.
• Merlin stared at the eye and felt shock and terror unlike anything he had experienced before.
• Merlin looked to Leon and said that Chaos had always existed.

Leon reassured Merlin that the Jeweled One and the warship were likely already moving. He explained that the warship’s stealth system could evade even Merlin’s Clairvoyance.

• Merlin panicked when he could not contact the Jeweled One or the warship.
• Leon said they had likely set off aboard the aerial warship and were preparing to act.
• Leon explained that the warship’s concealment system could evade world-class observation abilities.
• Merlin accepted Leon’s explanation.

The capital's harbor filled with citizens waiting to welcome soldiers returning from the New Continent. Artoria sent Caesar's flagship back to the capital after the war in Bretonnia ended.

• Families and other citizens gathered at the harbor to welcome the returning soldiers.
• The soldiers began returning in batches, with more expected over the next several days.
• Artoria ordered Caesar's flagship to return to the capital after the war ended in Bretonnia.

Arthur explained that many Ladies of the Lake existed after Mordred suggested the one who raised Arthur might also have raised Sir Lancelot. She began to clarify Lancelot’s connection to the Lady of the Lake.

• Mordred teased Arthur about sharing a similar upbringing with Lancelot.
• Arthur paused over her coffee and set down her teacup when Mordred guessed they had been raised by the same Lady of the Lake.
• Arthur denied the guess and said there were many Ladies of the Lake.
• Arthur began to explain what she had heard about Sir Lancelot.

Mordred returned to Britain after nearly eight months away, accompanied by Galahad and Percival. The three reflected on how familiar and peaceful home felt, leaving Mordred with a renewed sense of longing for his homeland.

• Mordred stepped down from the ship as military music played and the people cheered.
• Galahad and Percival followed Mordred ashore.
• Galahad and Percival said that Britain felt more familiar and peaceful than Bretonnia.
• Mordred agreed and felt a trace of longing for his homeland.

Leon kept Mordred behind after the banquet and brought him to a pavilion, where he appeared ready to reprimand him. The chapter ended before Leon said what he wanted.

• The banquet ended with Leon and the ministers pleased.
• Leon kept Mordred behind and led him to a pavilion in the garden.
• Leon sent the guards outside, leaving himself alone with Mordred.
• Leon told Mordred to sit, and Mordred suspected something bad was coming.

Mordred told Leon that Arthur had grown up by a lake outside the capital under the Lady of the Lake. Leon sought confirmation from Arthur, and the chapter ended with Mordred watching his father closely.

• Leon asked whether Arthur had been raised by the Lady of the Lake at the lake west of the city.
• Leon showed a flicker of emotion but kept his expression composed.
• Leon asked Arthur to confirm Mordred’s account.
• Arthur confirmed that Mordred had told the truth.
• Mordred faced Arthur while keeping his attention on Leon.

Leon withheld Arthur's identity from Mordred to protect the Empire's stability during the world war. Arthur adjusted to life in the capital but encountered a vast divide between the outside world and Academy City when she continued her studies there.

• Leon decided not to tell Mordred that Arthur was the heir apparent, citing the need to prevent internal strife during the war.
• Arthur gradually adapted to the capital after living and studying there for some time.
• After finishing her earlier courses, Arthur entered Academy City for further study.
• Arthur noticed that Academy City differed enormously from the outside world in science, technology, and daily life.