Chapter Summaries

Verrocchio and Romani explained to Amedeo that Lorenzo’s rule had caused a historical singularity and asked for help finding their separated Master. Lawrence became fixated on Romani and ended the meeting by asking whether he was his father.

• Verrocchio explained that his return was caused by magecraft and that he and Romani had come to resolve the city’s singularity.
• Romani told Amedeo that Lorenzo’s actions had made the city and its history abnormal, and Verrocchio said their gifted Master had become separated from them.
• Amedeo questioned why he should help them, and Verrocchio offered to paint him a portrait as proof of their value.
• Lawrence kept staring at Romani despite Amedeo’s rebuke, then stood up and asked whether Romani was his father.

Romani was mistaken for Lawrence’s father after Lawrence recognized their resemblance, and Leonardo da Vinci accused Romani of being an irresponsible parent. Romani explained that he had borrowed an older version of Lawrence’s appearance, leaving Lawrence horrified by the idea of growing up to look like him.

• Lawrence asked Romani if he was his father, and Romani vehemently denied it as the others noticed their resemblance.
• Leonardo da Vinci defended Lawrence and accused Romani of being an irresponsible father, leaving Romani unable to refute her.
• Romani explained that his face was a borrowed appearance belonging to an older Lawrence.
• Lawrence reacted with horror to the idea that he would look like Romani, while Amedeo asked whether Romani had borrowed his daughter’s appearance.
• Romani denied borrowing Amedeo’s daughter’s appearance and collapsed onto the sofa as the group prepared to look for Ritsuka.

Romani demonstrated his jewel magecraft to Amedeo before he and Verrocchio left to search for answers. Meanwhile, Giuliano met Simonetta, who claimed to be his future wife and warned him about his brother, while Lawrence resolved to meet a suspicious man again.

• Romani shaped a gemstone into a blade and summoned more blades, alarming Amedeo and Verrocchio.
• Amedeo asked Romani and Verrocchio to conceal their cooperation, and they left the Ovis estate to continue their search.
• Giuliano encountered a girl who said her name was Simonetta and claimed to be his wife, then warned that his brother was acting strangely.
• Simonetta grabbed Giuliano and vanished with him when she noticed people approaching; two tall figures soon appeared in the alley.
• Lawrence told Leonardo da Vinci that a suspicious man seemed to know them, and decided to find him again.

Fujimaru Ritsuka arrived in Florence at a different time from Lawrence and spotted the young Lawrence with Leonardo da Vinci while escaping pursuit. In the palace, Lorenzo used the Holy Grail to target Chaldea, while Piero and a masked man exchanged hostile words about their past and the art of Hatred.

• Mash and Leonardo da Vinci told Fujimaru Ritsuka that the Spiritron Transfer had split his arrival time from Lawrence's and warned him of nearby mana reactions.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka fled across rooftops, then encountered the young Lawrence and Leonardo da Vinci of that era before they hurried away.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka decided to find the Lawrence contracted with him after escaping the mana reactions pursuing him.
• Piero urged Lorenzo to post wanted notices and increase enforcement against the artists and Chaldea, and Lorenzo held the Holy Grail.
• Piero passed a masked man in the palace, and they exchanged insults before the masked man described Piero's struggle as the art of Hatred.

Lawrence and Leonardo were chased by a Forbidden Soldier until Fujimaru Ritsuka rescued them with the simplified Divine Authority Seal. After escaping to the outskirts, Fujimaru introduced herself as Chaldea’s Master and greeted the two artists.

• Lawrence watched the street after the two visitors left Ovis’s house, while Leonardo noticed him and then spotted a Forbidden Soldier on a rooftop.
• Lawrence and Leonardo fled from the Forbidden Soldier, which leaped after them and rapidly closed the distance.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka attacked the Forbidden Soldier three times with the simplified Divine Authority Seal, and Mash confirmed that the enemy had been silenced.
• Mash warned Fujimaru that more Forbidden Soldiers were nearby, so Fujimaru led Lawrence and Leonardo away from the district.
• At the outskirts, Fujimaru introduced herself as Chaldea’s Master and greeted Lawrence and Leonardo.

Verrocchio and Lawrence discussed Lorenzo’s purge of Florence’s artists and nobles, concluding that they needed to find Fujimaru Ritsuka for support. After meeting Ritsuka and Leonardo da Vinci, Lawrence learned that Ritsuka had come to correct the Singularity and asked him to explain what had happened to Florence.

• Verrocchio told Lawrence that Lorenzo’s purge had made Florence oppressive and that attacking the palace was impossible because of the soldiers and Servants guarding it.
• Verrocchio urged Lawrence to find Fujimaru Ritsuka, since his support could help them face other Servants.
• Lawrence recognized Fujimaru Ritsuka as the young person Romani had asked Baron Amedeo to find.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka explained that he had arrived to correct the Singularity and had been separated from his Servant.
• Lawrence asked Fujimaru Ritsuka to tell them what was wrong with Florence.

Fujimaru Ritsuka sought Lawrence's help to reach Lawrence and Verrocchio's residences, while Simonetta questioned Giuliano about changing Florence's situation. The group found both estates surrounded by Prohibition Soldiers, leaving Fujimaru Ritsuka preparing for a fight with limited support.

• Mash told Fujimaru Ritsuka that Lorenzo was likely the source of the Singularity's anomaly, and Lawrence offered to help him find Mr. Romani through Baron Ovis.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka asked Lawrence to take him to Lawrence's residence before they went to find Miss Lawrence and Mr. Verrocchio.
• Simonetta rescued Giuliano from his brother's enforcers and asked whether he wanted to change Florence's situation.
• Giuliano asked Simonetta to help him, and she agreed before kicking him when he pointed out her sharp nails and teeth.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka, Lawrence, and Leonardo da Vinci found several dozen Prohibition Soldiers surrounding Lawrence's and Verrocchio's residences, and Fujimaru Ritsuka prepared the Divine Authority Seal.

Fujimaru Ritsuka attacked the Prohibition Soldiers surrounding the residences, drawing them away while Lawrence and Leonardo da Vinci moved to help. Romani and Verrocchio joined the fight, but more Prohibition Soldiers were gathering as Lawrence greeted Ritsuka after a long time apart.

• Fujimaru Ritsuka charged the Prohibition Soldiers and drew their attacks away from the hidden group.
• Lawrence and Leonardo da Vinci ran toward Lawrence’s house to find a way to help Ritsuka.
• Romani and Verrocchio emerged to support Ritsuka with jeweled blades, drawings, and a falling statue of David.
• Verrocchio smashed one Prohibition Soldier with the statue, while Romani warned that more enemies were gathering.
• Lawrence attacked with another barrage of jeweled blades and greeted Ritsuka after a long time apart.

Fujimaru Ritsuka, Romani, Verrocchio, Lawrence, and Leonardo da Vinci struggled against the Prohibition Soldiers while Lawrence and da Vinci painted Verrocchio’s portrait to provoke the enemy. Lawrence used gemstone mirrors to unleash a powerful blast, and Romani appeared behind the fleeing artists, promising to protect the wall.

• Mash reported that only twenty-four Prohibition Soldiers remained as Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others continued fighting.
• Lawrence and Leonardo da Vinci painted a portrait of Verrocchio on a building wall, drawing the Prohibition Soldiers’ attention away from the other fighters.
• Romani realized the purpose of the portrait, and Fujimaru Ritsuka joined him while Verrocchio agreed to hold off the enemy.
• Lawrence surrounded the Prohibition Soldiers with gemstone mirrors and detonated concentrated magical energy inside the enclosure.
• Lawrence pulled Leonardo da Vinci away from the blast, but Romani appeared behind them and said he would not let the wall fall.

After surviving an attack by Prohibition Soldiers, Romani and Verrocchio explained Heroic Spirits to Lawrence and revealed that Fujimaru Ritsuka was their Master. A hostile Berserker arrived at Lawrence’s residence, and Lawrence recognized him as Credi, the man Leonardo da Vinci believed had been hanged.

• Leonardo da Vinci and Lawrence recovered after Romani and Verrocchio defeated the Prohibition Soldiers.
• Romani and Verrocchio explained Heroic Spirits to Lawrence, and Verrocchio offered to make a contract with Fujimaru Ritsuka.
• Mash warned that a Servant was approaching, so Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others prepared for an attack.
• The approaching Servant’s dagger pierced Romani’s magic mirror shield, and Mash identified him as a hostile Berserker.
• Lawrence recognized the intruder as Lorenzo di Credi, while Leonardo da Vinci recognized him as the man who had framed her and was supposed to have been hanged.

Credi attacked Verrocchio and Lawrence, revealing that Lawrence was his target and severely wounding him. Fujimaru Ritsuka ordered Verrocchio to unleash his Noble Phantasm as Credi pressed the assault.

• Leonardo panicked when Credi appeared, while Verrocchio confronted his former student over his resentment and insisted he had cared for him as much as his other pupils.
• Credi attacked Verrocchio mid-speech, but Lawrence blocked the dagger with a gemstone shield.
• Credi declared that he had come to kill Lawrence and launched another attack, forcing Lawrence and Fujimaru Ritsuka to dodge.
• Credi shattered Lawrence’s gemstone defense, severed several fingers, and cut out one of his eyes.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka ordered Verrocchio to use his Noble Phantasm, and Verrocchio began painting Lawrence to unleash The Brilliance of Art, Shine in Your Hands.

Lawrence fought Credi as the Berserker’s jealousy and power intensified, while Fujimaru Ritsuka ordered the group to retreat. Lawrence finally activated his Noble Phantasm despite being nearly cut in two, leaving its effect unresolved.

• Credi relentlessly attacked Lawrence, who healed his injuries, defended himself with gemstone shields, and gained enhanced power from Verrocchio’s Noble Phantasm.
• Lawrence struck Credi with gemstone blades and swords, but Credi endured the wounds and threatened to kill Verrocchio, Leonardo, Botticelli, and the others.
• Credi activated his Noble Phantasm, [The Talent I Hate and Desire], and his magical energy and speed surged.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka told the group to retreat and urged Lawrence to use his Noble Phantasm to weaken Credi.
• Credi nearly cut Lawrence in two, but Lawrence swallowed a jeweled potion and activated [Flawless Luxury, Severed Harmful Things].

Lawrence and his companions escaped Credi, but Romani’s wound resisted healing, so Lawrence sought shelter and treatment for him. After Baron Ovis sent them to another Ovis property, Lawrence told Harley they were resisting Lorenzo, while keeping his thoughts fixed on Romani.

• Romani used a gemstone to try to heal his chest wound, but Credi’s apparent Noble Phantasm effect prevented it from working.
• With Credi possibly pursuing them, Lawrence proposed going to the Ovis estate so Romani could be saved.
• Baron Ovis explained that his home had no room, then gave Lawrence a key to another Ovis property and allowed Romani to be bandaged first.
• Harley asked Lawrence what he was doing, and he said they were resisting Lorenzo and trying to prove that art was innocent.
• As a servant bandaged Romani, Lawrence watched the room with grave contemplation.

Lawrence confronted Romani on the rooftop, learned that his older self was married, and agreed to keep Romani’s identity hidden while helping save Florence. Meanwhile, an attacker tried to kill the sleeping Lorenzo, but someone stopped the dagger.

• Lawrence met Romani on the rooftop and heard him describe Florence as an oppressive city.
• Romani revealed his true identity as Lawrence Anno Falgao, and Lawrence accepted him without treating him as himself.
• Lawrence was surprised to learn that Romani had married, and Romani asked him to keep his identity secret.
• Romani urged Lawrence to help save Florence, saying that art was innocent and beauty was indispensable to humanity.
• A blood-red dagger descended toward the sleeping Lorenzo, but an unseen person intercepted it.

After Simonetta was gravely wounded during her failed attempt to assassinate Lorenzo, Giuliano struggled with whether to abandon her and searched for someone who could treat her. The next morning, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Lawrence set out to find Florence’s Leyline, and Lawrence changed back into her female form once they were away from the others.

• Simonetta collapsed at Giuliano’s villa with a severe shoulder wound after failing to assassinate Lorenzo de' Medici.
• Giuliano bandaged Simonetta and wrestled with his feelings as he decided he could not abandon her.
• Mash briefed Fujimaru Ritsuka on the day’s objective: locate Florence’s Leyline and try to summon new Servants while avoiding Edict soldiers and hostile Servants.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka left the villa with Lawrence while Verrocchio, the other Lawrence, and Leonardo da Vinci stayed behind.
• Once they were out of sight of the others, Fujimaru Ritsuka told Lawrence to change back, and she resumed her female form.

Lawrence accompanied Fujimaru Ritsuka to a Leyline in Florence, where Ritsuka performed an unauthorized Servant summoning. The ritual summoned the Avenger Antonio Salieri, who questioned his own identity.

• Lawrence told Ritsuka that his altered form felt strange, though he did not regret it, and guided him through Florence while avoiding Prohibition Soldiers.
• Ritsuka and Lawrence cleared ghosts from the Leyline so Ritsuka could set up a summoning circle with Mash's remote assistance.
• Ritsuka completed the summoning incantation, and a mysterious masked Servant appeared in the circle.
• The Servant called himself death and said he was destined to kill those beloved by God, then questioned who he really was.
• Leonardo da Vinci identified the Servant as the special Avenger-class Antonio Salieri.

Fujimaru Ritsuka summoned Antonio Salieri, an Avenger who pledged himself to Ritsuka but reacted violently when asked whom he sought vengeance against. Later, Da Vinci explained Salieri’s reference to Gottlieb by revealing Mozart’s full name.

• Salieri acknowledged Fujimaru Ritsuka as his Master and promised to fight for him, though he warned that he might have someone he must kill.
• When Da Vinci asked whom he sought vengeance against, Salieri trembled, roared “GOTTLIEB,” and then said he did not seek vengeance.
• Salieri changed into a more convenient form, kissed Fujimaru Ritsuka’s hand, and pledged his service before they returned.
• Da Vinci told Fujimaru Ritsuka that Gottlieb referred to Mozart and explained the names Mozart had used.
• Da Vinci revealed Mozart’s full name as Johannes Christoph Wolfgang Gottlieb Mozart.

Da Vinci explained that Salieri’s reputation as Mozart’s murderer came from a play and warned that his summoning as an Avenger likely meant Mozart was present in Florence. She then revealed that Mozart’s mage family carried a Demon God’s bloodline, identifying the hidden Pillar as Dantalion.

• Da Vinci explained that the play Amadeus had turned Salieri into the “Gray Messenger,” an imagined murderer of Mozart, despite their friendship in life.
• Lawrence warned Fujimaru Ritsuka that Salieri’s summoning as an Avenger likely meant Mozart was in Florence and could be hostile to them.
• Da Vinci revealed that Mozart had a mage family lineage but had devoted himself to music rather than magecraft.
• Da Vinci connected Mozart’s family bloodline to Goetia’s Demon Gods and explained that a descendant would remain unaware until realizing their true identity.
• Da Vinci identified the Demon God Pillar in Mozart’s family lineage as the seventy-first, Dantalion.

Fujimaru Ritsuka and Lawrence concluded that the Demon God Pillars might be behind the continuing Singularities and prepared to face them again. Meanwhile, Lorenzo ordered Credi and Assassin Phantom of the Opera to kill Lawrence and the Chaldean Master, while Credi remained fixated on claiming Lawrence for himself.

• Fujimaru Ritsuka, Lawrence, and Leonardo da Vinci inferred that the Demon God Pillars might still be creating Singularities and agreed to prepare for another fight.
• Verrocchio told Lawrence and Fujimaru Ritsuka that Antonio Salieri was difficult to communicate with.
• Lorenzo confronted Credi and his other Servants after his wanted notices failed to capture Lawrence and Leonardo.
• Lorenzo provoked Credi by comparing his strength unfavorably to Lawrence's and pointing out his failed attempts to kill Lawrence and Leonardo.
• Lorenzo ordered Credi to kill Lawrence and the Chaldean Master, and sent Assassin Phantom of the Opera with him.
• Credi and Assassin Phantom of the Opera left, while Caster departed and Lorenzo remained alone in the palace.

Giuliano carried the gravely wounded Simonetta through Florence until Lawrence and the others found them and brought them to the Ovis villa. After Romani healed them, Giuliano awoke and learned that Simonetta was safe.

• Giuliano carried the unconscious Simonetta through Florence while searching desperately for a doctor.
• Ritsuka and the Servants responded to a nearby Servant reaction and found Giuliano and Simonetta collapsed.
• Lawrence and the others brought Giuliano and Simonetta to the Ovis villa, where Romani treated them.
• Giuliano woke, drank the medicine Lawrence offered, and rushed to check on Simonetta.
• Harley told Giuliano that Simonetta was fine, and Romani introduced himself as the one who had healed them.