Chapter Summaries

Romani, disguised as Romani Archaman, saved Simonetta and questioned Giuliano about the attack and his connection to the conflict with Lorenzo. Giuliano denied intending to betray them and demanded to know their motives, so Romani pressed him to declare whether he was resisting Lorenzo.

• Romani confirmed that he had saved Simonetta, who remained unconscious after a mental magecraft attack and a sword wound.
• Romani recognized Simonetta as an Assassin-class Servant resembling the woman from his memories and reflected on his first failed house call, which had ended with her death.
• Romani asked Giuliano why he had been found unconscious and how Vespucci had been so badly injured.
• Giuliano inferred that Lawrence and the others were resisting Lorenzo, then denied that he planned to report them.
• Giuliano asked Romani to explain why he had saved them and come to Florence, and Romani answered by asking whether Giuliano himself was resisting Lorenzo.

Giuliano thanked Romani for saving Simonetta and agreed to discuss resisting Lorenzo after she recovered. Fujimaru Ritsuka and her group shared information with Giuliano, while Romani escorted Harley home and sensed danger nearby.

• Giuliano told Romani that he could not bear to lose Simonetta and thanked him for saving her.
• Romani explained that Simonetta would wake after recovering from the mental attack, and Giuliano began discussing resistance against Lorenzo.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka, Verrocchio, and a gray-haired young man arrived, and Fujimaru exchanged information with Giuliano about the Singularity and Simonetta's failed assassination attempt.
• Harley left with Romani, and she asked whether he was Jewish or from a later era; Romani gave her no clear answer.
• As Romani and Harley neared the Ovis residence, Romani sensed something wrong nearby and asked her to wait.

Lawrence sensed a Servant near the Ovis residence and confronted the Phantom of the Opera, whose enhanced speed and strength overwhelmed him. Just as Phantom was about to finish Lawrence, a gray-haired man arrived and prepared to fight.

• Lawrence detected a Servant near the Ovis residence and told Mash to notify Ritsuka, while he sent Harley to hide.
• Phantom of the Opera attacked Lawrence, who recognized him and tried to defend himself with gemstone blades and shields.
• Phantom's enhanced speed and strength wounded Lawrence, severing his left hand and breaking bones in his right.
• Lawrence provoked Phantom into attacking directly, then used gemstone defenses to stall until reinforcements arrived.
• Phantom used his Noble Phantasm against Lawrence, but a gray-haired man blocked the final strike and announced that the performance had begun.

Lawrence and Antonio Salieri fought Phantom of the Opera while Fujimaru Ritsuka went to check on the Ovis residence. Salieri defeated Phantom, but his disappearance left Lorenzo wondering why the Assassin he had sent to kill someone was gone.

• Lawrence supported Salieri against Phantom of the Opera, then sent Fujimaru Ritsuka to investigate a Saint Graph reading at the Ovis residence.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka found Mrs. Dorigina safe and learned that Baron Ovis had been injured during the attack.
• Lawrence and Salieri coordinated their attacks, wounding Phantom and unleashing their Noble Phantasms.
• Salieri struck Phantom's spirit core, and Phantom vanished in a streak of golden light.
• Lorenzo sensed that the Assassin's presence had disappeared and wondered why the blade he had sent to kill someone had been broken.

After the Phantom of the Opera fell, Baron Ovis and his family prepared to flee Lorenzo’s purge. Piero urged Lorenzo to kill Lawrence and destroy Chaldea, while the masked Caster revealed his true identity as Mozart and rejected Piero’s assumptions about him.

• Fujimaru Ritsuka told Baron Ovis that Mr. Romani would handle the masked enemy after the Phantom of the Opera was defeated.
• Baron Ovis, Madam Dorigina, and Harley reunited, and Baron Ovis urged his family to leave because Lorenzo had turned against the nobility.
• Lorenzo reflected on the Phantom of the Opera’s defeat, and Piero warned him that Lawrence and Chaldea were the true threats he needed to eliminate.
• Lorenzo agreed with Piero while privately viewing his father as a useful shield for Florence.
• Piero confronted the masked Caster, who revealed himself as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and declared that he was not Dantalion.

Giuliano and Verrocchio questioned Simonetta about her failed attempt to assassinate Lorenzo, whom she warned was far stronger than expected. Simonetta then recognized Harley and excitedly embraced her.

• Giuliano checked on Simonetta after she recovered, and Verrocchio brought them mushroom soup.
• Verrocchio joked that Giuliano might be summoned as a Servant and teased him about his history with Simonetta.
• Simonetta recalled infiltrating the palace and reaching Lorenzo's room, but said something stopped her and she fled.
• Simonetta warned that Lorenzo was extremely strong and may have inflicted her near-fatal sword wound.
• Simonetta spotted Harley, rushed over, and clung to her while Harley looked to Lawrence for help.

Fujimaru Ritsuka gathered her allies and Amedeo to assess the danger in Florence and plan their next move against Lorenzo. With Chaldea’s forces limited and the prohibition soldiers surrounding the city, they prepared for Lorenzo’s escalating actions.

• Romani pulled Simonetta off Harley, ordered her back to bed, and told her not to waste the mushroom soup.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka asked Giuliano to bring Simonetta to a meeting after dinner about the royal palace, and Giuliano agreed.
• Amedeo insisted on joining the discussion because Florence’s sealed roads put his family in danger, and Fujimaru Ritsuka let him take part.
• Mash projected a map of the prohibition soldiers and reported that Chaldea had four Servants, while Phantom of the Opera had already been eliminated.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka noted that Lorenzo had begun targeted actions and said the group needed to determine its next move.

Fujimaru Ritsuka planned how to counter Credi and sent Simonetta to scout the royal palace, while Lawrence decided to resist the siege in his own way. At the palace, Lorenzo prepared to execute a prisoner the next day in pursuit of his ideal nation.

• Fujimaru Ritsuka asked Simonetta to scout the areas around the royal palace for forbidden soldiers, and Simonetta agreed to help.
• Madam Dorigina told Harley that Florence’s roads had been sealed and the family could no longer escape.
• Lawrence took Leonardo da Vinci and the remaining painting supplies, saying he still had things he could do himself.
• Harley told Madam Dorigina that Lawrence and Leonardo da Vinci were trying to seize a sliver of hope and dignity.
• Lorenzo rejected Piero’s attempt to persuade him and said he would make proper use of the Holy Grail.
• Lorenzo told a prisoner that they would be executed and sent to the gallows the following day.

Simonetta reported that Lorenzo planned a public execution of three members of Verrocchio’s Workshop to lure their allies into a trap. Fujimaru Ritsuka decided to lead a covert rescue mission to Florence’s Palace Square, and the group prepared to leave.

• Simonetta told Fujimaru Ritsuka that Lorenzo was building gallows in the square and that Verrocchio knew the people marked for execution.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others learned that Botticelli, Ghirlandaio, and Perugino were to be publicly executed.
• Verrocchio urged Fujimaru Ritsuka to consider the danger, recognizing the execution as a trap designed to force them to surrender.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka ordered the group to follow Simonetta’s route to the square and prepare their Noble Phantasms for a rescue and escape.
• Verrocchio agreed to keep the operation hidden, and Giuliano promised to watch over his teacher.

Lorenzo explained to Mozart that he saw art as powerful but considered it a threat to Florence, then ordered three Verrocchio Workshop artists executed. As Lorenzo gave the order, Romani and Miss Simon intervened, and a jeweled blade flew toward him.

• Lorenzo told Mozart that he liked art but believed Florence had to be protected from the evil threatening it.
• Mozart asked whether Lorenzo's father, Piero, had also become pollution, and Lorenzo said he had long ago.
• Lorenzo reached the execution platform, where three Verrocchio Workshop members had been bound to the gallows.
• Lorenzo ordered the execution, but Romani shouted to Miss Simon to act, and a jeweled blade flew at Lorenzo.

As Fujimaru Ritsuka’s group tried to stop the execution, Salieri recognized Mozart and attacked him, while Mozart unexpectedly held him at bay. Fujimaru called on Simonetta to release her Noble Phantasm, which enthralled everyone in the square, leaving its effects to unfold.

• Lawrence used nearly a hundred jeweled mirrors to form a barrier, stopping Credi from reaching him.
• Salieri recognized Mozart as Gottlieb and charged him, but Mozart blocked his sword with a conductor’s baton.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka realized Salieri’s attack had disrupted their plan and searched for a way to break the deadlock.
• At Fujimaru’s urging, Simonetta released Venus’s Favor above the gallows.
• Simonetta’s Noble Phantasm captivated Lorenzo, Mozart, and the prohibition soldiers.

Fujimaru Ritsuka’s group rescued the artists from the gallows and escaped after Lorenzo wounded Salieri. They returned toward the villa with the rescued artists unconscious, while Fujimaru questioned whether Mozart was truly a Demon God Pillar and acknowledged that their strategy needed to change.

• Simonetta killed the Prohibition Guards at the gallows, and Fujimaru Ritsuka used a Command Spell to send Salieri to free the captives.
• Lawrence unleashed her Noble Phantasm, weakening Lorenzo and the others, but Lorenzo struck Salieri and knocked him unconscious.
• Verrocchio caught Botticelli as Fujimaru Ritsuka’s group fled with Salieri and the rescued artists.
• Mash confirmed they had shaken off the Prohibition Guards, and Lawrence said the artists were suffering from mental magecraft and malnutrition.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mash discussed whether Mozart was a Demon God Pillar, then Fujimaru admitted the battle had exposed mistakes and that they needed a new strategy.

Lorenzo used the Holy Grail to strip Credi of his admiration and jealousy, remaking him as an Avenger who hated the beauty he once pursued. Credi left to carry out Lorenzo’s orders, while Lorenzo vowed to wipe out Chaldea’s people.

• Lorenzo blamed himself for the failed execution and told the nearly dead Credi that he was unworthy of becoming an Avenger.
• Lorenzo used the Holy Grail to erase Credi’s admiration for beauty, leaving only hatred and malice.
• Credi revived as Avenger Credi, pledged to Lorenzo, and left the palace to do what he had previously failed to do.
• Piero applauded Lorenzo’s transformation of Credi, while Mozart questioned whether Lorenzo could control the monster he had created.
• Lorenzo declared that he would completely wipe out Chaldea’s people and extinguish anything radiant that threatened his kingdom.

Lawrence met Simonetta on the villa rooftop and recalled their past connections while rediscovering his desire to paint in Florence. As Leonardo da Vinci reported that the three senior brothers had been rescued but remained unconscious, Lawrence neared the end of a painting that expressed humanity’s soul.

• Lawrence greeted Simonetta and explained that his elderly appearance reflected the years he had spent researching the human body and illnesses.
• Simonetta asked about her contract with Fujimaru Ritsuka, and Lawrence recalled their meeting in Orleans more than a year earlier.
• Lawrence decided to paint Florence and began working on a large canvas.
• Leonardo da Vinci told Lawrence that the three senior brothers had been rescued but were still unconscious under mental magecraft.
• Lawrence declared that humanity had a soul as he and Leonardo da Vinci admired the nearly finished painting.

Mozart and Piero discussed their plans to confront Chaldea, while Fujimaru Ritsuka and Verrocchio considered how to fight them after Salieri vanished in distress. Ritsuka went to find Romani, who visited Florence once a year to place a gemstone at his wife’s grave.

• Mozart questioned Piero about Salieri and Chaldea, and Piero vowed that Chaldea would have to face him and Lorenzo to resolve the Singularity.
• Salieri awakened, struggled with his identity, and vanished as Ritsuka explained that his Avenger nature drove him toward madness when confronted with Mozart.
• Ritsuka and Verrocchio concluded that they had to keep fighting and considered letting Salieri attack Mozart himself, despite Mozart’s clear advantage.
• Verrocchio told Ritsuka that Romani was likely on the roof and returned to Florence annually to place a gemstone before his wife’s gravestone.
• Ritsuka left to find Romani while Verrocchio watched the silent city and wished Florence’s art could return to the way it had been.

Lawrence painted Florence and reflected on how his life after Harley’s death had changed his art, then painted a portrait of Fujimaru Ritsuka. Harley overheard that Romani was Lawrence returned as a Servant and struggled with her feelings about him as she sought comfort from her mother.

• Lawrence examined his painting of Florence and wondered whether his rusty skills or changed state of mind had made it feel lonely.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka recognized the loneliness in the painting and told Lawrence that being able to paint again meant he had something worth pursuing and protecting.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka asked Lawrence to paint him, and Lawrence began a portrait beneath the starry sky.
• Harley overheard that Romani was Lawrence, summoned after death as a Servant, and left the rooftop unnoticed.
• Harley told Madam Dorigina that she felt troubled by the wondrous world and leaned against her mother as she prepared to sleep.

Avenger Credi, having abandoned jealousy for hatred, set out to destroy beauty. The next morning, Fujimaru Ritsuka and her allies confronted his approaching forces, only to learn that Credi’s class had changed before he appeared and challenged Lawrence about their past.

• Credi transformed into an Avenger and vowed to kill all beauty, believing its absence would prevent conflict.
• Lawrence combed Fujimaru Ritsuka’s hair, and Ritsuka admired a portrait Lawrence had painted of her.
• Mash warned Ritsuka that a strange magical reaction resembling Credi’s was controlling Prohibition Soldiers and moving toward Boboli.
• Ritsuka led Lawrence, Verrocchio, and Salieri to draw Credi away from Ovis Villa and ordered them to attack the soldiers they encountered.
• Mash reported that Credi had become an EX-class Avenger, and Lawrence insisted he would defeat him regardless of his class.
• Credi appeared before Lawrence and asked whether their time working together had truly held no beautiful memories for him.

Credi confronted Lawrence and Verrocchio, admitting that jealousy had driven him to frame Leonardo but claiming art itself caused their conflict. Fujimaru Ritsuka supported Lawrence as Verrocchio empowered him, and Lawrence began fighting Credi.

• Lawrence and Verrocchio challenged Credi over his betrayal and his role in framing Leonardo.
• Credi blamed the pursuit of art for their conflict and declared his revenge was to destroy art.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka ordered Antonio Salieri to keep the Forbidden Order soldiers away while Verrocchio empowered Lawrence with his Noble Phantasm.
• Verrocchio summoned a statue of David to attack Credi as Lawrence charged him with gemstone gauntlets.
• Credi pierced Lawrence's gemstone with his dagger, but Lawrence headbutted him and drove him back.

Credi and Lawrence fought to the death, with Credi claiming that his hatred of beauty made him superior to artists. Lawrence survived severe injuries and continued to taunt Credi, but Credi finally cleaved away nearly half of his body.

• Credi declared that he hated and denied beauty, then attacked Lawrence with a surge of power.
• Lawrence formed gemstone fists and blades to fight back, but Credi sliced through his defenses and severed all ten of his fingers.
• Lawrence regenerated his fingers and challenged Credi, insisting that Credi could not kill him.
• Credi attacked from above, but Lawrence trapped his arm and struck him with a gemstone-covered head, then mocked him for dwelling on self-pity.
• Credi attacked again at high speed and cleaved away nearly half of Lawrence's body, but Lawrence insisted that the wound was not enough to defeat him.

Lawrence trapped Credi by healing around his arm and endured their brutal struggle until Credi was forced to sever his own hand. After their final clash, Lawrence defeated Credi and drove a gemstone sword into his chest.

• Lawrence used a Gem Potion to regrow his body around Credi's trapped arm, then stabbed Credi with a gemstone sword.
• Credi failed to free himself and severed his own right hand to escape Lawrence's hold.
• Lawrence pulled Credi's severed arm from his chest and healed while Credi's injuries continued to worsen.
• Credi and Lawrence unleashed their magic, but Lawrence's pseudo spirit core dispersed Credi's black blade and left him powerless.
• Lawrence kicked the kneeling Credi down and stabbed him in the chest with his gemstone sword.