Chapter Summaries

Lawrence recovered from his wounds after defeating Credi, and he, Ritsuka, and Verrocchio prepared to advance on the palace and confront Lorenzo. At Ovis Villa, Simonetta hinted that Harley might soon meet her living self in Florence, but withheld what she knew of Harley’s future.

• Lawrence removed Credi’s severed fingers from his body and healed his wound with a gemstone.
• Lawrence learned that Ritsuka and Salieri had dealt with the forbidden soldiers, and Ritsuka declared that they would regroup before heading to the palace.
• Lawrence and Verrocchio agreed that it was time to end the Singularity by confronting Lorenzo.
• At Ovis Villa, Simonetta admitted that she had overheard Harley’s conversation but refused to reveal what she knew about Harley’s future.
• Harley explained that she had come to apologize and ask about Simonetta’s past, and Simonetta said her living self might arrive in Florence within the next two years.

Giuliano joined Fujimaru Ritsuka’s group to confront Lorenzo and warned that their father Piero was the real source of the chaos. On the eve of their assault on the Royal Palace, Lawrence revealed to Harley why her appearance reminded him of his late wife, then left to find Ritsuka and help correct the Singularity.

• Lorenzo executed another man he called damned and declared that he would make Florence a perfect nation.
• Giuliano agreed to join Fujimaru Ritsuka’s group, explaining his pact with Lorenzo and warning that Piero was behind the changes in Lorenzo.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka told the group to rest before they set out for the Florence Royal Palace to claim the Holy Grail.
• Harley confronted Lawrence and learned that he had once saved her because her appearance resembled his wife, whom he alone remembered.
• Lawrence apologized to Harley, changed back to his own appearance, and went to find Ritsuka so he could correct the Singularity.

Lawrence prepared to repair the Singularity and spoke with Harley about his wife, explaining how deeply he loved her and why he blamed his descendants for her absence from the records. Harley comforted him with a brief embrace, and Lawrence continued through Florence as Leonardo urged him to repair the Singularity.

• Lawrence met Verrocchio on the stairs, then asked Fujimaru Ritsuka whether they would win and restore the Singularity.
• As the others left, Harley asked Lawrence about his wife, and he described her as a beloved partner who had shaped his life and family.
• Lawrence said his descendants were ungrateful when Harley asked why his wife had not been recorded.
• Harley hugged Lawrence and told him she believed his wife had loved him, then wished him success in repairing the Singularity.
• Walking through Florence, Lawrence spoke to Leonardo da Vinci, who told him to go repair the Singularity.

Chaldea confronted Lorenzo in Florence’s central square, but Mozart revealed himself as a new Demon God and fought them with black angels. Salieri became a raging Mad Beast as he attacked Mozart, and the chapter ended with Salieri beginning to release his Noble Phantasm.

• Lawrence returned to her fundamental Saint Graph and challenged Lorenzo, while Salieri charged Mozart in the square.
• Mozart revealed that he had inherited a Demon God Pillar’s remains and become Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Dantalion, then sent black angels against Chaldea.
• Ritsuka ordered the Servants to fight Mozart as Salieri transformed into a beast and attacked him.
• Lawrence struggled against Mozart’s magecraft, while Mozart blocked Salieri’s sword and taunted him.
• Salieri roared at Mozart as a wondrous pattern appeared behind him, signaling his Noble Phantasm’s release.

Lawrence reflected Salieri’s Noble Phantasm onto Mozart, but Lorenzo’s plan to turn his realm into the Eternal Kingdom began as the battle continued. Mozart was pierced by Salieri’s sword, yet his Demon God Pillar power surged and threatened to transform him into a newborn Demon God Pillar.

• Lawrence created jeweled magic mirrors that reflected Salieri’s Noble Phantasm and magnified its attack on Mozart.
• Lorenzo watched without helping Mozart, intent on buying time to make his city an Eternal Kingdom, and the ground began to tremble.
• Mozart summoned black angels to attack Chaldea while Giuliano admitted he did not know what the Eternal Kingdom was.
• Salieri attacked Mozart, who described them both as altered versions of themselves before Salieri pierced him with his sword.
• Mash warned that the Demon God Pillar power within Mozart was growing and that he was about to become a newborn Demon God Pillar.

Mozart became a newborn Demon God and challenged Salieri to settle their conflict through a battle of music. As Lawrence and Verrocchio prepared to support Salieri, the two musicians began playing, leaving their duel underway.

• Mozart revealed his transformation into a newborn Demon God and called Salieri a fellow musician.
• Mozart proposed that he and Salieri claim the battlefield for a war of art, while Lawrence prepared to protect the group from his magical power.
• Lawrence explained to Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mash that Mozart was suppressing his power for a contest of honor with Salieri, and promised Salieri her support.
• Lawrence told Lorenzo that art would outlast his attempt to create an eternal nation by denying human nature.
• Mozart and Salieri sat at grotesque pianos and began playing together as Mozart urged Salieri to take revenge on him.

Mozart and Salieri played a final duet that destroyed the newly born Demon God and drew Florence’s people into the square. Salieri vanished with Mozart, leaving Fujimaru Ritsuka’s party to face Lorenzo’s fury.

• Lorenzo attacked Mozart, Salieri, and Chaldea, but Lawrence shielded them with gemstones.
• Salieri told Fujimaru Ritsuka he would die for his convictions, and Mozart acknowledged that Salieri had defeated him as a Demon God.
• Mozart and Salieri continued playing as their bodies and pianos disappeared, destroying Mozart and leaving their music echoing over Florence.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka realized Mozart had never truly served Lorenzo, while Verrocchio praised the musicians’ performance.
• Lorenzo condemned the performance as worthless and declared that Lawrence should die without a burial place.

Lorenzo sentenced Giuliano and Chaldea to death, then struck Lawrence down with overwhelming force. As the battle began, Giuliano recognized Piero as an impostor, and Chaldea identified the figure as this Singularity’s Demon God Pillar.

• Lorenzo confronted Giuliano, who invoked their old pact and accused his brother of tyranny.
• Lorenzo declared Giuliano a traitor and sentenced him and Chaldea to death, surrounding the central plaza with magical power.
• Lorenzo attacked Lawrence, severing her shield and both arms and gravely wounding her.
• Giuliano recognized the smiling Piero as an impostor and angrily challenged him.
• Mash identified the transformed Piero as a Demon God Pillar, and Ritsuka realized it was this Singularity’s Demon God Pillar.

Furcas revealed himself as one of the Six Pillars of the Envoys and attacked Chaldea, claiming humanity would vanish after 2017. Leonardo da Vinci arrived in Florence and countered his attack with Uomo Universale.

• Furcas introduced himself as the fiftieth Demon God Pillar and declared his hatred for Chaldea and its destruction of the old ideals.
• Lorenzo admitted he supported erasing human nature to revive his kingdom, prompting Giuliano to condemn him.
• Furcas claimed humanity's history would vanish after 2017 even without the Human Order Incineration, then attacked Chaldea with Human Order Incineration Formula: Furcas.
• Lawrence prepared to use his Noble Phantasm, but Leonardo da Vinci appeared and launched Uomo Universale to collide with Furcas's attack.

Leonardo da Vinci joined Lawrence and Verrocchio’s group, then teamed up with Lawrence to confront Furcas and Lorenzo. As Lawrence and Da Vinci began unleashing their Noble Phantasms, Lorenzo struck Simonetta, who activated another Noble Phantasm in response.

• Leonardo da Vinci rescued Lawrence and revealed herself to Verrocchio, who was horrified by her appearance and insisted that she was not a woman.
• Furcas declared that humanity had no future after 2017, and Da Vinci challenged its claims about the future.
• Lawrence and Da Vinci prepared to prove their resolve and protect humanity’s right to pursue beauty, while Fujimaru Ritsuka ordered them to unleash their Noble Phantasms.
• When Lorenzo attacked, Giuliano called for Simonetta to stop him, and she used Venus’s Favor to fascinate him.
• Lorenzo struck Simonetta with his sword, and she answered with Flawless Luxury, Severed Harmful Thing.

Leonardo da Vinci’s Noble Phantasm destroyed Furcas, which sacrificed itself to save Lorenzo. As Lorenzo faced the living Leonardo da Vinci and Lawrence and their painting of his death, Giuliano stabbed him, and Lorenzo asked to buy the painting.

• Simonetta healed under Lawrence’s Noble Phantasm, and Leonardo da Vinci unleashed Uomo Universale against Lorenzo and Furcas.
• Lorenzo struck Leonardo da Vinci’s Noble Phantasm, but Furcas shielded him and began to vanish after telling Lorenzo that he had understood Furcas’s hatred and ideals.
• Lorenzo stood and faced the living Leonardo da Vinci and Lawrence, who showed him a painting depicting his death and declared that Florentines would always pursue art.
• Giuliano stabbed Lorenzo through the chest, saying he had fulfilled his promise to his brother.
• Lorenzo staggered toward Lawrence and Leonardo da Vinci and asked to buy the painting.

After losing, Lorenzo handed over the Holy Grail and asked Lawrence what the original Lorenzo had been like. He chose to leave Florence, still searching for an answer to humanity’s flaws, while Giuliano told him that answer was not in Florence.

• Lawrence destroyed her pseudo-Spirit Core and healed Lorenzo, who admitted defeat and produced the Holy Grail.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka asked Lorenzo to surrender what he had, and Lorenzo gave up the Holy Grail.
• Lorenzo asked Lawrence about the original him, and she recounted Machiavelli’s praise of his character and legacy.
• Lorenzo asked Giuliano to preserve the painting and declared that he would leave Florence.
• Lorenzo wondered whether he would find an answer to humanity’s flaws, and Giuliano replied that it was not in Florence.

Fujimaru Ritsuka and her companions said goodbye to Florence’s allies and collected the Holy Grail, beginning the Singularity’s correction. The mission ended as Fujimaru, Lawrence, and Leonardo da Vinci departed through the Spiritron Transfer passage.

• Giuliano said Lorenzo’s death would benefit Florence, while Verrocchio refused to leave and beat up Da Vinci, with Lawrence joining in.
• Simonetta chose to stay beside Giuliano until the Singularity disappeared and hoped he would one day love her counterpart without grieving over her death.
• Servant Lawrence offered his living self and Leonardo advice before saying goodbye to them.
• Mash told Fujimaru Ritsuka that touching the Holy Grail would begin correcting the Singularity, and Fujimaru picked it up.
• Fujimaru declared the mission complete and left Florence through the Spiritron Transfer passage with Lawrence and Leonardo da Vinci.

Nine years before the Fourth Holy Grail War, Emiya Kiritsugu received a fragment of Anno’s Holy Sword as a catalyst, while a mysterious woman considered altering Fuyuki’s summoning system. Five years before the war, Matou Kariya received a portrait of Lawrence Anno Falgao to use as a catalyst, as the Matou family prepared to try summoning their ancestor again.

• An Einzbern maid gave Emiya Kiritsugu a fragment of Anno’s shattered Holy Sword and identified it as a potential catalyst for the Fourth Holy Grail War.
• Irisviel joined Kiritsugu, who considered the possibility of summoning Anno.
• A mysterious woman inspected the Greater Grail beneath Ryuudou Mountain and planned to modify the Servant summoning system before the war.
• Matou Kariya received Command Spells and learned that his catalyst would be a portrait depicting Lawrence Anno Falgao’s death.
• Matou Byakuya told Kariya that the Matou family would keep trying to summon their ancestor, despite failing in their previous attempts.

Three years before the Fourth Holy Grail War, Kirei Kotomine learned from Risei Kotomine and Tohsaka Tokiomi about the Masters, Servants, and the Church’s role as arbiter. One year before the war, Matou Kariya discussed the coming conflict with young Matou Shinji and regarded Tohsaka Tokiomi as his enemy.

• Kirei Kotomine questioned why he had been chosen as a Master, and Tohsaka Tokiomi explained that the Holy Grail selected him despite his lack of magecraft.
• Risei Kotomine and Tohsaka Tokiomi told Kirei that the Holy Church supervised the secret Holy Grail War and that Risei would serve as an arbiter.
• At the Matou residence, Matou Shinji asked Matou Kariya whether he feared joining the next Holy Grail War, and Kariya said he could seek the Holy Church’s protection if he lost.
• Matou Shinji asked where Matou Zouken had gone, and Matou Kariya said he was meeting Tohsaka Tokiomi.
• Matou Kariya called Tohsaka Tokiomi his enemy while staring at the Command Spell on his hand.

One year before the Fourth Holy Grail War, Tohsaka Tokiomi and Matou Byakuya discussed Sakura’s adoption by the Matou Family and their plans for the coming war. Sakura met Byakuya, and Tokiomi reassured her that Kariya would care for her.

• Tokiomi welcomed Byakuya to the Tohsaka residence and explained that Sakura would inherit an important branch-line Matou Magecraft Crest.
• Byakuya and Tokiomi discussed the Matou Family’s payment for Sakura and their differing goals in the Holy Grail War.
• Tokiomi revealed his Command Spell and said that he and Byakuya would not be enemies in the war.
• Tokiomi called Aoi and Sakura into his study and told Sakura to work hard at learning magecraft as a Matou heir.
• Byakuya reassured the saddened Sakura that Kariya liked children and would treat her well.

As the Fourth Holy Grail War approached, Waver Velvet learned that Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald would participate and decided to go to the Far East. In Fuyuki, Kirei Kotomine summoned an unexpected Assassin, Sakumura Anno, instead of one of the Hassans.

• Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald dismissed Waver Velvet’s thesis and revealed his Command Spells as he prepared for the Holy Grail War.
• Waver Velvet read about the war, recognized Kenneth’s Holy Relic from Macedonia, and decided to book a plane ticket.
• A woman in the Great Hollow learned that all seven Masters had already been chosen and decided to wait sixty years for the next war.
• Tohsaka Tokiomi explained that an early Assassin summoning would help gather intelligence, and Kirei Kotomine agreed to perform the ritual.
• Kirei Kotomine summoned Assassin, who revealed his name as Sakumura Anno and asked if Kirei was his Master.

Tohsaka Tokiomi discovered that Kirei Kotomine had summoned Sakumura Anno using Tokiomi’s notebook as a catalyst and ordered Kirei to turn the unruly Assassin into a weapon for their plans. At the Matou residence, Shinji demonstrated his unusual Liquid Jewel Magecraft to Sakura, though he had not yet figured out how to use the transformed gemstones.

• Tohsaka Tokiomi realized his notebook about Sakumura Anno had served as the catalyst for Kirei Kotomine’s summoning.
• Sakumura Anno intimidated Tokiomi, then vanished after Kirei ordered him not to disrespect his teacher.
• Tohsaka Tokiomi changed the plan and told Kirei to learn Assassin’s abilities and tame him into a weapon.
• Matou Sakura brought Shinji a book, and Shinji explained that her gem-attributed magical energy had greater potential than his own.
• Matou Shinji transformed a gemstone into a floating liquid with his magical energy and called the unfinished technique Liquid Jewel Magecraft.

Kirei Kotomine discussed Sakumura Anno’s wish to explore Japan and his role in the Holy Grail War with his teacher, Tohsaka Tokiomi. After learning that Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald would also compete, Tokiomi agreed to consider Sakumura’s request and told Kirei to prepare.

• Sakumura Anno questioned why Kirei Kotomine had become his Master and said he wanted to go out and see Japan.
• Kirei told Sakumura he needed to discuss the request with Tohsaka Tokiomi.
• Tohsaka Tokiomi and Kirei learned that Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald was preparing to enter the Holy Grail War despite already having a Holy Relic.
• Sakumura appeared and assured Tohsaka Tokiomi that he had eliminated all attempts to track Kirei.
• Tohsaka Tokiomi agreed that Sakumura’s request might be permitted and told Kirei to make preparations.

Jubstacheit von Einzbern ordered Emiya Kiritsugu to win the Holy Grail War and complete the Third Magic. On the way to Iwate, Sakumura Anno reviewed the other Masters with Kirei Kotomine and identified Tohsaka Tokiomi as Kirei’s personal opponent, leaving Kirei visibly unsettled.

• Jubstacheit von Einzbern told Emiya Kiritsugu that the Einzbern Family had supplied a relic capable of summoning the strongest Servant and demanded he defeat the other Masters and Servants to complete Heaven's Feel.
• Kirei Kotomine handed Sakumura Anno a notebook listing information about the Masters in the Holy Grail War.
• Sakumura Anno reviewed Matou Kariya, Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald, Emiya Kiritsugu, and Tohsaka Tokiomi, noting that Kirei had included his own teacher.
• Sakumura Anno named Emiya Kiritsugu as the most troublesome Master in the usual sense.
• Sakumura Anno told Kirei Kotomine that Tohsaka Tokiomi was his greatest personal opponent and warned him against living for another person's dream.