Chapter Summaries

Akiha Tohno hunted the source of Misaki Town’s vampire attacks and destroyed a horde of living corpses with her Sealing Hair ability. She confronted Roa, who had taken the face of her brother Shiki Tohno, and he launched an attack by calling, “Invert.”

• Akiha Tohno went alone to the attackers’ lair after learning its location from Kohaku, troubled that Roland had been absent for two days.
• Akiha Tohno drew out a horde of living corpses and Night Demons, then used Sealing Hair to drain their heat and destroy them.
• Akiha Tohno recognized the pale figure who emerged as her older brother Shiki Tohno, though he told her to call him Roa.
• Roa extended his hand toward Akiha Tohno and shouted, “Invert.”

Roland learned that Roa had targeted Akiha and set out with Arcueid to confront him, while Akiha fell into her Reversal Impulse after Roa synchronized with her through their blood connection. Roa revealed that he wanted to use Akiha as his next host, leaving her in danger as Roland and Arcueid prepared to intervene.

• Roland told Kohaku that he would handle the trouble involving Akiha, then woke Arcueid and learned she had recovered about eighty percent of her stolen strength after drinking his blood.
• Roland and Arcueid concluded that Roa was behind the attack and agreed to confront him, with Arcueid relying on Roland to help if the fight turned against her.
• Arcueid explained that Roa had once been a genius mage whose power could rival an Ancestor's, despite his recent awakening.
• Roa triggered Akiha Tohno's Reversal Impulse through a short-range synchronization using their blood connection, and Akiha struggled to control herself.
• Roa revealed that his reincarnation merged each host's soul with his own and declared that Akiha's abilities and bloodline made her his ideal next body.

Akiha Tohno defeated Roa with her Sealing Hair, but Roa tried to reincarnate in her through their shared Assimilation ability. Roland arrived in time to interrupt him, and Arcueid finished Roa with a single gesture.

• Akiha Tohno sealed the area with her crimson web and overwhelmed Roa, piercing him with Sealing Hair and freezing his life force.
• Roa revealed that killing him would not stop his reincarnation ritual and attempted to assimilate Akiha Tohno into his eternal body.
• Roland arrived, interrupted Roa's assimilation, and caught the exhausted Akiha Tohno as she collapsed.
• Akiha Tohno trusted Roland and withdrew her barrier, leaving Roa free to confront him.
• Roland called for Arcueid, who appeared above them and crushed Roa into scraps of flesh and blood.

Arcueid killed Roa, but his full-moon regeneration brought him back for another fight. Roland then destroyed Roa’s soul with The End, leaving him facing true death and Hell.

• Arcueid erased Roa with a single strike, while Akiha Tohno feared the power of the blonde vampire who had appeared.
• Roland reassured Akiha as Roa regenerated from his remains using a spell he had prepared for the full moon.
• Roa claimed his magic and reincarnation made him an ultimate lifeform, but Arcueid mocked his weakness and overwhelmed him by distorting space.
• Roland stopped Roa from escaping through reincarnation and used The End to destroy his soul.
• Roa asked Roland who he was, and Roland called himself the god of death and promised Roa torment in Hell.

After Roland killed Roa, Arcueid’s power returned to its complete state, and she agreed to stay with Roland. Akiha invited them to Tohno Mansion, where she later woke in the night and heard sounds coming from Roland’s room.

• Roland erased Roa and every trace of his blood, ending his eight-hundred-year struggle.
• Arcueid celebrated Roa’s death, thanked Roland, and accepted his teasing offer of a relationship.
• Akiha introduced herself to Arcueid, who sincerely thanked her for helping corner Roa, easing the tension between them.
• Roland proposed returning to Reien Academy with Arcueid, but Akiha invited both of them to stay at Tohno Mansion.
• After Kohaku led them to the mansion, Akiha woke in the middle of the night and heard panting from Roland’s room.

Akiha Tohno struggled to contain her Reversal Impulse while hearing Roland and Arcueid, then discovered Roland with Kohaku and Hisui. Roland offered to help her control the impulse, and Akiha accepted his intimate treatment as her door closed.

• Akiha Tohno tried to calm her Reversal Impulse with flower tea, but the sounds from Roland and Arcueid reignited it.
• After the sounds grew louder, Akiha left her room to seek Kohaku and noticed a light in Roland's room.
• Akiha peeked inside and saw Arcueid asleep while Roland held Kohaku and Hisui.
• Roland explained that Kohaku's blood and tea had linked Akiha's senses to Kohaku, and offered to help her control the Reversal Impulse permanently.
• Akiha chose Roland's intimate help over drinking his blood, and Roland closed the door.

Roland found himself in a red-mist version of Misaki Town and reunited with Arcueid, who had defeated a horde of modified monsters. He identified their situation as a real dream caused by TATARI and concluded that Goetia and the White-Winged Duke had engineered the Variant Singularity.

• Roland woke in a ruined, red-mist-covered Misaki Town and suspected that humanity's disappearance had triggered a phase exchange.
• Roland reasoned that Goetia had isolated the world to create a Variant Singularity and set off to find Arcueid.
• Roland found Arcueid fighting modified spider monsters at the park, and she quickly finished them off before greeting him.
• Arcueid told Roland she had awakened in the empty city and sensed something strange about whether she was awake.
• Roland explained that they were inside a real dream haunted by TATARI, also known as the Night of Wallachia.
• Roland deduced that the White-Winged Duke had helped create the conditions for TATARI, allowing Goetia to bring the Red Mist Incident into being.

Roland explained the White-Winged Duke’s plan to Arcueid, then carried her through the red mist as they flirted and exchanged blood. Their outing ended when Altrouge Brunestud found them together and confronted Roland with jealous anger.

• Roland explained how the White-Winged Duke intended to use the Singularity to resurrect Crimson Moon, and Arcueid decided to defeat the enemies and stop the plot.
• Arcueid asked Roland to carry her through the mist, and the two teased each other as they traveled toward the city center.
• Arcueid drank Roland’s blood and declared their trip an outing, while Roland remembered that Altrouge Brunestud must also be caught up in the Singularity.
• Altrouge Brunestud followed a portent through their Contract, found Arcueid in Roland’s arms, and demanded that he explain himself.

Altrouge and Arcueid clashed after Altrouge found her drinking Roland’s blood, but Roland confirmed that he and Altrouge were master and servant and that she had drunk his blood. The sisters stopped fighting, and Arcueid became more curious about how Altrouge had grown so powerful than about their relationship.

• Altrouge transformed and attacked Arcueid, wielding the red mist as her domain.
• Arcueid erased Altrouge’s mist and struck her with spatial fractures, but Altrouge regenerated instantly after drinking Roland’s blood.
• Altrouge implied that Roland was her master and urged Arcueid to ask him about their relationship.
• Roland confirmed that Altrouge was his servant and had drunk his blood, prompting Arcueid to conclude that they were on the same side.
• Arcueid asked why Altrouge had grown so much stronger, and Roland explained that she had consumed the blood and another substance together.
• Altrouge blushed and kicked Roland for revealing the details, while he caught her foot and teased her.

Roland, Arcueid, and Altrouge reached the church at the heart of the Red Mist Incident and found that the Church might be involved with the White-Winged Duke. As they entered, an unseen enemy attacked them with a rotating six-barreled weapon.

• Altrouge said she would remain neutral in the coming competition, and Roland praised how much she had changed.
• Altrouge revealed that Fou had transformed into a beautiful humanlike girl but still behaved like a dog around her.
• Roland explained that the church was a former Holy Church stronghold at Reien Academy, protected by an exorcism barrier that Dead Apostles could not enter normally.
• Arcueid and Altrouge sensed no Dead Apostle Ancestors inside, leaving them to wonder whether the Church was cooperating with the White-Winged Duke or had been infiltrated.
• Roland led the group into the church, where a concealed enemy opened fire with a rotating six-barreled weapon.

Ciel attacked Roland with her modified Seventh Holy Scripture, but Arcueid and Altrouge Brunestud emerged unharmed after taking the barrage head-on. Roland confronted Ciel about the Burial Agency’s plan and learned that Kishōin Kiga had devised it.

• Ciel fired her Gatling-form Seventh Holy Scripture at Roland, then stepped through the shattered partition when the weapon ran empty.
• Roland appeared beside Ciel without her noticing, while Arcueid and Altrouge Brunestud stood unharmed after enduring the gunfire.
• Ciel realized the intelligence that the True Ancestor sisters would arrive injured was false, and Roland deduced that the Burial Agency had joined forces with vampires against him.
• Ciel admitted the plan was wrong but remained determined to carry it out, even after Roland reminded her of his connection to Roa’s death.
• Ciel told Roland that the Burial Agency’s third member had devised the plan and identified her as Kishōin Kiga.

Roland confronted Kiara Sessyoin’s role in the Church’s plan and learned that Narbareck intended to attack him and the princesses. After Altrouge struck Narbareck, an otherworldly presence split open the sky, which Roland identified as a Stand.

• Roland recognized Kishōin Kiga as Kiara Sessyoin and questioned Ciel about her involvement in the Church’s plan.
• Ciel revealed that Kiara had proposed the plan, while Narbareck had chosen and organized the Burial Agency’s participation.
• Narbareck explained the Church’s longstanding goal of eliminating Altrouge and Arcueid, then admitted she wanted to mutilate them and Ciel for pleasure.
• Altrouge used her power to make Narbareck explode into blood, but Narbareck emerged unharmed.
• Cracks opened across the night sky, and Roland identified the manifestation as a Stand.

Narbareck used the Stomach World Scripture and six Dead Apostle principles to summon Gabriel, hoping to kill Roland and the vampires. Gabriel emerged as a Blonde Girl and ignored Narbareck, rushing into Roland’s arms.

• Narbareck revealed the Stomach World Scripture and summoned a doppelgänger, while Altrouge and Roland challenged her plan.
• Narbareck and Ciel used the principles of six Dead Apostle Ancestors to power a ritual that trapped Altrouge and Arcueid beneath Ciel’s magic.
• Narbareck declared that the ritual would summon Gabriel and claimed Roland’s existence was part of it.
• Roland recognized Gabriel and remained confident despite Narbareck’s attempt to make the angel attack indiscriminately.
• Gabriel emerged from the Light Cocoon as a Blonde Girl, ignored Narbareck’s commands, and rushed into Roland’s arms.

Vam Fem waited for The Dark Six ritual to grant him the power of a new primate, while the Black and White Knight refused to join him. Just as he reached for the red radiance, Crimson Moon appeared, killed him, and asked why he did not bow after seeing the future.

• Vam Fem used polar motion to repel the Black and White Knight's attacks and tried to persuade them to abandon Altrouge Brunestud.
• The Black and White Knight rejected Vam Fem's offer and vowed to remain loyal to Altrouge Brunestud and oppose him.
• Vam Fem sensed The Dark Six's power gathering and declared that he would rule over the new era.
• An unseen attacker decapitated Vam Fem, and his body crumbled into ash as he recognized Crimson Moon.
• Crimson Moon looked upon Vam Fem without emotion and asked why he did not bow after seeing the future.

Aoko Aozaki fought Blackmore as Crimson Moon’s resurrection approached and the scarlet moonlight spread across the world. After Blackmore’s apparent sacrifice, Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg arrived to answer Aoko’s pointed remarks.

• Aoko Aozaki watched the battle from Misaki Town as the allied forces gained the advantage over the Dead Apostles.
• Blackmore attacked Aoko with his flock, but she used the Fifth Magic to destroy the birds and seemingly erase him.
• Aoko realized Blackmore had sacrificed himself to delay her as scarlet moonlight spread across the earth.
• Aoko sensed that Crimson Moon’s influence threatened the planet and potentially the parallel worlds, then said Zelretch would have to handle the crisis.
• Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg appeared before Aoko and complained that she was dumping everything on him.

Aoko Aozaki recruited Zelretch to stall ORT while she handled the battlefield, and their exchange revealed that she considered Roland her boyfriend. As the battle continued, Crimson Moon finally appeared before Roland and asked him to put down his sword and become her husband.

• Zelretch admitted that his power had declined since becoming a Dead Apostle and agreed to stall ORT instead of fighting Crimson Moon.
• Aoko teased Zelretch about her boyfriend, then blasted him with a Magic Cannon after he insulted her.
• Zelretch fled toward ORT, while Aoko turned her attention back to the battlefield and wondered where Crimson Moon had gone.
• Crimson Moon appeared before Roland beneath the red and white moons and asked him to put down his sword and become her husband.

After Roland broke Narbareck’s mind and the Night of Wallachia dissipated, Crimson Moon revived and confronted him directly. She revealed that she seriously wanted Roland as her husband and had come to join his family rather than fight it.

• Roland tormented Narbareck until her mind broke, and the completed Night of Wallachia dissipated.
• Roland prepared to descend on the battlefield after Crimson Moon revived, but she came straight to face him.
• Altrouge Brunestud and Arcueid reacted to Crimson Moon, while Altrouge challenged her claim that she wanted Roland.
• Crimson Moon explained that her new power and ambitions had changed her perspective and that she wanted Roland as her companion.
• Crimson Moon told her daughters she would make concessions and had come to join them, not tear them apart.

Crimson Moon proposed joining Roland and his companions, but Roland refused in order to honor his promise to Altrouge Brunestud. The True Ancestor sisters attacked Crimson Moon, and she revealed her resolve to tear apart the false starry sky.

• Crimson Moon asked Roland to accept her as a partner, while Altrouge Brunestud struggled with her mother's proposal.
• Roland refused Crimson Moon because he had promised to support Altrouge Brunestud's pursuit of becoming Tsukihime.
• Arcueid and Altrouge Brunestud attacked Crimson Moon, whose authority let her reshape reality and counter their initial assault.
• Altrouge Brunestud wounded Crimson Moon, but Crimson Moon retaliated against both sisters and prepared to turn her attention to a more important enemy.
• Crimson Moon declared her thousand-year wish to tear apart the false starry sky as the stars and cosmic space began to disintegrate.

Crimson Moon explained that she was using the nascent Sixth Magic to draw other universes into a cosmic cataclysm, then sent Arcueid and Altrouge Brunestud away to face the Ultimate Ones so she could confront Roland alone. She created a second moon and sent it falling toward Earth, but Roland revealed that Killer Queen had already touched it.

• Arcueid explained that Crimson Moon was using her connection to the Root and the Sixth Magic to pull other universes into their own and consume the cosmos.
• Roland distinguished Crimson Moon’s borrowed authority from a true boundary, while Crimson Moon admitted her power was an incomplete imitation of True Magic.
• Crimson Moon immobilized Arcueid and Altrouge Brunestud with her Rainbow Mystic Eyes, then displaced them into space toward the Ultimate Ones.
• Crimson Moon told Roland she intended to fight him alone and pulled a full-scale second moon into space to send it crashing toward Earth.
• Roland dismissed the falling moon as a rock and revealed that Killer Queen had already touched it.

After defeating Crimson Moon and taking the embryo of the Sixth Magic, Roland went to the Moon’s far side to confront Kiara Sessyoin. He found her asleep within a sea of flowers, and {Shiki} explained that Kiara had realized she should serve Roland.

• Roland defeated Crimson Moon, removed the embryo of the Sixth Magic, and hurled her toward Altrouge Brunestud and Arcueid.
• Roland decided to deal with his remaining enemies and traveled to Kiara Sessyoin’s hidden base on the Moon’s far side.
• Roland broke Kiara’s simulated world and crossed a sea of manjusaka flowers that filled him with overwhelming pleasure.
• Roland found Kiara Sessyoin asleep and discovered that she was genuinely unable to awaken.
• {Shiki} appeared and told Roland that Kiara Sessyoin had realized she should serve him.