Chapter Summaries

The group gathered in a white space for a team debate over which king had the grandest vision and was most worthy of the Holy Grail. Qin Shi Huang transformed the empty setting into a magnificent imperial palace as the debate began.

• The system transported the group members into a white space, where Bluebeard attacked Feng Xi with Prelati's Spellbook before Qin Shi Huang stopped it and the system penalized him.
• The system divided the group into teams led by Gilgamesh, Artoria, Iskandar, and Qin Shi Huang, and members chose their sides.
• The system announced that the teams would choose their own arguments about the Holy Grail or kings, with Saint Quartz rewards for the winners.
• Iskandar proposed comparing the kings' visions to decide who was best suited to obtain the Holy Grail, and the other kings agreed to debate.
• Qin Shi Huang changed the white space into a plaza and summoned a vast, magnificent imperial palace.

Qin Shi Huang brought the Masters and Servants into his Reality Marble, a vast recreation of Epang Palace, and began a banquet with the assembled kings. He subdued Gilgamesh with Imperial Privilege and the system’s warning, then served food and wine as everyone took their seats.

• Qin Shi Huang revealed a Reality Marble recreating Epang Palace, astonishing Feng Xi, Zhang Jue, Iskandar, Gilgamesh, and the others.
• Terracotta soldiers marched out and formed guards along the route to the palace hall, where Qin Shi Huang awaited the guests.
• Qin Shi Huang used Imperial Privilege to force Gilgamesh into the rearmost seat and prevent him from standing.
• Feng Xi recognized Qin Shi Huang’s ability as Imperial Privilege and explained how it was strengthened by the Reality Marble and his Ruler skills.
• Gilgamesh prepared to retaliate, but the system warned him that further rule-breaking would bring punishment, so he settled down.
• The teams took their seats, and Qin Shi Huang summoned fine wines and delicacies for the banquet.

Iskandar, Gilgamesh, and Qin Shi Huang shared a banquet before Iskandar and Gilgamesh prepared to fight over the Holy Grail. When Artoria revealed that she wanted to rewrite Britain’s fate, Qin Shi Huang challenged her to accept responsibility for her choices, and she admitted she would make them again.

• Iskandar enjoyed Qin Shi Huang’s strong baijiu, while Gilgamesh offered fine wine from the Gate of Babylon and boasted about his treasury.
• Iskandar asked Gilgamesh about his wish for the Holy Grail, but Gilgamesh claimed the Grail already belonged to him and said he did not know whether it was in his treasury.
• Iskandar declared that he wanted a physical body and said he would take what he wanted by force, prompting Gilgamesh to agree to fight.
• Artoria said she wanted to save Britain by changing its fate of destruction, and Gilgamesh laughed at her regret over its fall.
• Qin Shi Huang told Artoria that changing the past meant running away from responsibility, and she admitted that she would probably make the same choices again.

Iskandar challenged Artoria’s kingship, arguing that a king should guide and inspire subjects rather than sacrifice herself to them. Lancelot defended Artoria and restored her confidence, and Qin Shi Huang ended the chapter by saying he had no wish as a Ruler.

• Iskandar argued that Artoria had failed to guide her subjects and was bound by an idealized image of kingship, leaving her shaken and doubting herself.
• Qin Shi Huang used a Command Spell to restore the Knight of the Lake’s sanity, revealing him as Sir Lancelot.
• Lancelot admitted responsibility for Britain’s destruction and Gareth’s death, but told Artoria that her knights and people had supported her kingship.
• Lancelot defended Artoria’s way of ruling as one that had once led Britain to glory, and Artoria regained her confidence.
• Iskandar asked Qin Shi Huang about his wish, and Qin Shi Huang said he had none as a Ruler.

The debate ended with Iskandar’s wish judged safer than Artoria’s because changing the past could create a Singularity, giving Iskandar’s team the win. The quiz began its second question with a video of the Tohsaka family discussing Rin’s safety, leaving Sakura saddened by her absence from the family.

• Qin Shi Huang said he had let go of his wishes, while Gilgamesh angrily recalled losing an immortality elixir to a snake.
• Feng Xi declared Iskandar the debate winner, explaining that Artoria’s wish could create a Singularity and that Iskandar’s wish was safer.
• The system awarded Iskandar’s team 10 Saint Quartz and each other team member 5 Saint Quartz.
• The system began the second question and showed Tokiomi Tohsaka telling Aoi Tohsaka and Rin Tohsaka that Rin should leave Fuyuki for her safety.
• Sakura Tohsaka lowered her head after seeing that she was absent from the video, and Rin Tohsaka took her hand.

Rin Tohsaka returned to Fuyuki City after hearing that children were going missing and searched for her friend Kotone. She found Kotone in a basement, where Ryunosuke Uryu appeared behind her with two children.

• Tokiomi Tohsaka gave Rin Tohsaka a magical energy needle after rescuing her from a dangerous book.
• Rin Tohsaka returned to Fuyuki City alone and learned that children had been disappearing, while she could not reach Kotone.
• Rin Tohsaka followed Ryunosuke Uryu through the city, then used the magical energy needle to find a basement.
• Rin Tohsaka found Kotone in the basement and discovered that her friend was unresponsive.
• Ryunosuke Uryu returned with two children and greeted Rin Tohsaka with a kindly smile.

Rin Tohsaka resisted Ryunosuke Uryu's bracelet, destroyed it, and freed the children trapped in the basement. After they escaped and were rescued, Rin left for the station, relieved that Kotone was safe.

• Rin Tohsaka noticed Ryunosuke Uryu's glowing bracelet and tried to take it, but its black mana overwhelmed her.
• Rin Tohsaka regained consciousness, overpowered the black mana, and destroyed the bracelet, injuring Ryunosuke Uryu.
• The children, including Kotone, recovered, and Rin Tohsaka led them out of the basement.
• A patrol car found and rescued the children, while Rin Tohsaka left for the station to return home.

Rin Tohsaka was rescued from a Sea Demon by Kariya Matou, who promised Aoi Tohsaka he would save Sakura. After the quiz revealed the answer to the second question, the group began a final question about who was closest to Iskandar, leaving Feng Xi's group asking him which choice to make.

• Rin Tohsaka fainted after Kariya Matou used insect Magecraft to save her from a Sea Demon.
• Kariya Matou told Aoi Tohsaka that he would rescue Sakura and help the sisters be together again.
• Kirei Kotomine ordered a Hassan to keep monitoring Berserker rather than act against Aoi Tohsaka and Rin Tohsaka.
• The quiz revealed that C was correct, rewarding the correct respondents and deducting Saint Quartz from the others.
• The quiz presented four images for a question about who had the closest relationship with Iskandar, and Iskandar whispered an answer to Waver.
• Rin Tohsaka asked Feng Xi which answer their group should choose.

Feng Xi and the others learned who was closest to the King of Conquerors and correctly chose Hephaestion, Iskandar’s nameless Magecraft double, after El-Melloi II recognized the question’s wordplay. Back home, Feng Xi opened his silver treasure chest and received the Mystic Code-Awakened Will.

• Feng Xi and the other groups debated the choices, and Feng Xi and Iskandar’s allies settled on B.
• The answers revealed Alexander as Iskandar in his youth, Hephaestion as his twin younger sister and Magecraft double, El-Melloi II as his teacher, and Darius III as his lifelong opponent.
• The system declared B correct, rewarded the successful respondents with Saint Quartz, and awarded treasure chests according to their round rankings.
• The system ended the day’s questions, and Qin Shi Huang remained briefly in his Reality Marble before preparing to return to the present world.
• Feng Xi opened his silver treasure chest and received the Mystic Code-Awakened Will, which made its user’s will impossible to shake.

Feng Xi opened his accumulated treasure chests, gaining two Mystic Codes and the True Name Discernment skill, which revealed detailed information about Red Hare and Ishtar. Rin Tohsaka and Ishtar later gave him a Heroic Spirit Summoning Card to support their partnership and reminded him to help them deal with Gilgamesh.

• Feng Xi opened a silver treasure chest and received Gof's Special Cuisine, a Mystic Code that produced a stamina-restoring meal each day.
• He opened a gold treasure chest and received 500-Year Obsession, a single-use Mystic Code that could seal an enemy Noble Phantasm and curse its wielder at the cost of sacrificing a Servant.
• Feng Xi received and activated the True Name Discernment skill, then viewed Red Hare's detailed Heroic Spirit information through a panel.
• Rin Tohsaka and Ishtar visited Feng Xi, and his new skill automatically displayed Ishtar's information.
• Ishtar gave Feng Xi a Holy Grail version of a Heroic Spirit Summoning Card because Rin could not use it, and they reminded him of his promise to help them deal with Gilgamesh.