Chapter Summaries

Tokiomi Tohsaka used an angelic feather as a holy relic and began summoning a Servant in the Tohsaka Residence. The ritual opened a powerful passage to the Throne of Heroes, but the chapter ended before the summoned figure became visible.

• Tokiomi Tohsaka prepared an elaborate summoning circle with costly gemstones while Risei Kotomine and Kirei Kotomine watched.
• Risei Kotomine had lent Tokiomi a feather linked to angels, and Tokiomi chose it over his fossilized snakeskin relic.
• Kiritsugu Emiya, Kariya Matou, and Waver Velvet each prepared their own summoning rituals elsewhere.
• Tokiomi Tohsaka chanted the summoning spell, and the angel's feather dissolved into a pillar of blue-white light.
• The ritual tore open a passage to the Throne of Heroes, and the light engulfed the workshop as a Heroic Spirit descended.

Tokiomi Tohsaka summoned a powerful angelic Servant who awoke in Mayuri’s female form, confused and embarrassed by her body and clothing. She identified herself as Mayuri, or the Angel of Wisdom Cherub, leaving Tokiomi and the Kotomines to face the mystery of what he had summoned.

• Tokiomi Tohsaka watched the summoning circle crack as a winged girl with two eye-covered spheres appeared at its center.
• Mayuri recalled her previous life as an otaku and realized the Fuyuki Greater Grail had summoned her as a Servant.
• Mayuri discovered she had a girl's body and an exposed ceremonial outfit, and her embarrassment left her unable to respond.
• Tokiomi assessed Mayuri as a higher being connected to angels while Risei Kotomine and Kirei Kotomine observed.
• Tokiomi respectfully asked the girl for her name, and she answered that she was Mayuri, or the Angel of Wisdom Cherub.

Mayuri was summoned as Caster in place of the intended Servant, and Tokiomi Tohsaka confirmed their Master-Servant relationship. After agreeing to address each other by their ordinary titles, they headed to the mansion’s reception room to discuss the Holy Grail War.

• Mayuri realized that Tokiomi Tohsaka and Kirei Kotomine were present at her summoning, while her Noble Phantasm, the Thunder Sanctuary, appeared above Fuyuki City.
• Tokiomi Tohsaka declared that they had won the Holy Grail War after learning Mayuri was a Cherub.
• Mayuri asked Tokiomi Tohsaka if he was her Master, and he introduced himself as head of the Tohsaka Family.
• Mayuri proposed that they use the ordinary titles of Caster and Master, and Tokiomi Tohsaka accepted.
• Tokiomi Tohsaka led Mayuri toward the mansion’s reception room after Risei Kotomine and Kirei Kotomine congratulated him and departed.

Mayuri explained her Servant skills and combat limitations to Tokiomi Tohsaka as they discussed how to plan for the Holy Grail War. She revealed that Thunder Sanctuary had a powerful Anti-City attack form, Sword of Blazing Flame.

• Tokiomi Tohsaka reviewed Mayuri’s parameters and asked her to explain her skills and Noble Phantasms.
• Mayuri said she could absorb ambient magical energy and reduce her presence to aid endurance and concealment.
• Mayuri explained that Thunder Sanctuary could switch among lion, human, ox, and eagle forms with different combat support functions.
• Mayuri warned Tokiomi Tohsaka that she was nearly incapable of close-quarters weapon combat and relied on her Noble Phantasms.
• Mayuri revealed that Thunder Sanctuary had an Anti-City attack form called Sword of Blazing Flame.

Tokiomi Tohsaka learned the extent of Mayuri’s abilities and spent three days gathering intelligence on the other Masters before arranging a staged attack on the Tohsaka Residence. As the Holy Grail War was about to begin, Mayuri confronted an individual body of Hassan of the Hundred Faces, preparing to kill her in front of the other factions’ familiars.

• Mayuri told Tokiomi Tohsaka that she possessed Anti-Fortress, defensive, and Anti-World Noble Phantasms, and he promised to keep her out of close combat.
• Tokiomi Tohsaka and Kirei Kotomine used Hassan of the Hundred Faces and the Tohsaka Family’s detection formulas to investigate the other Masters, confirming five participants and leaving two unidentified.
• Mayuri identified Kiritsugu Emiya as the most troublesome opponent because he used methods that ignored the rules followed by traditional magi.
• Tokiomi Tohsaka explained his plan for Mayuri to kill an individual body of Hassan of the Hundred Faces during a staged invasion, displaying her power while making other Masters believe Kirei Kotomine had withdrawn from the war.
• When the residence’s barrier raised an alarm, Mayuri appeared on the roof and watched the disguised Hassan body approach a gemstone core, then raised her hand to attack.

Mayuri destroyed Hassan of the Hundred Faces with a single bolt of scarlet-gold lightning, and witnesses across Fuyuki recognized the attack as a display of overwhelming power. Tokiomi revealed that the apparent victory was meant to give Kirei a reason to withdraw from the Holy Grail War, while the other factions began assessing the strange event.

• Mayuri struck Hassan of the Hundred Faces with scarlet-gold lightning, then let nearby familiars witness her power before returning to Tokiomi.
• Kayneth watched the familiar's footage and noticed his magecraft reactors fluctuate when Mayuri's lightning fell.
• Waver reported Assassin's apparent destruction to Iskandar, who suspected the invasion and attack were staged to influence the other factions.
• A young blond boy at an arcade sensed the power and used Sha Naqba Imuru to identify scarlet-gold lightning, an angelic Spirit Origin, and a Caster-class Servant.
• Tokiomi explained to Mayuri that Assassin's apparent death would give Kirei a reasonable excuse to leave the war, and said they would act on the first official night.
• Kirei formally relinquished his participation in the war and requested the Holy Church's protection; Risei accepted, and watching familiars carried the news to their masters.

Irisviel von Einzbern arrived in Fuyuki City with Artoria Pendragon, who sensed an unseen presence in the sky. Artoria took Irisviel sightseeing before they reached the sea at sunset, while the mysterious presence remained unexplored.

• Irisviel von Einzbern and Artoria Pendragon arrived at Fuyuki City International Airport, where Artoria sensed something pressing down from the sky.
• Artoria escorted Irisviel through Shinto and explained the unfamiliar sights as Irisviel explored the city for the first time.
• Artoria invited Irisviel to look around during the daytime truce, and the two spent three hours browsing the shopping district.
• Irisviel and Artoria went to Fuyuki Port, where Irisviel walked barefoot into the cold water and laughed as Artoria watched.

Artoria accepted Lancer Diarmuid Ua Duibhne’s open challenge and went with Irisviel toward the Fuyuki Port District. Mayuri watched from above as Diarmuid headed there, where the first proper clash of the war was about to begin.

• Artoria sensed a Servant’s fighting spirit and answered the challenge, choosing the deserted Fuyuki Port District as their battlefield.
• Irisviel joined Artoria, and they hurried toward the port as Kiritsugu Emiya’s plan gave him an opportunity to act unseen.
• Mayuri observed Diarmuid Ua Duibhne from the sky and recognized that he was openly seeking an honorable duel.
• Mayuri sensed several other observers watching Diarmuid while she followed him under Tokiomi Tohsaka’s orders to remain concealed.
• Diarmuid sensed Artoria’s response, ran toward the port, and arrived as Fuyuki’s first night began.

Artoria and Diarmuid began an evenly matched duel at Fuyuki’s container terminal, trading powerful sword and spear strikes. Mayuri watched from above and spotted a Hassan of the Hundred Faces body and Kayneth observing the battle.

• Diarmuid recognized Artoria as Saber, and the two exchanged formal greetings before preparing to fight.
• Artoria summoned her silver-and-blue armor and concealed sword, while Diarmuid took up his twin-spears stance.
• Artoria launched a direct attack, and Diarmuid dodged and blocked her first Mana Burst-enhanced strike.
• Artoria and Diarmuid traded a rapid series of attacks and counters, neither gaining an advantage.
• Mayuri watched from the sky with Presence Reduction active and spotted a Hassan of the Hundred Faces body on a gantry crane and Kayneth on a warehouse roof.

Mayuri observed the Masters and Servants converging on the harbor as Saber and Lancer continued their duel. After Kayneth ordered Lancer to use his Noble Phantasm, Diarmuid revealed the red spear’s ability to erase magical defenses, forcing Artoria to discard her armor; Diarmuid appeared to have been waiting for her to do so.

• Mayuri spotted Kiritsugu, Maiya, Gilgamesh, Waver, Iskandar, and the approaching Kariya and Berserker, then relayed the information to Tokiomi.
• Saber and Lancer fought to a stalemate after more than twenty exchanges.
• Kayneth ordered Lancer to use his Noble Phantasm and end the battle quickly.
• Diarmuid removed the coverings from his spears, planted the golden short spear in the ground, and attacked with the crimson long spear.
• The crimson spear dispelled Artoria’s magical defenses, damaging her armor and exposing her sword’s blade.
• Artoria shed her armor to become faster, and Diarmuid recognized that she had done what he had been waiting for.

Artoria and Diarmuid exchanged wounds when Diarmuid used his yellow spear to curse her arm and prevent it from healing. Iskandar intervened with Waver, landed between the knights, and openly announced his identity as Rider, leaving Waver horrified.

• Diarmuid retrieved his yellow spear and wounded Artoria's left arm with a curse that stopped the wound from healing, while Artoria cut his ribs in return.
• Iskandar told Waver he wanted to face Artoria himself, summoned Gordius Wheel, and set out for the docks with Waver aboard.
• Irisviel failed to heal Artoria's arm, and Artoria recognized Diarmuid Ua Duibhne as the knight who wielded the two cursed spears.
• Diarmuid recognized Artoria as Arthur, King of Knights, before Iskandar's chariot thundered into the battle and forced both fighters to retreat.
• Iskandar declared himself the King of Conquerors and Rider in front of everyone, while Waver protested and Iskandar flicked his forehead.

Kayneth discovered that Waver had stolen his holy relic and threatened to kill him, but Iskandar rejected Kayneth as an unworthy Master. Iskandar then called the hidden Servants to reveal themselves, and Gilgamesh appeared while Mayuri struggled to remain concealed and follow her orders.

• Kayneth spotted Waver on Iskandar’s chariot and accused him of stealing the holy relic, threatening to teach him a lesson in killing.
• Iskandar asked whether Waver was afraid, then told Kayneth he would not acknowledge a Master who hid while his Servant fought.
• Diarmuid watched Kayneth’s humiliation but said nothing.
• Iskandar praised Saber and Lancer’s battle and challenged the hidden Servants to gather or face his contempt.
• Gilgamesh revealed himself atop a streetlamp and mocked Iskandar for being noisy.
• Mayuri watched from three hundred meters above the harbor and reminded herself to stay hidden and relay information to Tokiomi Tohsaka.

Mayuri descended into the harbor battlefield and revealed herself to the gathered Servants, while Artoria used Avalon to heal the wound Diarmuid had inflicted. The duel reset with Diarmuid still injured, and the five Servants faced one another in a tense standoff.

• Mayuri recognized Artoria from the anime she had watched in her previous life, received Tokiomi Tohsaka’s permission, and descended while keeping her strength concealed.
• Mayuri canceled her Spirit Form and Presence Reduction above the battlefield, revealing herself to Artoria, Diarmuid, Iskandar, Waver, and Gilgamesh.
• As the others watched Mayuri, Artoria retreated to Irisviel and activated Avalon through their contact, fully healing her cursed left-arm wound.
• Diarmuid recognized Avalon’s power and realized his injury-for-injury tactic had been undone, while Iskandar and Gilgamesh showed interest in the Noble Phantasm.
• Kayneth watched the duel’s advantage disappear, and the harbor confrontation shifted into a standoff among five Servants.

A black-mist knight appeared in the harbor district and attacked Mayuri, but she effortlessly crushed its thrown weapon without moving. Mayuri began channeling magical energy from the Thunder Sanctuary as the knight continued to target her.

• Artoria, Diarmuid, Iskandar, Gilgamesh, and Mayuri faced off in the harbor district as a wave of pure madness approached from the southwest.
• A black-mist knight emerged and fixed its red-eyed gaze on Mayuri.
• The knight tore out a streetlamp, infused it with Mystery, and hurled it at Mayuri.
• Mayuri stopped the weapon in midair and crushed it with an invisible force.
• Mayuri sent magical energy through her connection to the Thunder Sanctuary above Fuyuki City.

Mayuri's Lion Form fought Berserker at the harbor while the other Servants watched, and Tokiomi Tohsaka realized the battle was revealing too much about the Thunder Sanctuary. Berserker swung a corrupted steel cable at Lion Form as the fight continued.

• Mayuri summoned the Thunder Sanctuary in Lion Form and sent it charging at Berserker while she rose to forty meters.
• Berserker resisted Lion Form's attacks, used Knight of Owner to turn scraps of metal into weapons, and fought with highly refined skill despite his Mad Enhancement.
• Mayuri failed to reveal Berserker's class skills or parameters through the Holy Grail System, while Artoria, Diarmuid, Iskandar, and the young Gilgamesh watched the battle.
• Kirei Kotomine reported the fight to Tokiomi Tohsaka, who decided the battle could not continue because it exposed Mayuri's abilities and the Thunder Sanctuary's forms.
• Berserker rose from the wreckage with a steel cable in hand and swung it at the Thunder Sanctuary like a flail.

Mayuri’s battle with Berserker ended when Kariya Matou could no longer supply him with magical energy, and the remaining Servants withdrew from the harbor. The next morning, Mayuri realized Kiritsugu Emiya had not attacked Kayneth’s hotel as she expected, suggesting the Holy Grail War’s events had already diverged from the original story.

• Berserker escaped into spirit form as Kariya Matou’s body failed and his magical energy supply dwindled.
• Mayuri called off Thunder Sanctuary’s attack, and Archer, Diarmuid, Kayneth, Iskandar, and Waver left the harbor.
• Artoria and Irisviel departed the ruined docks after the harbor battle ended.
• The next morning at the Tohsaka Residence, Mayuri recalled that Kiritsugu Emiya should have bombed Kayneth’s hotel on the first night.
• Mayuri confirmed no hotel had been demolished in Fuyuki and concluded that the story had changed.

On the second night of the Holy Grail War, Irisviel took over supplying Artoria with mana, greatly strengthening Saber. Artoria then attacked the Matou Family Residence with Excalibur, destroying its insect bounded field and sending the blast into the house.

• Tokiomi told Mayuri to hold position and preserve the Tohsaka side’s information advantage.
• Kiritsugu transferred Artoria’s mana supply to Irisviel, whose abundant mana filled Saber’s Spirit Origin.
• Irisviel and Artoria went to the Matou Family Residence on Kiritsugu’s orders to eliminate Kariya and Berserker as potential threats.
• Artoria stopped roughly 120 meters from the residence and materialized Excalibur without concealment.
• Artoria used Mana Burst to send a wave of light into the Matou bounded field, destroying it and continuing toward the residence.

Artoria destroyed the Matou mansion with Excalibur and fought Berserker through the surrounding streets, overwhelming him with Mana Burst. Kariya protected Sakura amid the ruins and vowed to keep her safe as the battle continued.

• Artoria's strike demolished the Matou mansion, while Berserker used a torn-out wall as a Noble Phantasm shield to protect Kariya Matou and Sakura Matou.
• Kariya used a Command Spell to restore Berserker's power and ordered him to tear Artoria apart.
• Artoria intercepted Berserker and repeatedly battered him with Mana Burst-enhanced attacks, driving the fight several streets away and depleting his energy.
• Kiritsugu Emiya and Maiya Hisau had evacuated nearby residents, leaving the battle zone largely clear of civilians.
• Kariya sheltered with Sakura beneath rubble, reassured her, and vowed to protect her as Artoria sent Berserker crashing through a house.

Kariya Matou used a Command Spell to restore Lancelot’s reason, hoping he would use Arondight against Artoria. The chapter ended with Lancelot recognizing his king and abandoning the fight.

• Kariya Matou weighed using his remaining Command Spells to restore Lancelot’s reason and force him to fight if necessary.
• Kariya Matou spent his second Command Spell to suppress Mad Enhancement and restore Lancelot’s reason.
• Artoria noticed the change in Berserker and held back, watching him cautiously from across the ruined street.
• Lancelot recovered his memories, recognized Artoria as his king, and resolved that he wanted her punishment rather than another fight.
• Artoria saw that Lancelot had given up, and the battle fell silent.

Kariya Matou used his final Command Spell to force Lancelot to attack Artoria with Arondight. As Lancelot unleashed his Noble Phantasm, Artoria activated Avalon through Irisviel, leaving the strike about to meet its legendary defense.

• Kariya Matou used his final Command Spell to make Lancelot attack Saber with his strongest means.
• Lancelot summoned Arondight, and Artoria recognized him as Sir Lancelot.
• Lancelot released Arondight-Overload, compressing its power into a devastating strike against Artoria.
• Artoria linked hands with Irisviel and released Avalon, forming layers of golden barriers around them.