Chapter Summaries

Kaede’s second personality briefly fought Beo with rune and earth magecraft before Touko’s delayed hypnosis forced it to retreat. Aoko overcame her hesitation and invoked the Fifth Magic, leaving the world itself to oppose her.

• Kaede’s second personality burned Beo with Sowilo and trapped him in an earth wall, but Touko’s delayed hypnotic magecraft caused Kaede to collapse.
• Beo broke free of the incomplete wall, and Aoko resolved to fight Touko and him rather than flee.
• Aoko recited the Mantra of the Fifth Magic, and Touko chose to witness it despite believing she would lose.
• Kaede woke in Aozaki’s arms as Aoko faced the Red Shadow and decided to proceed despite her fear and confusion.
• Aoko invoked the Fifth Magic, transformed the surrounding landscape, and drew the world’s hostile response as she began to deceive it.

Aoko used the Fifth Magic to transform the clearing and appeared as her future self, then attacked Touko and Beo. As Aoko pursued Touko through the old school building, she passed unharmed through Touko's powerful Rune attack by fixing her subjective axis.

• Aoko transformed the clearing into a sea of white flowers and revealed the future appearance that you had seen before.
• Aoko attacked Touko with Magic Bullets, and Touko recognized her as an Aoko from the future before fleeing into the old school building.
• Aoko wounded Beo with Magic Bullets but left him bound, then agreed not to kill Touko after you asked her to spare her.
• Aoko pursued Touko through the school building as their Magecraft attacks damaged its corridors and workshop.
• Touko unleashed her three Primal Rune replicas, but Aoko charged through the attack unharmed after declaring, “Subjective Axis, fixed.”

Aoko defeated Touko in the old school building, ending the sisters’ hatred, and the two later resumed bickering at Kuonji Residence. Kaede left for the Clock Tower with Touko, after Aozaki warned him to conceal his unusual Magecraft talent.

• Aoko used energy borrowed from her future self to destroy Touko’s rune stones and Magic Crest, then refused to kill her and declared they were done with each other.
• Kaede and Aozaki arrived after the fight, and Touko’s long-standing resentment toward Aoko came to an end.
• The next day at Kuonji Residence, Aozaki told Kaede that his talent suited Age of Gods Magecraft and warned him not to reveal either his inability to use modern Magecraft or his true talent.
• Touko agreed to accompany Kaede to the Clock Tower, where she had business, while Beo stayed behind at the old school building.
• Aoko and Aozaki saw Kaede and Touko off at the airport, and the two boarded a plane for the Clock Tower.

In early 1995, Kaede returned to Kanbuchi City after six years at the Clock Tower and learned that the head of the Ryougi Family wanted him to marry Shiki to bind him to the family. Kaede and Shiki left the proposal undecided, and Kaede continued developing his mysterious abilities and failing to replicate runestones.

• Kaede returned to Kanbuchi City and met Yanagi Akiryu, who drove him to the Ryougi Family estate.
• The head of the Ryougi Family told Kaede he wanted him to marry Shiki, and Kaede asked for time to consider it with her.
• Kaede found Shiki in the snowy courtyard, and she said she could agree to the marriage but did not care either way.
• Kaede told Shiki he wanted to agree but would respect her choice; Shiki put off answering, and Kaede left.
• Kaede examined the fragments of another failed runestone replication and reflected on how his abilities did not fit either modern or Age of Gods magecraft.
• Kaede spent his life back in Kanbuchi City visiting Shiki, experimenting with his abilities, and trying to replicate runestones.

Kaede investigated the murders linked to Shiki and was attacked by Ori, who was acting under the Ryougi Family’s Killing Impulse. After Shiki explained the impulse, Kaede learned that it had become difficult for her to suppress.

• Kaede and Shiki found signs of the third murder in an alley, but Kaede stopped Shiki from entering.
• That night, Ori entered Kaede’s room and attacked him with a dagger, cutting his left arm before fainting.
• Kaede used his right eye to see possible futures, and Shiki woke while he remained unresponsive.
• Shiki explained that the Ryougi Family had a Killing Impulse and that hers had become difficult to suppress.
• Shiki noticed Kaede’s wound, and he dismissed it as minor.

Kaede asked Touko for help removing Shiki’s Killing Impulse, and Touko explained that Kaede’s left Mystic Eye could strip away the related thoughts and memories. Kaede arranged to bring Shiki to Touko in seven days, then returned to find Shiki waiting in Kaede’s room.

• Kaede watched Shiki sleep and resolved to find a way to remove the Killing Impulse, considering Touko and Aoko as possible sources of help.
• Kaede searched Kanbuchi City for the unfinished building from her vision and found Touko there by chance.
• Kaede explained Shiki’s condition to Touko, who said Kaede could use her left Mystic Eye to erase the thoughts and memories tied to the Killing Impulse.
• Touko agreed to supervise the procedure, and Kaede set it for seven days later and promised to pay her if it succeeded.
• Kaede returned to the Ryougi estate and found Shiki waiting in her room, seated by the window.

Kaede brought Shiki to Touko to try removing Shiki’s Killing Impulse with his Mystic Eyes, despite the method’s risks. Touko prepared a practice doll so Kaede could test his ability before attempting it on Shiki.

• Kaede told Shiki that her Killing Impulse might be resolved and arranged to take her to Touko seven days later.
• Kaede and Shiki traveled to Touko’s unfinished building, where Shiki introduced herself as Kaede’s fiancée.
• Touko explained that the available options included sealed Clock Tower magecraft, seeking Aoko’s Magic, or Kaede’s risky Mystic Eyes.
• Touko brought out a doll with a simulated mind and soul for Kaede to practice on, and Kaede placed his hand on its shoulder and closed his right eye.

The narrator learned to manipulate the time of a puppet’s threads, then entered Shiki’s consciousness and erased the thread responsible for her Killing Impulse. Shiki remained asleep afterward, and Touko warned that she might not wake for a month to a year before demanding payment.

• The narrator discovered that puppet threads represented time and learned to transfer time between threads, though only threads that had already lost time could receive it.
• Touko hypnotized Shiki and urged the narrator to act while the hypnosis lasted; the narrator entered Shiki’s consciousness and identified threads belonging to Shiki, Ori, her body, and her third personality.
• The narrator found a red thread connected to the Killing Impulse, extended the time of its connected threads, and erased the red thread.
• Shiki appeared in the void and told the narrator to leave; the narrator returned to the outside world and told Touko the Killing Impulse was resolved.
• Touko said Shiki’s sleep was an aftereffect and that she might wake in a month to a year, then insisted the narrator pay her.

After waking from her coma, Shiki reconciled with Kaede and later discovered she had awakened the legendary Mystic Eyes of Death Perception. Touko explained that the eyes might have emerged after the Killing Impulse was removed and Shiki brushed against death, then began considering ways to conceal them.

• Ori woke in the hospital, feared he had nearly killed Kaede, and admitted he had not wanted to before embracing her and crying.
• Kaede comforted Ori until he fell asleep, then stayed beside him after nearly two months of watching over Shiki.
• The next morning, Kaede met Touko and returned with her to Shiki's room; Shiki woke and thanked Touko.
• Shiki sensed that the Killing Impulse was gone, then began seeing colored surroundings and chaotic threads connected to objects and people.
• Touko identified Shiki's new eyes as the Rainbow-tier Mystic Eyes of Death Perception and warned Kaede that people might endanger Shiki to obtain them.
• Kaede asked Touko how to make Shiki's eyes look normal, and Touko said there were several possible methods.

Touko offered to teach Shiki to control her Mystic Eyes if she joined Garan no Dou, and Shiki accepted. After Shiki’s Killing Impulse disappeared, Kaede used his right eye to glimpse her future but saw unfamiliar memories and a man connected to Touko, leaving him troubled.

• Touko told Shiki that she could learn to control her Mystic Eyes and required her to join Garan no Dou, and Shiki immediately agreed.
• Touko left, and Kaede finished Shiki’s hospital discharge before taking her back to the Ryougi Family estate.
• Shiki told Kaede that her connection to Ori had weakened and the feeling of the Killing Impulse was gone, so Kaede concluded it had been removed.
• Kaede used his right eye to look at Shiki’s future, saw unfamiliar memories and a man he recognized from a photograph in Touko’s workshop, and decided to ask Touko about him.
• Kaede escorted Shiki to her room and kept her eyes bandaged until she learned to control the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.

From July 1995 to May 1996, Kaede and Shiki disrupted Araya Souren’s plans and prepared to confront him at Ogawa Apartment. Before the fight, Kaede told Shiki he would leave for a while afterward, and Shiki insisted he return before she became family head.

• Kaede and Touko discovered that Araya Souren had built Ogawa Apartment as part of a long-running plan, then used Kaede’s right eye to uncover its details, leaving his eye temporarily unable to use its ability.
• Kaede, Shiki, and Touko disrupted Araya Souren’s plans by keeping Mujo Higu out of his reach, handing Shirazumi Rio to the police, and protecting Asagami Fujino.
• Touko learned that Cornelius Alba had come to Kanbuchi and that the Clock Tower had noticed her presence, so she decided to scout Ogawa Apartment and act against Araya Souren soon.
• Kaede went to the Ryougi Family estate with Shiki and asked Yanagi Akiryu to retrieve Kuji Kanesada, which Kaede gave to Shiki as a weapon for the coming fight.
• Kaede told Shiki that he would leave for a while after they dealt with Araya Souren, and Shiki warned him to return before she became family head before shutting her door.

You and Shiki entered Ogawa Apartment to hold Araya Souren back while Touko confronted Cornelius Alba on the opposite side. Araya revealed that Shiki was his target, and the fight left him wounded but still standing as he turned his attention to you.

• Touko split the group, driving to the east entrance to face Cornelius Alba while you and Shiki approached from the west.
• You and Shiki discovered a concealment barrier and suggestive patterns inside Ogawa Apartment, then encountered Araya Souren in the lobby.
• You attacked Araya with Rune Magic, but his layered defensive formulas blocked your spells, and Shiki could not see his lines of death.
• Shiki destroyed two defensive formulas while you obstructed Araya's magical energy, then cut his left arm and struck his neck with Kuji Kanesada.
• Araya caught Kuji Kanesada in his neck, so you used Minor Arcana of Wind to pull Shiki away, leaving the sword behind.
• Araya pulled the sword from his neck and questioned you about the magical energy in your unusual spell.

Kaede and Shiki found a way to bypass Araya Souren’s defensive spell, allowing Shiki to wound him and sever his lines of death. Araya accepted his failure and vanished, leaving Touko, Kaede, and Shiki in the hall.

• Araya Souren’s defensive spells kept Shiki and Kaede from reaching him, while Cornelius Alba was thrown into the hall after his fight with Touko Aozaki.
• Touko arrived with her familiar and told Kaede and Shiki to kill Araya if they could.
• Kaede used delayed Rune Magic to temporarily suppress Araya’s Origin, “Stillness,” and Shiki stabbed him in the chest with Kuji Kanesada.
• Shiki severed Araya’s lines of death, and Araya admitted he had prepared no spare body.
• Touko explained that the collective unconscious was called Alaya-Vijnana, and Araya acknowledged his pursuit of the Root had failed.
• Araya answered Touko’s questions about seeking true wisdom within himself, then vanished from the hall.

Yu Feng woke Rin and prepared breakfast before their planned departure. With Rin still upstairs getting dressed, Irisviel worried that she might not pack in time for their one o’clock flight.

• Yu Feng woke Rin by teasing her, and Rin realized her pajamas had left her shoulder exposed.
• Yu Feng set out freshly made breakfast as Irisviel brought a sleepy Illya downstairs.
• Irisviel asked whether Rin was awake and warned that she might not have time to pack before the flight.
• Yu Feng assured Irisviel that he would handle things, while privately expecting Rin to fall behind as usual.

After Touko left, Kaede admitted to Shiki that he would soon have to go, and the simulation ended as he faced their impending separation. Yu Feng received Kaede Ryougi’s memories and Shiki’s Kuji Kanesada, then began planning to visit the Clock Tower and reunite with Shiki while continuing life at the Emiya residence.

• Touko said goodbye to Kaede and Shiki and drove away, while Kaede told Shiki he would probably leave soon.
• The simulation ended, and Yu Feng learned that Kaede Ryougi had merged with him and that he had received Shiki Ryougi’s Kuji Kanesada.
• Yu Feng realized nearly nine years had passed since he separated from Shiki and resolved to visit Kanbuchi before going to the Clock Tower.
• Yu Feng reviewed Kaede’s Clock Tower rank and achievements, then decided to seek a way to reach the FGO timeline and find Lily.
• Shirou asked Yu Feng to wake everyone for breakfast, and Yu Feng found Rin and Sakura asleep together before ushering them to get dressed.

Rin, Sakura, Irisviel, and Illya were captivated by Emiya’s kotatsu during breakfast before the group went their separate ways. Back at the Tohsaka Estate, Rin told Yu Feng to study the magecraft theory books in the basement, but he doubted they were worth reading.

• Rin, Sakura, Irisviel, and Illya climbed under Emiya’s kotatsu and enjoyed the bread he made while Yu Feng and Shinji ate in the cramped kitchen.
• Yu Feng learned that Emiya had been expelled from school and considered visiting Kanbuchi, but decided not to hurry.
• Irisviel and Illya left, then Yu Feng and Rin returned to the Tohsaka Estate with Sakura and Shinji heading home.
• Rin said she would practice Jewel Magecraft and told Yu Feng to read the magecraft theory books in the basement so he would not embarrass her at the Clock Tower.
• Yu Feng agreed to Rin’s request but decided the Tohsaka Estate’s books were probably not worth reading.

Yu Feng traveled to Kanbuchi and reunited with Shiki, who insisted he stay at the Ryougi estate. The next morning, Ori hinted that Yu Feng’s Origin was connected to his unknown future before taking him out for a walk.

• Yu Feng traveled from Fuyuki to Kanbuchi and followed his memories to the Ryougi Family grounds.
• Yanagi Akiryu recognized Yu Feng and led him to Shiki, who had become the family head.
• Shiki said she knew about Yu Feng’s situation and made him stay at the estate, where they spent the night together.
• The next morning, Ori told Yu Feng that his Origin was “life” and that its significance would become clear soon.
• Ori said she had left family affairs to Akiryu and took Yu Feng out for a walk.

Ori spent a day exploring Kanbuchi with Yu Feng, then visited Mother of Kanbuchi for a fortune reading before deciding to let her remain in the alley. Back at the Ryougi Family estate, Yu Feng learned Touko had called looking for him, and the chapter ended with Ori entering his room.

• Ori and Yu Feng explored Kanbuchi together from morning until dusk.
• Ori led Yu Feng to Mother of Kanbuchi, who told her that her calamity had passed and she was no longer lost.
• Ori decided Mother of Kanbuchi could keep her stall in the remote alley, and she and Yu Feng returned to the Ryougi Family estate for ramen.
• Ori told Yu Feng that Touko had called asking for him, but her number was disconnected, so he decided to wait before investigating.
• Yu Feng considered what might have happened to Touko and reviewed the Clock Tower's departments and factions.
• Ori entered Yu Feng's room, and he initially mistook her for Shiki before Ori identified herself.

Yu Feng returned to Fuyuki and reunited with Rin, Sakura, Illya, and Irisviel at the Tohsaka Estate, where he teased Rin instead of immediately comforting her. He and Rin agreed to leave for the Clock Tower twenty days later, after their graduation and a period of preparation.

• Yu Feng returned to the Tohsaka Estate and found Illya and Irisviel living there with Sakura and Rin.
• Rin greeted Yu Feng sarcastically, while he focused on talking with Sakura and Illya and left Rin waiting for his attention.
• Irisviel took Sakura and Illya out, leaving Yu Feng alone with Rin.
• Yu Feng teased Rin about being angry that he had been away, and she denied it in a flustered, tsundere fashion.
• Yu Feng asked Rin when they would go to the Clock Tower, and they agreed to leave twenty days later, ten days after graduation.
• Yu Feng escaped to the kitchen when Rin tried to confront him, and Rin eventually let him off for the moment.

Yu Feng and Rin prepared to leave Fuyuki for the Clock Tower in London, with Emiya and Shinji joining them. The group departed after a rushed morning of packing, leaving Irisviel, Illya, and Sakura behind.

• Yu Feng woke Rin and helped Irisviel and Illya start breakfast while they discussed the group's London flight.
• Rin rushed downstairs, grabbed Illya's sandwich, and hurried to the basement to pack away her magical books.
• Yu Feng helped Rin store the books, and Emiya, Shinji, and Sakura arrived to see the group off.
• Rin argued that everyone should stop rushing while they finished preparing to leave.
• Yu Feng, Rin, Emiya, and Shinji said goodbye to Irisviel, Illya, and Sakura, then walked out into the sunlight.