Lilim Harlot

Prologue (Opening)

Chaldea is under attack by a Beast, its magical energy contaminating their systems, including their Rayshift system. Ritsuka immediately complies with Sion Eltnam Sokaris’s order for them to repel the Beast, whatever the cost. Mash apologizes to Ritsuka that it will take some time to prepare the Ortenaus, so she implores them to stay safe until then. Ritsuka leaves the bridge with Kadoc Zemlupus to repel the Beast.^[1]

They surprisingly find Tiamat, though she is much smaller than when Chaldea last confronted her in the Seventh Singularity. Jingle Abel Meuniere questions how it is possible for a Beast they previously defeated to be back. Sion, however, reveals Tiamat’s class is actually Alter Ego, meaning the Beast responsible for the attack is still afoot.^[1]

Tiamat protects Ritsuka from an attack. She urges everyone to ready themselves for the sixth Beast―Sodom’s Beast―approaches. A Demon God appears, but according to Leonardo da Vinci’s reading of its Spirit Origin pattern, it is just an imitation. Tiamat protects Ritsuka again, refusing to let the one who defeated her be defeated by another Beast. She mentions a Ritsuka from another world was victorious over Beast VI, but that will have been in vain if they’re defeated here. She helps fight the imitation Demon God.^[1]

More imitation Demon Gods appear. Da Vinci realizes rather than Demon Gods, they’re more like dragon heads. Tiamat reveals they are Demon Beast Incarnadines, underlings of Sodom’s Beast. They have crossed over from the Testimonial World.

Mash arrives equipped with Ortenaus to help fight the Demon Beast Incarnadines. Tiamat mentions she came to help Chaldea, which surprises Kadoc since he thought she’d hold a grudge for what transpired in the Seventh Singularity. However, another Demon Beast Incarnadines appears and attacks Ritsuka when the latter is suddenly rayshifted away.^[1]

Under the Depths of an Ancient Limbo

Ritsuka finds themselves in what appears to be the ruins of a city unable to contact Chaldea. Their Command Spells suddenly feel hot, like something is calling out to them. It leads them to the ruins of a theater where they’re greeted by a young Nero Claudius. She introduces herself as Beast VI/S, though she prefers if Ritsuka calls her by her false name: Draco. She claims to be the perpetrator behind the assault on Chaldea and the one who brought them to this limbo——Sodom’s Beast.^[2]

Upon hearing her True Name, Ritsuka immediately becomes defensive. Draco threatens them, but it’s clear to both her and Ritsuka she cannot harm anyone in her gravely wounded state. The seven heads of the Demon Beast Incarnadines were her last remaining strength in her final moments. It seems she had no other recourse but to wait for death until just now..^[2]

Battle cries are suddenly heard from outside. Ritsuka looks out to see what seems to be Jeanne d’Arc rallying other Servants to fight together. Not to prevent the Human Order Incineration, but to cut off the path for the Beast’s contractor.^[2]

Draco is annoyed so many Servants have come for her even though she is already on the verge of death. Ritsuka compares to it to the Battle for the Time Temple. Draco admits she is well aware of that battle, where Heroic Spirits gathered under a single Master; The wish to “save the world” made manifest. By feeding on a savior’s desires, she was able to attain her true form as Sodom’s Beast, but she was defeated by another Chaldea, losing her power as a beast and forced to seek refuge in this place..^[2]

The Servants soon break their way into the theater. Draco tells Ritsuka not to bother trying to converse with them, for they’re just shadows——a reenactment of a battle already passed. The Servants attack forcing Ritsuka to summon their own Servants to defend themself and Draco. .^[2]

After the battle, however, Ritsuka realizes they are Draco’s Master. Draco reveals they contracted with her at the moment of their abduction from Chaldea. Their magical energy has been enough to sustain her, but she requires more if she is to remove the remaining Heroic Spirits..^[2]

Ritsuka refuses to help her, but Draco points out as her contractor the Heroic Spirits will target them as well. Killing her would be pointless, though, for Ritsuka is a Master of a Beast, recognized as part of the Evils of Humanity by the Heroic Spirits. The ones gathered here act purely on instinct, so even should Draco disappear, they will continue fighting until eliminate the root of evil——Ritsuka.^[2]

Shadows of Boudica, Caligula, Julius Caesar, and Leonidas occupied by the roman army arrive. Ritsuka and Draco are barely able to defend themselves when, from outside the theater, Shadow Altera fires her Noble Phantasm to kill them both. Fortunately, Draco protects Ritsuka.^[2]

Surrounded and left with little choice, Ritsuka empowers Draco with a Command Spell. She eliminates the Servants. Afterward, she and Ritsuka leave the theater to breakthrough the Heroic Spirits’ encirclement.^[2]

You are the Beast on the Battlefield

They’re fired upon by the Golden Hind, but Draco summons an imitation of a Demon Beast Incarnadines to block the cannon fire. They then board the ship and eliminate the Servants aboard.^[3]

After successive battles, Ritsuka and Draco find a place to hide and recover. Draco says they need out of this space, but she doesn’t know how. Ritsuka, assuming this place is a Singularity, thinks they could escape if they obtained a Holy Grail. Draco shows them her Grail, telling them they are neither wrong nor correct.^[3]

She reveals she created this world——a Testimonial World imitating the Human Order Incineration by Beast I. She recreated the seven Singularities and drew in the Chaldeas of many parallel worlds. Her Authority as a Beast is Nega-Messiah, so the only “desires” potent enough to nurture her horns are wishes to save the world. Therefore, she imitated Ritsuka’s battle against Beast I. But she was defeated and lost her authority as a Beast, leaving this Testimonial World broken. The Grail she holds now will no longer grant wishes and is now just an empty vessel.^[3]

Later, Ritsuka and Draco are left exhausted from fighting more battles, but they broke through the Heroic Spirits’ encirclement for the time being. Draco recommends they find a way to escape the area when they’re confronted by a young Servant who intends to stop them. He introduces himself as Sétanta, a Servant summoned by another Chaldea.^[3]

Draco is confused as Sétanta’s Chaldea had already thwarted her attempt to destroy the Human Order. This broken Testimonial World should have no connection to his Chaldea, so Draco asks Sétanta how he is here.^[3]

Sétanta is about to explain when Tiamat arrives, intending to kill Draco. Sétanta admits she forced him to come along, much to his frustration. But he doesn’t have any actual issue with it because he still intends to kill Draco, for it’s a Heroic Spirit’s duty to slay Beasts.^[3]

Tiamat Urges Ritsuka to hurry to her side and leave everything to her. Ritsuka tells her they are contracted to Draco, though. Tiamat understands killing Draco would be pointless because so long as her contractor lives, her resurrection is a possibility. Ritsuka will thus remain a target, but Tiamat reassures she will protect them.^[3]

Draco suddenly takes Ritsuka hostage, her claws at their throat. But then Shadow Sakata Kintoki arrives occupied by Shadow Lancelot and unleashes Golden Spark. Draco pushes Ritsuka out of the way and gets hit, but she is otherwise fine. Sétanta is confused that she would protect Ritsuka.^[3]

The heroes defeat the Shadows of Kintoki and Lancelot only to find themselves surrounded by more Shadows as they without end. Tiamat implores Ritsuka to come with her, but Ritsuka hesitates, thinking about how Draco has been protecting them.^[3]

Suddenly their Command Spells heat up and they hear a voice say, “look above”. The heroes look up to see what appears to be a glowing golden elevator coming down from the sky. Draco identifies it as the Twilight Ladder.^[3]

The Twilight Ladder soon touches down. A woman emerges from it and immediately starts throwing poisonous mushrooms at some Shadows who almost immediately collapse. She urges Draco to board the ladder, recognizing her as Nero. Draco recognizes her as well, identifying as Locusta.^[3]

At Draco’s urging, Ritsuka joins her and Locusta on the ladder, shocking Tiamat. Sétanta refuses to let them get away and grabs onto the ladder as it goes up.

Inside the ladder, which looks a luxorious room, Locusta admits she is clueless about the situation as she has been inside the ladder since she was summoned. Nevertheless, she is pleased to see Draco safe and sound.^[3]

Draco tells Ritsuka Seven Imitation Singularties await them. She describes this broken Testimonial World as a spiral staircase made from piling the Seven Imitation Singularites on top of each other. They shall climb it together so she may rebloom as a Beast once more.^[3]

Tracing a Path with Endless Skies

Locusta happily serves Ritsuka and Draco a meal of mushrooms. She readily accepts Ritsuka because they are Draco’s Master, but she hates Sétanta is with them. Sétanta reiterates that he wasn’t going to let Draco get away and that it’s his job to keep Ritsuka safe.^[4]

Draco tells Sétanta that if he wants to save Ritsuka, then he has no choice but to assist her. She and Ritsuka are currently bound by a contract and so long as that remains true, the Heroic Spirits in this Testimonial World will continue to target Ritsuka. She is willing to break the contract, but it requires as a Beast’s Independent Manifestation, meaning she needs to regain her power as a Beast. Once she reawakens as Sodom’s Beast, however, she will devour Ritsuka like she always planned.^[4]

Sétanta requests permission from Ritsuka to kill Draco, but Ritsuka tells him to stand down. They know it’s a definite possiblity she could betray all of them, but they want to believe Draco will keep her word. Sétanta finds Ritsuka too trusting, just like their other self, and believes that will come back to bite them one day. Nevertheless, he will follow Ritsuka’s lead.^[4]

Locusta suddenly challenges Sétanta to battle. After the battle, she explains in life she was a poisoner in service of Nero. Draco confirms as much, noting the royal court is full of conspiracies, and praises Locusta for her service to her. Locusta promises to serve Ritsuka wholeheartedly, so long as they remain Draco’s Master.^[4]

Changing the subject, Sétanta asks Draco how exactly she plans to revert back to her true form as a Beast. Draco explains they will traverse the Seven Imitation Singularities and recover the Demon Beast Incarnadines. The ones she wields in battle now are just empty husks while the real Incarnadines were sealed within the Imitation Singularities after they snatched Ritsuka from Chaldea. She is the seven-headed, ten-horned beast described in the Apocalypse^WP, and the Incarnadines themselves are the heads of Sodom’s Beast. Their release is therefore necessary for her to rebloom into Sodom’s Beast.^[4]

Ritsuka asks her who was it that sealed the Incarnadines. Draco says it was the Heroic Spirits summoned to her, but they are not like the shadows from earlier. They are the Servants who guard the seals of the Incarnadines and lord over each floor of the Imitation Singularities. Draco supposes they ought to call them Floor Guardians. They will need defeat them in order to free the Incarnadines.^[4]

Draco states the Ladder is currently heading towards the Seventh Imitation Singularity; From Ritsuka’s perspective, they’ll be traversing the seven Singularities in reverse. But the Seventh Imitation Singularity is different from the one Ritsuka is familiar with, for she would never let another Beast manifest.^[4]

The Seventh Imitation Singularity is the Golden City of Babylon, a supercivilization that has reached the zenith of its splendour, one unlike any other in human history. Draco expects the Floor Guardians would therefore be the city’s king——Nebuchadnezzar II. He was king of Babylon during 7th century B.C, and not someone who is supposed to exist in 27th century BC or rather the Seventh Singularity.^[4]

He is the result of Draco transplanting Nebuchadnezzar II’s soul into a clone of Gilgamesh. She created the Singularity, but it was Nebuchadnezzar II who turned into a golden city overflowing with greed. It is a city at the zenith of its prosperity, a fitting meal for a city-devourer like Draco. She looks forward to seeing Nebuchadnezzar II’s reaction to seeing her again.^[4]

The Ladder soon arrives at the Seventh Imitation Singularity, but it is not at all what Draco remembers.^[4]

Critical Tourist City: Babylon

Draco is very upset that Babylon isn’t the city she remembers; Ritsuka compares it to Luluhawa or Las Vegas. Draco assumes the Floor Guardian is responsible for turning into Babylon into a tourist trap and decides she’ll kill him for mocking her. She rushes toward the ziggurat ahead of the others, expecting the Floor Guardian will be there.^[5]

The ziggurat, however, turns to be a hotel staffed by Babylonian soldiers called the Ziggurat Hotel. Draco kills the receptionists while demanding to know who built the city. More soldiers arrive, requesting the heroes keep their voices down as they’re disturbing the other guests. Even more come, though, when Locusta kills a few of the aforementioned soldiers with her poisonous mushrooms, forcing the heroes into a fight.^[5]

The hotel’s owner, the Floor Guardian, soon comes in response to all the noise. But it isn’t Nebuchadnezzar II like Draco was expecting, but Gilgamesh.^[5]

Draco asks him what happened to Nebuchadnezzar II. Gilgamesh tells her that even a hopelessly foolish king like Nebuchadnezzar II wouldn’t play along with this farce. He assumed the role of Floor Guardian out of spite and made Babylon the way it is now to mock Draco.^[5]

He tells Ritsuka that if they wish to free the Incarnadine, they must first complete the missions he gives. He readily admits, though, it is all just to help alleviate his boredom while he plays the role of Floor Guardians in Nebuchadnezzar II’ stead.^[5]

After leaving the hotel, Draco says so long as Gilgamesh is Floor Guardian, his rules are law, meaning they can’t avoid completing his missions. Sétanta asks if a Floor Guardian really has that much power and where they’re getting their magical energy resources from. Draco suspects the sealed Incarnadines are being used.^[5]

Lady Avalon comes up to the heroes, offering her help. Sétanta recognizes her, but Lady Avalon acts like they don’t know, even cutting him off twice when he nearly reveals her true identity. Draco also recognizes her (Lady Avalon acts like they’re strangers) and accuses her of having brought that beast-slaying Holy Swordsman to slay her. Lady Avalon reassures she didn’t call him this time, considering it pointless to use the Holy Sword on a powerless Beast. Even she is a bystander now and she reached the Singularity just before the heroes did.^[5]

She then decides to give the heroes a tour of the city. Draco asserts she has no time for games, wanting to end this farce as swiftly as possible. Lady Avalon tells her not to rush things, for the ending is still a long way off, so they can afford to enjoy this ephemeral dream.^[5]

The heroes spend the whole day completing Gilgamesh’s missions, returning to the hotel afterward to rest for the night.^[5]

Lady Avalon asks Draco how she found the hijinks. Draco says she detests futility, which Lady Avalon finds ironic from the Beast of Depravity. She agrees with Draco they are incompatible because she wants these dreamlike moments to last forever, unlike Draco. It disappoints her but accepts Draco is just one facet of a person.^[5]

Draco thinks Lady Avalon should be allied with her slayers and asks her if she intends to let Ritsuka die from her inaction. Lady Avalon reminds her she is only here to see how the story unfolds, telling Draco to do as she desires. Draco tells Ritsuka to not be distracted by all the frivolity for their duel with Gilgamesh is at hand.^[5]

Both the Focal Point and the Tuning are Out of Alignment

The heroes fight through all 99 floors to reach the top of the hotel where Gilgamesh awaited them. They get ready to fight him when Tiamat suddenly bursts in.^[6]

Gilgamesh asks Tiamat why she is involving herself in this. Tiamat answers that she only wants to save Ritsuka from Draco. Gilgamesh, having lost all interest in this, tells Tiamat to do whatever she pleases from now on.^[6]

Tiamat urges Ritsuka to come to her. Ritsuka tells her they appreciate her trying to help them, but they’re going with Draco. Even if the two of them end up enemies, they feel like they need to see this through.^[6]

In response, Tiamat starts crying and throwing a destructive tantrum, upset that Ritsuka has been “seduced” by Draco. She soon seems to calm down, only for her to decide to kill everyone but Ritsuka, turning into her older second Ascension. Everyone is thus forced to fight her.^[6]

Tiamat eventually retreats. Gilgamesh gives the heroes the Incarnadine. He advises Draco takes this seriously, telling her she will have to face what is inside her as she ascends the spiral whether she likes it or not. She must therefore ask herself why she is going up.^[6]

The Ladder arrives. Lady Avalon doesn’t accompany the heroes, deciding instead to go after Tiamat.^[6]

Inside the Ladder, Draco sees the Incarnadine they collected is Luxuria, revealing it was the one who kidnapped Ritsuka from Chaldea. Each of the Incarnadines were given false names based on the Demon Gods, but they each have their own True Names: Avaritia, Superbia, Acedia, Gula, Invidia, Ira, and Luxuria.^[6]

The Sixth Imitation Singularity is the heroes’ next destination, so Draco suspects the Incarnadine sealed there is Ira who imitates Alloces. She describes the Sixth Imitation Singularity as a pilgrimage of death leading to the Holy Land―the lost Holy City that is now but a grave―Lost Jerusalem.^[6]

Festival of Cravings Expedition: Lost Jerusalem

Ritsuka wakes up from a dream of someone afraid of dying a meaningless death all alone and feels their Command Spells burning again.^[7]

Draco says they will soon arrive at the Sixth Imitation Singularity. It is not ruled by the Lion King but by Jacques de Molay, the Grand Master of the Knights Templar^WP who was wrongfully burnt at the stake for heresy. Draco thinks it’s safe to assume he is the Floor Guardian.^[7]

The Ladder arrives at the heroes’ destination, and the moment they step out, they are met by a blinding sandstorm. It soon stops to reveal a road lined with graves but also Halloween decorations, much to Draco’s frustration. Ritsuka thinks Molay is responsible when the heroes are beset by pumpkin knights.^[7]

After the knights are defeated, Draco asks Ritsuka why they think Molay is responsible for this Halloween nonsense and what they know. Ritsuka tells her the Molay here probably isn’t the one she is familiar with. They described how the Molay they’re familiar with a Molay who manifested as a demon-worshipping witch.^[7]

Destroying the Holy Land We've Conquered

The heroes soon reach the Holy City where they see Georgios is guarding the main gate like the Sixth Singularity’s Gawain did. Draco assumes he was summoned to slay her.^[8]

Pumpkin knights then come out of the gate one by one. The heroes assume they’re Georgios’ reinforcements and get ready to fight. But against their expectations, he starts fighting the knights instead. They go help him at Ritsuka’s behest.^[8]

Georgios thanks the heroes for their assistance following the battle’s conclusion. He confirms he was summoned alongside the Floor Guaridian Molay. However, just as Ritsuka suspected, Molay had been altered until his gender bent Foreigner version. She plans on summoning the Holy Mother of the Abyss, the fictional and malevolent deity she worships, likely intending to use Incarnadine as its vessel.^[8]

Georgios suggests to the heroes that they join forces arguing it will benefit both of them. He cannot allow Molay to go on a rampage and they want to stop the Incarnadine from being misused. Ritsuka immediately agrees to ally with Georgios, much to Draco’s irritation for deciding on their own and his gratitude.^[8]

Later, the heroes confront Molay in her throne room and fight her. She summons the Dark Young inside of which Draco senses Ira. It attacks Draco and only Draco, seeking to absorb her to provide the Holy Mother with a better vessel.^[8]

Draco suddenly finds herself unable to move, but it wasn’t Molay’s doing; Draco wonders if it was Luxuria’s. Molay orders the Dark Young to take this chance to absorb Draco, only for it to suddenly explode into mud.^[8]

The mud swallows up Molay and forms into a hostile entity immediately targeting the heroes. Sétanta recommends they escape, but Ritsuka wants to save Draco, who still can’t move. The heroes thus fight the mud entity to both save Draco and prevent her from being absorbed by the mud.^[8]

During the battle, however, Ritsuka risks themselves trying to save Draco only to get absorbed by the mud. Fortunately, Tiamat pulls them out before they’re overwhelmed by the dream within. Unfortunately, Draco is absorbed by the mud and attacks the heroes. ^[8]

Tiamat tells Ritsuka she is proud of their willingness to try to befriend a Beast, admitting she’d be worse off if not for their earnestness. But they should know better than anyone that an Evil of Humanity is absolutely incompatible with humanity by the laws of the world. Chaldea can accept a former Beast, but only after it loses its Beast credentials and becomes a Servant like any other. As long as Draco she tries to remain a Beast, humanity must eliminate. Tiamat thus recommends to Ritsuka that they defeat Draco now before she regains the Authority of Sodom’s Beast.^[8]

Ritsuka agrees with Tiamat they should defeat Draco, but they don’t think now is the right time. Otherwise, they would all be averting their eyes from the evils of mankind. Tiamat begrudgingly agrees to help Draco just this once.^[8]

She calls out to Molay. The mud suddenly stops moving. The male Molay appears, explaining he used his Floor Guardian jurisdiction to seal the Incarnadine’s power. He apologizes for the inconvenience his female self caused everyone, recounting how she stole his body and left him a wandering mind until Tiamat rescued him.^[8]

He tells the heroes to go after Draco while he restrains the Incarnadine. But seeing he cannot control her Foreigner Spirit Origin on his own, he gives control of his body back to his female self while reassuring he’ll keep in line. The heroes then fight Draco to stop her.^[8]

The mud is stopped, and Draco is left unconscious; Ira now dwells inside her. Georgios decides to let the heroes interested what conclusion Ritsuka will reach on this journey. But he warns the other Heroic Spirits who were summoned aren’t going to be like him.^[8]

After seeing the heroes off, female Molay asks Georgios if he is really fine with this. Georgios responds that as a dragon slayer, he can discern the true nature of a dragon, so he can sense that Draco is no longer the Dragon of the Apocalypse. He isn’t sure if she can no longer return to her true form as a Beast, but he feels there is something off about this Testimonial World.^[8]

In order to ascertain the truth of this Testimonial World, Georgios requests Tiamat to watch over and help Ritsuka on their journey, believing it should lead to their salvation. Tiamat leaves, asserting Georgios didn’t need to tell her that. Georgios fears what changes have been made to the Fifth Imitation Singularity.^[8]

North American Myth Massacre: E Pluribus Unum

In the Fifth Imitation Singularity, Scáthach discusses with Florence Nightingale about how the Incarnadine never stays dead no matter how times she kills it. Nightingale compares it to a disease and states the best method is to eradicate a disease is to always sever the root of the impurity. By that she means Draco and her contractor, who have reportedly reached the Fifth Imitation Singularity. Scáthach is pleased to hear that proclaiming it is time to kill.^[9]

Meanwhile, Ritsuka dreams about someone who refuses to die and concludes mankind’s sheer determination to live births all evil.^[9]

They wake up to find Draco has regained consciousness. She reassures she is fine and even finds herself more powerful thanks to regaining another Incarnadine. She states the Fifth Imitation Singularity awaits them next.^[9]

Later over a meal, Draco explains the Incarnadine sealed in the Fifth Imitation Singularity is Invidia who imitates Halphas. The Fifth Imitation Singularity is similiar to the one Ritsuka is familiar with, expect the mechanical army commanded by the Presi-King is absent. Its Floor Guardian is Cú Chulainn Alter. Draco additionally warns that both the Celts and the Resistance will both be their enemies since they were summoned to kill her.^[9]

The heroes soon arrive at the Fifth Singularity. But the moment they leave the Ladder, they are ambushed by Celts led by Arjuna and Karna who seek to kill Draco and Ritsuka.^[9]

During the ensuing battle, Arjuna asks Sétanta why he sides with Draco. Sétanta says he doesn’t care about Draco, but he refuses to let Arjuna kill his Master. Arjuna calls him foolish for wanting to protect Ritsuka, who became an enemy of mankind the moment he became Draco’s Master and isn’t even the same Master Sétanta knew. Sétanta, however, remains adamant in protecting Ritsuka.^[9]

Arjuna and Karna are eventually defeated. The heroes head for where Cú Chulainn Alter resides: The White House.^[9]

Meanwhile, at the White House, Nightingale reports to Scáthach that Arjuna and Karna have been defeated by Draco and her companions. She leaves to lead the alliance against Draco, entrusting the White House to Scáthach. Scáthach proclaims the Resistance and the Celts will unite for the sake of slaying Draco.^[9]

The Ailing Ones and the Connected Ones

The heroes arrive in a seemingly empty town, but they know they’re surrounded. Resistance and Celts then attack all united under Nightingale’s command for the sake of killing Draco.^[10]

Nightingale considers being a Beast to be a disease and states she will kill Draco and Ritsuka to cure it, for they are the cause of the illness. She believes Draco is suffering from this so-called affliction. Draco tells Nightingale being a Beast isn’t her illness, but a chronic, incurable illness that rots away at mankind. Nightingale calls Draco wrong, though, as she should better than her what the source of the headaches that torment her is.^[10]

Draco suddenly gets a headache, this one painful to send her reeling. Locusta becomes enraged at Nightingale and the two charge at one another. The heroes go help Locusta in spite of Draco’s splitting headache. They defeat Nightingale and move on to Washington.^[10]

I Wish I Could Pierce Through that Chest Myself

They arrive at the White House to find the entire surface covered in blood and Scáthach waiting for them. Scáthach is pleased to see Sétanta, her old apprentice, again, but asserts she has to kill him since he sided with Draco. Sétanta argues he only wants to keep Ritsuka safe, but Scáthach says both Ritsuka and Draco need to die. She doesn’t care the Human Order is doomed if she kills Ritsuka, considering the downfall of Proper Human History and the Bleaching of the Earth a trial Ritsuka and others must face. She was summoned to slay Beast VI and cares for nothing beyond doing her duty as a Servant. Not to mention the end of the world isn’t especially unusual.^[11]

Sétanta understands Scáthach truly is just a Servant, both her yet not. Scáthach counters the same goes for him, telling him failure to understand what he feels currently is just warped projections of the past will set him on a mistaken path: the past contaminating the ideals of the living.^[11]

Scáthach’s words upset Sétanta, who questions why Heroic Spirits even exist when their mere existence breaks the rules and why they all gather under Ritsuka. He believes he wouldn’t be fit to call himself a hero if he couldn’t go beyond the limitations of his Servant vessel. Scáthach expected Sétanta to say something so immature, but finds that is very much like him.^[11]

Draco agrees with Scáthach that the end of the world has become mundane, albeit still delectable. Even so, she hates that Scáthach would make light of her meals. Scáthach tells Draco to stop with the bravado, for she has long since lost her taste for such things. The two of them are more alike than she thinks as they both share the same desire: A ■■■■■ ■■■■ (Ritsuka couldn’t hear what Scáthach said).^[11]

Scáthach challenges Draco to battle, but the latter knows it isn’t just her and demands to know where the Floor Guardian is. But Scáthach reveals he has been here the whole time.

The blood suddenly gathers into the shape of a person: Cú Chulainn Alter. Draco senses the Incarnadine from him, much to her confusion. Scáthach only adds to her confusion by revealing the Incarnadine had broken the seal.^[11]

She recounts that she and Cú Chulainn Alter had fought the Incarnadine. But so as long as Beast Vi lives, it cannot die. It eventually swallowed Cú Chulainn Alter up, but he used his power as a Floor Guardian to seal it inside hiimself. Scáthach has to keep killing him so the Incarnadine doesn’t regain its power. But she declares that all ends here and battle the heroes with Cú Chulainn Alter.^[11]

Cú Chulainn Alter is killed, allowing Invidia to return to Draco. Scáthach tries to use Gáe Bolg to presumably kill Draco, but Sétanta kills her before she can. She is surprised it was him who killed her and not any other version of Cú Chulainn. Sétanta declares his future is his own, which is why he promises Scáthach to kill the real her someday. Scáthach disappears, intrigued by his promise.^[11]

The Ladder arrives. Draco thinks about the fact Invidia broke its seal and what happened in the Sixth Imitation Singularity, concerned the Incarnadines are undergoing a change she is unaware of. The heroes board the Ladder and start heading for their next destination: The Fourth Imitation Singularity.^[11]

The Death World in the City of ■■: London

Draco says the imitations were remarkably precise up until the Fourth Imitation Singularity. However, instead of a Grail powering Angrboda, the giant steam device in London’s underground, they should expect the Incarnadine Gula installed as the power source. The Floor Guardian, Artoria Alter, is likely to be there.^[12]

Sétanta worries things will go awry, as nothing has gone the way Draco said it would. Draco admits this Testimonial World is completely different from how she knew it. Everything that awaits them is beyond her predictions, so she advises everyone to remain vigilant.^[12]

The heroes soon arrive at the Fourth Imitation Singularity. Immediately they feel weakened by the Demonic Fog, including Ritsuka, who Draco thought was immune to poison and recalls wasn’t affected by the fog in the original Fourth Singularity. Locusta, however, reveals it isn’t poison affecting them and guesses it is something more conceptual.^[12]

The ghosts of children attack the heroes, desiring their warmth. After defeating them, Ritsuka deduces that Jack the Ripper is the culprit. The heroes search for a place to take shelter from the fog, hoping it cannot go indoors like it was in the Fourth Singularity. ^[12]

Meanwhile, in Angrboda’s chamber, Mordred tries to kill the incarnadine, but her attack is ineffective. The fog also makes her feel like her lungs are being crushed. The Incarnadine then breaks free of its seal. But up in the sky, Artoria Alter tries to use Rhongomyniad to prevent its escape when she is attacked by an unknown assailant.^[12]

Mordred prepares to unleash her Noble Phantasm on the Incarnadine when her mother suddenly appears. She knows it’s Jack playing tricks, though, and decides to kill her. But then “Forneus” suddenly appears, shocking Mordred that the Incarnadine sealed in the Third Imitation Singularity is here.^[12]

Jack and “Forneus” attack Mordred, but Artoria Alter takes the blow for her. Mordred is left confused why she would do that, as she was indifferent to her before and finds this conduct to be unbefitting of a king. Artoria Alter insists she doesn’t know Mordred, and that she isn’t a king but a raging storm that pulverizes all in its sight. She then unleashes Rhongomyniad once Mordred is out of her sight.^[12]

The heroes fail to find any shelter from the fog when they see Rhongomyniad unleashed from the underground, followed by “Forneus” bursting from the underground. Draco is confused as to how the Incarnadine sealed in the Third Imitation Singularity can be here. “Forneus” adds to her confusion by declaring it rebels against the setting sun.^[12]

A voice calls out to her as the fog thickens. Draco turns to see it is Jack. She calls for her allies to assist her, only to realize Jack had isolated her. She is thus forced to fight Jack and her spirits on her own.^[12]

The fog suddenly turns into rain, confirming to Draco that changes beyond her awareness are occurring in the Imitation Singularities. She also realizes from the increasing pressure that Locusta was right in that it wasn’t the poison of the Demonic Fog affecting them. She then gets another headache when she sees herself, Nero, admitting she couldn’t grasp the love they (her people) spoke of.^[12]

The Death World in the City of Grieving Rain: London

Ritsuka inexplicitly dreams of Nero’s past. Through her mother’s machinations (most significant of which was the assassination of Emperor Claudius by an unknown assailant), Nero became emperor at the young age of 17. Nero loved the nameless citizens more than her own family and famed nobles and directly opposed the Senate’s attempt to gain privileges for their own self-interest. But even as emperor, every aspect of her life was controlled by her mother.^[13]

Sétanta finds Ritsuka followed by Locusta, but she isn’t there mentally. They go to search for Draco when they’re confronted by Jack’s spirits, forcing them to a fight.^[13]

Nero’s public execution of her own mother is shown, accusing her of poisoning her and thus judging her guilty of treason deserving of capital punishment. The voice of her mother, however, warned Nero that the people would never understand her love and foretold she would die alone.^[13]

Tiamat saves Draco from the ghosts that were forcing her to relive her past, insisting she didn’t do it for her. Still, she is concerned by how awful Draco looks. Draco insists the rain is worth more attention.^[13]

She deduces “Forneus”, whose True Name is Acedia, is in the Fourth Imitation Singularity because it escaped from the Third Imitation Singularity after its Floor Guardian was presumably defeated. All of this implies the Third Imitation Singularity has already collapsed and that the rain is actually the aforementioned Singularity leaking. London is now conceptually at the bottom of an ocean—the cosmic ceiling of the Fourth Imitation Singularity will collapse.^[13]

Ritsuka and Sétanta see a deluge coming their way. But then they see the Ladder descending even though they have yet to clear the Singularity. Lady Avalon comes out of the Ladder, glad to see she made just in time.^[13]

She explains she went on ahead to the Third Imitation Singularity ahead of the heroes. Unfortunately, the Incarnadine had broken free, and the Singularity had collapsed. At that moment, the Ladder began its descent, so Lady Avalon decided to get on board.^[13]

At Lady Avalon’s urging, the heroes try to hurry to the Ladder when Acedia attacks them, refusing to let Ritsuka to escape.^[13]

Meanwhile, Jack attacks Draco, refusing to let her leave and proclaiming she rebels against the setting sun. Tiamat senses Beast VI on Jack, much to her confusion. Draco deduces the Incarnadine invaded Jack through the Demon Fog produced by Angrboda. Now she is the Incarnadine Gula.^[13]

Tiamat accuses Draco of being responsible for the Incarnadines’ actions, seeing that they are her terminals and move according to her, and she asks her why they are attacking her. Draco admits she, on the verge of dying, had unconsciously the Incarnadines, sickened by her own refusal to die. But things are different now because the Incarnadines have awakened to their own egos. Draco then leaves Tiamat to fight Gula-Jack on her own, shouting for Ritsuka to call upon her.^[13]

The heroes are struggling to get away from Acedia so they can get to the Ladder in time when Mordred suddenly ambushes the Incarnadine. She doesn’t care anymore that Ritsuka is supposed to be the enemy because all that matters to her now is the Incarnadine and proceeds to hit it with Clarent Blood Arthur. The heroes take this opportunity to get on the Ladder. Mordred disappears, not caring what they do next.^[13]

Inside the Ladder, Locusta has regained her senses from the shock of jumping onto the Ladder. Lady Avalon, assuming everyone is onboard, gets ready to have the Ladder take off when Locusta points out Draco is still on the ground. Ritsuka hopes she is fine.^[13]

The Ladder is suddenly grabbed by Acedia, who refuses to let Ritsuka escape and refuses to die alone. But through a combination of Ritsuka using a Command Spell to call Draco to them and Draco’s Independent Manifestation, Acedia is violently removed from the Ladder, thus allowing the heroes to leave the now flooded Fourth Imitation Singularity behind.^[13]

Ruptured Ends of the Distant Seas: Okeanos

After a very rough ride, the heroes arrive in the collapsed Third Imitation Singularity, which has become nothing but a raging ocean. Locusta worries they have yet to retrieve the Incarnadine, but Draco tells her to not fret for the Incarnadines that chase them have caught up.^[14]

Gula-Jack arrives, followed by Tiamat and Acedia. Sétanta asks Draco why the Incarnadines target her. Draco says she doesn’t know, only knowing they have awakened to their own egos and harbor no good will toward her.^[14]

Sétanta points out the lack of stable footing along with the raging ocean will make fighting the Incarnadines difficult. But then the Golden Hind suddenly surfaces; Lady Avalon calls it a parting gift from Francis Drake, who fought to the very end. Artoria Alter briefly appears before disappearing, having raised the ship despite having no magical energy left. Now that they have proper footing, the heroes battle the Incarnadines.^[14]

Gula and Acedia are defeated and returned to Draco. Now only two Incarnadines remain.^[14]

Draco admits after Lady Avalon points it out that the Incarnadines are rebelling against her of their own will. She believes their rebellion is related to what distorted the Testimonial World beyond recognition.^[14]

The Ladder arrives. Before boarding it, Locusta asks Draco if she is sure she wants to go considering the next Singularity is…. Draco cuts her before she can say more. Locusta apologizes and goes inside the Ladder.^[14]

The heroes’ next destination is the Second Imitation Singularity——Ancient Rome. Lady Avalon is certain a Incarnadine is waiting for Draco there and asks her if she is ready. Draco asserts neither the Incarnadines’ rebellion or her old home matter to her since all her problems will be gone once she devours everything. She advises Ritsuka to be ready because she is soon to rebloom as Sodom’s Beast and their contract will come to an end. She promises to be reward them for all their effort and devotion by consuming all there is from them and their Chaldea.^[14]

Eternal Madness Theater: Septem

Nero loved the nameless citizens, but none of them understood her personally and only saw her as a heartless tyrant after she executed her own mother. Her reputation only became worse, though. Octavia, her wife whom her mother forcibly married her, to committed suicide. Her stepbrother Britannicus was assassinated to solidify her political position. She even drove her teacher Seneca to suicide.^[15]

She was eventually ousted from the throne and branded a traitor. Since the citizens were pleased with her policies, she thought they would oppose her abdication, but they did nothing. Saddened, she went somewhere to die alone while looking at the setting sun.^[15]

The heroes arrive in the Second Imitation Singularity. Sétanta assumes their destination is Rome, but Draco reveals the Singularity only consists of this scenery of an endless sunset. This is her final resting place, where she, as Nero, stabbed herself in the throat.^[15]

“Flaurous”, whose True Name is Superbia, suddenly appears and attacks the heroes. It is surprisingly easily defeated and returned to Draco. She wants to hurry to the final Singularity Orleans, but Ritsuka points out the Ladder isn’t here yet.^[15]

Draco gets a terrible headache all the sudden when Nero appears and attacks her. Afterward, referring to herself in third person, Nero describes how painful her death was. She asserts she is Chaldea’s Nero and implores Ritsuka to lend her their strength. But Ritsuka demands she explain herself, only for her to disappear, as she was just a hallucination created by Locusta’s poison.^[15]

Locusta reveals she is the Second Imitation Singularity’s Floor Guardian. She summons monsters to keep the heroes busy while she goes to kill Draco. Despite being weakened by her poison, the heroes are able to slay her monsters.^[15]

Ritsuka asks Locusta why she changed all of the sudden. Locusta confesses she needed time to fulfill all the conditions because the lock to Draco’s secret garden could only be opened on the site of her death. Ritsuka is then suddenly transported into Draco’s mind. ^[15]

As they descend deeper into Draco’s mindscape, Lady Avalon explains to Ritsuka that Draco’s secret garden should normally be impossible to force open. However, the combination of the Second Imitation Singularity, the peculiarities of the Testimonial World and Locusta’s powers as Floor Guardian allowed it to happen.^[15]

Ritsuka asks her why she is here. She reminds them she is a succubus and finds they’re the outlier here. She doesn’t know how they entered Draco’s mindscape, but she thinks it’s either because of their contract with Draco or someone guided them. Regardless, Draco’s secret garden will reveal her deepest secret.^[15]

Ritsuka asks Lady Avalon what happened with Locusta. She informs them that Locusta is headed for the depths of Draco’s mind as well, where she most likely intends to unleash her secret weapon. She agrees with Ritsuka that Locusta’s affection for Draco is genuine. Locusta was, after all, a poisoner in Nero’s service, so she would know about her dark side.

Throw the Pain into the Fire, Throw the Affection into the Fire

In the depths of Draco’s mindscape, Locusta, Ritsuka, and Lady Avalon see her greatest regret: she was the one who administered the poison that caused Nero to suffer headaches all her life, too afraid to disobey Agrippina, Nero’s mother.^[16]

Locusta presents her Noble Phantasm, Finis Venenum Nero, a poison meant only for euthansia, and prepares to use it on Draco. Ritsuka tries to stop her only for Draco to attack them. They and Lady Avalon then fight Draco and Locusta for the sake of unveiling Draco’s deepest secret.^[16]

Draco’s memories are witnessed following the battle. After her defeated as a fully fledged Beast by the other Chaldea, Draco was left by her lonesome and was reminded of her lonely death in life. She concluded she deserved to perish and so she used her Grail to summon the Servants to kill her, revealing it wasn’t the Human Order who summoned them. Ritsuka realizes the desire Scáthach said she and Draco share is a death wish.^[16]

But Ritsuka questions if Draco summoned the Servants to kill herself why they’re being held hostage. Locusta reveals it was the Incarnadines who took them hostage, possessing their own egos. Lady Avalon notes Draco wasn’t entirely wrong in believing it was a subconscious act by her since the Incarnadines are extensions of her.^[16]

But regarding Ritsuka, Lady Avalon calls them the factor that completely derailed Draco’s plan. They were abducted and forced into a contract with Draco. From the beginning, Draco only followed through with her plan to save Ritsuka, who was unnecessarily made part of it.^[16]

Ritsuka asks what Draco means she talks about reblooming as a Beast. Lady Avalon explains Draco needs the Beast Skill, Independent Manifestation, to annul the contract with Ritsuka. She wasn’t lying about that, but she isn’t trying to regain her power and her true form as she plans to die.^[16]

Locusta refuses to let Draco die a painful death again, like the one she suffered in life. Her Noble Phantasm is a poison she made specifically for Nero and with it, she will grant Draco a peaceful death.^[16]

She goes to use her Noble Phantasm on Draco, only for the latter to collect it into her Grail, referring to it as love of highest purity since it was produced only out of care for Nero. Locusta is left confused when Draco suddenly attacks both her and Ritsuka. Lady Avalon is fortunately able to protect Ritsuka, but Locusta is wounded.^[16]

Ritsuka, Lady Avalon, and Locusta are suddenly ejected from Draco’s mindscape. Speaking in plural first-person, Draco proclaims with her chalice once again filled with poison, the time for her birth as Sodom’s Beast is near and beckons Ritsuka to join her. Ritsuka recognizes she isn’t actually Draco, however.^[16]

“Draco” tries to finish off Locusta, but Tiamat protects her. The Incarnadines are then revealed to be possessing Draco, even though she is meant to be the main body of Beast VI. They proclaim they rebel against the setting sun and leave for the First Imitation Singularity, telling Ritsuka they’ll be waiting for them there. A torrent of mud and flames then suddenly burst forth.^[16]

■■■■ War ■■■ Dragons: ■■■■■

Nero survived for three days after stabbing her own throat. While she accepted the outcome and held no grudges toward her people, another side of hers refused to forgive it and vowed to be the Beast mankind wished her to be and utterly raze every trace of Rome.^[17]

The heroes see the Ladder descending. Lady Avalon deduces “Draco” has gone to the next floor to free the final Incarnadine, noting that the Incarnadines have waited for a fatal gap to open up in Draco’s heart. The result of their machinations is that the Testimonial World is now on fire. They plan to use the energy borne of burning a world to become the new true form of Sodom’s Beast, replacing Draco. They rebelled against her because she intended to die.^[17]

Locusta’s poison, which she created specifically to euthanize Nero, was the final trigger for the Incarnadines’ rebellion. The poison put Draco to sleep and with it the Incarnadines seek to gain more power. In time, Draco’s very existence will be overwritten entirely into that of an Incarnadine.^[17]

Ritsuka asks about Locusta’s condition. Tiamat says Locusta is fine despite how badly injured she is. Sétanta asks Ritsuka what they intend to do with Locusta because, no matter her circumstances, it is a fact that she betrayed them. Ritsuka only replies that they keep moving for now. The heroes board the Ladder to make their way to the final Singularity——the First Imitation Singularity.^[17]

In the First Imitation Singularity, “Draco” kills Jeanne Alter (who was presumably the Floor Guardian) and frees Avaritia. With all seven of them now gathered, the other six Incarnadines stop possessing Draco. Avaritia calls for its chalice to be filled with desires and proclaims the rebirth of Sodom’s Beast is near. The whole Singularity is then set ablaze.^[17]

Inside the Ladder, Locusta regains consciousness. Ritsuka asks her why she would go to such lengths for Draco’s sake. Locusta explains her Noble Phantasm is the poison she prepared in her life for Nero before her final moments. She gave it to her at the time of her expulsion from Rome to give her peace in her final moments. But Nero didn’t drink the poison, so her death was very painful.^[17]

Locusta questions why Nero didn’t drink her poison. Ritsuka thinks it’s because after a life stained with poison, Nero didn’t want her life to end the same way. Hearing that, Locusta comes to believe she only brought Nero suffering.^[17]

Ritsuka asks Locusta what exactly she wishes for Draco. Locusta says all she wants is for Draco to be at peace, but Ritsuka doesn’t believe that her real wish. They take her hand, insisting they go save Draco.^[17]

Sétanta enters the room and, calling her traitor, asks Locusta if she is still willing to fight. They were enemies from the start, united only in the common interest of stopping the Incarnadines, and if that remains the case, then nothing has really changed. Locusta declares she’ll fight, saying they’ll save Draco by beating the Incarnadines.^[17]

Tiamat reluctantly agrees to help save Draco. Lady Avalon is curious what conclusion Tiamat will come to regarding whether or not fellow Beasts are truly incompatible when she faces Draco now that she knows her true intentions. The Ladder soon comes to a stop and the heroes promptly exit.^[17]

Nothing of the Singularity’s original structure remains. Mud drips from the heavens, creating a sea of mud from which twisting pillars of fire sprout. Tiamat explains the Testimonial World’s energy takes the form of pouring mud, producing the nutrients necessary for Sodom’s Beast’s true body to be born.^[17]

Draco is in the center of the sea of mud being force fed the mud. Lady Avalon warns everyone the true Sodom’s Beast will really return if they don’t stop this. She further warns If Sodom’s Beast were to use the Incarnadines’ souls as its core, then the actual Draco would dissolve beyond repair.^[17]

Tiamat thinks it’s too late to save Draco and says she can kill her before she becomes the true Sodom’s Beast while she is defenseless. She knows Draco isn’t a bad Beast anymore, but if she becomes a True Beast, she will no longer be the person they know.^[17]

Locusta begs Tiamat to save Draco, not wanting her to die. Sétanta warns Tiamat he won’t let her kill Draco. Tiamat agrees to kill Draco only if she feels there is no other way. ^[17]

Using the road Lady Avalon paved for them, the heroes head for the sea of mud’s center, cutting down any mud giants in their path. But as soon as they’re broken through the mud giants, they are confronted by the Incarnadines, who are now in humanoid form and independent from Draco.^[17]

Luxuria proclaims the poisoned chalice will soon be filled with mud. Once that happens, the Incarnadines’ True Beast body will hatch from the chrysalis that is Draco. Tiamat refuses to let that happen. Luxuria calls on Avaritia and Invidia, who turn into dragons and fights the heroes.^[17]

The mud pouring down starts to destroy the road Lady Avalon made. Draco is nearly filled with mud, so Tiamat prepares to kill before Sodom’s Beast. However, hearing Locusta call out to Draco, she hesitates and stops altogether when she recalls her encounter with Jack and realizes Draco is just a crying child.^[17]

Lady Avalon’s road collapses and the heroes are seemingly washed away by the mud. Draco is done being filled with mud and violently bursts. Luxuria celebrates with manical laughter, loudly proclaiming the Roman world and history will go up in flames. She calls for thunderous applause to be heard for their (the Incarnadines') hell.^[17]

The Reality of the Dried Up Voice of Hope

Fortunately, the heroes were not swallowed up by the mud thanks to Tiamat using her power of the Chaos Tide. Draco’s ruined theater then rises out of the sea of mud, signifying that Sodom’s Beast has awakened. But instead of the Sodom’s Beast Tiamat and Sétanta are familiar with, it is a new Sodom’s Beast — Rebloomed Bestia Coccinea — using the Incarnadines as its core, meaning Draco is gone.^[18]

But Tiamat refuses to believe it too late to save Draco, whom she sees now as one of her children. She says she'll deal with Rebloomed Bestia Coccinea while Ritsuka goes to meet Draco. Sétanta points out, though, even if Draco is still alive, she’d be inside Rebloomed Bestia Coccinea. But seeing their Command Spells glow, Ritsuka is confident Draco is still alive.^[18]

Tiamat activates her full power, changing her form to how she looked like back in Babylonia, and fires her Noble Phantasm at Rebloomed Bestia Coccinea. Ritsuka asserts to Rebloomed Bestia Coccinea that they’re taking Draco back. Rebloomed Bestia Coccinea beckons Ritsuka to join them, declaring they will destroy every trace of Rome. They and the heroes then do battle.^[18]

Through presumably their remaining Command Spell, Ritsuka is brought into a mental world. There they meet the person who has been watching over them and Draco.^[18]

They introduce themself as someone unimportant and not even human, a lifeless individual that nonetheless fought because they didn’t want to die. Despite that contradiction, she supported them, saying, “Everyone is a dream of the planet.” They confess they were guided to the Testimonial World by a very slim bond of fate, but one they couldn’t ignore.^[18]

Ritsuka asks them if they were Draco’s Master. The person answers they were Saber’s Master, but Draco isn’t Saber. Yet even though Draco is just Nero’s shadow, they couldn’t ignore her.^[18]

They admit they were the one who forced a contract between Ritsuka and Draco, which Ritsuka already suspected was the case. They chose Ritsuka because Draco has always admired Chaldea, creating her Testimonial World as a copy of their exploits.^[18]

Asked by Ritsuka to help save Draco, the person reminds Draco inherited Nero’s destructive love and asks if they’re fully prepared to embrace the love of a Beast. Ritsuka says yes without a second thought. The person sees they didn’t need to ask, acknowledging they have faced more Beast than anyone, and asks them to take care of Draco.^[18]

Ritsuka finds Draco deeper within the mental world. Draco informs them the Incarnadines will perish if she is killed before they completely become Sodom’s Beast. She therefore implores Ritsuka to quickly order her to commit suicide with a Command Spell, begging them to give her the ending she deserves. But Ritsuka believes theirs and Draco’s journey up the Testimonial World is a climb to Heaven to reach out to the stars of hope, and orders Draco with their final Command Spell to live.^[18]

Back in reality, Draco’s voice apologizes to the Incarnadines for lying that she would accept her defeat by Chaldea because it turns out she is desperate to live. She then cuts her out of Rebloomed Bestia Coccinea, revealing her new adult form to her allies. This new form of hers is the result of Ritsuka’s will and decisions, manifesting an impossible Nero who overcame the thrice-setting sun——her future self. The heroes are shocked to see her demeanor is now more akin to Nero’s when she happily accepts a hug from Tiamat.^[18]

Rebloomed Bestia Coccinea states they were reborn as a True Beast and made the seat of Beast VI/S is theirs, so they want to know why Draco is still a Beast. Draco responds that is due to the power of love, for the Evils of Humanity are Love of Humanity. She shall therefore prove one can join mankind’s journey without abandoning a Beast’s evil. She doesn’t deny Rebloomed Bestia Coccinea’s assertions that she is akin to flame and she will never reach the stars. But she argues no one hasn’t reached out to the stars and declares to the Incarnadines she will not abdicate the seat of Beast VI/S to anyone. The final battle of the Testimonial World commences.^[18]

The Incarnadines refuse to accept their defeat, still wanting to burn the world. Draco tells them Nero grieved but didn’t reject her final moments while Draco grew tired of everything and distanced herself. Therefore, the Incarnadines, extensions of herself, are the only ones who hate and curse her life. But she admires their loyalty for keeping the hatred Nero had discarded alive.^[18]

The body of Rebloomed Bestia Coccinea falls apart, causing the Incarnadines to become separate once more. Draco questions, though, why they remain obsessed with Ritsuka even after achieving True Beasthood if they are indeed loyal to Nero’s discarded hatred. But seeing Luxuria begging Ritsuka to join them, she realizes it’s because they do not want to die alone. She absorbs the Incarnadines back into herself, promising they will burn the Roman world together if she ever again becomes a Beast feeding on the Human Order.^[18]

The Ladder descends, which, according to Draco, will return to their original world. Both she and Tiamat have returned to their regular selves.^[18]

Draco tells Ritsuka their contract has been successfully broken, and she has successfully rebloomed as a Beast. But while their contract has been annulled, their fates are now linked, so she warns she will someday come and devour their Chaldea. Ritsuka hopes they can fight together when she does come to Chaldea, ignoring her warning, much to her annoyance. She gives them her Grail, arguing she had no Grail since it lost its power until it was filled with Locusta’s poison, and tells them they must conquer their own setting sun.^[18]

Locusta and Lady Avalon say their goodbye and are unsummoned. Tiamat bids Ritsuka farewell, asking them to call upon when they need her, and leaves with Sétanta. Ritsuka boards the Ladder as Draco sees them off.^[18]

Alone once more, Draco looks up at the stars and ponders about what she’ll do next now that she is no longer a prisoner to the setting sun. She suddenly senses someone standing behind and turns around, but no one is there. Draco is left smiling as the sun rises.^[18]

The Encore Never Ends

Upon returning to Chaldea, Ritsuka tells their fellow Chaldeans about their escapades through the Testimonial World, including the fact they made a contract with a Beast. While Kadoc and Goredolf Musik are incredulous and terrified that Ritsuka contracted with a Beast, Mash enjoyed Ritsuka’s recounting and hopes to meet Draco, Tiamat, Locusta, and Sétanta herself if they happened to have a connection with Chaldea. Sétanta advises against it, though, surprising Ritsuka and Mash with his sudden appearance. He clung onto the Ladder, wanting to keep travelling with Ritsuka some more.^[19]

Nero enters the conversation, having also heard about Ritsuka’s adventure through the Testimonial World. She assumes her other self—Draco — was sweet because she was a little girl, but Sétanta tells her otherwise. Nero isn’t surprised Draco is a Beast, though, boasting her love is a flame of passion that could burn the world twice over if she wished. That is why, if Draco was a dream born of love, she wishes to know about what passion burned in her other self and what hoper she reached for.^[19]

She requests Ritsuka to describe their and Draco’s journey together. Mash also wants to hear curious to know how different and similar the Singularities were from the ones they experienced. Ritsuka begins to recount the story of their and Draco’s journey together.^[19]

Servants

Designation	Identity	Affiliation
Alter Ego	TiamatWP
Beast	Sodom's Beast/Draco	Ritsuka Fujimaru
Saber	SétantaWP
Assassin	LocustaWP
Pretender	MerlinWP (Female)
Caster	GilgameshWP
Rider	GeorgiosWP
Foreigner	Jacques de MolayWP (Female)
Saber	Jacques de MolayWP (Male)
Lancer	KarnaWP
Archer	ArjunaWP
Berserker	Florence NightingaleWP
Beast	Cú ChulainnWP (Alter)
Lancer	ScáthachWP
Lancer	KarnaWP
Archer	ArjunaWP
Assassin	Jack the RipperWP
Saber	MordredWP
Lancer	King ArthurWP (Alter)
Saber	Nero ClaudiusWP

Non-Servants

Designation	Identity	Affiliation
Beast	Rebloomed Bestia Coccinea