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The Reckoning Singularity (清算特異点, Seisan Tokuiten?) is a Singularity manifested upon the whitened world during the Ordeal Call Operation faced by the Chaldea Security Organization. It is located in Florence, Italy and serves as Ordeal Call IV (奏章Ⅳ?) of the Ordeal Call operation.
Setting
Map of the Reckoning Singularity.
The geography of the Singularity is based on how Dante Alighieri depicted Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory in his book, the Divine ComedyWP. Purgatory is divided into seven districts where sinners not bad enough for Hell work to repent themselves of the Seven Deadly Sins and some day ascend to Heaven. Hell is divided into nine circles where the wicked are punished for their sins. Each circle is devoted to a specific sin such as heresy or violence, with the final ninth circle being home to betrayers.
History
Onwards, to the Hour of Judgment
In a dream of the universe’s interior, Mash is told by a familiar figure that she will undoubtedly by chosen for the next Ordeal Call. They warn her not to rayshift, though, saying there is always another way even if she can’t see it at first. As for why she shouldn’t rayshift, it is because the fourth Ordeal Call is both the proof of Chaldea’s sin and an arrow aimed at her heart.[1]
The arrow has flown in Mash’s direction ever since the day she first picked up her shield. It has stopped short of piercing her chest, but after the next Ordeal Call, the arrow will resume its movement and cause her existential death. The coming Singularity will be Mash’s final destination but she needs a final destination to recognizably human.[1]
Mash refuses to accept her final destination is approaching, proclaiming, as Chaldea’s Demi-Servant, she exists escort and support her Master. She doesn’t deny there are Servants more adequate than her for that role, but she wants to finish her role. The figure expected Mash would choose her mission over anything else, despite acknowledging better options, finding it harrowing and contradictory. They only came to warn her, though, and she chose not to heed it.[1]
They prepare to leave the dream when Mash stops them. She is grateful for the warning, but she still can’t afford to reach her final destination anytime soon, so she asks the figure if they have any advice on how not to die.[1]
The figure says they do not know what will happen at the rayshit location, so they can only offer good luck. But they warn Mash whether she wants to remain a Shielder or not, she will lose what matters to her most. They bid farewell to her, hoping when she wakes up from the tribulation she will find the words to say what she couldn’t articulate before.[1]
Mash wakes up in tears, feeling she just had a sad dream, but she can’t remember what it was about. Her room is dark and quiet, as it isn’t yet her usual waking time. Doubting she’ll be able to go back to sleep, she leaves for the command room.[1]
There Leonardo da Vinci is surprised to see her up so earlier and asks if there is anything wrong. Mash replies she simply woke up early. Da Vinci has Mash help her organize some data then.[1]
Da Vinci states the Ordeal Call has reached its climax with Human Order Foundation Value having reached rank B without their notice. The coming rayshift will be the last de facto one for the Ordeal Call. The identity of the enemy is unknown, but it should be a battle worthy of the final trial. Da Vinci wishes Mash good luck.[1]
Kadoc Zemlupus thinks about how he has been having nightmares lately and believes they’re him processing his guilt. He could take drugs both magical and scientific to stop the nightmares, but he believes he must accept them, considering it his duty and atonement. He then wakes up and makes his way to the command room.[1]
At the command room, Da Vinci announces the final Singularity for the Ordeal Call has finally been located. The location is Florence, Italy, but it is unknown what the era is. Regardless, numerous Stray Servants have been detected, though not to the level of Traum. Da Vinci cautions the team to consider whether those Servants will be enemies or allies.
Sion Eltnam Sokaris states the compatible Master for the rayshift are Ritsuka and Kadoc. However, only one Servant will be able to rayshift, barring extraordinary circumstances. Mash qualifies for the rayshift, but there is the option to send someone else. Mash, however, insists she be allowed to go.[1]
If Mash is going, then Habetrot will be exceptionally allowed to go as well. The Singularity is incompatible with fairies and other Natural Spirits, but Habetrot seems to be an exception, doubtless because of her status as Mash’s guardian spirit. That being said, SHEBA points to the possibility of unforeseen circumstances, so Sion advises the team to be vigilant.[1]
Da Vinci says it is speculated that the Extra Class whose distortion needs to be reckoned this time is Ruler. Alter Ego and Avenger have been reckoned and technically Mooncancer too. In which case only Foreigner or Ruler remain, but no Ruler-classed Servant’s name can be found on the Rayshift-compatibility list. They can be used in battle, but traveling with them is proving difficult.[1]
Sion finds the Rulers being restricted from rayshifting rather fitting for their class. Da Vinci says the Ruler class is meant to arbitrate Holy Grail Wars or correct one gone wrong. Precisely for that reason, most Heroic Spirits compatible with the Class are saints or those with similar mindsets. Misusing them obviously makes Chaldea out to be more sinful than the others.[1]
Kadoc argues they were in no position not to misuse the Rulers otherwise. Da Vinci agrees that is true, but that doesn’t mean their defense will be accepted. Moving on, she tells everyone to reconvene for the rayshift at 1300.[1]
With the briefing over with, Sion tells Habetrot she has something to double check with her. Habetrot reassures her there is no need, saying she has “that thing” stowed away. Thanks to her three mouthing of training, they can switch systems without malfunctions. Sion commends her for enduring Da Vinci and Nemo Professor’s tandem boot camp.[1]
She requests Habetrot not to disclose any of this yet if she can help it. TRISMEGISTUS II advised that too many options to consider will result in the operation failing. Habetrot asks Sion if it will either be Ritsuka or Mash who will have too many options. Sion answers it will be both naturally cruel as it may be. Habetrot agrees to keep it a secret for now, but she decides when it’s time to reveal it.[1]
Meanwhile, Da Vinci calls Kadoc and Goredolf Musik to the infirmary to talk about the former’s Sirius Light. She informs them that when she, Nurse, and Sion examined Kadoc’s body, they discovered that his life is nearing its end. She tried everything to mitigate it, but the Sirius Light is bonded and entwined across all of his Magic Circuits. It is feeding on his life energy each passing day. Da Vinci doesn’t have an estimate on how much time has left, but she doesn’t believe he’ll make it to the final battle.
Kadoc correctly presumes nothing bad will happen to him until the moment he is gone as it isn’t like he is sick. Da Vinci admits this is all speculation, but she assumes the Sirius Light will drain Kadoc of his life energy until he is dead. Kadoc has no issue with it, so long as it doesn’t interfere with today’s mission. However, he requests this be kept from Ritsuka and Mash and leaves for the control room.[1]
Later everyone reconvenes at the control with Ritsuka’s team ready to rayshift. Goredolf announces they’re at the home stretch of Operation Ordeal Call and orders the team to rayshift to the Reckoning Singularity. Ritsuka’s team proceeds to rayshift to the Singularity.[1]
Someone remarks through the bleaching of Proper Human History they have at last been forced to make a decision regarding humanity’s transgressions. They call for the defendants to be admitted to the courtroom.[1]
Courtroom for the Judgment of Mankind
Ritsuka’s team arrives in the Singularity free-falling, but according to Kadoc, they’re actually being pulled toward the building below. Mash protects Ritsuka before they all crash into the ground, but surprisingly, no one is injured despite hitting the ground with so much force. Kadoc finds it strange that there are no markings on the ground at all.[2]
Habetrot seems to be missing, though, and communications with Chaldea are also down. Suddenly, the Chaldeans find themselves faced by bizzare mechanical creatures. One of the creatures gestures for the Chaldeans to follow into the building before them.[2]
Inside, the Chaldeans are led to what appears to be a courtroom. There, someone who looks like Jeanne d’Arc announces that the defendant and plaintiff are present. The defendant is Chaldea, represented by Kadoc, Mash, and Ritsuka. Mash senses that the Spirit Origin of “Jeanne” is on par with Tiamat, leading Kadoc to wonder who this look-a-like is.[2]
“Jeanne” continues that every aspect of today’s session is irregular, with it being undeniable the people present (the Chaldeans) are mired in sin. No nations remain to indict them nor human institutes to carry out their trial. This trial isn’t of a civil or a criminal nature, but one carried out before the Lord——a trial of mankinds. The Chaldeans are deemed the defendants and a representative for the plaintiff has been prepared: Kirei Kotomine.
With permission of “Jeanne”, Kirei explains to the Chaldeans that he and they will be engaging in a courtly battle. He is standing for the plaintiff, the very planet itself. Chaldea, meanwhile, is the defendant. Ritsuka, Mash, and Kadoc are culpable for sins and being held for their behavior.
Kirei explains Chaldea has committed sins against humanity, namely genocide by excising the Lostbelts. Ritsuka and Kadoc are both complicit in Chaldea’s crimes. However, Kirei will not divulge what Mash’s sin is yet. Only after she recognizes her sin as a sin can her trial proceed.[2]
With his explanations done, Kirei states they’re ready to begin. He recommends the Chaldeans not to hesitate to voice their objections, though it remains to be seen if the Chief Justice will hear out. With that, “Jeanne” calls for the trial to begin.[2]
Kirei argues that Chaldea’s sins against humanity is evident from the Lostbelts’ discontinuance. The Lostbelts are originally what-if scenarios of history that shouldn’t exist, but the humans who resided therein and their histories are by no means virtual existences. Therefore, they should have the right to exist, and Chaldea is guilty of dispossessing them of the right. Considering the Lostbelts are now gone, Chaldea has destroyed the world seven times. Ritsuka, as Master of Chaldea and the primary perpetrator, should be charged on the same grounds. Kadoc is complicit, particularly in how he once parted ways with Chaldea, only to eventually participate in their genocide.[2]
Mash tries to object, but “Jeanne” refuses to hear it and tells her to be quiet. Kadoc tells Mash to leave it, not denying the facts. Kirei commends Kadoc for his honesty, as the proceedings should go smoother for it. Mash will be put on trial once she is aware of her charge, but first though Chaldea and Ritsuka and Kadoc. Kirei rests his case.[2]
“Jeanne” prepares to pronounce the Chaldeans’ sentence without giving the latter a chance to defend themselves, considering it unnecessary. Chaldea has destroyed the world, so prompt action is warranted. Accordingly, any and all opposing counter-arguments from the defense will be overruled. A sentence will be passed for each defendant.[2]
Chaldea is sentenced to death on seven counts of genocide, the punishment for which will be carried out by the court as all institutions on Earth with the power to do so are gone. Ritsuka is sentenced to exile. They’re the direct perpetrator of the crimes, but considering Chaldea’s brainwashing and coercion, the death penalty will be commuted. Mash, who is unaware of her crime, will share in Ritsuka’s exile. Kadoc is also sentenced to exile for abetting in Chaldea’s crimes. “Jeanne” thus concludes the trial, declaring the sentence of exile will be carried out immediately.[2]
Kadoc argues they never had the chance to speak on their own behalf. Kirei responds that is how court is conducted here and only those with the power to support their claim can file one. However, they cannot engage in ideal chat as he reminds the Chaldeans they’ve been sentenced to exile. He advises they leave at once otherwise the executioners will come.[2]
Those bizarre mechanical creatures begin to close in on the Chaldeans. Kirei warns the Chaldeans that in this Singularity, the sins one has accumulated are turned back on them. He calls them no longer pure and thus they deserve to go to hell. He bids them farewell, thinking he’ll see them again if they’re fortunate.[2]
The Chaldeans try to fight the creatures, but they’re severely outnumbered. Suddenly, Mash hears Habetrot’s voice, who instructs her in how to break through the enemy’s formation. Thanks to that, the Chaldeans are able to escape the courtroom, but they’re still being pursued, so they quickly get out of the building to find a safe spot to reestablish contact with Chaldea.
Upon exiting the courthouse, the Chaldeans sees some rather bizarre buildings. Ignoring that, though, they continue to flee from their pursuers until they find a place to rest.[2]
Mash calls out to Habetrot, revealing to Ritsuka and Kadoc that Habetrot was giving her advice when they were escaping earlier. She couldn’t see her, but she heard her voice. Ritsuka doesn’t sense anything though.[2]
Habetrot contacts Mash, but unfortunately, it seems no one else can hear her. She recounts how back when they rayshifted it felt like the Singularity was repelling her somehow. Any normal Servant would’ve been unsummoned back with a damaged Spirit Origin, but since she is the guardian fairy of Mash’s shield, Habetrot barely skimmed through. But all she can do now is talk and not very frequently. Mash relays what Habetrot told her to Ritsuka and Kadoc.[2]
The Chaldeans spot a man up ahead. Needing information on the Singularity, Mash, at Kadoc’s behest, tries to talk to him when he suddenly calls the Chaldeans new penitents, proclaiming the angels have come. He tells the Chaldeans to pray for redemption before proceeding to pray himself.[2]
Kadoc questions to himself how the man knew they were penitents. More importantly, the man mentioned angels, and as far as Kadoc knows, to a mage, angels are just vessels of power. He is so deep in thought and doesn’t notice one of the bizarre mechanical creatures ambush him until it’s too late. The Chaldeans are thus forced to flee again; the man proclaims they are condemned to wander forever in exile.[2]
Fleeing into an apparent wasteland, the Chaldeans try to take a break, but unfortunately their pursuers have caught up. Continuing to flee, Kadoc has Mash recount the words the man from earlier said. He interprets said words to mean they will be able to stop anywhere, which explains why the creatures are so persistent.[2]
The Chaldeans wonder if they’ll be on the run forever. Ritsuka and Mash make suggestions, but Kadoc rejects them all as non-viable. The creatures soon cut them off, leaving the Chaldeans no choice but to fight. Kadoc surmises the creatures are angels, much to Mash’s confusion.[2]
Mash is exhausting herself fighting to keep the angels from closing in on her and her fellow Chaldeans. One of the angels then suddenly starts speaking, stating: “confrontational combat actions prohibited”. Mash attacks, only for it to have no effect, or rather, she didn’t attack at all. Kadoc realizes “Confrontational combat actions prohibited” means all of their combats are useless. They can still defend, but that means solely relying on Mash.[2]
Ritsuka tries to summon only for it to fail, as summoning is also considered a combat action. But then a woman in black hood lifts the combat prohibitions. She informs the Chaldeans that their combat actions are unrestricted now, meaning Ritsuka can also summon now. The Chaldeans fight the angels.[2]
After destroying the angels, the Chaldeans thanks the woman for her help. She confirms she is a Servant and insists the Chaldeans call her Irene Adler, saying she was Sherlock Holmes’ former lover. Mash tries to correct her that Irene was one of Holmes’ fated rivals, but Irene refuses to let her.[2]
Kadoc finds it quite obvious that Irene is an alias. He questions why she chose that name in particular until he considers the possibility she knew Holmes was a member of Chaldea.[2]
The Storm Border inexplicitly in the skies of the Singularity.
Ritsuka tells Irene everything that has transpired thus far. Irene reveals Chaldea had already received its death sentence, telling Ritsuka, Mash, and Kadoc to look up at the sky. To their incredulousness, they look up to see the Storm Border in the skies of the Singularity, even though they had rayshifted. Irene assures it is not a hallucination, for “Jeanne” had used her Noble Phantasm the moment she concluded the trial.[2]
Reluctantly, she reveals there is a way to undo what he had happened. The nature of the Noble Phantasm used is unknown, but it is obvious it came from this Singularity in the past to attack the Storm Border in the future. But a Singularity is just a hypothetical what-if of the past that hasn’t been confirmed yet, so all the Chaldeans need to do is fix the Singularity and it will be as if the attack never happened.[2]
As the angels are still after them, the Chaldeans conclude they need to find somewhere safe. Kadoc asks Irene if she knows anything. Irene agrees to tell on the condition the Chaldeans escort her until they get somewhere safe. Ritsuka agrees, but Irene wants to test the Chaldeans’ competence first, so she and they do battle.[2]
Irene is left impressed; Kadoc notes to himself that her power is on the level of a top-ranked Servant. But then she adds another condition demanding the Chaldeans treat her like a princess. They agree so Irene starts to lead everyone to somewhere safer.[2]
Welcome to the Granato
Seeing more of those strange building as they travel, Mash wonders if anyone lives in them. Irene finds the people who reside in the Singularity boring as they all done is pray, not even eating, drinking, nor sleeping. They are living humans, though, despite not requiring sustenance or sleep, much to Kadoc’s disbelief.[3]
Irene explains the Singularity has rules, each with their own range, depth, and intensity. For example, the laws of gravity would be undone so long as the one in charge of the Singularity defines “there is no gravity in this world” as a rule. But the conversation is interrupted by demonic beasts, so the heroes promptly slay them.[3]
Granato
The heroes soon arrive at what appears to be a Japanese apartment building. Irene calls for the manager, asking if she is here. Amakusa Shirou Tokisada doubts she’d show herself even if she was here. He is surprised the Chaldeans seem to know him and introduces himself as a Servant permitted to lodge at the apartments.[3]
Since she has done what was requested, Irene takes her leave. Ritsuka thanks her by name for the help. Amakusa Shirou confirms “Irene” is just an alias, but he thinks it is best for him not to reveal her True Name. The thought of making an enemy of her terrifies him.[3]
Changing the subject, he offers the Chaldeans two rooms. Ritsuka is appreciative, but they’re concerned about the fact they and their fellow Chaldeans have been sentenced to exile. Amakusa Shriou reassures them, however, that so long as they’re within the apartment’s grounds, they are safe, provided they do not antagonize the manager. She is a handful, so Amakusa Shirou offers to serve as the Chaldeans’ broker on her behalf.[3]
He explains the building, Granato, is a rental property for Servants. Paying rent is therefore necessary, specifically in QP and the like, though there are other ways as well. Regardless the first month’s rent is free.[3]
Inside, Amakusa Shirou tells the Chaldeans the only available rooms are 203 and 204, both of which are identical. After seeing both rooms are indeed the same, Kadoc suggests room 203 for men and room 204 for women, which Mash has no issue with. If Ritsuka is male, they decide to room with Kadoc, otherwise they room with Mash.[3]
Later, in room 203, the Chaldeans discuss the Storm Border. Kadoc finds there is nothing they can do about it unless they correct the Singularity. However, the Singularity has too many unknowns. First of among them is there are no buildings from what should be Florence, Italy. There are also the Singularity’s inhabitants who, if Irene’s words are to be taken as fact, do not require sustenance or sleep and just go on praying, which is said to be a rule of the Singularity.[3]
On the topic of rules, the Chaldeans discuss how the imposing of rules, such as prohibiting them from attacking, is an issue and possibly deadly if for example breathing was prohibited. Kadoc, however, presumes there is a hierarchy of sorts to the rules based on what Irene said, pointing out how the angels only prohibited their ability to attack. Still, he agrees with Mash that being unable to fight back is deadly in its own right. Therefore, for them to fight from now on, he recommends they acquire the power to impose rules. The Chaldeans adjourn for the day, agreeing to speak with Granato’s residents tomorrow.[3]
If Ritsuka is male and rooms with Kadoc, a scene is shown of Kadoc thinking about how “Jeanne” was correct that he is an inexcusable transgressor but not for the charge she talked about. Meanwhile, in Mash’s room, Habetrot takes issues with the fact Mash seems apathetic towards Irene’s ill will towards her.[3]
If Ritsuka is female and rooms with Mash, Mash tries and fails to articulate to Ritsuka how she feels about Irene’s attitude.[3]
Mash thinks back on her earliest days at Chaldea, treating every day with disinterest as they were the same. She believed it would last for all eighteen years of her lifespan, doubting things would change if the check-ups and experiments were replaced with fieldwork. But that was how she was, for she now feels at peace, or at least she thinks she does. She seals the memory away, though she gets feeling someone is smiling.[3]
The next morning, the Chaldeans go look for breakfast. Amakusa Shirou tells them to use the garden, though if they want to meat they’ll have to procure it themselves. Kadoc concludes he’ll have to go hunting then. A Servant comments how that kind of killing is not to be condemned and introduces himself as King Ashoka.[3]
Irene arrives and inexplicitly gets Amakusa Shirou to leave by telling him to go back to bed. Ashoka accepts Irene is still not ready to reveal her identity, but he advises her not to wait for the ideal moment to do so. Such ideal timing is rare, though, and her identity is likely to be unveiled when she least expects it.[3]
After breakfast, Ashoka tells the Chaldeans, calling each of them by name, even though none of them introduced themselves, that he has a role to play and will be leaving momentarily. He presumes they have come to correct the Singularity and calls himself an enemy who would prevent that. But he is only an enemy insofar as his role as gatekeeper.
Kadoc asks Ashoka to explain why the Singularity looks nothing like Florence, even though that is where they should be. Ashoka reveals they are not in Florence at all, but in Purgatory——the interstice between Heaven and Hell where the dead whose sins are too minor to condemn them to Hell wait on those sins to be cleansed. The Singularity is comprised of the three worlds of western religion: Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell.[3]
Kadoc asks to know more about “Jeanne”, but Ashoka remains silent on the subject as his role as gatekeeper is to only defend the gate. However, on the subject of lifting the Chaldeans’ exile sentence, he reveals they may stave off their sentence temporarily by forming a contract with a Ruler. The only way to truly lift their sentence is to convince “Jeanne” with sound logic that their exile is unjust. Ashoka warns that logic’s strength must first stand up to his scrutiny per his role as gatekeeper, otherwise Chaldeans will be unable to pass through to the court.
Convincing “Jeanne” will undoubtedly take a long time, but Ashoka says there is a solution. He refuses to say more, though, as any more would be considered undue meddling. He leaves, praying there be light to guide the Chaldeans.[3]
Mash asks Irene if she knows about any of Granato’s other residents beside Ashoka and herself. Irene recalls there are the residents of rooms 201 and 202 with the wall knocked down, Amakusa Shirou in 104, and the manager in 101. Irene leaves after describing the manager as “one of those stone shrine monkeys”. The Chaldeans decide to go visit room 201 first.[3]
At room 201, the Chaldeans see a sign for “M&D Law Firm” above the door. Ritsuka knocks on the down, but no one answers, so Kadoc assumes the residents are out. However, Mash says she can hear low voices.[3]
Pressing their ear to the door, Ritsuka hears a conversation between the residents. At Kadoc’s suggestion, Ritsuka knocks on the door again, but harder this time. Hearing the knock, one of the residents opens the door and welcomes the Chaldeans under the assumption they’re a client. The Chaldeans are surprised it is James Moriarty, but as he doesn't recognize them, they could conclude he is not the Apostle of the Alien World they knew before.[3]
James Moriarty and Dante Alighieri's law office
After introductions, the Chaldeans meet Dante Alighieri. Kadoc recalls to himself that Dante was exiled from Florence and hoped for the rest of his life to one day return, but that was never realized. He thinks it might be relevant to the Singularity, but he decides not to delve into it for now.[3]
Moriarty confirms he and Dante run a legal practice. They became attorney because it is the first step to correcting the Singularity. “Jeanne” is undoubtedly the strongest in the Singularity, being the one who establishes the rule even down to the laws of physics, and punishes those who fail to follow the rules. For example, if the Chaldeans were to storm the courtroom, she could kill them by turning the room into outer space. She can do something like that because everything she decrees in the courtroom is law.[3]
Unfortunately, Moriarty and Dante do not know the True Name of “Jeanne”, only that she is using Jeanne as a vessel similar to a Pseudo-Servant. Dante suspects Amakusa Shirou knows something, but the latter is too secretive about it. Moriarty notes they haven’t been at the Granato long, though, only for more than a month.[3]
After confirming they are here to correct the Singularity, Moriarty recommends the Chaldeans contract with him as they will need a lawyer to prove their defense in court. Ritsuka immediately contracts with him, much to his surprise. He and Dante then leave for a hearing, revealing there are several other courts besides the one “Jeanne” presides over. Dante says they’ll have a preparatory meeting this evening.[3]
221B Detective Agency
The Chaldeans go visit Amakusa Shirou’s room to speak with him. He confesses his sluggish state is the result of “Jeanne” depriving him of all his combat capabilities after she easily bested him in a duel to the death. He wishes he knew Chaldea would be coming, otherwise he would have opted to wait. However, at the time, he thought there was no other option but to act.[4]
He reconfirms “Jeanne” isn’t Jeanne d’Arc, only using the latter as a vessel; normally she would possess someone tied to the Grail. He, of course, knows her True Name, but he will not divulge it until he is absolutely certain the Chaldeans can stand against her. Kadoc asks him how he will evaluate them.[4]
Amakusa Shirou explains there are people in the Singularity who don’t just pray all day, who go on about their lives despite the suffering it entails. He requests the Chaldeans help those people with their problems and collect certain objects. Once they’ve collected enough, he will the True Name of “Jeanne” and grant them all a gift.[4]
Ritsuka asks Amakusa Shirou to tell about the Granato’s manager. Amakusa Shirou very much doubts she wants to meet their group and trying to force the issue by entering her room without permission will only anger her. But he thinks she might reply to their questions if they were to slip a note under her door. He acknowledges she is a troublesome Servant, but he guarantees she is an ally, at least for now.[4]
Next, the Chaldeans go to room 101 in hopes of speaking with the manager. Mash knocks on the door, but there is no response. Following Amakusa Shirou’s advice, she writes up a letter introducing herself, Ritsuka, and Kadoc and slips it under the door.[4]
Returning to room 203, the Chaldeans go over everything what they know so far. Kadoc brings up a possible connection between the Singularity and Dante’s unfulfilled wish in life to return home to Florence following his exile. The rayshift location is Florence, and the Singularity consists of Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory exactly as depicted in Dante's Divine ComedyWP. Kadoc doesn’t think Dante is the mastermind, but the latter’s wish could be relevant to the Holy Grail situation. Ritsuka recommends they build up a relationship of trust first.[4]
On the topic of how to fulfill Amakusa Shirou’s request, the Chaldeans agree to form a detective agency to help solve what troubles the Singularity’s residents and ask Moriarty for consultation when he returns.[4]
Meanwhile, outside, Irene sings about an artificial human while killing angels and demonic beasts. She tells her Master that they were exactly as they described, but she is disgusted by her.[4]
Later, the Chaldeans inform Moriarty they are forming a detective agency called 221B Detective Agency, a blatant tribute to Holmes by Mash. Despites his reservation about the name, Moriarty thinks it is a fine idea as there are likely problems the residents of the Singularity have that can only be solved by a Servant’s power. He and Dante decide to accompany the Chaldeans.[4]
Outside, the heroes try to catch a bus to the Gluttony District. It eventually stops, but not on their account, but because it is under attack by demonic beasts. The heroes slay the beasts while promoting their services, boarding the bus afterward.[4]
On their way to the Gluttony District, Kadoc assumes eating is prohibited there. Dante corrects him that food is already unavailable by default, but “Jeanne” has decreed eating is exclusively allowed for the sinners of gluttony. Moriarty clarifies abstinence is meaningless in a world without cravings, for sin can only be purified if one restrains themselves against their desires.[4]
Dante explains because food is not forbidden in the Gluttony District, the number of hungry people there inevitably increases, and so they look for food to sate their cravings. But despite the district’s abundant resources, those who go there become too lost in their indulgence to go looking for food. It will therefore be the heroes’ job to distribute only appropriate amounts of foods to the people according to commission boards found throughout the district.[4]
Gluttony District
Arriving at the Gluttony District, the heroes take a commission requesting 200 kilos of demon boar meat. They hunt demon boar in the nearby wood and then deliver the meat to the requester. They’re rewarded with Holy Grail drops, though in the Singularity they’re known as Crystallized Prayer after the fact they spawn spontaneously after one prays like they’re supposed to for long enough. Dante recommends the Chaldeans show them to Amakusa Shirou when they return.[4]
The Penitents' Requests (1/2)
Returning to the Granato, the Chaldeans show the Grail drops to Amakusa Shirou. He tells them to bring him six more in exchange for a gift.[5]
Later, Irene has the Chaldeans help her make dinner except Mash under the pretense that the latter is tired. Once the food is ready, RItsuka, Mash, and Kadoc go to the communal washroom behind room 101 to wash their hand before they eat. On their way there, they run into a Servant who likes a young Jeanne.[5]
After dinner, the Chaldeans visit Amakusa Shirou again to ask him how they can be more proactive and catch him up on everything they know and have done so far. Amakusa Shirou advises them to carry on as they have while basing themselves at the Granato, seeing no other option since they’re being still pursued by the angels. He advises they nurture their rapport with the Servants and to not forget about rent. He promises to listen to whatever problems they may have, though the Chaldeans hope they won’t have any and leave.[5]
Later, Amakusa Shirou is visited by the young Jeanne-look-a-like: the manager. He requests for her to take care of the Chaldeans in his place. The manager finds that would be pointless, believing they can’t win. She could do something about that, according to Amakusa Shirou, but she thinks she is better off indulging herself in sloth and believes she can’t win against her.[5]
Amakusa Shirou concludes a better option to focus on for awhile is gathering strength. The manager realizes he is speaking about a transfer of jurisdiction. Amakusa Shirou asserts he is already of no use to the Chaldeans. It will be difficult but he accepts that for his life had been rife with difficulties.[5]
The manager gets ready to go to bed, but first she reminds Amakusa Shirou that once he has enough Grail drops from Purgatory to form a Grail, he can speak her True Name. She thinks it will bring out despair, but Amakusa Shirou is confident the Chaldeans can overcome it. He tries to elaborate on his optimistic thinking, only to stop when the manager abruptly leaves.[5]
The next morning, Moriarty informs the Chaldeans that their detective agency has requests from the residents of every district.[5]
The Penitents' Requests (2/2)
The heroes go to the Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, and Pride districts and retrieve requests from sinners from each respective district. They fulfill said requests and are rewarded with four Grail drops. Dante and Moriarty encourage the Chaldeans to go learn more from Amakusa Shirou and comprehend the Singularity’s abnormality before leaving on a quick business trip to Hell. The Chaldeans return to the Granato to deliver the Grail drops to Amakusa Shirou.[6]
Congratulating them on having enough drops now to form a Grail, Amakusa Shirou reminds the Chaldeans that Purgatory is meant to be a place for sinners to one day be purged of their sins and earn their place in Heaven. Unfortunately, since he had been summoned, there hasn’t been a single of anyone ascending to Heaven. That is why he opposed “Jeanne”, for excessive standards defeat the purpose of Purgatory. He promises to expand on that later, but first he requests the Chaldeans give him the Grail drops.[6]
Mash gives him the drops, but instead of forming a Grail, he instead creates a ritual dagger. He has bestowed it with what remains of his Ruler class jurisdiction. With it the Chaldeans can evade combat prohibitions even without a Ruler nearby. However, since they’re still under a sentence of exile, the angels will continue to pursue them.[6]
He considers the power of a Ruler is wasted on him now that he can no longer fight, and at this point, he is a Servant in name only. However, his defeat has allowed him to pass the torch of rectifying the Singularity and triumphing over “Jeanne” over to the Chaldeans. But the Singularity is impossible to erase with Grail’s power when “Jeanne” is superior to it.[6]
Mash requests Amakusa Shirou to tell them who “Jeanne” is. Amakusa Shirou reveals her True Name is Metatron, an angel bearing the role of mankind’s judge using Jeanne as a vessel.[6]
The Transcendent Archangel
It is revealed Metatron had blocked to path to Heaven to punish humanity for causing the Earth to be bleached.[7]
In the present, Kadoc explains in ancient times, Metatron was the executor of God’s will, a Divine Spirit serving as the scribe of Heaven. It is believed they were once the prophet EnochWP, a distant descendant of Adam, before they were turned into an angel. They are one of God’s proxies, among the highest of the 72 guardian angels on Earth, the angel who safeguards the world and judges humans in the court of Heaven.[7]
However, in the world of magecraft, stereotypical angels do not exist. Nevertheless, mages invoke the names of angels to formulate spells. By incorporating an angel into an incantation, the magical energy that goes along with it can redefine to its directive, referring to the angel. Angels are therefore just vessels, yet the Chief Justice is Metatron, albeit without any of Jeanne’s memories.[7]
Amakusa Shirou confesses he didn’t deduce Metatron’s identity on his own rather, he was told. At that moment, the young Jeanne look-a-like enters the room; Mash realizes she is Metatron. Amakusa Shirou properly introduces her as the Granato’s manager as well as the arbiter of the Singularity: Metatron Jeanne.[7]
Ritsuka surmises the Chief Justice and the manager are separate beings. Metatron confirms as much, calling the former her other side. She leaves it to Amakusa Shirou to explain the rest and promptly exits the room. Amakusa Shirou confesses he went to her room every day until it bore fruit.[7]
He advises the Chaldeans not to consider Metatron an ally, though. Firstly, much like Ashoka, her stance is more neutral. If the Chaldeans come to her for protection, she will oblige, but she will not help fix the Singularity. Secondly, the Spirit Origin value of the manager compared to the Chief Justice is akin to a demonic beast. When their Spirit Origin was split, almost all of the power went to the Chief Justice.[7]
Amakusa Shirou tells the Chaldeans that the Grail dagger should allow them to traverse the Singularity’s three worlds, and with that, he has nothing left to give them. He honestly wishes he could accompany them, but he can no longer fight. He accepts it though, for he was already half-dead anyway and is happy he can leave the rest to the Chaldeans. Ritsuka, Mash, Kadoc leave the room, thanking Amakusa Shirou for his help.[7]
That night, Mash goes to the kitchen to get a drink. Irene is there and starts subtly antagonizing Mash. Mash feels unsettled, yet she doesn’t understand why.[7]
She asks Irene for her True Name, knowing it isn’t Irene Adler. Irene argues Mash has no proof and questions how she calls herself Holmes’ apprentice like that. Mash doesn’t recall calling herself Holmes’s apprentice when she realizes Irene wouldn’t know that unless she had deep knowledge of Chaldea.[7]
Irene confesses she knows about Mash, Kadoc, and Ritsuka. Mash readies to deploy her shield in response, believing Irene is an enemy because otherwise she wouldn’t feel so unsettled around her. Irene insists she isn’t an enemy of Chaldea, though, and surmises Mash is only worried about Ritsuka, revealing she knows all about the betrayals (James Moriarty, Christopher Columbus, Yagyuu Munenori, Oberon) they had suffered.[7]
Seeing Mash is distressed, Irene tells her she’ll reveal her true identity once she understands the nature of that distress. She sees Mash doesn’t trust her to keep her word, though, so she suggests she swear on it. She presumes there is no else around to hear it, only to be startled when she notices Metatron.[7]
Pressured by Metatron, Irene swears to reveal her true identity to Mash. Metatron also make her swear not to abuse a loophole by threatening to skin her skull. Everyone goes back to bed afterward.[7]
Mash struggles to understand this distress she is feeling. She has experienced distress, pain, and fear many times before, but she has never felt this particular distress and has felt it constantly ever since she met Irene. She looks back on her memories, hoping to find a clue to what this distress is.[7]
She recalls she enjoyed it whenever she saw someone smiling. She realizes what she feels towards Irene is the opposite of that feeling. But strangely, she doesn’t have the urge to go to RItsuka or Kadoc for help in understanding what this feeling is, certain Irene would scorn completely if she does.[7]
A Stop off to Dream
At breakfast, Irene notices Moriarty and Dante are absent and correctly presumes they went to Hell. Hell is far away and lawyers are always in high demand.[8]
Ashoka explains in this Singularity one can be cleansed of their sins in Purgatory, but in Hell they can only suffer for all eternity. The endless suffering is the reason behind many of the conflicts between sinners in Hell, and the longer they live, the more likely conflict is. For those reasons, lawyers are allowed to arbitrate conflicts.[8]
Irene mentions even the Wardens of Hell find lawyers useful. Mash asks who the Wardens of Hell, but Irene declines to tell. She does, however, reveal they are Servants each in charge of a circle of Hell, though Metatron is in charge overall. They’ll be open to talking to the Chaldeans, unlike the Chief Justice, but they are not their friends. Regardless, the Chaldeans will need guidance to reach them, so Ashoka advises they wait for Dante to return.[8]
Moving on, Irene says she has a request for the Chaldeans’ detective agency. She reveals angels have been stealing Grail drops from the sinners in Purgatory and using them to enhance themselves. Her request is for the Chaldeans to take some of the drops from the angels before they’re used and bring them back. She wants them in order to become stronger; her Spirit Origin can only match a fifth-order angel right now.[8]
Agreeing to Irene’s request, the Chaldeans head out in search of an angel with Grail drops. Mash is excited at the prospect of doing a stakeout, but her hopes are dashed when a sinner confesses he just recently handed an angel his Grail drops. They find the aforementioned angel, which fortunately hasn’t yet absorbed the Grail drops it received earlier, and engage it in battle.[8]
They eliminate it and take the Grails drops. Immediately afterward, they go hide behind some building so to avoid engaging with more angels. From there, they witness a seventh-order angel forcibly taking Grail drops from a sinner’s body.[8]
Ritsuka wants to go save the sinner, but Kadoc stops them, telling them there is no saving him and that they need to lie low. Unfortunately, the Chaldeans are spotted when another seventh-order angel lets out a scream that acts like an active sonar. Mash apologizes that it’s her fault they were spotted because the angel’s sonar reacts to Servants. The Chaldeans are thus forced to fight again.[8]
They eventually emerge victorious after a difficult battle. Kadoc is astonished the angel wasn’t even of the highest order and advises they avoid direct confrontations with higher-ranked enemies. He concludes the best strategy for this Singularity is for them to ally with a Ruler who can establish laws in their favor even if it isn’t enough to defeat Metatron.[8]
The Chaldeans return to the Granato and hand the Grail drops over to Irene. She pays them with quality materials and asks Mash how her homework is coming. Mash answers it’s not done yet. Irene tells her to take her time and leaves for work as she still needs to lots more Grail drops. Mash refuses to elaborate on what Irene meant by homework.[8]
Seeing Moriarty and Dante aren’t back yet, the Chaldeans will do tomorrow the same as they did today. Kadoc starts to say they’ll head back to Purgatory first thing in the morning to collect as many Grails drops as they can find when Metatron smacks him.[8]
She calls the Chaldeans morons for wanting to hurry and threatens to kick them out if they refuse to slow down. Regardless of the answer Ritsuka gives, Metatron decides the Chaldeans all need to spend some time in Sloth to think about they’ve done, including Habetrot.[8]
To You, A Month from Now
Over what seems to be the next few days, the Chaldeans do nothing but laze around and playing mahong with Metatron and Amakusa Shirou when one day Kirei comes and joins in on a game. During said game, he asks the Chaldeans how long they intend to live like this. Metratron tells him to win before he says anymore. Kirei agrees to claim victory to earn his right to speak. Off topic, he warns the Chaldeans to be wary of the fourth circle's Warden for being of greed she will strip them of everything before they even realize.[9]
Proceeding to win, Kirei reveals it has been a month since the Chaldeans started living at the Granato and asks them if there is anything they neglected to remember. Kadoc remembers, yet Ritsuka and Mash do not seem to. Kirei calls what happened to the Chaldeans a grievous ailment one only the archangel presiding over ■■■■■ could inflict. Their ruin is likely if they continue on this, but Kirei doubts that is what Metatron wants. Kadoc has Ritsuka and Mash accompany him outside.[9]
Metatron complainingly asks Kirei if they can’t lie around for a little longer. Kirei points out her other self won’t wait forever and there is a little time left before her protocol switches from “monitor” to “purge”. Metatron responds there are ways to stretch time out.[9]
Outside, the Chaldeans remember they had forgotten everything from after they rayshifted. Kadoc considers the fact they were living in leisure for a month to had been a waste of time. Metatron argues it was actually a rare chance for them to live their lives in peace.[9]
She confesses she was responsible for what had happened to the Chaldeans. She can tell they had been hurting even before they came to the Singularity. Wounds to the heart and spirit are known to accumulate and Purgatory is a world that encourages the purifying of sins. Metatron figures the Chaldeans’ sins have been tormenting them time and time again. Mash assumes it is related to their dreams.[9]
Metatron says most people in this world have nothing but nightmares. It is prone to expose sins more ruthlessly than reality does, but one must eventually accept them. If they are accepted, then dreams full of guilt will disappear. Metatron, therefore, asks the Chaldeans if they have been dreaming.[9]
Ritsuka admits they have been dreaming, but they’ve probably forgotten; Metatron considers that a sign they’re healing properly. Kadoc admits he has been having fewer dreams; Metatron concludes he has ways to go if he still remembers his dreams. Mash tries to describe her situation, but Metatron stops her, calling hers a special case.
Metatron then informs the Chaldeans there has been a minor change to their situation while they lazing about. She tries to elaborate what that is when she is interrupted by Habetrot. Metatron admits she made it so Mash couldn’t hear Habetrot as the former would have snapped out the trance instantly if she could. To apologize, she gives Habetrot some of her magical energy, allowing the latter to be seen and heard by everyone. Unfortunately, it doesn’t last long.[9]
Returning to the main topic, Metatron reveals more and more angels have been rising to the highest third, second, and first orders and the amount of Grail drops has dwindled.[9]
Kirei explains angels started collecting the Grail drops produced by the prayers of the sinners in order to ascend the hierarchy. This has resulted in the inhabitants of Purgatory beginning to doubt whether their sins will still be purified, even with prayer. Those who do not pray have no choice but to descend to Hell else they disappear from the Singularity after they killed by angels. Regardless, Purgatory shall collapse before long.[9]
Kadoc blames their current predicament on the fact they were slacking off. Kirei, however, argues it was their fault they couldn’t resist the temptations of Sloth and finds it would be misplaced to blame Metatron. Kadoc asserts it was all Metatron’s fault, though. Metatron admits she was at fault.[9]
Mash asks her why she did all this. Metatron answers she is the Servant who arbitrates Sloth is in the Singularity. She judged the Chaldeans needed to be lazy, so she made it so. Kirei argues their trail will never start if they continue in such a state. Metatron asserts it they have no way to win, but Ritsuka argues they’re not certain to lose. Kadoc agrees and decides they should get started immediately on meeting the conditions they need to win. Metatron refuses to let the Chaldeans go, though, and has Kirei fight alongside them against her.[9]
The Chaldeans are victorious, so Metatron assumes they’ll be leaving the Granato until Kadoc points out that isn’t up to them. Changing the subject, Metatron tells Kirei to leave since he did what he came to do. Kirei leaves, telling the Chaldeans that he’ll see them in court.[9]
Metatron asks Ritsuka to come to her room so they may talk. Mash wants to come along, but Irene takes her away for a private conversation. Kadoc asks Ashoka to come with him to the kitchen so that they may talk.[9]
In her room, Metatron gets under her kotatsu. She refuses to share, though, which the voice from her closet considers unfair of her. Metatron smacks the closet to shut it up. She tells Ritsuka not to worry about why her closet is talking.[9]
Moving on, she tells Ritsuka that if they want to win against the Chief Justice, they will need a compelling argument and a firm conviction. She is sure the latter won’t be an issue for them, considering they have come this far. However, they lack an argument compelling enough to overcome the Chief Justice’s.[9]
She reveals the Chief Justice has abandoned humanity as punishment for causing the Bleached Earth and plans to dedicate all of the planet's resources in creating the next Primes Species. Ritsuka assumes that is a bad, but Metatron argues Chaldea’s efforts to restore the previous humanity may not be worth it and that it’d be more efficient to start over. She doesn’t fully agree with this conclusion, but as far as the Chief Justice is concerned, the Bleached Earth cannot simply be undone and Chaldea bears sins of their own.[9]
Metatron remembers the Chief Justice said something that was out of character, but she can’t remember exactly what. Regardless, it is clear Chaldea bears a sin, one they cannot simply wipe away even if they atone for it. As long as it remains, the Chief Justice will not grant them the right to save the Human Order. She plans to devote all the planet’s resources to safeguarding the new mankind instead. Personally, though, Metatron doesn’t consider Chaldea’s so-called sin much of a sin.[9]
After failing to convince Ritsuka to stay and be lazy with her, Metatron returns to the topic of them needing a convincing argument. She warns them, however, that they must never use someone else’s argument because the Chief Justice will detect it immediately and kill them. They therefore need to build their own argument and the dreams are essential for that.
Metatron tries again to get Ritsuka to stay with her but they decline when Amakusa Shirou knocks on the door, wishing to speak.[9]
In Moriarty and Dante’s office, Irene asks Mash she remembers the homework she gave her a month ago. Mash remembers it was to identify the true nature of the distress she feels and she has been thinking about it for the whole month. She has come to the conclusion that Irene hates her, though she still isn’t entirely certain about it.
Irene expected Mash would deal with her distress like a machine would. She concludes that is her limit for now and decides the conclusion Mash came to was correct. As a reward, she reveals her True Name is Lilith—The Mesopotamian Woman of Storms and mother of the evil Lilim spirits.[9]
Lilith affirms she hates Mash and everything about her. Mash assumes Lilith hates her by extension of being part of mankind, but Lilith corrects that she only hates her. Neither of them ever met before this Singularity, but Lilith knows everything about Mash’s past, namely that she is a Demi-Servant and an artificial human made for that purpose. She considers Mash to be nothing more than an automated lifeform pretending to be human.[9]
Mash refutes that she is pretending to be human. Lilith surmises, though, that Mash has never felt someone was irredeemable, which is why she doesn’t consider her human. She asserts that all humans have a scale of what they like and don’t like. They constantly shift, but Lilith admits that uncertainty is why she loves humans. Even Ritsuka’s scales have shifted, so she likes them.[9]
But Mash’s scales never shift no matter the evil she faces and so she never came to hate anyone. Lilith finds that wrong. Mash recalls when Tepeu told her that a world of equals isn’t necessarily a good thing. The fact Mash’s scales never shift is why Lilith hates her.[9]
Lilith goes to say humans force their ideals on others, but most people are comprising in their evaluation of others. She presumes Chaldea wanted Mash to be without sin, but she asks Mash why she goes along with that and tries to remain forever pure when she had plenty of chances to invent herself.[9]
Mash argues she never thought that she must be pure. Lilith, however, counters that she has, as she is still using her shield. As long as she uses her shield, it proves she is still pure, and that is why she doesn’t bear the sin of having erased the Lostlbelts. Her sin is purity; that she doesn’t even try to bear the sin at all. Lilith, therefore, asserts Mash will never escape this Singularity.[9]
She assures Mash that she isn’t going to try to fight Chaldea or try to kill Ritsuka as she only hates her and would want to kill her. However, she does consider killing Ritsuka if it means making her angry. Mash says she’d never forgive her if she did, but Lilith mocks for pretending to be mad. She doubts Mash could ever bring herself to hate Ritsuka’s murderer and would only use logic to criticize them. Mash tries to deny she would do that when Lilith attacks her all the sudden.[9]
Lilith warns Mash that she will be an obstacle to her from here on out and gets her to accept a private battle to the death between them by threatening to kill Ritsuka. Once Mash accepts her challenge, though, she claims her threat was only a joke. She asserts she would never do that so long as Mash swears she is on her own in this fight.[9]
In the kitchen, Ashoka correctly figures Kadoc bears a sin—a sense of guilt towards Ritsuka and Mash. Kadoc confesses that after the Alien God resurrected him, they gave him specific instructions and per those instructions he orderd his Servant Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova to “slaughter them all”. Thus, his sin is betrayal, one he feels great guilt and regret over.[9]
Kadoc asks Ashoka for advice on what he should do. Ashoka tells him a choice will present itself to him in this Singularity; a cruel choice because, whatever happens, nobody can save him. He alone will ponder and choose and the loneliness of that act will doubtless serve as his punishment.[9]
Changing topics, Ashoka asks Kadoc how many Grail drops he and his companions have collected. Kadoc recalls before the Sloth break they had collected three. Ashoka says that is not enough and in that case, he has a request for the Chaldeans’ detective agency.[9]
He tells Kadoc there are two individual in Purgatory’s Greed district who have decided to go to Hell. His request is for the Chaldeans to escort these individuals to the circle of Hell for greed; payment will be four Grail drops. The Chaldeans will need to strengthen the jurisdiction of their Grail Dagger to aid their mission in Hell.[9]
Ashoka describes Hell as a “bad neighbor” where the Wardens of Hell rule the sinners by force. There are seven each patterned after the donne described in the Divine Comedy: Charity, Hope, Faith, Justice, Courage, Prudence, and Temperance. They are all Servants, but Ashoka would be hesitant to presume they’re enemies.[9]
Thus Begins the Long Journey of Atonement
The Chaldeans reconvene after finishing their respective conversations. Mash reports Irene’s True Name is Lilith, but she is vague about whether the latter is an enemy or not. She calls Lilith is her problem and asks Ritsuka and Kadoc to leave Lilith to her. Ritsuka and Kadoc agree to honor her decision.[10]
Changing subjects, Kadoc tells the others that he got a job from Ashoka. They have been commissioned to escort two people from Purgatory to Hell. The reward will be Grail drops with which to strengthen their Grail Dagger. Kadoc promises to elaborate on the details of the commission later.[10]
Ritsuka recounts their conversation with Metatron. Mash finds the conclusion the Chief Justice had reached similar to Goetia’s, which she finds unaccepted. Ritsuka says there is one another thing, but they have to handle it themselves. Kadoc doubts they would answer even if he pressed them, so he decides to trust them on this.[10]
In preparation for their trip to Hell, the Chaldeans go to Amakusa Shirou in hopes he can use all the Grail drops they have gathered to strengthen the Grail Dagger. Unfortunately, Amakusa Shirou confesses he is now completely powerless. He instead directs them to Metatron sitting next to him as a Servant who can do what they’re requesting, though he doubts she’ll be receptive to the task.[10]
Metatron demands a satsuma. Ritsuka immediately gives her a satsuma, surprising Kadoc they even had one on hand. Mash mentions Ashoka gave it them and instructed them to give to Metatron. Metatron eats the satsuma and agrees to help the Chaldeans.[10]
As their sentence of exile is still in effect, the Chaldeans will be pursued by the angels in Hell. Metatron therefore strengthens the Grail Dagger in matter so that it will alleviate their exile. She instructs them to use it when they’re in Hell and they need to rest. She declines to go into specifics about it though and falls asleep. The Chaldeans go to bed.[10]
Regardless of who Ritsuka rooms with, Kadoc and Mash are both amazed they cannot remember their nightmares, considering a good thing. They are both, however, adamant that Ritsuka cannot help them with their own nightmares, for they must overcome them solely on their own.[10]
As Mash sleeps, Habetrot thinks about her while staring at the starless night sky. She understands why Mash feels her particular distress and it is because the sin planted in her so long ago has finally emerged in this Singularity. She knows Mash is suffering and wishes she could to ease it, but she also knows Mash cannot avoid the issue forever because doing so would mean discarding her Shielder nature, which would result in a major decrease in her combat prowess. But what Habetrot does know is that Mash is about to become a continuous boundary record——a Ghost Liner——forced to forever roam between the years 2015 and 2016.[10]
Metatron and the person in her closet talk about how the latter loathes humanity while the former’s other self enjoys humanity to the point she can’t forgive their sins and why she seeks to replace Proper Human History. The person in Metatron’s closet, however, believes life has value because humans never give up, no matter how many times they stumble. It is that perseverance of humans why the person in Metatron’s closet wants the world to remain in good health. Metatron calls it humiliating for some reason and falls asleep. The person in her closet wonders how they can get out it considering the powerful Bounded Field.[10]
Kadoc has a nightmare where he is at graveyard watching numerous corpses being buried. There is a gruesomeness to each corpse, yet the most gruesome of them all to him is to the one covered in ice. He recognizes the corpses as the Chaldea staff he killed. Seeing them doesn’t perturb him, though, for they only serve to remind him of his sins. Only the ice covered corpse makes him want to avert his eyes.
He guesses the others were killed by the Oprichniki, while it’s obvious the ice-covered one was killed by Anastasia. Regardless of how it happened, though, it doesn’t change the fact they had all died by his hand. He thinks it’s probably right for him to accept he has sinned.[10]
The tolling of the bell seems to Kadoc to announce the arrival of more corpses. He imagines the dream will continue to reveal his sins. Even so, he feels fine because he is already done despairing over his sins except for her. The moment he thinks that, the bell tolls louder, and he feels as if he has hit in the back of the head, signaling he is about to wake up.[10]
Mash dreams about the time Romani Archaman treated her after Beryl Gut had broken her finger. He assumed she would hold a grudge against Beryl, but Mash didn’t bother to stop him because breaking her finger seemed important to him and it didn’t conflict with her survival. Romani was saddened Mash would hold the actions and beliefs of others to higher esteem than her own safety. The fact it was so one-sided and there was no attempt at dialogue made him even sadder.[10]
He taught her that dialogue between humans was important in understanding one another’s wants and motives. Beryl, however, made no attempt to establish a dialogue, according to Mash. Romani assumed Mash would see Beryl, but she only saw him as someone with a different goal than her. Romani concluded Mash wouldn’t label people as enemies, nor would she lose her cool if she did because that is expected of her.[10]
However, he told Mash that at some point there will be someone who sees her as an enemy, not of differing views, but because they hate everything about her. He implored her to never reject what she feels when that time comes. Mash didn’t understand what Romani meant, but at the time she felt it was important——a warning for the future.[10]
She has no issue with people fighting over what they cannot give up and so she never thought of hating someone like that. She believes everyone living life for all its worth is proof of their struggle; Mash thinks about the Lostbelt Kings. She truly doesn’t think there is anything wrong with that, yet when Lilith said her sin was purity, she found herself unable to speak up against her.[10]
Mash gains a new nightmare, one depicting Marisbury Animusphere. He once told Mash that thanks to her purity they could employ the Round Table Shield and summon many Heroic Spirits without worrying about compatibility issues. So long as she has that shield, they have an infinite possibility of Servants to summon from heroes of myth to humans who had an impact on real history. As such, they want her to remain pure and naïve no matter what happens from hereon out. Without the shield, she is worthless.[10]
The next morning at breakfast, Ritsuka asks Lilith why she had previously went by Irene. Lilith replies she just “went with worth”, which Kadoc finds a peculiar reason for her to hide her True Name. Lilith also says her True Name isn’t that much more trustworthy, and she doesn’t consider her fashion sense to be very “Lilith”. Ritsuka tells her some Servants have some ridiculous outfits, which upsets Lilith that she doesn’t stand out.[10]
Out of interest, Amakusa Shirou proposes they brainstorm on how to make Lilith stand out and suggests she may be surprisingly good with kids. Lilith asserts that she is, and proceeds to create her “children”——the Lilim. With enough magical energy, she can create as many offspring as she wants, though technically they’re closer to weaponry than children.[10]
After finishing their breakfast, the Chaldeans board the bus to the Greed District. Angels soon bar their way so they’re forced to step out and remove them.[10]
After defeating the angels, Mash asks Ritsuka and Kadoc if she has become stronger than before. Ritsuka tells her she has. Mash confesses she always believed that her strength was never sufficient. Ritsuka and Kadoc both reassure her, though, that she is reliable and her fighting style makes them think less about death.[10]
The Chaldeans go to reboard the bus when Mash hears Lilith’s voice in the back of mind. Lilith mockingly commends Mash for having her power acknowledged by others, but she calls her out for being unable to bring herself to put her shield aside. Mash seems bothered by Lilith’s words when Ritsuka calls out to her. She snaps out of it and reboards the bus with the others.[10]
Mash tells herself that she can’t give up her shield as both Ritsuka's and Kadoc’s lives depend on it. She thought she was being protected by Ritsuka all this time, and she stills think that, but that’s all the more reason why she must protect Ritsuka and Kadoc with her life. She will defend their lives until the day she dies, and that day is not today.[10]
Arriving at the Greed District, the Chaldeans meet their clients, Staluzio and Cellina, and proceed toward Hell.[10]
During the trip, Kadoc inquires as to why Stauluzio and Cellina wish to go to Hell. Staluzio and Cellina confess it's because they’ve grown of praying endlessly and thus feel they no longer belong in Purgatory. They could continue to live a lie, but the angels would obliterate them once they found it. Most importantly, though, it would make them traitors to God, and betraying Him terrifies them more than going to Hell. Mash admits she can probably sympathize with the idea of treachery being scarier.[10]
Love Begets Desire
The Chaldeans and their clients eventually arrive at the river Archeron, which they’ll need to cross to enter into Hell proper. But instead of Charon, like they expected, they find Blackbeard waiting to ferry them across the river. Staluzio tries to pay him the usual fare for everyone to cross, only for Blackbeard to demand more. The Chaldeans beat him up in response.[11]
Blackbeard surrenders and offers to cut the ferry rate to nothing. The Chaldeans decline his offer, concerned that it would be used against them later, and decides it’s best to pay him what is fair. Staluzio thus pays Blackbeard, who agrees to ferry everyone across on his ship. Everyone crosses the river while defending the ship from enemies.[11]
Reaching the other shore, the Chaldeans find Dante waiting for them. He assumed they had forgotten him, but they reassure him they didn’t forget about him except when they were made to idle in Sloth. Dante then introduces himself to Staluzio and Cellina as the one who will guide them to the fourth circle of Hell. The heroes begin the long journey to the fourth circle.[11]
Mash asks Dante what has been doing the past month. Dante replies he has been keeping busy in Hell with legal work and gathering necessary data. He thinks Staluzio and Cellina shouldn’t hear what he has to, but he reveals to the Chaldeans that while they can’t defeat judge Metatron physically, there are non-physical means to do so. Finding those means is why he and Moriarty are gathering data independently from each other. But gathering data can be quite dangerous.[11]
The eighth circle of Hell
Meanwhile, Moriarty is in the eighth circle where the highest-ranking angels can be found in swarms. What he is looking for isn’t here, though, so he decides to move on to the ninth circle. He is looking for the Great Library of Alexandria, which supposedly exists in Hell if the Divine Comedy’s depiction of Iskandar as a resident of the seventh circle and similar rumors Moriarty heard from Hell’s sinners are true.[11]
The heroes soon arrive at the second circle——the circle of Lust. But the people here don’t seem to be led by their libido and they’re all glittering. According to Dante, they’re substituting their lust with a pursuit of beauty, though the only beauty recognized is what aligns with the warden’s preferences. He expects the Chaldeans might know her name as an emblem of beauty known to all.[11]
As passing through to the next circle requires the warden’s permission, the heroes go to her castle to get it. The warden, Cleopatra, a Ruler-class Servant, permits them to pass through to the third circle, but only if they’re passing through. The heroes immediately move on to the third circle, Gluttony, whose denizens Dante warns are worse than Cerberus.[11]
At the third circle, the heroes quickly try to look for shelter from the never-ending black rain, per Dante’s advice not to stay under long. Unfortunately, that becomes difficult when they suddenly become under attack from angels. Out of desperation, Ritsuka uses the Grail Dagger, inexplicitly summoning the Granato.[11]
The heroes immediately head inside and find Metatron. Ritsuka realizes she brought the Granato with her. They and Kadoc inquire about the others when Amakusa Shirou shows up, assuming he dreamt about the Granato flying to the third circle of Hell, but Metatron confirms it was not. Ashoka and Lilith also call asking where the Granato is. Lilith decides to make her way to the heroes.[11]
Seeing they’re in the third circle of Hell, Amakusa Shirou recommends the heroes take an umbrella when they next set out. Unfortunately, the Granato has no umbrellas, considering it never rains in Purgatory. But even if they were umbrellas, they won’t be able to repel the cursed poison in the rain if the materials are poor.[11]
Kadoc says the cursed poison shouldn’t pose an issue because he has countermeasures, Mash is a Servant, and Ritsuka has their resistance. He admits getting rained on is a problem on its own, though. On that subject, Amakusa Shirou reveals Metatron is actually a gargantuan Servant who is barely affected by things like cursed poisoned. Metatron reluctantly agrees to help the heroes get through the third circle.[11]
Famine Begets Sin
The next day, Lilith arrives and joins the heroes for breakfast. During breakfast, Kadoc describes how his family’s magecraft—anti-beast magecraft—can remove smells to allow him to eat practically anything. He agrees with Lilith it’s lame, considering his family’s history only goes back 200 years and magecraft to deal with animals doesn’t make sense when guns were already readily available back then. Mash admits she had always wondered about Kadoc’s magecraft, but she thought it’d be too taboo to ask about it.[12]
Kadoc reveals his family is a branch family of the main Zemlupus family, the original practitioners of anti-beast magecraft. The head of the Zemlupus had determined the magecraft for fighting animals would eventually die off, so Kadoc’s family was ordered to safeguard it. Kadoc found it frustrating to train in magecraft he was expected to never use, having never thought he’d actually use it in battle. [12]
Everyone soon finishes their breakfast and is ready to get going. Metatron has everyone gather around her and uses her Authority to bless them. She wishes she didn’t have to go, but she becomes less reluctant when Ritsuka offers to let her ride on their shoulders. Lilith sees the heroes while not-so subtly antagonizing Mash about her staying true to herself. The heroes leave the Granato with Metatron riding on Ritsuka’s shoulders.[12]
Immediately, the heroes see Metatron’s blessing keep them from getting wet from the rain. But they’re beset by angels practically the moment Metatron warns her blessing will attract angels. She joins the Chaldeans in dispatching the angels, demonstrating how powerful she is.[12]
The heroes soon arrive at the warden’s castle. Dante tries to speak with the gatekeeper about getting permission from the warden to pass only for the latter to try to eat him. Thankfully, the warden incapacitates the ravenous gatekeeper with a Pope Slash then invites the heroes into their castle. The heroes enter, hoping to get an explanation about the gatekeeper from the warden.[12]
Inside, the warden, Johanna, asks Dante if he is reenacting his “Divine Comedy”; Dante denies he is. Johanna decides she might as well give “it” to Dante, but that is the extent of what she offers. It is not of any concern to her, for it is an obstacle that must be surmounted, regardless.
She confirms with Dante that his group is only passing through the third circle to the fourth and nowhere else. She advises they pass through quickly and hold their breaths for as long as possible.[12]
As for the gatekeeper from before, Johanna says his transformation is collectively the heroes’ fault. She explains he was made to understand the heroes routinely indulge in eating and the circle of gluttony is built on the inability to feel full. Thus, the heroes are considered sinners so long as they remain alive in the circle. It is best they leave before chaos ensues lest they risk eating thing no one ever should.[12]
Leaving Johanna’s castle, the heroes see they’re getting ravenous looks from the circle’s sinners and agree they need to hurry along. Kadoc has everyone take a tonic for eliminating scents before they go. It works on demonic beasts, but he hopes it will work in this situation.[12]
The heroes soon reach the gate to the fourth circle, which is guarded by Cerberus. Metatron says this it isn’t the one from Greek mythology rather it is the symbol for gluttony depicted in the Divine Comedy. As a result of Dante’s amplified image of its might, the Cerberus of this Singularity is much stronger. The heroes battle the Divine Comedy Cerberus.
After slaying Cerberus, the heroes prepare to leave when they see the sinner start eating its corpse. Mash wants to stop them, but Metatron says they can’t be stopped, for all that’s on their mind right now is satisfying their desires. She asks Mash if she can stop them without resorting to violence, but Mash is too hesitant to answer. Metatron recommends they just accept there is nothing they do about it.[12]
Passing through the gate, the heroes finally arrive at their destination: the fourth circle——the circle of greed. Kadoc remembers in Divine Comedy there is a gatekeeper in the fourth circle named after Pluto, the god of the underworld. Out of curiosity, he tries to ask Dante the story behind the strange line Pluto muttered the moment he appeared, when a frost giant suddenly appears and recites the very same line: “Pape Satàn, pape Satàn aleppe!” Though initially shocked, the heroes easily slay “Pluto” who was just an ordinary frost giant whose only words were a single-mined repetition of the Pape Satàn quote.[12]
Now in the fourth circle proper, Staluzio pays the Chaldeans in Grail drops for bringing him and Cellina to their destination before then taking their leave. The heroes prepare to head back when Kadoc voices his suspicions that Cellina kept a Grail drop for herself. Both Metatron and Dante find such behavior unsurprising, though, considering Cellina came to the circle of greed.[12]
Greed Brings Destruction
The heroes again try to head back when a signpost suddenly crashes down from above with a message that reads: “Come by and say hello.——the Warden”. Ritsuka and Kadoc both remember Kirei had warned them about the Warden of the fourth circle and agree they need to leave immediately. But at that moment signpost crashes down that reads: “Get the hell over here.” Not left with much choice, the heroes go visit the warden.[13]
Inside her castle, the Warden Caren has her guards bring Moriarty before the heroes. She reveals he is guilty of stealing from the Library of Alexandria in the ninth circle; the librarian caught him trying to use a Grail drop to import legal books pertaining to the Singularity as a digital data. Normally he would be processed in a different Hell, but she brought him here because she thought it’d be amusing.[13]
She puts his bail at ten billion QP, but if the heroes cannot pay that Moriarty can pay off his debt, which Caren estimates will take about a hundred million years. The heroes consider abandoning Moriarty given his ridiculously high bail until he declares there is a winning strategy for their trail against judge Metatron based on the fact he viewed memorized every legal book in the library, though he admits it’s not guaranteed to succeed. The heroes agreed to help Moriarty.
Amused by their current situation, Caren then orders the heroes to line up and once they are, she slaps each of them with a wad of cash. As for why she did it, it is because doing so filled her and her subordinates with happiness, demonstrating the sin of Greed. Moving on, Caren orders the heroes to prepare an item worth ten billion QP they can exchange to pay Moriarty’s bail.[13]
Leaving Caren’s castle with Moriarty, the heroes try to think what item could be worth ten billion QP. The issue, however, is that an item’s value changes from person to person. On the other hand, earning ten billion QP is next to impossible.[13]
With everyone lost on what to do, Mash suggests they start by talking to everyone in the circle. Moriarty thinks that is a fine idea, but he warns in the circle of Greed the more talking they do, the higher the chance of trouble arising. Although if they don’t talk to anyone, nothing can be set in motion. Moriarty thus takes Ritsuka and Kadoc with him to speak with the sinners of Greed and the first person they go speak to just happens to be Julius Caesar.[13]
After a battle, Caesar claims he doesn’t belong to the fourth circle, so he doesn’t really know anything in particular and promptly leaves. Ritsuka is frustrated that Caesar was no help whatsoever. Moriarty considers that a given, though, considering they asked Caesar of all people to hear them out.[13]
Ritsuka, Moriarty, and Kadoc try speaking with the other sinners, but to no avail. Hector takes notice of the heroes’ desperation and goes to speak to them out of curiosity. He was originally summoned in the first circle, Limbo, but he got bored, so now he works in the fourth circle as a lowly sentry. Ritsuka tells him about their predicament.[13]
Hector suggests they present Caren with either multiple items worth ten billion QP all together or a person worth ten billion. Kadoc very much doubts there can be a human who is worth that much. Dante thinks Hector would be worth ten billion, but Hector doesn’t value himself that much, considering himself just a general of a ruined nation. Moriarty reminds Dante it is Caren’s appraisal, not his, that matters here, and he doubts she holds heroes in admiration.[13]
Ritsuka wonders if Mash would be worth ten billion. Mash doesn’t believe that is feasible, but Metatron thinks it could work. Moriarty notes Mash does possess a uniqueness rare among all Servants and wonders if they can ten billion if they promote her with a shrewd enough pitch. He cannot do the promoting himself, however, since it is very doubtful Caren would hear his pitch. But there is someone they encountered earlier who can do it: Caesar.[13]
Caesar takes the heroes to a local tavern to hear more details about their proposal about him pitching a ten billion QP sale. There, after hearing the details of their proposal, he agrees to help the heroes. But in order to raise Mash’s value, he first needs to hear her story.[13]
Hell Delivers Fortune
Mash tells Caesar her story, giving him enough material to work with. He tells the heroes to take the rest of the day to prepare. They will confront Caren tomorrow morning.[14]
The heroes return to the Granato to rest for the day. Mash is spacing out a bit when Ritsuka snaps her out of it. She confesses she gets anxious whenever she looks up at the sky. It feels like she should do something, but she can’t. Ritsuka tells her to accept what it is and take it one step at a time.[14]
Seeing Mash’s depressed face, Ritsuka wonders if they should ask her what is going on between her and Lilith. But she never told them anything about that and just said to leave it to her. They remember her tone when she said that was serious yet also distress. They go to bed while Mash stays behind to allegedly continue looking at the sky.[14]
Alone, Mash thinks about how her value will be determined tomorrow to be apparently worth ten billion QP when Lilith appears. She mocks Mash for thinking she isn’t worth that and reminds her she can't leave Hell without that worth. She tells her to just convince herself she is the hero saved the world so she can see herself being worth ten billion QP. But then she wonders if Mash thinks she is just worthless.[14]
Mash responds she has a responsibility for having fought this far and carries the guilt of having fought, so believing herself worthless would inconsiderate to everyone around her. Lilith interprets that to mean Mash believes her worth is determined by her actions in battle.[14]
Ignoring that, Lilith thinks it’d be better if Mash just stopped being a Shielder and was just normal instead. Mash, however, refuses to stop being a Shielder, considering her shield an important memento entrusted to her by Galahad. So long as she has it, she will continue fighting as a Shielder.[14]
Lilith corrects Mash that it is so long she has a mindset worthy of the shield that she can continue being a Shielder. The moment Mash loses that mindset, her worth will drop to zero. Lilith leaves, telling Mash people never shine on their own and that is doubly so for worthless people like her, so she advises her not to lose her shield.[14]
Lilith’s cruel words cause Mash to space out a bit until Habetrot snaps her out of it. She implores Mash not to deny Lilith was malicious to her because it saddens her to see her just quietly accept it. Mash thanks Habetrot for helping her realize she was hurting.[14]
Mash thinks about what Lilith said about having a mindset worthy of the shield. She tried to be like Galahad, believing it to be the key to wielding the shield. She agreed with Tepeu when he said all lives are equal, for it is an impartial mindset that gives one the right to wield the shield. Yet all her confidence came undone when Tepeu told her life is not all the same and it is alright for her to feel sadder about the misfortune of someone close to her rather than a stranger. She can no longer believe it is right for everything to be equal, even though that is a prerequisite to being a Shielder, so maybe Lilith is right that her worth will drop to zero.[14]
Habetrot stops herself from giving Mash words of encouragement because she knows about Mash’s circumstances. Da Vinci told her after her battles in the Sixth Lostbelt, Mash’s affinity with Galahad had increased, further unifying their Spirit Origin. In fact, Mash no longer needs any assistance from the Ortenaus, indicating she is further along in becoming a Heroic Spirit.[14]
Heroic Spirits are phenomena recorded into the time they were active in history. These records are stored into the Throne of Heroes which exists in a higher dimension outside time and space, and Servants are familiars summoned through those records. If Mash was acknowledged as a Heroic Spirit in death, and later made a Servant, she could be summoned and help humanity across time. Unfortunately, Mash is in the process of becoming a Heroic Spirit while still alive, meaning she will not enter the Throne of Heroes, since she will be unable to die. If it worsens, she will become bound to her span of life from between 2015 and 2016 and then that one-year span will be the only place she can exist; from when she first became a Demi-Servant in Singularity F to the completion of the Human Order Incineration Incident. Even if the rest of Chaldea went past 2017, Mash would be doomed to repeat her "record zone" of 2016 forever. She would thus cease to die, becoming an event, for that is what it means to become a Ghost Liner while still alive.[14]
Da Vinci had previously thought Mash was safe since Galahad’s Spirit Origin went silent after the Incineration of the Human Order, but it never left. She noticed a change in Mash back in the Fifth Lostbelt and tried to explain it. She advised her to try and not fight as Galahad, but instead rely on her Ortenaus equipment.[14]
Habetrot got mad at Da Vinci for allowing Mash to fight all this time despite the risk. Da Vinci said it was necessary though because without Mash, Chaldea would have never made it this far. Mash knows this and could better protect Chaldea if she became a complete Heroic Spirit, possibly seeing her own fate as immutable. Habetrot reluctantly agreed Mash would see protecting Chaldea as more important than herself. Da Vinci thus entrusted Habetrot with the Holy Sword received from the Sixth Lostbelt for when Mash takes the choice opposite of what Habetrot mentioned. It will weaken it, but Sion had given her permission.[14]
In the present, Habetrot thinks about how Mash’s predicament is something Mash needs to resolve on her own. She doesn’t know what effect her words nor how it will affect the Holy Sword. So long as she doesn’t know that, she can do nothing than watch, but she is doing this as Mash’s friend, not her guardian fairy. She tells Mash to keep in mind that she is not worthless.[14]
The next day, the heroes present Mash to Caren as being worth ten billion QP, mainly because she saved the world; the heroes spent much time beforehand complimenting Mash, so she’d believe she is worth much that. However, Caren argues Mash’s value would be lower if the Restoration of the Human Order could have been done by another Master and Servant. She therefore wants to know Mash’s action could have been done by someone else and asks Kadoc for his opinion first.[14]
Kadoc admits the Restoration of the Human Order could have been done by another Master and Servant. It is even possible they could have solved it with few casualties, and quicker and more efficiently. But Kadoc thinks it was better that it was Ritsuka and Mash who did it.[14]
Caren does not deny the Restoration of the Human Order was a praiseworthy endeavor with undeniable value. However, as far as she is concerned, the Chaldeans are perpetrators of genocide. Caesar implored Caren to consider the value of the restoration, but Caren countered by asking he could convert this inexcusable sin into tangible value. Caesar had warned Mash yesterday not to acknowledge her sin, otherwise her value would drop.[14]
All of the sudden, Lilith argues Mash wouldn’t have survived if she hadn’t destroyed world after world. By doing so, Mash proved Proper Human History was the mightiest and there is value in might. Caren doesn’t put Lilith’s outburst into consideration, however, much to the latter’s alleged disappointment, who proceeds to leave. Ritsuka wonders to themself if Lilith was only just harassing Mash.[14]
Mash confesses she doesn’t believe she can convert her sins into tangible value and she cannot make them go away either. Even if the evidence is gone, her sins still remain. She apologizes to Caesar for doing what he told her to, revealing to Caren that she had rehearsed all this with Caesar. Caesar, however, denies he rehearsed with Mash as she is completely incapable of telling a lie.[14]
Caren reveals the fact Mash destroyed so many worlds increases her value even more. She explains to Mash that sin doesn’t factor into someone’s worth whatsoever. A weapon capable of destroying the world’s value, for example, is in its destructiveness. Atonement for one’s sins is a different matter, but here in the Hell of greed, value means everything, something Caesar seems to know very well.[14]
Mash realizes this was Caesar’s plan all along. Caesar asks Mash to forgive him but he knew lies wouldn’t deceive Caren. It was thanks to Mash’s sincere belief that a sin will remain a sin that Caren was convinced of her worth, so Caesar remaining silent on it was the best way to increase it.[14]
Caren then proclaims Mash’s value to be five billion QP instead of ten billion, like the heroes were expecting. She explains the worth of everything is subjective, but all life sees themselves as the most valuable of all, prioritizing themselves above all else. As such, the most valuable thing in the world to her is herself. She puts her own worth at five billion and one QP.[14]
Caesar concludes with Mash and Caren together they would have would have offerings worth ten billion and one QP. He therefore decides it is time to fight because all they need to do is steal the other half, referring to Caren. Caren accepts Caesar’s challenge and fights the heroes, wishing to see who will acquire ten billion and one QP.[14]
The heroes defeat Caren, thereby claiming her as their own. With both her and Mash, they have met their quota of ten billion QP, so Caren grants Moriarty his freedom as agreed. In addition, she also awards the heroes with Grail drops and a scroll with a pair of scales pictured on it.[14]
She explains the scroll is a Scales Certificate, essentially a permit given out by the wardens. It gives the heroes the right to roam the fourth circle freely, but also proves that she has acknowledged that they need its strength. She predicts they will need it very soon. Then, with a blast of red lightning, she transports the heroes out of her circle.[14]
With everyone else gone, Lilith returns and asks Caren why she gave the heroes a Scales Certificate. Caren responds by saying it’s time for their ruler to be humbled. She doesn’t see it as a betrayal, though, simply seeing herself as a warden who admitted defeat. She is certain judge Metatron will judge the matter fairly.[14]
She then asks Lilith why she hates Mash so much, feeling the way she glared at her was far from ordinary. Lilith jokes she and Mash have a rivalry for who wins Ritsuka’s heart, but Caren knows the way Lilith looked at Mash wasn’t something so harmless. It was more like she loathed everything about Mash.[14]
Caren assumes Lilith will not kill Mash. Lilith says she will not as she wants Mash to suffer and leaves. Caren wonders how Mash and Lilith’s fates became intertwined.[14]
Beauty Fosters Love
The heroes find themselves on the far side of the Acheron river. Caesar returns to the fourth circle being a sinner himself even though he is a Servant, but not before requesting the heroes tell Cleopatra he went to the bottommost level if she ever asks after him. Ritsuka then uses the Grail Dagger to return themself and their companions to the Granato.[15]
In his office, Moriarty explains that according to the Singularity’s legal texts the only way to overturn the Chief Justice’s verdict is to appeal to God. Unfortunately, He is no position to receive said appeal, in which case the executor of His will would undertake the trial on His behalf that being Metatron. Kadoc realizes the first trial is a judgement by Metatron, while the next trial brings a challenge to her as the executor of God’s will.[15]
Moriarty admits it will be difficult to have the Chief Justice’s verdict retracted, especially with Kirei acting as prosecutor and the Chief Justice likely to reject any appeals directed at God. Therefore the heroes must first ensure the appeal is accepted by getting the approval of the Seven Mistresses—the wardens—as the Chief Justice cannot ignore the fact the seven’s power is granted by God. The heroes thus shall acquire a Scales Certificate from each warden and submit them to the court when they file their appeal.[15]
Kadoc surmises the wardens will concede their Scale Certificates if they can get their approval. Moriarty confirms as much, which is why they will be journeying through Hell’s nine circles and negotiate with the seven wardens to receive their respective approvals. Ritsuka agrees to Moriarty’s proposal and shakes hands with him and Dante as a sign of trust.[15]
As the first circle is without a warden to receive a Scales Certificate from, Moriarty decides they’ll begin Cleopatra in the second circle. But Kadoc questions if the other wardens will surrender their Scales Certificates after they’re defeated in battle like what happened with Caren. Moriarty says not to count on that, though it’s possible there may be some whose approval hinges on fighting. Metatron concurs, saying while the method may vary, the commonality is to gain the wardens’ approval.[15]
Leaving the office, Metatron informs the Chaldeans that she will be accompanying them on their journey. However, it will be difficult to tow the Granato all the way to the lowest level, so she thinks a scaled-down version like a Bounded Field will work better. She has Ritsuka give her the Grail Dagger, saying she’ll have the adjustments done by tomorrow.[15]
Amakusa Shirou reaffirms the Scales Certifications will be essential for the appeal because, at the very least, they cannot be rejected out of hand. However, he warns the Chaldeans traversing Hell will be a treacherous journey where they will know no peace and be faced with cruel choices; He prays for their collective safety. He then asks Mash to stay with him to discuss a somewhat complicated matter.[15]
In his room, Amakusa Shirou notes Mash’s shield looks rusted and asks her if it has ever suffered such a phenomenon; Mash says it has not. Amakusa Shirou tells her that, though she is a Shielder, as a Servant, her true nature is likely closer to that of a Ruler. The qualifications for a Shielder are similar: protecting without distinction and being on guard for any disaster.[15]
But he warns Mash that rust means the perception inside her heart is in disarray. In this Singularity, the more that perception falls apart, the more power diminishes. She will also lose her power as a Demi-Servant, though Amakusa Shirou thinks that might be in her favor as he can only image what sort of inhumane experiments give birth to a Demi-Servant.[15]
Nonetheless, Mash considers that power still necessary. Amakusa Shirou advises her in that case to strive to maintain as balanced a mind as possible and engrave in her heart that the rust isn’t at all a bad thing. It simply means her way of life is about to change. He encourages Mash to continue on the path she will separate from with pride and to take on this Singularity with more effort than she normally would.
Later, outside his room, after Mash had left, Amakusa Shirou worries he was too intimidating or overly vague. Lilith thinks terrifying Mash a little will make it more enjoyable, reaffirming her hatred for the latter.[15]
Amakusa Shirou tells Lilith, under normal circumstances, he would stop her, but he knows that isn’t good for the Chaldeans. However, he now believes the salvation of all and the salvation of individuals are equally important, so he prays Mash and Kadoc can be saved, aware that the latter will be never free of his sin, like Lilith said.[15]
After Lilith goes to bed, Amakusa Shirou admits he would pray for her salvation as well, but he couldn’t say that out loud without risking getting killed. He doubts she would ever want such a salvation, though.[15]
The next morning, the Chaldeans, Metatron, Moriarty, and Dante leave for the second circle. When they arrive there, though, it is deserted. Dante senses something bad when Moriarty realizes it’s Haya Ra’ahs and has everyone follow him.[15]
Dante explains the Haya Ra’ahs are sinners who managed to escape their damnation. They can no longer be considered sinners, but evil without rationality. They are enemies that were not found in the Divine Comedy. The heroes are forced to fight Haya Ra’ahs when some come straight for them.
Lightning struck the Haya Ra’ahs as the heroes fought. Metatron surmises it was punishment from Cleopatra, though it seems she wasn’t trying to help. She just threw bolts at random and it just happened to work in the heroes’ favor. Kadoc worries how she will respond when they request to acquire a Scales Certification.[15]
Inside her castle, Dante asks Cleopatra for a Scale Certifcation. Cleopatra notices the heroes already have one from Caren, though, and asks if it was stolen. Dante reassures her it was received through legitimate means. Cleopatra decides she’ll contact Caren later to confirm, but she supposes Dante is speaking the truth, so she permits the heroes to seek out a Scale Certification even from the circle of lust. However, wishing to speak privately with the heroes, she orders her soldiers to leave.[15]
After her soldiers are gone, Cleopatra explains as warden of the second circle, she compels its sinners to make beauty their ideal. Out of the beauty of it, they sought love, and in doing so, they continue suffering in this hell. But Cleopatra admits even by the Chief Justice’s standards she is but another sinner, despite being granted by the full Authority of a Ruler by her.[15]
However, she confesses there is a man with whom she shared an emotional connection when she was alive. She isn’t going to engage in proclamations of love or the like. She just wants to see him before her, even if only for a moment. Being unable to reconnect with the one she loves is her punishment, but she wants to see him at least once. The heroes agree to find Caesar for her.[15]
The heroes find Caesar in the second circle by coincidence and bring him before Cleopatra. Cleopatra thanks the heroes for granting her wish and gives them a Scales Certificate as promised.[15]
She decides to have Caesar stay in the second circle for a time. Caesar, however, declines as his hub for activities is the fourth circle. Cleopatra thinks the third circle would be the most troublesome for Caesar and asks him if he has been there.[15]
Caesar answers he hasn’t as he has been in the fourth circle ever since he was summoned. He assumes he is being regarded as a sinner deserving of punishment when Cleopatra mentions the third circle is the circle of Gluttony. But Cleopatra corrects him that the sinners of the third circle might want to eat him, leading Caesar to realize what her earlier question meant.[15]
Cleopatra says she has no issue with any body type, but she still believes in imposing her beauty standards. Caesar tries to point out Servant are incapable of dieting when Cleopatra says they can in her circle. She then painfully slims him down, beginning the painful process of turning him into her ideal form of him.[15]
The Popess Discovers Lovable Sins
It is night by the time the heroes reach the third circle, so they decide to rest. Ritsuka uses the Grail Dagger (which Metatron adjusted yesterday) to create a Bounded Field. Dante and Moriarty keep watch while the others sleep. They see the Bounded Field and those inside it are invisible to both sinners and angels.[16]
But to Dante and Moriarty’s surprise, Johanna finds them, though not without difficulties considering the Bounded Field’s effect. Their presences disappeared so suddenly that she came looking for them. She wanted to speak with the Chaldeans, but realizing they’re asleep, she decides to wait for when the heroes come to her castle tomorrow to discuss business.[16]
Sitting down, Johanna remarks on how it’s clear the Singularity is based on Dante’s Divine Comedy, yet he doesn’t possess the Grail. She thought he created the Singularity, but his actions are too mundane to call him the Singularity’s lord. She quickly realizes the circumstances are much like…… Dante stops her from saying anymore and asks her to curb her curiosity for the sake of those he holds dear. Johanna agrees to his request, though she worries she might be mistaken whom she thinks the Singularity’s creator is.[16]
She concludes it wasn’t Dante who summoned her, confessing she only wanted to know who it was that wanted her bad enough to summon her so she could be motivated on her behalf. If she was summoned randomly or if Dante was responsible, she would have cooperated with the heroes unconditionally. But it seems neither is the case, for her superior is Metatron, who is both enemy and ally.[16]
Moriarty suggests Johanna can hand over a Scales Certification while still maintaining her neutrality since Metatron is on both sides. Johanna decides to impose a rather difficult quest on the heroes in that case. She then leaves, saying she’ll see the heroes tomorrow and telling Moriarty and Dante to keep her visit a secret from the others.[16]
Dante thinks things might have worked out peacefully if he said he had summoned Johanna. Moriarty agrees it could have, but the lie would have been exposed the moment Dante spoke it. Regardless, they’re better off knowing Johanna won’t be refusing outright or be unreasonable.[16]
Dante realizes Moriarty never asks him about anything. Moriarty tells him it’s because he knows Dante is keeping quiet for a reason. He is a prospective future evil overlord and a lifelong rival of Holmes, so he can at least understand why and how Dante came to the Singularity. He accepts the sentiment that Dante wants to keep the truth a secret, even though it’s an emotion he is incapable of understanding.[16]
The next morning, the heroes go to Johanna’s castle. She agrees to give them a Scales Certification in exchange for a favor. She explains the sinners of Gluttony consume a fruit exclusive to the third circle called hollow fruit to stave starvation. However, the tree that bears the fruit is guarded by Cerberus, who waits to devour the sinners who come to the tree to gather the fruit. Johanna could defeat him if she used a great number of her soldiers, but the damage incurred would be tremendous.[16]
Moriarty understands Johanna wants them to slay Cerberus. Johanna confirms as much and reassures the heroes they will not have to worry about the angels as those in the third circle fall under her purview. But she warns the heroes to be wary that only the sinners consume the hollow fruit despite instinctively knowing it cannot satisfy them and doesn’t even taste good.
The Hollow Fruit Tree
The heroes arrive at the hollow fruit tree to find not only Cerberus but the dragon Ladon and a third order angel as well. They then see some sinners turn into Haya Ra’ahs and charge straight for the tree, only to be eaten by Cerberus.[16]
As the victims will only increase if the heroes remain idle, Moriarty agrees with Kadoc that they have no other recourse but to slay Cerberus. He believes they’re much very capable of defeating Cerberus and Ladon, but the angel is an uncertainty. Dante asks Metatron if she has a trump card.[16]
Indicating she does, Metatron has Ritsuka give her the Grail Dagger. She explains she’ll slightly adjust the Bounded Field’s directive, then modify it to restrain the angel. It won’t hold for long, so Metatron recommends defeating Cerberus and Ladon quickly, then defeat the restrained angel. Everyone agrees to Metatron’s plan and executes it, soon defeating all three enemies in battle.
With it now unguarded, the sinners gather to the hollow fruit tree on mass. The heroes quickly leave the area out of fear of the sinners.[16]
After escaping, Dante notes there wasn’t originally a fruit to alleviate the sinners’ hunger. He thinks the wardens are soft and that they should want the sinners to receive rightful punishments instead, like he wanted. Ritsuka realizes he is talking about the Divine Comedy. Dante confirms he is, but he recommends they talk about it when there is time to spare.
The heroes return to Johanna, who congratulates for defeating Cerberus. Moriarity asks her about third order angel when she said not to worry about the angels. Johanna confesses that angel wasn’t under her control as it is a subordinate of the Chief Justice. She explains the wardens for each circle are given jurisdiction to command the angels, but sometimes the Chief Justice sends some of her own; any angel of the third order and higher can be assumed to follow her orders alone.[16]
She confirms the third order angel was indeed guarding the tree because, from the Chief Justice’s perspective, providing the fruits to the sinners of Gluttony is a sin in itself. However, that means nearly every sinner would turn into a Haya Ra’ah, not that it matters to the Chief Justice, since she doesn’t seem to hold humanity’s salvation in much esteem. She had come to the conclusion humanity ought to perish for causing the Earth to be bleached.[16]
Johanna says it is on that point where she and the Chief Justice differ. She will never forgive whoever it was that created her, but she would never give up on humanity as a whole, disagreeing with the Chief Justice on making humanity bear their sins in Hell, even though they’ve perished. She believes not allowing the harvesting of hollow fruits is connected to this, as if the Chief Justice is saying there should be no salvation for sinners.[16]
Johanna then rewards the heroes with a Scales Cerificate when a soldier suddenly reports the angels have launched an attack. Meanwhile, outside, angels massacre sinners, destroying their souls. The soldiers attempt to defend the third circle from the angels.[16]
Leaving the castle, Mash wants to stop the angels, but Johanna tells her it’s hopeless, for the angels are far too numerous. She realizes this attack is in response to her having that third order angel killed.[16]
As the angels seem intent on destroying the third circle, Moriarty recommends Johanna escape and accompany him and the others to the fourth circle. But Johanna refuses to abandon the sinners even though she knows nothing good will come of it because she believes at one person should favor to those who were abandoned by the world. The heroes decide to honor Johanna’s decision and prepare to leave the third circle.[16]
But then Mash calls out to Johanna and describes how so many Rulers are saints because they help everything. Johanna tells her that is wrong, though there isn't enough time to correct Mash’s misunderstanding. She thinks Mash knows why she is wrong and while ignoring it might be the right choice, Johanna believes it is sometimes better to try to be wrong.[16]
With the angels’ attack intensifying, Johanna implores the heroes to escape, presuming they’re on their way to the fifth circle since they have cleared the fourth circle beforehand. She suspects the angels won’t prioritize hunting down those sentenced to exile, but she warns the heroes they will go after them if they spot them. Moriarty, Dante, and Metatron all commend Johanna for committing to her beliefs, then depart for the fifth circle with the Chaldeans.[16]
Johanna slays angel after angel so the sinners may escape, but soon enough, there are no sinners or soldiers left, only enemies. Yet she doesn’t regret her choice because what is important is that she chose. She believes there are no right or wrong choices in life, only grim outcomes. She is well aware she is the only one left in the third circle and a cruel conclusion awaits, but she has no regrets for she has already buried those deep within heart.[16]
Suddenly she is struck by Saint-du-Mont Pillier, the Chief Justice’s Noble Phantasm. The Chief Justice asks Johanna why she let the heroes kill that third order angel. It may have been them who slew it, but it was she who allowed it to happen, so it is her sin. Johanna doesn’t deny it, unable to argue against the Chief Justice’s reasoning.[16]
The Chief Justice asks Johanna why she sided with the sinners when she despised them. Johanna admits to herself she doesn’t hate those who stoned her to death, as that was nothing more than a fable. She thinks the Chief Justice’s machine-like nature prevents her from understanding humans aren’t strong enough to hold permanent grudges against those who are already gone and so she feels no compassion, pity, or empathy towards them.[16]
Johanna confesses she helped the sinners simply on a whim. The Chief Justice finds her motive incomprehensible and considers her unfit to be a Ruler, stating they must be absolutely fair and discard any pity, compassion, and empathy under the law. Johanna supposes that is right, but she questions what that matters when her birth was a mistake. The Chief Justice doesn’t consider Johanna’s birth a mistake. Johanna laughs at what the former has failed to notice.[16]
She realizes and accepts she is going to die now, but she has something to say first. She hopes the Chief Justice will remember her when she realizes her own contradiction, so she will tell her this now: “I’m glad, thank you. You’re fine like this. I will forgive you for everything.” The Chief Justice cannot comprehend what Johanna is trying to say, but Johanna believes she will one day.[16]
Though she is about to be killed by her, Johanna cannot help but pity the Chief Justice for the latter doesn’t understand her own contradiction or pretends she doesn’t. Satisfied, she is then killed by the Chief Justice, who is questioning what the former wished for and why she accepted what happened with a smile.[16]
Meanwhile, the heroes, while being chased by angels, reach the gate to the fourth circle, but it is guarded by Cerberus. Left with no choice, Moriarty and Dante fight the angels while Metatron and the Chaldeans fight Cerberus.[16]
Cerberus, however, proves tougher than expected and more angels are coming. Fortunately, Lilith arrives and kills Cerberus. Dante follows up by using his Noble Phantasm to keep the angels at bay. The heroes then pass through the gate into the fourth circle.[16]
They unexpectedly encounter Staluzio there, who informs them that Cellina has become irritable and has become more attached to things. Lilith concludes Cellina is turning into a Haya Ra’ah. Ritsuka and Mash both want to help Cellina even though it’s hopeless and demand Staluzio he take them to her.
Unfortunately, by the time they find Cellina, she is already transforming into a Haya Ra’ah and attacks Ritsuka, Mash, and Lilith once she is fully transformed, forcing them to kill her in battle.[16]
Mash apologizes to Staluzio as it was already too late for Cellina by the time they arrived. Staluzio knows nothing could be done, though, and believes Cellina had no regrets. He confesses he and Cellina were wordly people whose desires remained even when they were praying in Purgatory and even when they were in Hell. He is certain he will share the same fate as her one day, but he has no regrets. Even if they are punished as sinners for the rest of their lives, they lived in accordance with their desires.[16]
Lilith tries to provoke Mash by questioning why she is sad about Cellina’s death when they weren’t even friends. However, Ritsuka scolds her and Mash refuses to give into her provocations. Seeing she will not get the reaction she wants from Mash, Lillith promptly leaves.[16]
Mash is happy she got the better of Lilith, but she feels guilty feeling happy about getting the better of someone, certain it strays from the path she has walked until now. She needs to control herself, yet she can’t stop herself from feeling this way. These feelings scare her and she fears the others will disappointed in her if they were ever to find out.[16]
Peace Cultivates Bonds
The heroes quickly pass through the fourth circle, all the while Caren closely followed Moriarty without him even noticing and enter the fifth circle. It is late by the time they enter, so they decide to take a rest.[17]
While Moriarty and Metatron are asleep, the others talk about what to expect from the fifth circle. According to the Divine Comedy, they will need to cross the swamp of Styx at the depths of which the sinners of Wrath kill each other constantly. As for the warden, Dante feels as though there was never one.[17]
But Lilith returns and reveals Ashoka is the warden, though Wrath barely needs his oversight, so he has effectively abandoned that role. He is a Lancer, but he has Ruler qualifications. Lilith also shares Kadoc’s surprise that Ashoka is one of the Seven Mistresses. She came with a message from Ashoka, but seeing as Moriarty is already asleep, she decides to save that conversation for tomorrow.[17]
While the others are asleep, Dante discreetly asks Lilith if she has a Master. Lilith confirms she does, though she wouldn’t consider them fully fledged. Dante admits he was thought the Chief Justice was her Master. Lilith says the Chief Justice could probably put her under her control, but seeing as she is a demon, the Chief Justice rejects her on ethical grounds.[17]
Dante asks Lilith if her Master is to blame for her negative feelings toward Mash. Lilith asserts her feelings are her own, and that she hates Mash enough to kill her. But she assures Dante that she will continue to cooperate with them, having been given permission from her Master. She, of course, refuses to divulge her Master’s identity. Dante doesn’t mind though as he and Moriarty both solving mysterious.[17]
The next morning, Lilith tells the heroes that since Ashoka isn’t present as the warden, they cannot get a Scales Certificate. She therefore convinces them to call out his name together to make him appear. Ashoka quickly appears and reintroduces himself as the warden of the fifth circle, the Hell of Wrath.[17]
He agrees to give the heroes a Scales Certification in exchange for them locating Phlegyas’s substitute, the ferryman who crosses the marsh of Styx. Phlegyas isn’t even in the Singularity, according to Lilith, having never been summoned or killed shortly after being summoned. Either way, he is absent, but someone is operating his boat and it is the heroes’ job to find out who.[17]
Accompanied by Lilith at Ashoka’s behest, the heroes prepare to go to the marsh of Styx. Metatron warns the marsh smells terrible, given that it is a swamp of death. Kadoc offers something to numb their sense of smell. He made some thinking he and Ritsuka need countermeasures against smells, but there is only enough for two more, so Mash, Metatron, Moriarty, Dante, and Lilith will have to work something out. The other three will have to wait until more is made from materials harvested from demonic beasts. Lilith suggests they fight to decide which two will go, which Metatron agrees too much to Moriarty’s surprise given her laziness.[17]
It is decided Mash and Metatron will accompany Ritsuka and Kadoc through the marsh of Styx. Kadoc gives them the medicine and instructs them to put them a drop in their noses. Mash and Metatron follow his instructions but they weren’t expecting to be so painful. Ritsuka and Kadoc then follow suit after the latter warned the former that as normal humans, the smell alone could kill them.[17]
The marsh of Styx
Arriving in the marsh of Styx, the heroes meet the ferryman, Odysseus, who confirms he replaced Phlegyas at the latter’s request before he passed. After a brief encounter with Haya Ra’ahs, they report their findings to Ashoka at his castle in the fifth circle. Ashoka rewards the heroes with a Scales Certification for completing his request.[17]
Immediately afterward, he prepares to return to the Granato before he accused of a transgression. Kadoc is confused why that would happen as he thought wardens were allowed to give Scale Certifications. Ashoka explain in the Singularity, the Chief Justice’s power is absolute. Also, his heavenly wheel does not communicate to her worldviews.[17]
After Ashoka leaves, Lilith suspects he angered the Chief Justice. He meant for it to happen, though, so he will not be killed like Johanna. She was killed for siding with the heroes, but that is unlikely to happen to Ashoka since he is a Lancer and not a Ruler. Rulers may be dominant in this Singularity, but they can do nothing against the Chief Justice, so Lilith advises Ritsuka not to summon any against her.[17]
Changing the subject, Lilith reveals the sixth circle doesn’t have a warden or sinners. She says heresy was cut as a sin when the Singularity was created and asks Dante what has to say on that front. Moriarty isn’t surprised Dante was involved somehow considering the Singularity is directly based on the Divine Comedy, but he has two questions for him.[17]
His first question is whether Dante is a friend or an enemy. Dante answers he is an ally, or at least that is what he wants to be. Lilith is upset no one is accusing one another of betrayal, however. Moriarty reassures Dante that he trusts him since they spent time together in the Singularity, as do the Chaldeans. He decides to save his other question later, though it is important. As for Lilith, he makes it clear he doesn’t trust her despite her insistence she is an ally, given her earlier attempt to sow distrust and the fact they barely know each other.[17]
He is well aware Lilith hates Mash, but he cannot understand why she hates her in particular. While he’d like to know more, he fears bringing the topic up will result in a bloodbath between Mash and Lilith. At the very least, he believes Lilith when she says she isn’t their enemy. He wonders, though, if that means she isn’t Chaldea’s enemy but Mash’s.[17]
The Messenger of God Signals Death
Passing through the sixth circle, Dante confirms he created the Singularity through the Grail’s power. Chaldea should have originally detected as a Micro Singularity, but that changed when he summoned the Chief Justice and she took the Grail from him. As a reward for obtaining the Grail and summoning her, she permitted Dante to reside in Purgatory. Dante wandered aimlessly after that until he met Moriarty.[18]
Given how she has been remodeling the Singularity ever since she stole the Grail, Lilith presumes the Chief Justice means for the Singularity to be a Lostbelt. Ritsuka isn’t so sure that is the case though. Moriarty believes the Chief Justice’s motive will become clear if they can go to trial, which is why they must obtain the Scales Certificates and win the right to appear first.[18]
Changing the subject, Lilith announces she is going to leave soon because the joint wardens of the seventh circle, Marth and Astraea, scare her. They are apparently holding a fierce competition over something, but Lilith thinks that could mean they’ll give a certificate or two. The heroes head into the seventh circle, ready to face whatever unreasonable demand Martha and Astraea will impose them to get more certificates.[18]
Entering the seventh circle, the heroes see Martha and Astraea locked in fierce combat. The wardens eventually notice them and Martha asks them why they have come all the way from Purgatory to the seventh circle. Dante answers they have come to receive Scales Certifactions.[18]
Astraea and Martha warn the seventh circle is now dominated by Medusa. Through her Noble Phantasm, she plunders magical energy from the sinners and at this point it’s safe to say her power is comparable to that of a warden’s. Martha and Astraea have been competing over who would face Medusa.[18]
Truthfully, though, they anticipate both of them will find a battle against Medusa quite difficult. Since the heroes are here and need to prove themselves of worthy of the Scales Certificates, Martha and Astraea instead request the heroes settle the disturbances in the city. The heroes leave for Dis, expecting they will need to defeat Medusa.[18]
After the heroes are gone, Martha notes Johanna is gone and wonders if she and Astraea will soon be gone as well. Astraea finds it hard to say, as Johanna’s transgression was killing an angel directly assigned to the Chief Justice. Simply giving out Scales Certifiactes may not hold much importance to her, otherwise it wouldn’t show the fairness she strives for. If she were to obstruct that in bad faith, it would prove she is not qualified to be a Ruler.[18]
Martha questions if the heroes can properly deal with Medusa. Astraea thinks it should be a simple matter, considering Ritsuka is a veteran of the Human Order Restoration despite appearances. Ritsuka should understand they told them only to solve the problem, not to subjugate or kil Medusa. If the heroes mistake the request as simply killing Medusa, the consequences will be clear.[18]
The City of Dis
The heroes arrive in Dis, but the city is completely empty. Mash is certain Medusa is watching, yet none of the heroes are being petrified by her Mystic Eyes, nor do they feel their magical energy is being drained by her Noble Phantasm. Kadoc figures either Medusa’s Noble Phantasm hasn’t activated yet or it is siphoning magical energy from somewhere else.[18]
Moriarty suggests they search the building in the center, certain it is Medusa’s den. Kadoc recommends they split into two groups: him, Dante, and Moriarty; Ritsuka, Mash, and Metatron. Ritsuka decides their group will search the building. Kadoc says his group will keep a watch from a distance and rush in to help if anything happens. He leaves communication between the two groups to Metatron.[18]
As the presence of a Bounded Field means the chance of danger is high, Mash enters the building first to determine it is safe. But immediately upon entering, she feels her magical energy being drained and realizes it is a trap. Medusa then ambushes her.[18]
Meanwhile, outside, Ritsuka and Metatron wonder what is taking Mash so long when they hear her report there are no problems. Believing it to be her, the two enter the building only to find Mash engaged in combat with Medusa, much to their confusion. Stheno and Euryale show themselves and reveal the Mash Ritsuka and Metatron was a mimicry meant to lure them in.
Realizing they’re at a disadvantage, Mash tries to escape with Ritsuka, but Medusa blocks the exit. Metatron is incensed that she got caught in a trap so easily and declares that the Gorgon sisters shall be punished, leading to a fight.[18]
The Gorgon sisters are defeated. Euryale and Stheno try to guilt trip the heroes for which Metatron admonishes them. Ritsuka and Mash suggest they resolve the situation by talking things out, much to Metatron’s incredulousness. Euryale orders Medusa to do the talking, causing the latter to panic as she isn’t used to talking to her “food”. Metatron becomes more incensed toward the Gorgon sisters. Ritsuka pleads for everyone to calm down when Kadoc, Dante, and Moriarty.[18]
Kadoc, Dante, and Moriarty admit they were ambushed by third-order angels, whom they assume were after the Gorgon sisters, and forced to defend themselves only for the angels to retreat. Euryale notes Medusa has fought angels up to the fifth-order angels, but they have never any third-orders. Stheno adds the angels had retreated, leading her and Kadoc to conclude this all a huge setup. Everyone then feels a powerful pressure: it is a first-order angel.[18]
Medusa redeploys the Bounded Field on Euryale’s orders, but it won’t hold long against the angel. Stheno proposes everyone cooperate, noting the possibility the angel may be after the heroes and not her and her sisters. She also considers the heroes’ fault that Medusa isn’t performing up to par, so this battle’s outcome is uncertain.
Kadoc points out it was the sisters who attacked the heroes first and that they have been preying on the sinners. Euryale argues the sinners brought it upon themselves, though, when they attacked her and her sisters. Moriarty notes Martha and Astraea left that bit of information out and hopes it wasn’t for malicious reasons. Ritsuka, however, gets the feeling it wasn’t for malicious reasons.[18]
Brainstorming on how to fight the first-order angel, the heroes agree with Kadoc’s proposal of a pincer attack: one group to go out and attack the angel and another to counterattack from within the Bounded Field. He assigns the Gorgon Sisters to defense while Metatron, Moriarty, and Dante are on offense. He tells Ritsuka he needs them to work in tandem with Mash. Meanwhile, he will issue instructions from the defensive front. As for Mash, he thinks she can help with either the offense or the defense.[18]
Euryale and Stheno later catch Medusa trying to run away and coerce her into helping the heroes fight the first-order angel.[18]
If Mash is chosen for defense, she fights the first-order angel from the Bounded Field alongside the Gorgon sisters. The battle leaves her and Medusa exhausted, but the angel is supposedly defeated after taking a direct hit from Metatron’s Noble Phantasm. Unfortunately, the angel is still moving, leading Kadoc to conclude it won’t stop until it’s completely destroyed. But with Medusa in bad shape, the Gorgon sisters’ combat prowess doesn’t amount to much and Mash is too exhausted to use the Black Barrel. The other team is also exhausted.[18]
However, Mash is determined to defeat the angel herself despite her exhaustion and Ritsuka and Kadoc’s pleas for her to stop. But then Lilith appears to stop Mash, believing she deserves a more dramatic death.[18]
If Mash is chosen for offense, she fights the first-order angel outside alongside Metatron, Dante, and Moriarty. The battle leaves her, Dante, and Moriarty exhausted, but the angel is supposedly defeated after taking a direct hit from Metatron’s Noble Phantasm. Unfortunately, the angel is still moving, and worse, using her Noble Phantasm has Metatron exhausted of all of her energy rendering her unable to move.[18]
Mash decides to finish off the angel herself despite her exhaustion and Ritsuka and Moriarty’s pleas for her to stop. She tries fighting it, but her attacks are ineffective, leading Dante to conclude it will be difficult to fully destroy it without an appropriately-ranked Noble Phantasm. Moriarty recommends buying time for Metatron to recover when Lilith appears to take over for Mash. Ritsuka is wary.[18]
Lilith tells Mash to leave the angel to her, but Mash refuses. Lilith asks her if her refusal is because she is afraid of being useless. She understands Mash has inner struggles, but she warns Ritsuka will die if she continues to act unpragmatically. Mash declares the angel her enemy to fight, impressing Lilith with how much “bite” she said it with. Lilith and Mash then fight the angel with the former betting the latter on whether she continue fighting with her shield.[18]
Mash feels her shield getting heavier, almost as if it is rejecting her as its wielder; it is getting rustier. Mash asks why.[18]
Lilith tells her it is because of her doubts. The shield is rejecting her because she is no longer pure. She is supposed to see everything equally and be fair, yet what she wants to do is protect someone very dear to her. Mash argues that is natural and should be allowed. Lilith questions if that is because she is Ritsuka’s Servant and asks her if she would still protect them if that wasn’t the case.[18]
Mash feels her shielder getting heavier again, as if it is rejecting her viewpoint, yet she cannot abide by the ideals it demands. She finds it hard to breathe and her body aches all over. Lilith declares it as her win and dismisses Mash as a failure of a Servant.[18]
She kills the angel with Isha Ra’a, remarking how she is now at the point she can contend with first-orders. Afterward, she tells Mash that she is still helpful, but at the most crucial moment she is unable to wield her shield and at a time she needs it more than ever.[18]
Mash listens drearily to Lilith speak to her with malice in order to hurt her. She knows full well what Lilith is saying is true, to the point she can’t even retort. Yet even though she knows that——she remains neutral, regardless.[18]
She asks Lilith if she will come with her to report to Ritsuka. Lilith declines, deciding to give Mash the credit, and leaves.[18]
Mash’s shield is getting heavier and rustier, yet she remains neutral. She will wield her shield until the day she can no longer bear it, and that day might be very close.[18]
The heroes report back to Martha and Astraea. The wardens commend the heroes for defeating a first-order angel. They admit they knew about the angel beforehand, revealing it was sent by the Chief Justice, but they wanted to test the heroes.[18]
Astraea, however, suspects the circle’s particular characteristics might have worked in the heroes’ favor, so she advises them to be on guard if they encounter first-order angels in other circles. Kadoc realizes the angels didn’t use their Authority even so. Martha confesses the Authority of herself and Astraea is greater than that of the angels, albeit just barely. Astraea calls it a binding covenant: “Settle it by force!”[18]
Moriarty concludes Martha and Astraea’s Authority forced the angels to fight only physically. He and his companions had Metatron and the Grail Dagger with them, but he questions if Martha and Astraea are insinuating they wouldn’t have stood a chance if the angels could use their Authority. Martha says the heroes demonstrated their ability regardless by defeating a first-order angel and grants them two Scales Certificates.[18]
She tells them to take the certificates and proceed to the eighth circle, though none of the Seven Mistresses serve as warden for there. Astraea says the ninth circle does have a warden, but the situation there is complicated. She and Martha reveal the warden of the ninth circle is the first to raise her banner against the Incineration of the Human Order——Jeanne d’Arc.[18]
To The Depths of Hell
The heroes arrive in the eighth circle to see sinners, Servants, and angels waging war against each other with one side being commanded by Alexander. Dante recalls that the eighth circle originally had ten massive trenches for judging ten kinds of sins called Malebolge. However, it seems the trenches have been completely filled. Dante presumes the endless battles are what rendered the eighth circle unrecognizable, making it closer to Valhalla than Hell.[19]
Kadoc suggests they contact the Servants who are fighting as their next move, but Moriarty highly disagrees. He argues that because the Servants drawn to the eighth circle are of a mind to wreak havoc on the battlefield, trying to contact them will amount to needing to fight. Kadoc thinks that is possible given the Servants’ enthusiasm. Moriarty recommends that they instead negotiate with the opposing side.[19]
Meeting the opposing side’s commander, Chiron, Moriarty immediately requests to borrow the dragon Geryon so he and his companions can cross through the eighth circle into the ninth. Chiron agrees to lend out Geryon if Moriarty fulfills a request of his, which has to do with the angels.[19]
Leaving the tent with Moriarty, Chiron asks the heroes to rectify an issue with the angels. He explains the angels dispatched in the eighth circle are all from the sixth through fourth orders. While not weak, they can only fight and cannot use their Authorities. The issue is that the angels seem to have a bug that causes them not properly follow orders. Chiron’s request is for the heroes to fix this bug, the reward for which is permission to ride Geryon. The heroes accept the request, but Moriarty asks Chiron to consider an alternate request if they fail to fulfill the original.[19]
Metatron mentions the angels should have a local network functionality, so she questions how the Chaldeans, who are sentenced to exile, can contribute to fulfilling the request. Kadoc suggests they keep their distance and speculate while assisting with the angels’ adjustments.[19]
Moriarty examines the angels and speculates the issue is that they’re misidentifying the target for attack. He thinks it’s possibly a manufacturing defect, but realizes that would mean all angels would be defective, not just those deployed in the eighth circle. Metatron suggests another possibility.[19]
As Metatron mentioned earlier, the angels build their own network; information from the first-order angels is received by an angel acting as a relay and transmitted to the local angels. Here, however, it seems there had been an error in the information transmission process. If the pertinent angel is rebooted, the information responsible for the error might be reconstructed. Said angel should have a magical energy release function to send information to other angels. Metatron thinks she can haphazardly get it to relay information if she uses her Noble Phantasm with extreme restraint.[19]
Moriarty realizes something about the information the angels are receiving and asks Dante to ask Chiron when these angels arrived. Dante soon returns with the answer, leading Moriarty to conclude the Chaldeans are the cause of the angels’ error.[19]
Relaying this information to the Chaldeans, Moriarty warns them that they will be the first targets of attack if the angels are rebooted. While they could keep their distance when the angels are rebooted, Moriarty instead suggests the Chaldeans fake their deaths. As the angels are mechanical, they shouldn’t attack the Chaldeans any further if they recognize the latter as having died. Kadoc believes his magecraft can help it be more convincing.[19]
With everyone agreeing to Moriarty’s plan, the heroes go hunt some demonic beasts for materials. Kadoc then uses said materials with the help of Ritsuka and Mash to create fake corpses of himself and his fellow Chaldeans.[19]
Next, Megatron launches her Noble Phantasm at limited capacity, allowing her to identify the angel acting as the relay. Moriarty reboots said angel followed by Mash showing herself to the angels. The angels become hostile and attack the Chaldeans, providing the latter with the opportunity to fake their deaths.[19]
The angels leave once they identify the Chaldeans as dead. Moriarty, however, warns the Chaldeans that the angels will attack should they spot them again. But on the bright side, the angels have been repaired like Chiron request and the heroes should be safe for a while now that the Chaldeans have faked their deaths. Moriarty leaves to report back to Chiron while the others get some rest.[19]
That night, Mash is having trouble sleeping. Habetrot takes note that the rust on Mash’s shield worsened while she was fighting. Mash feels as if the shield is rejecting her. She thinks she can fight without it, but at present that leaves a fatal opening. She therefore must return to how she was originally—viewing everything as equal—even though she knows that will be impossible.[19]
Habetrot asks Mash if this is being forced on her, if someone told her she couldn’t be a hero—a Shielder—anymore. Mash denies that is the case. Habetrot tells her she should stop thinking about it for now then because asking herself questions she believes only have one answer isn’t good for her, saying It can be righteous while not being good. If nothing else, it’d be a denial of the path she has taken to this point, which Mash confirms she wouldn’t like. Habetrot thus tells Mash to ignore the rust on her shield as its strength, telling her she is Mash Kyrielight before she is a Shielder.[19]
Mash thanks Habetrot. She isn’t sure if she can ignore it, but she thinks she can try a bit harder. Habetrot tells Mash to drop the bravado and to think about what she wants to do before thinking about she can do. [19]
Habetrot remarks about how everyone knows Mash is doing her best. She therefore believes there is an answer to Mash’s problem, one not in line with the fairness the shield demands. She suspects the answer lies somewhere within Mash’s own heart.[19]
The next morning, Moriarty calls Geryon using the whistle Chiron gave him. Geryon already knows from Chiron that the heroes seek passage to the ninth circle. He warns them, though, that the trip will not go as smoothly as they hope as the angels shoot down anyone who flies too high. As such, he will need to fly at a low altitude right over the battlefield. He expects the Servants to attack him in tandem, so the heroes need to prepare for that as well.[19]
Kadoc thinks it’d be best if they had something like Protection from Arrows. The heroes all agree that setting a Bounded Field with the Grail dagger would do the trick. They climb onto Geryon, whereupon Metatron uses the Grail dagger to create the aforementioned Bounded Field. Reassured, Geryon takes flight toward the ninth circle, the lowest circle of Hell: the ever-frozen wasteland of Cocytus.[19]
Alexander soon notices Geryon over the battlefield and promises to reward those who slay him, prompting the sinners and Servants to fire upon the dragon. Geryon shakes them off, but unfortunately the Bounded Field is destroyed by Robin Hood’s Noble Phantasm.[19]
Robin fires a second shot of his Noble Phantasm. Mash blocks it, but she unexpectedly drops her shield. Thankfully, Moriarty and Dante catch it and hand it back to her. Geryon continues flying without any further interruption.[19]
Alexander is disappointed Geryon got away and asks Robin if he held back with that last shot. Robin reassures Alexander that he gave it his all. However, once Alexander is out of earshot, he admits he did go easy on that last shot without thinking when he saw there were people on Geryon. He thinks Mash must be in a terrible state if she could barely withstand so weak an arrow.[19]
World End
The ninth circle
Arriving at the ninth circle, the heroes are met by freezing cold air. They endure it and begin their trek through a wasteland populated by nothing but frozen husks. But the Chaldeans are utterly unaware that Metatron, Moriarty and Dante are not with them.[20]
Kadoc is confronted by a hallucination of Anastasia. It quickly changes to Kirei and asks Kadoc why he chose to team up with Chaldea, presuming he either fears death or Hell. Kadoc asserts he fears neither, which intrigues the hallucination. It then changes to Ashoka and asks Kadoc why he continues to walk.[20]
As Kadoc thinks about what reason he continues to walk, the hallucination changing between Kirei, Anastasia, and Ashoka asks him if it is for atonement, friendship, or his promise. Kadoc answers, “That’s part of it” to all of them. Except he feels he can’t make his promise to Anastasia to live into his purpose because it feels like it would be an excuse and put a burden on her instead.[20]
The hallucination changes into Kadoc commenting that he would say something like that. Kadoc asserts there is a more concrete explanation for why he continues other than his promise to Anastasia. However, he is unable to say what that explanation is when the hallucination asks him. The hallucination then asks him one final question: if it was only after coming to this Singularity that he decided he wanted to live.[20]
Kadoc vows he will make sure to survive, an answer he gives not as a human but one he gives because of his pride as a mage. He demands the hallucination to disappear already, not wanting to stare at his sins any longer. The hallucination disappears.[20]
Mash notices Ritsuka and Kadoc aren’t with her when she finds herself in a hallucination of her room. It seems she is about to undergo another routine test. A staff member she doesn’t recognize tells her not to avert her eyes.[20]
He continues that her burdens will be worse than usual so long as she carries her shield. Just wielding it will cause her muscles to tear repeatedly and her nerves to fray. Her Demi-Servant body will quickly repair them, but she will grow accustomed to the pain. The staff member asks her when she first started hurting.[20]
Mash thinks it was in the Seventh Lostbelt when Tepeu told her differences exist. She believes those words are right because they resonate with her own feelings, because she likes everyone in Chaldea and Ritsuka. She understands differences exist, but the shield rejects that conclusion and keeps getting heavier. She believes her feelings and what Tepeu said are right, but the shield thinks otherwise.[20]
The staff member reminds Mash that her shield was entrusted to her by Galahad. He is the mightiest arbiter in any Holy Grail War to where he would be Grand Ruler if there were Grands for the Extra Classes. As long as Mash has that shield, she has a duty to be fair, equally benevolent, punishing, and judging to all.[20]
Mash confesses she doesn’t want to be fair anymore because no one else is, and she is no different. The staff member concedes Mash and the people around her cannot be in earnest because they are ordinary people who wish for the happiness of those close to them. However, that leads to a conclusion.[20]
The staff member suddenly changes to Lilith. She asserts that if Mash ever stopped bearing the shield, Ritsuka would want to put her somewhere safe since she can’t fight anymore. But Mash must continue fighting even if her body is damaged beyond repair for the sake of the Human Order. She is a lost soul to begin with, having reached her goal at the Time Temple of Time and earned her happy ending, so she needs no reason to continue fighting.[20]
Ritsuka snaps Mash awake. Mash reassures that she is fine but asks what had happened to her. Kadoc says they only know she had suddenly collapsed while they were walking.[20]
On a different subject, Kadoc notes that Moriarty, Dante, and Metatron are gone for some reason. He asks Ritsuka if they’re still connected to Moriarty through their temporary contract; Ritsuka confirms they are still connected. The Chaldeans continue on their way with the objective of reuniting with the others and making contact with the warden Jeanne, who is likely located at the ninth circle’s center, where Lucifer was imprisoned in the Divine Comedy.[20]
As they walk, Kadoc confesses to Ritsuka and Mash that he felt he could have died at any time without regrets ever since he lost them in Russia. He no longer feels that way, of course, and he swears to keep living until his time comes, not for the sake of anyone else but himself and Anastasia. He therefore asks Ritsuka and Mash to promise not to stop him when it comes for his time to die, considering it necessary.[20]
Ritsuka and Mash refuse to do that. Kadoc expected as much, but he had to tell them. He admits he has a lot to say, such as everything that would be necessary from here on out like improving Ritsuka and Mash’s knowledge of magecraft beyond the basics. Obviously, studying alone won’t get them to a top-notch level, but they’ll react differently to things based on their level of knowledge. Kadoc begins teaching Ritsuka and Mash as the three of them continue onward.[20]
Kadoc thinks about how the end is inevitable, so all that matters is how he gets there. He had always been concerned with meaning, but now he realizes he didn’t need any of it.[20]
Mash thinks about how she doesn’t know if she should keep fighting or if she should abandon everything and escape. She can’t choose either, nor does she want to, but she can’t just remain passive. She also cannot pass her distress to someone else as she must overcome it herself. Whatever she chooses, a terrible fate awaits her. Everyone wants her to fight, so she will fight, but she is no longer sure.[20]
The Chaldeans soon encounter Mordred, who asks them what business they have so deep in Hell. Ritsuka answers they are here to see the warden. Mordred readies her sword in response, leading to a fight between her and Mash.[20]
However, Mordred, noticing Mash is struggling to even wield her shield, soon stops the fight. Sheathing her sword, she permits the Chaldeans to go see Jeanne, but she tells Mash to stay for a bit. She reassures there are no enemies up ahead, so Ritsuka and Kadoc should be safe. Ritsuka trusts her and goes on ahead with Kadoc.[20]
Mordred calls Mash Galahad’s representative, but Mash denies she is because judge everything impartially like Galahad. Mordred asks Mash how Galahad entrusted his shield to her, aware that it is getting heavier for her. The shield reflects Galahad’s state of mind, so if there If there’s a discrepancy between him and Mash, it’d make sense for the shield to get heavier. Mordred therefore suggests Mash discard the shield. Mash refuses to do that though because she cannot selfishly throw away something that’s been entrusted to her, a reason Mordred finds weak.[20]
Then Mordred suddenly asks Mash if Galahad is in the Singularity. Mash, caught off-guard by Mordred’s sudden question, answers she doesn’t know. Mordred is disappointed as she was hoping to beat Galahad up simply because she doesn’t like him.[20]
Mash asks Mordred what kind of person Galahad was. Mordred describes him as being calm and quiet, as if he looked at everything from a greater perspective, possessing the same machine-like nature of the angels. It was like he had no human desires to begin with, which is why he could look at everything with absolute fairness in an almost cold and detached way. Mash realizes she can’t emulate Galahad anymore.[20]
Mordred argues that Galahad’s way of life led him to put fairness over Britain’s future and thereby left the country to die. She knows it was her fault more than his and that there is no guarantee things would have turned out differently even if he had done something. Still, the fact that he chose to do nothing is important. Mordred asks Mash if she would walk the path of a fair Ruler like Galahad did, not that she cares either way, and leaves.[20]
Habetrot is confident Mash will never make the same choice Galahad had because Mash has already realized she isn’t the type to abandon those close to her. Yet something about what Mordred said worries Habetrot, as if there is something in the former’s words that she overlooked. But that feeling is quickly forgotten.
Jeanne d'Arc encased in ice at the bottom of Hell.
Mash regroups with Ritsuka and Kadoc at their destination. There they see Jeanne frozen in a block of ice in place of Lucifer. Kadoc supposes from the Chief Justice’s perspective Jeanne is a traitor for allying herself with Proper Human History. The Chaldeans also notice a curious light shining on her.[20]
At Kadoc’s behest, Ritsuka calls out to Jeanne. Jeannes speaks to the Chaldeans through telepathy, revealing she vaguely remembers fighting in Orleans and at the Time Temple. But throughout the course of her trial, she became aware of her sins. Those sins are assisting Proper Human History and another separate sin. She gave herself to the ice in atonement for said sins.[20]
She does not regret her decision to help Chaldea and is sure she’d help them no matter how many times she is summoned, but a sin is still a sin. She was too preoccupied with Proper Human History that she forgot to devote herself to the next generation. Though the Chief Justice’s argument sounds cruel, it is also persuasive, for she is sacrificing everything in order to watch a new Proper Human History come into being. Meanwhile, Jeanne, as part of the old humanity, can only pray for the old Proper Human History and atone.[20]
Ritsuka asks Jeanne what the other sin is. Jeanne reveals it wis the Chief Justice’s decision to purge Proper Human History. The Chief Justice should know that is a sin even for her. Therefore, once she has ascertained the new generation of humanity, she will spend the rest of her time praying in atonement. Jeanne wished to alleviate that sin, so she is undertaking the Chief Justice’s punishment in her stead. Kadoc is dismayed, as he hoped they could use the Chief Justice’s sin to their advantage in court.[20]
Jeanne doesn’t consider taking on the Chief Justice’s punishment in her stead particularly hard on her, believing life cannot be without suffering. What is hardest for her is that she cannot assist the Chaldeans, so maybe that too is her punishment. She therefore cannot join the Chaldeans if they came to recruit her, but she can sense that is the case and asks why they came.[20]
Ritsuka tells her they need her Scales Certification. Jeanne gives it to them without requiring them to do a task first, for all she has is her prayers.[20]
Ritsuka asks her if she knows where the others are. Jeanne answers she sent them onward to the entrance of the GreatLibrary of Alexandria. She says Metatron—the Sloth the Chief Justice had discarded—will provide the Chaldeans with important testimony if they intend to challenge their verdict in court.[20]
Kadoc asks Jeanne if she is fine with that as he thought she was supposed to be on the Chief Justice’s side. Jeanne says she isn’t on anyone’s side because Proper Human History and the unknown human history that the Chief Justice is trying to start are equally important to her. Mash supposes that is fair, but Jeanne finds nothing fair about it.[20]
Suddenly surrounded by fog, Mash is asked by Jeanne if she too is trying to become a Ruler. Mash replies she is just trying to be fair. Jeanne tells Mash that life is full of unfairness and the pain of bearing that unfairness is something that comes with trying to be fair.[20]
She tells Mash there is another choice, though Mash cannot see it right now and will surely prove itself an even more difficult path. But even though she knows Mash has that choice, Jeanne believes she is better off as she is now: fair, level-headed, calm. Jeanne ends her private telepathic conversation with Mash, saying she will validate whatever choice Mash makes.[20]
Mash snaps back to reality, assuming she just spaced out a little. Jeanne says she has told the Chaldeans all she can as any more would count as taking their side. She finds it unfortunate that this is where they must part ways.[20]
Jeanne commends the Chaldeans for having fought well. She believes what matters most is not whether their actions were right or wrong but whether they did so of their own will. She bids them farewell.[20]
The Chaldeans later reunite with Metatron, Moriarty, and Dante. Moriarty demands to know where they’ve been, saying he and the others were worried beyond belief when they suddenly disappeared. Dante surmises their separation was Jeanne’s handiwork.[20]
Kadoc says Jeanne wanted to talk with them. Teaming up with her was out of the question, but she did give them her Scales Certificate without any hassle. Moriarty is pleased because if he shows the Scales Certificate, even a sinner like him can access the library since the Scales Certifations are proof they have the approval of the wardens. At the very least, he won’t be kicked out immediately.[20]
He then asks the Chaldeans what Jeanne talked about. Ritsuka says she talked about her sins. Moriarty finds that to be an issue as it means they lost one of the ways they could have struck back at the Chief Justice.[20]
Moving on, the heroes enter the Library of Alexandria. There, Moriarty shows the librarian Ptolemy the Scales Certifations they were given by the wardens. Ptolemy verifies their authenticity but questions what Moriarty hopes to gain by showing them. Moriarty says they are proof he and his companions have been acknowledged by the wardens, so he requests to be allowed to view the library’s materials again.[20]
Ptolemy approves Moriarty’s request, believing he has been punished enough already, and asks him what he wants to access. Moriarty answers he wants access to all legal text pertaining to the Singularity. Ptolemy says bookcases #D-3 to #D-9 have the relevant material, but he warns the heroes they must fight the books before they can read them. Left with no other choice, the heroes fight the books.[20]
With the books defeated, Moriarty and Dante start going over the legal texts while the others wait. Ptolemy supposes it will take a day for Moriarty and Dante to read all the legal texts, so he offers to let the heroes stay te night. The only problem is that the library has no sleeping facilities.[20]
Kadoc says they put chairs together for a makeshift bed, something Clock Tower students would often do while studying for an exam. Mash and Ritsuka both remember Romani Archaman would often do the same whenever he was swamped with work. Kadoc notes Ritsuka and Mash rarely talk about Romani, but then apologizes for having said that.[20]
Mash tells Kadoc it isn’t a problem and confesses she avoids talking about Romani because her memories of him seem to fade a little whenever she does. She still remembers the names and faces of Chaldea’s staff members who were killed by the bomb planted by Lev Lainur——by Goetia. However, her memory of them grows fainter as the days go by, with only their names remaining. Mash wonders if it’s unfair of her to feel sad about losing those close to her and feels Romani’s existence is proof of her own unfairness.[20]
Kadoc states that people’s memories inevitably fade with time. Metatron concurs and tells Mash people tend to forget painful memories. If people were to stay sad forever, that would make the dead the tormentors of the living. Mash thinks she’d prefer staying sad forever if it meant she could remember Romani forever as well.[20]
Ptolemy interrupts the heroes’ private conversation to inform them it’s almost time for lights out and wishes them all a good night’s sleep. Ritsuka, Kadoc, and Metatron go to sleep, but Mash decides to stay up for a while longer.
Later, Ptolemy assumes Mash is having trouble sleeping when she informs him she is a Demi-Servant. He asks her which Servant has fused to her Spirit Origin, though he is certain he has deduced from her shield. Mash tells him it is Galahad.[20]
Ptolemy asks Mash if she has ever spoken to Galahad. Mash answers that Galahad had imparted with a message, but she never once spoke with him. Ptolemy describes Galahad as a man who was noble in every sense, so the fact he entrusted Mash means he empathized with her or, alternatively, he found something unpardonable.[20]
He can tell Mash carries a deep-seated conundrum within her. Mash confesses that she does, but the answer is now further anyway than she imagined. Ptolemy tells her it being the answer doesn’t make it the truth, nor does something being the truth always mean it’s right. If what is true to her is also what is painful, he suggests she look toward something less certain and choose with that in mind: truth or ideals? It is up to her to figure out the rest.[20]
Mash leaves the library contemplating Ptolemy’s words when she spots the Chief Justice. The latter had been chasing the heroes ever since the Chaldeans faked their deaths in the eighth circle, not believing they had died. She plans to erase them all at once and have Mash replace Johanna as the seventh Ruler so the Seven Mistresses may be whole again.[20]
The Chief Justice deploys Univers Immortel Metatron. Mash tries to warn Ritsuka that they’re under attack, but the Chief Justice informs her she has stopped time outside the Bounded Field. Only the two of them can move now, and nobody may leave nor enter the Bounded Field.[20]
Charging Mash with the crime of incitement, the Chief Justice accuses the Chaldeans of influencing Johanna’s decision to rebel as it doesn’t make sense to her otherwise. Mash argues she has already been sentenced to exile, so there is no worse punishment beyond the death sentence. The Chief Justice says Mash’s verdict can wait until after their battle is over. She and Mash then do battle.
The Chief Justice bests Mash and offers her a chance at atonement and so save her life. She then absorbs Mash into her womb, telling her they’ll meet again when she becomes a Ruler confident her shield will regain its former luster by then.[20]
Lilith suddenly appears and asks the Chief Justice if they can talk. The Chief Justice is impressed Lilith was able to enter her Bounded Field and deduces she used a Grail drop to move within the stopped time. Lilith admits she has more than a few.[20]
Changing the subject, Lilith asks the Chief Justice what she just did. The Chief Justice answers that she used one of her many Noble Phantasms to imprison Mash within her womb, declaring that she will be reborn as a Ruler. Lilith is disappointed, but she wonders if the Chief Justice would let her help her. The Chief Justice refuses, asserting that Lilith is no match for Mash, and demands she leave.[20]
Lilith starts leaving, frustrated that Mash is in the Chief Justice’s womb. But thinking about the latter’s womb, she realizes that means the kids will work. She then returns to the Chief Justice and tells her something Lilith is certain she’d want to hear.[20]
Later, Ritsuka, Kadoc, and Metatron confront the Chief Justice after Ptolemy dispels her Bounded Field. Ritsuka demands to know what the Chief Justice did to Mash. The Chief Justice tells them Mash has been chosen to become a Ruler, and she is confident with her outstanding achievements Mash will ascend to the Throne. Ritsuka tries to attack the Chief Justice, but Kadoc stops them and implores them to calm down.
He correctly presumes that the fact the Chief Justice pursued them this far means it’s time for their executive. The Chief Justice calls it unacceptable for the Chaldeans, who were sentenced to exile, to have found permanent residence in Purgatory. As such, their execution is unavoidable.[20]
Metatron asks the Chief Justice if she came not just to kill Ritsuka but their companions as well. The Chief Justice says naturally anyone who collaborates with Chaldea bears the same sin. Metatron asks if that includes her as well.[20]
The Chief Justice tells Metatron that she should already know killing her is out of the question. She also tells her that she has no chance of defeating her, so there is no point in fighting.[20]
Metatron agrees she would only lose if she tried to fight the Chief Justice. But she argues that even if she can’t win, she also can’t lose. Besides, she didn’t need to fight because all she needed to do was keep the Chief Justice occupied with her talking. Moriarty then comes out of the library and announces to the Chief Justice that he and Dante have just finished reading the Singularity’s law books. As such, they now stand as Ritsuka’s legal counsel.[20]
The Chief Justice sees from the fact that the heroes have seven Scales Certificates that they plan to make an appeal. She therefore must serve as judge in God’s stead as the one who executes His will. Moriarty trusts she will not give a perverted sentence, imploring her to judge fairly like God would if she claims to execute His Will.[20]
Dante also reminds the Chief Justice that the moment the appeal was submitted, she as judge has to defer the Chaldeans’ punishment until the appeal is resolved. Harming defendants or their lawyers to win in court is forbidden in the Singularity, worse yet if she, as the executor of God’s will, were to do so, and she would never sully His authority.[20]
The Chief Justice declines to battle the heroes when Moriarty asks if that is what she’ll do. Nevertheless, the Chaldeans’ sentence of exile is still in effect, but if they cannot go further in Hell, that entails an obstruction of their sentence. Moriarty proposes a plea bargain in that case. The Chief Justice doubts the heroes have anything to offer her.[20]
Moriarty argues they do, stating that with seven Scales Certificates, which is enough to match the power of a Grail, they are now capable of destroying around half of the Singularity. Furthermore, the Singularity’s creator is with them, and it is unknown what will happen if Dante were to get involved.[20]
The Chief Justice agrees Dante’s involvement represents an unknown factor. He was the Servant originally meant to reign over the Singularity, so with the Scales Certifactions it wouldn’t be out of the question if some of his power returned. But she questions if the heroes really have the conviction to destroy the Singularity.[20]
Moriarty says they do not, but they pledge not to use the Scales Certificates for any other purpose than to earn the right to appealChaldea’s case nor use them for an illicit purpose such as destroying the Singularity. Moriarty hopes to use this promise as the basis for their deal and asks the Chief Justice for her answer.[20]
The Chief Justice agrees to Moriarty’s terms and says she will put into law that is forbidden to use the Scales Certificates to destroy the Singularity. In return, she will not attack the heroes. Moriarty agrees when Dante tries to warn him. The Chief Justice finishes writing into law that the seven Scales Certificates can only be used for the appeal and bids the heroes farewell.[20]
Angels appear; Moriarty realizes he forgot to include them in the deal and that the Chief Justice only specified she herself wouldn’t attack. The Chief Justice states that the sentence of exile is still in effect and hasn’t been suspended. She then leaves, saying she will wait for the heroes in her Supreme Court if they survive. [20]
With the heroes needing to escape, Dante reveals there is a way to make it to Purgatory in one leap. Moriarty is confused by what he means when Dante asks him how in the Divine Comedy it was he returned after arriving at the bottom of Hell. Moriarty realizes Dante is speaking of the corridor to Purgatory, where gravity is reversed, but he recalls Dante had to climb Lucifer’s body, who is absent. Dante admits he too thought Lucifer was absent until he realized Jeanne now exists in his place and further reveals the light shining on her is Jacob's LadderWP, which will serve as the heroes’ escape route.[20]
Ptolemy arrives to help the heroes escape as a reward for visiting his library, declaring its role to be over, and implores them to destroy the Singularity. He believes people should go to Heaven or Hell after death to serve as compensation for their sins. But the Singularity isn’t compensation because instead of personal atonement, it is the atonement of all mankind. The Chief Justice has passed judgement onto human history itself, and as one from that history, Ptolemy very much disagrees with her.[20]
He asks Ritsuka what they do if Mash can no longer fight. Ritsuka answers by affirming how much they care for Mash. Ptolemy is pleased with Ritsuka’s answer and then proceeds to hold the angels off while the heroes escape.[20]
Jacob's Ladder
The heroes go to Jeanne, and she manifests Jacob’s ladder for them, providing them a way back to Purgatory. While the others hurry up the ladder, Ritsuka hesitates because they’re worried about Mash. But Metatron helps them reaffirm their faith in Mash, and they ascend the ladder with everyone else. However, Metatron worries Mash will be their enemy if she comes back as a Ruler.[20]
Welcome to Hell, Mash Kyrielight
Inside the Chief Justice’s inner universe, Habetrot manages to materialize, much to her surprise. She assumes she got to tag along with Mash because she is the guardian fairy of the shield. But the Chief Justice’s inner universe seems to be empty, so Habetrot wonders if the former intends to break Mash’s spirit by keeping her here. Mash doesn’t know, only that walking around changes nothing.[21]
Suddenly a road appears before Mash and Habetrot. As they walk down it, Habetrot surmises it was created by the Chief Justice’s will with the objective of turning Mash into a Ruler. The Chief Justice wants to make Mash accept the fairness she’s been mulling over, so that she views everything as equal, and the road exists solely for that purpose. Habetrot thinks about what Mash needs to acquire the absolute fairness needed for her to become a Ruler and concludes on how she can help.
Mash and Habetrot eventually come to a library. Entering it, they meet another version of Metatron, much to their surprise. Metatron assumes Mash’s arrival at the library means she has decided to become a Ruler and asks for her name. Mash introduces herself but asserts twice that she doesn’t want to become a Ruler. She tells Metatron the truth of why she is here.
Metatron reads Mash’s soul with her permission and deduces that she became a Demi-Servant in 2015 and the achievements that make her a Heroic Spirit are a record of 2016. She concludes Mash registering as a real Servant on the Throne by becoming a Ruler is for the best rather than her staying as a Demi-Servant and becoming a phenomenon that can only exist in 2016. She tells Mash to discard her memories represented by the books in the library, saying they are not needed for a Ruler and keeping them would only hurt her.[21]
Mash refuses to do as Metatron instructed. Metatron reassures that she is not ordering her, but she has already determined it will happen; she will use her Authority as an archangel to rob Mash of her memories and safeguard them for her, needing what is in her heart, not her memories. She expects Mash to visit the library once more.[21]
Mash suddenly finds herself back on the road with Habetrot. She reassures Habetrot that she still retains all of her memories, but she confesses she cannot remember how she felt. She feels her regaining her fairness from before is the right thing, yet she is fearful of becoming a Ruler. Now, the choice she rejected just moments ago feels like the most natural thing in the world not because she’d been brainwashed, but because her emotions have dulled.[21]
Meanwhile, the heroes have returned to Purgatory. Moriarty recommends now they have acquired the right to appeal the Chaldeans’ sentences that they focus on what is right ahead of them, telling Ritsuka that goes for them as well. Kadoc has faith that Mash will be fine on her own, but with her in the Chief Justice’s clutches, there is nothing they can do for her at the moment, so it’s best they focus on what they can do. [21]
He asks Moriarty what they should get done before launching their appeal. Moriarty says they need is knowledge of the enemy’s argument as well as sufficient material to counter it. In order to do that, he recommends they first engage in a debate to serve as practice for the real thing.[21]
The heroes return to the Granato to get some rest. There Metatron gives the Grail dagger to Ritsuka, seeing it has no more uses.[21]
Ashoka notices Mash is absent and asks where she went. After Ritsuka explains what happened to Mash, Kadoc asks Ashoka if they can rescue her using his power. Ashoka, however, advises against saving her because if they do, she will become lost in Hell while already inside of it. He knows that doesn’t make sense to Ritsuka and Kadoc, but he bids them to wait for now. However, Mash will not return even if they do.[21]
Ritsuka has a flashback to finding Kyrie murdered back in the second Ordeal Call. Ashoka says this is Mash’s battle and her path to walk. All that can be is to have faith and wait. Ashoka leaves, telling the heroes they have no chance of victory without Mash.[21]
Dante is surprised to see Ritsuka so shaken up and how little faith they seem to have in Mash considering they took back the incinerated Human Order and overcame the seven Lostbelts together. But then he wonders if there was an event traumatic enough to justify Ritsuka’s attitude.[21]
Ritsuka thinks about seeing Kyrie’s bloodied corpse again and faints. They later wake up in their room where they’re cared by either Kadoc, Metatron or Lilith.[21]
If it is Kadoc, he correctly assumes Ritsuka is afraid of losing Mash. He suggests they try to forget about Mash for now, clear their mind, and get some sleep. There is nothing they can do to help Mash right now. Furthermore, it would hurt Mash if she were to return to find Ritsuka had fallen ill because they were so worried about her.[21]
At Ritsuka’s request, Kadoc keeps them company for the night. While trying to sleep, he contemplates what Ashoka meant when he said if they save her, she will become lost in Hell while already inside of it, feeling it was more than a metaphor. He also wonders what Ashoka meant when he said they cannot win without her when he ponders the possibility that she is the person most central to the Singularity.[21]
If it is Metaron serving as Ritsuka’s caretaker, she asks them why they seem to have so little faith in Mash. Ritsuka denies that is the case, leading Metatron to ask them what they are so afraid of. Ritsuka tells Metatron about what experienced in the second Ordeal Call. Metatron concludes that what Ritsuka experienced there instilled in them a severe fear of losing Mash. Grabbing Ritsuka’s hand, Metatron suggests they go rescue Mash if they’re worried about her, but Ritsuka says they’ll wait for Mash for now.[21]
Metatron wonders what sort of determination Ritsuka must have for them to have said that. Ridding themself of their fear of losing Mash would surely make Ritsuka happy, but instead they chose to wait and see.[21]
Seeing their worried face, Metatron regrets she can do nothing to comfort Ritsuka even though she is God’s Scribe. She truly wishes for them to take it easy and rest, but she knows it wouldn’t be like them if they did. Still, she recognizes Mash’s situation is perilous, not because she was left behind in Hell but because she is the core of the Singularity.[21]
If it is Lilith serving as Ritsuka’s caretaker, she accidentally reveals she knows what happened to Chaldea’s Avengers, but she passes it off as her just guessing.[21]
Ritsuka asks her why she hates Mash so much. Lilith recognizes that her hatred of Mash makes her a risky ally, so she is curious why Ritsuka doesn’t try to kill her when it’s a fact she is trying to kill Mash. Ritsuka tells her that is because she isn’t their enemy, but they swear they’ll make her pay if she ever hurts Mash. Lilith accepts Ritsuka will probably try to kill her if she kills Mash.[21]
Sick of talking about Mash, Lilith suggests Ritsuka talk about themselves, even though she already knows about them and their escapades. Ritsuka tells her a bit about their experiences in Uruk at her suggestion, after which they go to sleep.[21]
The next morning after breakfast, joined by Amakusa Shirou, the heroes go into Moriarty and Dante’s office to practice for the upcoming retrial. Ritsuka and Kadoc are able to get a grasp on how trials are conducted in the Singularity, but also how difficult proving their innocence will be.[21]
Moriarty says they’ll need a specific core argument to prove Chaldea and Proper Human History’s innocence. For that, he wants to argue that Proper Human History was under threat of destruction by the Lostbelts, so Chaldea had no choice but to destroy the Lostbelts in order to protect their own world. But the prosecution might argue to rule that as genocide, in which case they can argue Proper Human History was on the verge of losing a population and diversity of non-human life greater than any of the Lostbelts. [21]
However, there is one thing they cannot avoid in the course of this argument, and that is that they must treat the Lostbelts as inferior. Moriarty understands Ritsuka doesn’t like that, but they’ll risk losing in court if they say all worlds are equal.[21]
Ritsuka assumes they’ll have to lie when Dante says they’ll have to contain themselves. Moriarty highly advises against lying, though, instructing Ritsuka to tell the truth while knowing when to keep quiet. Dante offers to have him and Moriarty speak on Ritsuka’s behalf if being on the witness stand will be too much for them, but Ritsuka reassures that they can keep quiet.[21]
After another practice session, Moriarty decides to stop for Ritsuka’s sake, who is mentally exhausted to the point they look almost sick. Kadoc recommends they rest for a while. On that note, Amakusa Shirou and Metatron take Ritsuka outside.[21]
Ritsuka feels better after a bit of deep breathing at Amakusa Shirou and Metatron’s instruction. Metaron recommends they retire for the day. Amakusa Shirou agrees, mentioning there are other things they must consider before the appeal.[21]
He warns the angels will be prepared for them when they go to the court, with first-order angels probably waiting for them as they get closer. The heroes may have a truce with the Chief Justice, but that doesn’t apply to the angels.[21]
Amakusa Shirou supposes the Chief Justice is holding her agreement with the heroes to the letter in order to appear fair. But in actuality, she doesn’t want to allow Proper Human History at all even though she herself is from Proper Human History.[21]
Ritsuka asks if that really is fairness. Amakusa Shirou supposes it is in the Chief Justice’s mind or it could be her love at work, calling the Singularity’s Hell and Purgatory tokens of her love for mankind. He is certain Ritsuka has encountered heroes with similar convictions in their journey to restore the Human Order. Ritsuka immediately thinks of Goddess Rhongomyniad. But Amakusa Shirou says the Chief Justice’s circumstances are her own, so Ritsuka should focus on what they must do.[21]
Retiring to their room, Ritsuka gets ready to go to bed when they’re visited by Dante. He warns them that as a Demi-Servant of Galahad, Mash will become coldly objective like him. She won’t be allowed to love or romance, but will only continue to fight on like a machine.[21]
Meanwhile, in the Chief Justice’s inner universe, Habetrot fears Mash is becoming someone else, a change Mash no longer seems to be aware of. Mash tells Habetrot they need to get back to the library and get back what was taken from her. Habetrot agrees with that course of action, but it disturbs her that Mash has lost the feelings that should go along with that directive.[21]
Habetrot asks Mash if she’ll do if they can’t get out with her becoming a Ruler. Mash answer she’ll have to become a Ruler in that case. She doesn’t know if she’ll resolve the Singularity afterward, but if the Chief Justice is right and the Singularity has some use, then perhaps keeping it in place would be fair and correct.[21]
Habetrot is baffled Mash would say that as Singularities must always be erased. Regardless of how painful and sad that may be, Chaldea has chosen to do that, and that is what is right for them and Mash. Habetrot doesn’t know what is right for the Chief Justice, but Chaldea agreeing with her after coming so far is unthinkable. Mash realizes Chaldea has no grounds on which to agree with what the Chief Justice considers right after having destroyed so many Singularities and Lostbelts.[21]
Though it is weak, Habetrot is pleased the earnestness and humility that forms Mash’s core still remains. The Chief Justice wants to turn Mash into a Ruler no matter the cost, but Habetrot vows she will not let that happen.[21]
Inspired Craftsmen
The heroes have finally decided on their argument for the retrial. Now, all they have to do is file their appeal at the court and have it accepted, all the while avoiding the million angels patrolling for them. But if even one of them doesn’t make it, then it’s all over.[22]
Kirei offers to help as he cannot possibly fulfill his role as prosecutor if the heroes cannot file their appeal. He isn’t registered in the angels’ patrol net, so Ritsuka could pass through the blockade if they were to act as his valet, but this method would only work if everyone else is excluded. Fortunately, he has a plan to ensure all the heroes can get to court, but they’ll need to prepare first. For that purpose, he requests the services of the Chaldeans’ detective agency with passage to the court serving as his payment.[22]
Tasked by Kirei with getting parts from angels from the ninth through fourth-order for the purpose of hacking the angels, the heroes split up into separate teams to fulfill his request. Ritsuka, Kadoc, and Moriarty on one team with Dante and Metatron are on another.[22]
Acting as a decoy, Kadoc runs around at high speeds through a combination of reinforcement and simple accelerators on his legs. He successfully baits angels from the ninth through seventh-order and brings them back to Ritsuka and Moriarty. The team then battles and disables said angels.[22]
Unfortunately, Kadoc suffered an injury, which will make it difficult for him to bait angels from the sixth through fourth-order. The team therefore decides to rendezvous with Dante and Metatron.[22]
Metatron reinforces Kadoc, presumably with her Authority, increasing both his speed and endurance. He baits angels from the sixth through fourth-orders when he is caught up in a pincer attack. Fortunately, Lilith arrives just in time to save him, slaying the angels.[22]
Kadoc thanks Lilith for the help. Lilith tells him he has no reason to thank an enemy, confirming she is one despite saying she was an ally earlier. Kadoc calls her out for making everything up as she goes, though he knows he has no right to reproach her. Lilith concurs, revealing she knows Kadoc became an ally after his defeat in the Russian Lostbelt. Kadoc questions how much she knows about Chaldea. Lilith admits she knows everything, but she doesn’t divulge why she hates Mash and leaves.[22]
Later, Kadoc lures the angels to the others, and together they disable the angels. Ashoka then arrives to help them carry the angels back to the Granato.[22]
At the Granato, Kirei commissions Daedalus and Kashin Koji to analyze the angels’ network functionality. He speculates that the angels’ network allows the angels of a higher order to preside over those of a lower order, so he believes the angels can be neutralized if their network can be seized. Understanding what Kirei wants, Daedalus and Koji start tinkering on the angels. Kirei leaves, declaring to the heroes that he’ll see them in court.[22]
That night, Kadoc finds Ritsuka still up watching Daedalus and Koji still tinkering on the angels. He reminds Ritsuka that they have an early start tomorrow and so tells them to go to bed. He presumes they’re still worried about Mash, but they both understand there is nothing they can do about her predicament.[22]
What Should You Do?
Mash and Habetron have returned to Metatron’s library. Metatron is troubled that Mash is still hesitant about becoming a Ruler because if she doesn’t become a Ruler, she will be unable to leave the Chief Justice’s Noble Phantasm. Habetrot refuses to believe that and believes Mash is too strong to surrender to Metatron, so she demands the latter give up and tell them how to leave. However, a voice argues it is Mash and Habertot who should give up.[23]
Lilith shows herself and contemplates whether it’d be best for Mash to become a Ruler or remain human so she can suffer until she dies. She asks Mash for her opinion on this matter, but Mash merely tells Lilith she has nothing to do with his. Lilith asks Metatron if she did something to Mash.[23]
Metatron confesses she has taken possession of the emotions that go along with Mash’s memories. Lilith deduces by taking away all the Mash emotions cultivated alongside her battles and travels, Metatron seeks to make her choose to become a Ruler, and with her supreme talent and fairness, she will be one like no other. However, Lilith doubts this ploy will work.[23]
Metatron asks Lilith why she is here, for only those who are beckoned can enter her Noble Phantasm. Lilith answers that is because she was beckoned, having been allowed in when she told the Chief Justice she’d make Mash into a Ruler.[23]
She then asks Mash what else she thinks is needed for her to become a Ruler. Mash answers that she doesn’t know, so Lilith turns her attention to Habetrot and takes her hostage. Concerned for Mash to the very end, Habetrot beseeches her not to let herself be define somebody else’s words. Lilith then fatally stabs her and tosses away her body. Mash flies into a rage for what Lilith had done to her friend and attacks her.[23]
Lilith is defeated and begins to disappear, though she is oddly accepting of the outcome. Metatron realizes Lilith had lied to her as the latter has all but guaranteed that Mash will not become a Ruler. Instead, Mash will not become anything at all and rot away, soul and all, and die within the Chief Justice’s Noble Phantasm. The fact Lilith was willing to go so far proves how much she hates Mash, and it pleases her that Mash’s state of mind is now far removed from that of a Ruler.[23]
Metatron, not wanting to hear anymore from Lilith, impales her with several spears of light, declaring her existence will end here as well, for there is no difference between death in the Noble Phantasm and reality. However, Lilith reveals she isn’t Lilith and disappears, hoping Mash rots away for all eternity. Metatron realizes “Lilith” was actually a Lilim that the real Lilith had sacrificed on a suicide mission.[23]
Mash rushes over to Habetrot and holds her in her arms, begging her to live. Habetrot tells Mash it doesn’t matter if she disappears, for her records still remain. Mash argues it does matter, to which Habetrot points out that means she cannot become a Ruler anymore. Defying the grief in their heart is what makes a Ruler, but Mash can no longer do that.
Mash admonishes for her lack of courage, believing she has always been a coward. But Habetrot disagrees, seeing Mash as just a kind and ordinary girl. She regrets she won’t be seeing Mash in her wedding dress though and succumbs to her wounds and disappears, leaving Mash to grieve for her.[23]
However, Metatron reveals Habetrot is still alive, having only retreated back into the shield temporarily since she is still Mash’s guardian fairy, much to the latter’s relief. There is a high chance she can recover if her wounds are treated somewhere safe. But in order to do so, Mash must return her shield to its former glory.
As it is no longer possible for her to become a Ruler, Mash must become a new Class. Her path had ended here at the library, so she must search for a way to remember, understand, and advance. If she does not, Habetrot will die.[23]
Meanwhile, at the Granato, Daedalus and Koji complete their and demand their payment of ten million QP or the equal value in goods Kirei had promised. Ritsuka, Kadoc, Moriarty, and Dante are thus forced to scrounge up the necessary payment and give it to Daedalus and Koji upon their return. Kirei then arrives ready to set off now that the work has been finished. Ritsuka, Kadoc, Moriarty, and Dante all call him a bastard.[23]
Setting off for the courthouse, Moriarty inputs commands into the hijacked angels for them to attack the patrolling angels and in turn infect them with Moriarty’s command. The heroes watch from a hiding place as the infection spreads across the angels’ network. But they’re soon forced to fight when some angels find them.[23]
After destroying the angels, Kirei warns that from this point, first through third-order angels along with Ashoka as gatekeeper will be waiting for them. Moriarty advises against fighting first-order angels as they stand to lose the more they try to fight. Ashoka, however, is different as his role as gatekeeper means he aims for absolute impartiality. He will undoubtedly respond to the heroes’ actions, and they will either be totally annihilated or only have one fight to contend with. Kirei leaves ahead of the heroes, with it being absolutely certain that the angels and Ashoka will allow him to pass.[23]
Arriving at the courthouse, the heroes are immediately confronted by first-order angels. Metatron holds them off while the others go on ahead and confront Ashoka. Ashoka battles them to see if Ritsuka and Kadoc have the resolve to challenge their sins in court.[23]
The heroes best Ashoka, so he allows them to pass, ordering the angels to stand down. Metatron catches up, and together everyone proceeds into the courthouse.[23]
Why Did You Take Up The Shield?
Metatron informs Mash that the emotions she stole from her are stored in the library and instructs her to take them back by reaffirming her memories. Mash will then again confront her initial point of doubt: why did she never let go of the shield? Metatron hopes that she resolves this doubt.[24]
Mash taking a red book off a bookshelf.
Mash takes a red book from a bookshelf, and as she does, a memory returns to her in vivid detail. It is the memory of when Chaldea’s command room was bombed. She remembers she felt anger at herself for being so weak and helpless as well as sadness at what she lost. Realizing those emotions, Mash continues pursuing the bookshelves for her memories, determined to get back the emotions she felt back then.[24]
Pulling a blue book from a shelf, Mash realizes she took up the shield not because she was ordered to but because she wanted to protect those close to her.[24]
She remembers Chaldea’s journey through the Lostbelts. She met countless people and learned countless things, each one having carved new emotions into her. It was difficult, but she remained with her shield because she wanted to protect everyone in Chaldea not out of obligation but out of love. However, she learned that protecting someone also means hurting someone else.[24]
With her emotions reclaimed, Mash concludes she is too biased to become a Ruler or remain a Shielder. But she is the only one who can save Habetrot, so she wonders if she really does have to become a Servant. Then all the sudden she finds herself in her old room, where she is offered a cup of coffee by Romani.[24]
Entering the courtroom, Moriarty announces to the Chief Justice that they have come to present an appeal out of protest against her ruling in regards to the charges against Ritsuka, Mash, and Kadoc. The Chief Justice claims she didn’t expect the heroes to return alive, but Moriarty argues she in fact expected they would soon have a retrial. The Chief Justice denies she did and assumes Moriarty has a basis for his claim.[24]
Moriarty explains that the Chief Justice’s sentence of exile is the proof. The Chaldeans should have been executed, but she couldn’t bring herself to do it because her sense of fairness left her unable to determine if Chaldea was deserving of death. She therefore needs to thoroughly defeat Chaldea in this retrial and hand down definitive punishment. Exposing Chaldea’s sin is also crucial to the next humanity’s development.[24]
The Chief Justice concedes and asks for the appeal to be presented. Dante gives it to her, and she accepts it, noting Kirei has already arrived. She announces that court will begin in ten minutes and informs Ritsuka that Mash is still inside her Noble Phantasm, so her hearing will be postponed.[24]
After the prosecution and defense’s preparations are complete, Kirei begins the trial by giving a review of the previous trial. Chaldea had destroyed the seven Lostbelts, eliminating their histories and the people living there. As punishment, the Chief Justice proposed the erasure of Proper Human History, and until the next humanity is born, it will be the old humanity’s atonement to watch over what remains. Kirei believes there is no need to submit evidence unless the defense means to repudiate a sin of such massive scale.[24]
Dante does not deny the fact that the Lostbelts are gone along with those who resided in each. However, the defense strongly objects to those being categorized as Chaldea’s crimes because the extinction of the Lostbelt was inevitable.[24]
Moriarty explains there are two major reasons that led to each Lostbelt perishing. First, the Lostbelts are human histories that will eventually reach a dead end. Second, due to being dead-end histories, a number of distortions were observed within the Lostbelts. Kirei interprets that to mean the defense considers it permissible to kill off a weak world that is soon to perish and asks Ritsuka if they’re in full agreement with those views.[24]
A flashback from before the heroes left for the retrial reveals they wanted Kirei to try to establish an intent to kill so they could use it to shift the focal point of the discussion to where they want it.[24]
In the present, Ritsuka answers that Chaldea never believed killing the people of the Lostbelts was warranted. The Chief Justice asks if this means their opinion and that of their lawyers are not in alignment. However, Moriarty and Dante say they are in full agreement.[24]
Kirei asks if Ritsuka denies any intent to kill then. Moriarty answers that Ritsuka does deny it because Chaldea never had the intent to kill and tried to talk. Unfortunately, in the Russian Lostbelt, Ivan the Terrible’s tyranny made any attempts at negotiation impossible. Regarding this, Moriarty calls Kadoc as a witness.[24]
Taking the stand and vowing to tell only the truth, Kadoc is asked by the Chief Justice if it was impossible to hold negotiations in Russia. Kadoc answers that it was as Ivan considered Chaldea enemies and it was the Oprichniki who had attacked Chaldea. Once Chaldea had sided with the rebels, negotiations with Ivan weren’t possible.[24]
Kirei surmises Kadoc’s own spurring of things had contributed to Chaldea’s predicament in Russia. Kadoc doesn’t deny it, but that was his own reasoning, not Chaldea’s. He wants everyone to remember the fact that he is a Crypter. Kirei says that accounts for Russia, but he starts to inquire about the other Lostbelts.[24]
On Moriarty’s signal, Kadoc brings up the Fairy Kingdom—the sixth Lostbelt. As he wasn’t directly involved, he isn’t familiar with the details of what transpired there, so he wants to redirect the account to Ritsuka. The Chief Justice orders Ritsuka to pick up the account for Kadoc.[24]
Ritsuka recounts that, in the Fairy Kingdom, Da Vinci had proposed Chaldea emigrate five-hundred fairies to Proper Human History. Her proposal, of course, was never followed through, as there aren’t five-hundred fairies in Chaldea. Moriarty argues that whether it was followed through is irrelevant because the key point is whether there was an intent to save the fairies, comparing it to how a doctor shouldn’t be held culpable for their patient’s death if they gave them proper treatment. In addition to this fact, the defense wants to present another argument and assert Chaldea committed no sins. The Chief Justice calls it audacious but permits the defense to proceed.[24]
Dante states that the defense asserts Chaldea’s destruction of the Losbelts was in extremis. Kirei, however, questions if it was truly in extremis if it is to save one world at the cost of seven. Moriarty argues that it was because Proper Human History would have perished had the Lostbelts not been destroyed. Destroying them was unavoidable, so it is therefore in extremis.[24]
The Chief Justice finds Chaldea’s actions would be in extremis provided they were unavoidable. Kirei argues they were not as Proper Human History has already perished. Dante and Moriarty object, but Kirei points out the fact that the planet has been bleached due to its Texture having been replaced by massive substitution magecraft and the fact that humanity has all but disappeared.[24]
On Moriarty’s signal, Ritsuka proclaims Chaldea aims to reinstate Proper Human History. The Chief Justice is intrigued Chaldea would return Proper Human History exactly the way it was. Moriarty considers the possibility extremely high and gives his guarantee that Chaldea will restore Proper Human History. All of Chaldea’s actions were intended to forge a better tomorrow, so Moriarty asserts they and, by extension, Proper Human History are innocent.[24]
Kirei says the Lostbelts could have had “a better tomorrow” if Chaldea hadn’t destroyed them. Dante argues that while Chaldea’s destruction of the Lostbelts was an act of evil, it is not a crime, for it was done in extremis. Kirei objects that it was a crime, arguing that starting from 2017 the Lostbelts were worlds that survived while Proper Human History was a world that perished yet the only world alive today is the one that had perished. Moriarty reminds Kirei that they attested earlier that the Lostbelts amounted to dead-end worlds, adding the number is irrelevant because the result is the same and the sin is no worse for it.[24]
On the subject of whether destroying a world is a sin, Dante asks the Chief Justice if the number of worlds would be relevant. The Chief Justice replies that the number counts in relation to the sin’s weight, considering atonement impossible after destroying seven worlds. Dante, however, argues that even if destroying a world is a crime, it would be deemed legal if it was justified regardless of the number.[24]
The Chief Justice concludes that the number of worlds destroyed is inadequate to serve as proof of guilt or innocence. She therefore decides they need to address whether destroying the Lostbelts is a sin before all else in this trial.[24]
Starting his explanation of why destroying the Lostbelts is a sin, Kirei brings up the defense’s earlier statement that Lostbelts are dead-end worlds and asks if that is not also true for Proper Human History.[24]
A flashback from before the heroes left the retrial reveals they expected Kirei would assert that the Lostbelts and Proper Human History are both dead-end worlds. They understood how deadly that assertion would be to their argument. Moriarty decided the best course would be to prove Proper Human History is superior to the Lostbelts through language bordering on lying. But he warned they needed to be cautious about Kirei guiding the discussion to the conclusion he had set.
In the present, the defense concurs there is no difference between the Lostbelts and Proper Human History, but the only survivor is the latter. However, they do not want Chaldea’s sin forgiven like Kirei assumes. Rather, they want the court to recognize it.[24]
Moriarty questions the probability of the next form of life being born with both the Lostbelts and Proper Human History. He considers it uncertain and requests an answer from the Chief Justice regarding it.[24]
The Chief Justice admits it is uncertain. However, she believes that Proper Human History is a sin, so any uncertainties are of no concern to her. Proper Human History was therefore destroyed by divine punishment. The Chief Justice says she looks forward to the life that is to come.[24]
Moriarty asks the Chief Justice why she would take such measures, unable to find the logic in it. Dante and Ritsuka both realize she hates humanity. The Chief Justice confirms she does, which is why she wishes for Proper Human History’s erasure, and believes that God shares in her loathing. The heroes now see she was biased against them from the start, finding it conflicts with the impartiality expected of a Ruler.
The Chief Justice declares her will is the will of God when Metatron interjects. She couldn’t ignore what her other self just said and calls her out for mistaking God’s will with her own. The Chief Justice refuses to recognize Metatron’s criticism, though, believing the latter should be discarded while she herself should be perfect. Metatron again calls her mistaken, arguing that she is only perfect as far as controlling the Singularity is concerned. But she asserts the Chief Justice only became perfect by discarding her that is Sloth but that too is now at an end.[24]
Unwilling to listen to any more of her discarded self’s admonishments, the Chief Justice suspends the trial and sentences the heroes to exile. Moriarty and Dante both implore her to hold off on handing out a sentence as doing so now would invalidate the trial and she would regret it later. But the Chief Justice says she has no regrets, declaring that the heroes shall all perish. She will wait for a new humanity, and when they do arrive, they will succeed the old humanity. Only then will their sins and damnations finally come to an end. Dante sees the Chief Justice has always been intent on her own destruction.[24]
First and third-order angels appear after the Chief Justice informs all first through third-order angels that the heroes are sentenced to exile. Kirei compares the Chief Justice’s current actions to a temper tantrum, but he thinks it was inevitable considering she placed her hopes in the unknown prime species with Pan-Human History doomed yet the latter refuses to accept its doom. He offers the heroes his aid in the coming battle, which Ritsuka accepts. [24]
Metatron tells Ritsuka that they cannot win against the Chief Justice in battle. She tells them to at least make her flinch, and once they do, she’ll work something out. She says this is goodbye, and the battle against the Chief Justice commences.[24]
...Will One Day Become the Power to Protect Everything
Accepting Romani’s offer of a cup of coffee, Mash inquires if she is in a dream. Romani tells her it’s more like a hallucination, informing her that, beset by anguish, she had collapsed inside of the Chief Justice’s Noble Phantasm and guesses it won’t be long before she is dead. He further informs her that what she is experiencing now is something like her past flashing before her. Likewise, he isn’t real and is merely a figment of how Mash imagines Romani.[25]
Mash admits she was hopeful when she saw “Romani”, even though she knows those happy days have long since disappeared into the past. She thinks she hasn’t changed at all since her days in Chaldea. But “Romani” reminds her that he is her, so he knows she is different from before.[25]
He asks her what she wants to do, finding it quite clear that she is conflicted, and asks if she intends to take up the shield and fight.[25]
Mash confesses that she wants to, even though being rejected by Galahad’s shield scares her. But she fears if she rises to the occasion now she’ll return to how she was before in her room. “Romani” tells not to worry about that as she can never go back to that room ever again because she doesn’t see everything equally anymore.[25]
He tells her humans try to act equal and fair, but they aren’t. Inequality has led to no end of wars in history, but even so, inequality is a matter of the whole. It is okay for her to express her emotions freely, to arm herself to protect those close to her, and to take action to keep true to her beliefs. That is the most difficult, but also the most powerful way to live, a lesson everyone in Chaldea forced Romani to learn.[25]
Mash believes she has to be fair to everything though if she aspires to be Galahad’s representative. “Romani”, however, argues Galahad wasn’t fair otherwise he would’ve never helped Mash. Regardless of why, he lost his fairness and with it Mash gained the freedom to act unequally, to love someone and be loved in return.[25]
But Mash laments that her shield is gaining rust, for Galahad has abandoned her. “Romani” concurs, but he tells her no one in Chaldea, least of all Ritsuka, ever thought she only came this far because of the shield. It is through her own strength that she was able to keep fighting. So “Romani” implores Mash to abandon the shield and free herself from the restraints of the Shielder class.[25]
He continues to tell Mash that losing the shield doesn’t mean she’ll lose her powers as that isn’t how Marisbury designed her. It is unpleasant, but the power of a Demi-Servant is what makes her special, and that's inescapable. “Romani” knows it’s hard for Mash to accept that deep down she is different from others, though she should know it’s not so bad depending on how she uses it. At the very least, her heart still desires to keep on running.[25]
That said, “Romani” asks Mash if she remembers what Da Vinci said to her during examination after Traum. Da Vinci had told her that if she ever sought power greater than what has now, she’ll stop being a “Demi-”.[25]
Mash is well aware, but right now she needs more power. Even if her fairness is gone, and the shield rejects her, she will remain true to her desire to protect. She wants to use her shield to protect Ritsuka, Chaldea, the Human Order, and Proper Human History from all injustice, all enemies. She fights to protect those close to her.
“Romani” concludes there is no changing Mash’s mind and asks another person they have anything to say. This other person tells Mash not to be afraid of dirtying her hands and not to let the shield control her. There will be times when she will have to let go of the shield and take up the sword instead, for that is what it means to fight. Once Mash embodies those concepts, she will cease to be a Shielder and become something unlike Galahad. “Romani” says she will be ■■■■■■■, considering she had been knighted by someone who is the very model of that concept after the Sixth Singularity. The other person is shocked since that class name was something he made up in their head, and questions how "Romani" knows that. Mash is surprised that they came up with that class name for her, and she promises she will say it loud and clear. This leaves the other person embarrassed and feeling like they made a mistake, but then decides as Mash's doctor this is what they live for and encourages Mash to sound badass when she says it. Mash wishes "Romani" the best, but also comments that she always suspected that "you two" got along. [25]
Mash running becoming a new version of herself.
Encouraged by “Romani” to leave the room and go on a journey like she always wanted to, Mash starts running. As she does, she realizes she had changed long ago. She and the others in Chaldea protected and learned from each other, which is why she must return to them. All of her sin, her punishment, her atonement, her memories, her pride, and her emotions have shaped me into who she is now.[25]
Now back in the library, Metatron asks Mash if she’ll be going. Mash answers yes, declaring she’ll protect whom she wants and take pride in that bias. Metaron reminds Mash that the Chief Justice is strong, so her chances of victory are low even if she has awakened to a new Class. Mash replies that her chances aren’t zero because she wants to protect the people dear to her even if it costs her own life.[25]
Metatron tells Mash that is why she cannot become a Ruler as maintaining fairness is key to the class. The Chief Justice qualifies as fairer than anyone else in that sense. To her, the Prime Species of the future and of the past are equal, and since those of the past are dead, it is correct to prioritize the future. With the Bleached Earth, humanity has died and become the Prime Species of the past. Metatron admits she agrees with her other self, yet she cannot help but feel joy at Mash’s growth. She is a spirit close to God, an archangel, and thus she finds joy in the growth of humans.[25]
She tells Mash that the Chief Justice is probably trying to deploy her Noble Phantasm. It is powerful enough to erase any defenses, any beings, regardless of what or who they may be, so if Mash wishes to protect her companions, then that is what she must first protect them from. Mash thanks Metatron and boasts that even without the shield she will continue running forward.[25]
Freeing herself from the Chief Justice’s Noble Phantasm, Mash appears in the courtroom clad in white armor and wielding a large white shield and proclaims to the Chief Justice that she will never be a Ruler. The Chief Justice expresses disappointment in Mash and declares her to be an enemy of both herself and the world. She thus decides to eliminate her along with Ritsuka.[25]
Shielder Paladin Mash summoning her shield.
In response, Mash calls forth her shield—the Shield of Chaldea—saying it is now time for it to show its power. She knows now that all choices lead to mistakes and regrets and that there is no fairness in battle. But even if she is now willing to attack her opponents of her own volition, Mash vows she will continue to ponder how to pursue fairness, so that her power to protect that which she has chosen will one day become the power to protect everything. Then, declaring her Class to be Shielder Paladin, Mash deploys Lord Chaldeas and successfully repels the Chief Justice’s Noble Phantasm.[25]
Ritsuka, Kadoc, Dante, and Moriarty are all glad to see Mash back, and are intrigued by her change from Shielder to Paladin.[25]
The Chief Justice decides that this time she will make sure nothing will remain of the heroes, with her Sloth being no exception. Metatron seems to move to stop her, but is repelled as the Chief Justice is naturally cautious against that which can threaten her. The Chief Justice commends Mash for repelling her previous Noble Phantasm, but she has infinite variety, so she only needs to test each one until it works.[25]
Kirei calls the Chief Justice stubborn and inquires if that is partially out of anger from his part in the destruction of the Proper Human History. The Chief Justice replies she has no reason to be angry at him when the Alien God was responsible and believes he did not assist the Alien God in destroying Proper Human History.[25]
But Kirei informs the Chief Justice that she is unaware of a fundamental fact regarding Proper Human History, which is the reason for the discrepancy between her and everyone else and the reason for the blunder. He tells her that Proper Human History has not perished, so if Chaldea achieves their objective, it will be revived. The Chief Justice assumes that just means going back to the Bleached Earth while the lives lost wouldn’t return, only for Kirei to reveal to her that everything would be reversed back to 2016. Metatron takes advantage of the Chief Justice’s shock at this revelation to make contact with her. She gives her companions one last goodbye and disappears.[25]
Within her mind, the Chief Justice recalls when Dante summoned her instead of BeatriceWP like he originally intended. She stole the Grail from Dante and used its full power to create Purgatory, Hell, and Heaven. After that, she judged sins in the Supreme Court and absorbed them as information so that it could one day provide the new humanity the courage not to sin and the love necessary to atone. She placed hopes on the future, not humanity. She would never place her hopes in humanity, claiming it is because they are unrepentant sinners.[25]
Sloth calls the Chief Justice a liar, saying she just hates humans. The Chief Justice denies it and insists those emotions come from Jeanne. But Sloth counters that Jeanne doesn’t bear resentment even toward those responsible for her death, so the hatred the Chief Justice feels is most certainly hers and hers alone. Sloth even dares the Chief Justice to release Jeanne if she isn’t sure.[25]
The Chief Justice demands her discarded self leave, for she has no need for Sloth. She also reminds Sloth that if she doesn’t leave, her individual self will disappear and asks if she is fine with that happening. Sloth accepts her imminent fate, for it was for this purpose that she has lived until now.[25]
By becoming one with Sloth, the Chief Justice will become complete. The Chief Justice feared Sloth, though, because she feared she’d become too weak to complete her objective and because she feared the time spent in Sloth would dispel her hatred. But Sloth declares that ends now that the Chief Justice has acknowledged the hatred inside herself.[25]
The Chief Justice refuses to become one with Sloth, for that would make her imperfect. Sloth calls the Chief Justice an incomplete Divine Spirit whose degradation into imperfection was predetermined the moment she absorbed the seven deadly sins of the Singularity. She needed the seven deadly sins to understand humanity, but that led her to hate humanity, which she tried to hide under the guise of fairness and tried to make that hatred absolute by discarding Sloth.[25]
Sloth then talks about how she has watched humans as they repented for their sins in fear yet kept going forward. The Chief Justice realizes she is talking about Chaldea. Confirming as much, Sloth says that being with the Chaldeans was fun, so she thought she ought to help them at least a little bit.[25]
The Chief Justice unpleasantly presumes Sloth came to plea for the Chaldeans, considering humans to be nothing more than sinners incapable of atonement. She demands Sloth disappear, declaring the Singularity to be hers. Sloth, left with no other choice, fights the Chief Justice.[25]
Eventually stopping the battle, the Chief Justice admits she hates the idea of penitence because she sees it as nothing more than sinners trying to escape from their own sins. She has therefore concluded that humans have no worth, and so she cannot allow their existence.[25]
Sloth agrees humans will never be free of sin, yet despite that she believes life still has worth. Even if they are worthless beings who cause evil and have a history filled with nothing but mistakes, so long as they’re alive and can accomplish something, humans can always redeem themselves. Sloth admits, though, that everything she just said came from Amakusa Shirou.
Regardless, Sloth considers the Chief Justice not the one who judges but who should be judged themselves. The Chief Justice has long been aware of this, asking herself every time she passed down judgement if she had the right to judge people. She realizes she had no right to criticize the warden because, just like they were arbiters who sided with Proper Human History, she too attacked Proper Human History out of a personal grudge.[25]
Sloth says feelings are not entirely uninvolved with the law. She agrees with the Chief Justice that it is impossible to conduct a trial through emotion, but she believes that what lies at the core of the law is the emotion called “punishment”. It is the wish for evil to be paid for as sin, which is why Sloth tells the Chief Justice not to suppress her personal emotions but endure them, for that is what it means to be a Ruler. She knows it sounds painful and annoying, which is why she encourages the Chief Justice to slack off once in a while, but to do so the latter needs to be imperfect.[25]
With that, Sloth begins to disappear. Even though she had always understood the Chief Justice, she had found it too bothersome to act. She was the only sin that could never hurt others, which is why she was discarded. The peaceful emotions that exist at the core of Sloth were the polar opposite of the Chief Justice’s hatred. But with the Sloth’s individual self disappearing, that hatred too is at an end.[25]
There was much she still wanted to do, such as spending time with Ritsuka. She could’ve experienced more if she had tried harder, but having no particular reason to do nothing is the true essence of Sloth and why it’s a sin. Thus, the countless wishes she will never fulfill are simply her punishment. Sloth’s individual self then disappears and returns to the Chief Justice.[25]
With Sloth part of her once more, the Chief Justice feels she can hand down judgement unclouded by her emotions and goes to continue the trial.[25]
Prove You Can Save the World
In the real world, Kadoc wonders what had happened to Metatron, knowing only that she disappeared, for which he blames Kirei. Seeing Kadoc glare at him, Kirei tells him that what happened was inevitable considering the Chief Justice was hostile toward the heroes from the beginning. Kadoc presumes he is supposed to be grateful to Kirei but refuses to do that.[26]
The Chief Justice then promptly calms down and apologizes for losing her temper. Mash laments that Metatron has completely vanished as she can no longer detect her magical energy. Kirei, however, tells Mash that Metatron has not vanished and imagines her intent was always to return to being one with the Chief Justice. The heroes realize the reason Metatron came with them was so she could do that.[26]
Moriarty asks if this means that the Chief Justice is coming around to the side of the defense. The Chief Justice completely denies that is the case, saying she has simply regained former fairness and composure. So even with emotions raging in her heart, she can continue the trial fairly. But she tells Mash that she has no need for fairness as it is the quality of those who judge, not suitable for her who has vowed to protect a single person.[26]
Before continuing with the trial, though, the Chief Justice proposes everyone take a break, certain that the heroes have things they want to discuss together. Moriarty and Kirei both accept her proposal, so the Chief Justice puts a recess in effect.[26]
Mash joins her companions, who welcome her back. They are of course curious about being a Shielder Paladin now and presume there to be a connection to Galahad. Moriarty asks Mash if she had encountered Galahad. Mash says she did not, but she met some nostalgic people at the far end of a dream.[26]
Kadoc asks her if she has no problems with her Spirit Origin. Mash says she feels better than ever and remarks that her shield has returned to normal even though it has clearly changed a lot.[26]
As for Habetrot, her Spirit Origin is safe inside Mash’s shield, though she can only stay in a grounded state because of her injuries. Fortunately, her life is not in danger.
Recommencing the trial, the Chief Justice briefly recounts the defense’s argument and determines Chaldea would be proven innocent if their destruction of the Lostbelts was indeed in extremis. On the subject of in extremis, Kirei surprisingly agrees that the defense’s assertion might be true and requests to cross-examine Kadoc as a witness; Moriarty is surprised he didn’t choose Ritsuka or Mash. The Chief Justice calls Kadoc to the witness stand.[26]
Kirei asks Kadoc if he claims Chaldea destroyed the Lostbelts to prevent their own demise. Kadoc answers that she does, asserting that Proper Human History would have been doomed if Chaldea had done nothing. Kirei argues that if that is the case, the massacre committed at Chaldea by Anastasia and, by extension, the Russian Lostbelt, would be considered justified, and Kadoc was complicit in it.[26]
A flashback reveals Kadoc accompanied Anastasia when she came to Chaldea from the Russian Lostbelt via Koyanskaya’s powers. However, Anastasia insisted he remain outside under the excuse that being seen in battle would sully her regal grace. Kadoc thus never entered the base and waited while Anastasia went on in to freeze CHALDEAS as ordered.
In the present, Dante objects to Kirei’s argument, saying Kadoc’s participation in the massacre is unrelated toChaldea’s case. Kirei counter-argues that although Kadoc is a human from Proper Human History, he was the Master of Anastasia, a Servant from the Russian Lostbelt. It would therefore be right to assume Kadoc had a motive to benefit the Russian Lostbelt through his actions. Thus, if Chaldea truly is an organization meant to create a better future, as so claimed, his participation in the massacre would make him complicit in the bleaching phenomenon——the genocide of seven billion people. Conversely, if Kadoc is proven innocent as the defense claims, it would mean the Russian Lostbelt was a world that deserved to survive and lead to the conclusion that Chaldea is evil and deserves to perish.[26]
Moriarty objects to Kirei’s statement, to which Kirei asks the Chief Justice for her opinion. The Chief Justice asks Kadoc if he had facilitated Chaldea’s massacre and if he claims the Russian Lostbelt’s actions to be justified. She advises him to think well before answering.[26]
Both Moriarty and Dante are very wary of how Kadoc will answer. If the Russian Lostbelt’s actions against Chaldea are acknowledged as justified, it would mean that Chaldea’s destruction of the Lostbelts would be considered genocide, not in extremis. But if it was the Russian Lostbelt that attacked first, then Kadoc, as a key figure, would be held responsible. Moriarty, however, says they can turn this logic to their advantage.[26]
Dante raises an objection, arguing that Kadoc, while a person of interest, was just following orders. Kirei questions if it was not of his own will that Kadoc chose to comply with those orders. The one who ordered the massacre and Kadoc, who carried it out, have most certainly sinned, but that may not apply to the latter if his life had been threatened.
The Chief Justice asks Kadoc if the Alien God would have killed him if he had refused to massacre Chaldea. Kadoc admits he never considered what would have happened if he had said no. The Chief Justice concludes Kadoc took the initiative then.[26]
Kirei points out that Kadoc will be considered either guilty or innocent depending on whether Chaldea claims the Russian Lostbelt’s actions were deemed a massacre or not. If the attack was justified, then the grounds of the defense’s appeal must be reconsidered. Moriarty realizes Kirei is forcing them to choose between Chaldea or Kadoc, but Dante thinks abandoning Kadoc is their only viable option.[26]
Then, Kirei argues that Kadoc’s sins and the factions of the Russian Lostbelt and Chaldea are closely interlinked. Moriarty objects, saying Kadoc’s sins are unrelated to whether Chaldea is justified. The Chief Justice concurs and asks Kirei how they are related.
Kirei argues there cannot be a situation in which both Chaldea is unjustifiable and Kadoc is guilty and that is because Kadoc knows Chaldea well. He then asks the Chief Justice for her impression of Kadoc, asking if his soul is righteous. The Chief Justice reads Kadoc’s soul and determines he is of sound mind, which leads Kirei to ask if it is Chaldea or Kadoc who must answer for their sins.[26]
He argues the Russian Lostbelt’s attack was not a massacre, calling their actions perfectly logical. They had experienced the doom that comes with mistaken histories, and so they had sought to kill first, or at least that is what Kirei speculates Anastasia’s train of thought was. He therefore argues her revenge was justified and testifies to being a direct eyewitness. He concludes that Chaldea is an evil organization as sinful as the late Proper Human History and deserving of punishment.[26]
The Chief Justice finds Kirei’s logic sound, so the question now is whether Chaldea really is so sinister of an organization as to deserve its demise. Kirei asks Kadoc if Chaldea is righteous. Kadoc answers that it is, but the Chief Justice calls him for lying. She finds it strange when he already knows deep inside his heart that Chaldea is unjustified. Kadoc starts wondering if he only sees the current survivors, namely Ritsuka and Mash, as righteous and not the original Chaldea.[26]
Kirei declares the fact that Kadoc lied about Chaldea being righteous is proof that the latter’s attack on Chaldea was justified. Moriarty questions why Kadoc is currently affiliated with Chaldea. Kirei says it is because Kadoc stayed for Ritsuka and Mash’s sakes. He presumes Kadoc is concerned about their futures. He promises he will do the Chaldeans no harm, but as recompense they must give up on Proper Human History.[26]
Moriarty and Dante realize they’re on the verge of losing the trial, having failed to consider Chaldea’s secrets as relevant to their defense. If Kadoc harbors suspicions about Chaldea, the Chief Justice will deem Chaldea as evil and the heroes will lose the trial. To revert that, they need, at minimum, a witness account from the Russian Lostbelt, specifically one confirming Chaldea as the victim and the Russian Lostbelt as the aggressor. If Chaldea is not the injured party, then it will bring their later battles against the Lostbelts into question. Unfortunately, Kadoc’s testimony will not suffice to make Chaldea the injured party as his affilation with them is why he cannot claim they were justified. Moriarty wonders whose testimony could convince the Chief Justice that the Russian Lostbelt was the aggressor.[26]
Kadoc Zemlupus imagining himself in a blizzard confronting a wolf.
Kadoc imagines himself in a raging blizzard confronting a wolf unsure what he should do. The wolf tells Kadoc that he already knows Anastasia as the one who carried out the massacre could provide testimony strong enough to surpass Kirei’s logic. But Kadoc argues that even if he could summon her again, it would be a different her, ignorant of the massacre. It is possible the knowledge would be recorded in her, but it would be a weak testimony. Either way, summoning is impossible, so an even greater miracle is required, one which can reproduce Anastasia as she was then.[26]
Then, remembering what Daybit Sem Void told him about either choosing to die or achieving his goal before he dies, Kadoc realizes what he must do. The wolf warns him that he will essentially become dead and asks him what exactly he is dying for. Kadoc answers that he doesn’t want to be robbed anymore, robbed of his existence.[26]
He realizes it was wrong of him to think everything would disappear if he were to die. He is certain that something will remain, but in order for that to happen, Proper Human History is needed. By his own admission, his motive is entirely selfish, declaring this is proof even he can save the world.[26]
The wolf bids Kadoc farewell. Kadoc tells the wolf goodbye and asks it for its identity. The wolf reveals they are Kadoc and presumes the latter is happy he isn’t a dog. Kadoc is pleased he can tell Beryl Gut off that he wasn’t a dog but a wolf.[26]
Farewell, White Wolf
Kadoc requests the Chief Justice’s permission to call Anastasia as a witness. The Chief Justice rejects his request because the Anastasia who would be summoned wouldn’t be the same one who committed the massacre, and even if it was recorded within her, it wouldn’t clarify whether Kadoc acted of his own volition. Kadoc concurs, confessing he wouldn’t be able to summon Anastasia even if he wanted to because he lost his rights as a Master when she disappeared. But he promises he can replicate her as she was then.[27]
Kadoc uses his Sirius Light to reproduce his Anastasia.
Moriarty and Mash try to warn Kadoc against replicating Anastasia, for perfectly copying a person of the past, not to mention a Servant, is far more difficult than summoning and is on par with a miracle. Kadoc says it isn’t impossible because the conditions have already been essentially met: him, Anastasia’s Master; Kirei, a witness; and the necessity to call her as a witness. Mash asks Kadoc where he plans to get magical energy to replicate and maintain Anastasia until she realizes what he intends to do to her horror and begs him not to do it. Kadoc proceeds to use his Sirius Light to call forth his Anastasia.[27]
With Anastasia already aware of the situation, the Chief Justice immediately begins the questioning and asks Anastasia if the massacre of Chaldea was of her own volition. Anastasia testifies she and Kadoc carried out the massacre of their own volition out of anger, and should be held solely responsible for it.[27]
Sensing that she isn’t lying, the Chief Justice asks Anastasia for a motive. Anastasia says it was anger and jealously from the fact the Russian Lostbelt was at risk of disappearing while Proper Human History was allowed to live. She wasn’t born in the Lostbelt, but even so she found it worth loving. She has no intention, though, of arguing for justification on the Russian Lostbelt’s behalf, understanding that the Chief Justice wouldn’t recognize the massacre as justified since it was based on unverified assumptions.[27]
The Chief Justice asks Kadoc if he thinks he has sinned. Kadoc says that he does. He doesn’t care where the responsibility lies, but he committed the massacre of his own volition, and he refuses to let anyone aside from himself shoulder that sin. He asks the Chief Justice to judge him as quickly as possible. The Chief Justice declares Kadoc and Anastasia guilty and sentences them both to death. Their sentences are to be carried out twenty-four hours from now, supposing they still live.[27]
Anastasia is disappointed that her time is up already. Kadoc says time is up for both of them and apologizes for making her clean up his messes. Anastasia tells him not to apologize because she couldn’t be happier getting to meet him again. Regardless of how momentary it was, she feels the bond they built was real, and that bond is her pride and love. Kadoc agrees, believing it was worth sacrificing everything for them to reunite.[27]
Anastasia apologizes to Kadoc that she’ll be going before him. Kadoc bids Anastasia farewell, calling her his one and only Caster. Anastasia bids Kadoc farewell as well, calling him her one and only Master. She then disappears, thanking him for everything.[27]
Ritsuka runs up to Kadoc and begs him not to go. Kadoc admits he’d love not to go, but he must. He gives Ritsuka a journal containing everything he wanted to teach them. He doubts they’ll travel together again, but he’s sure Ritsuka will be fine because they have Mash. [27]
He thanks Kirei for trying to save him from this outcome and believes he managed to achieve some level of atonement at the very last minute. Kirei asks him how he thinks Chaldea feels if this is atonement for him, saying it could be argued they have yet another sin to bear. Kadoc says that is far preferable to leading everyone to an early end.[27]
He tells Mash that this makes her the final member of Team A and expects her to fight well. Mash promises that she will.[27]
Ritsuka and Kadoc shake hands for the first and last time.
Finally, he shakes Ritsuka’s hand even though he said they shouldn’t shake hands, calling it his final lesson: there are exceptions to everything. He says he's leaving the rest to them, having faith in all their choices and determination. He then leaves the courtroom as Ritsuka and Mash bid him farewell, saying he’ll see them someday.[27]
In the corridor, Kadoc feels himself painlessly fading away. Reflecting on himself, he realizes he no longer has any regrets or fear left. He isn’t sure what exactly he was trying to accomplish, but even so, he feels strangely satisfied, strangely at peace.[27]
Feeling himself getting slower, he makes it his goal to reach the end of the corridor even though he knows it is meaningless. By the time he reaches the end, his vision is all but gone and his consciousness has become blurry, but his memories remain vivid. Ashoka commends him for walking all this way.[27]
Kadoc expresses gratitude toward Ashoka because, thanks to him, Ritsuka and Mash didn’t have to watch him get bleached before their very eyes. Ashoka tells Kadoc that he’ll see to the end of his journey, for which Kadoc thanks him.[27]
With that, Kadoc’s body morphs and his soul fades; he has become bleached. He somewhat feels his death is in vain, yet he feels he somehow accomplished something.[27]
Ashoka tells the now half-faded Kadoc that none of his actions will be inscribed in the Human Order. However, he saved the world, saved Chaldea, and saved his friends. By walking the short distance to the end of the corridor, Kadoc has indeed atoned for his sins. Ashoka tells him to pass now and bids farewell, calling him his friend.[27]
Woman of Storms
The Chief Justice asks Ritsuka and Mash if they need a break out of consideration for Kadoc’s death, but the two are determined to continue on with the trial. The Chief Justice decides to commence with the second trial then. Kirei is absent, but he will not be needed for the second trial, for it will be conducted between the Chief Justice and Mash. The Chief Justice orders Mash to take the stand.[28]
Taking the stand, Mash confesses that her sin was her purity. In aiming to be fair, she had attempted to neglect the things precious to her. Even though she had stopped being pure long ago, she had convinced herself she had to be that way, regardless. She lost her purity each time she empathized with the emotions she felt with every battle. But she can no longer ignore her own feelings and accepts she is merely a human living in the present, so she being seen as evil by someone else. She will have to carry her sin with her for the rest of her life.[28]
The Chief Justice confirms Mash’s sin is just as she confessed. Though people are born pure, they carry their sins with them, accumulating more throughout their life. One cannot escape their sins nor go on unaware of them, and Mash is no expection. Regardless of how difficult her upbringing may have been, Mash is a human belonging to the present, for as long as you live, and so she has a right to love Proper Human History.[28]
The Chief Justice asks Mash if she accepts her sin. Mash says she accepts her sin. The Chief Justices punishes her by depriving her of her right to the Ruler class. Mash believes in loving another and has sworn to protect someone specific. Those feelings are far removed from what is expected of an arbiter, but they are not a mistake. Until Mash understands that completely, she cannot become a Ruler. Mash accepts her punishment, and so concludes the second trial.[28]
Ashoka enters the courtroom. The third trial will decide Proper Human History’s fate, so he will see it to its conclusion in Kadoc’s place. Kirei also returns to the courtroom, surmising the second trial has concluded with Mash accepting her sin and her punishment.[28]
Ritsuka asks Kirei why he defended Kadoc. Kirei claims it was to entrap the defense, though he supposes he felt he had to save Kadoc given his occupation as a priest. The result was Kadoc using his Sirius Light and dying, but it wasn’t a suicide. It was a murder committed by Marisbury, and Kirei doesn’t want Ritsuka and Mash to forget that.[28]
Commencing with the third trial, the Chief Justice states that in accordance with Kadoc and Anastasia’s testimonies, it has been established that Chaldea’s actions were justified considering they nearly lost everything in the attack by the Russian Lostbelt. Moriarty adds that before the attack, Chaldea knew nothing about the Bleached Earth Phenomenon, the Lostbelts, the Fantasy Trees, the Alien God, or its Apostles. Kadoc’s motive was revenge, but Chaldea had no idea they were the target of revenge.[28]
On the subject of Chaldea being targeted for revenge, Kirei comments that the winners of history are ignorant of the nameless losers destined to fade away. Dante finds such phrasing makes it seem it was Chaldea’s fault and raises an objection. The Chief Justice overrules his objection, asking the heroes if they do not see themselves as the winners of history. Moriarty says Chaldea knew nothing either way and as such were defenseless.[28]
Beginning the final discussion of the third trial, Dante repeats Moriarty’s words that Chaldea knew nothing. They were unilaterally assaulted and forced to escape in a panic, and it was only then they realized they were dragged into a Holy Grail War of Lostbelts. Dante therefore argues that their actions can be considered unavoidable. Their enemies were formidable, so their chances of victory were slim, yet by their own will they had overcome the Lostbelts all without any outside backing. Dante implores the Chief Justice to declare them innocent.
Kirei points out that the Bleached Earth Phenomenon was not the fault of the Lostbelts nor the Crypters but the Alien God, so the Lostbelts are innocent in that regard. They were deemed failures, but that doesn’t make them inherently inferior, for their history had value. If that point isn’t considered, the court cannot gauge the severity of Chaldea’s crimes. Kirei hopes the Chief Justice will judge correctly.[28]
The Chief Justice asks Ritsuka if they admit to their sin, if they accept the punishment for their sin, and if they consider themselves evil. Regardless of how Ritsuka answers her questions, they request for their punishment to be deferred until after they have saved Proper Human History, arguing that with it currently in crisis, if they, humanity’s representative, were to be sentenced to death, it too would perish. Kirei concedes that, with Kadoc gone, Ritsuka is the only person capable of being a Master, meaning what they said earlier is correct. He therefore calls for their punishment to be postponed, which the Chief Justice agrees to do.
Addressing all the humans and Servants who have come for today’s trial, the Chief Justice states they are all equally guilty of sin and deserving of punishment, but also have the right to forgiveness.[28]
She tells Kirei that as an Apostle of the Alien God, he will confront Chaldea and accept whatever fate befalls him.[28]
She commends Moriarty and Dante for performing their duties as lawyers well and says they should consider their efforts themselves the reward. Additionally, she tells Dante to give up on Beatrice. Dante supposes he should, though he’ll forget about it the next he is summoned to a Singularity, nor does he intend to learn his lesson. He also half-heartedly apologizes for creating the Singularity when they’re not something Servants can so readily create, leading the Chief Justice to wonder to herself if she should punish him.[28]
Next, the Chief Justice warns Mash that she will have to confront the feeling she ignored while pure in the coming future. It will be difficult, but the Chief Justice believes it is important for Mash to understand that even negative emotions can create something. Mash promises to confront those feelings, though she imagines that requires confronting her one last time first.[28]
Finally, the Chief Justice warns Ritsuka that there will be consequences for accepting all their actions as correct. She will admit defeat only when all sins and all punishments have been elucidated. She considers those of Chaldea to be sinners but not deserving of ruin, and if so, the Ruler Servants should rightfully provide them with salvation. However, considering that any further abuse of the Ruler class might hurt the Human Order Foundation, she restricts usage of the class from here on out. That said, the links Ritsuka has with them have not been severed.[28]
With Ritsuka, Mash, and Kadoc all charged as guilty, the Chief Justice states their sentence will be carried out as discussed earlier and declares court adjourned.[28]
But the moment her gavel hits the stand, Lilith ambushes the Chief Justice and steals her crown——one of her Noble Phantasms that commands the angels. She is well aware that she cannot utilize it, so she destroys it instead. Mash immediately attacks Lilith and fights her, intent on putting a stop to whatever she is up to.[28]
Ritsuka tries to summon reinforcements for Mash when Lilith suggests they protect themselves instead. The angels suddenly go berserk. Mash immediately accuses Lilith of being responsible, but Lilith says she isn’t manipulating anything. The Chief Justice reveals it is the result of Lilith destroying her crown, so now the angels cannot tell who is friend or foe, not even the Chief Justice.[28]
Now that she has done what she needed to do, Lilith gets ready to leave. But before she does, she reveals that her Master is the Singularity’s bulwark, so unless he is defeated, it cannot be fixed. She then leaves, saying she’ll be waiting in Heaven. Mash tries to go after Lilith, but Ritsuka orders her to stand down.[28]
Mash prepares to fight the angels, vowing to protect those dear to her. Moriarty, however, finds she has no chance mathematically, for there must be millions of angels out there. Mash is well aware of that, which is why she wants to act as rearguard, but Dante, while grateful for it, feels that would be distasteful much to the former’s confusion.[28]
The Chief Justice implores the heroes to run away, calling the angels’ rampage her responsibility. She requests Ashoka to look after the heroes, to which Ashoka responds that his desire is to save all beings and she is no exception. The Chief Justice says that only she can answer for what is transpiring, blaming herself for letting her guard down the moment court was adjourned.[28]
A huge tremor suddenly happens. Ritsuka assumes it was an earthquake, but the Chief Justice reveals it is the destruction of her laws. A feeling of floating is then felt, leading the Chief Justice to conclude the laws of physics are broken as well.[28]
The angels out of control due to Lilith destroying the Chief Justice's crown while the Singularity is collapsing due to the laws of physics being lost as well.
Escaping the courthouse, the heroes see millions of angels rampaging about and the court falling apart. The Chief Justice concludes she has lost command and believes Lilith’s Master now controls the Singularity. Unless Lilith and her Master are defeated, it will be impossible to correct the Singularity.[28]
The Chief Justice surmises that what is occurring at the court is happening throughout the Singularity. Ritsuka is worried about the people of Purgatory. Moriarty says all they can do is kneel and pray and reassures the laws of physics doesn’t mean they’ll die right away. The problem is the mass of angels spreading out around the court.[28]
Moriarty tells Ritsuka and Mash that they’ll open a breach so they can go defeat Lilith. He requests Ashoka and the Chief Justice’s aid in this endeavour as it is too much for him and Dante to handle alone. The Chief Justice agrees and requests Ritsuka and Mash defeat Lilith, saying the collapse of the Singularity is a different matter to correcting it. She gave them the choice to live in Proper Human History, so she will risk everything to clear them a path.[28]
Ashoka complains there are too many angels when Cleopatra, Caren, Martha, and Astraea arrive to help. Amakusa Shirou has come as well, though he is a mere spectator by his own admittance. Medusa then arrives on Pegasus to deliver Jeanne. She doesn’t stay to help fight, though, wanting to spend her last moments with her sisters in Hell and understanding this battle is meant for the Rulers.[28]
With all the Singularity’s Rulers gathered, Jeanne asks the Chief Justice to give them the order to go into battle. The Chief Justice presumes Jeanne means to say she should be prejudiced in her judgement on everyone’s behalf. Jeanne says it is the first and best time for her to do so, insisting they be sincere in their bias and follow their hearts’ desires.[28]
The Chief Justice tells the Rulers that she will clear a path for Ritsuka and Mash. The act may have meaning or it may not, but her heart urges her to do so. Thus, to the very last moment, she vows to fight as a Servant and abandon her position as presiding judge and her identity as God’s scribe. She calls on everyone to fight until the very end.[28]
As the battle continues, Jeanne eventually activates her Noble Phantasm. It will draw the attention of the angels, so Amakusa Shirou encourages Ritsuka and Mash to rush through any openings that creates and head for Heaven where the one in question can be found. He cannot speak yet of who that is, for it’s merely his speculation. This may be the last time the Rulers will ever fight together, but in this moment they choose to be biased. Encouraged by Amakusa Shirou, Ritsuka and Mash head toward Heaven.[28]
After Ritsuka and Mash leave, Amakusa Shirou asks Ashoka if he knows who is waiting in Heaven. Ashoka confirms he does, saying it will be a rough encounter.[28]
While the Servants battle the angels, Martha asks the Chief Justice why she killed Johanna. The Chief Justice says it was because Johanna was too supportive of Chaldea, but now she thinks she was too harsh. She truly regrets what happened and tells Martha of Johanna’s final moments, asking what her final words meant and why she accepted her impending death.[28]
Martha tells the Chief Justice that Johanna must have realized the contradiction between her trying to be impartial and burning with anger towards Proper Human History. That is a very human way of acting, so Johanna was happy upon realizing the Chief Justice isn’t a perfect archangel but a being with her own humanity. Her punishment was thus a result of a clash between humans instead of one enacted by God. Martha believes that is why Johanna was fine with the Chief Justice’s attitude.[28]
The Chief Justice, thinking to herself, apologizes to Johanna. She had committed a sin, yet Johanna forgave her undeservedly so in her own opinion. She feels she has no choice now but to give this battle her all and ensure Ritsuka and Mash are safe.[28]
Heaven
Defeating a first-order angel barring their way, Ritsuka and Mash reach Heaven and see Lilith along with a man in armor next to her in the distance. Ritsuka vaguely recognizes him and remembers he showed them what the Earth would look like in one year’s time——utterly blank——all because they stopped the Incineration of the Human Order.[28]
Riding on a piece of floating debris, Ritsuka and Mash make their way to where Lilith is. As they do, it is revealed that if the Singularity isn’t fixed, then the demolishing of the laws of physics will spread to Proper Human History.[28]
Ritsuka and Mash soon reach where Lilith and the man in armor——Lilith’s Master——are. Lilith says that she and her Master will fight Ritsuka and Mash to the death, though regardless of who the winner is, the Singularity will be fixed. But Lilith thinks it’ll be well worth risking her life if it means she can kill Mash, whom she hates so utterly.
Lilith then prepares to introduce her Master, but he says there is no need as he met Ritsuka once before, even if it was only in a vague dream. He introduces himself as Galahad, Knight of the Round Table, much to the surprise of Ritsuka and Mash.[28]
He reveals CHALDEAS summoned him when the planet was bleached. He is not the same Galahad as the one who gave his Spirit Origin to Mash, though, so he sees no reason for her to feel indebted to him, nor should she ever thank him. Mash doesn’t understand why she shouldn’t because even if she didn’t have his shield, he is still his savior and the knight she aspires to be. Galahad accuses Mash of trying to emulate him because of his greatness when all he ever gave her was a weapon in the form of his Spirit Origin, so there is no reason she should thank him.[28]
Ritsuka argues the current Chaldea was saved thanks to Galahad, though. Galahad argues he wasn’t saving Chaldea. Mash tried to defend those who inhumanely experimented on her, and at that time Galahad simply didn’t want Mash’s virtuousness to be spoiled. He insists all he did was protect a person of value rather than one without.[28]
But now he sees he was mistaken, for through their connection he saw Mash’s emotions. He is disappointed in her because through her pure virtuousness she could have gained a viewpoint transcending good and evil and become the embodiment of absolute truth, worthy of the Ruler title much like himself. But having seen the world’s inequality, Mash instead showed understanding to both good and evil and gained the humanity that allowed her to love both, discarding the angelic nature God gave her. Worst yet, she sided with the evil that is Chaldea, steeping herself in even greater sin. Galahad therefore concludes Mash has fallen and, unable to overlook it, he has chosen to help Lilith and declares he will destroy Mash’s shield. The battle between Ritsuka and Mash and Galahad and Lilith begins.[28]
Time of Partings
Galahad and Lilith are defeated. Lilith retreats, so Mash tries to pursue her when the road collapses. Galahad tells Mash to pursue Lilith if she wants to. He lost and claims to be on the verge of death and, above all else, he wants to talk with Ritsuka. Mash is suspicious of Galahad, though, as he doesn’t seem to be on the verge of death at all. Ritsuka reassures her it’s fine and tells her to chase after Lilith. Mash departs, saying she believes in Galahad much to his disbelief at how too trusting she is.[29]
Ritsuka asks Galahad why he became Mash’s enemy. Galahad answers that is less of an enemy and more of an obstacle. Mash still has much to learn, so he is teaching her about what it means to carry the shield.[29]
He explains that carrying the shield isn’t about maintaining some principle of fairness. Rather, it means Mash has to decide for herself what good and evil is. Because of her purity, she couldn’t do that before, but now she has learned what is important to her, what is sad to her, what it means to love and be loved, and most importantly, the fear of losing the person she treasures most; Galahad admit that alone is something he doesn’t have anymore. Mash lost her angelic nature, but in exchange she reclaimed her humanity, becoming a Shielder unlike Galahad. It is for that reason Lilith hates her.[29]
It is revealed Lilith was spontaneously summoned at Antarctica, presumably due to the Human Order becoming warped. But without purpose, enemy, or ally, she quickly began to die from magical energy drain because she didn’t have a Master. Galahad found her and made a contract with her to save her. While normally a Servant cannot become the Master of another Servant, Galahad is an exception because he is the Gatekeeper.[29]
Sometime afterward, Lilith dreamt of Mash’s past instead of Galahad’s, presumably because the former had borrowed the latter’s power. Mash’s pure virtuousness disgusted Lilith to the point that she didn’t even consider Mash to be human but a human-shaped automaton and, unable to accept her, decided she had to kill her. She hated how Mash herself along with those around her treated her as if she were human despite what she is. For Lilith, who could never become human, Mash is an irreconcilable enemy.[29]
Later, Lilith and Galahad manifested inside the Singularity due to the Chief Justice summoning Galahad specifically so his angelic nature could serve as energy. It was then that Lilith came across Mash. She hated that nobody noticed or even tried to notice how twisted Mash is. She then wondered if she envied Mash because she was treated as human while she herself, who possessed a human form despite not being human, wasn’t.[29]
She realizes it isn’t as simple as that, though, because if it were, they could reconcile. But she just hates her and would rather prioritize killing her over her duty to protect the Human Order. Her hatred is just that important to her. Now driven by anger and hatred, she decides to kill Mash, not caring if she loses everything else as long as she can achieve that.[29]
Using the one hundred Grail drops she collected, Lilith alters her Noble Phantasm from For Lilim to For Kyrielight. Normally this Noble Phantasm involves using herself as a cannon to shoot her children as bullets, but they wouldn’t even dent Mash’s shield. To destroy Mash’s shield, Lilith concludes she herself is needed and so she prays for her to kill Mash. Desperate to win, she fires her altered Noble Phantasm, a bullet with magical energy and destructive force rivaling that of the Black Barrel, made from her own magical energy and the wrath of her soul, at Mash.[29]
Through pure instinct, Mash realizes the bullet coming towards her cannot be avoided nor repulsed and that is made only to kill her. She decides to face it head on and in that moment realizes what it is she feels for Lilith, so she cannot die until she tells her. Hearing that, Habetrot suddenly materializes and tells Mash they will now forge her other Noble Phantasm.[29]
Da Vinci explained to Habetrot that she is entrusting the Holy Sword to Round Table Shield. She warned Habetrot that as its guardian fairy she’d likely feel the effects, primarily an intense pressure on her Spirit Origin, which would damage it if she were to rayshift and she’ll enter into a kind of pseudo-spirit form unable to fight.[29]
Da Vinci also granted Habetrot the authority of when to configure into the Holy Sword. Mash probably has the power to unleash it on her own, but Da Vinci thought it would be too much of a burden for her alone. It will become a new Noble Phantasm, so Da Vinci instructed Habetrot that if she ever has the chance in the next Singularity to tell Mash: “The Holy Sword is there for you.”[29]
In the present, Habetrot grants Mash the Holy Sword, saying her innate nature to protect has turned it into a power that literally repairs the world. Mash then blocks Lilith’s Noble Phantasm and counterattacks with her new Noble Phantasm granted by the Holy Sword: Rayproof Kyrielight. Lilith, who had exposed her entire being, is defeated.[29]
Mash walks over to the barely conscious Lilith and tells her she hates her. She bids her farewell and hopes they will never meet again. Lillith tells Mash she isn’t supposed to say that with tears in eyes and tells her to smile. With nothing left to say, Mash leaves.[29]
Returning to Ritsuka, Mash reports she has defeated Lilith and believes the Singularity will now be repaired. She then asks what happened to Galahad. Ritsuka tells her Galahad is waiting for her and goes to where Lilith is.[29]
Lilith defeated
Lilith sees Ritsuka and asks them why they’ve come to her. Ritsuka answers that someone should be there for her in her last moments. Lilith calls them weird for that when she repeatedly insulted Mash for no reason. However, she does confess that if Mash were to persevere through any potential tragedies, then she would have admired that about her despite how much she hated her because that positivity is what she likes about humans.[29]
She is certain that she and Mash will hate again the next time they meet, so she asks Ritsuka to prevent them from coming face to face, which Ritsuka promises to do. She hopes she’ll never meet Mash ever again because she wants her hatred to be hers and hers alone. As for Mash, Lilith thinks she’ll have to continue to suffer just to obtain a paltry bit of happiness, for that is what it means to be human. She wishes for Mash to keep hating her, calling it the one awful gift she can give to her.[29]
The angels' rampage ended and the Singularity's laws of physics returning to normal.
Meanwhile, at the court, with the impending collapse of the Singularity averted, the Chief Justice concludes the Singularity will be repaired and everything will return to normal. Ashoka is less sure, for some things have been truly lost. The Chief Justice realizes Ashoka is referring to Kadoc. Ashoka laments that Kadoc didn’t converse more with his friends who were among the living like he hoped.[29]
The Chief Justice remarks on how humans reflect on their actions so they can find the right course next time. But she grew distant from humanity when she gained the power of an archangel. She doubts she’ll ever be summoned again, but she’ll pray for Chaldea’s safety nonetheless. Their journey will end soon, and she prays they won’t regret it.
Dante calls out to the Chief Justice, referring to her as Beatrice. The Chief Justice is surprised Dante is still alive. Dante notes Moriarty is gone already, and he himself is about to disappear as well. The Chief Justice reminds Dante that she is not Beatrice, but Dante insists on calling her that despite knowing she isn’t Beatrice.[29]
He questions what it was he desired. He was so preoccupied with getting Beatrice back he didn’t even stop to think about what he wanted from it, like if he wanted them to be together or if he just wanted her to live.[29]
The Chief Justice realizes Dante’s love is a love without fulfilment, without consequence, just a wish for his loved one to live on. She calls love good, considering it a foundation of mankind that she left behind. Dante, however, believes she already knows about love well enough, though her love is more universal than romantic. The Chief Justice thinks it’s already too late for her, but Dante believes she’ll get a final chance. He disappears, bidding farewell to his “Divine Comedy” and his beloved homeland. The Chief Justice prays for his soul to find peace and apologizes that she couldn’t let him meet Beatrice again.[29]
She implores God to forgive her for her sins. But if it is possible for Chaldea to save Proper Human History, and if Ritsuka wishes it so, then she thinks it’s fine for her to aid even if only a little. She proclaims to God that she will seek atonement in battle, for there is nothing left inside of her, and disappears.[29]
Meanwhile, Mash confirms to Galahad that Lilith is gone. He tells her the reason Lilith antagonized her wasn’t because he was her Master, so he thanks Mash for playing along with Lilith’s hatred and chaos. He never had similar relationships with his fellow knights, so he can’t offer any appropriate thoughts. Still, he believes neither Mash nor Lilith has reason to feel ashamed about their battle.[29]
He begins to disappear, but before he goes, he reveals he was the first Servant summoned within CHALDEAS. Ordinarily, it’d be impossible to summon a Heroic Spirit from Proper Human History within the Alien World. But because of the Heroic Spirit Merging Experiment Mash underwent at the Antarctica base, he gained a bond with Chaldea. Using him as the catalyst, CHALDEAS managed to summon multiple Servants and fashioned them into the Apostles.[29]
Mash believes that is why Galahad mistakenly believed Chaldea to be an evil organization. Galahad, however, remains adamant in his assessment of Chaldea, considering the planet only became bleached because of a plan hatched by Chaldea. Novum Chaldea may have taken charge after said plan was hatched, but that doesn’t change the facts. Even if they do try to amend that mistake, when they overcame the Incineration of the Human Order, CHALDEAS’ victory became unshakable, or at least it had been until now. Chaldea now has a chance to destroy CHALDEAS thanks to them containing a multitude of irregular factors without falling outside the bounds of the Human Order and Mash becoming a Shielder different himself; CHALDEAS can no longer simulate this future.[29]
Galahad confesses it would’ve originally been his duty to repel Chaldea at Antarctica. But when Earth and CHALDEAS were swapped, Lilith appeared out of nowhere and, out of chivalry, he made a temporary Master contract with her. As that contract was still active, the Ordeal Call began, and the Human Order sent out Metatron.[29]
Though Metatron is a powerful Divine Spirit, she was only a Stray Servant. She wanted Galahad’s angelic nature as the core for maintaining the Singularity, and so she dragged him into it by force. CHALDEAS had failed to account for this, and as a result, CHALDEAS lost Galahad as its Gatekeeper while at the same time Chaldea gained Paladin Mash.
Galahad all but admits he would like to know the final battle will turn out. However, he is still on the side of CHALDEAS, so him disappearing now is the only way to repay Chaldea. He asks Mash to give his regards to Ritsuka and disappears, saying he should be the one thanking her.[29]
Epilogue
Ritsuka and Mash return to the Storm Border and report on Kadoc’s death. Though he and Da Vinci would like more details, Goredolf orders Ritsuka and Mash to get some rest first, noticing how terrible they both look.[30]
In Ritsuka’s room, they and Mash look at Kadoc’s journal, but Ritsuka is crying too much to read it. Mash expresses her doubt that she’ll be a Servant who can truly support the way they need, but even so, for this moment she will lend them her aid. She confesses that she too grieves for Kadoc as tears run down her face.[30]
Reading Kadoc’s journal, Ritsuka and Mash eventually reach the final page. In his final journey entry, Kadoc describes how he was prepared for what would happen. Being born a mage, he had many different memories from his life, like when he was almost killed or when he killed someone himself. But to his surprise, the first memories he saw when he closed memories were of Ritsuka and Mash, making him question if it was alright for someone like him to have such memories. He bid farewell to Ritsuka and Mash (referring to them as friends) expressing his disbelief at how vibrant their days together were.[30]
All the sudden, Goredolf and Da Vinci come rushing into the room followed by Sion calmly walking in. Sion reminds Ritsuka and Mash that Kirei had said defeating the Alien God would revert time to before the Bleached Earth Phenomenon occurred. Everything that happened during the Bleached Earth Phenomenon will be undone from Proper Human History, meaning the deletion of humanity that happened as collateral damage from the bleaching will be undone, and all of this of course applies for Kadoc.[30]
Sion recounts that when the Crypters were released from their Coffins in the old Chaldea, they had disappeared, which could be interpreted as them having been “abducted” by the Alien God. She then reveals there is a possibility that defeating the Alien God may revert time to before the Crypters disappeared, meaning there is a chance all the Crypters will return. TRISMEGISTUS II estimated an 87% chance of this happening. Ritsuka and Mash are both elated by this news.[30]
Later outside in the hallway, however, Sion points out to Da Vinci and Goredolf that returning to 2016 would mean the memories of the Crypters would likely disappear, meaning Ritsuka and Mash would go back to being total strangers to Kadoc. But Goredolf sees no problem, confident Ritsuka, Mash, and Kadoc will become friends again, and Da Vinci shares his confidence. Sion says that either way, nothing can stop them anymore from heading to the true final battle.[30]
Later on the bridge, Mash gives her full report on the Singularity. Da Vinci confirms Chaldea’s Rulers are now frozen. The data itself hasn’t been deleted, so the Rulers should be able to participate in combat, but anything else is impossible. Goredolf thinks that might be the correct way to utilize the Ruler class, sad as it may be. Still, Da Vinci thinks they should take solace in the fact that the Rulers can still participate in combat means that their bonds haven’t been broken.[30]
She then excitedly changes the subject to Mash becoming a Paladin. Mash’s base power is the same as it was as a Shielder, but her position has changed. Mash is no longer a Servant that transforms into a preexisting Heroic Spirit to fight, nor does she count as a Heroic Spirit of Mankind, but as a Knight of Chaldea whose duty is to restore Human Order.
As proof, Da Vinci explains Mash’s second Noble Phantasm isn’t a beam but a space-time interference that corrects and repairs any history that has diverged from official history, or any timeline that has become independent of it. It is a form of rayshifting, and it is the original Human Order Assurance Measure before Chaldea went down the wrong path.[30]
Da Vinci next tells Mash that she has some good news for her specifically. Habetrot materializes to explain it personally.[30]
She tells Mash that she is no longer a Shielder, which Mash herself understands is for the best. But at the same time, she has lost the right to Galahad’s Spirit Origin, which Habetrot presumes has to do with how special the Paladin class is and guesses it isn’t even an Extra class. Regardless, Mash’s issue has now been taken care of. Mash admits she thought that was the case because that strange feeling of being pulled away she had completely disappeared. She doesn’t explain the specifics of what she means to Ritsuka, only that it means she’ll always be on their side.[30]
Sion warns Mash, though, that the Paladin class will probably only last until she has reclaimed the Human Order, calling it their last chance the world will give them. Once it’s over, Mash will probably return to being a normal human girl.[30]
Goredolf declares there is nothing stopping them from going to Antarctica now. As soon as they’ve finished their preparations, the final operation will commence. The fate of Proper Human History’s future hangs on the success of this operation or, rather, if they fail, all of Proper Human History will disappear, so they cannot afford to lose. Goredolf encourages everyone to embark on this operation with the attitude that the Alien God is nothing to them.[30]
Meanwhile, on the deck, Jeanne d'Arc Alter Santa Lily laments over the fact she is the only Jeanne left. But she refuses to cry and will instead smile and do her best to save the world, so Jeanne and Jeanne d'Arc Alter can be at peace knowing happily she was in their place. Despite swearing she wouldn’t cry, though, Alter Lily sheds a single with the excuse that she is just a little sleepy.[30]
Locations
Participants
Servants
| Designation | Identity | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Shielder / Paladin | Mash Kyrielight | Chaldea |
| Ruler | MetatronWP JeanneWP | |
| Alter Ego | Kirei Kotomine | Alien World |
| Berserker | LilithWP | Galahad |
| Shielder | GalahadWP | Alien World |
| Ruler | Amakusa Shirou TokisadaWP | |
| Lancer | AshokaWP | |
| Ruler | James MoriartyWP (Young) | |
| Pretender | Dante AlighieriWP | |
| Avenger | Angra MainyuWP[10] | |
| Rider | Edward TeachWP | |
| Ruler | CleopatraWP | |
| Ruler | JohannaWP | |
| Ruler | Caren Hortensia | |
| Saber | Julius CaesarWP | |
| N/A | PhlegyasWP | |
| Rider | OdysseusWP | |
| Rider | MedusaWP | |
| Ruler | MarthaWP | |
| Ruler | AstraeaWP | |
| Assassin | SthenoWP | |
| Archer | EuryaleWP | |
| Rider | Alexander the GreatWP (Child) | |
| Archer | ChironWP | |
| Archer | Robin HoodWP | |
| Saber | MordredWP | |
| Archer | PtolemyWP (Old) | |
| Berserker | DaedalusWP | |
| Assassin | Kashin KojiWP | |
| Caster | Anastasia Nikolaevna RomanovaWP | Kadoc Zemlupus |
Non-Servants
| Designation | Identity | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Magus | Kadoc Zemlupus | Chaldea |
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Courtroom for Humanity's Judgement, Trinity Metatronius - Onwards, to the Hour of Judgment
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Courtroom for Humanity's Judgement, Trinity Metatronius - Section 1: Courtroom for the Judgment of Mankind
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Courtroom for Humanity's Judgement, Trinity Metatronius - Section 2: Welcome to the Granato
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Courtroom for Humanity's Judgement, Trinity Metatronius - Section 3: 221B Detective Agency
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Courtroom for Humanity's Judgement, Trinity Metatronius - Section 4: The Penitents' Requests (1/2)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Courtroom for Humanity's Judgement, Trinity Metatronius - Section 5: The Penitents' Requests (2/2)
- ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Courtroom for Humanity's Judgement, Trinity Metatronius - Section 6: The Transcendent Archangel
- ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Courtroom for Humanity's Judgement, Trinity Metatronius - Section 7: A Stop off to Dream
- ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 9.15 9.16 9.17 9.18 9.19 9.20 9.21 9.22 9.23 9.24 9.25 9.26 9.27 9.28 9.29 9.30 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Courtroom for Humanity's Judgement, Trinity Metatronius - Section 8: To You, A Month from Now
- ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 10.12 10.13 10.14 10.15 10.16 10.17 10.18 10.19 10.20 10.21 10.22 10.23 10.24 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Courtroom for Humanity's Judgement, Trinity Metatronius - Section 9: Thus Begins the Long Journey of Atonement
- ↑ 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Courtroom for Humanity's Judgement, Trinity Metatronius - Section 10: Love Begets Desire
- ↑ 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Courtroom for Humanity's Judgement, Trinity Metatronius - Section 11: Famine Begets Sin
- ↑ 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Courtroom for Humanity's Judgement, Trinity Metatronius - Section 12: Greed Brings Destruction
- ↑ 14.00 14.01 14.02 14.03 14.04 14.05 14.06 14.07 14.08 14.09 14.10 14.11 14.12 14.13 14.14 14.15 14.16 14.17 14.18 14.19 14.20 14.21 14.22 14.23 14.24 14.25 14.26 14.27 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Courtroom for Humanity's Judgement, Trinity Metatronius - Section 13: Hell Delivers Fortune
- ↑ 15.00 15.01 15.02 15.03 15.04 15.05 15.06 15.07 15.08 15.09 15.10 15.11 15.12 15.13 15.14 15.15 15.16 15.17 15.18 15.19 15.20 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Courtroom for Humanity's Judgement, Trinity Metatronius - Section 14: Beauty Fosters Love
- ↑ 16.00 16.01 16.02 16.03 16.04 16.05 16.06 16.07 16.08 16.09 16.10 16.11 16.12 16.13 16.14 16.15 16.16 16.17 16.18 16.19 16.20 16.21 16.22 16.23 16.24 16.25 16.26 16.27 16.28 16.29 16.30 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Courtroom for Humanity's Judgement, Trinity Metatronius - Section 15: The Popess Discovers Lovable Sins
- ↑ 17.00 17.01 17.02 17.03 17.04 17.05 17.06 17.07 17.08 17.09 17.10 17.11 17.12 17.13 17.14 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Courtroom for Humanity's Judgement, Trinity Metatronius - Section 16: Peace Cultivates Bonds
- ↑ 18.00 18.01 18.02 18.03 18.04 18.05 18.06 18.07 18.08 18.09 18.10 18.11 18.12 18.13 18.14 18.15 18.16 18.17 18.18 18.19 18.20 18.21 18.22 18.23 18.24 18.25 18.26 18.27 18.28 18.29 18.30 18.31 18.32 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Courtroom for Humanity's Judgement, Trinity Metatronius - Section 17: The Messenger of God Signals Death
- ↑ 19.00 19.01 19.02 19.03 19.04 19.05 19.06 19.07 19.08 19.09 19.10 19.11 19.12 19.13 19.14 19.15 19.16 19.17 19.18 19.19 19.20 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Courtroom for Humanity's Judgement, Trinity Metatronius - Section 18: To The Depths of Hell
- ↑ 20.00 20.01 20.02 20.03 20.04 20.05 20.06 20.07 20.08 20.09 20.10 20.11 20.12 20.13 20.14 20.15 20.16 20.17 20.18 20.19 20.20 20.21 20.22 20.23 20.24 20.25 20.26 20.27 20.28 20.29 20.30 20.31 20.32 20.33 20.34 20.35 20.36 20.37 20.38 20.39 20.40 20.41 20.42 20.43 20.44 20.45 20.46 20.47 20.48 20.49 20.50 20.51 20.52 20.53 20.54 20.55 20.56 20.57 20.58 20.59 20.60 20.61 20.62 20.63 20.64 20.65 20.66 20.67 20.68 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Courtroom for Humanity's Judgement, Trinity Metatronius - Section 19: World End
- ↑ 21.00 21.01 21.02 21.03 21.04 21.05 21.06 21.07 21.08 21.09 21.10 21.11 21.12 21.13 21.14 21.15 21.16 21.17 21.18 21.19 21.20 21.21 21.22 21.23 21.24 21.25 21.26 21.27 21.28 21.29 21.30 21.31 21.32 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Courtroom for Humanity's Judgement, Trinity Metatronius - Section 20: Welcome to Hell, Mash Kyrielight
- ↑ 22.00 22.01 22.02 22.03 22.04 22.05 22.06 22.07 22.08 22.09 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Courtroom for Humanity's Judgement, Trinity Metatronius - Section 21: Inspired Craftsmen
- ↑ 23.00 23.01 23.02 23.03 23.04 23.05 23.06 23.07 23.08 23.09 23.10 23.11 23.12 23.13 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Courtroom for Humanity's Judgement, Trinity Metatronius - Section 22: What Should You Do?
- ↑ 24.00 24.01 24.02 24.03 24.04 24.05 24.06 24.07 24.08 24.09 24.10 24.11 24.12 24.13 24.14 24.15 24.16 24.17 24.18 24.19 24.20 24.21 24.22 24.23 24.24 24.25 24.26 24.27 24.28 24.29 24.30 24.31 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Courtroom for Humanity's Judgement, Trinity Metatronius - Section 23: Why Did You Take Up The Shield?
- ↑ 25.00 25.01 25.02 25.03 25.04 25.05 25.06 25.07 25.08 25.09 25.10 25.11 25.12 25.13 25.14 25.15 25.16 25.17 25.18 25.19 25.20 25.21 25.22 25.23 25.24 25.25 25.26 25.27 25.28 25.29 25.30 25.31 25.32 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Courtroom for Humanity's Judgement, Trinity Metatronius - Section 24: ...Will One Day Become the Power to Protect Everything
- ↑ 26.00 26.01 26.02 26.03 26.04 26.05 26.06 26.07 26.08 26.09 26.10 26.11 26.12 26.13 26.14 26.15 26.16 26.17 26.18 26.19 26.20 26.21 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Courtroom for Humanity's Judgement, Trinity Metatronius - Section 25: Prove You Can Save the World
- ↑ 27.00 27.01 27.02 27.03 27.04 27.05 27.06 27.07 27.08 27.09 27.10 27.11 27.12 27.13 27.14 27.15 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Courtroom for Humanity's Judgement, Trinity Metatronius - Section 26: Farewell, White Wolf
- ↑ 28.00 28.01 28.02 28.03 28.04 28.05 28.06 28.07 28.08 28.09 28.10 28.11 28.12 28.13 28.14 28.15 28.16 28.17 28.18 28.19 28.20 28.21 28.22 28.23 28.24 28.25 28.26 28.27 28.28 28.29 28.30 28.31 28.32 28.33 28.34 28.35 28.36 28.37 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Courtroom for Humanity's Judgement, Trinity Metatronius - Section 27: Woman of Storms
- ↑ 29.00 29.01 29.02 29.03 29.04 29.05 29.06 29.07 29.08 29.09 29.10 29.11 29.12 29.13 29.14 29.15 29.16 29.17 29.18 29.19 29.20 29.21 29.22 29.23 29.24 29.25 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Courtroom for Humanity's Judgement, Trinity Metatronius - Section 28: Time of Partings
- ↑ 30.00 30.01 30.02 30.03 30.04 30.05 30.06 30.07 30.08 30.09 30.10 30.11 30.12 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Courtroom for Humanity's Judgement, Trinity Metatronius - Epilogue