In the aftermath of the battle, Heartless and Faker are able to escape and Karabo is believed to have died from the injuries he suffered. Waver and Gray recover from the battle and meet with Adashino. Waver acknowledges they still don't know Heartless' full motive for creating a new Grail and Adashino admits she is pursuing Heartless as well, since he is her older half-brother. Reines meets with Olga-Marie and they agree to form a friendship/alliance. The holiday season begins in London. While buying groceries, Gray runs into Melvin who tells her that he is holding Waver's Magic Crest as collateral against the El-Melloi family's debt and warns her that Waver will likely die if he joins the Fifth Grail War...