Night of Miracles

Spirits overwhelm Serpico until his spooked horse throws him; when he looks up they have vanished, and he watches Guts ride off with Farnese. Guts doubts Puck's claim, so Puck explains that people register only what matters to them and let the rest fade from notice. Farnese, who neither values nor believes in elves, simply cannot see him, which lets Puck tease her freely since she thinks Guts is speaking for himself.

The trio is then swallowed by a lightless void. Farnese panics, but Guts and Puck know it well; the spirits that had chased Serpico have caught up and attack. Guts holds them off with the Dragon Slayer, pointedly telling Farnese that this darkness is what her God visits upon the world. Distracted, he fails to notice his horse bolting toward a cliff. It slips and they all tumble down, though he shields Farnese from the fall.

She asks why he keeps saving her, and he answers that he needs her to explain why the Holy Iron Chain Knights hunt him. Then wild dogs surge from the dark, no ordinary beasts but spirit-possessed things with bulging, human-like faces. As Guts cuts them down, he taunts her that these monsters are the real miracles and tells her to pray her troubles away.

Serpico is thrown from his horse and the pursuing spirits vanish. Puck explains that Farnese cannot perceive whatever she deems unimportant, which is why she cannot see him. The spirits attack inside a void, and Guts defends with the Dragon Slayer. His horse falls off a cliff, and Guts protects Farnese from injury. Possessed dogs with human faces then appear, and Guts battles them while mocking her faith.

The chapter is a Conviction Arc entry from Young Animal issue 13 in 1998. Guts repeatedly weaponizes the word miracle to needle Farnese, contrasting her sheltered devotion with the literal horrors he battles each night, a theme the arc keeps sharpening as her worldview cracks.