Chapter Summaries

Ling Feng planned a summer outing with the group, comforted Ein, and learned that Cocolia wanted Anya released in exchange for a ransom. He decided to consult Bronya and Anya before choosing whether to return her.

• Ling Feng and the others discussed a Magic City shopping trip and beach outing, with Rita proposing an itinerary and Ling Feng naming swimsuits as a priority.
• Ein told Ling Feng she had studied Limit Break technology but still lacked prerequisites and materials, and she discussed possible genetic research.
• Ling Feng pulled Ein into an embrace, told her he wanted to comfort her, and kissed her before apologizing for not asking first.
• Ein told Ling Feng that Cocolia had asked her to mediate Anya's release and offered a ransom.
• Ling Feng agreed to ask Bronya what she wanted and said he would also respect Anya's wishes before deciding whether to release her.

Bronya and Seele went to meet Anya to discuss whether she would stay, while Ling Feng stayed behind and played games with Kiana using Bronya’s powerful account. The chapter left Ling Feng and Kiana in an intimate moment as Kiana agreed to his request so she could play.

• Seele explained that Anya had injured Bronya’s legs before Cocolia’s experiments, and Bronya asked Ling Feng not to blame Anya.
• Bronya and Seele decided to meet Anya together, despite Ling Feng’s concern that Anya might reveal Seele’s existence to Cocolia.
• Bronya and Seele refused to let Ling Feng accompany them, so he took Bronya’s game account and went to Kiana’s room.
• Ling Feng startled Kiana during a dungeon run, then used Bronya’s maxed-out account to carry her through stages.
• Kiana begged to play on Bronya’s account, and Ling Feng agreed after asking her to show him something in return.
• Kiana blushed, then told Ling Feng to hurry so she could get back to playing games.

Ling Feng agreed to let Anya join the group’s outing after Seele persuaded her, then negotiated with Cocolia and Ein to secure a 500,000-euro ransom for Anya. The next day, the group explored Magic City, while Mei and Rita discussed how much Ling Feng favored Kiana.

• Seele told Ling Feng that Anya wanted to join the next day’s outing, and Ling Feng agreed to let her come.
• Ling Feng confronted Cocolia over Anya’s ransom, but Cocolia refused to raise her offer above 300,000 euros.
• Ein demanded an additional 200,000 euros for the return trip, and Cocolia paid her 500,000 euros upfront.
• Ein explained that the supposed transportation fee was really part of Anya’s ransom, then offered to give the money to Ling Feng.
• The next day, Kiana led the group through Magic City and persuaded Ling Feng to stop for fried chicken.
• Mei agreed with Rita that Ling Feng spoiled Kiana more than the others, and Rita suggested they discuss what to do about it.

Ling Feng and the others went shopping for clothes, where the two Kianas competed for his attention and everyone tried on new outfits. Mei secretly tried on bunny ears after Ling Feng suggested a revealing look, but Rita caught her and promised to keep it from him.

• The two Kianas refused to let go of Ling Feng’s arms until Rita freed him by leading him into the clothing store.
• Seele and the two Kianas tried on outfits, and Ling Feng praised them and agreed to buy the clothes they wanted.
• Mei picked up a maid outfit, but she denied wanting to try it when Ling Feng suggested it and teased her about dressing as a bunny girl.
• After Ling Feng left, Mei secretly put on bunny ears and tried a pose in front of a mirror.
• Rita caught Mei wearing the bunny ears, laughed, and promised not to tell Ling Feng.

After a tiring shopping trip, Ling Feng returned to the apartment with the others, where Kiana and True Kiana fought over the last ice cream before he bought enough for everyone. Two days later, Kiana celebrated passing her exams with sixty-one points in both subjects, but Mei told her she still had to study during summer vacation.

• Ling Feng bought clothes and supplies for the group, and they returned early because the heat made Ein sick.
• At the apartment, Kiana and True Kiana each licked one side of the last ice cream, so Tesla threw it out and Ling Feng went to buy thirty more.
• Ling Feng brought ice cream and the shopping to the Queen in the Imaginary Space, where she happily ate while he watched her.
• The next day, Anya returned home on an Anti-Entropy battleship, and the group postponed their beach trip because of the heat.
• Two days later, Kiana showed Ling Feng that she had scored sixty-one points on both exams, and Mei told her to keep studying through summer vacation.

Seele made Mapo Tofu for Bronya, but Kiana ate nearly all of it while Bronya stayed focused on her game. Seele’s resentment toward Kiana erupted, and she attacked her after calling her an impostor.

• Mei agreed to postpone Kiana’s studying, and the group spent the afternoon playing games and preparing snacks.
• Seele cooked Mapo Tofu for Bronya, and Mei, Ling Feng, Rita, and Kiana praised its taste.
• Kiana ate most of the tofu while Bronya fought a boss, despite Seele asking her to save some for Bronya.
• Bronya said Kiana could eat the rest, and Kiana snatched the plate from Seele and swallowed the remaining tofu.
• Seele called Kiana an impostor, her eyes changed from blue, and a burst of energy blasted Kiana away.

Seele erupted with strange power and attacked Kiana and the others, destroying their apartment as they tried to restrain her without causing serious harm. Ling Feng finally knocked her unconscious with a qi strike, leaving the group with Seele subdued and their home in ruins.

• Seele attacked Kiana with a Quantum Scythe, and Ling Feng saw that her eyes had turned crimson and filled with hatred.
• Bronya and Rita tried to protect Kiana while Seele claimed she would kill the impostor, then Seele unleashed indiscriminate attacks on everyone.
• Ling Feng, Rita, and Mei tried to restrain Seele, but she vanished and nearly struck Kiana from above before Ling Feng blocked her attack.
• Seele's attacks collapsed the apartment, and everyone escaped before she emerged unharmed from the rubble.
• Ling Feng, Rita, and Mei froze Seele, but she broke free until Ling Feng struck her with qi and caught her as she fell unconscious.

After Seele suddenly changed, attacked Kiana, and destroyed the squad’s apartment, Ling Feng and Bronya took her to the laboratory while Mei, Rita, and Kiana reported the incident to Theresa. The scans showed nothing abnormal, leaving everyone to wait for Seele to wake and reveal what had happened.

• Seele’s red-eyed transformation ended after Ling Feng subdued her, and her attack collapsed the squad’s apartment.
• Ling Feng sent Mei, Rita, and Kiana to report to Theresa while he and Bronya carried Seele to the laboratory.
• Ein suggested Seele might have undergone a Herrscher transformation or revealed a hidden nature, but Bronya insisted Seele was kind.
• Ein restrained and examined Seele, but her results showed that Seele was physically normal.
• Theresa questioned whether Ling Feng had caused Seele’s outburst, and Kiana admitted that stealing Seele’s Mapo Tofu had provoked her.
• Kiana told Ling Feng that the group would stay at different homes while the Academy cleared the wreckage and her snacks remained under her bed.

Ling Feng and the others learned that Seele’s violent red counterpart had appeared before and that Seele feared losing control. Seele explained how she met Schrodinger and learned about the other self, and Ein proposed keeping Seele calm and safe until they found a permanent solution.

• Ling Feng learned that Seele had awakened, and Ein hesitated to release her until Ling Feng promised to take responsibility.
• Seele remembered Kiana taking her Mapo Tofu but had no memory of destroying the apartment, and she cried with guilt as Bronya comforted her.
• Seele told everyone that Schrodinger had warned her about an aggressive other self that emerged when her emotions became intense or she was in danger.
• Seele explained that Schrodinger’s time-acceleration experiment had increased her actual age by five years and helped her understand why creatures that bullied her in the Quantum World had vanished.
• Ein revealed that her and Tesla’s time had also been frozen, then proposed keeping Seele calm and out of danger until they found a lasting solution.

After Seele returned to normal, Ling Feng brought her and Bronya to dinner at Himeko's apartment and explained Seele's unstable condition. The group arranged temporary places to stay, with Seele alone in the guest apartment while the others split up among their friends.

• Seele worried that everyone would reject her, but Ling Feng took her hand and brought her to dinner with Bronya.
• Ling Feng explained what he had learned about Seele, and the group agreed she could stay while her condition remained under investigation.
• Fu Hua offered to house Seele and teach her calming techniques, but Ling Feng objected, so Theresa proposed the vacant guest apartment instead.
• Seele agreed to stay alone in the guest apartment until Tesla and the others found a solution.
• Ling Feng arranged for Mei to stay with Fu Hua, Rita with Theresa, and Bronya with Himeko.
• Ling Feng assigned Kiana and True Kiana to share a place, and both agreed.

Ling Feng persuaded Kiana to agree to spend the night with him and True Kiana, then confessed to True Kiana that the Herrscher of the Void lived in Imaginary Space. True Kiana agreed to his request only after making him reveal his secret, but stopped him when he tried to pounce on her.

• Ling Feng used a tale about sisterly reconciliation to persuade Kiana to agree to join him and True Kiana that night.
• True Kiana rejected Ling Feng's request and saw through his claim that Kiana had suggested it.
• Ling Feng admitted he had made up the story, and True Kiana asked what he had hidden in Imaginary Space.
• True Kiana deduced that Ling Feng was hiding a girl there, and he revealed that the Herrscher of the Void's consciousness had survived and lived in Imaginary Space.
• True Kiana reacted with surprise to Ling Feng's relationship with the Herrscher of the Void, then stopped him with her foot when he tried to pounce on her.

Ling Feng rushed to the laboratory after Tesla reported that Ein was trapped in the Quantum World, and helped the scientists adjust the conversion formula until Ein could return. The chapter left Ling Feng heading back to True Kiana and Kiana after the two-hour experiment, while the two waited at home and wondered what had happened.

• Ling Feng’s attempt to spend the night with True Kiana and Kiana was interrupted when Tesla called about an emergency at the laboratory.
• Tesla told Ling Feng that Ein had failed to return from the Quantum World despite repeated attempts to activate the conversion device.
• Ling Feng entered the Quantum World and found Ein, who explained that changes to her body’s structural parameters had made the original formula ineffective.
• Ein instructed Ling Feng to relay her proposed formula adjustments to Tesla, and Tesla began testing them while Ling Feng stayed in the laboratory.
• After two hours of experiments, Ein returned successfully, and Ling Feng hurried home to check whether True Kiana and Kiana were still awake.
• While Ling Feng was away, Kiana asked True Kiana what he was doing, and True Kiana guessed that he had gone to the laboratory for an emergency.

Ling Feng found Seele at the shore and comforted her fears that everyone hated her, then brought her back to the apartment. Seele asked him to dote on her as much as he did on Kiana and insisted she was serious, leaving Ling Feng stunned.

• Kiana and True Kiana played games together while Ling Feng hurried back toward the apartment.
• Ling Feng followed Seele from St. Freya Academy to the shore and stopped her from walking into the sea.
• Seele asked whether everyone hated her, and Ling Feng reassured her that they cared about her and that he liked her.
• Seele asked to sit on Ling Feng’s lap, and they sat together while discussing his feelings for Kiana and Seele.
• Ling Feng carried Seele back to the apartment, where she asked him to treat her as equally as he treated Kiana.
• Seele insisted she was not joking when Ling Feng worried she was acting on impulse.

Ling Feng and Seele became intimate after Seele confessed that she had already fallen in love with him and had secretly shared her first kiss with him. The next morning, Red Seele threatened Ling Feng with a scythe, then vanished and left Seele waking safely in his arms.

• Seele asked Ling Feng to treat her equally, and he kissed her before leading her into the room.
• Seele told Ling Feng that she had fallen for him earlier and that she had secretly kissed him on their first night together.
• Ling Feng promised to love and protect Seele, accepting both sides of her.
• Red Seele sat on Ling Feng and held a scythe to his neck, warning him that she had nearly emerged the previous night.
• Ling Feng told Red Seele he cared about both sides of Seele and valued her protection of Seele.
• Red Seele warned Ling Feng not to hurt Seele, then vanished; Seele woke and hugged Ling Feng.

Ling Feng and Seele kept their relationship secret and shared breakfast, where Seele revealed she knew about Queen in Imaginary Space. Ling Feng brought Queen beetroot soup, and Queen began eating it despite initially wanting meat.

• Seele agreed not to tell anyone about her relationship with Ling Feng, and Ling Feng promised that others would eventually accept her.
• Seele prepared beetroot soup for breakfast while Ling Feng hid the bedding from the previous night.
• Seele told Ling Feng she had figured out Queen existed in Imaginary Space and asked him to bring her a serving of soup.
• Ling Feng admitted that Queen was the Herrscher of the Void and that she was also his wife, and Seele accepted her without hostility.
• Ling Feng brought the beetroot soup to Queen and woke her, and Queen suspected he had spent the night with another girl.
• Queen complained that the soup looked unappetizing but tasted it and found it surprisingly good.

After Ling Feng left Kiana and True Kiana to play games together, he apologized to them at Seele’s apartment and tried to help Seele reconcile with Kiana. He then took Seele to the laboratory, where Ein required him to join an experiment, leaving Seele to stay by his side.

• Kiana woke up to Mei’s call and agreed to bring True Kiana and Seele to Himeko’s place for breakfast, apologizing to Seele along the way.
• Kiana and True Kiana arrived at Seele’s apartment and found Ling Feng there; they explained they had spent the night playing games together.
• Seele apologized to Kiana and invited her to eat, but Kiana left without breakfast, and True Kiana warned Ling Feng to explain himself later.
• Ling Feng reassured the disappointed Seele before taking her to the laboratory for an energy refill.
• Ein asked Ling Feng to participate in an experiment on quantum states, and Seele chose to stay with him while Tesla and Ein prepared the equipment.

Ling Feng explained away his night with Seele by claiming he had comforted her before returning to Imaginary Space, though Rita remained intent on investigating the truth. Theresa summoned him to discuss building a shared apartment for Team 233, then threatened to withhold his salary when he refused to take Rita away.

• At lunch, Seele’s attentive treatment of Ling Feng made True Kiana and Mei question where he had spent the night, so he claimed he had comforted Seele at the beach before returning to Imaginary Space.
• Seele supported Ling Feng’s explanation, telling everyone he had stayed with her and taken her home, while Bronya thanked him for caring for her.
• Rita told Ling Feng that Theresa wanted to discuss good news, and he bought lunch for Queen before visiting Theresa.
• Theresa proposed building a large apartment building on academy grounds so Team 233 could live together, and she explained that Rita had kept her awake by hugging her all night.
• Ling Feng refused Theresa’s request to take Rita away because he could not bring others into Imaginary Space, so Theresa threatened to withhold his salary and dismissed his objection about labor agreements.

Theresa forced Ling Feng to put his salary toward a new apartment, then admitted she had spent some of it on manga. After Theresa accidentally kissed him, she chased him with Judah, leaving Ling Feng to face her anger.

• Theresa persuaded Ling Feng to let her use his salary for the apartment and demanded that he help cover half of its four-million-euro budget.
• Theresa explained the academy’s expenses, then accidentally revealed that she had used Ling Feng’s salary to buy manga.
• Ling Feng found Theresa’s HOMU manga, and Theresa made him promise not to tell anyone she read it.
• Theresa lost her balance and accidentally kissed Ling Feng, then threatened to tie him up with Judah.
• Ling Feng ran from Theresa as she unleashed Judah’s chains and pursued him.

Ling Feng calmed Theresa after she attacked him over their kiss by offering his salary, a trip, and Bronya’s Homu manga, then helped her borrow the books. Meanwhile, Ein completed a gene optimization solution using ingredient genes from Ling Feng, and she and Tesla discussed why he had chosen Limit Break.

• Theresa attacked Ling Feng with Judas and Spears of Light over their stolen first kiss, then accepted his offers of his salary, a trip, and borrowed manga as compensation.
• Ling Feng visited Himeko’s home, where Seele welcomed him and Bronya suspected he was hiding something.
• Ling Feng admitted he wanted Bronya’s Homu manga for Theresa, and Bronya lent him her collected volumes while revealing she already knew Theresa liked Homu.
• Theresa accepted the manga, forgave Ling Feng, and agreed they could begin rebuilding the apartment with the available budget.
• Ein told Tesla that she had used ingredient genes from Ling Feng to bring the gene optimization solution up to standard.
• Ein and Tesla speculated that Ling Feng had chosen Limit Break to strengthen the Valkyries around him against Chiyou.

Ling Feng asked the Queen to consider meeting his friends and helping Tesla and Ein bring her into the real world, while Seele welcomed his attention. After finding the bedding missing from Seele’s wardrobe, Ling Feng stayed with her, and the chapter ended the next morning with them waking up together.

• Ein teased Tesla about having a child with Ling Feng, and Tesla denied wanting children.
• Ling Feng brought dinner to the Queen and reassured her that he was happy about her growing appetite.
• Ling Feng asked the Queen to consider meeting Seele, Tesla, Ein, True Kiana, and Xiao Lu, and she said she would think about it.
• Ling Feng found that the bedding he had put in Seele’s wardrobe was missing, and he suspected Rita or True Kiana had taken it.
• Ling Feng stayed with Seele after discovering the missing bedding, and they spent the night together.
• Ling Feng woke up beside Seele the next morning and found that she was wrapped around him.