Chapter Summaries

After accepting Luvia's offer of Phantasmal Species materials and Dead Apostles in exchange for protecting her, Higashino Kanade returned to the castle and found Heine and Adashino Riri dead. Waver began investigating their murders, but Roxanne accused him of killing her brother.

• Higashino Kanade rejected Luvia's cash offers and agreed to ally with her for Phantasmal Species materials and living Dead Apostles.
• Higashino Kanade carried Luvia's wounded bodyguard back to the castle, where he and Luvia found Heine and Adashino Riri dead.
• Waver said the cause of the deaths was still under investigation, while Higashino Kanade wondered whether he would have died if he had chased the beast with Heine.
• Luvia announced that Higashino Kanade was her ally, and Higashino Kanade told Grea he would continue cooperating with Waver as well.
• Waver tried to examine Heine's body, but Roxanne accused him of murdering her brother and refused to let anyone touch the corpse.
• Higashino Kanade quietly comforted Waver by saying Roxanne's accusation showed she recognized his strength.

Higashino Kanade secretly recovered Heine and Adashino Riri’s bodies after their burial, earning a Bronze Treasure Chest for gathering information. The next morning, he helped Luvia style her hair in her room.

• Higashino Kanade comforted Roxanne, then examined Heine and Adashino Riri and found matching claw wounds and missing body parts.
• Grea asked to bury the two dead, and Waver found Heine’s invitation and deduced that the angelic names corresponded to the body parts taken from the victims.
• Waver questioned everyone’s alibis, but Orlok accused Higashino Kanade and left to barricade himself in his room.
• Higashino Kanade used a Shadow Clone to leave the burial while he hid nearby, then recovered both bodies and received a Bronze Treasure Chest from the system.
• The next morning, Higashino Kanade helped Luvia comb and arrange her hair after she struggled with her spiral curls.

Higashino Kanade and Luvia searched Adra Castle and uncovered Gryphon’s hidden laboratory, where his experiment journal revealed that his reputation as a restorer was built on deadly Mage Crest transplants. After finding Jirobou Seigen Shitou’s name among the survivors, Luvia planned to take control of Gryphon’s Mage’s Workshop and use it to find the magical beast in Stripped City.

• Higashino Kanade and Luvia investigated the castle, and his Sharingan helped them locate a powerful bounded field hidden behind a wine-cellar wall.
• Higashino Kanade destroyed the wall with a Big Ball Rasengan, and he and Luvia entered a secret chamber filled with human organs, books, and signs of gruesome experiments.
• Luvia found Gryphon’s experiment journal and realized that his inheritance and reputation as a restorer were a scam built on lethal experiments.
• Higashino Kanade read the journal and found Jirobou Seigen Shitou listed as a survivor of Gryphon’s Mage Crest transplant surgery.
• Luvia decided to seize control of Gryphon’s Mage’s Workshop, hunt the magical beast in Stripped City, and asked Higashino Kanade to protect her while she prepared.

Waver identified Jirobou Seigen Shitou as Granite Ashborn, whose transplanted Mage Crest carried Granite’s memories, and exposed Orlok as Granite’s father and Gryphon’s killer. Granite killed Orlok and attacked his mother, but Luvia’s attempt to use Gryphon’s Mage’s Workshop went disastrously wrong, leaving Higashino Kanade and Luvia in the dark amid the chaos.

• Higashino Kanade told Waver that he and Luvia had found records of Mage Crest restoration surgeries in Gryphon’s secret laboratory, and Waver used the evidence to identify Jirobou Seigen Shitou as Granite Ashborn.
• Waver explained that Gryphon had transplanted his dead son Granite’s Mage Crest into Jirobou Seigen Shitou, and revealed that Orlok had helped with the experiments because Granite was his son.
• Orlok confessed that he had killed Gryphon after learning Gryphon had turned Orlok’s beloved into the magical beast that killed Heine, and Granite killed Orlok with the Flying Bowl Technique.
• Granite attacked the giant wolf that was his mother, while Waver called on Grea and Luvia prepared to use the Mage’s Workshop against the beast.
• Luvia’s control of the Mage’s Workshop failed when Gryphon’s backup plan triggered a massive explosion, which hurled Higashino Kanade and Luvia through the hall.
• Higashino Kanade found Luvia on top of him in the darkness and berated her for failing at the crucial moment, while Luvia blamed an unforeseen circumstance.

Higashino Kanade and Luvia escaped Gryphon’s shrinking barrier, then Kanade learned that Adashino Riri had faked her death and that the Department of Law and Politics had worked with Gryphon. He joined the fight against the demonic beast on the castle roof, but his Chakra was running low and he resorted to smoke bombs to obscure its vision.

• Kanade used a Big Ball Rasengan, then recovered his Chakra while explaining to Luvia his suspicions about Gryphon, Jirobou Seigen Shitou, and the Department of Law and Politics.
• Kanade and his Shadow Clone smashed through the barrier, where they found Waver injured, Orlok dead, and Grea and Roxanne missing.
• Waver told Kanade that Jirobou Seigen Shitou had escaped with Roxanne and that Grea had driven back the demonic beast.
• Kanade found the beast on the roof, saw that it had regenerated and grown stronger, and attacked it with Lightning Release Chakra Mode and fire ninjutsu.
• Kanade evaded the beast while his attacks failed to seriously injure it, and the others watched from the castle forecourt.
• As his Chakra dwindled, Kanade threw down three Smoke Bombs, filling the rooftop with smoke and temporarily blinding the beast.

Higashino Kanade used the Curse Mark of Heaven to regain his strength and confront the magically enhanced beast, while its attacks left Waver and Luvia in agony. After the beast repeatedly healed through the castle’s Mana, Kanade entered State Two and prepared a Sage Art: Super Big Ball Rasengan, as Waver wondered whether Kanade was an oni Phantasmal Species.

• Higashino Kanade opened his Silver Treasure Chest and received the Curse Mark of Heaven, which gave him access to Pseudo Sage Mode and two activated states.
• Higashino Kanade returned to the courtyard, activated the curse mark, and approached the beast as it drew strength from the castle and Ley Line.
• The beast’s roar targeted Mage Crests, incapacitating Waver and Luvia, but Higashino Kanade remained unharmed and charged in with Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
• Higashino Kanade matched the beast’s strength, kicked it away, and hit it with a Sage Chakra-enhanced Great Fire Dragon Technique, but the beast healed again.
• Higashino Kanade activated State Two of the Curse Mark of Heaven, transformed with horns and batlike wings, and prepared a Sage Art: Super Big Ball Rasengan.
• Waver speculated that Higashino Kanade might be a Japanese oni and explained that pure-blooded oni were generally classified as Phantasmal Species.

Higashino Kanade killed the Demonic Beast with a Sage Art: Super Big Ball Rasengan, then reunited with Grea and spared Jirobou Seigen Shitou at Waver's request. Jirobou unleashed hundreds of vengeful spirits, leaving Kanade facing a threat that exploited his weakness against the undead.

• Waver speculated that Kanade was a Phantasmal Species who used an energy other than Mana, while Luvia and Fliyou eyed him greedily.
• Kanade overwhelmed the Demonic Beast with a barrage of punches and killed it with a Super Big Ball Rasengan, leveling the forest around them.
• Grea arrived carrying Roxanne and the injured Jirobou Seigen Shitou, and Kanade confirmed that the others were safe.
• Kanade noticed his Curse Mark transformation had made him more arrogant, comforted Grea, and agreed to let Waver hand Jirobou over to the Clock Tower.
• Jirobou crushed an object and released hundreds of vengeful spirits, forcing Kanade to confront his lack of effective attacks against the undead.

After Grea destroyed most of Stripped City with Rhongomyniad, Orlok asked to settle matters with Jirobou Seigen Shitou himself, and the others agreed. Higashino Kanade ended his Curse Mark of Heaven transformation after Orlok subdued Jirobou, then collapsed coughing blood from the strain.

• Grea worried about compensation for the destruction, while Waver planned to blame Gryphon for the damage.
• Higashino Kanade offered Waver ten million dollars for Grea, but Waver refused to sell his disciple and Grea comforted Higashino Kanade.
• Luvia interrupted their exchange, and Orlok asked permission to deal with Jirobou Seigen Shitou; everyone agreed.
• Orlok approached Jirobou, who stabbed him, but Orlok used Butterfly Magecraft to put Jirobou to sleep.
• Higashino Kanade ended his transformation and began coughing blood, prompting Grea and Luvia to support him.

After recovering from the backlash of the Curse Mark of Heaven, Higashino Kanade resolved to become stronger so he could survive and live comfortably. Luvia protected his identity, pursued him as a potential partner, and presented him with a dragon scale and a captured Dead Apostle for research.

• Higashino Kanade woke in a hospital three days after collapsing, and the system urged him to grow stronger and understand the Will of Fire.
• Luvia told Higashino Kanade that Waver and his student had returned to the Clock Tower, the Stripped City had been reclaimed, and Fliyou had sworn not to reveal his secrets.
• Luvia asked what Higashino Kanade was, and he accepted her guess that he was an oni or another Phantasmal Species.
• Luvia proposed that Higashino Kanade marry into the Edelfelt Family, but he refused because he believed she wanted his bloodline and body.
• Luvia brought Higashino Kanade a dragon scale and a captured Dead Apostle as rewards and research subjects.

Higashino Kanade used Luvia’s wealth and Clock Tower access to pursue the Mystic Eyes Collection Train and grind World Information Gathering points by rapidly reading Grimoires. After Grea was punished for speaking during Waver’s class, she and Luvia helped Kanade in the library, where Luvia continued hauling books for him.

• Higashino Kanade accepted Luvia’s materials, completed the World Information Gathering mission, and learned that his reward was a Silver Treasure Chest.
• Luvia had Higashino Kanade sign a contract to serve as her study companion at the Clock Tower.
• During Waver’s lecture, Higashino Kanade asked Luvia about the Mystic Eyes Collection Train and learned that invitations could cost millions of dollars.
• Grea tried to warn Higashino Kanade and Luvia to pay attention, but Waver heard her and ordered her out of the classroom to reflect.
• Higashino Kanade made Grea help him in the library as punishment, then used his Sharingan to memorize Grimoires for the system.
• Luvia brought stacks of Grimoires to Kanade after he offered to consider going on a date with her if she helped.

Higashino Kanade explained to Grea why the Clock Tower’s Magi resented Luvia and hurried with her to the library after hearing that Luvia had clashed with Olga Marie Asmilet Animusphere. Luvia and Olga Marie traded insults over their families, and Olga Marie challenged Luvia to a duel.

• Higashino Kanade told Grea that the Edelfelt Family’s wealth and recent rise made old magus families resent Luvia, who welcomed their hostility.
• Higashino Kanade and Grea ran to the library after hearing that Luvia was arguing with Olga Marie Asmilet Animusphere.
• Luvia and Olga Marie introduced themselves and began insulting each other over their families and their fathers.
• Luvia taunted Olga Marie about Marisbury neglecting her, and Olga Marie denied being abandoned.
• Olga Marie challenged Luvia to a duel, while Luvia hesitated over the risks of accepting or refusing.

Higashino Kanade talked Olga Marie into dueling him instead of Luvia, then agreed to go easy on her. That evening, he and his companions visited Waver’s home and encountered a master and servant leaving it.

• Higashino Kanade intervened when Olga Marie challenged Luvia, and Luvia accepted his offer to handle the duel.
• Higashino Kanade persuaded Olga Marie that a duel with Luvia would be unfair and proposed fighting her himself; Olga Marie agreed to duel him the next afternoon.
• Luvia asked why Higashino Kanade had defended her, and he said he was repaying a favor; she took his words as a sign that he liked her.
• Grea asked Higashino Kanade to go easy on Olga Marie, and he promised to show restraint.
• That evening, Higashino Kanade and his companions arrived at Waver’s home and saw a master and servant leaving.

Higashino Kanade traded Waver partial information about the Fifth Holy Grail War and asked him how to get an invitation to the Mystic Eyes Collection Train. After Waver agreed to publicize Kanade’s Sharingan, he learned that one future version of himself had given up his chance to enter the war, leaving him to reconsider his choices.

• Higashino Kanade gave Waver information on Caster, Assassin, and Berserker, then asked how he could board the Mystic Eyes Collection Train without paying for an invitation.
• Higashino Kanade proposed making the Sharingan famous to attract the train’s attention, and Waver agreed to write a research report in exchange for more Holy Grail War information.
• Waver realized Higashino Kanade had avoided discussing Rider and guessed that he might not have participated in the Fifth Holy Grail War.
• Higashino Kanade told Waver that a future version of him had voluntarily given up his qualification, then reassured him that the future was not fixed.
• Waver recovered some of his resolve and agreed to hear more about the Holy Grail War, while Higashino Kanade promised to tell him everything he knew after their business was done.

Higashino Kanade learned about the Clock Tower’s hidden warehouse and persuaded Waver to help him infiltrate it by revealing that Gilgamesh was still alive and hinting at a weakness. As Waver prepared to attend an exhibition at Twin Towers, the System tried to involve Kanade in the coming trouble, but he refused.

• Waver explained that advanced magecraft research was kept secret and warned Higashino Kanade that the Clock Tower’s restricted warehouse was protected by deadly traps and Automatons.
• Higashino Kanade told Waver that Gilgamesh had survived the Fourth Holy Grail War, leaving Waver devastated before Kanade hinted that Gilgamesh had a fatal weakness.
• Waver agreed to take Higashino Kanade to the hidden warehouse, though he insisted he would deny involvement if the plan was exposed.
• Waver explained that the warehouse stored confiscated research, family property, and other spoils, while Grea showed them an invitation to an exhibition at Twin Towers.
• Waver said he would represent the El-Melloi family at the exhibition, which would also feature Aozaki Touko, and the System proposed involving Higashino Kanade in the event; he refused.

Higashino Kanade persuaded the system to postpone nonessential missions and arranged for Waver to ask Aozaki Touko to meet him. As Luvia and Olga Marie’s duel drew near, the crowded arena filled with students and powerful Clock Tower figures, while Waver and Grea waited for the match to begin.

• Higashino Kanade convinced the system to let him focus on World Information Gathering and postpone other missions.
• Higashino Kanade asked Waver to invite Aozaki Touko to see him, suggesting he mention Ryougi Shiki.
• Luvia told Grea she wanted Higashino Kanade and would be content to bear his child, leaving Grea shocked.
• Students and professors crowded into the Clock Tower arena to watch Luvia and Olga Marie duel as representatives of rival factions.
• Waver joined Grea in the stands, where Luvia and Inorai also arrived to watch the match.
• Inorai left for her private VIP seat as the referee arrived and the duel approached.

Uchiha Kanade and Olga Marie began their duel, with Kanade revealing his Sharingan and effortlessly dodging her attacks. Olga Marie escalated to a massive spell that threatened the arena, leaving Kanade’s next move uncertain.

• Olga Marie entered the arena, steadied her nerves, and faced Uchiha Kanade as Theresa worried over the duel’s outcome.
• Kanade proposed a wager, and Olga Marie accepted before the referee began the match.
• Kanade’s shuriken were blocked by Olga Marie’s defenses, so she attacked him with magic bullets that he easily evaded using his Sharingan.
• Kanade revealed that his Sharingan let him perceive bullets in slow motion and taunted Olga Marie, who resolved to use a large-scale spell.
• Olga Marie chanted a powerful spell that spread a star map across the arena, prompting the referee and instructors to shield the audience while Waver worried Kanade might need to transform.

Higashino Kanade defeated Olga Marie by using Sharingan-enhanced Genjutsu, then protected her dignity and concealed the embarrassing outcome. The duel ended with the audience believing he had won by an unknown method, while Inorai recognized his trick and praised his Mystic Eyes.

• Waver worried that Higashino Kanade would be exposed to the Clock Tower, while Luvia pointed out that he remained calm.
• Higashino Kanade struck Olga Marie with Illusion Technique: Naraka Perception, interrupting her chant and making her collapse in terror.
• Higashino Kanade hid Olga Marie from the audience with Smoke Bombs, carried her to a lounge, and warned Theresa that she had been hit by Genjutsu.
• Theresa used a top-grade elixir to break the Genjutsu, thanked Higashino Kanade for protecting Olga Marie, and gave him her contact information because Olga Marie owed him a promise.
• Higashino Kanade destroyed the evidence and returned to the arena, where the audience saw him standing alone and the referees declared the match unclear.
• Inorai revealed that she had witnessed what happened, laughed at Olga Marie's defeat, and remarked that the Edelfelt Family had found a valuable magus.

After Olga Marie forfeited, Higashino Kanade faced accusations that his victory was rigged and chose to challenge the hostile audience to prove his strength. His defiance won Luvia’s admiration, unsettled Waver, and drew a young magus into the arena.

• The referee announced that Olga Marie Yasmiret Animusphere had forfeited, making Uchiha Kanade the winner, while spectators accused him and Luvia of cheating.
• A system mission ordered Higashino Kanade to defeat ten Magi insulting him and Luvia, so he decided to confront the crowd rather than ignore its abuse.
• Higashino Kanade called Waver, Grea, and Luvia to stand beside him, then declared that everyone questioning him was trash.
• Waver envied Higashino Kanade’s courage, while Luvia became deeply moved by his defense of her.
• Higashino Kanade challenged the spectators to fight him, and Yalman Clive entered the arena; Higashino Kanade’s Sharingan revealed that Yalman had little Mana.

Higashino Kanade defeated ten Clock Tower challengers in succession, revealing his strength and earning the system’s reward, Love’s Sapphire. He frightened off a final challenger and left the arena, having established his reputation at the Clock Tower.

• Higashino Kanade used Naraka Perception to defeat Yalman, then beat Lindsay Shelley with a swift kick after Lindsay escaped the illusion using a magical pendant.
• Higashino Kanade defeated eight more challengers, including a Spiritual Evocation student, and completed the system mission, earning a Special Treasure Chest.
• Higashino Kanade opened the chest and received Love’s Sapphire, a jewel that contained Mana and could block one fatal attack.
• The spectators praised or feared Higashino Kanade, while Yvette L. Leyman became fascinated by his Mystic Eyes and wanted to appraise them.
• A young magus girl challenged Higashino Kanade, but he intimidated her with his Sharingan and asked, “Do you want to dance too?”
• The girl could not move, no one else dared challenge Higashino Kanade, and he left the arena.

After Higashino Kanade’s Sharingan became famous, Waver warned him that Magi might target him, while his paper drew attention and several clumsy assassination attempts followed. As Higashino Kanade prepared to leave the world within a month, Luvia insisted on having his child, and the system urged him to build a ninja village and pass on his bloodlines.

• Luvia embraced and groped Higashino Kanade after he left the arena, then asked why he had risked so much for her.
• Waver praised Higashino Kanade’s success in publicizing his Sharingan but warned him about assassination, kidnapping, and other threats from Magi.
• Higashino Kanade spent weeks studying while Luvia helped him, and Waver published a paper describing the Sharingan as a powerful Jewel-level Mystic Eye.
• Higashino Kanade received offers from great families and faced several clumsy assassination attempts, while his treasure chest upgraded to Gold-level and the system confirmed he could return home after the Mystic Eyes Collection Train mission.
• Luvia asked Higashino Kanade to go on their promised date, and he told her he had a fiancée and would leave within a month.
• Luvia tried to drag Higashino Kanade away to conceive a child, while the system argued that he needed many children to pass on his bloodlines and establish a ninja village.