Chapter Summaries

Mo Xiao fought a strange alchemist who attacked him after Akatsuki Kojou identified him as Kanon’s boyfriend, then visited Kanon after she invited him over. The chapter ended with Kanon nervously unbuttoning her pajamas and asking Mo Xiao to look at her openly.

• Akatsuki Kojou pointed Mo Xiao out as Kanon’s boyfriend, and the white-suited alchemist attacked him with a blade and hammer formed from his body.
• Mo Xiao overpowered the alchemist, who turned into liquid metal and destroyed himself; Mo Xiao picked up a shattered bead from the remains.
• Himeragi Yukina warned Akatsuki Kojou that the attacker was an alchemist, then struck him with Yukina’s Spear after Mo Xiao pointed out that her clothes were open.
• After dinner at Akina Nagisa’s house, Yōse Natsune invited Mo Xiao to Kanon’s home, where Kanon served him cake and tea.
• As Mo Xiao prepared to leave, Kanon said she knew he was interested in girls’ bodies, unbuttoned her pajamas, and asked him to look at her openly.

Mo Xiao rejected Kanon's request for a goodnight kiss, comforted her, and left to deal with Amatsuka Mercury before hunting vampires in Siberia. Two days later, Kurumi and Yōse Natsune departed on their school trip, leaving Mo Xiao poised to target Akatsuki Kojou.

• Mo Xiao gave Kanon a goodnight kiss on the forehead, and she happily clung to the security she felt with him.
• Mo Xiao decided to use the school trip as an opportunity to abduct Akatsuki Kojou and move the plot forward.
• Mo Xiao confronted Amatsuka Mercury in the underground parking garage and shattered his core, turning him into a lifeless puddle of liquid metal.
• Mo Xiao traveled to Siberia to hunt pureblood vampires, while Aoba Asagi survived after Nina possessed her and Asztarte also punished Amatsuka Mercury.
• Two days later, Kurumi and Yōse Natsune left for their school trip.

The author explained that the book had lost its benefits because two months of updates totaled fewer than sixty thousand words, and their editor advised ending it. Unable to leave the story behind, the author decided to keep writing while doubling the daily output and reducing the paid portion of chapters.

• The author checked the royalty records and learned that the book no longer qualified for its 600-yuan attendance bonus or other benefits.
• The editor advised the author to finish the underperforming book and direct readers to a new one.
• The author considered cutting Re:Zero and Overlord, finishing Devouring, and ending the book, but could not bring themself to do it.
• The author chose to keep the same pacing while increasing daily output from 4,000 to 8,000 words.
• The author said each 4,000-word chapter would have about 3,000 paid words, with the rest placed in the Author's Notes for legitimate readers.

Kurumi and Kanon joined their classmates on a school trip to Tokyo, where a game brought Kanon’s feelings for Mo Xiao into the open. After a strange ripple and explosions aboard the ship, Kurumi realized the revived Sage’s seemingly pointless attack might be making its enemies act foolishly.

• Kurumi and Kanon played the chocolate-stick game, and Kanon broke the stick before they could kiss.
• Akina Nagisa showed the girls a video of Mo Xiao, prompting them to tease Kanon about her feelings for him.
• Kurumi and Kanon went out on deck, where Kanon admitted that thoughts of Brother Mo Xiao made her heart race and possessiveness stir.
• A strange ripple unsettled Kurumi and Kanon, but Kanon decided not to call Mo Xiao over.
• Explosions sounded aboard the ship, and Kurumi heard that Forest Mercury had helped revive the Sage.
• Kurumi reasoned that the Sage’s unnecessary pursuit of Kanon was like an intelligence-reducing effect imposed on its enemies.

After Akatsuki Kojou collapsed from exhausting his magic power, Kurumi captured and examined the Sage, then ordered Mo Xiao to abduct Kojou and transform two of her teammates into his direct blood relatives. Kurumi asked Mo Xiao whether he would give up fighting to live with Kanon, but he said he would grow lonely without the battles.

• Akatsuki Kojou lost his connection to White Steel of the Water Sprite, collapsed, and was later revived after it reconnected with him.
• Kurumi examined the Sage in a spatial prison, rejected it as unsuitable for harvesting, and Little Red erased its consciousness and collected its Sage's Spirit Blood.
• Kurumi ordered Mo Xiao to bring Akatsuki Kojou to her and have Little Red transform the little fat guy and Zheng Sheng into direct blood relatives of the Fourth True Ancestor.
• Mo Xiao abducted the weakened Akatsuki Kojou, and Kojou awoke with vampire-red eyes after being fed blood before Mo Xiao anesthetized him again.
• Kurumi asked Mo Xiao whether he would settle down with Kanon, but he refused, saying he was accustomed to fighting and would be lonely without it.

Kurumi drained Akatsuki Kojou's time, greatly increasing his magic power, while Kanon chose to stay with Mo Xiao. Kurumi headed for the War King Domain to confront the forgotten war king and prepare to establish the Fourth True Ancestor's Night Empire.

• Kurumi drained Akatsuki Kojou's time for an entire night, leaving him with enough magic power to support all twelve familiars.
• Kanon agreed to stay with Mo Xiao, and Kurumi left her behind while planning for the A Certain Magical Index world to be downgraded.
• Akatsuki Kojou woke with uncontrollable magic power, and Nangong Natsuki teleported him to the edge of Island of the Gods to tutor him.
• Li Yingjun and Zheng Sheng woke after sharing a dream and learned they had completed the Vampire Grand Duke side mission, becoming clansmen of the Fourth True Ancestor.
• Kurumi traveled toward the War King Domain, planned changes to Island of the Gods, and sensed the First True Ancestor's aura before summoning Zafkiel.

Kurumi watched Akatsuki Reina arrive from twenty years in the future and disguise herself as Himeragi Yukina, while judging Akatsuki Kojou for failing to notice the difference. Reina recognized that Kurumi was not Yukina, and the chapter left them facing one another as Reina blamed Kojou for Yukina’s temper.

• Kurumi completed her high-jump test, teased Akina Nagisa, and later used a hidden nano-camera to watch the changing room.
• Akatsuki Reina appeared in the changing room, paralyzed Himeragi Yukina, and took her clothes.
• Reina left Yukina unconscious and naked, then joined the students and mistook Aoba Asagi for a doctor and Nangong Natsuki for her younger self.
• Akatsuki Kojou failed to realize that the girl before him was not Yukina, while Kurumi recognized Reina by her eye color.
• Reina confronted Kurumi about who she was, and Kurumi claimed to be one of Yukina’s close friends.
• Reina realized Kojou had spoiled Yukina and given her a terrible temper.

Akatsuki Kojou and his allies defeated the Demonic Dragon and severed its connection to Island of the Gods, after which Akatsuki Reina vanished into the future. Kojou became ruler of the island, which was rebuilt without magical materials as magical power dwindled worldwide and enormous purple characters appeared across the sky.

• Akatsuki Kojou summoned Golden Lion, which repeatedly smashed the Demonic Dragon, while Mercury of the Dragon Serpent mangled its tail and severed its link to the dragon veins.
• Akatsuki Reina said goodbye to Himeragi Yukina and vanished in a flash of blue light, leaving her uniform behind.
• The three other True Vampires announced that Island of the Gods belonged to Akatsuki Kojou, making him the Fourth True Vampire's ruler and prompting residents to flee.
• Pan-Continental Heavy Industries persuaded Kojou to replace the island's magical construction materials with technological alternatives as Little Red eliminated the monster and Little Little Red took over its supercomputing role.
• Sendou Aya activated the enlarged Dark Oath Grimoire with help from Mo Xiao and the True Vampires, while magical power began declining across the world.
• Kojou oversaw the island's transformation into a technology-powered creation, and enormous purple characters appeared across the sky.

After completing the mission to demote the world of A Certain Magical Index, Kurumi and Kanon left Island of the Gods, while Akatsuki Kojou arranged to separate Avrora from Akina Nagisa. Back in the Main God Space, Kurumi decided to test cultivating with Origin Points, but touching one flooded her with a vast quantity of information.

• The Main God announced that the Night Empire quest was complete, and Kurumi received thirty Origin Points from the Myriad Worlds Origin System.
• Kurumi and Kanon attended a farewell feast at Akatsuki Kojou's home, then left Island of the Gods the next morning, with Kurumi putting Kanon into a deep sleep for storage.
• Akatsuki Kojou arranged for Avrora's consciousness to be transferred from Akina Nagisa into an artificial body, and Avrora opened her eyes after a week.
• Kurumi returned to the Main God Space, met Zhang Jie and the others, and learned that their next mission would separate them into different squads.
• Kurumi released Little Red and chose to try cultivating with Origin Points; after immersing her consciousness in one, she absorbed a torrent of historical information and nearly lost her sanity.

Kurumi learned how Origin Points let her manipulate information and create objects, then used them to protect her primary consciousness and send out forty-nine timeline versions of herself. A week later, she was assigned to the top-ranked Dark Extinction team, but a series of system errors turned her next deployment into a solo special mission.

• Little Red explained that Origin Points could be converted into information, and Kurumi tested the process by creating an apple and Yukina's Spear.
• Kurumi used Yukina's Spear to erase the supernatural power from a key and learned that enough information could let her impose settings on herself.
• Kurumi spent twenty-three Origin Points to strengthen her primary consciousness, then pulled out forty-nine versions of herself and sent them on missions with tiny Little Reds.
• After a week, Kurumi was summoned to the Main God Hall and assigned to the Dark Extinction team.
• The Main God system reported that time and space were disordered, team matching had failed, and Kurumi had been assigned a solo special mission.

Kurumi followed Subaru Natsuki into a Western fantasy world and accepted a mission to twist its plot, while Subaru was beaten by thugs after mistakenly expecting a beautiful summoner to rescue him. Kurumi intervened, and Subaru recognized her as the mysterious girl he had seen on Earth.

• Kurumi sensed Subaru Natsuki’s time-related power on Earth, watched him disappear into another world, and followed by tearing through space-time.
• Subaru Natsuki arrived in a medieval fantasy city, failed to find a summoner, and was cornered by three thugs in an alley.
• Kurumi entered the new world, accepted a flexible plot-twisting mission, and discussed using technology to influence the story with Little Red.
• A red-haired young nobleman saw through Kurumi’s disguise, and Kurumi remarked on his sword and potential before disappearing.
• Kurumi sensed time reversal and decided to follow the protagonist as Subaru Natsuki expected a heroine to rescue him from the thugs.
• A blonde loli ran through the alley without helping Subaru, and Kurumi arrived after he was beaten, prompting him to recognize her.

Kurumi Tokisaki met Natsuki Subaru and Emilia in an alley, where they agreed to help Emilia search for her stolen insignia. Kurumi decided to make Subaru a trader between Earth and the New World, while planning to equip him with a two-world trading system.

• Kurumi asked Subaru whether he wanted to return to Earth, and he said he would rather stay in the New World while remaining open to traveling between worlds.
• Emilia entered the alley looking for a short blonde thief who had stolen her insignia, and Subaru collapsed before he could finish describing the girl he had seen.
• Puck healed Subaru as Kurumi introduced herself to Emilia and used Little Red to show her the Island of the Gods and its modern technology.
• Subaru woke up, thanked Emilia for saving him, and learned that her insignia had been stolen; Kurumi agreed to help Emilia search for it.
• Kurumi decided to make Subaru a trader between Earth and the New World and instructed Little Red to create a two-world trading system for him.

Natsuki Subaru, Emilia, and Kurumi waited at Old Man Rom’s hideout for Felt, who had stolen Emilia’s insignia. When Felt refused to return it, Emilia prepared to use ice, but Old Man Rom intervened and called them inside.

• Natsuki Subaru learned from Old Man Rom that Felt had not returned yet, and Emilia and Kurumi waited with him.
• Kurumi teased Puck and told Emilia that she found her pretty; Emilia revealed that she was a half-elf.
• Natsuki Subaru spotted Felt arriving, and Emilia demanded that she return the stolen insignia.
• Felt refused and demanded a Saint Gold Coin in exchange, so Emilia summoned ice crystals.
• Kurumi warned Felt not to run, and Old Man Rom opened the door and told everyone to discuss the matter inside.

Emilia confronted Felt over the stolen insignia, but their bargaining was interrupted when Felt’s client arrived and attacked the group. As Emilia fought the black-haired woman, the attacker turned her blades on Kurumi.

• Emilia demanded that Felt return her insignia, while Felt and Old Man Rom backed a sale and Natsuki Subaru offered his phone in exchange.
• Kurumi called Subaru a promising merchant, and Emilia objected to having to buy back her own property.
• A black-haired woman arrived as Felt’s client and criticized Felt for bringing the insignia’s owner into the deal.
• The woman slashed Felt across the abdomen and declared that everyone who had seen her would have to die.
• Emilia attacked with ice magic, but the woman broke through it and rushed toward her.
• The black-haired woman suddenly swung a blade at Kurumi, while Subaru reached out to intervene.

Kurumi stopped a black-haired woman’s attack in Old Man Rom’s den, forced her to pay for the damage, and detained her for assault. She left with Natsuki Subaru to find food, while Emilia stayed concerned about what would happen to the woman.

• The black-haired woman attacked Kurumi with a curved sword, but Kurumi blocked her blows and immobilized her.
• Kurumi made Old Man Rom calculate the damage, and the black-haired woman paid him two Saint Gold Coins.
• Kurumi asked Emilia about the law, then restrained the woman and told Old Man Rom and Felt to take her to the guards.
• Kurumi made Felt return the stolen insignia to Emilia and warned Felt to get her wound treated.
• Kurumi left the den with Natsuki Subaru to buy food, while Emilia remained behind with the detained woman.

Kurumi and Mo Xiao created a concealed passage between Earth and the New World, and Little Red gave Natsuki Subaru the Myriad Worlds Merchant System. The chapter left Subaru undergoing its punishment after he failed his first mission, behaving like a cat in the mansion courtyard.

• Kurumi released Mo Xiao in Roswaal L. Mathers's mansion and had Little Red convert his magic power for use in the New World.
• Kurumi and Mo Xiao connected Earth and the New World with a Space Portal, and Kurumi reinforced it with Zadkiel.
• Kurumi had Little Red install the passage's access point in the Myriad Worlds Merchant System and send the system to Natsuki Subaru.
• The system ordered Natsuki Subaru to sell instant noodles for five Saint Gold Coins within five hours, but he ignored the mission and went back to sleep.
• When Rem woke Natsuki Subaru, the system punished him by making him act like a cat, and he leapt through the window and prowled around the courtyard.
• Kurumi watched Subaru's punishment, and Little Red listed even harsher possible penalties.

Natsuki Subaru endured the merchant system’s forced cat transformation, and Kurumi healed his hands and helped him recover. As he tried to recover from the humiliation, the system issued a new mission: sell cup noodles for five Saint Gold Coins within five hours or suffer a frightening punishment.

• Emilia and Puck watched Natsuki Subaru act like a cat, but neither could find a magical cause or a way to stop it.
• Natsuki Subaru complained to the merchant system, which extended his transformation after he challenged its countdown.
• Kurumi healed Natsuki Subaru’s injured palms and sent him to his bedroom, where he waited for the transformation to end.
• After the countdown expired, Natsuki Subaru thanked Kurumi, received breakfast from Rem, and decided he wanted to win over Tokisaki Company.
• The merchant system gave Natsuki Subaru a second beginner mission to sell cup noodles for five Saint Gold Coins within five hours, threatening to shrink his penis by three centimeters if he failed.

Natsuki Subaru searched the estate for customers willing to buy his cup noodles for five Saint Gold Coins. After a disastrous encounter with a little girl and Puck, Emilia found him in the garden, where Puck cleaned him with a water tornado, leaving Subaru focused on protecting the noodles.

• Natsuki Subaru decided that the count’s household was his best chance to sell cup noodles for five Saint Gold Coins and searched the quiet estate for buyers.
• Natsuki Subaru entered a room after no one answered his knocks and found a blonde little girl playing with Puck.
• The little girl rejected Subaru’s sales pitch and struck him through a second-floor window into the flowerbed below.
• Natsuki Subaru checked that the cup noodles and potato chips had survived the fall, then encountered Emilia in the garden.
• Emilia called Puck to wash Subaru with a water tornado, and Subaru checked again that the noodles were undamaged, arousing Emilia and Puck’s suspicions.

Natsuki Subaru tried to sell instant noodles to Emilia by claiming they were a historical delicacy, while the system rewarded him for deceiving himself. Unable to find a buyer or Count Mez, he decided to borrow five Saint Gold Coins from Tokisaki, but Rem watched him with a sharp glint in her eyes.

• Natsuki Subaru tried to sell his instant noodles to Emilia for five Saint Gold Coins, and Puck warned him not to deceive her.
• Natsuki Subaru convinced himself that his claims about instant noodles were true, triggering a hidden quest that brought him one step closer to activating the system.
• Emilia declined to buy the noodles because she did not have five Saint Gold Coins, then left with Puck.
• Natsuki Subaru learned from Rem that Count Mez had gone out, and he apologized to Rem for damaging the flower bed.
• Natsuki Subaru decided to borrow five Saint Gold Coins from Tokisaki and asked Rem which room she was in, while Rem watched him leave with a sharp glint in her eyes.

Natsuki Subaru visited Kurumi, who told him that a fairy-tale book described the Witch of Envy as a silver-haired, violet-eyed half-elf like Emilia. Subaru then asked Kurumi for money, but the chapter ended when she questioned his request for five Saint Gold Coins.

• Natsuki Subaru found Kurumi reading a book that retold New World history as a fairy tale.
• Kurumi recounted how Satella devoured half the world and was sealed by the Great Sage, the first Sword Saint, and a dragon.
• Kurumi said Satella looked like Emilia, leaving Natsuki Subaru alarmed and wondering about Emilia.
• Natsuki Subaru asked Kurumi to lend him money but kept his reason secret because a system warning forbade him from revealing its existence.
• Natsuki Subaru asked for five Saint Gold Coins, and Kurumi wondered whether he planned to buy the fruit stall and celebrate Emilia's birthday.