Chapter Summaries

Aozaki Aoko brought Noah to meet Yuzhu so they could negotiate over Misaki City's Leyline. Noah told them they had misunderstood his reason for coming, but the chapter ended before he explained what he wanted.

• Noah and Aozaki Aoko found Yuzhu waiting silently outside the mansion, and she let them in after Aozaki Aoko insisted they talk.
• Yuzhu led Noah and Aozaki Aoko into the mansion's living room, where Aozaki Aoko asked Noah what he wanted.
• Aozaki Aoko and Yuzhu recognized they could not stop Noah from taking Misaki City's Leyline and chose to negotiate with him.
• Noah told Aozaki Aoko and Yuzhu that he had not come to seize Misaki City's Leyline.

Noah told Aoko and Yuzhu that he had not come to Misaki City for its Leyline, but his instincts compelled him to stay. Unable to trust an unknown magus in their territory, Aoko and Yuzhu agreed to let him remain on the condition that he live with them.

• Aoko questioned Noah about why he had come to Misaki City, and Noah insisted that he had arrived by chance and had no interest in the Leyline.
• Aoko demanded that Noah leave Misaki City, but Noah challenged her to use her authority to expel him.
• Noah explained that his instincts told him he had to stay in Misaki City to obtain what he wanted.
• Aoko and Yuzhu left the Living Room to discuss how to handle Noah, and their conversation turned into an argument.
• Aoko told Noah they would let him stay if he lived with them so they could keep him under their noses.

Noah moved into the mansion with Aozaki Aoko and Yuzhu, despite Yuzhu’s reluctance and the tensions between the housemates. Aozaki Aoko warned Noah about the mansion’s rules and hinted at outsider magi in Misaki City, while Yuzhu silently recalled Noah saving her.

• Aozaki Aoko showed Noah his sparse room in the mansion’s East Wing and warned him to stay out of Yuzhu’s West Wing.
• Noah said he would fetch a few clothes and buy new daily necessities, but refused to seek Yuzhu’s approval to live there.
• Aozaki Aoko told Noah that outsider magi were causing trouble in Misaki City, then left him to rest and reminded him to come to dinner after eight.
• Aozaki Aoko found Yuzhu standing by the West Wing doors and asked why she had agreed to let Noah stay in the mansion.
• Yuzhu remained silent as she remembered fighting Noah, the Slit-Mouth Men’s assassination attempt, and Noah saving her.

Noah, Aozaki Aoko, and Yuzhu ate together in the mansion’s sunroom, where Aozaki Aoko and Yuzhu planned to continue their magecraft lessons. When Noah sensed a powerful force within Aozaki Aoko, she revealed that she had inherited the Aozaki Family’s Magic, leaving Noah to wonder how it connected to the Root and the snow-white world he had encountered.

• Noah criticized Aozaki Aoko and Yuzhu for letting the mansion’s garden become a wasteland, but neither accepted responsibility for maintaining it.
• Aozaki Aoko arranged to continue teaching Yuzhu after their meal and explained that she was still an apprentice magus with less than two years of study.
• Noah sensed a powerful force within Aozaki Aoko and was surprised to learn she was only an apprentice magus.
• Aozaki Aoko revealed that she had inherited the Aozaki Family’s Magic but could not use it yet.
• Noah wondered whether Aozaki Aoko’s Magic connected to the Root and the snow-white world he had reached, while Aozaki Aoko and Yuzhu regarded him as unusually mysterious.

Noah found Yuzhu asleep beside the fireplace in the mansion hall and chose not to move her, while Aozaki Aoko warned him that Yuzhu would be angry if she learned he had seen her sleeping. When Noah questioned Aozaki Aoko’s mixed signals and asked why she did not hate him despite treating him as an enemy, she flared with magical power.

• Noah woke in the cold mansion and found Yuzhu asleep beside the fireplace in the hall.
• Noah considered carrying Yuzhu to her room but decided against entering her private territory or risking her anger.
• Aozaki Aoko came downstairs, saw Noah near Yuzhu, and warned him that Yuzhu would be furious if she learned he had watched her sleep.
• Noah asked whether the outside mages’ matter was still unresolved, and Aozaki Aoko said it was the administrators’ responsibility.
• Noah challenged Aozaki Aoko for acting hostile while still warning him about offending Yuzhu, and Aozaki Aoko’s magical power flared.

Noah struggled to understand Aozaki Aoko’s explosive reaction after he pointed out that she did not dislike him, while Yuzhu explained Aoko’s unusual way of handling people who stirred her emotions. As Noah left for school, he began to question his decision to live with the two women, then sensed an approaching disturbance.

• Aozaki Aoko unleashed her magical energy after Noah said she did not dislike him, but Yuzhu arrived and Aoko soon left the mansion.
• Noah recounted his conversation with Aoko, and Yuzhu explained that his description had been accurate enough to surprise Aoko.
• Yuzhu complained that Noah had not woken her after seeing her asleep, and Noah left after telling her to sleep in her room if she minded.
• Yuzhu reflected that Aoko treated people who stirred her emotions as enemies, then admitted that letting Noah move in might have been an erroneous decision, though tolerable.
• On the way to school, Noah reconsidered living with Aoko and Yuzhu before barking and rushing footsteps approached him, prompting him to release some magical energy.

Noah fought a powerful golden wolf on the road to the western mansion, and discovered a World Shard inside its body. The wolf stopped attacking when someone in the Forest called it Beo.

• A pack of starving wild dogs surrounded Noah, then fled when a golden wolf emerged from the Forest.
• The golden wolf charged, and Noah unleashed his full power and struck it with the Ultra-Class Destruction Magic 'Crush'.
• The collision shattered the road and trees, sending both Noah and the golden wolf flying without either gaining an advantage.
• Noah saw a World Shard inside the golden wolf as it grew more savage.
• A voice from the Forest ordered Beo to come back, and Noah spread his sensory abilities to find the speaker.

Noah recognized the attacker who escaped with the golden wolf as a Fantasy Species controlled by a magus, and warned Yuzhu of the threat. After seeing the destruction at Shirainuzuka Slope, Yuzhu took Noah to the Church to deal with the situation.

• A stranger called for Beo, and the golden wolf raced over, carried the newcomer away, and escaped before Noah could catch up.
• Noah concluded that the golden wolf was a legendary Fantasy Species, possibly strengthened by the World Shards inside it.
• Yuzhu arrived and saw the devastation at Shirainuzuka Slope, including the magical aura coming from Noah.
• Noah told Yuzhu that a Fantasy Species had attacked him and that a magus seemed to control it.
• Yuzhu recognized the danger to Misaki City and led Noah to the Church.

Yuzhu brought Noah to Goda Church to meet Fumitsuka Eiiri, a church representative who was supposed to help the managers of Misaki City's Leyline. Noah sensed Eiiri's inexplicable killing intent, and Eiiri admitted he wanted to see whether he could kill Noah.

• Yuzhu took Noah to Goda Church and introduced him to Shuse Yuika, who sensed that magical energy had once flowed through him.
• Yuzhu explained that Yuika's blindness had sharpened her senses and that Fumitsuka Eiiri represented the church in its dealings with the Leyline managers.
• Noah entered the church and locked eyes with Eiiri, sensing the priest's killing intent directed at him.
• Eiiri approached Noah, called him an interesting guest, and said he wanted to see whether he could kill him.

Noah confronted Fumitsuka Eiiri, who admitted he had considered killing him out of curiosity, then learned that Eiiri would suppress the damage from Noah’s battle with the golden wolf. Back at the mansion, Noah warned Aozaki Aoko and Yuzhu about the Fantasy Species and its possible magus controller, offering to deal with it in exchange for information.

• Fumitsuka Eiiri confessed that he had wanted to test whether he could kill Noah, but abandoned the idea after sensing Noah would survive and kill him instead.
• Noah left the church while Yuzhu spoke with Fumitsuka Eiiri, then learned that Eiiri would suppress the repercussions of the battle with the Fantasy Species.
• Yuzhu asked Noah to explain what had happened, and Noah admitted he owed her for helping him.
• At the mansion, Aozaki Aoko summarized the threat of the golden wolf and its possible magus controller, while Noah asked for information about the Leyline barrier.
• Noah offered to help Aozaki Aoko and Yuzhu fight the Fantasy Species if they shared what they knew.

Noah persuaded Aozaki Aoko and Yuzhu to help locate the Fantasy Species, promising to deal with it if it threatened Misaki City's Leyline. Their search failed, and they realized the supposedly separate undetectable presences might belong to the same magician.

• Aozaki Aoko and Yuzhu questioned Noah about his claim that he was not a magician and his ability to fight the Golden Wolf.
• Noah cited his stalemate with the Golden Wolf and Avalon as proof he could handle it, then revealed he wanted something carried by the Fantasy Species.
• Aozaki Aoko and Yuzhu agreed to provide the Fantasy Species' location if Noah took responsibility for stopping it should it target Misaki City's Leyline.
• Yuzhu searched Misaki City through its barrier, but she and Aozaki Aoko could not detect any outsider magician.
• Aozaki Aoko realized the undetectable outsider magician and the magician commanding the Fantasy Species might be the same person.

Noah reflected on the still-unidentified magus who had erased one of Misaki City’s Leyline anchors and might also control Fantasy Species. With the investigation stalled, he borrowed Aozaki Aoko’s study and began reading books on magecraft.

• Noah recalled Aozaki Aoko and Yuzhu’s account of the enemy who had erased a Leyline anchor before he arrived in Misaki City.
• Noah remembered that the enemy used mechanical puppets, evaded the city’s detection barrier, and might be the same magus who controlled a golden wolf.
• After three days without progress, Noah decided he still needed to find the World Shards.
• Aozaki Aoko answered a ringing telephone, then left for school and told Noah to stay home.
• Noah asked to use Aozaki Aoko’s study, entered it, and picked up a book titled "Magical Power Generation."

Noah studied magecraft in Aozaki Aoko’s study and discovered that, despite having no Magic Circuits, he could connect to a Magic Foundation. The world itself acted as his bridge, allowing him to begin using magecraft.

• Noah visited Aozaki Aoko’s study to read introductory magecraft books, and Yuzhu’s robin familiar fled after he joked about testing magecraft on it.
• Noah learned that he had no Magic Circuits, but his body naturally generated an unmatched supply of magic power, so he could skip the usual training required to control it.
• Noah selected four books and focused on learning how magi used Magic Circuits to connect their magic power to Magic Foundations.
• Noah followed the book’s instructions and successfully contacted a Magic Foundation without Magic Circuits.
• The world accepted Noah as family and served as his bridge to Magic Foundations, granting him a connection that other magi could not make.

Noah practiced and improved his Magic Bullets in the manor courtyard while Aozaki Aoko watched, shocked by how much magic power he could use. Aoko returned from school in a foul mood and left Noah baffled with a complaint about wanting to fight a bear.

• Noah went into the rain and practiced firing Magic Bullets at a boulder, gradually becoming faster and more proficient.
• Aozaki Aoko arrived at the manor and watched Noah bombard the boulder with more than a hundred Magic Bullets.
• Aozaki Aoko asked what Noah was doing, and he told her he was learning magecraft.
• Noah asked whether something good had happened at school, prompting Aozaki Aoko to complain that she wished she had met a bear she could fight.
• Aozaki Aoko went into the manor, leaving Noah confused by her remark.

Over dinner, Aozaki Aoko told Noah and Yuzhu about a troublesome transfer student from the mountains who had upset her. After Noah showed interest in making a familiar, Aozaki Aoko pointed out Yuzhu’s expertise, and Noah asked her what kind he should make.

• Yuzhu noticed Aozaki Aoko was sulking and asked Noah what was wrong with her.
• Noah said Aozaki Aoko had met an opponent more troublesome than a bear, and Aozaki Aoko explained that she had lost her temper dealing with a transfer student unfamiliar with city life.
• Aozaki Aoko told Noah that the transfer student had never used electricity, did not understand school, and climbed through windows instead of using the front door.
• Noah said he was interested in meeting the transfer student, then returned to reading a book about familiars.
• Aozaki Aoko said Yuzhu was an expert at creating and commanding familiars, and Noah asked Yuzhu what kind he should make.

Noah asked Yuzhu for advice on creating a familiar, and her warning about the magical energy familiars required helped him realize he should choose one to compensate for his weaknesses. Inspired by a spell he had previously dismissed, he went to Aozaki Aoko's study and began reading the book "Reinforcement."

• Yuzhu explained that stronger familiars required Noah to permanently divide away more of his magical energy, and advised him to create one that compensated for his weaknesses.
• Noah recalled a spell he had seen that morning, thanked Yuzhu excitedly, and ran into the Living Room.
• Aozaki Aoko teased Yuzhu about Noah's declaration of affection, while Yuzhu hid her embarrassed face behind her book.
• Noah searched Aozaki Aoko's study, found the book "Reinforcement," and began reading it.

Noah walked to Misaki High School with Aozaki Aoko, discussing his interest in learning magecraft. They encountered Shizuki Soujuurou, the transfer student from the mountains, whose hidden combat skills caught Noah’s attention.

• Noah and Aozaki Aoko walked to school together while other students spread rumors that they were pursuing each other.
• Aozaki Aoko asked why Noah had become interested in magecraft, and he said it could help him face opponents beyond Fantasy Species.
• Aozaki Aoko warned Noah to keep his magecraft book out of sight, but Noah dismissed her concern.
• Shizuki Soujuurou called out to Aozaki Aoko, who stiffened at his arrival.
• Noah recognized Shizuki as the transfer student and noticed his concealed strength and combat instincts.
• Aozaki Aoko asked whether Shizuki had come with another problem, and he asked if she would help with his many tasks.

Noah befriended Shizuki Soujuurou and learned that his mountain upbringing made him rely on experience more than explanation, while Aozaki Aoko suspected he might be the foreign mage she was hunting. After a week of studying magecraft, Noah returned to the mansion with Aozaki Aoko, where Yuzhu announced that they had work that night.

• Noah recognized that Shizuki Soujuurou learned through experience, then suggested they fight as a greeting because they were alike.
• Aozaki Aoko suspected Shizuki Soujuurou was the foreign mage, but Noah knew his aura was different from the mage he had encountered.
• Noah challenged Shizuki Soujuurou to a match, and Aozaki Aoko stopped them and warned Shizuki not to take Noah seriously.
• Noah spent a week memorizing introductory magecraft books and learning Magic Bullet, Reinforcement Sorcery, and runes.
• Yuzhu told Noah and Aozaki Aoko to prepare because they had work that night.

Noah challenged the idea that Aozaki Aoko had to kill to prove herself, leaving the choice to her as they entered the park to face the enemy. Aoko steadied herself, but the group was surrounded by more than thirty expensive-looking puppets.

• Aozaki Aoko, Noah, and Yuzhu went to the park after Yuzhu detected magical activity there.
• Noah told Aoko that she should decide for herself whether to kill, rather than force herself to act against her own wishes.
• Yuzhu told Aoko that her hesitation was unlike her, and Aoko regained her resolve.
• Noah and Yuzhu sensed the enemy approaching, and more than thirty puppets emerged from the darkness and surrounded them.

Noah, Aozaki Aoko, and Yuzhu fought off an army of automata, with Noah destroying them in a powerful blast. They discovered that Shizuki Soujuurou had crossed Yuzhu’s barrier and witnessed the magi’s battle.

• A doll army surrounded Aozaki Aoko as Noah and Yuzhu wondered why the foreign magus was targeting Misaki City.
• Noah sensed an ordinary person approaching through Yuzhu’s barrier and recognized the person’s aura.
• Three dolls attacked Aozaki Aoko, who blasted them back with her Magic Crest before the rest of the automata charged.
• Noah fired a powerful beam that destroyed the attacking dolls, leaving the park scorched and strewn with broken automata.
• Noah, Aozaki Aoko, and Yuzhu saw Shizuki Soujuurou standing at the park entrance, having witnessed the battle.