Chapter Summaries

Su Yang resumed tutoring the Quintuplets after their father threatened to cut their allowance if they failed any subject. Meanwhile, students crowded the Library for his English lessons, and Kaguya learned that even top student Pansy found his teaching worthwhile.

• Yotsuba joked that getting her bow caught by a man would make her pregnant, and Su Yang retied it before leaving her.
• Nino received a call from her father and told her sisters that he would check their grades and cut their allowance if they failed a subject.
• The Quintuplets asked Su Yang to teach them, agreed to owe him a favor, and chose English as their next subject.
• Students flocked to the Library after school to attend Su Yang's English lessons.
• Kaguya and Chika questioned a student and learned that Su Yang was teaching there.
• Kaguya recognized Pansy as a third-year student near the top of her grade, and Pansy praised Su Yang's lessons for starting with the basics and advancing from there.

Kaguya learned that Su Yang had taught Chika physics for six hours, helping her earn perfect marks, and decided to attend his lecture herself. Meanwhile, Su Yang taught English to the five sisters as the crowd around him continued to grow.

• Kaguya asked Chika about Su Yang’s lectures, and Chika said his physics lessons had made her lose interest in studying.
• Chika explained that after six hours of Su Yang’s teaching, she understood physics well enough to earn perfect marks without extra study.
• Kaguya, hoping to improve her score, went into the crowd to listen to Su Yang.
• Su Yang taught English to the five sisters after they returned with notebooks from the convenience store.
• The people who had gathered around Su Yang stayed and called their friends over instead of leaving.

Su Yang finished teaching an English lesson in the Library, where a growing crowd had gathered to learn from him. The students left at eight in the evening, while Ayanokoji Kiyotaka had spent the session trying to remain unnoticed.

• Ayanokoji Kiyotaka stayed in the Library and listened to Su Yang's lesson, unable to leave without drawing attention.
• Su Yang continued teaching as the crowd grew, and Shinomiya Kaguya joined the audience.
• Su Yang concluded the lesson, and the students applauded him enthusiastically.
• The Nakano sisters realized the Library had filled with people while they focused on Su Yang's teaching.
• Su Yang pointed out that it was already eight in the evening, and the students apologized and hurried out after checking their phones.

After his lecture, Su Yang encountered Ayanokoji Kiyotaka and chose to touch her forehead to pursue a King-level sign-in. Kaguya objected as Ayanokoji stayed still, having realized she could not resist him.

• Kaguya told Su Yang she understood why he always earned perfect scores after listening to his lecture.
• The Nakano quintuplets slipped away when Kaguya approached Su Yang and drew attention.
• Su Yang spotted Ayanokoji Kiyotaka and received a King-level sign-in prompt for touching her forehead.
• Su Yang called Ayanokoji over and pressed his hand to her forehead despite her confusion.
• Ayanokoji refrained from resisting after sensing Su Yang was stronger than her, while Kaguya challenged his behavior.

Su Yang completed the sign-in task by checking Ayanokoji Kiyotaka’s forehead, then went to the Blood Swamp to retrieve his reward while Kaguya followed him. The chapter left Su Yang considering Ayanokoji’s White Room upbringing and the careful reasoning he had used to complete the task.

• Su Yang claimed he was checking Ayanokoji Kiyotaka for a fever, and she stayed still while Kaguya accepted his explanation.
• Su Yang completed the sign-in task and received Tsuyumaru, which the system stored in the Blood Swamp.
• Su Yang told Ayanokoji to rest, and she quickly left the Library.
• Kaguya warned Su Yang that his concern could be misunderstood, then agreed that Ayanokoji seemed emotionless.
• Su Yang headed for the Blood Swamp to retrieve his reward, and Kaguya followed him despite her restrictions.
• Su Yang reasoned that Ayanokoji was a genius who had received White Room training.

Su Yang went to Blood Swamp to claim the King-tier reward Tsuyumaru, freezing the pond so he could reach it. After the sword broke and mysteriously repaired itself, Kaguya appeared, and a tiny green-haired girl emerged from the blade.

• Su Yang found Tsuyumaru embedded in the center of Blood Swamp and used the Ordinary World Destruction Stone to freeze the pond.
• Su Yang pulled Tsuyumaru from the ice, but its blade snapped in two.
• Su Yang called for whoever was responsible to appear, and Kaguya apologized from behind him.
• The broken blade regained its shape through a mysterious force, leaving Kaguya shocked.
• A tiny green-haired girl in a black kimono appeared from the sword in front of Su Yang.

Su Yang revealed the sword spirit Tsuyu after repairing Tsuyumaru, then explained supernatural phenomena to Kaguya. Tsuyu said a mysterious voice had told her she had a master before Su Yang summoned her from a shrine.

• Su Yang introduced Tsuyu as the five-hundred-year-old spirit of Tsuyumaru and melted the ice covering the pond.
• Su Yang told Kaguya that Adolescent Syndrome could cause supernatural events and that she might encounter or develop it herself.
• Kaguya accepted Su Yang’s explanation after recalling the Giant of Light she had seen at school.
• Su Yang urged Kaguya to return home, then asked Tsuyu whether she remembered how she had arrived.
• Tsuyu said she had been worshipped at a shrine before hearing a mysterious voice say she had a master and being summoned by Su Yang.

After Kaguya left Su Yang, a supernatural girl appeared in her family car and revealed herself as Kaguya’s ten-year-old self, embodying the innocence she had discarded. Kaguya recognized that thoughts of family warmth had triggered the encounter.

• Su Yang escorted Kaguya to the school gates, where her family’s car was waiting.
• Kaguya noticed that her driver could not see Tsuyu and wondered whether supernatural phenomena would appear to her too.
• A little girl in a Shuchiin Academy uniform appeared beside Kaguya in the moving car.
• The girl identified herself as one of Kaguya’s many selves, specifically her ten-year-old self and the embodiment of her innocence.
• Kaguya realized that Su Yang’s reminder about her family worrying had triggered the appearance, as it stirred memories of her lonely upbringing.

Kaguya considered whether to dispose of the duplicate who had appeared, but decided to keep her for now and seek Su Yang’s advice. Meanwhile, Su Yang took Tsuyu shopping, where she asked about the things she saw and teased him for patting her head.

• Kaguya suspected that other people could not see Little Kaguya, and Little Kaguya suggested asking Su Yang how to deal with her.
• Little Kaguya said she was tired and wanted to sleep, and Kaguya decided to preserve the duplicate for the time being.
• Su Yang dismissed his car and walked with Tsuyu, who eagerly asked to try food despite being unable to eat it.
• Tsuyu accused Su Yang of touching her head lewdly, and Su Yang pointed to a television showing someone petting a cat.
• Tsuyu guessed that Su Yang wanted her to pretend to be a cat, then objected that she had been human before becoming a sword spirit.

Su Yang decided to keep Tsuyumaru as his pet after discovering that the Destruction Stone of the Ordinary World might let her become solid and taste food. The next morning, her nonstop chatter and bouncing exhausted him as he prepared to leave for school.

• Su Yang refused Tsuyumaru's suggestion that he keep someone else and explained that her size and spirit nature made her a perfect cat.
• Su Yang showed Tsuyumaru the Destruction Stone of the Ordinary World and suggested it might let her experience solid food, prompting her to cling to his leg and agree to be his pet.
• Su Yang canceled Hayasaka's order to get a cat after deciding to keep Tsuyumaru instead.
• The next morning, Tsuyumaru bounced on Su Yang's blanket and talked incessantly, so he flipped her off the bed.
• Su Yang asked whether Tsuyumaru had played games like hawk catching chicks, and she began to respond.

Su Yang noticed that Shinomiya Kaguya could see Tsuyu, the blade spirit who was invisible to everyone else. Back in class, Suou Amane asked about the upcoming Forest School and who Su Yang planned to spend its final moment with.

• Su Yang opened a game to quiet Young Blade, then turned it off before she could get engrossed.
• Su Yang gave the student council’s morning announcement about the Forest School practicum and upcoming midterm exams.
• Kaguya noticed Tsuyu sitting beside Su Yang, but Fujiwara Chika and the other students could not see her.
• Su Yang returned to class, where Suou Amane asked him to teach her again and then brought up the Forest School.
• Suou Amane asked Su Yang who he had decided to spend the final second with.

Su Yang avoided revealing who he would spend the bonfire’s final second with, then learned that the forest school’s capacity had been cut in half. He proposed changing the venue to a resort his team could prepare, leaving the class’s trip plans to be revised.

• Ryotsuki Kanade told Su Yang and Suou Amane that couples who held hands at the bonfire’s final second would receive the Sacred Tree’s blessing, and An said Kanade’s parents had met that way.
• Su Yang dismissed Suou Amane and Ryotsuki Kanade, wary that naming someone could expose her to harassment from his fans.
• Fujiwara Chika told Su Yang that emergency repairs would halve the forest school’s capacity, disappointing the class.
• Su Yang proposed replacing the forest school for students who could not attend with meditation, a church sermon, and natural science classes.
• Su Yang proposed changing the venue to a mountain resort promoted by one of his subordinates.

Su Yang and the other students prepared a Dare Night at Forest School after the school split each grade between its old facilities and Su Yang’s mountain resort. He planned to spoil the Forest School bonfire’s supposed romantic blessing by summoning rain, while the five Nakano sisters joined him in preparing the event.

• Ichinose said she was disappointed that only Class 2-B and Class 2-C would attend the old Forest School, while Kaguya noted that Su Yang had to go ahead to prepare.
• Su Yang refused Fujiwara Chika’s offer to help set up Dare Night, saying she would make a mess.
• The next afternoon, Su Yang met the students assigned to prepare Dare Night and noticed that Class 2-B had selected six boys to do the work.
• Su Yang planned to use the Destruction Stone of the Ordinary World to summon rain at the end of the Bonfire Party and ruin the supposed romantic blessing.
• Su Yang’s classmates Nakano Ichika, Nakano Nino, Nakano Miku, Nakano Yotsuba, and Nakano Itsuki helped prepare the event after all five were picked in the drawing.

Su Yang took the Nakano sisters shopping for Dare Night costumes and learned that Nino liked delinquent-looking boys. He changed his appearance to look like an ordinary delinquent and approached her, leaving her unexpectedly taken with his new look.

• Su Yang brought the Nakano sisters to the supermarket to choose ghost costumes within the Student Council's 300,000-yen budget.
• Miku explained Nino's preference for delinquent-looking boys as the sisters talked about their popularity at school.
• Su Yang tried to get Nino to wear her hair in a single ponytail, but she rejected the idea.
• Su Yang asked Nino about several boys and learned she did not feel attracted to him in his usual appearance.
• Su Yang called a stylist and returned looking like an ordinary delinquent, then bumped into Nino and caught her attention.

Su Yang used his delinquent makeover to win Nino’s favor and received the Absolute Rhythm talent through sign-in. The sisters brought costumes for Dare Night, and Su Yang took Yotsuba’s Ultraman Tiga suit to the changing room as his Deity Light Stick prompted him to use it.

• Su Yang picked up Nino’s book and offered to tie her hair into a ponytail, and she obediently followed him to the rest area.
• Su Yang received the Absolute Rhythm talent after completing his sign-in.
• The sisters noticed Su Yang’s delinquent makeover, and Nino agreed that he could keep dressing that way.
• The sisters returned with costumes for Dare Night, including an Ultraman Tiga suit that Yotsuba urged Su Yang to try.
• Su Yang took the Tiga costume to the changing room, and his Deity Light Stick prompted him to use it.

Su Yang transformed into a small Tiga before accompanying Shuchiin Academy’s second-year students to Forest School. He assigned Yukinoshita and Ichinose to manage the larger group at School B, while Kaguya let the decision stand despite suspecting his reasons.

• Su Yang transformed into a small Tiga and showed off his form to Yotsuba, who praised him.
• At the school gate, Su Yang reviewed the student and teacher assignments for the two Forest School locations.
• Su Yang asked Yukinoshita and Ichinose to take charge of School B so they could gain experience managing the students.
• Kaguya proposed that Su Yang and Chika go to School B, but Chika refused to be separated from Kaguya.
• Su Yang finalized the assignment, and Kaguya refrained from objecting even though she suspected he was sending Yukinoshita away to avoid trouble.

The class traveled by bus to Forest School, where Su Yang sat beside May and the students discussed the upcoming bonfire party. May hoped Su Yang would suggest reconciling, but he instead told everyone to study, leaving her sisters’ plans to bring them together still unresolved.

• Kaguya carried a heavy suitcase onto the bus, while Chika hesitated to tell Su Yang something about the bonfire party before boarding.
• Suou waved Su Yang over, but he passed her and chose the seat beside May.
• The students discussed finding partners for the bonfire party and the rumor that dancing together at its final moment would bind a couple by fate.
• May listened hopefully when Su Yang brought up the bonfire party, but he said he had brought blank notebooks so everyone could study.
• May moved to the back, and Yotsuba asked why she had left Su Yang’s seat as her sisters considered ways to help the pair reconcile.

The Nakano sisters talked about their plans for Forest School, and Ichika revealed that she had an acting audition near the site. After arriving in the mountains, Su Yang joined the Class B boys’ line and overheard them discussing which girls they wanted to invite to the Bonfire Party.

• May complained that she wanted time to rest instead of studying during the three-day trip, while Nino said she disliked Su Yang’s current look.
• Ichika showed Miku a love letter inviting her to the Bonfire Party and explained that she had an acting audition near Forest School.
• Miku offered to impersonate Ichika and reject the boy who had sent the letter.
• The students arrived at Forest School and were told to line up by gender before their rooms were assigned.
• Su Yang joined the Class B boys’ line and overheard them discussing the girls they hoped to invite to the Bonfire Party.

During Forest School, Su Yang investigated Maeda Minami’s interest in Nakano Ichika and learned that Maeda planned to invite her to the Bonfire Party. After suspecting Ichika had left the camp, Su Yang saw her return while Miku walked nearby.

• Su Yang asked a classmate about Maeda Minami and told him to report Maeda’s actions toward Nakano Ichika.
• The classmate sent Su Yang details about Maeda’s feelings for Ichika and his plan to meet her at the wood-splitting clearing during lunch.
• Su Yang thought Ichika would not come because he had seen her leave in a black car after the assembly.
• Su Yang saw Miku walk past the cabin, then spotted Ichika emerging from the other direction.

Su Yang followed the fake Ichika and intervened when Maeda confronted her, challenging him to think about what love meant. After Maeda left to consider his answer, the fake Ichika revealed herself as Miku, who had agreed to reject Maeda on Ichika’s behalf.

• Su Yang noticed that the Ichika he saw had unpierced ears and followed her to the wood-splitting clearing.
• Maeda arrived and asked Ichika to attend the Bonfire Party with him, but she refused.
• Su Yang stepped between Maeda and Ichika, saying Maeda’s focus on grades, talent, and family showed he did not understand love.
• Su Yang told Maeda to figure out what love meant by ten the next morning, and Maeda left encouraged by the chance to try again.
• Su Yang identified the fake Ichika as Miku, who removed her wig and explained that Ichika had asked her to reject Maeda.