Chapter Summaries

Roy and Othinus renewed their wager, and Othinus won, choosing to become his Understander and help him on his path. At Egeskov Castle, she revealed her memories and proposed capturing and binding the demon guarding the abyss so Roy could cross it safely.

• Othinus asked Roy to let her atone for killing him, and she declared that she would protect him and assist his journey to the End Point.
• Roy challenged Othinus to another wager using Eternal Return, betting on whether she would encounter success or failure as a Demon God.
• After Othinus won, Roy gave her three white carnations in Odense and called her his Understander.
• At Egeskov Castle, Othinus told Roy that she had sacrificed her right eye in the lake, once the Fountain of Wisdom, and explained that Demon God rituals marked the beginning of mythology.
• Othinus identified the demon of the Tenth Layer of Aether (ZAX) as the guardian of the abyss and proposed capturing and restraining her so she would lead Roy across it.

Roy and Othinus pledged to support each other as they planned to restore Othinus’s full Demon God power by recreating the Lord of the Gods’ Spear. They split up to gather the people and materials needed, while hidden Demon Gods observed Othinus’s return.

• Othinus promised to stay by Roy’s side and destroyed Aiwass’s clone, explaining that she considered Aiwass a threat to Roy.
• Roy accepted Othinus’s actions and learned that the other Demon Gods had never discovered his right hand or Othinus’s true goal.
• Othinus warned Roy that the other Demon Gods might eventually notice his right hand and said she needed to restore her full power to protect him.
• Elder Bishop and Nephthys discussed Othinus’s return and said she would need to mature before joining Gremlin.
• Othinus explained that Aururs might sabotage her plans, but she chose to focus on forging the Lord of the Gods’ Spear rather than confronting him.
• Roy agreed to seek Science Side candidates and materials in Academy City while Othinus recruited Magic Side candidates; she promised to meet him afterward and help him capture the demon.

Roy reunited with Othinus, promised to save her if the other Demon Gods threatened her, and entered Academy City under an identity Aleister arranged for him. Aleister recognized Roy as the son he had once killed, but hid his feelings and feared that drawing closer might endanger him.

• Roy and Othinus agreed to establish the secret society Gremlin, and Roy told her he would take her to another world if the Demon Gods came after her.
• Roy entered Academy City in District 11 and found that its surveillance made it nearly impossible to move unnoticed using either magic or technology.
• At a checkpoint, Roy received an Academy City identification card naming him Roy Crowley, with his Esper ability listed as Level 0.
• Roy realized Aleister had arranged his identity through the Bank and mocked him for greeting his son indirectly, claiming a first right of inheritance over the city.
• Aiwass asked Aleister how he felt about Roy's return, and Aleister denied that Roy was his child while explaining that the appearance could be a test by magicians.
• Aiwass recognized that Aleister knew Roy was his son but feared that investigating the circumstances might harm him again, and guarded against Aiwass putting him at risk.

Roy wandered through Academy City as an unemployed loafer, met Kamijou Touma, and then collided with Shokuhou Misaki. The chapter left Shokuhou feeling guilty after Roy blamed her for damaging his phone.

• Aleister told Aiwass that he had given Roy his son's identity to test and deter him, while Aiwass recognized that Aleister's explanation concealed his true concern for Roy.
• Roy explored District 7 and visited the area outside the School Garden before reflecting on his plans to help Othinus and consolidate his knowledge.
• Kamijou Touma warned Roy that powerless attackers were ambushing people, and Roy accepted his advice to avoid the alley.
• Roy pointed out that Kamijou was late for cram school, prompting Kamijou to hurry away.
• Roy discovered he had no usable money at a vending machine, then Shokuhou Misaki accidentally knocked into him and fell.
• Roy scolded Shokuhou and showed her his deliberately damaged phone, leaving her feeling responsible for the accident.

Shokuhou Misaki reluctantly opened up to Roy Crowley over a meal, confessing that her friend had died while she could do nothing to save her. The chapter ended as she began describing her friend's final moments and the guilt she carried.

• Shokuhou Misaki apologized to Roy Crowley for breaking his phone, and Roy persuaded her to buy him a drink and a meal.
• Shokuhou Misaki took Roy to a secluded, upscale restaurant, where he teased her with a foul-tasting canned drink.
• Roy introduced himself as Roy Crowley, and Shokuhou Misaki gave her name while resolving to investigate him later.
• Roy noticed Shokuhou Misaki's despondency and offered to listen to her troubles.
• Shokuhou Misaki confessed that her friend had died while she watched helplessly, and began recalling her friend's final moments.

Roy listened as Shokuhou Misaki struggled with grief over Dolly and asked whether she should erase her painful memories, then reassured her before parting from her. Kihara Brainstem delivered Academy City's warning to Roy and showed him the luxurious apartment Aleister had prepared, leaving Roy settled in District 7.

• Shokuhou Misaki asked Roy whether forgetting her suffering would let her escape it, and Roy urged her not to run away and reminded her that she deserved kindness.
• Roy teased Shokuhou Misaki about her underwear and left the restaurant, while she chased after him intending to erase his memory.
• Shokuhou Misaki discovered that the talking golden retriever was Kihara Brainstem, then watched Roy leave with him without getting the chance to use her ability.
• Kihara Brainstem told Roy that Academy City had discovered him and warned him not to provoke a conflict between the Magic Side and the Science Side.
• Kihara Brainstem shared information about Shokuhou Misaki and Academy City's Merit Assessment, then brought Roy to the luxury apartment prepared by the Director General.

Roy settled into his new life in Academy City and considered how Aleister used the city’s science as a system of belief to control its people. Meanwhile, Shokuhou Misaki discovered that Kundo Junzo had trapped her with Skill-Out attackers equipped to counter Mental Out, and she fled through an alley with her escape routes closing.

• Kihara Brainstem gave Roy an apartment, an unlimited-overdraft card, and contact information before leaving him to begin his year in Academy City.
• Shokuhou Misaki checked the Artificial Hand Factory’s archives and confirmed that Roy was an ordinary person who had not been sent to target her.
• Kundo Junzo revealed his plan to kill Shokuhou Misaki and take her brain after the External Brain Project made her ability unnecessary to him.
• Roy studied Academy City’s information and concluded that Aleister used its science as a kind of religion to control the city’s people.
• Shokuhou Misaki realized Kundo Junzo had sent Skill-Out attackers with equipment designed to defeat Mental Out, and she ran through a narrow alley as they pursued her.

Roy Crowley rescued Shokuhou Misaki from the Skill-Out attackers pursuing her and revealed that he was a magician. After Roy killed the attackers with Spirit Binding, he led the shaken Shokuhou away, leaving their escape and the aftermath unresolved.

• Roy Crowley lifted Shokuhou Misaki out of the path of a motorcycle and killed its rider with Spirit Binding.
• Roy explained that he was a magician as more Skill-Out attackers surrounded them, while Shokuhou urged him to flee and offered to sacrifice herself.
• Roy used Spirit Binding to kill the attackers one by one as they charged, leaving their bodies and motorcycles in the alley.
• Shokuhou discovered the attackers were dead and warned Roy that he could face punishment, then offered to help him escape Academy City.
• Roy dismissed her fears, said someone would handle the bodies, and pulled her away from the alley.

After saving Shokuhou Misaki, Roy treated her injuries and persuaded her to repay him with dinners for a year. Meanwhile, Aleister and Aiwass discussed Roy’s intervention, and Shokuhou introduced herself to Roy at a restaurant.

• ITEM was ordered to clear the alley of bodies and wreckage, beginning its work as a group of movers.
• Roy took Shokuhou Misaki to a park, examined her scrapes, and went to buy medicine with her wallet.
• Roy treated Shokuhou’s wounds, and she offered to repay him by buying him a meal.
• Roy persuaded Shokuhou to provide and share his dinners for a year, and she agreed to go out with him each evening.
• Aiwass questioned Aleister about covering up the deaths and Roy’s intervention, while Aleister said the outcome remained within his plan.
• At a restaurant, Shokuhou introduced herself to Roy as Mental Out, Academy City’s newly announced Level 5.

Roy learned Shokuhou Misaki had been targeted by Artificial Hand Factory and decided to deal with the organization himself. At its Third Research Institute, Kundo Junzo tried to control Roy with Mental Out, but Roy resisted through magical mental defenses.

• Roy reassured Shokuhou Misaki and offered to help her confront Artificial Hand Factory, though she insisted on handling it herself.
• Roy met the members of item at a restaurant, then followed Shokuhou Misaki’s lead to locate Artificial Hand Factory’s Third Research Institute.
• After Shokuhou Misaki left, Roy used his phone to find the institute and decided to protect her by ending the threat himself.
• Mugino Shizuri received a job to eliminate someone who had betrayed Academy City, while Takitsubo Rikou marked Shokuhou Misaki’s AIM Field.
• Roy entered the empty Third Research Institute and confronted Kundo Junzo, who activated the Artificial Brain and attempted to control him with Mental Out.
• Roy resisted Kundo Junzo’s command and explained that his magical mental defenses protected him from the mind-control attack.

Roy killed Kundo Junzo after exposing his mind-reading experiments and his technological consciousness transfer into an orca, then confronted ITEM outside the research institute. He used Spirit Binding to inflict the sensation of an Atom Body attack on Mugino Shizuri, leaving her collapsed in pain.

• Roy read Kundo Junzo's memories and learned that he had killed children for his research and used an orca to preserve his consciousness.
• Roy shot Kundo Junzo, discovered him alive as an orca, and destroyed him with Mathers's Ten of Wands fire magic.
• Mugino Shizuri and the other members of ITEM arrived at the institute, hoping to claim their mission target.
• Roy met ITEM outside and refused Mugino Shizuri's demand to report that his mission had failed.
• Mugino Shizuri threatened Roy with Atom Body, but Roy used Spirit Binding to make her feel as if she had been struck in the abdomen, and she collapsed screaming.

Roy defeated Item by turning their attacks against them, while the girls survived with injuries that gradually began to heal. After Kihara Brainstem handled the aftermath of the burning research institute, the chapter ended with Soul of the Underworld seeing his regular patient, a spiky-haired boy with a cast on his hand.

• Roy used Spirit Binding to make Mugino Shizuri experience her own Atom Body attack, then convinced Item that he was the Railgun.
• Franda detonated the bombs she had planted, but Roy walked through the explosions unharmed and used Spirit Binding to make her feel as if her legs were severed.
• Kinuhata Saiai attacked Roy, who caught her punch and struck her abdomen, while he spared Takitsubo Rikou because she had not attacked him.
• Roy used Spirit Binding on Mugino Shizuri again and left Item as an ambulance approached.
• Kihara Brainstem arrived at the burning research institute, found Kundo Junzo dead, and began arranging the cleanup.
• The frog-faced doctor found no physical injuries in Franda or Mugino Shizuri, and Takitsubo Rikou noticed that Franda could feel her leg again; Soul of the Underworld then saw a spiky-haired boy with a cast leave another consultation room.

Shokuhou Misaki learned that Kundo Junzo had died in an explosion and wondered whether Roy had resolved the Artificial Hand Factory threat for her. Later, Roy rescued Miel Ant from a group of gangsters, but Shirai Kuroko arrested him for suspected indecent assault and accused Kamijou Touma of being his accomplice.

• Shokuhou Misaki read a report that Kundo Junzo had died in an explosion at the Artificial Hand Factory's Third Research Institute and suspected Roy had acted for her.
• Roy spotted Miel Ant walking alone at night and followed her as she approached a group of gangsters out of curiosity.
• The gangsters surrounded Miel Ant, and Roy intervened by pretending to be her companion before beating them when they turned on him.
• Roy learned Miel Ant's name and teased her about compensating him for the danger she had caused.
• Shirai Kuroko arrived after receiving a report and arrested Roy for suspected indecent assault.
• Kamijou Touma tried to explain that Roy had rescued Miel Ant, but Shirai Kuroko accused him of helping Roy and moved to arrest him too.

Roy turned Shirai Kuroko’s mistaken arrest into a demand that she clean his house in a maid outfit for a week, then took her and the others to dinner at her expense. At the barbecue restaurant, Shirai angrily ordered an extravagant meal while Roy continued teasing her.

• Roy laughed at Kamijou Touma’s explanation, but Shirai Kuroko still tried to take him to Judgment until Hatsuharu Shiori arrived and revealed the arrest was mistaken.
• At Branch 177, Shirai apologized in dogeza, and manager Kofuku Miwei punished her with a self-criticism and street-cleaning duty.
• Roy rejected Kofuku Miwei’s attempt to settle the matter and demanded that Shirai treat him to dinner and clean his house for a week in a maid outfit.
• Shirai reluctantly agreed to clean for a week, and Kamijou Touma accepted Roy’s suggestion that he join them for dinner.
• At a barbecue restaurant, Shirai ordered dish after dish and demanded extra chili peppers, while Roy told the waiter to ignore her and continued teasing her.

Roy learned that Miel Ant was targeted by an organization seeking to exploit her Mental Punch ability, and he brought her to his apartment for protection. As Miel Ant settled in, Roy searched for information and recognized that Aleister was supplying answers while monitoring him through Academy City.

• After the others left the barbecue restaurant, Roy confronted Yun Chuan Qin Ya, who had secretly followed him and Miel Ant.
• Yun Chuan Qin Ya revealed that an organization wanted to capture Miel Ant for her Mental Punch ability and urged Roy to protect her or let her take Miel Ant into her care.
• Roy exposed Yun Chuan Qin Ya’s hidden connection to General Council member Beiji Jímin, then offered to have Miel Ant stay with him.
• Miel Ant went with Roy to his apartment, where she nervously accepted a bottle of water and looked around the luxurious home.
• Roy searched for information on his laptop and concluded that Aleister had supplied the results and was monitoring him through the Lag Extending Line.

Roy told Miel Ant that L.S.S. planned to capture her and promised to protect her in exchange for a year of lunches. The next day, Shokuhou Misaki and Miel Ant both met Roy for lunch, and the chapter ended with Roy asking Shokuhou to take him somewhere different for dinner.

• Roy explained that L.S.S. conducted illegal experiments and wanted to capture Miel Ant, then offered to protect her if she bought him lunch for a year.
• Roy planned to use the L.S.S. affair to select science-side candidates for forging the Lord of the Gods' Spear and considered waiting for greater chaos before beginning the work.
• Shokuhou Misaki reflected on Dolly and the Artificial Hand Factory, then decided to build a faction at Tokiwadai to protect herself and other students.
• Roy waited for Miel Ant at an Italian restaurant, but Shokuhou Misaki arrived first and joined him for lunch.
• Miel Ant arrived, and Roy introduced her to Shokuhou Misaki, who recognized her from the Artificial Hand Factory's ability-development records.
• Miel Ant paid for lunch, and Roy asked Shokuhou Misaki to treat him to dinner somewhere new.

Roy, Shokuhou Misaki, and Miel Ant were ambushed by assassins hired to capture Miel Ant, but Roy and Shokuhou turned the tables on Yusa Kaimi. Yusa Ruri and Yusa Utsu emerged after Roy shot Kaimi, leaving the sisters facing him while Kaimi lay wounded.

• Roy pulled Shokuhou Misaki and Miel Ant out of the way of poisoned needles and Gatling-gun fire, then led them to a parking garage.
• Yusa Kaimi confronted the group and revealed that she and her sisters had been hired to capture Miel Ant.
• Miel Ant tried to use Psychic Drill on Kaimi, but Kaimi resisted because they shared the same ability; Shokuhou then controlled Kaimi with Mental Out.
• Roy threatened Kaimi and forced her to swallow a supposed nanobomb, then shot her in the thigh to make her sisters appear.
• Yusa Ruri and Yusa Utsu came out of hiding, and Utsu asked Ruri what they should do about Kaimi's injuries.

Roy captured the Yusa sisters and arranged for Shokuhou Misaki and Miel Ant to pose as bait to uncover L.S.S.'s leadership, while he went to confront its leader, Matsuo Ryuusuke. Matsuo recognized Roy Crowley's name and feared Aleister already knew about his plan.

• Roy allowed Yusa Ruri to treat Yusa Kaimi, then proposed using the sisters to lure out the mastermind behind the attempt to capture Miel Ant.
• Yusa Ruri agreed to contact L.S.S. and take Yusa Kaimi to the hospital, where Soul of the Underworld treated her gunshot wound.
• Roy sent Shokuhou Misaki and Miel Ant with the Yusa sisters to meet L.S.S.'s contact, giving both girls a silver cross and promising to protect them.
• After the group left, Roy messaged Othinus and went alone to L.S.S.'s headquarters.
• Roy confronted Matsuo Ryuusuke, who deduced that his subordinates had been captured and reacted with alarm when Roy introduced himself as Roy Crowley.

Roy uncovered L.S.S.’s plan to awaken the Originator Sample, destroyed its laboratory, and recruited Kihara Kakugun by promising him magic and revenge. Meanwhile, Shokuhou Misaki led Miel Ant and the Yusa Three Sisters toward L.S.S.’s headquarters, unaware of what Roy had done there.

• Matsuo Ryuusuke revealed the Originator Sample and explained that L.S.S. intended to use her to surpass Aleister.
• Roy recognized the Originator Sample’s ability as a link between science and magic, then escaped Matsuo’s trap and destroyed L.S.S.’s monsters, equipment, and researchers with Golden Dawn-style magic.
• Roy found Kihara Kakugun, claimed to be Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, and offered to teach him magic in exchange for helping God return to His throne.
• Kihara Kakugun accepted Roy’s offer so he could escape Academy City and take revenge on Kihara Pathology.
• Shokuhou Misaki learned where L.S.S.’s headquarters was and drove there with Miel Ant and the Yusa Three Sisters to confront its leader.
• Yusa Utsu worried that betraying their employer would cost the sisters their work, and Yusa Kaimi told her they would discuss it later.

Shokuhou Misaki and the Yusa Three Sisters entered L.S.S.’s burning underground laboratory, where its leader, Matsuo Ryuusuke, revealed that Miel Ant had once had the potential to become a Level 5 but lost her chance when Academy City invested in Shokuhou instead. After Matsuo died, Miel Ant accused Shokuhou of stealing and humiliating her, then ran off, leaving Shokuhou devastated and the Yusa sisters to flee the fire.

• An explosion shook L.S.S.’s underground laboratory, and Shokuhou Misaki rushed inside with Miel Ant and the Yusa Three Sisters to find Roy.
• The group found the laboratory burning and its creatures rampaging, where the badly burned Matsuo Ryuusuke accused Shokuhou of taking Miel Ant’s chance to become a Level 5 through Academy City’s Merit Assessment.
• Matsuo said the Artificial Hand Factory had devoted its resources to Shokuhou, leaving Miel Ant at Level 3, then fell into the flames and died.
• Miel Ant demanded to know whether Shokuhou had known about the Merit Assessment, but Shokuhou admitted she had brainwashed the Artificial Hand Factory’s researchers and could not convince Miel Ant she was ignorant of the file.
• Miel Ant accused Shokuhou of stealing her future and treating her with pity, then ran away while Shokuhou stood in silence.
• Yusa Ruri told Yusa Utsu to carry Yusa Kaimi as the sisters prepared to leave the burning laboratory.