Chapter Summaries

Roy gained Laura Stuart’s trust and secured Puritan Church support for investigating Academy City’s chairman, while Othinus helped him prepare a spell to use against the Great Demon. Back in London, Roy arranged for Levianna to work with the Puritan Church while he headed to Academy City.

• Roy told Laura that he would investigate whether Academy City’s chairman was Aleister, and she promised to send Puritan Church agents to assist him.
• Laura kissed Roy and agreed to support his mission, then left with Kanzaki Kaori and Stiyl as Roy disappeared from the café.
• Roy met Othinus and explained that his new spell would exploit the information he had gathered about the Great Demon’s feelings.
• Roy returned to London, where Mina Mathers and Levianna served him a meal and heard that he had reached an agreement with Laura.
• Roy told Levianna to remain in London and cooperate with the Puritan Church, and she agreed to follow his instructions.

Roy returned to his childhood apartment and discovered that Laura had lived there for a century, keeping two sets of everyday items as if she still remembered him. He reunited with Laura and spent a warm evening with her, leaving their relationship and her conflicting feelings unresolved.

• Roy brought Mina Mathers, restored to the form of the Thoth Tarot, with him as he prepared to return to Academy City.
• Roy visited his old apartment and found that Laura had lived there for a hundred years and kept two cups and two sets of dining utensils.
• Laura returned home, recognized Roy, and greeted him as her brother, prompting memories of their childhood.
• Roy and Laura talked, and he helped her gather the clothes she had carelessly left around the apartment.
• Laura cooked while Roy washed her clothes, and she explained that her washing machine had come from Academy City.

Roy spent time with Laura in her London apartment before leaving for Academy City, where he planned to investigate the chairman’s identity. Laura gave him the backup control device for A Certain Magical Index and worried over his safety, while their affectionate reunion left them sharing the apartment for the night.

• Roy washed Laura’s clothes and ate the dinner she had prepared, teasing her about her cooking and her modern-machine skills.
• Laura gave Roy the backup control device for A Certain Magical Index so he could inspect the One Hundred and Three Thousand Grimoires, and warned him that their contents were dangerous.
• Laura embraced Roy and told him she feared he would be hurt in Academy City; after she bumped her leg on a doorframe, Roy treated the bruise.
• Roy told Laura he would stay at the apartment because it was his home too, and she prepared the bed for them.
• Roy told Laura he liked her and did not want her to marry anyone else, then went to shower as Laura protested that he was blaspheming.

Roy and Laura spent the night together before Laura’s living hair covered him, while Aiwass confronted Aleister about Roy and Rose. The next day Roy left for Academy City, and Laura summoned Stiyl and Kanzaki while washing her enormous hair.

• Roy and Laura shared a bed, and Laura’s hair moved like living hands to cover him as she offered him encouragement.
• Aiwass revealed that her face came from Aleister’s dead wife, Rose, and rejected Aleister’s hope of reviving her.
• Aleister realized Aiwass knew Roy and threatened to send her back, while Aiwass declared she cared more about Roy and could appear before him openly.
• Othinus watched Roy’s plane leave for Academy City and told Marian about Kihara Kakugun’s magic training.
• Laura washed her long hair at St. George’s Cathedral, where Stiyl and Kanzaki arrived after she summoned them.

Roy returned to Academy City and messaged Shokuhou Misaki and Miel Ant, prompting both girls to eagerly await seeing him again. Miel Ant struggled with the fear that Roy had abandoned her, while Shirai Kuroko celebrated catching a robber before an incoming message darkened her mood.

• Laura told Stiyl and Kanzaki Kaori that Index had been located and ordered them to retrieve her, warning them to report first if Index approached Academy City.
• Roy returned to his dusty apartment in District 7, ordered Shirai Kuroko to come clean it in a maid outfit, and messaged Shokuhou Misaki and Miel Ant that he was back.
• Shokuhou Misaki anxiously replied to Roy, then prepared a map of restaurants for their promised outing while worrying about Miel Ant's growing hostility.
• Miel Ant, sleepless and fearing Roy had taken her affection and money before leaving, received his message and excitedly replied beneath her blanket.
• Shirai Kuroko helped catch an ability-user robber, was told by Kofuku Miwei to write a report, and then saw a message that immediately darkened her expression.

Roy reflected on Laura Stuart’s demonic behavior before Shirai Kuroko came to his District 7 apartment to fulfill her promise to clean. Shirai grew suspicious of Roy and his secrets, but he teased her in a maid outfit while she worked.

• Shirai Kuroko told Hatsuharu Shiori that she would work for Roy after Judgment duty, and Roy arranged for her to come that evening.
• Roy considered why Laura Stuart had seduced him but refused to go all the way, and concluded that she had used their intimacy to make him investigate Aleister.
• Shirai arrived at Roy’s apartment, noticed a girl’s slippers, refused his offer of a drink, and suspected that something was wrong with him.
• Roy sent Shirai to change into her maid outfit, photographed her, and teased her about the pictures as she began cleaning.
• Shirai tried to snatch Roy’s phone and used her teleportation ability, but Roy repeatedly anticipated where she would appear and evaded her.

Miel Ant arrived at Roy’s apartment with dinner and found Shirai Kuroko working there, prompting Shirai to suspect Roy was exploiting her. After Roy accepted Miel Ant’s food, Shirai arranged to visit and clean every weekend so she could keep watch on him, while Roy welcomed the arrangement.

• Miel Ant arrived at Roy’s apartment and confronted Shirai Kuroko about wearing a maid outfit there, then explained that she had brought Roy dinner.
• Miel Ant revealed that she lived with Roy and admitted she might like him, convincing Shirai that he was deceiving a sheltered girl.
• Roy invited Miel Ant inside and accepted the grilled food she had brought, while Shirai Kuroko joined them and ate.
• Shirai Kuroko offered to clean for Roy every weekend so she could monitor him and protect other girls from being deceived.
• Roy agreed and told Shirai to bring food and drinks for him, while privately thinking she had delivered herself to his door.

Roy met with Aiwass and Mina Mathers, whose freedom from Aleister left her unsure what to do next. Aiwass revealed that Anna Sprengel was her target, and Mina was shocked by the name.

• Shirai Kuroko finished cleaning Roy’s apartment, accepted his demand to return the next day, and gave Miel Ant protection before leaving.
• Roy put up a magical barrier to stop Aleister from peeping, then spoke with Aiwass in her true form at four in the morning.
• Aiwass summoned Mina Mathers from the Thoth Tarot and asked what she planned to do with her new human life.
• Mina Mathers said she would not return to Aleister or help him, but would not act against him either.
• Aiwass told Roy that Anna Sprengel, the Rose Cross member and master of the First Temple, was her target.
• Mina Mathers cried out in disbelief when Aiwass asked why Anna Sprengel could not exist.

Mina Mathers and Aiwass explained the truth behind Anna Sprengel and the Golden Dawn, revealing that Anna had summoned Aiwass before losing her body to another magician. Roy understood that finding the body-stealing magician could free Aiwass, and he began considering how to draw her out.

• Mina Mathers explained that Westcott had fabricated Anna Sprengel’s identity and forged letters to make the Golden Dawn appear descended from the Rose Cross.
• Aiwass challenged Mina Mathers’s account by pointing out that Westcott had been deceived by Anna, suggesting that she had truly existed.
• Aiwass revealed that Anna Sprengel had been a Rose Cross member who could communicate with Temple Leaders and had summoned Aiwass as her god.
• Aiwass explained that Anna sent her soul into higher realms under a contract while Aiwass guarded her body, but another magician took the body and left Anna unable to return.
• Roy realized that helping Aiwass meant finding the magician who possessed Anna’s body, and Aiwass said she could recognize the magician’s spiritual signature.
• Roy proposed creating worldwide turmoil to lure the hidden magician into appearing.

Roy prepared to use Britain’s civil war to advance his plans, then followed Aiwass’s coordinates to a higher phase world and found Lilith’s preserved soul. He recognized her death as the event that set Aleister’s story in motion, but Lilith remained only an unstable infant soul without a body.

• Roy told Aiwass to return to Aleister and keep him from acting recklessly, while Mina Mathers stayed at Roy’s home.
• Aiwass gave Roy a feather containing coordinates to a higher phase world and hinted that it held the source of Aleister’s lifelong mistake.
• Roy summoned an egg-shaped object from the higher phase world using Aiwass’s feather and identified the infant soul inside as Lilith.
• Roy recalled how Lilith’s death drove Aleister to destroy the Golden Dawn, oppose magic, and establish Academy City.
• Roy concluded that the Demon Gods’ thoughts caused the phase friction that killed Lilith and examined her unstable soul.

Roy brought Lilith into the Material World, where the Demon Gods’ influence threatened to destroy her soul. Unable to save her with magic, he kept her alive through the Third Magic and learned that Soul of the Underworld planned to create a compatible body for her.

• Roy discovered that the Third Magic could only temporarily protect Lilith’s soul from the Demon Gods’ fate, and he had to keep holding her to sustain it.
• Roy took Lilith to a hospital in District 7, where he encountered Kamijou Touma and then met Soul of the Underworld.
• Soul of the Underworld recognized Lilith’s condition and warned Roy not to let go of her.
• Soul of the Underworld rejected creating a clone because it would mean killing another soul, and proposed building a body for Lilith using a specially designed machine.
• Soul of the Underworld asked Roy to keep holding Lilith and bring her back in three days for further examination.

Roy and Kamijou Touma encountered Misaka Mikoto on a bridge, where she nearly struck Roy and the baby Lilith with an Electric Spear. Over dinner, Roy persuaded the remorseful Mikoto that he would raise Lilith, leaving her deeply admiring him.

• Roy left the hospital with Kamijou Touma and invited him to dinner, then they ran into Misaka Mikoto on a bridge.
• Misaka Mikoto challenged Kamijou to fight and fired an Electric Spear, but Roy made the stray current vanish before it could hit him or Lilith.
• Misaka Mikoto apologized, and Roy warned her about recklessly using electricity before asking her to treat him and Kamijou to a meal.
• At an expensive seafood restaurant, Roy explained that he had found Lilith and decided to raise her as her elder brother because her parents were unknown.
• Misaka Mikoto admired Roy's decision to care for Lilith, while Kamijou offered help and Roy declined, noting Kamijou's own hardship.

Roy arranged for Misaka Mikoto to cover Lilith’s daily necessities, while Misaki caught Mikoto carrying baby supplies and got her in trouble with the dorm supervisor. Roy then woke Lilith and learned how Aiwass had preserved part of her soul, leaving them to discuss her survival.

• Misaka Mikoto offered to support Lilith, and Roy accepted her help with meals and daily necessities while introducing himself as Roy Crowley.
• Mikoto carried a bag of baby supplies toward her dorm, but Shokuhou Misaki caught her, teased her, and exposed the supplies after Mikoto resisted her control.
• Shokuhou Misaki left Mikoto with the supplies, but the dorm supervisor appeared and confronted her.
• Roy spoke to the baby Lilith, used magic to let her voice her thoughts, and learned that Aiwass had transferred part of her soul’s information to another spiritual plane.

Lilith explained her feelings about Rose and Aleister to Roy, who reassured her and took her to meet her father indirectly. In the Building with No Doors or Windows, Aleister learned how Lilith survived, chose to prioritize his children over his old plans, and remained inside; later, Shokuhou Misaki took Roy to a snack shop she had carefully chosen.

• Lilith said she would keep living in honor of Rose’s sacrifice and explained that Aiwass had let her receive information from the outside world.
• Roy asked whether Lilith wanted to see Aleister, and Lilith admitted she was angry with him but did not hate him.
• Aleister learned from Aiwass that she had copied Lilith’s soul into another phase and that Roy had found a way to save her.
• Aleister began draining the tank to leave the Building with No Doors or Windows, but Aiwass warned him that acting could endanger Lilith, so he stayed inside.
• Aleister redirected Academy City’s plans to prioritize Roy and Lilith’s wishes while keeping his previous plan secondary.
• Shokuhou Misaki took Roy to an inexpensive snack shop she had scouted, and Roy praised her thoughtful choice.

Roy and Shokuhou Misaki shared a meal with Saten Ruiko and Hatsuharu Shiori, who quickly became captivated by Misaki. After the girls left, Roy comforted Misaki and noticed she was troubled, asking what was wrong.

• Shokuhou Misaki enjoyed her date with Roy while Lilith slept in his arms.
• Saten Ruiko and Hatsuharu Shiori approached Roy and Misaki, and Ruiko mistook Lilith for their child before Lilith bit her finger.
• Hatsuharu Shiori admired Shokuhou Misaki and arranged for her to visit the School Garden with Misaki.
• Saten Ruiko and Hatsuharu Shiori exchanged contact information with Roy and Misaki before leaving.
• Roy held Misaki's hand, reassured her that using her ability did not make him fear her, and asked what trouble had been troubling her.

Roy learned that Shokuhou Misaki had found documents about the Mass Production Type Esper Plan and the Level 6 Shift Plan, and urged her to investigate Misaka Mikoto before deciding what to do. Later, Roy went shopping with Misaka Mikoto and handed her a letter from Shokuhou, leaving Mikoto worried that Shokuhou had controlled him.

• Shokuhou Misaki showed Roy documents about the Mass Production Type Esper Plan and the Level 6 Shift Plan, and blamed Misaka Mikoto for willingly providing her DNA.
• Roy told Shokuhou that she should verify whether Misaka Mikoto knew about the experiments and suggested recruiting her to help.
• Shokuhou warned Roy not to risk himself, and Roy agreed to discuss any trouble with her before acting.
• Roy encountered a pale-haired man in a striped shirt while walking with Shokuhou and watched him with interest.
• Roy went shopping with Misaka Mikoto, who asked about Lilith's health and learned the doctors were seeking treatment.
• Roy gave Misaka Mikoto a letter from a honey-haired girl, and Mikoto guessed Shokuhou had used her ability on him.

Misaka Mikoto learned that the Sisters and the Level 6 Shift Plan were real, and discovered that Accelerator had been killing the clones. Roy discussed Aleister’s revised plan with Kihara Brainstem, while Mikoto left the research institute in shock and confusion.

• Roy told Misaka Mikoto to wait until she returned to school before opening Shokuhou Misaki’s letter, then parted ways with her.
• At Tokiwadai, Misaka Mikoto read the letter and doubted its claims until Shokuhou Misaki urged her to investigate the named research institutions.
• Shokuhou Misaki arranged for Misaka Mikoto to leave school unnoticed, and Mikoto thanked her before heading out to investigate.
• Roy told Kihara Brainstem that Aleister had simplified his plan, and described his true purpose as a father’s atonement.
• Misaka Mikoto hacked into a research institute’s network and found records and videos of the Sisters and the Level 6 Shift Plan.
• Misaka Mikoto watched videos of Accelerator killing the Sisters, then stumbled outside in shock as the storm gathered.

Misaka Mikoto learned that her DNA had not been used to help sick children and, devastated by the deaths of the clones, set out to face the project alone. Roy encountered researcher Nunotaba Shinobu and exposed her fake ability, while Mikoto returned to Tokiwadai and asked Shokuhou Misaki for help.

• Misaka Mikoto sheltered from the rain, believing herself responsible for the clones’ deaths and learning that her DNA had never helped children with muscular dystrophy.
• Roy found Misaka Mikoto, but she refused his help, gave him her bank card for Lilith’s care, and ran back toward school after he encouraged her.
• Nunotaba Shinobu warned Roy to stay away from Misaka Mikoto and claimed she had afflicted him and Lilith with her Life Interruption ability.
• Roy revealed Nunotaba Shinobu’s needle trick, and Lilith used magic to restrain her as Roy and Lilith joked about selling her.
• Misaka Mikoto returned to Tokiwadai, where Shokuhou Misaki gave her a towel, and Mikoto asked Shokuhou-san for help.

Misaka Mikoto and Shokuhou Misaki destroyed another research facility and uncovered the Sisters’ capacity for emotion, while Roy obtained Nunotaba Shinobu’s emotional data for the clones. Roy then visited Yusa Kaimi, who resented her role in the school’s dark side but accepted it for the sake of her sisters.

• Misaka Mikoto met Shokuhou Misaki after destroying Research Facility 017, and Shokuhou confirmed that she had concealed their actions by brainwashing researchers and controlling surveillance personnel.
• Shokuhou Misaki told Misaka Mikoto about Dolly, the original model for the Sisters, and Misaka realized that the clones could develop emotions.
• Nunotaba Shinobu gave Roy a USB drive containing emotional data designed to give the Sisters stronger emotions, and Roy left with it.
• Roy told Lilith that only eighteen thousand Sisters remained, rather than twenty thousand.
• Roy visited Yusa Kaimi at her café, and she complained that her undercover work at school had left her trapped as its second-in-command.
• Roy reminded Yusa Kaimi that her elder and younger sisters were now living normal lives, and her anger faded.

Roy used Yusa Kaimi to set his plans in motion, directing 'School' to hire 'Item' to target the Railgun and draw Accelerator into the conflict. Shokuhou Misaki prepared to face a dangerous incident alone, while Roy noticed the cross he had given her.

• Roy told Yusa Kaimi to keep infiltrating 'School' and use it to guide Kakine Teitoku toward his desired path.
• Roy gave Yusa Kaimi a commission for 'Item' to kill the Railgun, and she returned home determined to endure her work for her sisters’ sake.
• Mugino Shizuri accepted the commission from 'School' and prepared 'Item' to target the Railgun.
• Shokuhou Misaki told Roy she would be busy with a dangerous school matter and gave him a bank card, insisting that he use it for meals.
• Shokuhou Misaki showed Roy that she was still wearing the cross he had given her.