Chapter Summaries

Arro climbed to a platform and assessed the pirates’ attack, then ambushed and killed their boatswain to draw the pirates away from the students. He fled along a route he had prepared, leading his pursuers into another attack.

• Arro climbed the slick mast and jumped onto a platform, where he recovered his strength and watched the battle below.
• The pirate ships drew alongside each other, and the students’ defensive line began to falter under the pirates’ assault.
• Arro slipped down from the platform and sneaked behind the fighting to ambush the minor leader.
• Arro thrust his Knight’s Longsword through the minor leader’s neck, killing him as the pirates identified him as the boatswain.
• The pirates chased Arro, easing pressure on the students, and he led them along his planned route before striking at a pirate who appeared around the clutter.

Arro silently watched pirates slaughter the Academy students and struggled between intervening and protecting his future. After recognizing Isha among the victims, he overcame his hesitation, rose, and charged into the fight.

• Arro used the cluttered rear deck to ambush and kill several pirates while avoiding the others.
• Arro regrouped on a platform and watched the pirates massacre the Academy students as their resistance collapsed.
• Arro hesitated to intervene, fearing the pirates and the unknown strength of their Captain would cost him his life and perfect score.
• Arro recognized Isha among the dead and remembered how she had thanked him for protecting her.
• Arro rose with his sword and roared, "Die!"

Arro disrupted the pirates’ attack by fighting through their ranks and drawing their attention away from the trainees. After helping several trainees retreat toward the rear of the deck, he was wounded in the back as an enraged voice ordered him to stop.

• Arro killed several pirates in a sudden assault, throwing their ranks into confusion.
• Using Cat Form Fist—Dash to track nearby enemies, Arro evaded the pirates’ attempts to surround him and broke through their encirclement.
• Arro attacked the pirates from behind, crippling two and increasing the chaos among their ranks.
• Arro signaled for the trainees to retreat toward the rear of the deck, and several followed his lead.
• A pirate’s short blade cut Arro’s back, and an enraged voice shouted for him to stop.

Arro watched Nicole annihilate the pirates, then learned that the apprentices’ voyage had been a Death Assessment and Jungle Home’s first investment in them. After Nicole treated his wound, Black Cat confronted Arro for intervening, which could harm his final evaluation.

• Nicole destroyed the pirates and their ship, ending the attack as the surviving apprentices watched in shock.
• Nicole told the survivors they had passed the Death Assessment and explained Jungle Home’s Principle of Equivalent Exchange.
• Nicole took Arro to a private room, treated his back, and asked whether he resented her for drawing powerful enemies.
• Black Cat challenged Arro for intervening at the end of the assessment and warned that it would affect his final evaluation.
• Arro regretted the possible evaluation penalty but believed he could not have ignored the suffering he had witnessed.

Arro learned that Nicole and Gemma had collected the dead students’ souls in the Wooden Ball from the Anomaly Space. Unable to abandon the souls or find a solution, he agreed to keep the ball and was given six years to deal with it.

• Gemma asked Arro whether he had acted because he liked Isha, and Arro explained that his investment in her had made her death unbearable.
• Nicole revealed that she and Gemma had used the Wooden Ball to collect the dead students’ souls.
• Arro asked Nicole and Gemma to take the ball, but they refused and Nicole warned that the souls might change if they remained inside too long.
• Gemma told Arro he had six years to find a way to handle the souls before she cleared them herself.
• Gemma said Isha’s soul was especially complete and might retain her memories, and Arro reluctantly agreed to keep the Wooden Ball until he could seek another solution at the Wizard Academy.

After the Death Assessment, Arrow wrapped the dark ball and resolved to find a way to settle the souls of the dead as he pursued his goal of becoming an Advanced Wizard Apprentice. The ship reached Aners Continent, where the students were set to begin choosing Wizard Academies.

• Arrow reflected on the deaths in the assessment, wrapped the dark ball in black cloth, and considered whether he could become an Advanced Wizard Apprentice in six years.
• Desi gave Metal Posts to students who had fought during the assessment, granting them free academy tuition and a Meditation Technique; Arrow received the highest-grade post among the students.
• Arrow befriended the students during the voyage, including those who had not received posts.
• After another half month at sea, Desi announced that they had reached Raphael City, where the students would be assigned or choose academies.
• Nicole welcomed the students to Aners Continent as the ship arrived.

Arro entered Raphael City’s Two-Leaf Thorns Street, where several Second-Class Academies assessed him and offered him a place. He refused Lionheart Castle, Medivh, and Elk Wizard Academies before accepting Owl Wizard Academy, whose path opened before him.

• Arro parted from Nicole and followed the route toward Two-Leaf Thorns Street.
• Lionheart Castle Wizard Academy offered to take Arro, but he declined because he wanted a different path.
• Medivh Wizard Academy approached Arro, but he refused after hearing it wanted to research him.
• Elk Wizard Academy invited Arro to join its Bloodline Side, but he declined because he wanted to remain a Pure-Blood Wizard.
• Owl Wizard Academy appeared, and Arro accepted its offer; the shadows revealed a small branching path.

Arrow met the Void Spirit Witch Margaret, who processed his enrollment and discovered that his Mental Strength had reached the level of an Intermediate Wizard Apprentice. After learning that an Airship would protect him from the dangerous Void Energy outside Raphael City, Arrow agreed to take it, and Desi escorted him toward it.

• Arrow arrived in a dim cabin and learned from Desi that Margaret, a Void Spirit Witch, had agreed to take him in.
• Margaret examined Arrow's Two-Leaf Nameplate and was surprised to find his Mental Strength reached the level of an Intermediate Wizard Apprentice.
• Margaret transferred Arrow's information and turned his Two-Leaf Nameplate into an Owl Academy Identification Badge.
• Arrow initially said he would return with Desi instead of taking the Airship, but Desi explained that Void Energy could draw him into an Anomaly Space.
• Arrow agreed to ride the Airship, and Margaret instructed Desi to take him there.

Arro emerged from the academy-selection trial and learned that students who failed would travel by carriage to Wendell Wizard Academy, while he had earned a place at Owl Wizard Academy. Desi brought him to Owl House’s airship, and Arro boarded as it took off from Raphael City.

• Arro left the illustrated cabin and returned to the sunlit street with Desi.
• Desi explained that students who failed the trial would lose their academy choice and ride carriages to Wendell Wizard Academy, while others could choose a risky carriage journey through Anomaly Space.
• Desi led Arro across the airship plaza to Owl House’s vessel and explained how academy airships were used for missions in the Outside World.
• Arro swiped his card to enter the airship and marveled at its skeletal construction and lack of a cockpit.
• The airship announced its imminent departure, then took off with Arro and Desi aboard.

Arro arrived at Silent Forest with Desi and entered Owl Wizard Academy through an Anomaly Space. Desi brought him to the Mission Hall to register, where Arro was astonished by the academy’s space-transfer system and the number on Desi’s card.

• Arro and Desi disembarked from the airship at Silent Forest and used their cards to enter an Anomaly Space, which opened into Owl Wizard Academy.
• Desi led Arro through a bustling street and explained that Corner Paths enabled space transfers between academy locations.
• Desi took Arro through a Corner Path to the Mission Hall, where Arro saw its enormous interior and crowded mission counters.
• Desi swiped his card against a stone pillar, revealing No. 136, and teased Arro about what the number meant.

Desi took Arro across the Emerald Plain to Apprentice City No. 3 and explained the academy’s streets, spaces, and language challenges. He introduced Arro to Dilia, a fellow student who agreed to look after him, and the chapter left Dilia rushing back to save her cooking.

• Desi explained that Life Street sold everyday necessities, Battle Street served combat needs, and the academy’s spaces formed five levels.
• Desi told Arro that students called the beautiful Emerald Plain the Despair Plain because newcomers who could not understand Fien Language struggled to study.
• Desi brought Arro to a village cabin and introduced him to Dilia, a companion from his earlier voyage.
• Arro spoke with Dilia in Yulio Language, and she grew excited as they discussed their hometowns.
• Dilia remembered her cooking and hurried back to the cabin, assuring Arro that only her dinner was at risk.

Arro settled into academy life and attended a Mental Strength Detection Class with Kaitain, where they met the beautiful Mentor Alice Mangada. Alice’s presence stirred Arro’s mental strength, and he suspected she had deliberately provoked the apprentices’ admiration.

• Arro recalled how Dilia’s kindness and impressive strength had helped him fit in at the academy, despite her destructive attempts to tidy his room.
• Kaitain invited Arro to the Mental Strength Detection Class, and the two discussed their hopes of becoming wizard apprentices.
• Kaitain revealed that Alice Mangada was teaching the class and explained that his grandfather and father had both proposed to her.
• Alice arrived to the apprentices’ excited declarations, then quieted the class with her alluring voice.
• Arro felt his mental strength stir while looking at Alice and realized the sensation was real.

Arro learned how Void Energy helped people sense mental strength and joined the classroom meditation. By synchronizing his powerful mental strength with the Energy Tide and the Knight's Breathing Technique, he caused a stir and drew Mentor Alice's attention.

• Mentor Alice explained how Void Energy acted as a medium for sensing mental strength and introduced the classroom's Magic Pattern Arrays.
• Mentor Alice invited her older students to meditate first, and the students gathered around the podium and contributed Magic Stones.
• Arro followed the Basic Elemental Triangle Meditation Technique and sensed his mental strength amid the Energy Tide.
• Arro recognized that the Energy Tide's rhythm resembled an accelerated Knight's Breathing Technique and made his mental strength vibrate in sync.
• Arro's meditation drew in Void Energy and stirred a breeze through the classroom, startling the students.
• Mentor Alice asked Arro his name, and he introduced himself as Arro Gana.

Arrow refused Mentor Alice’s invitation to become her personal student and fled the jealous students. He told Senior Sister Dilia that he had become a junior Wizard Apprentice, leaving her stunned.

• Mentor Alice invited Arrow to become her student, but he refused because of his Second-Class Aptitude and his mother’s warning.
• The angry students chased Arrow, but he outran them and headed to Dilia’s Wooden Cabin instead of the Cafeteria.
• Arrow found Dilia cooking fish charcoal and learned she was saving Magic Stones to attend the Mental Strength Detection Class.
• Dilia tried to comfort Arrow about the class, believing he had not sensed much mental strength.
• Arrow revealed that he had become a junior Wizard Apprentice, shocking Dilia.

Arro asked Dilia to let him stay at her cabin after refusing Mentor Alice’s offer to become her student and provoking the other students. He explained his theory for detecting mental strength, then bit into the still-hard Fish Charcoal and hurt his tooth.

• Arro told Dilia that he had refused Mentor Alice and asked to stay at her cabin to avoid students who wanted to beat him up.
• Dilia agreed to give Arro lodging in exchange for his class notes, and Arro asked her for grilled fish.
• Dilia angrily challenged the notes Arro had written, and he explained his theory that mental strength could condense with Void Energy and become harder to detect.
• Arro advised Dilia to use the fast-paced Knight's Breathing Technique and focus on controlling her mental strength rather than absorbing external Void Energy.
• Arro tried to eat the Fish Charcoal before it had cooled and hurt his tooth.

Arro practiced the Basic Elemental Triangle Meditation Technique and constructed his first Elemental Spirit, gaining the ability to learn Fire Element tricks. After meditating for two days, he left his room in anger when he smelled roasted meat and realized Dilia had prepared him only hard Fish Charcoal.

• Arro used his Mental Strength to outline the title of a flame Elemental Spirit in his Mind Space.
• The flame title absorbed Arro's Mental Strength and scorching energy, then formed a point of light that began producing Magic Power.
• Arro gained the qualification to learn Fire Element tricks but still needed to construct two more Spirits to complete beginner Wizard Apprentice cultivation.
• After meditating continuously for two days, Arro decided to rest because he was hungry and thirsty.
• Arro grabbed six tooth-marked pieces of Fish Charcoal and shoved open the wooden door after smelling the roasted meat outside.

Arro discovered that Dilia’s fish charcoal was edible and learned that the powder she used to flavor food came from shattered Anomalies. He urged her to make use of the discovery, then returned to meditating on Three Spirits.

• Arro emerged from the cabin and found Kaitain roasting meat without filling the room with smoke; he ate a skewer and praised Kaitain’s cooking.
• Dilia entered covered in flour, and Arro complained that her fish charcoal had left him hungry for two days.
• Dilia bit open the fish charcoal and revealed the cooked fish inside, which Arro ate with satisfaction.
• Kaitain explained that Dilia flavored food with powder from shattered Anomalies, which she had eaten for two years without apparent harm.
• Arro suggested that Dilia could benefit from her discovery, then returned to his partitioned room to continue meditating on Three Spirits.

Arro concealed his Big Shot's Alias, then focused on learning basic spell tricks and avoiding the Academy's dangerous distractions. He and Kaitain eventually went to watch the Female Apprentices' Knight Defense Class, where they found a shady place to observe.

• Arro wore away the Big Shot's Alias in his three spirits, weakening the probing gazes that had tracked him.
• Arro bought a Library pass and devoted himself to studying and practicing the Academy's free spell tricks, turning down invitations to investigate an Anomaly Space, attend an auction, and compete against Outer Academy students.
• Arro chose to stay out of Academy rivalries and explained that he preferred hiding his strength while he was weak.
• Arro and Kaitain mocked each other's outfits before heading to the small woods near the Training Ground for Knight Defense Class.
• Arro and Kaitain settled in the shade to watch the Female Apprentices, and Kaitain remarked that their trip had been worthwhile.

Arro attended Crosh’s Guard Against Knights class and learned how Junior Apprentice wizard apprentices could evade or slow Formal Knights. When fighting broke out in the woods, Arro and Kaitain found Dilia surrounded by apprentices led by Knan Nabbi, who demanded her Grilled Fish Secret Recipe and threatened to cripple her.

• Crosh explained that apprentices should flee fully armored Formal Knights and keep unarmored ones at a distance, then set an Armor Warrior on the students for practice.
• Arro heard fighting in the woods and suspected Senior Sister Dilia was involved, so he and Kaitain went to investigate.
• Arro and Kaitain found Dilia battered and surrounded by seven apprentices led by the Intermediate Wizard Apprentice Knan Nabbi.
• Knan Nabbi invited Dilia to join the Griffin Alliance and hand over her Grilled Fish Secret Recipe, but she refused.
• Knan Nabbi threatened to break Dilia’s arms and legs so she could no longer sell grilled fish or activate her Mental Strength.

Arro intervened when Knan Nabbi and the Griffin Alliance threatened Dilia over her Grilled Fish Secret Recipe. After the apprentices attacked Dilia, Arro fought back and vanished into the trees, leaving Knan Nabbi's group searching for him.

• Knan Nabbi demanded Dilia's Grilled Fish Secret Recipe and told her to join the Griffin Alliance, threatening her if she refused.
• Arro emerged from the bushes, mocked Knan Nabbi, and rejected the invitation by claiming he had already joined Jungle Home.
• Knan Nabbi ordered his Wizard Apprentices to trap and attack Dilia with a coordinated barrage of spells.
• Arro drew his sword, dodged Knan Nabbi's Shadow Thorn, and dashed into the trees.
• Knan Nabbi warned his companions that Arro was above them, and Ferry prepared to use Forest Detection.
• Arro dove from the trees and struck with the advanced skill Piercing.