Chapter Summaries

Amamiya Natsuki left Kaguya and the others, walked Komie-san to the tram station, and later rescued Miko from an evil spirit on his way home. He returned home with Miko and Mrs. Kaguya, who asked Miko to invite Hana-chan over, and the chapter ended as Natsuki opened the refrigerator.

• Fujiwara Chika explained how Amamiya Natsuki knew her address, and Natsuki said goodbye to Kaguya, Chika, and Hayasaka Ai.
• Amamiya Natsuki walked with Komie-san under her umbrella, and Mrs. Komie mistook them for an engaged couple and invited him to dinner.
• Amamiya Natsuki encountered Miko at an intersection and drove off the evil spirit that had been threatening her.
• Miko welcomed Mrs. Kaguya back, and Mrs. Kaguya asked her to invite Hana-chan over to play.
• Amamiya Natsuki and Miko walked home with Mrs. Kaguya, and Natsuki opened the refrigerator after they arrived.

Amamiya Natsuki invited Yurikawa Hana over to study, and she ended up staying for dinner and planning a sleepover with Miko. Later, Hayasaka Ai visited, and Natsuki asked her to help him win back Hayasaka, leaving her conflicted as she realized something was off.

• Amamiya Natsuki welcomed Yurikawa Hana and Miko, then teased Miko about taking Hana's place to protect her from being bullied.
• Amamiya Natsuki tried to make math appealing, but Yurikawa Hana said she preferred physical pleasure.
• When the rain grew heavier, Yurikawa Hana called her mother and arranged to stay overnight with Miko.
• Amamiya Natsuki stopped Yurikawa Hana from rubbing her eyes after she washed an onion, just as Miko and the Elementary School Student returned and mistook the scene for cheating.
• After dinner and studying, Miko left with Yurikawa Hana, and Hayasaka Ai arrived at Natsuki's home.
• Amamiya Natsuki asked Hayasaka Ai to message Hayasaka and help him win her back, prompting Ai to protest that he was asking her to help him pursue another girl.

Hayasaka Ai tried to help Amamiya Natsuki reconcile with a girl while hiding her own identity, but Natsuki planned to keep pursuing her. Later, he went to Miko’s room to banish evil spirits and was about to leave when Yurikawa Hana stirred in her sleep.

• Hayasaka Ai pretended to message the girl Natsuki wanted to win over, and told him she wanted distance at school to avoid rumors and bullying.
• Natsuki refused to stop pursuing the girl and argued that nobody would dare bully her because she was a delinquent.
• Miko messaged Natsuki that two evil spirits had entered her room and were watching Hana, so he went to help.
• Natsuki slipped into Miko’s room and used Evil Spirit Repellent to burn away the spirits while Hana slept.
• Hana rolled onto her back, and Natsuki noticed her frown as he prepared to leave.

Miko and Amamiya Natsuki narrowly avoided being discovered in Yurikawa Hana’s bedroom, then resumed school life as the student council election entered its final round. At the election committee, Natsuki joined Koyasu Tsubame, Kaguya, Chika, and the other candidates as they prepared for the campaign speeches.

• Miko accidentally touched Natsuki while trying to hide him from Yurikawa Hana, then ushered him out of the house and told him to go home.
• The next morning, Natsuki walked to school with Miko and Yurikawa Hana, who shared a dream about seeing him in her room.
• Natsuki told Yurikawa Hana he was busy because the student council campaign speeches were about to begin.
• Koyasu Tsubame met Natsuki and accompanied him to the election committee, where the final round of the president election was set to start.
• Natsuki greeted Kaguya at the election committee, surprising two other candidates who had never seen her greet anyone first.

During student council election preparations, Mrs. Kaguya teased Shinomiya Kaguya about having a crush, while Amamiya Natsuki spoke privately with Hayasaka Ai about their past kiss and her hidden self. Kashiwagi-kami witnessed their intimate conversation, leaving Hayasaka to deny that she and Natsuki had any relationship.

• Mrs. Kaguya claimed Shinomiya Kaguya had a boy she liked, and Fujiwara Chika pressed her to reveal who it was.
• Amamiya Natsuki drew the first speaking slot in the election and excused himself to relax before the campaign speeches.
• Amamiya Natsuki apologized to Hayasaka Ai for their accidental kiss, then told her he had fallen in love with the person she was now.
• Hayasaka Ai admitted that she believed no one could love her real self, and Amamiya Natsuki took her hand and said he liked her even if she wore a mask.
• Kashiwagi-kami saw Amamiya Natsuki and Hayasaka Ai together, but Hayasaka denied that they had any relationship.

Amamiya Natsuki won the Student Council presidential election after giving a persuasive speech, with help from Koyasu Tsubame and a special bow tie. Afterward, Fujiwara Chika asked to become vice president, and Natsuki immediately refused.

• Hayasaka Ai blushed while insisting to Kashiwagi-kami that she would not fall for Amamiya Natsuki, then teased that she could compete with Chika for his affection.
• Amamiya Natsuki wore a speech-enhancing bow tie and delivered his campaign speech to the students.
• Shinomiya Kaguya and Fujiwara Chika gave their speeches, and Amamiya Natsuki won the election.
• Hayasaka Ai watched Natsuki give his inaugural speech and admitted to Kashiwagi-kami that he was all right.
• After the speeches, Fujiwara Chika invoked tradition to ask Natsuki to make her vice president, and he denied her request.

Amamiya Natsuki recruited Kashiwagi-kami to serve as the new Student Council treasurer after the rainy weather spoiled his rooftop lunch bet with Fujiwara Chika. The chapter ended with Natsuki heading to the Student Council room to begin the handover, while Hayasaka Ai caught him and Kashiwagi holding hands.

• Shinomiya Kaguya argued that Fujiwara Chika was unsuited to be vice president, and Amamiya Natsuki teased Chika before they agreed to discuss it after school.
• Rain prevented Natsuki and Chika from fulfilling their rooftop lunch bet, and Chika chose to eat with Kaguya.
• Natsuki noticed Kashiwagi-kami struggling to buy bread, bought her Fried Noodle Bread and milk, and asked her to join the Student Council.
• Kashiwagi-kami accepted the treasurer position, but Hayasaka Ai appeared and caught them holding hands.
• After school, Natsuki went to the Student Council room to begin handing over the duties.

Amamiya Natsuki assigned the Student Council’s new officers, appointing Shinomiya Kaguya vice president after she anxiously waited for his invitation. With the room’s work barely begun, Fujiwara Chika proposed a game, and Kaguya locked the door before they played.

• Amamiya Natsuki made Yurikawa Hana responsible for coffee, then appointed Kashiwagi treasurer and Fujiwara Chika secretary while rejecting Chika’s bid to become vice president.
• Shinomiya Kaguya opposed Fujiwara Chika’s vice-presidential bid, then accepted when Amamiya Natsuki invited her to take the role.
• Koyasu Tsubame and Yurikawa Hana prepared to leave, but Fujiwara Chika suggested playing the Game Club’s latest game, and Kitagawa Marin agreed.
• Shinomiya Kaguya warned that playing games on the first day could harm the Student Council’s reputation, then locked the door before joining in.

Amamiya Natsuki reorganized the Student Council and assigned duties to Shinomiya Kaguya, Fujiwara Chika, and Kashiwagi. Afterward, Natsuki asked Kaguya to go on a date, while a conversation about high school romance left Chika interested in dating too.

• Kashiwagi joined Natsuki, Kaguya, Chika, Kitagawa Marin, and Yurikawa Hana for games, then watched Hana lose and hold hands with Natsuki as the penalty.
• After Hana and the Succubus Girl left, Natsuki assigned Kaguya, Chika, and Kashiwagi their Student Council responsibilities.
• As the group left school, Natsuki reminded Kaguya that the loser of the presidential election owed the winner a request and asked her on a date.
• Mrs. Kaguya explained why high school was an ideal age for romance, and Chika said the conversation made her want to go on a date.
• After Kaguya left by car, Natsuki offered to take Chika on a date, but she refused and he suggested they try a new ramen shop instead.

Amamiya Natsuki and Shinomiya Kaguya helped Koyasu Tsubame prepare after she received a Forced Instance notification for Bedtime Story. The group found a player in Kyoto with an Instance Invitation, giving them a chance to join Tsubame before the instance began at midnight.

• Amamiya Natsuki took Fujiwara Chika to a newly opened ramen shop, and they went home separately after eating.
• Koyasu Tsubame hurried into the Student Council Office and revealed that she had received a Forced Instance notification for Bedtime Story, which would begin at midnight.
• Amamiya Natsuki, Shinomiya Kaguya, and Fujiwara Chika discussed Tsubame's equipment and skill options and searched the Mutual aid group for players entering the same instance.
• Fujiwara Chika remembered that an Instance Invitation could let other players join a Forced Instance if they consented.
• The group found a player from Midnight Mall Monster Party who had an Instance Invitation and was in Kyoto.

Amamiya Natsuki and his companions prepared to enter an instance using a purchased invitation, and he copied Komie-san's Notebook skill for communication. Before leaving, he told Lord Zhuzhu he would enter the instance with Koyasu Tsubame and received a reluctant hug from her.

• Koyasu Tsubame agreed to buy an instance invitation for 50,000 yen, and Fujiwara Chika arranged to collect it at the station.
• When no other invitations appeared, Amamiya Natsuki offered to enter the instance alone with Koyasu Tsubame and suggested they use the Notebook skill to communicate.
• Fujiwara Chika went to wait for the invitation, while Amamiya Natsuki and Koyasu Tsubame traveled with Shinomiya Kaguya to meet Komie-san and Lord Zhuzhu.
• Amamiya Natsuki copied Komie-san's Notebook skill, then privately told Lord Zhuzhu that he planned to enter the instance with Koyasu Tsubame.
• Lord Zhuzhu initially refused to give Amamiya Natsuki a hug, but blushed and embraced him after he warned that the instance was dangerous.

Amamiya Natsuki reassured Zhuzhu before leaving for an instance, then received encouragement from Komie-san as well. He joined Koyasu Tsubame to collect a second instance invitation from Aparen, and Tsubame misunderstood his teasing offer of repayment as a demand for intimacy.

• Zhuzhu let Amamiya Natsuki hold her and promised to let him hold her longer after he returned from the instance.
• Komie-san admitted she had seen them, then hugged Amamiya Natsuki from behind and urged him to do his best.
• Fujiwara Chika alerted Amamiya Natsuki to a second instance invitation held by Aparen, and Koyasu Tsubame decided to go with him.
• Amamiya Natsuki traded items with Aparen for the invitation after meeting her on a commercial street.
• Koyasu Tsubame worried about repaying Amamiya Natsuki and misread his teasing suggestion as a request for intimacy.

Amamiya Natsuki prepared to enter a Forced Instance with Tsubame-senpai and Chika, while Marin came to help recharge Mrs. Kaguya. The group waited for another invitation, but none appeared, and Marin stayed at Natsuki’s home.

• Tsubame-senpai misunderstood Natsuki’s request for a smile, then learned he only wanted to see the smile students liked most.
• Natsuki told Marin about the Forced Instance and explained that he and Chika would use the two available invitations.
• Kaguya and Hayasaka both hoped to get an invitation, while Marin went to Natsuki’s home and offered to join the instance if another appeared.
• Natsuki asked Marin to recharge Mrs. Kaguya, and Hayasaka unsuccessfully tried to persuade him to bring her instead of Chika.
• Marin showered and borrowed one of Natsuki’s shirts, then teased him after he joked about fighting his impulses.

Amamiya Natsuki went to Shinjuku Station to meet Takanashi Rikka and collect her unused Instance Invitation. Shinomiya Kaguya qualified for the Forced Instance with it, while Rikka agreed to stay in Tokyo overnight.

• After Kitagawa Marin asked him to dry her hair and recharge Mrs. Kaguya, Amamiya Natsuki received an Instance Invitation message and set out for the station.
• Fujiwara Chika, Shinomiya Kaguya, Koyasu Tsubame, and Hayasaka Ai arranged to meet him there.
• Koyasu Tsubame arrived first, and Amamiya Natsuki reassured her by joking that he belonged to her protection association.
• Shinomiya Kaguya and Fujiwara Chika joined Amamiya Natsuki and Koyasu Tsubame at the station.
• Takanashi Rikka arrived from Chiba and handed over her unused invitation, which Shinomiya Kaguya used to qualify for the Forced Instance.
• Fujiwara Chika persuaded Takanashi Rikka to stay in Tokyo overnight, and Amamiya Natsuki led the group out of the shop.

Amamiya Natsuki and his friends shared food at home while preparing to enter an instance at midnight. When a distant invitation appeared, Hayasaka Ai paid its owner to secure it, leaving the group hoping it would arrive in time.

• Fujiwara Chika led Takanashi Rikka, Amamiya Natsuki, Koyasu Tsubame, and Shinomiya Kaguya to a shopping street for snacks.
• Amamiya Natsuki bought takoyaki for the group, including Kitagawa Marin, Miko, and Hayasaka Ai, and everyone returned to his house.
• Amamiya Natsuki invited Miko over, and the group ate and talked together while awaiting the instance.
• Fujiwara Chika announced that another player had drawn an Instance Invitation, and Kitagawa Marin volunteered to take it.
• Hayasaka Ai offered the invitation's owner a large payment and arranged to have it delivered before midnight, prompting the owner to sell it to her.

Amamiya Natsuki and his companions prepared for the midnight Forced Instance, but Hayasaka Ai arrived with an invitation she had secretly bought. When the invitation rejected the name she wrote, they realized it required her real name.

• Miko went home, while Amamiya Natsuki settled Takanashi Rikka and the others into spare rooms to rest before the instance opened.
• Kitagawa Marin woke Amamiya Natsuki and shyly asked for an advance payment; he briefly touched her thigh before heading downstairs.
• Hayasaka Ai arrived with an Instance Invitation and persuaded Kitagawa Marin to let her join the challenge.
• Koyasu Tsubame activated the invitation, but it remained on the table after Hayasaka Ai wrote her name.
• Koyasu Tsubame discovered that the invitation required a real name, and Hayasaka Ai realized she had written a fake one.

Hayasaka revealed to Amamiya Natsuki that she was secretly protecting Kaguya and kissed him to prove she liked him. When the group entered the Bedtime Story dungeon, Natsuki and Tsubame found themselves alone in a snowy forest and set out to regroup with Chika.

• Hayasaka admitted that she was posing as Hanamori to protect Kaguya and asked Natsuki to keep her identity secret.
• Hayasaka kissed Natsuki and asked him to help protect Kaguya in the upcoming dungeon.
• Natsuki reviewed the dungeon preparations with the group, and Chika, Kaguya, and Hayasaka confirmed they would enter.
• Natsuki and Tsubame arrived together in a snowy forest, where their missions differed: Tsubame had to survive, while Natsuki had to find and destroy the Nightmare Seed.
• Natsuki used the Red string to confirm Chika was safe and alone, then decided he and Tsubame should find her first.

Amamiya Natsuki and Koyasu Tsubame followed a player-tracking compass through the frozen forest, preparing for the cold as they searched for Fujiwara Chika and the others. They spotted a footprintless girl picking mushrooms beneath a pine tree, avoided her at first, then found her blocking their path again and approached to confront her.

• Amamiya Natsuki used a special compass to determine which way to travel with Koyasu Tsubame.
• Amamiya Natsuki gave Koyasu Tsubame warm clothes from his Game Space and helped her use a snowboard as snow footwear.
• Amamiya Natsuki and Koyasu Tsubame noticed a little girl picking mushrooms beneath a pine tree, and Natsuki warned Tsubame that the girl had left no footprints.
• They tried to go around the girl, but she appeared in front of them again, leading Amamiya Natsuki to suspect she was distorting their senses.
• Amamiya Natsuki led Koyasu Tsubame toward the girl to confront her.

Amamiya Natsuki and Koyasu Tsubame encountered Little Red Riding Hood during a mandatory mushroom quest and discovered that the mushroom growing on her head was the hidden target. Tsubame identified it as a cursed Hallucinogenic Mushroom that could be removed only at the cost of Little Red Riding Hood’s life.

• Amamiya Natsuki and Koyasu Tsubame accepted the mandatory quest to find mushrooms for Little Red Riding Hood’s sick grandma.
• Amamiya Natsuki learned that ordinary mushrooms did not count, then noticed a purple mushroom hidden beneath Little Red Riding Hood’s hat.
• Amamiya Natsuki uncovered the mushroom on Little Red Riding Hood’s head, completing the quest.
• Little Red Riding Hood begged Amamiya Natsuki not to remove the mushroom, saying she would die as her grandma had.
• Koyasu Tsubame identified the mushroom as a cursed Hallucinogenic Mushroom whose spores bewitched ordinary people and whose forced removal would kill its host.

Amamiya Natsuki and Koyasu Tsubame discovered that mushrooms caused hallucinations and could turn Fairytale Kingdom residents evil, then safely harvested Little Red Riding Hood’s mushroom and learned about the outbreak. They set out to find their teammates but agreed to help Little Red Riding Hood save her grandmother, whose mushroom and strange Big Bad Wolf ability raised new questions.

• Amamiya Natsuki equipped his Dark Chef Badge and harvested the mushroom from Little Red Riding Hood’s head while Koyasu Tsubame held her steady.
• Little Red Riding Hood explained that mushrooms were growing on residents’ heads, gradually making them evil, and that she had planned to eat Amamiya Natsuki and Koyasu Tsubame.
• Amamiya Natsuki used Takanashi Rikka’s Truth Mirror to confirm that Little Red Riding Hood did not know about the Nightmare Seed, then realized the mirror might help him find it.
• Amamiya Natsuki and Koyasu Tsubame started toward their teammates, but Little Red Riding Hood asked them to save her grandmother, who also had a mushroom.
• Little Red Riding Hood said her grandmother had an ability involving the Big Bad Wolf and could emerge from its stomach if eaten, and Amamiya Natsuki asked whether she had tested it.