Chapter Summaries

Amamiya Natsuki woke inside the Ghost Bride’s illusion, realized the wedding scene was masking his memories, and began following its script to find her. He found Rikka and Yukinoshita Yukino serving as maids with their memories blocked, and the chapter ended with him teasing Yukino by pinching her cat ears and cheek.

• Amamiya Natsuki ate the orange and recovered his memories, realizing he was trapped in the Ghost Bride’s Ghostly Illusion.
• Amamiya Natsuki recognized the courtyard as a recreation of the Ghost Bride’s wedding and decided to follow its script until he could find her.
• Amamiya Natsuki discovered that Rikka and Yukinoshita Yukino had become maids and could not remember their pasts.
• Amamiya Natsuki chose not to spend his remaining oranges on the relatively safe maids, then pinched Yukino’s cat ears and cheek while Rikka approved.

Amamiya Natsuki attended his Ghostly Illusion wedding, where the Ghost Bride presented him with two identical Kaguya brides and demanded he choose the real one. To avoid risking a fatal mistake, he claimed he would marry both and began persuading the villagers to accept it.

• Amamiya Natsuki left the room with Rikka and Yukinoshita Yukino and went to the village shrine for his wedding.
• Amamiya Natsuki recognized the Human-faced Dog, Yuzuki, among the guests and threatened to make dog stew from her.
• Chika led Shinomiya Kaguya into the shrine, followed by Sayu and an identical second Kaguya in a white wedding kimono.
• The wedding officiant told Amamiya Natsuki to choose which Kaguya was the real bride, while both brides watched him.
• Amamiya Natsuki declared that he would marry both Kaguyas, then claimed they had both slept with him and appealed to the villagers by mentioning his two unborn sons.

Amamiya Natsuki completed the wedding ceremony with both Kaguya brides, then faced the village’s demand to sacrifice one of them. He chose to sacrifice himself instead, shocking the hidden Ghost Bride into revealing herself.

• Amamiya Natsuki persuaded the village chief and wedding officiant to let him marry both Kaguya brides.
• The two Kaguya brides used rock-paper-scissors to decide who would drink first during the san-san-kudo ritual.
• The village chief revealed that the bride had to be sacrificed to appease the mountain god and protect the village.
• Amamiya Natsuki argued that the groom was also happiest at the wedding and plunged the dagger into his own chest.
• The Ghost Bride appeared in the shrine, stunned by Amamiya Natsuki’s choice, as both Kaguya brides held him in a pool of blood.

Amamiya Natsuki used a title skill to turn the Ghost Bride, Ami, affectionate, but remained trapped with her after she dismissed the other players. He discovered the Yandere Kaguya had stayed behind and began trying to buy time until he could use a mushroom planted on her head to escape.

• Amamiya Natsuki used [Friend of Married Women] on the Ghost Bride and revealed that his apparent chest wound had been faked with props.
• Amamiya Natsuki ordered Ami to send everyone out of the Ghostly Illusion, and the players recovered their memories outside.
• Amamiya Natsuki asked Ami to let him leave, but she refused and said she wanted him to stay with her forever.
• Amamiya Natsuki noticed the Yandere Kaguya had also remained and saw a prompt warning that the two women would split him in two if he detonated her mushroom at the wrong time.
• Amamiya Natsuki tried to buy time by asking Ami to cook the Human-faced Dog, which revealed that the mist monsters came from the mountain village's deity.

Amamiya Natsuki escaped the Ghostly Illusion after kissing Yandere Kaguya, then reunited with Kaguya, Chika, Yukino, and the others at the shrine. He explained the Ghost Bride’s attack, leaving the group questioning why she targeted him.

• The Human-faced Dog submitted to Amamiya Natsuki and entered his Rule Card, but the Ghost Bride refused his offer to recruit her.
• The Ghost Bride showed Amamiya Natsuki the village and tried to take him to the bridal chamber, prompting Yandere Kaguya to attack her.
• The Ghost Bride restrained Yandere Kaguya and wounded Amamiya Natsuki, who called Kaguya his First Wife and urged her to escape.
• Amamiya Natsuki followed a prompt and kissed Yandere Kaguya, unleashing black energy that shattered her restraints and ended the Ghostly Illusion.
• Amamiya Natsuki returned to the shrine with Kaguya, Chika, Yukino, and the others, then recounted what had happened.

Amamiya Natsuki and the others escaped the collapsing dungeon after Yandere Kaguya kissed him and the Ghost Bride disappeared. Back at the inn, they confirmed the dungeon was cleared, checked Natsuki’s injury, and prepared to rest while his phone filled with messages from friends.

• Amamiya Natsuki left the shrine with the others, and they encountered Yandere Kaguya on the mountain road.
• Yandere Kaguya kissed Amamiya Natsuki, provoking Shinomiya Kaguya and Silly Young Lady, before a notice announced the dungeon would collapse because its core character had disappeared.
• Amamiya Natsuki and the four girls returned to the inn, where they concluded the Ghost Bride had likely been defeated and checked the time and Natsuki’s shoulder.
• Yukinoshita Yukino decided to wait until morning to remove her lingering cat ears, and the girls returned to their rooms.
• Amamiya Natsuki turned on his phone and found messages from Kitagawa Marin, Hayasaka Ai, Zhuzhu, and Koyasu Tsubame asking him to contact them after the dungeon cleared.

Amamiya Natsuki returned from the instance, teased Komie-san and Fujiwara Chika, and learned the rewards for clearing the Ghost Bride incident. He was left considering which two items to draw from the MVP reward selection.

• Amamiya Natsuki replied to his friends and told them he would return the next morning, then teased Komie-san for not messaging him.
• Fujiwara Chika visited Amamiya Natsuki and offered to wash his back while Kaguya was bathing.
• Amamiya Natsuki invited Fujiwara Chika to eat lunch with him and teased her before she hurried back to Kaguya.
• Amamiya Natsuki woke at six and checked the instance settlement, which awarded him Game coins, Attribute points, and two MVP draws.
• Amamiya Natsuki considered the five available reward choices but had not decided which two to draw.

Amamiya Natsuki reviewed his dungeon MVP rewards, and his friends chose the Pure White Bride Skin Card for him. Yukinoshita Yukino tried it in hopes of removing her cat ears, transformed into a bridal gown, and found Natsuki taking photos of her.

• Amamiya Natsuki examined five reward cards, including the Pure White Bride Skin Card, a Ghost Bride Simulation Doll, and a Mother of Puppets Summon Card.
• Fujiwara Chika, Shinomiya Kaguya, Takanashi Rikka, and Yukinoshita Yukino helped Amamiya Natsuki choose the Pure White Bride Skin Card and vetoed the simulation doll.
• Amamiya Natsuki asked Yukinoshita Yukino whether she wanted help removing her cat ears, and Fujiwara Chika suggested that the Skin Card might dispel the side effect.
• Yukinoshita Yukino used the Pure White Bride Skin Card and changed into a white wedding dress, but her cat ears remained.
• Amamiya Natsuki photographed Yukinoshita Yukino, who warned him that taking pictures without permission was a crime.

After the group returned to Tokyo, Amamiya Natsuki resumed student council work and school life, while Hayasaka Ai teased him over his advances. At the end of the day, Sayu arrived from Hokkaido and greeted him as “Dad,” leaving him stunned.

• Yukinoshita Yukino's cat ears changed back, and the group confirmed the Pure White Bride Skin Card resisted side effects before leaving the hot spring inn.
• Amamiya Natsuki, Shinomiya Kaguya, and Fujiwara Chika said goodbye to Rikka and Yukinoshita, then traveled back to Tokyo.
• The group reunited with Marin, Koyasu Tsubame, and Kashiwagi at the Student Council Office, where Natsuki and Kaguya handled documents.
• Hayasaka Ai confronted Natsuki in the corridor, and he teased her by pretending to accuse her of smoking so he could inspect her.
• After school, Sayu appeared outside the Student Council Office, called Natsuki “Dad,” and said she had come to surprise him.

Sayu reunited with Amamiya Natsuki and Fujiwara Chika in Tokyo, asked to learn Spirit Summoning, and joined Chika’s karaoke plans. After visiting Mizuhara Chizuru’s grandmother at the hospital, Natsuki met Komie-san at the karaoke place and teased her about three Body pillow tickets.

• Sayu told Amamiya Natsuki how she reached Tokyo from Hokkaido and asked to exchange contact information.
• Sayu reunited with Fujiwara Chika, explained she wanted to learn Spirit Summoning and see Yuzuki, and Natsuki arranged for the Skill’s player to meet her the next day.
• Fujiwara Chika invited Sayu to karaoke and barbecue while Amamiya Natsuki went to the hospital to use a Skill on Mizuhara Chizuru’s grandmother.
• Mizuhara Chizuru told Amamiya Natsuki that her grandmother was feeling better and eating more.
• Amamiya Natsuki ran into Komie-san at the karaoke place and teased her about owing him three Body pillow tickets.

Amamiya Natsuki pressured Komie-san into giving him a body pillow ticket before joining the others for cake and barbecue. Sayu mistakenly believed the group planned to attend a love hotel party, but everyone left for home, and she chose to stay at a hotel rather than with Chika.

• Amamiya Natsuki bullied Komie-san into signing an agreement for one body pillow ticket by threatening to bully Zhuzhu.
• Amamiya Natsuki joined Kaguya, Chika, Marin, the senpai, Hayasaka, Sayu, and the others for cake and songs.
• Fujiwara Chika proposed barbecue followed by a visit to nearby love hotels, leading Sayu to believe they planned a group party.
• The group ate barbecue while Sayu anxiously imagined that joining them would be the price of their kindness.
• Chika, Zhuzhu, Komie-san, Tsubame, and Marin each headed home, leaving Sayu surprised that the group party was not happening.
• Chika invited Sayu to sleep at her place, but Sayu declined and decided to stay at a hotel.

Sayu joined Amamiya Natsuki and Shinomiya Kaguya at a Love Hotel, where they chose a Park Theme room. While Kaguya bathed, Sayu drank alcohol and grew bold with Natsuki, until he tried to redirect her attention to the television.

• Sayu agreed to join Amamiya Natsuki and Shinomiya Kaguya for their outing at a Love Hotel.
• Shinomiya Kaguya chose a Park Theme room, and Sayu paid for it.
• Amamiya Natsuki bathed first, then took a call to arrange for someone from Osaka to meet them the next morning and help Sayu learn Spirit Summoning.
• While Kaguya bathed, Sayu secretly drank alcohol, sat on Natsuki's lap, and asked him to swing with her.
• Amamiya Natsuki told Sayu to turn on the TV, and she unsteadily fetched the remote and switched it on.

Amamiya Natsuki brought Sayu and Shinomiya Kaguya to a love hotel to earn game coins, where Sayu misunderstood his intentions before opening up about her past. At midnight, the Rule Card revealed the little maid and Miss Sadako, leaving Sayu startled by the supernatural employee.

• Sayu mistook a bottle of alcohol for a drink, became tipsy, and nearly made a move on Amamiya Natsuki while they watched TV.
• Amamiya Natsuki explained that the love hotel visit was meant to earn game coins, and Sayu later told Shinomiya Kaguya that she had dropped out of school and shared some of her past.
• Shinomiya Kaguya and Mrs. Kaguya comforted Sayu after hearing about her difficult childhood.
• At midnight, Amamiya Natsuki used the Rule Card, and the revelation filled the room with purple light and darkness.
• The little maid greeted Amamiya Natsuki, while Miss Sadako’s fear-triggered attack was stopped when he slapped her hand and threatened to brush her hair.

Amamiya Natsuki managed the Theater Domain’s employees while trying to earn enough Game coins to secure the Golden Legendary. As the domain closed, Yandere Kaguya asked to enter the real world and proposed taking Shinomiya Kaguya’s place at school, provoking her rival.

• Amamiya Natsuki reassured Sayu about Miss Sadako and introduced her to the Human-faced Dog, Yuzuki, whom Sayu fed.
• Amamiya Natsuki used Mrs. Kaguya’s help to break the standoff between the two Kaguyas, but Yandere Kaguya claimed she was the First Wife.
• Amamiya Natsuki arranged work for Miss Sadako and played Mahjong with her, while Yuzuki asked Sayu whether she had followed through on her plan to seduce him.
• Miss Sadako, Yuzuki, and Yandere Kaguya helped scare visitors through the night, and the Theater Domain prepared to close at six in the morning.
• Yandere Kaguya asked Amamiya Natsuki to let her enter the real world and take Shinomiya Kaguya’s place at school, and Shinomiya Kaguya objected when Yandere Kaguya called him “Darling.”

Amamiya Natsuki tested Yandere Kaguya’s ghostly state in the real world before she returned to the Theater after provoking Shinomiya Kaguya. After leaving the hotel with Kaguya and Sayu, he bought a Golden Legendary skill at breakfast.

• Yandere Kaguya discovered she could appear in the real world only as a ghost, and Mrs. Kaguya taught her to use Existence Power to touch objects.
• Yandere Kaguya kissed Amamiya Natsuki in front of Shinomiya Kaguya, challenged her to kiss him back, and returned to the Theater when Shinomiya hesitated.
• Amamiya Natsuki decided to pause the Midnight Theater performances because the frightened hotel guests might draw management's attention.
• Amamiya Natsuki left the hotel with Kaguya and Sayu, and the three went to Matsuya for breakfast.
• Amamiya Natsuki spent more than forty Game coins to acquire the Golden Legendary skill Buy myself another second.

Amamiya Natsuki tested Sayu’s Golden Legendary Time stop skill and discussed how it might be strengthened before taking Sayu to meet another player. The chapter ended as Miss Nakajima showed him her Spirit Communication Skill.

• Amamiya Natsuki activated Time stop, froze the world for a second, and used the moment to take Shinomiya Kaguya’s hand.
• Amamiya Natsuki and Shinomiya Kaguya determined that Time stop could not be copied and considered strengthening it with the Mermaid Princess’s Tear.
• After breakfast, Amamiya Natsuki sent the exhausted Shinomiya Kaguya home and learned that Sayu accepted his relationship with Kaguya while wanting to be his good daughter.
• Amamiya Natsuki took Sayu to Shibuya, where she suggested manga, light novels, and sweets as ways to train Yuzuki-chan’s Human-faced Dog.
• Amamiya Natsuki met Miss Nakajima at a café, and she displayed her Spirit Communication Skill while Sayu watched expectantly.

Amamiya Natsuki, Sayu, and Miss Nakajima tried to summon Sayu’s deceased friend Yuzuki, but the first attempt failed, so they set off for Hokkaido with Miss Nakajima to try again. Kitagawa Marin joined them for the trip, and the chapter ended as she panicked during takeoff.

• Miss Nakajima used Spirit Summoning on Sayu’s dog charm, but the summoning failed and the charm could not be used again.
• Amamiya Natsuki invited Miss Nakajima to travel with them to Hokkaido, and she agreed to help.
• Sayu thanked Miss Nakajima and privately told Amamiya Natsuki she would do anything to repay him once they saw Yuzuki.
• Amamiya Natsuki booked flights to Hokkaido, and Kitagawa Marin decided to join them despite her fear of flying.
• Kitagawa Marin held Amamiya Natsuki’s hand and listened to music to calm down, but she grew frightened again when the plane took off.

Amamiya Natsuki traveled to Sapporo with Kitagawa Marin and Sayu, teasing Marin through her fear of flying and helping her deal with a wardrobe mishap. After Marin and Natsuki talked about returning to see Sapporo’s winter snow, she kissed him on the cheek.

• Amamiya Natsuki distracted Kitagawa Marin from her fear of flying, and their plane landed safely at New Chitose Airport.
• Kitagawa Marin rushed to the restroom, then glared at Amamiya Natsuki after he teased her about the flight.
• Sayu suggested they take a bus to Sapporo, and Amamiya Natsuki messaged Fujiwara Chika along the way.
• When the wind lifted Kitagawa Marin’s skirt, Amamiya Natsuki suggested she use bandages to hold it down, and she accepted.
• Kitagawa Marin bought disposable underwear in Sapporo, and Sayu led the group toward her favorite restaurant.
• Amamiya Natsuki promised to return to Sapporo with Kitagawa Marin in winter, and Marin kissed him on the cheek.

Amamiya Natsuki and his companions summoned Yuzuki’s spirit so Sayu and Yuzuki’s mother could speak with her, easing Sayu’s guilt. They agreed to return so Yuzuki’s father could see her too, then went sightseeing around Sapporo with Sayu.

• Sayu led Amamiya Natsuki, Kitagawa Marin, and Miss Nakajima to Yuzuki’s home, where Yuzuki’s mother let them enter her daughter’s room.
• Amamiya Natsuki, Marin, and Miss Nakajima used spirit communication on Yuzuki’s belongings, and Marin summoned Yuzuki’s ghost.
• Natsuki gave Yuzuki’s mother a Witch’s Potion so she could see her daughter, then he and his companions left them alone together.
• Sayu said she felt lighter after speaking with Yuzuki, and Yuzuki’s mother asked them to return so Yuzuki’s father could see her.
• Natsuki and the others agreed to come back the next day, then left with Sayu to explore Sapporo and visit Shiroi Koibito Park.

Amamiya Natsuki and his companions helped Yuzuki’s parents see her ghost, giving them a chance to reconcile with her death. After they stayed overnight in Sapporo, Sayu came to Natsuki’s room and asked when he planned to go out that night.

• Amamiya Natsuki pretended to side with two girls who had bullied Sayu, while secretly collecting their home addresses and reassuring Sayu that he would not abandon her.
• Amamiya Natsuki, Miss Nakajima, and the others successfully channeled Ghost Yuzuki, and Yuzuki’s parents drank Witch’s Potion to see her.
• Amamiya Natsuki led the girls out so Yuzuki’s parents could speak with her privately, and Yuzuki’s father thanked them afterward.
• Amamiya Natsuki and the others checked into an inn, and Sayu chose not to return home.
• Sayu entered Amamiya Natsuki’s room and asked what time he planned to go out that night.