Chapter Summaries

Azer understood how his arrival changed Aurora’s fate and why the Lion King Organization had sent him to awaken her, while Athena urged him to abandon humanity and join her. After Athena returned to his body, Azer silently considered Akatsuki Nagisa’s worsening condition and the danger facing both her and Aurora.

• Azer concluded that his existence changed events, making Akatsuki Nagisa Aurora’s vessel and causing people to lose their memories of the Alight Night Banquet and the Fourth Primogenitor.
• Athena warned Azer that Nagisa would die if left alone, since sustaining Aurora and her Familiars was draining Nagisa’s life force.
• Azer inferred that the Lion King Organization planned to make him the Fourth Primogenitor’s next vessel after Nagisa died.
• Athena invited Azer to help her cleanse humanity and destroy the earth, but Azer rejected her appeal and reminded her that he was human.
• Athena returned to Azer’s body as the Gorgon Stone, saying she would wait for him to recognize his uniqueness, while Azer remained silent beside Nagisa.

After Nagisa woke in Azer’s room, he told her that she had unleashed powerful abilities while facing demons and revealed that he was a National Attack Mage Official. Nagisa agreed to stay with Azer while he monitored her in case her dangerous power returned.

• Nagisa woke in Azer’s room, panicked, and remembered encountering delinquent demons the night before.
• Azer explained that Nagisa had transformed and driven the demons away with astonishing power, though she could not remember it.
• Nagisa suspected she had been possessed and asked whether she had done anything terrible; Azer said he had stopped her in time.
• Azer showed Nagisa his Attack Mage Official license and explained his role with the Lion King Organization on Itogami Island.
• Nagisa said she could not currently use the ability, and Azer proposed that she stay with him so he could watch over her.
• Nagisa accepted Azer’s offer, making him her open watcher.

Akatsuki Nagisa returned home after spending the night at Azer’s place, and her brother Akatsuki Kojo assumed Azer had taken advantage of her. Kojo’s attempt to confront Azer ended with him hurt and questioning whether he was actually to blame for Nagisa’s night away.

• Akatsuki Nagisa came home at dawn, and Akatsuki Kojo angrily demanded to know where she had been and why she had not answered him.
• Akatsuki Kojo tried to rush out and kill Azer, but Nagisa held him back and insisted that Azer had not laid a hand on her.
• Azer waited outside the apartment building for Nagisa, but Akatsuki Kojo appeared and attacked him instead.
• Azer dodged Kojo’s punches and redirected one into a notice board, leaving Kojo with a swollen fist.
• Azer argued that Kojo’s expectations that Nagisa handle the housework had helped lead to her going out with him, leaving Kojo wondering whether he was in the wrong.

Akatsuki Kojo tried to punch Azer over his concern for Akatsuki Nagisa, but hurt his own hand and was scolded into apologizing. As the three headed to Private Saikai Academy, Kojo began to suspect Nagisa had suffered another health problem, though he could not learn what had happened.

• Azer let Akatsuki Kojo punch him, and Kojo injured his fist against Azer's hard body.
• Akatsuki Nagisa caught Kojo preparing to attack again, scolded him, and demanded that he apologize to Azer.
• Nagisa checked that Azer was unharmed and thanked him for looking after her, while Azer reassured her that he did not blame Kojo.
• Kojo suspected that Nagisa's gratitude and night away from home were connected to a new problem with her health, but Nagisa and Azer did not explain.
• Akatsuki Kojo, Akatsuki Nagisa, and Azer set off together for Private Saikai Academy.

Azer used his power to summon rain on the way to Saikai Academy, then kept Akatsuki Nagisa and Akatsuki Kojo from staying soaked. The chapter ended when a school announcement summoned Azer to the Faculty Office Building to meet Nangong Nayue.

• Azer rode the monorail to Saikai Academy with Akatsuki Nagisa and Akatsuki Kojo, while students whispered about how close he and Nagisa seemed.
• After Nagisa complained about the heat and wished for rain, Azer used Spirit Power and Yagrush and Aymur to summon a torrential downpour.
• Nagisa grabbed Azer's hand and ran with him toward school, while Kojo chased after them; all three arrived soaked except Azer.
• Azer used heat from his hand to dry Nagisa, then dried Kojo as well, and Nagisa went to class without saying goodbye to her brother.
• A school broadcast asked Azer to report to the Faculty Office Building because Nangong Nayue wanted to see him, and he went there.

Azer met with Nangong Nayue, who questioned him about the magical-power surge caused when Akatsuki Nagisa awakened Aurora. Nangong Nayue revealed that the awakening had drawn the attention of powerful outsiders, including a troublesome figure from the First True Ancestor’s War King Domain.

• Azer teased Nangong Nayue about her age and asked why she had summoned him.
• Nangong Nayue confronted Azer about the enormous magical-power reading from the previous night, and he admitted he and Akatsuki Nagisa had been involved.
• Azer argued that he had prevented a greater disaster, and Nangong Nayue confirmed she had suppressed the incident so the Special District Guard would not arrest him.
• Nangong Nayue warned Azer that people beyond Itogami Island and the Lion King Organization were watching him and Akatsuki Nagisa.
• Nangong Nayue said the awakening had likely been reported to the Three Great Night Empires and that a troublesome noble from the War King Domain had been drawn to the island.

Azer learned from Nangong Nayue that a dangerous noble from the War King Domain might be coming to the island, then reflected on vampires’ taste for battle and considered starting to date. When Azer arrived at class, he learned that Yaze Natsune had come looking for him, leaving his classmates eager to know their relationship.

• Nangong Nayue warned Azer to treat the visitor from the War King Domain as an exceptionally dangerous opponent, then watched footage of Azer casually defeating a Primogenitor-class Familiar.
• Azer suspected that the visitor was a battle-mad vampire and lamented that he kept encountering fighters, before deciding he might be ready to start dating.
• Azer entered Class 1-B and noticed his classmates staring at him with curiosity, envy, and resentment.
• Yaze Motoki tried to find out what Nangong Nayue had discussed with Azer, but Azer brushed off the question.
• Aiba Asagi asked Azer about his relationship with Yaze Natsune and revealed that she had come looking for him.

Yaze Natsune told Azer that the kitten he had entrusted to her had gone missing, so Azer used a tracking spell to locate it. The spell led them to his classroom, where the kitten had turned up with Aiba Asagi, Akatsuki Kojo, and Yaze Motoki.

• Azer visited Yaze Natsune's classroom, and they left together while holding hands, shocking her classmates.
• Azer comforted Yaze Natsune when she explained that the kitten had disappeared from the academy's Back Mountain.
• Azer used Bakudo No. 58: Kakushitsuijaku to track the Spirit Power he had left on the kitten.
• Azer discovered that the kitten was in his classroom and took Yaze Natsune there.
• Aiba Asagi, Akatsuki Kojo, and Yaze Motoki stood around Azer's desk with the contented kitten.

Azer reunited Yaze Natsune with the kitten but found it would not leave him, so he decided to adopt it. After learning Natsune was struggling to care for more than a dozen abandoned cats, Azer offered to take them in as well, and Natsune began to consider trusting him.

• Azer returned to class and found the kitten waiting on his seat, while Aiba Asagi and Yaze Motoki explained how they had cared for it in his absence.
• Yaze Natsune thanked Akatsuki Kojo for buying the kitten milk, and the group teased Kojo about his closeness with Akatsuki Nagisa.
• Azer and Natsune left together with the kitten, and rumors about their unusual closeness began spreading through Saikai Academy.
• The kitten struggled whenever Azer tried to hand it to Natsune, so Azer decided to adopt it rather than use his Authority to keep it away from him.
• Natsune told Azer she was struggling to care for the stray cats on the academy's Back Mountain, and Azer offered to take in all of them.
• Natsune hesitated at Azer's offer, but reassured him that she trusted him and believed he was a good person.

Azer agreed to adopt the kittens Yaze Natsune had been caring for, and he, Yaze, and Akatsuki Nagisa brought them from the ruined Monastery to his apartment. The cats had permission to stay there, and Yaze and Nagisa were invited to visit them.

• Yaze Natsune agreed to let Azer raise the kittens and asked to accompany him when he collected them.
• Azer’s classmates questioned him about Yaze and teased him over staying out all night with Akatsuki Nagisa, while Akatsuki Kojo tried to stop the rumors.
• Azer met Yaze Natsune after school and waited for Akatsuki Nagisa, who joined them to help with the cats.
• Azer told Yaze and Nagisa that he had obtained the landlord’s permission to keep the cats in his apartment.
• Azer, Yaze, and Nagisa went to the ruined Monastery on the academy’s Back Mountain, gathered the kittens, and headed to the apartment building.

Azer settled into a relaxed life on Itogami Island, enjoying time with Akatsuki Nagisa and Yaze Natsune while making plans for his apartment and its cats. After Natsune left, he used the Demon King's Authority to turn the kittens and nearby birds into intelligent familiars.

• Azer photographed Akatsuki Nagisa and Yaze Natsune playing with the kittens, and Nagisa scolded him before laughing at his apology.
• Yaze Natsune envied the closeness between Azer and Nagisa, though playing with the kittens helped her feel at ease.
• Azer decided to take life slowly, set aside rooms for a computer space and the cats, and leave his pursuit of strength to fate.
• Yaze Natsune left, and Nagisa told Azer that Natsune had survived an accident at her orphanage before being adopted.
• Azer activated the Demon King's Authority, making the kittens and birds nearby intelligent familiars under his command.

A vampire duke known as the Noble Youth sailed toward Itogami Island, eager to awaken Aurora and meet the Fourth Primogenitor and Chaos Dragon. A Lion King Organization shrine maiden monitored him and warned him not to cause trouble, while he promised to behave until he reached the island.

• The Noble Youth recalled witnessing the Alight Night Banquet and vowed to awaken Aurora, now the Fourth Primogenitor.
• A Lion King Organization shrine maiden confronted the Noble Youth and warned that misbehavior on Itogami Island could make him a mage criminal.
• The Noble Youth promised not to act recklessly, then challenged the shrine maiden's ability to subjugate him.
• The Noble Youth grew excited at the prospect of meeting the Fourth Primogenitor and Chaos Dragon, releasing enough magic power to churn the sea before reining it in.
• As the ship approached Itogami Island, the shrine maiden muttered that Chaos Dragon was a detestable, stinking man and wondered how much he had changed since leaving Koukami no Mori.

Azer woke to find that a Western European Church monk had attacked the Keystone Gate, but Nangong Nayue had stopped him before he could damage Itogami Island’s foundation. Uninterested in getting involved, Azer planned to keep taking it easy while the island’s hidden defenders handled any real crisis.

• After staying up all night gaming, Azer answered his door to find Akatsuki Nagisa bringing him breakfast.
• Nagisa watched the news with Azer and learned that an Armed Exorcist had attacked the Keystone Gate and nearly reached its foundation.
• Azer recalled the monk from the original story and doubted that Itogami Island would have been in danger even without the protagonist intervening.
• Nagisa spotted Nangong Nayue in the news report, which revealed that she had stopped the monk at the Keystone Gate’s lowest level.
• Azer dismissed the incident and decided to keep slacking off, trusting that Itogami Island’s defenders could handle future threats.

Azer was ambushed on his way to school by Himesaka Sayaka, whose cursed arrows transformed into steel beasts. He repelled the attack with his magical birds and confronted Sayaka on a rooftop, where their bitter argument left the two facing off as enemies.

• Azer sensed danger while walking with Akatsuki Nagisa, then dodged a cursed arrow and a barrage of follow-up shots near the Middle School Division.
• Azer blocked the arrows with Bakudo No. 39: Circular Gate Fan, and they transformed into steel beasts that attacked him.
• Azer’s magically empowered birds overwhelmed the steel beasts while he used Shunpo to reach the rooftop where the attack began.
• Himesaka Sayaka lunged at Azer with a silver blade, but he blocked her strike and identified her as the attacker.
• Azer and Himesaka Sayaka traded insults over his time at Koukami no Mori, his walks with a middle school girl, and her fixation on Yukina.

Azer recalled how he and Himesaka Sayaka became sworn enemies at Koukami no Mori, then faced her in battle. He defeated and pinned her to the ground, declaring the fight over.

• Azer remembered that Himesaka Sayaka had resented him for growing close to her beloved junior, Himegi, and that their hostility had made them sworn enemies.
• Himesaka Sayaka revealed Radiant Flower Qilin, the sword form of her Six-Type Heavy Armored Demon Subduing Bow, and challenged Azer’s Silver Radiance Qilin.
• Azer dodged Sayaka’s spatial-severing sword strikes while provoking her about sneaking into Himegi’s bed, disrupting her swordsmanship.
• Azer knocked Sayaka’s greatsword away, struck her wrist, and threw her hard onto her back.
• Azer pinned Sayaka’s clothes to the ground with silver short blades and declared the fight over.

Azer effortlessly defeated Himesaka Sayaka after she attacked him, revealing that he could use curse techniques and binding spells. He took the sealed letter she had been carrying and left her tied to a rooftop stairway, where she woke to find rats crawling around her.

• Himesaka Sayaka attacked Azer with talisman beasts and a lethal Shrine Maiden technique, but Azer destroyed the beasts and bound her with Reishi.
• Azer struck Himesaka Sayaka with Binding Lightning, knocked her unconscious, and tied her to the water tower stairs.
• Azer found a sealed letter bearing a snake-and-sword emblem and took it, believing it was intended for Akatsuki Nagisa.
• Azer summoned cats and told them to catch rats before leaving for class.
• Himesaka Sayaka woke up tied to the rooftop, saw rats by her feet, and screamed in terror.

Azer gave Akatsuki Nagisa an invitation from Dimitriye Vatra, a powerful vampire duke visiting Itogami Island, and explained why refusing him might cause a diplomatic incident. Nagisa’s demon phobia left her terrified of attending, and Azer comforted her without insisting she go.

• Azer went home with Akatsuki Nagisa and Yaze Natsune, then showed Nagisa the invitation delivered for her.
• Nagisa opened the invitation and learned that Dimitriye Vatra had invited her and a male companion to a private party at the harbor.
• Azer explained that Vatra ruled the Principality of Ordeal and had gained power by devouring two elders, making him one of the beings closest to a Progenitor.
• Nagisa panicked at the thought of meeting a vampire and refused to attend, while Azer warned that declining could risk a diplomatic incident.
• Azer reassured Nagisa that she did not have to go and that others could deal with any consequences.

After Akatsuki Nagisa refused Dimitriye Vatra’s party invitation, Azer expected trouble and waited for the Serpent Bearer’s response. Vattler sent two vampire nobles to confront Azer, who met them on his apartment rooftop.

• Akatsuki Nagisa declined Vattler’s invitation, and Azer predicted Vattler would not let the rejection go unanswered.
• Vattler hosted a lavish party aboard the Oceanus Grave while waiting for Nagisa and Azer to arrive.
• After learning they had refused his invitation, Vattler sent Jira and Tebias to greet them, instructing the two not to go too far.
• Jira and Tebias appeared on Azer’s rooftop, where Azer identified them as Vattler’s personal guards.
• Jira and Tebias unleashed their magical power against Azer beneath the night sky.

Azer defeated Vattler’s two Old Generation Vampire guards after they attacked him, then confronted Vattler aboard the Tomb of the Deep Sea. Vattler welcomed the chance to fight and challenged Azer to show him the Chaos Dragon’s power.

• Azer sealed the rooftop with a barrier as Vattler’s guards summoned their Familiars and attacked him.
• Azer repelled the Familiars, bound the two guards with Bakudo #63, and cut apart their Familiars with Silver Radiance Qilin.
• Azer stopped one guard’s attempt to control his mind, mocked the pair, and headed to the harbor to confront Vattler.
• Azer appeared aboard the Tomb of the Deep Sea with the bound guards, and Vattler praised him for defeating his assassins.
• Vattler explained that he had come to Itogami Island seeking a battle and challenged Azer to demonstrate the Chaos Dragon’s power.

Vattler attacked Azer with a serpent Familiar, prompting Azer to summon the Nine-Headed Hydra and meet him in battle. Vattler fused two Familiars into a steel dragon, and their clash flooded Itogami Island’s harbor as the fight continued.

• Vattler unleashed a dark-gray serpent Familiar and fired a beam into the sea, throwing the Tomb of the Deep Sea into panic.
• Azer summoned the Nine-Headed Hydra, which charged Vattler’s serpent and destroyed it with its venom.
• Vattler summoned another Familiar and fused it with his serpent to create a flaming, blade-covered steel dragon.
• The Hydra and steel dragon fought to a stalemate, with the Hydra regenerating from the dragon’s attacks and poisoning it.
• The battle’s waves flooded Itogami Island’s harbor, and alarms blared throughout Itogami City.