Chapter Summaries

Adam, Toya, and Yukito watched Sakura perform with the cheerleading squad and compete in an obstacle race, while Adam used his unusual storage trick to provide snacks and cameras. Sakura won the race after Yukito’s encouragement distracted Li Xiaolang, who fell just before the finish line.

• Sakura asked Adam to take lots of pictures of Yukito, and Adam teased Toya about Yukito’s popularity.
• Adam brought out tables, chairs, and mille-feuille egg tarts from his small food cart, and Yukito eagerly ate them.
• Sakura performed with the cheerleading squad, and Adam filmed both her and Yukito as promised.
• Adam, Toya, and Yukito went to watch Sakura’s mixed-gender obstacle race, where she and Li Xiaolang quickly outpaced the other competitors.
• Yukito cheered for Sakura and Li Xiaolang near the finish, and Li Xiaolang tripped, leaving Sakura to win.

Adam teased Li Xiaolang into questioning his feelings for Yukito, then joined Sakura and the others for lunch at the sports day. The group shared Adam’s snacks and overfilled rice balls, while Li Xiaolang remained frightened by his reaction to Adam’s magic.

• Li Xiaolang tried to flee after Adam embarrassed him, but Adam invited him to lunch and made him wonder whether he liked Adam as well as Yukito.
• Li Xiaolang joined Sakura, Tomoyo, Yukito, Toya, and Adam for lunch, then panicked and hurried away after Adam released a trace of magic power.
• Toya noticed Adam using magic and heard him claim he had helped Li Xiaolang understand his feelings sooner.
• Fujitaka Kinomoto arrived with pudding and thanked Adam for looking after the children.
• Adam shared snacks and generously filled rice balls with the group, and Yukito ate the leftovers.

Adam watched Sonome Amamiya and Fujitaka Kinomoto argue over Nadeshiko while the Flower Card buried the sports festival in petals. Sakura captured the card with Adam’s help, and the chapter ended with Adam reflecting on the anime version of the Black Butler world and hoping to find its Killing Angel.

• Fujitaka Kinomoto, Toya, and Adam went to take out the trash, leaving Adam behind when Toya invited him along.
• Sonome Amamiya arrived at the school, recognized Sakura, and confronted Fujitaka Kinomoto over Nadeshiko.
• Sonome Amamiya and Fujitaka Kinomoto struggled through the parents’ hundred-meter race as petals from the Flower Card overwhelmed the field.
• Sakura and Tomoyo asked Adam for help, and he concealed them while Sakura captured the Flower Card.
• Adam revealed he had recorded Sakura’s dance from three camera angles, then thought about finding the Killing Angel in the Black Butler anime world.

Adam arranged for Duke Joseph to contact Ciel Phantomhive under the pretext of recruiting servants. After Sebastian suggested Joseph might have survived a similar massacre, Ciel wondered what had helped the duke endure it.

• Adam told Hannah to fill the household's remaining maid vacancies, even suggesting suitable male servants in maid outfits.
• Adam read a newspaper reporting Ciel Phantomhive's return with a butler and sent a condolence letter that also asked Ciel to look for servants.
• Ciel questioned whether Duke Joseph was connected to his parents' deaths, and Sebastian explained that Joseph had recently inherited his title and dismissed most of the ducal household's servants.
• Ciel chose to postpone investigating his parents' murder while he recovered, and Sebastian inferred that Joseph wanted help finding reliable servants.
• Sebastian suggested Duke Joseph might have survived an attack like the one on the Phantomhive household, leaving Ciel curious about how the duke had survived.

Adam learned that Claude had clashed with Ash Brown, while Ash was caught by Adam after a failed attempt to ambush him near the Joseph estate. Ash’s power vanished under a golden chain, leaving him bound and facing an opponent whose nature he could not sense.

• Adam received the Phantomhive reply and heard Claude report that Ash Brown had noticed him and fought him to a standstill.
• Ash approached the Joseph estate at night and was trapped by branches that erupted from the surrounding trees.
• Ash broke free with overwhelming force, destroying a wide section of forest and worrying that the disturbance would expose his plans.
• A golden chain slashed Ash and wrapped around him, draining his power and preventing him from healing or resisting.
• Adam approached the bound Ash and asked for his name, and Ash realized Adam held the chain and was impossible for him to sense.

Adam captured the Killing Angel Ash and used the magic circle to begin Luca’s conversion ritual, drawing power from Ash through the Chains of Heaven. As Luca began transforming, Ash realized Adam was using him as the ritual’s power source.

• Adam dragged the chained Ash back to the manor and brought sleepy Luca to his study to begin her conversion ritual.
• Hannah and Claude arrived after tracking the signs of the battle, but Adam dismissed them from the study.
• Adam completed the magic circle and considered how he might keep Ciel’s story on its original course.
• Adam used the Chains of Heaven to drain Ash’s magic and channel it into Luca, whose transformation made Ash understand what was happening.

Adam secured Ash and Luca as an angel and demon for his resources, while Gabriel prepared to leave the Clover Kingdom and pursue a life at sea. On the day of the Grimoire ceremony, Gabriel entered the Grimoire Tower with Adam secretly accompanying him, and Adam judged the Grimoires there to be unfinished products.

• Adam sent the mentally broken Ash to the dungeon and considered experiments he could conduct on his body.
• Gabriel decided to obtain his Grimoire and then sail away, since he saw little chance of advancement in the Clover Kingdom.
• Adam encouraged Gabriel by saying his Grimoire might surprise him and revealed that he had researched Grimoires borrowed from newly chosen children.
• Gabriel went to the Grimoire Tower for the ceremony with Adam concealed alongside him.
• Adam surveyed the Grimoires in the tower through Gabriel’s eyes and found that they were all unfinished products.

At the Grimoire ceremony, Adam manipulated the tower’s detection magic so Gabriel received an unusually large Grimoire while Adam obtained one for himself. On the way back, Adam showed Gabriel his enormous, nearly page-less Grimoire and asked what magic Gabriel’s contained.

• The chapter explained how a mage’s soul shaped a Grimoire and how rare transformations could produce fourth or fifth leaves.
• The Grimoire Tower master welcomed the recipients and activated the ceremony that matched each person with a Grimoire.
• Adam used Gabriel’s Mind Dimension and the Aquarius Celestial Spirit Key to disguise Gabriel’s detected qualities while sneaking himself a Grimoire.
• Gabriel received a thick Three-Leaf Clover Grimoire and was approached by the tower master about becoming his successor, but said he wanted to try his luck in the Royal Capital.
• Adam revealed his huge, extremely thin Three-Leaf Clover Grimoire and called it a One-Page Book before asking Gabriel what magic his Grimoire contained.

Adam learned that Gabriel’s Grimoire held Fairy Tale Magic, including spells inspired by the stories Adam had told him. Gabriel revealed the first two spells’ abilities and limitations, then began introducing the third.

• Gabriel activated Jack's Beanstalk, which transported him and Adam through a spatial passage to their residence in the forest.
• Gabriel explained that he had gained Fairy Tale Magic after thinking of the fairy tales Adam had told him.
• Gabriel described Scheherazade's One Thousand and One Nights, which could put one person to sleep for 1,001 days while suppressing their magic, but required enormous magical power.
• Gabriel revealed that his Grimoire's final spell was called The Big Bad Wolf's Cloak.

Adam explained how Gabriel could use The Big Bad Wolf's Cloak to create an untraceable false identity, then gave him Eridanus's Celestial Spirit Key to help sustain the magic. The chapter ended with Adam warning Gabriel about the risks of drawing mana from the sea before revealing his next goal.

• Gabriel explained that The Big Bad Wolf's Cloak made others see someone as another person and overlook inconsistencies.
• Adam proposed using the magic continuously to create a false identity that outsiders could not connect to Gabriel's original identity.
• Gabriel considered becoming a pirate under a false identity but said he could not carry out the plan as things stood.
• Adam gave Gabriel Eridanus's Celestial Spirit Key, which strengthened water magic and let its user draw mana from water.
• Adam warned Gabriel to control how much mana he drew from the ocean to avoid a dangerous breach, then began to state his next goal.

Adam explained how Gabriel could develop Fairy Tales to increase his magical power, then began preparing with him for a voyage from the coast. They reached a coastal town, where the cost of a ship forced Gabriel to reconsider their plans, while Adam said he would try to find a way to obtain one.

• Adam suggested Gabriel develop Fairy Tales to increase magical power, and showed him his Recording Magic Grimoire, which recorded Gabriel's spell.
• Adam listed the supplies and equipment needed for a voyage and warned Gabriel that raiding pirates could be dangerous for a novice mage.
• At the coastal town, Gabriel was shocked by ship prices and considered robbing a wealthy person with a ship, but Adam told him to focus on finding a nautical chart while he handled the ship.
• That night, Adam told Gabriel he would try to secure a ship and that they might have to build one themselves if his plan failed.

Adam created a bargain-version of Argo Navis from four separate constellation keys, which Gabriel had to wear despite their steep magic-power demands. Gabriel reported that he had found no sea chart, but learned that merchant ships would soon stop at nearby Droe Town.

• Adam formed linked Celestial Spirit Keys from the Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis constellations because he lacked enough magic power to fuse them into Argo Navis.
• Adam explained that the four keys could summon a ship when pieced together, though it was weaker than a complete Argo Navis.
• Gabriel put on the four keys and felt that activating their abilities consumed more magic power than he could afford.
• Adam proposed adding more navigation-related constellation keys to the ship, and Gabriel worried about how he would power them and where he would wear them.
• Gabriel told Adam that local fishermen knew only nearby waters and that merchant ships would soon make a supply stop at Droe Town.

Gabriel and Adam prepared to intercept a merchant convoy at sea, and Gabriel renamed their ship the Black Pearl. After pursuing the convoy, they were spotted, and three Storm Merchant Guild mages approached them by wind magic.

• Gabriel explained that he planned to intercept the merchant guild's convoy at sea, where he could escape with Jack's Beanstalk if the mages proved too strong.
• Adam praised Gabriel's plan and reassured him that he would not leave yet, though he expected Gabriel to become strong enough to stand on his own someday.
• After the merchant guild's ships put to sea, Adam told Gabriel the ship's old name, Argo, carried an ominous history and invited him to choose a new one.
• Gabriel named the ship the Black Pearl, and Adam accepted the choice before they set out to pursue the convoy.
• The Black Pearl caught up with the merchant convoy sooner than Gabriel expected, and three Storm Merchant Guild mages used wind magic to approach their ship and ask what they were doing.

Adam and Gabriel fought three mages who had approached the Black Pearl, while the enemy struggled to damage the ship or gain an advantage. The battle continued as one mage dove toward Adam and Gabriel took on the wind mage.

• The three mages approached the Black Pearl, and Gabriel attacked them with streams of water.
• The older wind mage slashed at the ship, but his spell barely scratched the deck, while the younger water mage failed to damage the hull.
• Gabriel dragged the fish mage into the depths, where violent currents and pressure fatally injured him.
• Adam disrupted the winds to throw the airborne mages off balance as Gabriel stopped a wind blade with a rising wave.
• The older mage focused on regaining stability while the younger mage dived toward Adam, and Gabriel turned to face the wind mage.

Adam defeated a young mage in close combat and used Recording Magic to absorb part of his mana, confirming that existing magic could be developed further. As the older mage unleashed True Wind Magic, Adam watched the sky darken around him.

• Adam explained Mana Skin and Magic Domain, then used Magic Domain to confront the young mage who had wrapped his limbs in water.
• Adam broke the young mage’s bones with a punch and killed him with an elbow strike to the chest.
• Adam recorded the young mage’s Grimoire, gaining roughly one-third of his mana and confirming that magic could be developed beyond its original form.
• The older mage struggled against Gabriel, who had evaded his attacks despite being wounded by Wind God's Second Movement.
• The older mage invoked True Wind Magic: Wind God's Grand Overture, drawing clouds into a hurricane and darkening the sky.

Adam explained True Wind Magic to Gabriel and disrupted the older magus’s storm spell, saving him before Gabriel dragged him beneath the sea. After Gabriel celebrated his first real battle, Adam recorded the older magus’s mana and unfurled the Black Pearl’s sails while they remained inside the storm.

• Gabriel asked Adam what True Wind Magic was as the older magus prepared Wind God's Grand Overture around the Black Pearl.
• Adam explained how True Wind Magic drew on natural mana and sent a small sphere into the storm to disrupt the older magus’s control.
• The storm spiraled out of control, and Adam pulled the older magus onto the Black Pearl before taking his Grimoire and kicking him into the sea.
• Gabriel used an undercurrent to drag the older magus underwater, then told Adam how the battle had made him want to become a powerful magus.
• Adam recorded the older magus’s mana and unfurled the Black Pearl’s sails while the ship was still inside the storm.

Adam and Gabriel defeated the merchant convoy’s three mages, took the sea chart, and headed for a pirate island to use the pirates’ presence as protection. Gabriel planned to settle near the island without confronting its powerful twin captains, Hank and Hans.

• The Black Pearl broke through the wind barrier, and Adam and Gabriel forced the merchant convoy to hand over its sea chart.
• Adam healed Gabriel with Water Recovery Magic and recorded the magic in the Grimoires of people aboard the ships.
• Adam and Gabriel sailed toward a pirate island surrounded by hidden reefs, home to the powerful captains Hank the Fireman and Hans the Iceman.
• Gabriel decided to anchor near the island and rely on its pirates for protection, retreating if Hank or Hans confronted them.

Adam agreed to help Tomoyo investigate why a box in her home repelled its key, suspecting a Clow Card might be responsible. He, Sakura, and Kero arrived at the Daidoji Estate, where Tomoyo had invited them.

• Gabriel explained that Jack's Beanstalk could lift the Black Pearl clear of Hans's freezing, and Adam approved the plan.
• Tomoyo told Adam that a mysterious force repelled the key from a box she and her mother could not open, and invited him to investigate with Sakura.
• Tomoyo offered Adam old photographs of Sakura, and he agreed to visit her home the next day.
• Adam, Sakura, and Kero arrived at the sprawling Daidoji Estate and entered after a maid opened the gate.
• Tomoyo called Sakura to catch up and mentioned that she had brought afternoon tea snacks.

At Tomoyo’s home, Sakura visited Tomoyo’s screening room and met Tomoyo’s enthusiastic mother, Sonome Daidouji. Later, Adam tested food as a source of magic power in the Fairy Tail world, then concluded that he needed a better source and considered the hard-to-obtain Fairy Heart.

• Tomoyo showed Sakura and Adam a private screening room where footage of Sakura sealing Clow Cards was projected, then took them to her sewing room.
• Tomoyo was about to explain why she had invited Sakura when Sonome Daidouji arrived and warmly greeted Sakura and Adam.
• Sonome Daidouji invited the group to the garden for pastries, while Kero stayed hidden and missed the refreshments.
• Adam ate ramen for a day to test whether food could replenish magic power, but gained very little.
• Adam considered Fairy Heart, a seemingly endless source of magic power kept beneath the Fairy Tail guild, but recognized that obtaining it would be difficult.

Adam equipped himself with magical gear and prepared more Celestial Spirit Keys for Gabriel, who evaded the Fireman and Iceman while they tried to recruit him. Gabriel planned to make the pirate brothers his sailors once he grew strong enough, and he escaped another pursuit aboard the Black Pearl.

• Adam chose Magic Crystals as a temporary power source and outfitted himself with an array of magical equipment.
• Adam prepared the Sextans, Octans, Crux, and Telescopium keys for Gabriel, giving him more Celestial Spirit Keys than any other contractor.
• Hank the Fireman pursued Gabriel and offered him the pirate crew’s third-in-command position and eventual captaincy, but Gabriel refused to join them yet.
• Gabriel decided he would make the Fireman and Iceman serve as his sailors once he had enough strength.
• Gabriel evaded Hank’s fire spells with a sharp turn in the Black Pearl and escaped into the night.
• Adam came onto the deck and complained that the repeated chases were interrupting his reading.