Recaps

Dark Feather and Miss Witch traveled from the train into R'lyeh, where they crossed the dangerous Black Forest toward a town on the way to the royal capital. As they reached the town, Miss Witch warned Dark Feather that her Black Magical Girl form would get her driven out or arrested.

• Miss Witch told Dark Feather they had arrived in R'lyeh and explained that the Black Forest had once been a stronghold of the fallen Witch King Belial.
• Miss Witch conjured sandals for Dark Feather, and the two set off through the forest toward a distant town to spend the night.
• Dark Feather fought and tore apart several creatures in the forest while Miss Witch, Haihara, warned her not to attract more dangerous monsters.
• Dark Feather and Miss Witch reached the town, where Miss Witch warned that Black Magical Girls were wanted criminals in R'lyeh and Dark Feather would be arrested or driven out if she entered in her current form.

Haihara discovered that Dark Feather’s black Magic Crystal concealed her original rainbow-colored magical girl form, then brought her to Nightingale Town. Their arrival drew attention, and they met a scarred, one-armed magical girl selling Magic Crystals.

• Haihara cleansed Dark Feather and examined her Magic Crystal, finding that its black power had hidden a rainbow-colored crystal beneath it.
• Haihara restored Dark Feather’s original appearance, and Dark Feather wondered how she had turned into a good magical girl.
• Haihara and Dark Feather entered Nightingale Town, where the female townspeople stared and made suggestive remarks about Haihara.
• Haihara approached a one-armed, eyepatched magical girl’s street stall and asked how much her Magic Crystals cost.

Haihara and Dark Feather learned about Nightingale Town from Noah, then found a tavern where they could spend the night. After bathing, Dark Feather playfully asked to share Haihara’s bed, and Haihara agreed, leaving them together in the room.

• Haihara traded a mature-stage Monster Magic Crystal for potent intoxicating crystals and asked Noah about Nightingale Town.
• Noah explained that Magical Girl Nightingale had governed the town for over a century and that travelers needed her visa to use the teleportation array to the capital.
• Haihara and Dark Feather learned that the town had no proper inns, ate dinner at a tavern, and stayed in its only remaining room.
• Dark Feather bathed and returned to her original form, revealing the burn scars on her shoulder and neck.
• Dark Feather teased Haihara and asked to sleep in her bed, and Haihara agreed before noticing Dark Feather was still wearing her Magical Girl outfit.

Dark Feather and Haihara shared a room and talked as they settled into bed, revealing fragments of their pasts. Dark Feather fell asleep and dreamed again of school, where mocking voices and flames haunted her.

• Haihara told Dark Feather to change into pajamas and went to shower, while Dark Feather struggled to remove her magical outfit.
• Dark Feather became distracted by the sounds from the bathroom, then stopped herself and changed before lying anxiously on the bed.
• After the lights went out, Dark Feather and Haihara discussed sleeping beside someone, Dark Feather's childhood, Haihara's daughter, and Dark Feather's leave from school.
• Dark Feather learned that Haihara was a teacher, gradually relaxed beside her, and fell asleep.
• Dark Feather dreamed of her past as Kuroki Yuka, hearing school laughter turn into mocking voices before flames engulfed her.

Dark Feather woke from a nightmare beside the witch as Takanashi investigated Fallen Heaven in R'lyeh’s royal capital. She learned that the wand had once belonged to the missing Color Feather, whose fate remained unclear after a powerful monster appeared on Earth.

• Dark Feather woke from a nightmare and found herself holding the sleeping witch’s hand.
• Takanashi researched Fallen Heaven at Bird Academy’s library and asked Miss Emma about the wand.
• Miss Emma explained that Color Feather had once wielded Fallen Heaven under a different appearance and had been a gifted Bird Academy student.
• Takanashi learned that Color Feather had used the alias Kurosaki Asuka and had disappeared after fighting the Black Death Cult alongside Phantom Wind.
• Miss Emma revealed that a monster stronger than Perfect Form Monsters and Apostles had appeared during those battles, leaving Takanashi stunned.

Miss Emma explained that a snake-type Black Death Cult had caused Phantom Wind and Color Feather to disappear, then identified its host as Haihara... Lily Chou, leaving Takanashi stunned. Meanwhile, Haihara and Dark Feather reached R'lyeh’s royal capital, where Haihara revealed her hatred of its Magical Girls and searched Bird Academy for records before noticing a familiar girl.

• Miss Emma described the Chameleon Black Death Cult as an unusually powerful snake-type Monster that had vanished along with Phantom Wind and Color Feather.
• Takanashi read that the Monster’s host had been an ordinary teacher, and Miss Emma named her as Haihara... Lily Chou.
• Haihara and Dark Feather arrived in R'lyeh’s royal capital without seeking permission from its lord, Nightingale.
• Dark Feather asked why Haihara wanted to defeat Magical Girls, and Haihara said she did not want them to keep being Magical Girls.
• Haihara said she hated R'lyeh’s Magical Girls and took Dark Feather to Bird Academy while she searched its records.
• Haihara walked through Bird Academy’s corridor and noticed a young girl who looked familiar.

Haihara disguised herself as a teacher at Bird Academy, while Nero Abailia discovered a long-dormant course and attended its first lesson in centuries. The chapter ended as the mysterious lecturer prepared to address the class.

• Sakaki Chika ran into Haihara, who hid her identity and claimed to be an academy teacher.
• Bird Academy students discussed Silver Feather and wondered how she compared with Nero Abailia.
• Nero paused before Lilith Abelia's portrait, then found a course called “Alchemy and the Origin of Monsters” that had last been taught over three hundred years earlier.
• Nero chose the course and joined the other students in its reopened classroom.
• Haihara arrived as the lecturer, and the silent class waited as she raised her head to speak.

Haihara, disguised as Teacher Lily, resumed teaching at Bird Academy and teased Nero Abailia by calling herself her grandmother. After class, Kirishima Ai waited in the courtyard for Takanashi Shiori, who returned with news of some gains and asked where Sakaki Chika was.

• Haihara used Lilith’s preserved classroom and magic to secretly begin teaching at Bird Academy as Teacher Lily.
• Teacher Lily lectured about the origins of Magic Crystals and their connection to desire and the four Devil King Crystals.
• Haihara recognized Nero Abailia as a descendant of the Abailia family, played with her hair, and jokingly told her to call her Grandma.
• Kirishima Ai waited in the courtyard while students discussed Teacher Lily flirting with the academy’s top student.
• Takanashi Shiori returned and said she had found some things before asking Kirishima Ai where Sakaki Chika was.

Takanashi Shiori and Kirishima Ai discussed why Magical Girls who went to Earth aged like ordinary people, and Takanashi considered whether she would do the same. Dark Feather wandered the academy, glimpsed a burning face in a mirror, and remembered she had forgotten her medicine, while Haihara stayed behind at the Witch's former residence.

• Kirishima Ai told Takanashi Shiori that Sakaki Chika had gone to seek her grandmother's younger sister at the academy, and Takanashi explained that the relative would still be young by Magical Girl standards.
• Takanashi told Kirishima Ai that Magical Girls who went to Earth often gave up their magic and chose to age naturally, then wondered whether normal aging would be bad for her too.
• Dark Feather wandered through the academy, washed her face, and saw a fleeting image of a girl's face being consumed by flames in the mirror.
• Dark Feather left the washbasin, realized she had forgotten her medicine, and took several pills before deciding to find Miss Witch.
• Haihara stayed in the courtyard at the Witch's former residence after class ended.

Haihara and Dark Feather searched Lilith’s abandoned Abailia residence for the Magic Crystal but found no useful clues. Dark Feather discovered a photograph of a black-haired girl who resembled Silver Feather, then realized the girl’s portrait stood beside a tombstone in the garden.

• Haihara and Dark Feather used a teleportation spell to enter Abailia territory and reached Lilith’s old residence.
• Haihara identified a portrait of Holy Lord Solomon as Lilith’s older sister and the current head of the Abailia family.
• Dark Feather found a photograph of a black-haired girl whose appearance and temperament reminded her of Silver Feather.
• After searching upstairs without finding the Magic Crystal, Dark Feather followed Haihara outside and saw the girl’s portrait beside a tombstone.

Dark Feather and Haihara found a powerful snake-type Magic Crystal growing in a strange tree in Lilith's backyard. As Dark Feather approached it, her wand and magical attire changed under its influence, and she reached into the blood-red fruit to take the crystal.

• Haihara cried at an unknown grave in Lilith's backyard, though she could not explain why or recognize whose grave it was.
• Dark Feather admitted she wanted power to fulfill a wish and began telling Haihara about a past mistake involving her old school and her only true friend.
• Dark Feather noticed a blood-red crystal in a fruit on a strange tree, and Fallen Heaven transformed her magical attire as the crystal's power affected her.
• Haihara identified the crystal as a high-grade snake-type Magic Crystal and told Dark Feather to retrieve it without installing it on her wand.
• Despite growing nausea and an eerie craving, Dark Feather flew to the tree's top and gripped the crystal inside the fruit.

Dark Feather touched the blood-red Magic Crystal and, urged on by the Chameleon Monster, relived the failures and guilt that had shaped Kuroki Yuka. As she transformed into a monstrous, fire-scarred creature, she reached into the darkness with a desire for more power.

• Dark Feather touched the Magic Crystal and entered a dark vision, where the Chameleon Monster urged her to take it and become stronger.
• The Magic Crystal knocked Shadow Feather from Fallen Heaven’s transformation slot and embedded itself there, transforming Dark Feather with the words “Nightmare Dragon.”
• Kuroki Yuka remembered denying her friendship with a girl who shared her love of Magical Girls after classmates mocked the girl’s artbook.
• Yuka recalled failing to save her friend from a school fire after her transformation collapsed, despite defeating the monster born from the girl’s despair.
• Black mist consumed Dark Feather as a scorched mask, feathers, and huge wings transformed her body, and she reached out, wanting more power.

Haihara watched Dark Feather lose control after failing to advance, becoming a powerful crow-like Monster. Haihara answered by using a black crystal to transform into the Utmost Evil Mourning Bird, while at the Star Observatory Grand Scholar of Star Reading saw signs that the Demon King's calamity was returning.

• Dark Feather failed to control the advanced crystal's power and became a lost crow-shaped Monster that attacked Haihara.
• Haihara struggled to restrain Dark Feather and concluded that she could not rely on her to defeat the Magical Girls.
• Haihara implanted a black crystal into her chest and transformed into the Utmost Evil Mourning Bird, stopping Dark Feather's attack.
• At the Star Observatory, Grand Scholar of Star Reading watched a star grow brighter and recited the prophecy of the Demon King's return.

Grand Scholar of Star Reading realized that the Overlord’s resurrection had begun, while Roland explained her actions on Earth to R’lyeh’s council. The meeting was interrupted by a warning bell announcing that a Devil King had appeared in R’lyeh.

• Grand Scholar of Star Reading recognized that the star in the sky signaled the Overlord’s return and welcomed her creator, Lilith.
• Shafeilin asked Roland to explain her stay on Earth, and Roland recounted how she helped Kirishima Ai’s younger sister defeat a Demon King.
• Roland defended giving the Overlord’s Magic Crystal to the holder of Broken Wing and said she had stayed on Earth because snake-type Monsters suggested her teacher’s power was involved.
• Roland revealed that she had arranged for Takanashi Shiori to search for Lilith’s magical tool because only Shiori could find it.
• A warning bell rang during the council meeting, signaling that a Devil King had appeared in R’lyeh.

Haihara used the Bird-Type Devil King Crystal to defeat the rampaging Dark Feather, who reverted to her neighbor Kuroki Yuka. After escaping House Abailia’s grounds with Yuka’s help, Haihara reached a cottage filled with Lilith and the Queen’s keepsakes and discovered signs that someone had recently used the room.

• Haihara transformed into Utmost Evil Mourning Bird and defeated Dark Feather, restoring the burned backyard with magic.
• Dark Feather reverted to Kuroki Yuka, and Haihara realized the girl was her new neighbor and had a burn scar beneath her neck.
• Haihara ran out of magic and dispelled her transformation, then warned Yuka that their battle would attract attention.
• Haihara injured her ankle while leaving, and Yuka carried her through a teleportation circle to a cottage in the capital.
• Haihara noticed warm bedsheets and a half-full cup in the cottage, suggesting someone had recently used the room.

Haihara and Dark Feather rested in Lilith’s secret meeting place while Dark Feather treated Haihara’s injured foot, and Haihara discovered some of her underwear was missing. Meanwhile, Takanashi Shiori, Kirishima Ai, and Sakaki Chika arrived at the Queen’s private garden to meet her, with Shiori uneasy and Chika subdued about a relative she had not found.

• Dark Feather asked Haihara about the house, and Haihara explained that Lilith had secretly met lovers there.
• Dark Feather treated Haihara’s injured ankle after Haihara said her mana made most magic ineffective.
• Haihara grew drowsy and leaned on Dark Feather, then woke and realized her changed underwear was missing.
• Dark Feather denied having designs on Haihara’s underwear, and Haihara reassured her that she was not suspected.
• Takanashi Shiori led Kirishima Ai and Sakaki Chika through the garden to the Queen’s private residence for a meeting.
• Takanashi asked whether Sakaki Chika was sad about not finding her unknown relative, and Chika said she was not really sad.

Takanashi found a room in the Queen’s house filled with photographs and belongings of a woman she recognized, leaving her stunned and unsure what to do. Meanwhile, Shafeilin went to notify the Queen about the Demon King’s appearance in R'lyeh.

• Takanashi brought Kirishima Ai and Sakaki Chika to the Queen’s garden house, where they noticed portraits resembling Miss Lily and belongings that reminded Chika of Teacher Haihara.
• Takanashi went upstairs to look for the sleeping Queen and discovered a room packed with photographs and clothes belonging to the same black-haired woman at every age.
• Takanashi recognized the woman in the photographs, realized the belongings were connected to her, and stood holding one of the woman’s shirts as she considered what to do.
• Shafeilin went to the Hall of Pilgrimage to notify the Queen about the Demon King’s appearance in R'lyeh.
• The narration described the Queen’s long absence from public life and her habit of finding comfort in the garden tied to memories of her childhood sweetheart.

Shafeilin reported a suspected Demon King’s arrival in R’lyeh to Queen Al White, who claimed she already had the situation under control. After learning Takanashi Shiori had gone to meet the Queen, the chapter revealed Shiori’s distant, uncertain relationship with her royal mother and ended with Shiori reflecting on Magical Girls’ troubled family lives.

• Shafeilin contacted Queen Al White to report that an unidentified Demon King might have descended on R’lyeh, and Al said she already knew how to handle it.
• Shafeilin told Al that Takanashi Shiori and her companions had been sent to meet her, prompting a long silence from the Queen.
• The chapter revealed that Shiori had grown up in the royal palace, where Al visited her but remained emotionally distant, and that Shiori believed Al was her biological mother.
• Kirishima Ai and Sakaki Chika found Shiori silent after her meeting with the Queen, and Chika cautiously asked about Shiori’s family.
• Shiori said she was unsure whether her birth mother had been a Magical Girl and reassured Chika before reflecting that many Magical Girls made poor mothers.

Takanashi reunited with Al White in R'lyeh and asked her to explain a secret she had discovered, then learned that the woman in a portrait in Al White's study was her mother. The chapter left Takanashi wondering why the woman seemed familiar from a vision at Teacher Haihara's house.

• Takanashi reflected on how Magical Girls' long lives and difficult childhoods affected them, while Al White worried that her daughter had discovered her private room and its Lilith-themed body pillow.
• Takanashi told Sakaki Chika that Al White could seem frightening but was gentle in private, then sensed the Queen's arrival.
• Al White appeared as a magical duplicate, greeted Takanashi, Kirishima Ai, and Sakaki Chika, and conjured refreshments for them.
• Takanashi quietly asked Al White to explain what she had discovered, and Al White's hand stiffened in response.
• In the study, Al White showed Takanashi a portrait and revealed that the gray-haired woman pictured was Takanashi's mother.
• Takanashi felt little connection to the woman but thought she had seen her in a vision at Teacher Haihara's house.

Takanashi asked Al White to stop pursuing Haihara, while Al questioned whether Takanashi was strong enough to protect those she cared about. After Haihara and Dark Feather prepared to leave R'lyeh, Haihara revealed that a chameleon Monster had once nearly cost her her job; back in Maple Plain City, a grotesque Monster appeared before a young couple.

• Takanashi asked Al White why she had secretly photographed Haihara and urged her to leave Haihara alone, and Al questioned whether Takanashi had enough strength to protect her.
• Haihara recovered enough to walk and planned to return home with Dark Feather using a teleportation array.
• Haihara took Dark Feather to see the royal capital's nightscape, where Dark Feather asked about a chameleon Monster that had given her magical power.
• Haihara said she knew the chameleon Monster and that it had nearly caused her to lose her job.
• In Maple Plain City's park, a grotesque lizard-like Monster appeared behind a young couple who had been flirting.

The Chameleon Monster attacked a couple in Ring Mountain Park, turned the boy’s desire into a Car Monster, and targeted his girlfriend after learning she attended Teacher Haihara’s class. Sha Qina intervened, but the Chameleon Monster escaped, leaving the boy unconscious and the girl in need of help.

• The Chameleon Monster used a crystal to turn the boy into a host, then forced his desire to create a Car Monster.
• The Chameleon Monster killed and devoured the Car Monster, gaining a glowing turquoise scale before threatening the boy’s girlfriend.
• The Chameleon Monster recognized the girl as a student at Kaedehara High School and mentioned Teacher Haihara before Sha Qina severed its arm.
• Sha Qina questioned the Chameleon Monster about its connection to Teacher Haihara and the Black Death Cult, but the monster reattached its arm and escaped in a flash of light.
• Sha Qina covered the girl’s eyes during the flash and told her to call an ambulance after the Chameleon Monster vanished.

During summer vacation, Takanashi Shiori and Sakaki Chika returned to school to take makeup exams supervised by Teacher Haihara, who turned down Chika’s invitation for the following week but offered to meet sooner. Meanwhile, Kougami Kage analyzed the mysterious Ouroboros crystal and happily called Haihara after learning she wanted to talk, leaving the two chatting late at night.

• Takanashi Shiori and Sakaki Chika took makeup exams at Kaedehara High School under Teacher Haihara in the summer heat.
• Teacher Haihara told Sakaki Chika she would be visiting her hometown the following week but was free during the next few days.
• Kougami Kage learned that Ouroboros was an undocumented Devil King Crystal and planned to use it to complete her work.
• Kougami Kage found Haihara’s message asking for a call and promptly phoned her.
• Haihara asked Kougami Kage to keep her company, and Kougami brewed coffee as they talked.

Haihara, feeling lonely, messaged several girls before inviting Kougami Kage to accompany her to their hometown the following week. Sakaki Chika and Kazama Kiriori both missed Haihara’s messages, while Takanashi Shiori received one as well.

• Haihara called Kougami Kage and asked her to accompany her back to their hometown, and Kougami happily agreed to drive her.
• Sakaki Chika slept through Haihara’s messages, then woke and anxiously apologized and offered to keep her company.
• Kazama Kiriori discovered Haihara’s unread messages after forgetting to turn off silent mode and was shaken by her mother’s last message saying she was angry.
• Takanashi Shiori received a text message from Haihara after finishing her shower.

Sakaki Chika and Kazama Kiriori exchanged old photographs of Haihara and discussed past and recent Monster incidents before an explosion announced another attack nearby. Haihara prepared to return to her hometown with Kougami Kage, but Kougami arrived while Haihara was only partly dressed.

• Sakaki Chika met Kazama Kiriori in the park and traded her photographs of Haihara for photos of Haihara from years earlier.
• Kazama Kiriori recalled a serious series of Monster incidents at Kaedehara High School from when she was a first-year student.
• An explosion and Monster alarm sounded nearby, so Sakaki Chika took out her transformation device and Pendulum after Kazama Kiriori left.
• Haihara learned that Kougami Kage had arrived early and invited her upstairs for breakfast before their trip to Haihara's hometown.
• Haihara opened the door in her underwear and jeans, and Kougami Kage froze when she saw her.

Haihara and Kougami Kage shared breakfast before Haihara took her childhood friend to her old family home. After cleaning the house, Haihara reflected on the memories she and Kougami had made there when they were children.

• Haihara welcomed Kougami Kage into her apartment, changed, and made her a hearty breakfast based on her childhood friend's tastes.
• Haihara complimented Kougami Kage's appearance, and they exchanged kisses before Haihara called her darling.
• Haihara and Kougami Kage drove to Haihara's old neighborhood, where Haihara recognized the Haro toy on the dashboard and recalled Kougami's childhood interest in Gunpla.
• Haihara opened her dusty family home and insisted on cleaning it herself while Kougami Kage watched.
• After cleaning, Haihara remembered Kougami's childhood visit and the many memories they had shared in the house while Haihara's parents were still alive.