Chapter Summaries

William met Sylvia Lyyneheym in disguise, and the two set off together for the busy day she had planned. They left arm in arm, heading to explore Seidoukan’s European-style campus.

• William waited on a bench in disguise while passersby were drawn to him.
• Sylvia greeted William and teased him about attracting attention despite his disguise.
• William warned Sylvia not to reveal his name and joked about dispelling the ability attached to her earpiece.
• Sylvia and William agreed that their relaxed way of getting along suited them and set off for the day’s plans.
• Sylvia slipped her arm through William’s as they walked toward Seidoukan’s European-style buildings.

Silvia took William on a date around the Academy Festival, where they shared food and ice cream. William fed her takoyaki using a skewer she had licked, leaving Silvia flustered at the chapter’s end.

• Silvia led William through the Academy Festival stalls and bought them several bags of food and ice cream.
• Silvia and William sat down to eat, and Silvia asked him to show her what to do on a date.
• William fed Silvia a takoyaki ball, then ate from the same skewer she had used.
• Silvia turned red and protested when she realized William had shared her skewer on purpose.

William and Silvia shared food in a playful, intimate moment before Claudia, the president, approached them. Silvia revealed her identity as the world's number-one Songstress, while Claudia remained focused on the mysterious William.

• William teased Silvia by licking the skewer, then fed her a sauced ball, and Silvia overcame her embarrassment to accept it.
• Silvia began feeding William in return as their meal grew more intimate.
• Claudia approached, and William raised an emerald-green barrier around himself, Silvia, and her.
• Silvia dropped her disguise and revealed herself as the Songstress, but Claudia kept her attention on William.

William revealed his identity as the Lord of Heavenly Motion of All Phenomena, and Claudia introduced herself before showing him and Silvia around Seidoukan Academy. Claudia left after receiving news of an urgent incident, and William and Silvia heard that the Glory Flame Witch had fought someone near the dormitory courtyard as they headed out.

• William removed his disguise and revealed himself to Claudia and Silvia as the Lord of Heavenly Motion of All Phenomena.
• Claudia introduced herself as the student council president of Seidoukan Academy and the Lord of Thousand Eyes, whose Orga Lux Pan-Dora let her predict the future.
• Claudia showed William and Silvia around Seidoukan, and Silvia thanked her for helping fulfill her wish to visit the academy.
• Claudia received an urgent call, apologized, and hurried away to handle the situation.
• William and Silvia heard students discussing a fight involving the Glory Flame Witch near the dormitory courtyard and decided to leave Seidoukan.

William and Silvia visited Alcant Academy, then explored Jielong Seventh Academy during the Academy Festival. After eating and watching Jielong students train, Silvia asked William about his martial arts school.

• Silvia asked William where he wanted to explore, and he chose Alcant Academy because he was curious about its Meteor Engineering facilities.
• William said he might have chosen Alcant if Xinglu had not brought him to Jielong, and Silvia was impressed that he knew about Meteor Engineering.
• William and Silvia left Alcant and visited Jielong Seventh Academy, where they ate in a private room reserved for Xinglu.
• After their meal, William and Silvia walked past Jielong students training, and William explained that the academy's relaxed attitude toward the Festas helped its competitors perform well.
• William praised Silvia's close-combat skills and asked which martial arts school she practiced.

William and Silvia trained together before Fan Xinglu pulled them into another space to see Silvia and challenge her to a fight. Fan Xinglu sent them to William’s room after misunderstanding their relationship, leaving Silvia embarrassed and frustrated.

• Silvia told William she had developed most of her training technique herself.
• Fan Xinglu transported William and Silvia to a vast room and admitted she wanted to test Silvia in a fight.
• William stopped Fan Xinglu from pressuring Silvia and suggested she challenge Helga instead.
• Fan Xinglu misunderstood William’s comment about having things to do with Silvia and sent them to his room.
• Silvia accused William of causing Fan Xinglu to think they were romantically involved, then blushed when she nearly called them friends.

William and Silvia used a Star Power search technique to locate Silvia's teacher somewhere underground in the Le Wolfe district, but the search area was too large to pinpoint her. Their conversation was interrupted by someone knocking and asking whether William was back.

• William joined Silvia and unleashed Star Power to spread a search field across Asterisk.
• The search revealed a broad area in the Le Wolfe district, and Silvia realized her technique could not pinpoint the location because it tracked breathing.
• William and Silvia concluded that Silvia's teacher was likely in an underground laboratory.
• Silvia worried that her teacher might be held as a test subject, but William had no immediate way to search the large area.
• Someone knocked on William's door and called out to ask if he was back, prompting William and Silvia to pull apart.

William reassured Kirin that he remembered their plan to go out together the next day, while Silvia secretly watched from inside his room. Kirin left happily after they agreed to set out early, and William was left relieved.

• Silvia hid herself with William's Star Power when Kirin knocked on his door.
• Kirin asked William if he had forgotten their plan to go out together the next day.
• William reassured Kirin, gently rubbed her head, and agreed to leave early.
• Kirin said she would make breakfast, then left William's room satisfied.
• William let out a breath of relief after Kirin had gone.

William and Silvia discussed Kirin after William found her visiting the living room, and Silvia realized Kirin was in love with him. The chapter left William unaware of Kirin’s feelings while Silvia chose not to tell him.

• William dispelled the disguise concealing Silvia, who had been watching Kirin from the living room sofa.
• Silvia praised Kirin’s achievements and asked William why he had changed his plans to keep her company.
• William explained that he had agreed to help Kirin and insisted she only admired him.
• Silvia laughed at William’s obliviousness and decided not to reveal Kirin’s true feelings.

William and Silvia made plans to search Le Wolfe Black Academy for Silvia’s teacher and to meet again at Queenvale. After Silvia disguised her appearance and left Jielong, she kissed William on the cheek before disappearing.

• William told Silvia he would take Kirin around Le Wolfe Black Academy the next day and try to pinpoint her teacher’s location.
• Silvia thanked William, then changed her wisteria-colored hair to chestnut with her earphone before leaving Jielong with him.
• Silvia told William she could make it home safely on her own because of her strength, and they agreed to meet at Queenvale the day after tomorrow.
• Silvia kissed William on the cheek and vanished, leaving a pink lipstick mark behind.

William showed Kirin around Wolf during the Academy Festival, but the school’s rough atmosphere and casino made her uncomfortable. When Kirin misunderstood why he was looking toward the casino, William scolded her for letting her imagination run wild.

• William and Kirin revisited Seidoukan before he guided her to Wolf.
• Kirin hid behind William at Wolf, unnerved by its intimidating staff and lewd pictures.
• William explained Wolf’s reputation for violence and its lively casino run by the Pleasure District.
• Kirin asked whether William wanted to enter the casino and warned him against gambling.
• William said he was not interested in gambling, tapped Kirin on the head, and told her that was punishment for her mistaken assumption.

William explained to Kirin that he had no interest in the bunny girls or the casino, then led her into a dark alley to confront the people who had followed him. When the pursuers refused to identify themselves, William asked Kirin to handle them.

• William told Kirin that the bunny girls did not interest him, leaving her puzzled about why he had come to the academy.
• William took Kirin by the hand and hurried into a dark alley as several figures followed them.
• William stopped, revealed the Moon Wheel mark on his forehead, and challenged the hidden pursuers to show themselves.
• William fired White Lightning at a trash can, exposing an assassin with a Star Power-infused dagger.
• More black-clad members of a school's special agency emerged, but they refused to reveal their identities.
• William asked Kirin to deal with the group, and she agreed.

William killed one of the assassins and faced the remaining attackers while Kirin fought another. The cat-masked leader offered to withdraw and sacrifice his companion, but William remained determined to deal with the threat as he considered negotiating with him.

• William warned Kirin that the assassins would fight without restraint as the space around them twisted.
• William killed the assassin who attacked him, while Kirin exchanged sword strikes with another black-clad man.
• The surviving assassins stopped fighting, and the cat-masked leader said they would leave if William let them go.
• The leader offered the man fighting Kirin as compensation, and William said that opponent was a whetstone he had chosen for Kirin.
• William recalled that anyone who threatened his life would receive no leniency, but he prepared to speak with the leader.

William confronted the Black Cat Agency assassins and spoke by video call with Dirk Eberwein, the student council president he suspected of targeting him. Dirk ended the call annoyed, while Kirin continued fighting the remaining assassin.

• William deduced that the attackers belonged to the Black Cat Agency and demanded to speak with whoever was controlling them.
• Dirk Eberwein called Cat-Faced Boss, ordered him to accept punishment when he returned, and had him withdraw with two underlings.
• Kirin kept fighting the remaining black-clad man, and William saw that she was gaining the upper hand.
• William switched his call with Dirk to video and joked that Dirk might die early from a blood clot in his brain.
• Dirk threatened to hang up, while a woman on his end stifled a laugh.

William asked Dirk to help find a woman active in his territory, and Dirk reacted coldly after seeing her photos. As Kirin fought the black-clad man, he tried a hidden attack, but she evaded it and appeared behind him.

• William showed Dirk photos of a woman and asked him to find her.
• Dirk closed the spatial window with a cold snort, abandoning his subordinate as he fought Kirin.
• The black-clad man launched a concealed projectile at Kirin while she pressed him with her swordplay.
• The black-clad man became distracted by William’s calm expression and failed to notice Kirin beneath him.
• Kirin used Phantom Step Kill: Phantom to evade his downward dagger strike and reappear behind him.

After Kirin killed a masked attacker, William comforted her and hurried back to discuss the incident with Silvia. At the Festa Operation Committee headquarters, Dirk questioned Valda about William, who had apparently been looking for her.

• Kirin ran her sword through the black-clad man, and a laser shot killed him before he could speak.
• William reassured Kirin that she had done nothing wrong and advised her to end an enemy’s suffering with one blow next time.
• William returned to Jielong with Kirin, settled her in her room, and hurried back to speak with Silvia.
• Dirk, Ophelia, Mesa, and Valda met at the Festa Operation Committee headquarters.
• Valda said she did not know why William was looking for her, though he might have known someone connected to her body.

Dirk, Mesa, and Valda discussed how William had become involved in the search for Valda and the danger his strength posed to their plans. They considered hiding Valda, but Mesa warned that William could locate her through her Star Power, and Dirk proposed surrounding and killing him.

• Valda said she had investigated carefully before choosing her current body, but Dirk focused on finding out how the information had leaked.
• Dirk shared a file suggesting that William was investigating Valda to help Silvia, and Mesa realized William’s involvement made the situation dangerous.
• Dirk explained that William’s strength might exceed Ophelia’s and warned the Black Cats against fighting him directly.
• Valda offered to change laboratories or abandon her current body, but Mesa said hiding would disrupt their plan and Fan Xinglu could help William track her Star Power.
• Dirk asked whether they should surround William and kill him, and Mesa and Valda turned toward the silent Ophelia.

Mesa, Valda, and Dirk agreed to meet with Heavenly Motion of All Phenomena after determining they could defeat but not kill him, then turned to their real plan. Silvia reflected on her growing feelings for William and her wish to repay him separately from her gratitude as he arrived at Queenvale Girls' Academy for the final day of the festival.

• Ophelia said she, Valda, and Dirk could defeat William but could not kill him.
• Mesa asked Dirk to locate Heavenly Motion of All Phenomena, while Valda and Mesa planned to meet with him and negotiate.
• Mesa moved the discussion on to the Golden Bough Alliance's real plan.
• Silvia considered how to repay William and admitted to herself that she had fallen for him, while wanting to keep her feelings separate from her gratitude.
• William arrived at Queenvale Girls' Academy on the final day of the Academy Festival and entered the crowded grounds.

At Queenvale Girls' Academy's festival, William watched Sylvia Lyyneheym perform for a huge crowd. After her song, Sylvia approached him and urged him to reveal his real appearance, despite the risks her fans might pose.

• William headed to Sylvia Lyyneheym's performance and watched from a tree because the crowd blocked his way to the stage.
• Sylvia noticed William, exchanged a greeting with him, and sang with renewed enthusiasm.
• After the performance, Sylvia left the stage and walked through the crowd to the tree where William was waiting.
• Sylvia asked William to come down, then told him to show his real appearance as she had shown hers.
• William warned Sylvia that revealing himself could provoke extreme reactions from her devoted fans.
• Sylvia blinked and patted William's chest.

Silvia declared that she would not regret choosing to be with William, and the two escaped the crowd after revealing William’s identity. They hid in the chairwoman’s office at Queenvale Girls' Academy, where Silvia happily leaned on William and asked him to help deal with her manager.

• Silvia told William that she had made her choice after careful consideration and would not regret it.
• William revealed his true appearance, took Silvia’s wrist, and used Star Power to whisk them away as onlookers reacted to their apparent relationship.
• Students and reporters at Queenvale Girls' Academy caused a commotion and searched for Silvia and William to get an interview.
• Silvia and William hid together in the chairwoman’s office, where Silvia teased him about the trouble she had caused.
• Silvia explained that Petra had not been consulted and was likely rushing to handle the fallout, then asked William to support her when Petra returned.