Chapter Summaries

Michael woke after a centuries-long sleep as Merlin Solomon and the Burial Agency attacked his hidden castle. Michael escaped through spatial magecraft, leaving Merlin with a book on astrology whose contents intrigued him.

• Michael woke when his Star Orbit Circuit stopped and sensed danger approaching his castle.
• Merlin Solomon attacked the castle with a massive magical beast, breaking through its barriers and sealing off the Ley Line.
• Michael used the Tear of the Goddess and spatial magecraft to escape before Merlin could capture him.
• Merlin and Mr. Dawn inspected Michael's ruined Magic Circle, and Mr. Dawn handed Merlin a book he had found upstairs.
• Merlin read the book, New Principles of Astrology, and found it interesting.

Michael Stefan Animusphere escaped the Burial Agency through the Sea of Imaginary Numbers and returned to the place where he had first awakened. He recalled his transmigration and early survival, then reflected on two centuries of hiding and pursuing a safer path to power.

• Michael Stefan Animusphere emerged from the Sea of Imaginary Numbers, dodged a sedan, and erased the driver's memory with Suggestion Magecraft.
• Michael remembered arriving in the body of Lu Jinyan, being killed by Executors, and awakening as a Dead Apostle with his head severed and body charred.
• Michael learned that his body was Michael Stefan Animusphere, the illegitimate son of Franz I and a woman from the Animusphere family, and that the original owner had fled the Holy Church across the world.
• Michael planned to lie low for centuries and master magecraft before confronting the dangers of the Nasuverse.
• Two hundred years later, Michael stood on a utility pole overlooking an unfamiliar town and decided that finding a Ley Line and quietly advancing his progress mattered more than grand ambitions.

Michael entered Misaki City and discovered a trained young man, then headed into a forest protected by a barrier. Aozaki Aoko and Alice Kuonji discussed the growing number of intruders, and Alice set out to confront the three in the forest.

• Michael arrived in Misaki City and sensed the magical defenses surrounding its Ley Line.
• A young man bumped into Michael, who secretly placed a Monitoring Mark on him and recognized his combat training.
• Michael entered the forest at the edge of Misaki City through its barrier after night fell.
• Aozaki Aoko asked Alice Kuonji about someone entering the forest, and Alice changed the Surveillance Barrier to Misaki Mode.
• Alice told Aozaki Aoko that four intruders had surrounded them, with three in the forest, and went out to capture them.

Michael defeated two Slit-Mouthed Mannequins in the forest and confronted Alice Kuonji, demanding control of Misaki City's Ley Line. Alice refused and began attacking him with her familiars and a spell that placed the forest under her control.

• Michael spotted two Slit-Mouthed Mannequins and pursued them through the forest.
• Michael killed the fleeing mannequin with his Cross Longsword, then cut apart and burned the mannequin that attacked him.
• Michael revealed himself to Alice Kuonji, who had been watching from the shadows, and demanded that she transfer control of the Ley Line to him.
• Alice Kuonji summoned Half a Pound and Eight Ounces, then activated her Glass Cat Pendant to bring the forest under her control.

Michael defeated Alice Kuonji and her pig Familiars, then prepared to examine her memories. A hidden attacker used Smoke Trick to rescue Alice and disappear into the forest.

• Michael used Displacement Magic and his Cross Longsword to break through Alice Kuonji’s defenses and disrupt her Mage Circuits.
• Michael subdued Alice Kuonji with a rune spell that put her to sleep.
• Michael trapped the pig Familiars with Rune Script and prepared to examine Alice’s memories.
• An unseen attacker struck Michael with Magic Bullets and concealed the forest in thick fog.
• Michael dispersed the fog with a gale and discovered that Alice Kuonji had vanished.

Aozaki Aoko shattered the Rune Script draining Alice Kuonji, prompting Michael to suspect she wielded one of the Five Magics. After Alice and Aoko escaped his attack, Michael identified Aoko as a student at Misaki High School and found her school records.

• Aozaki Aoko used a mysterious power to break the Rune Script collar and restore Alice Kuonji's life force and magical energy.
• Alice Kuonji summoned the Bridge Giant to attack Michael, then took Aoko and fled toward the manor.
• Michael vanished before the Bridge Giant struck, then concluded that Aoko might possess one of the Five Magics.
• Michael used Astrology to identify Misaki High School and searched its archives for the girl he had seen.
• Michael found Aozaki Aoko's student file and studied her photograph.

Aozaki Aoko arrived late to school after a sleepless night and discovered that Michael, the mage she had encountered in the woods, had transferred into her class. Michael told her he wanted the Magic within her, leaving Aoko wary of what he planned to do next.

• Aoko overslept after staying awake with Alice and arrived late to school.
• Teacher Yamashiro introduced Michael Stefan Animusphere as the class's new transfer student.
• Aoko recognized Michael as the mage she had seen in the woods the previous night.
• Michael used Suggestion Magecraft to take the seat beside Aoko and spoke to her through a spell.
• Michael said he wanted the Magic within Aoko, after first claiming he wanted her too.

Michael Stefan Animusphere confronted Aozaki Aoko and coerced her into agreeing to hand over the Ley Line and prepare the Magic by threatening the academy’s students and staff. Aoko planned to use the five days he gave her to find a way to stop him, and she refused to seal the agreement with a handshake.

• Aozaki Aoko grew furious when Michael attracted the attention of her classmates and ordered him to follow her to the student council room.
• Michael threatened to kill everyone at the academy by showing Aozaki Aoko magical threads connected to their hearts.
• Aozaki Aoko warned that the Mage's Association would punish Michael, but he challenged her to gamble on whether he would carry out his threat.
• Aozaki Aoko agreed to prepare the Magic and transfer control of the Ley Line, intending to stall and consult Alice for a countermeasure.
• Michael gave Aozaki Aoko five days to meet him on the rooftop at midnight, and she refused to shake his hand.

Michael met Tsukiji Tōmaru, learned about Aozaki Aoko’s violent past, and secretly placed magical runes around the campus. Tsukiji agreed to help Michael take the afternoon off, while Michael remained confident about his upcoming exams.

• Michael introduced himself to Tsukiji Tōmaru, who explained that he was Aozaki Aoko’s vice president and shared what he knew about her.
• As Michael and Tsukiji wandered around campus and talked, Michael secretly set magical runes that formed a circle covering the school.
• While they ate lunch, Tsukiji told Michael about the Blood Public Trial Incident, when Aoko kicked a persistent third-year student and received a month-long punishment.
• Michael asked Tsukiji to help him skip the afternoon classes, and Tsukiji agreed while warning him that he still needed to do well on his exams.

Michael followed a Crow Familiar to a pachinko parlor, where he met the magus Tōko Aozaki and showed off his supernatural luck at the machines. They moved to a café and exchanged wary greetings, recognizing each other as experienced magi with a history of dealings.

• Michael followed the Crow Familiar through a shopping district to a pachinko parlor, where Shōtarō tried to provoke him.
• Michael found Tōko Aozaki winning jackpots beside four boxes infused with magical energy.
• Michael won two 777 jackpots through a bizarre change in the steel ball’s trajectory and gave some of his winnings to the onlookers.
• Michael and Tōko Aozaki met at a café, identified one another by their reputations, and discussed the city while remaining suspicious of each other.

Michael met Tōko Aozaki to discuss her sister Aoko and offered to help with her troubles. Tōko instead took five hundred million pounds from Michael, while both considered how to use the other to gain access to the Fifth Magic.

• Michael suspected Aoko had called Tōko to help her, but Tōko said she had come to visit her sister and offer advice.
• Tōko refused Michael’s offer to help with the friction between her and Aoko, then asked him to handle difficulties of her own.
• Tōko asked Michael for funding and offered him a permanent half-price VIP arrangement in return.
• Michael gave Tōko a Swiss Bank gold card containing five hundred million pounds and asked her to call him Michael.
• Tōko accepted the money, grew more wary of Michael, and considered using the Holy Church to eliminate her creditor as they both concealed their motives.

Aozaki Aoko lured Michael to Misaki High School while Tōko Aozaki prepared an ambush at the abandoned school building. Michael’s attack on Tōko was stopped by a Phantasmal Species, leaving him injured and facing a new opponent.

• Aozaki Aoko used a puppet resembling herself to lure Michael onto the school rooftop and fired a Magic Bullet at it.
• Michael found Tōko Aozaki at the abandoned old school building and refused to enter her workshop.
• Aozaki Aoko confronted Michael, and Tōko revealed that their earlier dealings had been bait for an ambush.
• Michael drew a Demon-Slaying Dagger and attacked Tōko, but an unseen assailant knocked the dagger away and struck him in the chest.
• Michael recognized the approaching youth as a Phantasmal Species and realized Tōko had brought it into the fight.

Michael faced Tōko Aozaki and a Phantasmal Species, then used alchemy to blow apart the hillside and escape. Meanwhile, Aozaki Aoko fought a cursed puppet until the explosion sent Michael crashing into her classroom.

• Michael discovered that his Magic Bullet Formula could not affect the Phantasmal Species, while Tōko Aozaki blocked his escape routes.
• Michael transformed the hillside into Octanitrocubane and detonated it, shielding himself with mana from the Tear of the Goddess.
• Aozaki Aoko fled from the puppet as it changed into a faster, six-legged form, then hid inside a classroom to exploit its difficulty turning.
• The explosion shattered the school windows and sent Aozaki Aoko and the puppet flying.
• Michael arrived in Aozaki Aoko's classroom inside an azure mana shield and complained that he nearly died.

Michael survived Tōko Aozaki’s devastating attack and rescued Aozaki Aoko from a malfunctioning puppet, but his injuries and bloodlust forced him to collapse. Tōko conceded defeat and postponed Beo’s hunt while they rebuilt their base.

• Aozaki Aoko prepared to defend herself when Michael appeared, but the puppet attacked her from behind.
• Michael disabled the puppet by piercing its magical core, then told Aozaki Aoko that they were not enemies.
• Michael’s attempt to use Suggestion Magecraft failed against Aozaki Aoko, worsening his injuries and triggering his bloodlust.
• Michael suppressed his bloodlust by isolating his brain with a bounded field, then lost consciousness before Aozaki Aoko could decide whether to attack him.
• Tōko Aozaki acknowledged that Michael had defeated her and healed herself, while Beo asked to hunt him.
• Tōko Aozaki postponed Beo’s hunt and said they needed to rebuild their base.

Michael woke from a dream of Blue Star with a deeper connection to Starlight and a changed soul, then found himself restrained in Aozaki's Magecraft Workshop. He broke free and told Aozaki Aoko and Kuonji that he had been double-crossed and they were now tied to the same fate.

• Michael dreamed of his old life on Blue Star as the sky shattered and two streams of light entered the world beyond it.
• Michael's connection with Starlight deepened, and new information surfaced in his mind before he returned to his body.
• Michael awoke bound in a Mage's Garment, discovered his wounds had healed, and shattered the restraints with his physical strength.
• Michael sensed that he was in Aozaki's large-scale Magecraft Workshop and recognized its witch's protection.
• Aozaki Aoko and Kuonji confronted Michael, and he told them he had been double-crossed and that they were grasshoppers tied to the same rope.

Michael told Aoko and Alice that Tōko Aozaki had attacked him and was preparing to reconnect with her sister, prompting Alice to side with Aoko against Tōko. He sought to see Aoko use Magic, then followed Alice through the mansion and found a lavish breakfast awaiting them.

• Michael claimed Tōko Aozaki had nearly dealt with him and was preparing to reconnect with Aoko.
• Alice Kuonji decided to stand with Aoko, and Aoko resolved to gather information on Tōko and prepare for a possible fight.
• Michael criticized Aoko's magecraft and said only Magic might let her defeat Tōko, revealing that he wanted to witness it.
• Alice left for the living room to discuss matters further, while Michael asked Aoko about the damage to her academy.
• Michael followed Alice through the mansion and entered the dining room, where he admired the lavish breakfast.

Michael went with Aozaki Aoko to Goda Church, claiming he planned to attend a service and confess his sins while seeking out a priest he knew. As they arrived, Michael sensed the Holy Church’s presence and noticed a barrier surrounding the building.

• At breakfast, Michael said he planned to visit a church and revealed he had a connection with its priest.
• Michael and Aozaki Aoko walked through Misaki Town toward Goda Church, and Aoko complained that she was effectively his prisoner.
• Yoshisuke Kinomi mistook Aoko and Michael for a couple on a date and shouted that he would keep it secret, prompting Aoko to consider silencing him.
• Aoko told Michael that her family had ties to Goda Church and that being forced to help there as a child had left her furious.
• Michael sensed the Holy Church’s presence as they reached Goda Church and saw crows forming a barrier around it.

Michael entered the church and killed Fumihito Eiri with a powerful punch and an alchemical virus, then rebuilt his body as a trap for Tōko Aozaki. He left the church with his plan to make her encounter the artificial Fumihito prepared.

• Aozaki Aoko and Michael met a blind nun outside the church, and Michael pushed past them before sealing the building with crows.
• Michael attacked Fumihito Eiri without warning and broke his arms with a single punch.
• Michael's alchemical virus spread through Fumihito Eiri, and Michael burned him to ashes.
• Michael used Fumihito Eiri's cells and other materials to create a new body, then planned to use it to surprise Tōko Aozaki.

Michael and Aozaki Aoko left the church and spent the afternoon shopping, with Michael paying for her purchases. On their walk home, Aoko told him how she had become the Aozaki heir in place of Touko, and Michael began a story about Xiao Yan.

• Michael left the church after resolving the situation, and Aozaki Aoko followed him while the nun went to check on Father Fumihito Eiri.
• Michael suggested that he and Aoko stroll through the shopping district, and they spent the afternoon buying things.
• Michael refused Aoko's offer to repay him, and she accepted his payment for accompanying him.
• Aoko explained that she replaced Touko as the Aozaki Family heir at fifteen, after Touko argued with their grandfather and ran away from home.
• Michael asked whether Aoko wanted to hear a long story, then began recounting the tale of Xiao Yan on the Dou Qi Continent.

After Michael woke Aozaki Aoko with a blast of cold air, he proposed special combat-focused magecraft training to prepare her for Tōko Aozaki. Aoko reluctantly accepted that she had much to learn, and Michael announced that her training would begin.

• Michael threw open Aozaki Aoko’s window, and she attacked him with Magic Bullets in anger.
• At breakfast, Alice Kuonji remained wary of Michael while preparing to face her former friend, Tōko Aozaki.
• Michael offered to train Aozaki Aoko because Tōko posed a threat, and Alice agreed that Aoko was not ready for battle.
• Michael said the training would focus on fighting rather than magecraft theory and argued that Aozaki Aoko’s talent suited her to combat.
• Michael declared that Aozaki Aoko’s special magecraft training would begin.