Chapter Summaries

After Olga Marie used a Magic Potion to save El-Melloi II, Rinnes pledged El-Melloi’s support to Bartholomew and renewed its ties with the Aristocratic Faction. Olga Marie and Baisfia prepared to confront Gai Sui Chengwei’s forces, while El-Melloi’s choice threatened to shift the Clock Tower’s balance.

• Olga Marie healed El-Melloi II’s wounds and determined that he needed rest while his mind recovered.
• Rinnes thanked Olga Marie and offered El-Melloi’s support to Animusphere, then accepted Olga Marie’s offer of friendship.
• Rinnes decided El-Melloi needed a powerful patron and aligned herself with Bartholomew and the Aristocratic Faction.
• Baisfia told Olga Marie that Gai Sui Chengwei had orchestrated the attack and that Izeluma would drive back Lord Gai Long.
• Olga Marie questioned why Lady Inorai had not protected Izeluma, and she and Rinnes resolved to show Gai Sui Chengwei’s forces the strength of the Magecraft Families.

Aoko received Touko’s invitation and decided to leave Olga Marie and Gray to deal with Galiasta while she went to meet her sister. As Gray and Olga Marie parted from her, Gray approached Touko through the mist, determined to confront her despite her complicated feelings.

• Aoko read Touko’s invitation and told Olga Marie she could not help with Galiasta.
• Olga Marie assured Aoko that she and Gray could handle Galiasta, and Gray promised to protect Olga Marie.
• Gray remembered her childhood with Touko and reflected on the love, resentment, and uncertainty she still felt toward her sister.
• Aoko and Olga Marie exchanged a solemn farewell, and Aoko urged Olga Marie to call for her if she faced danger.
• Gray walked through the mist toward Touko, who emerged from it, and Gray greeted her after a long separation.

Aoko confronted her estranged older sister Touko, who had been hired by Atlas's Galli Michael to hold her back. The sisters traded barbs and prepared to fight, while Aoko remained confident that Olga Marie and Gray could handle Galli Michael's attack.

• Touko greeted Aoko after more than ten years apart, and Aoko demanded to know what she wanted.
• Touko said Atlas had paid her to hold back a renowned Magic User, but denied being on Galli Michael's side.
• Aoko and Touko traded insults and recalled their strained past as sisters.
• Touko asked whether Aoko worried about Olga Marie and Gray, but Aoko trusted them to defeat Galli Michael if he underestimated them.
• Touko urged Aoko to begin their fight before it got too late.