Chapter Summaries

Yotsuba Mahiro destroyed Blanche’s Japanese branch and accepted sole responsibility, while the Yotsuba family’s influence kept the authorities from pursuing the students involved. The incident brought Mahiro to the attention of the magical world, and Maya Yotsuba ordered a CAD prepared for him and sent through an observer.

• Mahiro used “Nihility” to turn Tsukasa Hajime’s hiding place into a blazing cage, killing the armed personnel inside and destroying Blanche’s Japanese branch.
• Yotsuba Mahiro claimed sole responsibility when the police arrived, and Chiba Toshikazu questioned Erika about her presence at the plant.
• The Saegusa, Jumonji, and Yotsuba families ensured that Tsukasa was imprisoned while Sayaka received only a minor disciplinary action and stayed in the hospital to recover.
• Mahiro visited Sayaka regularly as the school reorganized, and the Blanche incident brought his name to the attention of the Ten Master Clans, Eighteen Assistant Houses, and Hundred Families.
• Maya Yotsuba told Hayama to have Shiba Tatsurou complete Mahiro’s CAD and arrange for their chosen observer to deliver it to him.

Saegusa Koichi urged Mayumi to pursue Yotsuba Mahiro, even proposing that her younger sisters marry him, after learning of Mahiro’s abilities. Later, Mahiro and his friends celebrated Sayaka’s discharge from the hospital, leaving the group reunited around her.

• Maya Yotsuba decided to send Yuuka of the Tsukuba Family to speak with Mahiro because he might reject a direct request from the main house.
• Saegusa Koichi asked Mayumi about Goze Hirofumi, then encouraged her to marry Mahiro after showing her footage of his magic and discussing his abilities.
• Mayumi blushed at her father’s proposal, while Kasumi and Izumi both expressed interest in marrying Mahiro, prompting Mayumi to scold them.
• On May tenth, Mahiro brought carnations to congratulate Sayaka on her discharge from the hospital.
• Erika teased Sayaka about focusing on Mahiro, while Tatsuya, Miyuki, Mizuki, Shizuku, and Honoka also came to celebrate with her.

Mahiro visited Sayaka with their friends after her discharge, and Sayaka’s father thanked him for helping his daughter recover. In a quiet hospital corner, Sayaka kissed Mahiro and confessed that she liked him.

• Mayumi and Watanabe visited Sayaka and congratulated her on behalf of the Student Council and Public Morals Committee.
• Mibu Yuzo thanked Mahiro for supporting Sayaka and asked him to remain a pillar in her life.
• Sayaka pulled Mahiro away from the group and gave him her first kiss in a quiet hospital corner.
• Sayaka asked Mahiro if he thought she was a bad woman, then confessed that she liked him.

Mahiro reassured Sayaka that her swordsmanship made her admirable, and she confessed that she liked him and would keep striving to stand by his side. Later, the students checked their exam rankings, and Mahiro learned about the Nine Schools Competition as Kokonoe Temple introduced the Mirage Bat event.

• Mahiro told Sayaka that her strength as Kendo Komachi mattered more than her magic talent, and she confessed her feelings and promised not to give up on him.
• Sayaka said she could support Mahiro after he joked about being poor, while Erika teased the others about the pair and Miyuki said she was happy as long as Mahiro was living happily.
• In mid-July, Mahiro and his classmates checked their first-term exam rankings; Mahiro and Shiba Tatsuya tied for first in theory, but Mahiro did not appear in the combined rankings.
• Kitayama Shizuku suggested that the Nine Schools Competition would suit Mahiro, and he learned it was a national team competition for magic high schools.
• At Kokonoe Temple, Mahiro recognized the event being introduced as Mirage Bat.

Mahiro received the new Night Demon CADs and learned that Sakurai Minami had been assigned to watch him, while Maya Yotsuba hinted at plans for him to produce a Yotsuba heir. After Miyuki finished practicing Sprite Dance, Yakumo Kokonoe’s leering comments prompted Tatsuya and Mahiro to strike him.

• Tatsuya explained that Miyuki had entered Mirage Bat and Monolith Code, while Mahiro said he had no need to practice for his assigned events.
• Mahiro examined the Night Demon handgun and dagger, then learned that Tsukuba Yuuka had delivered them along with Sakurai Minami as his watcher.
• Mahiro called Maya Yotsuba and heard her suggest that he should father an heir, with Minami described as a suitable genetic match.
• Miyuki returned from practice in her Sprite Dance costume, and Mahiro praised her appearance before she became embarrassed.
• Yakumo Kokonoe made suggestive comments as he approached Miyuki, so Tatsuya blocked his chop and Mahiro punched him into a wall.

Yotsuba Mahiro clashed with Yakumo Kokonoe, then learned that Sakurai Minami would look after his home while he competed in the Nine Schools Competition. At school, Mayumi Saegusa asked him to join the engineering technician team after Shiba Tatsuya recommended him.

• Yotsuba Mahiro threatened to tear down Yakumo Kokonoe's temple, while Miyuki tried to calm them both.
• Sakurai Minami served Mahiro an elaborate breakfast and said she would stay home while he was away at the Nine Schools Competition.
• Mahiro told Minami she could make her own plans and visit the competition venue if she wished.
• Mahiro went to the library to avoid the sun and unexpectedly encountered Mayumi Saegusa, who pulled him into a private reading room.
• Mayumi asked Mahiro to join the engineering technician team, explaining that Shiba Tatsuya had recommended him.

Yotsuba Mahiro joined the Nine Schools Competition’s magic engineering team after Mayumi Saegusa recruited him, and he chose three competitors whose CADs he would tune. On August 1, First High’s group prepared to depart for the competition, waiting for the last arrival.

• Mayumi Saegusa asked Mahiro to help the understaffed technician team, and he agreed to tune three people’s CADs.
• Mayumi teased Mahiro about being unmoved by her, and he kissed her after disabling the reading room’s surveillance camera.
• Mahiro joined the team and selected Mayumi Saegusa, Mari Watanabe, and Kitayama Shizuku for his tuning work.
• On August 1, First High’s buses waited past their departure time for a late arrival, while Shiba Tatsuya checked the roster and prepared to return to the technicians’ bus.

Mayumi told Mahiro that the Goze siblings had pressed her to marry Hirofumi after learning she was close to him, and she asked Mahiro to meet her father after the Nine Schools Competition. As their bus traveled to the competition, an SUV suddenly launched across the highway toward them, leaving the students facing an imminent crash.

• Mayumi explained that Goze Mio and Goze Hirofumi had visited the Saegusa Family to push for her marriage to Hirofumi, but she had firmly refused.
• Mayumi asked Mahiro to visit her home after the Nine Schools Competition, and he agreed to meet her father.
• Mahiro complimented Mayumi’s outfit and gently reassured her, drawing jealous looks from the other students on the bus.
• Chiyoda Kanon warned the passengers as a burning SUV leaped across the highway and rushed toward their bus.
• The driver braked, bringing the bus to a stop as students shouted spells to stop or destroy the incoming vehicle.

Mahiro stopped a burning vehicle from causing a larger accident by disrupting the students’ spells, then joined Tatsuya in suspecting that the crash was a terrorist attack. After First High arrived at the military hotel, Mahiro told Erika what they had discovered, and she joked that First High seemed cursed to attract terrorists.

• When the students’ counter-magic threatened to worsen the vehicle accident, Mahiro used Cast Jamming to erase their spells and dismantled the burning vehicle.
• Mayumi asked whether Mahiro had used Cast Dismantling, and he explained that he had instead used Cast Jamming to read and erase several magic sequences.
• After the police cleared the scene, Mahiro suspected the burned driver’s death was not an accident.
• At the military hotel, Tatsuya told Mahiro and Miyuki that a covert operative had likely used an instant spell to cause the crash, and Mahiro agreed that the attack might involve terrorists more capable than Blanche.
• Mahiro comforted Miyuki and said he and Tatsuya would prepare for another attack, then met Erika and told her what had happened on the road.
• Erika remarked that First High seemed to attract terrorists wherever its students went.

Yotsuba Mahiro reunited with Erika, Sayaka, and Mizuki at the hotel before the Nine Schools dinner, then helped Sayaka sneak into the banquet instead of working as a server. They blended into the crowded hall, where Miyuki approached Sayaka to ask whether her borrowed uniform fit.

• Erika revealed that she, Sayaka, Mizuki, Leo, and Yoshida planned to work as servers at the Nine Schools dinner.
• Mahiro learned of Erika’s plan, borrowed a uniform from Miyuki for Sayaka, and took her to the banquet hall.
• Mahiro and Sayaka slipped into the crowded banquet, where Erika served them before leaving the event.
• Mahiro reassured the nervous Sayaka and held her hand as they mingled at the banquet.
• Miyuki approached Sayaka and asked whether the borrowed uniform fit.

At the Nine Schools Competition opening banquet, Mahiro helped Sayaka conceal that she had sneaked in, then learned about his rival Masaki Ichijo and revealed that he was an adjusted magician from the Fourth Laboratory. The banquet’s speeches began with a strange appearance: the expected Kudo Retsu seemed to have been replaced by a young blonde woman, and Mahiro suspected mind interference magic.

• Shizuku, Honoka, and Miyuki spotted Sayaka beside Mahiro, and Shizuku and Miyuki quietly led Honoka away.
• Mayumi and Mari recognized Sayaka, but Mayumi presented her as a First High competitor and helped keep her presence secret.
• Mahiro and Mayumi persuaded Sayaka not to leave, explaining that her departure could expose her identity.
• Mayumi introduced Masaki Ichijo as Mahiro’s powerful rival in the boys’ Monolith Code event, and Mahiro called him the Bloody Burst Prince who played with blood.
• Mahiro said he was an adjusted-body magician from the Fourth Laboratory, shocking Mayumi before the speeches began.
• A young blonde woman appeared where Kudo Retsu was expected, and Mahiro suspected the old man was using mind interference magic.

After the Nine Schools Competition banquet, Yotsuba Mahiro returned to his luxury suite with Sayaka, and the two grew closer as they spent the evening together. The chapter ended with Mahiro blow-drying Sayaka’s hair, both caught in a delicate, awkwardly intimate moment.

• Yotsuba Mahiro recognized Kudo Retsu hiding onstage behind a woman, and Mayumi and Sayaka saw him after Mahiro pointed him out.
• Kudo Retsu revealed himself and lectured the students about their lack of vigilance before the banquet ended.
• Mahiro returned to his suite with Sayaka, and they talked about the banquet and their happiness at attending together.
• Mahiro bathed first, then Sayaka used the bathroom while he waited in the suite.
• Sayaka came out wearing a yukata with her hair down, and Mahiro praised her appearance.
• Sayaka asked Mahiro to blow-dry her hair, and he did so while admiring her and trying to steady himself.

Yotsuba Mahiro and Sayaka grew closer after she confessed her love and accepted the risks of his adjusted body. The Nine Schools Competition then opened, and Mahiro prepared Mayumi and Watanabe for their overlapping events before Mayumi teased him about being distracted.

• Sayaka leaned into Mahiro, and after he joked about her seducing him, she shyly told him he could bully her.
• After midnight, Sayaka woke beside Mahiro, and he asked whether she regretted loving an adjusted-body magician with a potentially shortened lifespan.
• Sayaka said Mahiro had saved her and confessed that she had fallen deeply in love with him and would stay by his side whenever he needed her.
• The Nine Schools Competition opened the next day, beginning ten days of official and rookie events.
• Mahiro prepared Watanabe's CAD for Mirage Bat and focused on warming up Mayumi for Speed Shooting.
• Mayumi noticed Mahiro's distraction during her stretches and teased him for thinking about something else while with her.

Mahiro improved Mayumi’s Bala activation sequences and gave Mari a CAD with a passive defensive spell before both women won their Speed Shooting and Mirage Bat preliminaries. During the Nine Schools Competition final, Mayumi used an unfamiliar magic that left Mari and the spectators stunned.

• Mahiro gave Mayumi a tuned rifle-type CAD with faster activation sequences for Multiple Observation and Meteor Stream, and promised a separate gift for the finals.
• Mayumi overwhelmed her Speed Shooting preliminary opponent, destroying all one hundred targets before her opponent had hit twenty.
• Mahiro explained that the passive defensive spell he added to Mari’s CAD would not slow her magic, and Mari accepted the precaution.
• Mari dominated the Mirage Bat preliminaries and finished in first place.
• At the Speed Shooting final, Mayumi began the match with a grave expression and activated a magic that shocked Mari.

Mayumi won the Speed Shooting final with Mahiro’s newly created Multiple Shot magic, drawing attention from rival schools to his engineering skill. The next day, Mahiro prepared to support Mayumi before her Monolith Code match, where her outfit prompted her to warn him against lewd behavior.

• Mayumi used Mahiro’s modified Bala to hit every target, break the Speed Shooting record, and win the championship.
• Tatsuya explained that Mahiro had added a new spell sequence, and Mahiro named the resulting original magic Multiple Shot.
• Mayumi hugged Mahiro after the match, then learned how his magic worked and realized its significance to the Saegusa Family.
• At Third High School, Masaki Ichijo and Shinkuro Kichijoji discussed Mahiro’s engineering and warned their team to expect First High School’s magic devices to be far ahead.
• On August 4th, Mahiro arrived at First High School’s tent to support Mayumi before Monolith Code, and she warned him not to make lewd comments about her outfit.

Yotsuba Mahiro watched Mayumi compete, then entered the men’s Monolith Code preliminaries in a technical-team jacket. He used Nihility to destroy every opponent’s ice pillars instantly, leaving the spectators stunned.

• Yotsuba Mahiro joked that he might copy Jumonji’s Phalanx for Mayumi, but Mayumi stopped him from provoking the Ten Master Clans.
• Yotsuba Mahiro left Mayumi’s match and went to the Ice Pillars Break venue, where Erika teased Sayaka about being absent while Miyuki, Kitayama Shizuku, and Honoka helped her avoid answering.
• Yotsuba Mahiro took the Monolith Code stage wearing a technical-team jacket, drawing disbelief from the crowd and serious attention from Masaki Ichijo.
• Yotsuba Mahiro used Night Demon and Nihility to decompose all twelve of his opponent’s ice pillars before the audience could react.
• Yotsuba Mahiro continued winning by instant knockouts, while Miyuki and the other spectators watched in astonishment.

After the committee banned Mahiro’s “Nihility,” he was confronted by Third High School students while a group of bookmakers plotted to force First High School competitors to withdraw. At the CAD inspection station, Mahiro discovered a tampered device and brutally beat the official responsible, demanding an explanation.

• The competition committee banned Mahiro from using “Nihility” after complaints from the other schools, but Mahiro remained confident he could win with other magic.
• Masaki Ichijo and Shinkuro Kichijoji approached Mahiro at his hotel and asked to speak with him.
• Bookmakers in Yokohama blamed Mahiro for threatening their betting profits and decided to make Mari Watanabe withdraw from the Mirage Bat semifinals.
• At the CAD inspection station, Mahiro discovered that someone had tampered with a CAD and seized the official in charge.
• Mahiro incapacitated security committee members with a psion storm and repeatedly beat the official, demanding that he explain what he had done.

Yotsuba Mahiro exposed an operations committee insider who had tampered with Mari Watanabe’s CAD, then kept the culprit’s backers secret until the Nine Schools Competition ended. As the Monolith Code semifinals began, spectators questioned how Mahiro would compete without his banned magic, while Miyuki still believed in him.

• Yotsuba Mahiro used mental magic to read the operations committee member’s memories and discovered links to No Head Dragon and the outside betting pool.
• Kudo Retsu confirmed that an Electronic Cicada spell had been planted in Mari Watanabe’s CAD, and Mahiro revealed he had already turned the culprit into an idiot.
• Mahiro agreed to discuss the people behind the tampering with Kudo Retsu after the tournament, and Kudo pressured the Tournament Committee Chairman to explain the scandal.
• Mahiro returned to First High School’s tent, gave Watanabe her cleaned CAD with a protective formula, and refused to tell Mayumi about the incident because Kudo wanted secrecy.
• At the Monolith Code semifinals, spectators speculated about Mahiro’s banned magic, while Miyuki, Kitayama Shizuku, and Honoka stayed quiet and Miyuki continued to trust him.

Yotsuba Mahiro overcame restrictions on his magic and defeated Masaki Ichijo in the Monolith Code final by using Maya Yotsuba’s signature magic, Meteor Shower. Maya appeared in the stands afterward, startling Miyuki and Tatsuya.

• Erika told Sayaka that the competition officials had classified Mahiro’s magic as tactical-class and banned him from using it.
• Mahiro used Cast Dismantling and Muspelheim to overwhelm his opponent, then won later matches with varied magic until the Operations Committee banned Cast Dismantling.
• Mahiro faced Masaki Ichijo in the final, reinforced his ice pillar against Burst with Information Body Reinforcement, and unleashed Meteor Shower.
• Mahiro defeated Masaki, and Miyuki recognized the spell as her aunt’s magic.
• Maya Yotsuba appeared in the stands and said she had not expected Mahiro to learn that technique.

Yotsuba Mahiro won the Monolith Code championship, then revealed to First High School’s students that Miyuki was his cousin and the Yotsuba Family’s branch relative. Maya Yotsuba summoned Mahiro and Miyuki after meeting Mibu Sayaka, leaving them to visit her and learn what she wanted.

• Maya Yotsuba arrived at the competition with Ayako and Sakurai Minami, found Mibu Sayaka, and introduced herself as Mahiro’s mother.
• Yotsuba Mahiro defeated Masaki Ichijo and won the Monolith Code championship for First High School.
• Erika told Mahiro that Maya had taken Sayaka aside and invited Mahiro and Miyuki to meet her.
• Mizuki questioned Mahiro about his relationship with Miyuki after noticing their similar auras, and Mahiro revealed that Miyuki was his cousin.
• Miyuki worried that Mahiro had disclosed her connection to the Yotsuba Family, but Mahiro assured her it was fine.