Chapter Summaries

Hoshino introduced Lumen to the Rhodes Island crew and brought her to the medical department for a checkup. Warfarin tried to bite Lumen to test her blood, but Lumen’s defensive field blocked her and damaged Warfarin’s teeth.

• Bronya vanished after an intimate encounter with Seele and left without greeting the shrine maiden.
• Hoshino told Kal'tsit and Nian that Seele came from the Deep and introduced Nian to Lumen as a notorious bad-movie director.
• Hoshino showed Lumen the new dormitory, conducted basic examinations, and checked her character unlock progress.
• Warfarin demanded to taste Lumen’s blood, and Hoshino explained that the doctor was a Vampire who analyzed patients’ blood.
• Lumen held out her arm, but her defensive field blocked Warfarin’s bite and nearly shattered two of the doctor’s canine teeth.

Lumen completed her Rhodes Island medical and personnel evaluations, then Hoshino showed her around the ship and brought her to Feater’s film class. The chapter left Hoshino and Lumen’s hair tangled together as they discussed one of Feater’s films.

• Warfarin examined Lumen, found her frail but free of significant Originium contamination, and recommended that she avoid fieldwork unless necessary.
• Lumen completed her Human Resources interview, and Hoshino showed her the cafeteria, reading room, entertainment hall, and dormitory.
• Hoshino touched Lumen’s unusual hair, which curled around her arm, and deliberately tangled their hair together.
• Hoshino brought Lumen to Feater’s film class, where the children were watching the science-fiction film 1984.
• Feater recognized that Hoshino and Lumen were tangled together, and Lumen recalled watching one of Feater’s action movies.

Hoshino helped Lumen break out of her sheltered routine by bringing her to Blaze, who agreed to take her skydiving. After learning that the hidden condition’s reward was the Hyperion, Hoshino struggled to contain her excitement and began considering how to complete the mission.

• Hoshino encouraged Lumen to try new experiences, and Lumen asked to go skydiving.
• Hoshino brought Lumen to Blaze, who eagerly agreed to jump with her after activating a defensive force field.
• Stygian Nymph was unlocked, and Blaze took Lumen toward the helipad to persuade the pilot.
• Hoshino considered the capabilities of the upcoming boss, RPC-6626, and asked the system about the hidden-condition reward.
• The system revealed that avoiding personally killing the target would earn Hoshino the Hyperion, provided no relevant personnel were killed.
• Hoshino returned to her dormitory and tried to plan the mission, but she could not stop thinking about the Hyperion.

Hoshino planned a future attack on an aircraft and summoned Ch'en to Rhodes Island under the pretext of sword practice. Amiya was called into a meeting about the danger of their sparring, while Ch'en arrived and chose Crimson Sakura.

• Hoshino considered using Angelina's Arts for an aircraft attack and realized she needed to stay away while someone else carried it out.
• Hoshino called Ch'en and invited her to Rhodes Island to practice swordsmanship, then sent Amiya away to prepare for their meeting.
• Kal'tsit and the Doctor showed Amiya the damage caused by Ch'en and Yae Sakura and proposed assigning someone to monitor their sparring or launching the training room away.
• Ch'en arrived at Rhodes Island, let Hiyumaru go play, and kept her hand on Crimson Sakura's hilt as she headed to practice.

Ch'en and Hoshino prepared to test how the Crimson Sakura affected Hoshino, while Kal'tsit, Amiya, and the Doctor tried to decide whether to eject the training room. After Hiyumaru caused a fire and Ceobe took her captive, Rhodes Island's leaders faced another emergency.

• Ch'en agreed to use the Crimson Sakura against Hoshino, who warned that the blade might weaken her swordsmanship.
• Kal'tsit, Amiya, and the Doctor voted to eject the training room, then pressed their randomly assigned buttons together.
• Hiyumaru wandered Rhodes Island until Ceobe grabbed her and tried to eat her.
• Hiyumaru's flames melted a hole in the corridor ceiling, triggering a fire alarm and disrupting the ship's water supply.
• Ceobe carried the unconscious Hiyumaru toward the cafeteria, and an alarm reported that Operator Saria was needed to subdue her.

Saria ended Ceobe’s cafeteria brawl and arranged for Ceobe and Hiyumaru to be taken for rehabilitation and treatment, while Hoshino trained Ch’en with both swords until their clash destroyed several training rooms. In Chernobog, Talulah returned from giving a speech and found Rozaliya busy behind a closed door, but took comfort in hearing her sing.

• Saria suppressed the cafeteria disturbance, learned Ceobe had melted the kitchen door, and sent Ceobe to Bagpipe’s reform farm while taking Hiyumaru to the medical department.
• Nian took an interest in Hiyumaru’s unusually weak godly power and offered to give her psychological counseling.
• Hoshino told Ch’en to use both Chi Xiao and Crimson Sakura, then began a serious two-sword training match with her.
• Ch’en and Hoshino’s clash caused an explosion that destroyed their training room and three neighboring rooms, prompting Kal’tsit to crush her teacup.
• Talulah returned to the tower after her speech and found Rozaliya’s door closed with a note saying she was designing a new sawbook.
• Talulah listened to Rozaliya singing through the door and felt reassured.

Emperor Nikolai II saw the Great Wall of fire and ordered a special affairs committee to search for Durandal. At Rhodes Island, Kal'tsit investigated an approaching unknown signal, while Theresa arrived with Angelina and demanded to meet Yae Sakura.

• Nikolai II traveled to the Great Wall of fire, admired it, and ordered a special affairs committee to find Durandal.
• Kal'tsit received a report of an approaching signal that absorbed energy and ordered a drone to investigate.
• Theresa traveled toward Rhodes Island with Angelina, refusing to let Angelina lighten the cross she carried.
• A Rhodes Island drone confronted Angelina and asked for their purpose.
• Theresa summoned thirteen dark-gold spears and demanded that Yae Sakura come out to meet her.

Theresa arrived at Rhodes Island after settling the shrine’s troubled girls, and Hoshino arranged for her to be processed as a visitor. A recorded conversation revealed that Theresa had come to Rhodes Island for a break, while Angelina described how she had first met her.

• Theresa waited outside Rhodes Island until Hoshino recognized her and allowed her to enter.
• He Chou registered Theresa, confirming her obscured age and recording her occupation as bishop and family head.
• Theresa met with Hoshino, who had transformed into Yae Sakura, and explained that she had settled the girls and wanted a few days off.
• Kal'tsit realized Theresa intended to stay at Rhodes Island after hearing the recorded conversation.
• Angelina told the conference room that she had met Theresa while offering to help with the heavy cross she was carrying.

Kal'tsit and the others struggled with the consequences of Theresa's visit, while Angelina accidentally sent Judas onto the ceiling and Warfarin drank Theresa's unusual blood. That night, Luna Kindred lured Myrtle into accepting a dangerous offer.

• Kal'tsit planned to launch her room into space if anything went wrong, but Hoshino advised getting a checkup, and Angelina brought Theresa to Dr. Warfarin.
• Angelina tried to lift Judas with her Arts and sent it onto the ceiling, where it would take a week to fall back down.
• Kal'tsit panicked over Theresa's extended stay, while Warfarin drank Theresa's blood and suffered strange effects.
• After Nian's film class, Myrtle walked alone through a dark hallway and encountered Luna Kindred.
• Luna Kindred offered Myrtle a red rose in exchange for singing beneath the moon and giving her blood, and Myrtle agreed under her influence.

Myrtle woke after Luna Kindred secretly drew her blood and became infatuated with the elegant vampire, then tried to identify her with Amiya. Warfarin concluded that her own drunken blackout self had visited Myrtle, leaving the real identity of the mysterious vampire unresolved.

• Luna Kindred caught Myrtle as she fainted and drew blood from her with a syringe and straw.
• Myrtle woke feeling weak, noticed a puncture wound on her arm, and decided to report the strange encounter.
• Myrtle passed Warfarin amid the wreckage of the Hematology Department and left after comparing her unfavorably with the mysterious vampire.
• Amiya helped Myrtle search operator files for the white-haired vampire, but they found no match and Myrtle insisted it was not Warfarin.
• Warfarin heard rumors about the elegant vampire and deduced that her drunken, blackout self must have visited Myrtle.
• Warfarin delighted in imagining herself as elegant and repeated, "Would you like a red rose?"

Warfarin dressed as a vampire for Halloween and tried to charm people into giving her blood, but her attempt to hunt Ceobe ended with her embedded in a wall. After recovering, she approached Hoshino, who rejected her and continued preparing to begin her own performance.

• Warfarin chose Ceobe as a target because her blood had not been sampled, but Ceobe mistook Warfarin's approach for an enemy attack and smashed her into a corridor wall.
• The engineering crew spent three hours rescuing Warfarin, whose ribs healed before they freed her.
• Warfarin decided her charm was not the problem and set off again in a damaged costume, wrapped in bandages.
• Hoshino welcomed Warfarin, who recited romantic words and asked for one of Hoshino's arms to drink from.
• Hoshino rejected Warfarin with a quotation from The Nightingale and the Rose, and Warfarin left as Luna Kindred bared her fangs.
• Hoshino declared that every saint had a past and every sinner had a future, beginning her performance.

Warfarin was charmed and attacked by Luna Kindred aboard Rhodes Island, then helped Amiya investigate the vampire’s other attacks. The search continued under the cover of a major cleanup and reached Hoshino.

• Warfarin encountered Luna Kindred, who pinned her down and took blood from her lips before leaving her unconscious in the hallway.
• Amiya questioned Warfarin about reports that Luna Kindred had attacked Myrtle and Meteor and that Warfarin had harassed Yae Sakura.
• Warfarin told Amiya that Luna Kindred was a powerful vampire whose charm could affect people’s memories.
• Rhodes Island began searching for Luna Kindred under the guise of a major cleanup, while Closure commented on the ship’s growing number of vampires.
• Investigators found that operators attacked by Luna Kindred felt unusually fond of her, and the questioning eventually reached Hoshino.

Amiya confronted Theresa about Luna Kindred and learned that Theresa’s hidden Vampire identity surfaced after she fled into her room. The encounter ended with Luna Kindred rejecting Amiya’s blood, leaving the mystery of Theresa’s divided selves unresolved.

• Amiya questioned Theresa about Luna Kindred, but Theresa denied knowing her.
• Yae Sakura interrupted Theresa’s diplomatic explanation, and Theresa ran away.
• Yae Sakura told Amiya to wait outside Theresa’s room, explaining that Theresa might be regressing under stress.
• After waiting until night, Amiya heard Theresa sobbing and saw Luna Kindred emerge from the room.
• Amiya offered Luna Kindred her blood, but Luna Kindred sniffed it and said it did not taste good.

Amiya followed Luna Kindred as the vampire hunted Savage, while Hoshino urged Angelina to help Theresa with Judah. Savage’s explosive counterattacks turned the hunt into a dangerous chase through Rhodes Island.

• Luna Kindred rejected a meal and stalked Savage, with Amiya following close behind.
• Hoshino told Angelina that Theresa valued her and urged her to help Theresa with Judah.
• Savage sensed Luna Kindred approaching and struck the ground with her impact hammer, triggering an explosion.
• Luna Kindred survived the blast and attacked Savage, but Savage used another hammer strike to hurl them apart.
• Luna Kindred pursued Savage through Rhodes Island’s corridors as her hammer blasts threatened the construction crew’s work.

Amiya used Savage as bait to capture the rampaging Luna Kindred, who had taken Theresa’s form, and later spoke with Theresa after she woke. Theresa revealed her shame and distress about Luna Kindred, leaving Amiya concerned about how little support Theresa had received.

• Amiya ordered Rhodes Island to lock down the ship and direct Savage toward the medical room as bait for Luna Kindred.
• Savage led Luna Kindred into the glass chamber, where anesthetic gas put both of them to sleep.
• Theresa woke the next morning and found Amiya waiting outside the chamber; Amiya admitted she knew about Luna Kindred but had kept it private.
• Theresa called Luna Kindred ugly and described her as a manifestation of sin, while Amiya reassured her and worried that Theresa had been left without psychological support.

Amiya tried to comfort Theresa about her feelings of inferiority to Luna Kindred, but Hoshino suggested that time might be more helpful than words. Hoshino then recruited Angelina to use her Originium Arts to bring Judah down from the ceiling, leaving Angelina considering a new way to apply her powers.

• Amiya told Theresa to accept Luna Kindred as part of herself, but Theresa remained insecure and unconvinced.
• Hoshino praised Amiya's efforts and suggested leaving Theresa's problem to time, then proposed studying Amiya's ten rings together.
• Hoshino checked whether Amiya had rings on her toes, and Amiya denied it.
• Hoshino showed Angelina the laboratory feed of Theresa and asked her to reverse her Originium Arts so Judah would fall from the ceiling.
• Hoshino explained that Angelina could use her power through a new understanding of gravity and asked whether she believed in it.

Hoshino taught Angelina to reverse gravity, helping her unlock a more dangerous form of her ability. As Theresa warned that Luna Kindred would return at sunset, Angelina’s spell freed Judah, allowing it to tear through the barrier of Theresa’s confinement.

• Hoshino coached Angelina through attempts to reverse gravity, then turned her upside down to help her grasp the idea.
• Angelina’s reversal spell made sections of the floor fall and shatter, revealing that she could wield gravity rather than merely reduce weight.
• Amiya told Kal'tsit that she envied Angelina for having time to grow, then continued managing Rhodes Island’s work and visited Theresa.
• Theresa warned Amiya that Luna Kindred would appear again at sunset and urged her to tell Yae Sakura not to hold back.
• Angelina repeatedly cast a spell at the ceiling until the intensified gravity made Judah break free of its chains.
• Angelina delivered Judah to Theresa, who tore through the polymer glass barrier with ease, leaving Amiya staring in shock.

After Theresa acquired Judah, she thanked Amiya and left with Yae Sakura, while Hoshino hid nearby and prepared Rhodes Island for a test. RPC-6624 appeared beyond the reach of Rhodes Island’s weapons, leaving Kal'tsit to recognize the threat of an enemy with air superiority.

• Theresa emerged from the Broken Cage with Judah, thanked Amiya, and asked to take Yae Sakura to visit the children.
• Amiya approved Yae Sakura’s leave, then watched Theresa and Yae Sakura depart with Kal'tsit.
• Hoshino transformed into Yamabuki Armor and waited in hiding for Angelina to train and the Memory Battlefield cooldown to end.
• Angelina ordered Heavy Bunny to upgrade her staff, which was modified into a powerful bow over two days.
• RPC-6624 appeared above Rhodes Island, beyond the main cannon’s range, and ignored attempts to contact it.
• Kal'tsit ordered nearby Lungmen to prepare for battle and concluded that the aircraft was mocking Rhodes Island with its air superiority.

Kal'tsit ordered Rhodes Island to defend itself against RPC-6626, whose missiles breached its missile curtain and damaged the ship. As Hoshino worked to hijack the aircraft, Kal'tsit recruited Angelina to bring it down.

• Kal'tsit ordered Rhodes Island to launch a missile barrage after RPC-6626 rejected all attempts at communication.
• RPC-6626 fired two missiles that pierced Rhodes Island's defensive curtain, causing an emergency blackout across thirty-five percent of the ship.
• Hoshino used Heavy Bunny 19C to intercept further missiles while it began a thirteen-minute attempt to hijack RPC-6626.
• Kal'tsit gathered Operators capable of long-range attacks and asked Angelina to pull the aircraft down with her modified staff.

Angelina used a modified staff to break RPC-6626’s shield, allowing Rhodes Island to bring it down with missiles. After unlocking Azure Empyrea, Hoshino transformed and approached Rhodes Island, where she seized Angelina and alarmed Nian.

• Angelina activated the staff’s gravity spell and fired a blue arrow that shattered RPC-6626’s shield.
• Rhodes Island prepared its missiles as RPC-6626 descended, and Hoshino’s system announced the subjugation was successful.
• Hoshino unlocked Azure Empyrea and transformed into the immortal form.
• Hoshino appeared near Rhodes Island and carried the exhausted Angelina upside down toward its main vessel.
• Nian sensed Hoshino’s aura, warned herself to run, and crashed through a wall to escape.