Recaps

Lin Xiaolu trained, defeated White Thistle, and wrestled with her fear of losing her place beside Larkspur. Yuan then challenged Fangting City’s magical girls at Silver Screen Mountain, where the fight exposed her Claw Mark power and left Larkspur searching for its limits.

• Asō Madoka apologized to Lin Xiaolu, offered to teach her combat technique, and later agreed with Larkspur that the match would continue without deciding who could take the exam or return home.
• Larkspur taught Xia Liang basic Spell Formulas, and Xia Liang lost the opening match to Mimosa after her combination attack failed.
• Lin Xiaolu used Turbidification and her White Magic Power to defeat White Thistle, while Bai Jingxuan defeated Wood Lily to secure Fangting City’s victory.
• Yuan reported to White Wolf that Emerald had taken Cornflower’s Beast Source, then agreed to White Wolf’s order to bring Cornflower and Bai Jingxuan back.
• Lin Xiaolu moved home to reconsider her dependence on Larkspur and admitted to Lin Yun that she feared losing her place in the squad.
• Yuan challenged Fangting City’s magical girls at Lin Yun’s office, warned that a ritual at Silver Screen Mountain would threaten the City Barrier Network, and escaped after knocking Lin Xiaolu unconscious.
• Yuan transformed with Beastheart Liberation and fought Larkspur’s group, while her past as Gladiolus and her role in Claw Mark’s formation were revealed.
• Yuan pierced Larkspur with a Tang saber, but Asō Madoka rescued her, after fighting Yuan, Larkspur recognized that Yuan’s ability was Flourishing Bloom and began searching for its limits.

Larkspur and the girls defeat Yuan, deepen their bonds, and prepare for the Kingdom Assessment while Wood Lily uncovers a clue about the mysterious Door. As the group travels to the Magic Kingdom, Claw Mark plots to retrieve the Beast Source and Larkspur’s Gentian cover identity leads to an awkward misunderstanding.

• Larkspur and the other magical girls exploited Yuan’s dependence on information to weaken her, but Yuan shattered the Blue Moon and stripped away their magic before conceding defeat and asking Larkspur to join Claw Mark.
• Semi confronted the magical girls inside its Nest, where Lin Xiaolu awakened King’s Key and used its spear and magical threads to fight back as the group searched for one another.
• After the battle, Larkspur refused Yuan’s offer and reassured Lin Xiaolu, who admitted fearing for her and asked whether she could think of Larkspur as her mother.
• Emerald revealed she had secretly monitored Larkspur and offered her the Gentian identity and a Forged Heart Gem to enter the Kingdom, while Larkspur asked for equipment to help her act as Lin Xiaolu’s mother and father.
• Larkspur trained the girls for their March assessment, supported Bai Jingxuan as Black Ash Dawn’s Sacrificial Child, and helped her and Lin Xiaolu navigate their growing rivalry for Larkspur’s attention.
• Lin Yun helped Wood Lily recover an Automatic Scribe’s record at Green Tower after she was caught searching Bureau archives, while Larkspur arranged the girls’ farewell outing and prepared for the Kingdom mission.
• Black Cat and her allies planned to retrieve the Beast Source from a Luen Nore laboratory by using a feigned attack on the qualification assessment as a diversion.
• Larkspur and the girls traveled by Landship and train toward the Magic Kingdom, where Tudingui mistook Larkspur for a child and accepted Gentian’s listed age of ten.

Larkspur returned to the Magic Kingdom, repaired her Heart Gem, and reunited with Ink Lotus, who asked her to join a refuge project in the Wasteland. As the group celebrated Valentine’s Day and Larkspur’s birthday with handmade chocolates, Lin Xiaolu confessed her affection, leaving Larkspur resolved to protect the girls with the strength she had left.

• Larkspur brought Lin Xiaolu, Xia Liang, and Bai Jingxuan through the World Gate into Luen Nore, then met Emerald to have her cracked Heart Gem repaired.
• While recovering, Larkspur dreamed of Cornflower and Ink Lotus during the Interrealm War, then met Ink Lotus again at the Memorial Cemetery and learned she was Nina Krejios.
• Larkspur and Ink Lotus shared a birthday meal, discussed their different views of happiness, and Ink Lotus revealed she knew of Larkspur’s exile and dwindling Magic Armament.
• Ink Lotus invited Larkspur to help protect the refuge she was building for abandoned magical girls and homeless humans, and Larkspur asked for time to consider the offer.
• Lin Xiaolu, Xia Liang, and Bai Jingxuan made Valentine’s chocolates, and Larkspur gave each of them a box before receiving Bai Jingxuan’s heartfelt gift.
• Xia Liang gave the group chocolates shaped like their Heart Gems, while Lin Xiaolu gave Bai Jingxuan and Xia Liang gifts that expressed her gratitude and friendship.
• Lin Xiaolu gave Larkspur a chocolate crown and told her she liked her most, bringing Larkspur to tears as she resolved to protect the girls with her remaining strength.

Larkspur’s birthday brings her closer to the girls, while a dream reveals Cornflower and Nina’s battle against a dangerous Half-Molt. After learning of Tulip’s defection and meeting Magic Affairs Institute members, Larkspur considers becoming the Sapphire Scepter to reopen the investigation into Cherry Blossom’s death, but recalls rejecting Her Majesty’s offer.

• Larkspur leaves the birthday-cake preparations to search for the Mana-Free District, then discovers Tulip at Ink Lotus’s home and borrows Ink Lotus’s car.
• Lin Yun lets Lin Xiaolu celebrate his birthday with Bai Jingxuan and Xia Liang, then returns to the cabin, where a magical candle reveals Larkspur’s birthday and the squad celebrates her.
• Larkspur dreams of Cornflower teaching Nim about managing mana, then sees Nina struggle with jealousy and face Cornflower during a fortification inspection.
• Cornflower and Nina confront a Half-Molt in Luen Nore, and Cornflower uses Measurement and Fixation while Nina helps stop its corrosive nest and destroy it.
• After the battle, Nina admits she had avoided Cornflower because she was jealous, and Cornflower reassures her that she trusted her as a teammate.
• Emerald confirms Larkspur’s Heart Gem has healed and reveals that Tulip defected to Claw Mark, while Larkspur decides to pass along a warning about danger at the Kingdom Assessment.
• Emerald introduces Larkspur to Magic Affairs Institute members, who recognize her as a Sapphire Scepter candidate and explain their faction’s limited authority and desire for a Scepter of their own.
• Larkspur considers joining the Institute to reopen the investigation into Cherry Blossom’s death, but recalls rejecting Her Majesty’s offer to make her the Sapphire Scepter and master of the Institute.