Chapter Summaries

After seeing a photograph of her mother with Larkspur, Lin Xiaolu realized her mother had been a magical girl and broke down grieving the years she had spent without knowing. Lin Yun revealed that her mother was a Lifetime Magical Girl and began explaining her reputation, leaving Lin Xiaolu to face the mystery of how she died.

• Lin Xiaolu recognized Larkspur beside her mother in the photograph and understood that her mother had been a magical girl.
• Lin Xiaolu sobbed over all the things she had wanted to tell her mother, while Xia Liang and Lin Yun let her grieve.
• Xia Liang asked why Larkspur had not retired if she and Lin Xiaolu’s mother had belonged to the same generation.
• Lin Yun explained that Lin Xiaolu’s mother had been a Lifetime Magical Girl, and Moko said that such a title honored exceptional achievements and allowed its holder to remain in the Material Realm.
• Lin Xiaolu asked how her mother had died and whether Lin Yun had told her to forget her for that reason.
• Lin Yun said that other magical girls had recognized her mother as the Strongest Flower Card.

After learning the truth about Anya’s death, Lin Xiaolu remained distracted while Lin Yun prepared to leave his job and focus on magical girl affairs. Xia Liang successfully constructed her True Form on her first attempt, reached Bud Rank, and was ready to awaken her Magic Construct.

• Lin Yun recalled how Anya’s body had vanished into mana particles after her death, leaving only her gravestone.
• Lin Xiaolu reconsidered her anger at Lin Yun for keeping her from seeing Anya’s body.
• Moko continued searching for new magical girls and reported a lead in Dawnstar District.
• Xia Liang sensed she was ready to construct her True Form during a study session at home.
• With Larkspur’s guidance, Xia Liang transformed her Heart Seed into a Heart Bud and successfully merged her soul and mana on her first attempt.
• Xia Liang reached Bud Rank, making awakening her Magic Construct the next step.

Xia Liang awakened her Magic Construct, a mirror with powers to reflect and redirect mana, and explored its abilities with Larkspur and Lin Xiaolu. She named the Magic Armament Diversion.

• Larkspur guided Xia Liang through channeling mana into her wand and extracting her Magic Construct.
• Xia Liang's Magic Construct appeared as a palm-sized vanity mirror, which she first inspected with surprise.
• Larkspur warned Xia Liang not to test the mirror's power inside the house, so Xia Liang went outside with Larkspur and Lin Xiaolu.
• Xia Liang discovered that the mirror could multiply and enlarge itself, block and reflect mana, and transport mana between mirrors.
• Larkspur assessed the mirror as a support-focused Magic Armament and urged Xia Liang to name it.
• Xia Liang revealed that her Magic Armament was called Diversion.

Larkspur told Lin Xiaolu that her mother, Anya, had been an optimistic magical girl who gave others hope. Lin Xiaolu admitted she felt inferior to her mother and unworthy of Larkspur’s attention, so Larkspur invited her to walk and talk further.

• After researching the Magic Armament with Xia Liang, Larkspur prepared to fly home, but Lin Xiaolu followed her and asked about her mother.
• Larkspur confirmed that Anya had been a magical girl and her former teammate, and described her as optimistic and able to inspire hope.
• Lin Xiaolu wondered whether Larkspur was disappointed in her for being unlike Anya and said she felt untalented, difficult, and unworthy of Larkspur’s care.
• Larkspur recognized Lin Xiaolu’s low self-worth and invited her to take a walk so they could talk more.

Lin Xiaolu reflected on how her assumptions and resentment had deepened the rift with her father, while Larkspur encouraged her to give him another chance. As they crossed Sunset Bridge, Lin Xiaolu gathered the courage to tell Larkspur that she had lost the courage to fight.

• Lin Xiaolu admitted that she had felt sorry for her father and realized she had judged him without truly wanting to hear his reasons.
• Lin Xiaolu explained that she had misunderstood her father's choices after her mother's death and directed her resentment at him.
• Larkspur urged Lin Xiaolu to tell her father what she thought and said they could forgive each other's mistakes.
• Lin Xiaolu wondered whether Larkspur had children, but Larkspur only told her to guess.
• On the bridge, Lin Xiaolu decided to confess that she felt she had lost the courage to fight, and Larkspur encouraged her with a look.

Lin Xiaolu confessed that learning the truth about her mother’s death had made her afraid and unsure whether she could keep fighting, and Larkspur comforted her and promised to stay until she and her team could stand on their own. Lin Xiaolu reaffirmed that she wanted to remain a magical girl and left the bridge with renewed confidence, while Larkspur admitted that she would eventually leave.

• Lin Xiaolu told Larkspur that she feared death and revenge after learning how her mother died, and felt guilty for wanting to run away.
• Larkspur reassured Lin Xiaolu that she did not have to seek revenge and that she could take time to decide whether to keep fighting.
• Lin Xiaolu said she still wanted to be a magical girl, but worried that Larkspur would leave Fangting City and they would become distant.
• Larkspur promised to remain until Lin Xiaolu, Xia Liang, and their team could stand on their own, even if that meant waiting until Lin Xiaolu retired.
• Larkspur said she believed Lin Xiaolu could become strong enough to protect others, and Lin Xiaolu's gloom eased as they continued across the bridge.

Bai Jingxuan, an orphan with one eye and a difficult congenital illness, befriended Moko, a tiny Fairy who told her stories about Magical Girls. After learning that a Magical Girl once saved her life, Bai Jingxuan became even more interested in them, and Moko revealed that she could become one too.

• Bai Jingxuan continued living at Fangting City First Social Welfare Institute after her illness and missing eye had deterred prospective adoptive parents.
• Bai Jingxuan met Moko, a small flying Fairy, and began meeting her in a secluded courtyard spot to talk.
• Moko told Bai Jingxuan stories about Magical Girls, including their flaws and everyday troubles.
• Bai Jingxuan recalled how a Magical Girl saved her after an Aberrant Beast attacked the hospital and killed her parents.
• Moko told Bai Jingxuan that she could become a Magical Girl.

Moko secretly befriended Bai Jingxuan, a sick girl with a prosthetic eye, hoping to recruit her as a magical girl and improve its standing in the squad. After leaving the orphanage, Moko struck an invisible barrier in the street and realized it was trapped again.

• Moko decided to recruit a prospective magical girl as an ally because it felt overlooked by Larkspur, Lin Xiaolu, and Xia Liang.
• Moko met Bai Jingxuan at an orphanage and built her trust by chatting, boasting about its role, and sharing stories about the Magic Kingdom.
• Moko told Bai Jingxuan she could become a magical girl and assured her that magic could heal her illness and restore her eye.
• Moko promised to introduce Bai Jingxuan to the squad soon and imagined how her recruitment would prove its worth.
• After saying goodbye to Bai Jingxuan, Moko hit an invisible barrier in the street and recognized that it had become trapped again.

After Moko left, Bai Jingxuan noticed the welfare institute was unusually quiet and hurried toward her room after spotting black figures in a nearby building. Meanwhile, Director Liu Wenqin was forced to submit to a black-robed group searching the institute for a girl who had lost her left eye.

• Bai Jingxuan left the secluded courtyard and noticed that no one had passed through the welfare institute all afternoon.
• Bai Jingxuan spotted several black figures in the office building and hurried down the corridor.
• Liu Wenqin obeyed the black-robed man's orders to keep the institute's staff from resisting, while his followers killed those who fought back.
• Liu Wenqin tried to contact the Anomaly Countermeasures Bureau, but the black-robed man threatened to kill everyone unless she hung up.
• The black-robed man told Liu Wenqin his followers were searching for their target and asked whether the institute had a girl who had lost her left eye.

Tian Sheng hid from the Gray Magic Organization’s attack on Fangting City No. 1 Welfare Institute, while Bai Jingxuan discovered that the intruders were searching for her because of the Xizhao Minxin Hospital incident. As she tried to flee upstairs, her legs suddenly stopped working and she fell on the staircase.

• Tian Sheng concealed himself in a storage room and decided to wait for the Anomaly Countermeasures Bureau to rescue him.
• Bai Jingxuan spotted masked, black-robed intruders and turned back to avoid them.
• Bai Jingxuan overheard the intruders discussing a search for a girl connected to Xizhao Minxin Hospital and realized they might be looking for her.
• Bai Jingxuan tried to escape upstairs before the intruders reached the corridor.
• Bai Jingxuan lost control of her legs, fell forward, and crashed onto the stairs.

Bai Jingxuan’s illness left her unable to escape the black-robed figures, but caregiver Tian Sheng rescued her and fled with her. As the pursuers closed in and prepared to use magic, Tian Sheng drew Spell Formula media to cast a Magic Barrier.

• Bai Jingxuan collapsed during an attack of her congenital illness as two black-robed figures found her on the stairs.
• Tian Sheng rushed from a storage room, lifted Bai Jingxuan over his shoulder, and ran from the pursuers.
• The black-robed figures chased Tian Sheng through the corridor, gradually gaining on him.
• Tian Sheng spotted violet-black glimmers in the pursuers’ hands and warned Bai Jingxuan to hold on.
• Tian Sheng took out two Spell Formula media to use Magic Barrier, the spell he could manage as a rookie Mage.

Tian Sheng tried to protect Bai Jingxuan from the black-robed Mages while Moko helped her flee through the sealed orphanage. Remembering the magical girl who saved her three years earlier, Bai Jingxuan decided to ask Moko how she could become a magical girl.

• Tian Sheng blocked the black-robed figures’ Flame Bullets with a Magic Barrier, then threw Bai Jingxuan away from the blast and urged her to run.
• Bai Jingxuan thanked Tian Sheng and fled while he stayed behind to fight the pursuers again.
• Bai Jingxuan met Moko, who warned her that she was the attackers’ target and that the orphanage was sealed by a Magic Barrier.
• Bai Jingxuan and Moko ran upstairs to evade people in the corridors as Bai Jingxuan recalled the magical girl who had saved her three years earlier.
• Bai Jingxuan stopped running and asked Moko what she needed to do to become a magical girl.

Tian Sheng, badly wounded and out of magical power, prepared to die when the black-robed men found him. A mysterious girl named Bo Xue arrived in a pale green radiance and began a breakout operation against them.

• Tian Sheng hid in an empty hospital room after escaping the black-robed men, but his severe abdominal wound and dwindling Spell Formula mediums left him close to death.
• Two black-robed men found Tian Sheng, and his ambush failed to penetrate their barriers, leaving him without magical power or a way to fight back.
• Tian Sheng gave up hope and closed his eyes as the black-robed men approached him.
• A pale green radiance appeared, and Bo Xue stepped beside Tian Sheng and told him to step back.
• Bo Xue raised her wand, identified herself as Magical girl Bo Xue, and announced that the breakout operation was beginning.

Bai Jingxuan became the magical girl Bo Xue and rescued Tian Sheng from the black-robed attackers. After they regrouped, Tian Sheng proposed using her magical energy to break the orphanage’s barrier and seek help.

• A black-robed man learned that the designated Sacrificial Child had become a magical girl and left to pursue the one-eyed girl, while his subordinates guarded Liu Wenqin.
• Bai Jingxuan accepted Moko’s Heart Seed, transformed into the magical girl Bo Xue, and hurried toward Tian Sheng’s fight.
• Bo Xue overwhelmed the black-robed Mages by disrupting their Spell Formulas and knocking them unconscious, saving Tian Sheng.
• Tian Sheng suggested that he, Bo Xue, and Moko head for the orphanage’s outskirts and try to break the barrier with Bo Xue’s magical energy.
• As Bo Xue carried him, Tian Sheng asked how she had become a magical girl after escaping.

Bai Jingxuan, Tian Sheng, and Moko tried to break through the barrier, but a powerful black-robed man attacked them and revealed that he had targeted Bai Jingxuan as a Sacrificial Child. Just as the man seized Moko and threatened to kill them, White Rose and Little Brocade arrived to confront him.

• Bai Jingxuan told Tian Sheng that Moko had chosen her as a magical girl, and Moko gave an uncertain explanation for Bai Jingxuan's mana healing Tian Sheng's wounds.
• Tian Sheng examined the barrier and began explaining how Bai Jingxuan and Moko could disrupt it so he could dispel it, but a black-robed man interrupted them.
• The man claimed Bai Jingxuan's illness came from powerful mana in her soul and said she had been chosen as a Sacrificial Child for the Lord.
• The man attacked with powerful Shadow Vortices, overpowered Bai Jingxuan in close combat, and struck her into the barrier while Tian Sheng was also injured.
• The man seized Moko and threatened to kill her, but Hibiscus Purple Mana Beams forced him to retreat as another girl helped Bai Jingxuan stand.
• White Rose and Little Brocade introduced themselves as magical girls and declared that they would judge the man's evil deeds.

Lin Xiaolu and Xia Liang tracked Moko to Fangting City No. 1 Welfare Institute, where they found a Magic Barrier and uncovered a plot to hunt magical girls. The black-robed man transformed into an Aberrant Beast, leaving them facing a dangerous enemy while Larkspur remained unreachable.

• Lin Xiaolu grew suspicious when Moko stayed away, and Xia Liang got Larkspur’s permission to investigate its location near Fangting City No. 1 Welfare Institute.
• Lin Xiaolu and Xia Liang found a Magic Barrier around the welfare institute and failed to break it with Mana Beams.
• Xia Liang used Diversion to redirect mana and open a passage through the barrier, and the two entered to find Moko and a black-robed man.
• The black-robed man revealed that he knew about the magical girls, mentioned Worker Contact Eleven, and implied that his group hunted them for their Heart Gems.
• Lin Xiaolu connected the attack to an earlier trap at Wetland Park, and the man pressed the Beast Viscera to his chest and transformed into an Aberrant Beast.

Lin Yun prepared to resign from his office job so he could focus on magical girls and support Lin Xiaolu, while considering recruiting new girls. As he spoke with Wang Tengfei about leaving, a smiling girl in black appeared outside the seventeenth-floor window.

• Lin Yun used his tracking Spell Formula to locate Moko and shared her location with Xia Liang and the other girl.
• Lin Yun resolved to support Lin Xiaolu as a magical girl and considered building a team for her after resigning.
• Lin Yun finished organizing his desk and prepared to leave his job after nearly ten years.
• Wang Tengfei tried to persuade Lin Yun to stay, but Lin Yun maintained that he needed to resign for personal reasons.
• Lin Yun noticed a smiling girl in a black skirt outfit standing outside the office building's seventeenth-floor window.

Lin Yun recognized that the black-skirted magical girl attacking Fangting City was hostile, while Larkspur confronted her in the air. The attacker, Sparrow of Claw Mark, weakened Larkspur’s barrier with purple-black magic and blasted through it, leaving Larkspur’s fate unclear.

• Lin Yun spotted the black-skirted girl outside the office and realized she was aiming an attack at the building.
• Lin Yun warned Wang Tengfei to get down and rushed toward the windows as the blast struck the building’s edge.
• Larkspur intercepted the girl and demanded that she explain why she had come to Fangting City.
• The girl introduced herself as Sparrow, a former Finance Institute magical girl called Golden Bell, and identified her group as Claw Mark.
• Sparrow revealed that she knew Larkspur had once been Lady Cornflower and attacked her with a beam of magic.
• Sparrow infused the beam with purple-black magic, shattered Larkspur’s barrier, and pierced through her.

Larkspur and Sparrow continued their aerial battle, with Larkspur learning that Sparrow’s mana had unusual corrosive properties. Sparrow avoided Larkspur’s thread-based tactics and closed in for a sudden attack.

• Sparrow taunted Larkspur after her opening attack, while Larkspur survived behind her Masterpiece, Aegis of Protection.
• Larkspur questioned Sparrow about her corrosive mana, but Sparrow refused to share information and fired another Mana Beam.
• Larkspur tried to steer Sparrow toward buildings where her mana threads would be effective, but Sparrow moved toward open space.
• Larkspur followed Sparrow into the sky, where they exchanged mana attacks as Sparrow used her greater reserves and speed to pressure her.
• Sparrow closed to within ten meters of Larkspur and invoked “Sparrow, Magic Construct Extraction.”

Larkspur caught Sparrow with a substitute doll and struck her with her Cestus of Heavy Blow, but Sparrow survived and transformed into her Half-Beast Form. Sparrow then overwhelmed Larkspur while attacking nearby civilians and taunted her about the damage to her Heart Gem.

• Sparrow's flying claw pulled Larkspur toward it, but Larkspur escaped with a substitute doll and appeared behind Sparrow.
• Larkspur struck Sparrow with her Cestus of Heavy Blow, sending her crashing into a crater, and prepared to call for help.
• A sparrow knocked Larkspur's phone away, and Sparrow rose from the crater in her Half-Beast Form.
• Sparrow unleashed corrosive magic and tiny magical bullets toward the onlookers, while Larkspur shielded the pedestrians and fought her off.
• Sparrow's greater speed and magical power gave her the advantage, and she asked why Larkspur was not deploying her Wonderland.
• Sparrow struck Larkspur with her flying claw and taunted her about rumors that her Heart Gem had been damaged during the defense of the Garden.