Chapter Summaries

Huo Lin activated the Magical Girl System to suppress the Book of the Night Sky that had left Hayate paralyzed, and Hayate gradually began recovering. As they prepared to visit the hospital so Hayate could seek clearance to return to school, Hayate offered Huo Lin her clothes and suggested they buy her a new wardrobe afterward.

• Huo Lin made breakfast while keeping the Book of the Night Sky close, and Hayate came downstairs before their hospital appointment.
• Huo Lin recalled that Hayate’s paralysis came from the out-of-control book and that activating the Magical Girl System had let her suppress it, though the system only gave her unlimited mana and transformed her into a girl.
• Hayate felt guilty that Huo Lin had changed because of her and worried about the problems Huo Lin might face at school and with her official records.
• Huo Lin and Hayate ate breakfast and planned to take the train to the hospital, where Hayate would seek medical clearance to return to school.
• Hayate stopped Huo Lin from changing into boys’ clothes, lent her an outfit, and suggested they shop for new clothes near the station after the hospital visit.

Huolin and Hayate left home together, while Huolin reflected on her strange past-life memories and their difficult finances. At the site of a mysterious crater, Huolin revealed that the Book of the Night Sky had caused it and remained sealed under her infinite mana.

• Huolin changed into Hayate's clothes, and the twins set out under a parasol to save money by taking the train.
• Huolin recalled considering ways to earn money with stories from her previous life, but the Baron of the Night trilogy she had written remained unpublished because she was a minor.
• At Takadanobaba Station, Huolin passed the crater left by the Book of the Night Sky and remembered causing it two weeks earlier.
• After awakening as a magical girl, Huolin discovered that the book had been draining Hayate's life force and filled it with her own mana.
• The book went berserk after absorbing Huolin's mana, so she suppressed and sealed it with her infinite supply, keeping it close ever since.

Huo Lin and Hayate went out together while Fate Testarossa investigated a site where a localized dimensional rift had annihilated everything in a deep pit. Fate called the Asura for specialist support, and Admiral Lindy sent Yuno to help assess the suspected Ancient Belka Relic.

• Huo Lin reassured Hayate that becoming magical had been her own choice, then walked with her through the crowded station.
• Fate Testarossa investigated the site of a sudden dimensional disturbance in Non-Administered World No. 97, near Nanoha's home.
• Fate discovered that the Asura had underestimated the event: a confined dimensional rift had collapsed space-time and annihilated everything in the pit.
• Fate contacted Admiral Lindy Harlaown and requested a specialist after finding only residual magical energy and no traces of a spell.
• Admiral Lindy agreed to send Yuno, who was familiar with Ancient Belka Relics, to support Fate.

Huo Lin accompanied Hayate to the hospital, where Hayate was certified fully recovered and prepared to return to school. Afterward, Hayate helped Huo Lin choose clothes, with Tomoyo joining in as an adviser.

• Huo Lin felt uneasy about traveling in a crowded train, so Hayate led her to the women-only carriage.
• Dr. Ishida confirmed Hayate had completely recovered and gave her advice for returning to school.
• Hayate wondered how Huo Lin would manage school and the rest of her life, but Huo Lin said she would learn magic.
• Hayate took Huo Lin shopping for clothes and helped her try on several outfits.
• Tomoyo offered styling suggestions before Sakura arrived, and Huo Lin left with a beige-and-white outfit and red hair accessories.

Huo Lin began reading the Book of the Night Sky after learning the Language Proficiency spell, discovering that it contained mostly Belkan Style magic. Three days later, Hayate knocked on her bedroom door, interrupting Huo Lin’s studies.

• Huo Lin and Hayate bought clothes and underwear, then returned home exhausted from shopping.
• Huo Lin prepared curry omurice for dinner because it was too late to buy fresh fish for sushi.
• Huo Lin used the Language Proficiency spell to understand the writing in the Book of the Night Sky.
• Huo Lin learned that the book focused on Belkan Style magic and studied its noncombat spells, skipping combat techniques and Magic Bullet crafting.
• Three days later, Hayate knocked on Huo Lin’s bedroom door.

After spending three days absorbed in studying magic, Huo Lin emerged from her room and promised Hayate that she would find a way to return to school and earn money by publishing her detective novels. The two planned a movie outing, and Huo Lin began making dinner, leaving her magical research for a break.

• Huo Lin realized she had spent three days studying magic without taking proper care of herself or Hayate.
• Hayate told Huo Lin she could return to school the following Monday and worried that Huo Lin would also need to go back to class.
• Huo Lin reassured Hayate that she was working out how to attend school and planned to publish her Baron of the Night trilogy for income.
• Hayate invited Huo Lin to see Alice's Candy House the next day, and Huo Lin agreed to take a break with her.
• Huo Lin left her room with the Book of the Night Sky and decided to make tamagoyaki and yakitori for dinner.

Huo Lin and Hayate went to a shopping center, where Huo Lin considered how magic could help her resolve her identity and return to school. While Hayate used the restroom, Huo Lin met Class President Sakurano, who mistook her for Hayate and was bewildered by the scientific book she was reading.

• Huo Lin told Hayate she expected to resolve her school and writing problems that night using a magical disguise.
• While waiting for Hayate, Huo Lin browsed a bookstore and considered using magic to change her appearance and voice.
• Huo Lin recalled a University of Tokyo manuscript on wave-particle duality but doubted it existed in this world.
• Class President Sakurano mistook Huo Lin for Hayate and greeted her about returning to school the next week.
• Sakurano asked about Huo Lin's book, and Huo Lin's explanation of its atomic physics left her confused.

Huo Lin explained why Sakurano struggled with the books, then revealed the magical disguise she had spent over a week creating. Hayate tried the disguise herself, while Huo Lin kept the Book of the Night Sky suppressed so the Time-Space Administration Bureau would not detect further abnormalities.

• Huo Lin left Sakurano after telling her she would understand the books when she grew up, and avoided being seen with Hayate at the shopping center.
• Huo Lin stayed in her room to work that evening, then appeared the next morning in a convincing male disguise made with a magical hair clip, voice-changing bow tie, and raised shoes.
• Hayate asked to try the disguise, and Huo Lin handed her the hair clip and bow tie so she could look like Huo Lin.
• Huo Lin explained that the Book of the Night Sky identified her and that she could suppress its magical functions within a one-meter radius.
• Huo Lin kept the Book of the Night Sky in her schoolbag, leaving the Time-Space Administration Bureau unaware of further abnormalities.

Huo Lin returned to school after nearly three weeks away and dealt with Sugisaki Ken’s questions about Hayate. After school, she disguised herself as an adult man and prepared to present a manuscript as Yusaku Kudo, carrying the Book of the Night Sky in her briefcase.

• Huo Lin went to the boys’ bathroom, where Sugisaki Ken teased her and gave her tissues.
• Sugisaki Ken asked whether Hayate had recovered, and Huo Lin assured him she had.
• Sugisaki Ken noticed that Huo Lin seemed shorter and thinner than he remembered, then grew unsettled by his reaction to her.
• Huo Lin skipped literature club, changed into adult-looking clothes, and used magic to disguise her face and voice.
• Huo Lin practiced introducing herself as Yusaku Kudo before setting out with her manuscript and the Book of the Night Sky.

Huo Lin, using the name Yusaku Kudo, submitted her detective novel Baron of the Night to Editor Nohara at Futaba Publishing. Nohara was captivated and agreed to publish it, leaving Huo Lin satisfied with the proposed serialization fees and royalties.

• Huo Lin met Editor Nohara at Futaba Publishing and explained she had previously contributed to a magazine.
• Nohara read Baron of the Night for an hour and asked Futaba Publishing to publish it.
• Huo Lin agreed to serialize the completed novel in Tokyo Mystery before releasing it as a standalone book.
• Nohara offered a fee of seven thousand yen per 400-character page and a twelve-percent royalty for the standalone edition.
• Huo Lin accepted the terms and felt the book could provide for her and Hayate until they grew up.

Huo Lin spotted Fate and Yuno during their investigation, then escaped their notice by flying above the clouds. Later, Fate asked Admiral Lindy to transfer her to Nanoha’s school, and Lindy revealed she was considering adopting her.

• Fate and Yuno noticed a short man who created a magical vacuum, but he vanished before they could follow him.
• Huo Lin watched from high above the clouds and learned about the Time-Space Administration Bureau from Fate and Yuno’s conversation.
• Yuno ended the search and brought Fate back to the Asura after reminding her that Nanoha would worry if she were hurt.
• Fate asked Admiral Lindy to transfer her to Nanoha’s school.
• Admiral Lindy told Fate she was considering adopting her as her daughter and asked what Fate wanted.

Huo Lin stayed up studying flight magic, then realized she and Hayate needed a private place to change for PE. They went to the Literature Club, where Huo Lin found Amano Touko inside eating a book.

• Huo Lin studied flight magic late into the night and devised a beginner spell suited to her preference for wind.
• Hayate led Huo Lin out of the classroom so she could change for PE without exposing that her disguised body was still a girl's.
• Huo Lin took Hayate to the Literature Club, whose key she carried as club president.
• Huo Lin sensed someone inside the locked clubroom and opened the door to find Amano Touko reading and chewing on a book.
• Amano Touko insisted that the book she was eating belonged to her, not the Literature Club.

Huo Lin changed clothes with Hayate in the old school building while considering how to create a magical device that would let her transform outfits. As they left, Hayate worried about Huo Lin’s future swimming lessons, but Huo Lin insisted that becoming a magical girl had been her own choice.

• Huo Lin stopped Amano Touko from eating books belonging to the literature club, and Amano claimed she had brought her own book for lunch.
• Amano suspected Huo Lin had a secret and fled through the window when Huo Lin pretended to start undressing.
• Huo Lin changed into her gym uniform with Hayate and considered making a simple magical device to swap her clothes.
• Huo Lin thought through the magical materials and planning such a device would require, including mithril and magical energy crystals.
• Hayate worried about how Huo Lin would handle swimming lessons in fifth grade, and Huo Lin said she had chosen magic for herself rather than because of Hayate.

Hayate learned that she possessed magic power, while Huo Lin received her first substantial payment for her serialized novel. A gift from Uncle Graham revealed that he was a nearby Mage, and Huo Lin planned to use its contents to build a Device before the sisters went to Haiming City to celebrate.

• Hayate recalled Huo Lin's explanation that the Book of the Night Sky had drained her magic and life force, and chose to wait for Huo Lin to make her a Device rather than study magic theory.
• Huo Lin learned that Baron of the Night was well received and received 350,000 yen for its first month of serialization.
• Hayate told Huo Lin that Uncle Graham had sent them a package, and Huo Lin identified its contents as mithril and magic crystals.
• Huo Lin inferred that Uncle Graham was a Mage nearby who knew she needed materials for a Device, but she accepted the gift and decided to make an experimental prototype.
• Huo Lin and Hayate decided to celebrate her payment with barbecue in Haiming City.

Huo Lin and Hayate traveled to Haiming City and visited Fumeikan for a hot spring bath and barbecue. Huo Lin overcame her discomfort with the women’s bath, and the chapter ended with her using mental suggestion to keep the inn’s staff from questioning why the girls were unaccompanied.

• Huo Lin and Hayate rode the train to Haiming City, looking like identical twins as they sat close together.
• Hayate persuaded Huo Lin to go to Fumeikan, but the private baths were fully booked, so they entered the women’s communal bath.
• Huo Lin and Hayate soaked in the hot spring, and Huo Lin relaxed as the warm water soothed her body.
• At dinner, Huo Lin used mental suggestion to convince a server that adults were with them, and the server agreed to grill their food.

Huo Lin relaxed at a hot spring with Hayate, then sensed a powerful magical eruption and flew off to intercept something heading toward her. The chapter left her pursuing the approaching magical object while Mio Akiyama wondered if Huo Lin had been a water ghost.

• Huo Lin and Hayate ordered a large grilled meal and enjoyed dinner together at the inn.
• Hayate stayed behind to rest while Huo Lin returned to the hot spring for inspiration for a new Device.
• Huo Lin encountered Mio Akiyama in the pool after holding her breath underwater for about ten minutes.
• Huo Lin sensed magic erupting nearby and scattering in multiple directions, with one magical object heading straight toward her.
• Huo Lin flew into the sky to intercept it, leaving Mio Akiyama to cry out for Ritsuko.

Huo Lin captured a magical card called The Mist and learned that Clow Reed’s succession ritual was taking place in Tokyo under the Time-Space Administration Bureau’s watch. After continuing her life with Hayate and struggling through school on too little sleep, she finished making her first Device.

• Huo Lin suppressed The Mist card’s resistance, used it to create thick mist, and decided to keep it in the Book of the Night Sky instead of searching for the other cards.
• On the warship Asura, Chrono detected a Dimensional Oscillation, but Admiral Lindy explained that Clow Reed’s magical succession ritual had been approved and that he would oversee the world’s safety.
• Huo Lin returned to the inn, tucked The Mist into her book, and shared a futon with Hayate, who apologized before asking her for a story.
• At school, Huo Lin was sent to the infirmary after admitting she felt dizzy, while Sunohara was told to stand in the hallway.
• After several days of sleepless cultivation, Huo Lin completed her first Device.

Huo Lin finished her first Device, Changing Stage, then gave school nurse Aiko Kuriyama a tarot card enchanted with a Luck Spell. After three days of extraordinary good fortune, Eriol recognized the card’s immense magical power and decided to seek out the mage who had given it to her.

• Huo Lin tested Changing Stage, which transformed her school clothes into gym clothes, then went to the infirmary to sleep.
• Huo Lin woke after a full day, spoke with Ms. Kuriyama, and gave her a tarot card enchanted with a Luck Spell as a lucky charm.
• Over the next three days, Aiko Kuriyama found unclaimed wallets, won prizes, received free drinks, and enjoyed unusually smooth trips around Tokyo.
• Eriol returned a wallet Kuriyama had seen him drop, thanked her, and recognized the tarot card as carrying an extraordinary amount of magic.
• Eriol asked Kuriyama for the card and decided to visit the powerful mage who had given it to her, suspecting the gift might be a warning.

Huo Lin showed Hayate how to use the Changing Stage and considered creating simple defensive magic for her. She also discovered the Book of the Night Sky’s Absolute Defense spell could become nearly limitless with her mana, while Hayate’s attempt to learn magic ended with her returning to math homework.

• Huo Lin explained that the Book of the Night Sky preserved the knowledge of the lost Belka Kingdom and kept its malicious code dormant with her mana.
• Hayate activated the Changing Stage, transformed into her school tracksuit, and learned that she was a Mage who could use magic.
• Huo Lin considered teaching Hayate a simple Defense Shield spell and recalled the Absolute Defense technique, which stretched space around its caster using mana.
• Huo Lin suspected that a scattered card had caused the giant Wind Elemental bird seen over Tokyo and decided to leave the matter to the authorities.
• Hayate failed to memorize the defensive spell’s runes and abandoned her magic practice to do her math homework.

Huo Lin was asked to attend a book signing for Baron of the Night and reluctantly agreed after considering Editor Nohara's circumstances. At Literature Club, Amano recognized Huo Lin's writing in the novel, while Sugisaki's growing doubts about whether Huo Lin was really a boy deepened.

• Editor Nohara told Huo Lin that a book signing for Baron of the Night was scheduled for Sunday, and Huo Lin asked to cancel before agreeing to attend.
• At Literature Club, Sugisaki complained about the heat and wondered why he had been showing up so often, admitting that he wanted to be friends with Huo Lin.
• Sugisaki pointed out that Amano Touko was eating a page from Baron of the Night, and Amano described the novel's flavor as rich, slightly bitter German chocolate.
• Amano said the book's writing felt familiar and mentioned the Sunday signing, so Huo Lin offered to write her a story from a prompt instead.
• Amano chose the words “candy,” “explosion,” and “rain” for Huo Lin's story, while Sugisaki made tea and privately questioned whether Huo Lin was actually a boy.