Chapter Summaries

Enju went to the Holy Light Manor after her classmates rejected her for being a Cursed Child, and Elsa comforted her. Rentaro searched for Enju in the abandoned district, learned the children had been taken in by the Holy Light Office, and agreed to help an old man collect their belongings before visiting them.

• Aiki and the Holy Light Clerics discussed another attack on the Manor, suspected involvement by Tokyo's upper ranks, and keeping watch on Hina Hiruko.
• A girl told Elsa that Enju had arrived at the Manor looking unhappy, so Elsa went to find her.
• Enju asked to live at the Manor and sobbed that her classmates hated her after learning she was a Cursed Child.
• Elsa reassured Enju that the girls cared about her and promised the adults would work to change the world for Cursed Children.
• Rentaro searched for Enju in the abandoned district and learned from an old man that the children had been taken in by the Holy Light Office.
• Rentaro offered to help the old man collect the children's belongings before going to the Holy Light Office.

Rentaro searched the sewers for Enju, but an old man reminded him to keep looking and entrusted him with the children’s treasured notebooks. After learning the old man’s tragic past and finding him dead by suicide, Rentaro rushed toward the Holy Light Office, determined to find Enju before the mission began.

• Rentaro helped an old man recover notebooks hidden in the sewers, and the man urged him to keep searching for Enju before asking him to deliver the box.
• The old man remembered losing his daughter and wife after rejecting his daughter when he learned she was a Cursed Child, then recalled recognizing his wife’s dog-tooth necklace on Irene.
• The old man swallowed two pills and died in the sewers, hoping to reunite with Sayo and their daughter.
• Rentaro carried the box through the rain and tried to hire a taxi to the Holy Light Office, but the driver refused because it took in Cursed Children.
• Kisara told Rentaro the mission was about to start, and Rentaro resolved to find Enju and hurried toward the Holy Light Office.

Rentaro found Enju at Elsa’s home, and they reconciled before joining the Holy Light Clerics on an emergency mission to recover the Seven-Star Relic. The squad landed near the relic’s reported location and prepared to face creatures moving through the woods.

• Elsa comforted Enju and urged her to contact Rentaro, who arrived soaked by the rain and embraced her.
• Rentaro thanked Elsa and delivered a box from Mr. I Jiro before Aiki announced that the mission had been moved up because the Seven-Star Relic had been found.
• After Kisara ordered civil security officers to deploy, Rentaro chose to join Aiki’s squad, and Enju went with him.
• The Holy Light Clerics jumped from their helicopter, landed unharmed, and signaled the rattled pilot to descend.
• Aiki sensed nearby creatures and ordered the squad to raise shields, ready their weapons, and locate the monsters.

Aiki and the Holy Light Clerics defeated an ambush of Gastrea, including a Stage IV, while Rentaro and Enju watched in disbelief. The group then found the slaughtered members of the civil security companies at a ruined factory and continued searching for their target and the item they had come to retrieve.

• Aiki ordered the Holy Light Clerics to defend themselves as more than twenty Gastrea attacked, and they destroyed the creatures with shields, golden bullets, and Trample.
• Two Priests bound the Stage IV Gastrea with golden chains and crushed its head while Rentaro and Enju watched in shock.
• Aiki explained that the Clerics' powers came from the Holy Light, and Enju excitedly declared that she wanted to become a Celestial Pearl Girl who could use magic.
• Aiki sent the Holy Cantor and Holy Armored Ones to search the area, and they found a ruined factory with signs of fighting and dead civilians.
• The Clerics and Rentaro reached the factory, where they found the bodies of civil security company members, and Aiki ordered the group to find their target and retrieve what they had come for.

Kagetane Hiruko tried to recruit Rentaro, then fought the Holy Light Clerics and Aiki after revealing his cruelty toward Hibana. As he died, he warned that he had already opened the Seven-Star Relic and asked them to look after Hibana.

• Kagetane Hiruko invited Rentaro to join him in creating a world that needed mechanized soldiers, but Aiki rejected his motives and demanded the Seven-Star Relic.
• Kagetane Hiruko revealed that he had created and brainwashed Hibana and her sisters, prompting the Holy Light Clerics to attack him.
• A concealed Holy Armored One shot through Kagetane Hiruko's force field, and Aiki struck him into a smokestack.
• Kagetane Hiruko warned that he had opened the Seven-Star Relic and that Tokyo would join him in the grave.
• Kagetane Hiruko removed his mask, asked the others to look after Hibana, and died.

After Kagetane Hiruko’s death triggered the destruction of the Tower of the Ladder, Scorpio advanced toward Tokyo’s giant Stone Tablet, leaving the city defenseless. Aiki led the Holy Light Clerics to confront the Gastrea while Rentaro and Enju continued searching for the Seven-Star Relic.

• Kagetane Hiruko’s recorder revealed that his death would destroy Tokyo’s last hope, and the Tower of the Ladder exploded.
• Scorpio appeared off Tokyo’s coast and began advancing toward the giant Stone Tablet as its regeneration overwhelmed the fighter jets.
• Kisara told Rentaro that the Tower of the Ladder was built to fight Stage V Gastrea, and Seitenshi asked whether anything could stop Scorpio.
• Aiki promised to fight Scorpio if Seitenshi honored the Cursed Child Protection Act, which she said had passed Parliament.
• The Holy Light Clerics activated their silver armor, summoned Holy Light Wolves, and charged toward Scorpio.
• Enju decided to study with Elsa while Rentaro set off to search for the Seven-Star Relic.

The Holy Light Cleric Squad used their combined power to fire the Super Holy Light Cannon at Scorpio, destroying the Gastrea off Tokyo's coast. Aiki and his squad left beneath the strange green rain, troubled by the sorrow they felt after the battle.

• Kisara interrupted Rentaro and Enju's conversation over the phone, then scolded Rentaro and hung up.
• The Holy Light Cleric Squad linked their holy power as Scorpio approached Tokyo's coast, while Seitenshi and the command room watched anxiously.
• The squad summoned the Super Holy Light Cannon and charged it with holy power as Kisara and Kikunojo Tendo argued over the danger it posed to Tokyo.
• The Holy Light Clerics fired the cannon, and its blast hit Scorpio, leaving a huge whirlpool and green rain where the Gastrea had been.
• Aiki wondered whether Scorpio had truly been a monster, then led his sorrowful squad away through the rain.

Rentaro questioned Seitenshi about the Gastrea after finding a toy bicycle in the Seven-Star Relic case, while Kikunojo Tendo plotted to derail the Gastrea Protection Act by turning public anger against the Cursed Children. The Act was postponed after a legislator exposed the Kagetane Hiruko incident and a mob marched on the Holy Light Office.

• Enju found only a Children's Toy Bicycle inside the Seven-Star Relic case, and Rentaro returned it to Seitenshi.
• Rentaro asked Seitenshi what the Gastrea really were and what they were fighting for, but she refused to tell him.
• Kikunojo Tendo ordered a man to expose the Kagetane Hiruko incident and stir up hatred toward the Cursed Children to block the Gastrea Protection Act.
• Legislator Hibiki Tagō blamed Hina Hiruko for taking part in the incident, then killed himself after the story sparked protests against the Holy Light Office.
• Seitenshi postponed the Gastrea Protection Act as legislators reacted to the crowd's demands.

Hibana argued with Kayo and the other girls about whether Cursed Children had to fight to prove their worth, while Kayo discovered the older Holy Light Clerics were absent. She left the dining hall and found them defending the Manor from a hostile crowd demanding that they hand over Hina Hiruko and leave Tokyo.

• Elsa called the girls to eat, and Hibana told Kayo she planned to escape and prove her worth by fighting.
• Kayo challenged Hibana’s belief that children had to fight, and Irene defended the girls’ hope that they could change society.
• Kayo noticed that no older Holy Light Clerics were in the dining hall and slipped outside through a Light Curtain.
• Kayo heard the crowd demanding Hina Hiruko and the Holy Light Clerics’ departure from Tokyo.
• Aiki warned the crowd to back off, while an old man accused the clerics of witchcraft and demanded they remove the Cursed Children from Tokyo.

A demonstrator attacked Hibana and the Holy Light Clerics with a grenade, gravely injuring Tong Zhi. Furious, Aiki ordered the clerics to unleash a mass curse illusion on the crowd, and they began performing Sound of Extinction: Great Dark Heaven.

• Hibana ran outside to defend Elsa from the demonstrators, but the crowd recognized her as Hina Hiruko and shouted for her death.
• A masked man threw a grenade at Hibana and the cleric holding her, and Tong Zhi shielded her from the blast and was badly injured.
• Elsa carried Tong Zhi to the Manor entrance and treated him with the Healing Technique.
• Aiki ordered Kaga to use Sound of Extinction: Great Dark Heaven on the crowd despite the risk of a deadly stampede.
• Kaga and the Holy Light Clerics linked their holy power and began the advanced skill, using its despairing first part as a curse illusion.

Kaga’s mournful song trapped the Tokyo Citizens in a terrifying illusion that turned their panic into a deadly stampede, while the Holy Light Clerics protected the children at the Manor. After ending the illusion, Aiki prepared to withdraw from Tokyo and report the incident to Pope Ria, with his teammates pledging to share responsibility.

• Kaga’s song made the Tokyo Citizens see a monstrous scarlet moon and attacking creatures, and the panicked crowd trampled people as it tried to flee.
• Elsa sent the children inside the Manor, reassured them that the Holy Light Clerics would protect them, and promised Irene they would help her grow up safely.
• Elsa reported that Tong Zhi was stable but badly injured, and Aiki ordered Kaga to stop his song.
• The survivors saw the corpses left by the stampede and fled, no longer demanding that the Cursed Children leave Tokyo.
• Aiki said the Holy Light Clerics might have to leave Tokyo and planned to report the incident to headquarters for Pope Ria to decide what came next.
• The Holy Light Clerics backed Aiki and said they would share responsibility for the attack on the civilians.

Seitenshi went to District 51 after a deadly riot and learned that Aiki’s malice-detecting formation had caused hostile visitors to flee in terror and die. Aiki agreed to leave Tokyo within three days, and Enju tearfully said goodbye as he returned to the Manor.

• Seitenshi learned that a riot in District 51 had killed many citizens and went there with Rentaro, Kisara, Enju, and guards.
• At the intersection, a guard saw his greatest fear, collapsed, and the Manor gates opened to reveal Aiki and the Holy Light Clerics.
• Aiki explained that the formation targeted people hostile to the children, and he defended the deaths as the result of the victims’ own panic.
• Aiki confronted Seitenshi over Tokyo’s treatment of the group, and she ordered them to leave Tokyo because of an upcoming conference.
• Aiki negotiated three days to evacuate, then returned to the Manor after Enju asked him to promise that she could visit.

Rentaro realized that forcing Aiki and the Holy Light Office to leave Tokyo would endanger the girls they protected, but Kisara stopped him from pleading. Aiki struggled with guilt over the girls’ isolation until Elsa reassured him, and he recovered his spirits as they played together.

• Rentaro understood that the departing team and the girls would face deadly danger, but Kisara stopped him from appealing to Seitenshi.
• Seitenshi ordered the Head of the Guards to explain the negotiations and release footage of Aiki’s team defeating Scorpio to calm the protesters.
• Aiki sat by the Manor gates and worried that his decision had cut the girls off from society.
• Elsa encouraged Aiki to trust in the girls’ future and the Holy Church’s strength, lifting his spirits.
• The girls teased Aiki about Elsa, then ran off laughing as he playfully chased them.

Pope Ria authorized a military campaign in the New World and sent clerical reinforcements with supplies, Holy Fruits, and a golden book that could summon one of her arms. The reinforcements reached Aiki just before his planned evacuation of the children.

• High Judgment Chief Phil defended Aiki's squad's actions, and Ria declared that the Holy Church would use military force to set the New World right.
• Ria instructed the clerics to give suitable children Holy Fruits and warned them to explain the fruits' side effect.
• Ria sent the clerics with a golden book that could summon one of her arms for thirty seconds when they faced an overwhelming threat.
• Aiki and his teammates waited anxiously at the Plane Anchor Stone, worried that their two squads could not protect the children during the evacuation.
• Two squads of reinforcements emerged from the passage with supplies, an oversized dimensional backpack, Holy Fruits, and the golden book, then relayed Ria's instructions to Aiki.

Elsa and Aiki evacuated the girls from the Manor under heavy Holy Light Cleric protection, while Tokyo’s citizens jeered at them. When armed men attacked and an enraged crowd charged, the clerics cut down the legs of those who crossed their fifty-meter boundary, leaving Aiki warning the rest to stay back.

• Elsa comforted Sadako and Hibana, telling Hibana she belonged with the other children and must not leave alone.
• Aiki led more than thirty Holy Light Clerics as they escorted the girls out of the Manor, ordering them to protect the children and respond without mercy to threats.
• Tokyo citizens shouted abuse at the departing girls, while Rentaro stopped Enju from running to say goodbye to Irene.
• Two cloaked drones shot two armed men who had raised pistols, and the crowd mistook the gunfire for an attack by the clerics.
• When the crowd charged, Aiki ordered the Holy Knights to cut the legs of anyone who came within fifty meters, and Light Blades swept through the front ranks.
• Aiki warned the terrified crowd that anyone who crossed the fifty-meter boundary would bear the consequences.

Aiki's group continued through Tokyo, where Seitenshi watched their growing numbers and questioned their power. After the Holy Light Clerics rescued a dazed Tina from a group of thugs, Elsa invited her to join them, and Tina discovered that the group was made up of Cursed Children like her.

• Seitenshi questioned the Head of the Guards about Aiki's group and noticed that their numbers had increased again.
• Aiki's group reached a park, where Holy Light Clerics stopped several men from beating a lost girl.
• Elsa cleaned Tina's face, gave her holy light candy, and learned that Tina had never met her family.
• Elsa invited Tina to join her and promised to help her find happiness and a home.
• Tina accepted Elsa's hand and discovered that the Holy Light Clerics were all Cursed Children like her.

Tina joined the Holy Light Clerics’ group of Cursed Children as they left Tokyo to establish a home outside the Monoliths. Kayo revealed that the Clerics had protected the children through Tokyo’s protests, and she urged Tina to stay with them despite Tina’s dangerous mission and high Initiator ranking.

• The children welcomed Tina, who explained that she was nocturnal and took caffeine tablets to stay awake.
• Irene and Kayo told Tina that the group was leaving Tokyo because people there wanted to drive the children out or kill them.
• Kayo showed Tina the Clerics’ magic and protective Light Curtain, then recognized Tina as an Initiator.
• Tina concealed her mission and revealed that her Initiator ranking was 98, prompting Kayo to reassure her that the Clerics could protect her.
• Kayo explained that the Clerics had brought the children through Tokyo’s protests without the Self-Defense Force intervening, and invited Tina to come with them.

Kayo comforted Tina, and the Holy Light Clerics led the children beyond the Giant Stone Monolith toward their new home in the western plains. Protected by a heavily armed formation, they raced through the wilderness as the children marveled at their strength and enjoyed their newfound freedom.

• Kayo told Tina they were alike and urged her not to act against her heart, and Tina thanked her and embraced her.
• The Holy Light Clerics led the children past the Self-Defense Force and beyond the Giant Stone Monolith toward a plain in the west.
• The clerics formed a mobile carriage with Holy Light Wolves, Shields of Courage, and armored weapons, then used spells to coordinate and accelerate their movement.
• The formation charged through the wilderness, destroying Gastrea that attacked and leaving Tina and the other children amazed by their protectors' power.
• Hibana and Irene invited Tina and Kayo to play, and the girls floated together and sang Elsa's song, "Little Worms Fly."

Aiki’s team defeated a group of flying Gastrea while protecting the children on their journey. Afterward, Tina rejected her master’s assassination mission and chose to leave him behind, with Kayo supporting her.

• Aiki ordered the Holy Light Clerics to defend their position when several Aerial-Type IV Gastrea approached, and the team killed the attackers with coordinated fire and holy attacks.
• Tina reflected that the team was far stronger than she had expected, while Kayo woke and spoke with her after the battle.
• Tina received a call from her master, who demanded to know whether she had assassinated Seitenshi.
• Tina told her master that Seitenshi was alive and that she was fleeing Tokyo to find her own happiness.
• Tina’s master threatened her, but Tina challenged him to come find her before ending the call and laughing with Kayo.

The Holy Light Clerics established a protected base city on a coastal plain, and Elsa explained Holy Fruit attunement to the children. After gaining abilities, Tina, Kayo, Hibana, and Irene demonstrated their powers, ending with Irene and Hibana wrestling over a peach.

• The Holy Light Clerics reached the coastal plain, opened their subspace, and deployed robots to build a protective magic array.
• The clerics and robots established a Barrier and began constructing the base city over the following days.
• Elsa explained the side effects of Holy Fruit attunement, and the children eagerly agreed to receive the fruits.
• Tina showed Kayo her Illusion-Illusion Fruit, while Kayo described her Water-Control Fruit.
• Hibana revealed her Void Fruit, and Irene used her Wood-Wood Fruit to grow a peach tree.
• Hibana stole Irene's peach, and the two girls wrestled as Tina and Kayo watched.