Chapter Summaries

After Anya’s argument with Twilight, Yor helped him reflect on how to support the children and reassured him that he was already a good father. Twilight went to make peace with Anya and found her asleep at her desk, still trying to study for him.

• Twilight carried the sleeping Richie to bed, then checked his homework while he and Yor packed the children’s schoolbags.
• Twilight and Yor waited outside Anya’s room and talked about how Yor’s praise had motivated Yuri to study.
• Yor encouraged Twilight to praise Anya and Richie for their efforts, and Twilight accepted her offer to tutor them.
• Twilight regained his confidence, recognized Yor as the Forger family’s mother, and asked her to help the children with their studies.
• Twilight apologized to Anya and went into her room when she did not answer, finding her asleep at her desk with a pencil in hand.

Anya embarrassed herself by giving a wrong answer in math class, while Twilight worried about her grades and discussed the mission with his superior. The chapter ended with Yor announcing that her brother Yuri was coming over, and Twilight preparing an elaborate show of their marriage.

• Twilight tucked Anya into bed after she mumbled about her parents, then wondered what having a real family would feel like.
• Anya confidently answered that five-sixths minus two-thirds equaled three-thirds, and the Math Teacher told her she was completely wrong.
• Twilight's superior warned him that counterintelligence was tightening surveillance and asked why he had adopted two children; he said one child could serve as backup for the other.
• Twilight struggled to help Anya study while she watched Bondman cartoons, and Richie rested on the sofa.
• Yor returned home and told Twilight that her brother Yuri was coming to visit that day.
• Twilight set out a collection of couple photos and other props to convince Yuri that he and Yor were happily married.

Yuri finally visited Yor and met Twilight, while Richie stayed awake to greet his uncle. Yuri and Twilight exchanged polite greetings but secretly judged each other, leaving Richie amused by their mutual hostility.

• Richie told Anya she would not see Yuri that night, then admitted he had forgotten why.
• Anya fell asleep while waiting for Yuri, and Twilight carried her to bed before picking up Richie.
• Yuri hurried to the Forger home with roses, determined to assess Yor’s husband while keeping his own identity secret.
• Twilight and Yor welcomed Yuri, and Richie greeted him as Uncle.
• Yuri and Twilight shook hands and privately decided the other man was unsuitable, while Richie recognized their mutual suspicion.

Yor struggled to explain to Yuri why she had hidden her marriage for a year, while Richie and Twilight watched her attempt to bluff. Yuri accepted Yor’s absurd excuse, leaving Richie amazed at how easily she had convinced him.

• Twilight welcomed Yuri and went to prepare a meal while Yor introduced Richie as her son.
• Yuri questioned Yor about hiding her marriage, and Richie listened in on the family’s thoughts.
• Yor claimed she had forgotten to tell Yuri she was married, then insisted she had forgotten that she had forgotten.
• Yuri believed Yor and apologized, while Twilight dropped dishes in shock and Richie praised Yor’s brilliant excuse.

At dinner, Twilight tried to win Yuri over with his cooking and wine while Yuri interrogated him about his relationship with Yor. Yuri got drunk and jealous, and Twilight turned the conversation toward Yuri’s diplomatic work as Richie watched the drama unfold.

• Twilight served sashimi, and Yuri and Richie competed to eat it while Yuri privately refused to accept Twilight.
• Yuri gave Twilight wine, then questioned him and Yor about how they met, fell in love, and addressed each other.
• Yuri became jealous when he learned Yor called Twilight by his name, then got drunk after downing wine.
• Twilight gave the woozy Yuri water and praised his diplomatic work, while Yor mentioned his recent trip to Fegalia.

Twilight tested Yuri with questions about his supposed travels and wine, uncovering that Yuri was a counterintelligence agent while Yuri remained unaware that Twilight was a spy. After Yuri drunkenly explained his devotion to Yor and demanded to know whether Twilight could protect her, Twilight declared that he loved Yor and that his children loved her too, leaving Yor flustered and unconvinced that he meant it.

• Twilight baited Yuri with details about a restaurant and wine, and Yuri repeated prepared lies that confirmed Twilight's suspicions.
• Twilight reasoned that Yuri was likely an agent in Ostania's Counterintelligence Agency and considered turning him into a source of information.
• Yor praised Yuri for having a wonderful brother-in-law, but Yuri drunkenly protested that he did not approve of Twilight.
• Yuri described how Yor had sacrificed for him after their parents died and said he wanted to protect her forever.
• Yuri challenged Twilight to prove he could protect Yor, and Twilight replied that he loved her no less than Yuri did and that his children loved her too.
• Yor blushed at Twilight's declaration but privately told herself that he was only pretending.

Twilight and Yor faced Yuri’s challenge to prove they were a real married couple by kissing. Twilight agreed, leaving Yor stunned and Richie eager to watch their relationship develop.

• Twilight vowed to protect Yor, prompting Yuri to accuse him of lying.
• Twilight and Yor touched hands while cleaning up spilled wine, then blushed and pulled away.
• Yuri questioned whether they were truly married and demanded that they kiss to prove it.
• Twilight agreed to Yuri’s demand, and Yor turned scarlet as Twilight reassured her.

Richie maneuvered Twilight and Yor into sharing their first kiss, but Yor drank heavily and became determined to kiss him again. Yuri reacted angrily while Yor pushed Twilight onto the sofa, leaving Richie watching excitedly from behind the curtains.

• Richie grabbed Twilight and Yor's heads and made them kiss while Yuri watched in shock.
• Yor pulled away, drank most of the red wine bottle, and admitted she could not bear to sober up after kissing Mr. Loid.
• Twilight tried to stop Yor from kissing him again, but she insisted on giving him a proper kiss.
• Yuri shouted at Yor, and she threw a fork that narrowly missed him and embedded itself in a cabinet.
• Yor pushed Twilight down onto the sofa and climbed over him as Richie watched from behind the curtains.

While Yor drunkenly tried to kiss Twilight, Yuri rushed to stop her and was knocked flying by her slap. He eventually accepted Twilight as the man entrusted with Yor’s lips, but Yor struck him again, leaving him slumped amid the roses.

• Yuri protested as Yor leaned over Twilight, recalling how she had kissed him as a child and insisting she could not kiss another man.
• Yor drunkenly hesitated at the last moment, and Yuri charged between her and Twilight.
• Yor’s flailing hand hit Yuri, sending him spinning into the ceiling while Richie watched from behind the curtain.
• Yuri recovered, misread Yor’s hesitation as proof she wanted to kiss Twilight, and tearfully said he entrusted her lips to Twilight.
• Yor protested Yuri’s words and slapped him again, sending him crashing into the roses.

Yuri finally gave in to his injuries and prepared to leave the Forger home, while Twilight and Yor said goodbye and reassured him that he was welcome to visit. Yuri departed still suspicious of Twilight and vowed to return with proof that he was deceiving Yor.

• Yor tried to help the badly injured Yuri, and Twilight and Richie watched as the siblings leaned on each other for support.
• Twilight thanked Yuri for looking after Yor and promised to support her, then pulled Yor close and separated the siblings.
• Yuri shoved Twilight away and headed for the door, while Twilight, Yor, and Richie invited him to visit again.
• Yuri promised to return and find proof that Twilight was deceiving Yor, then began threatening him before cutting himself off.

After Yuri left, Twilight and Yor cleaned up and prepared for bed while Richie fell asleep from the strain of reading minds. Twilight reflected on his loneliness and, unable to sleep, ended the night wondering when he had last envied someone.

• Yuri hurried home after nearly revealing something, and Richie read his thoughts as the family saw him off.
• Richie exhausted himself with mind-reading and fell asleep in Twilight’s arms.
• Twilight inspected the house for listening devices while he and Yor cleaned up Yuri’s mess.
• Yor apologized for Yuri’s behavior, and Twilight admitted he envied her family before hiding his loneliness behind a smile.
• Twilight and Yor awkwardly decided to sleep separately, while Richie and Anya slept in their own rooms.
• Unable to sleep, Twilight sat alone with a Spy Wars manga and wondered when he had last felt envy.

After Yuri’s drunken, bloodied search for the station, the Forger family had breakfast and Anya learned that Yuri was a secret agent and that Twilight and Yor had kissed. Richie watched the family react, then faced a breakfast dish he suspected was “Death by Fish and Mushrooms.”

• Yuri staggered through the night with blood on his face and asked two punks for directions to the station, so they told him to go to the hospital.
• Anya and Richie woke up tired, and Yor told them Anya had missed meeting Yuri the previous night.
• At breakfast, Anya overheard Twilight think that Yuri was a secret agent and was shocked to learn he was her uncle.
• Richie whispered to Anya that Twilight and Yor had kissed, and Anya angrily demanded to know why she had missed the excitement.
• Twilight redirected Anya to breakfast, while Richie sat down and eyed the fish-and-mushroom dish suspiciously.

Richie and Anya endured Yor’s bad breakfast while Twilight privately questioned whether Yor was trustworthy. The family left for school and work after Twilight secretly planted a listening device beneath Yor’s collar, while Yor mistook his approach for a possible kiss and worried that he was angry with her.

• Richie and Anya ate Yor’s unpleasant breakfast while Twilight privately weighed whether Yor might be acting to get close to him.
• Anya began to say something about Yor but instead complained that Yor’s cooking tasted bad, sparing the family’s secrets.
• Yor apologized for the breakfast, and Richie realized Anya had held back what she knew to protect their family.
• As the family prepared to leave, Twilight slipped a listening device beneath Yor’s collar under the pretense of removing something from it.
• Yor blushed and mistakenly thought Twilight had nearly kissed her, then worried that he was distant because she had failed as his wife.

Richie and Anya urged Twilight and Yor to get along before boarding the school bus, while Twilight and Yor reassured them and headed to work. At work, Yuri brooded over Yor’s relationship with Loid Forger but resolved to pursue his mission to capture the spy Twilight.

• Richie worried that Twilight might hurt Yor while testing her, and Anya told her parents they had to get along.
• Twilight and Yor denied that they were fighting, then told Richie and Anya to get along with their classmates before the children boarded the bus.
• Twilight and Yor left for work, and Twilight reflected that children could be remarkably perceptive.
• Yuri opened his locker, saw photos of Yor, and told Camilla's husband that Loid Forger had kissed his sister.
• Yuri admitted that Loid seemed like a good person but suspected he might be a spy, then regretted forgetting to plant bugs in Yor’s home.
• Camilla's husband urged Yuri to focus on capturing Twilight, and Yuri vowed to do his job while warning Loid not to make Yor cry.

Yor confided in her coworkers about feeling inadequate as a wife, while Twilight secretly listened from the rooftop and decided to investigate her further. After Yor’s supervisor sent her to mail a letter, Henry called to say Richie had fainted at school, and Yor rushed to pick him up.

• Yor told Sharon and her coworkers that she had never dated a man before and worried that she could not be a good wife.
• Twilight listened from the rooftop, suspected Yor might be trying to deceive him, and decided to test her with help from Explosionshead and the information broker.
• Yor’s coworkers mocked her, and the Central Minister sent her to mail a letter.
• Henry called Yor to report that Richie had fainted and still felt unwell despite the school doctor finding nothing wrong.
• Yor hurried to the school to pick up Richie before mailing the letter.

Yor picked up Richie from Eden Academy and took him toward the hospital, while Richie revealed he had only pretended to be sick so he could witness Twilight's test of her. Twilight and Franky confronted Yor about a letter she had mailed, leaving Yor facing their accusation that she was involved in espionage.

• Yor collected Richie from Eden Academy, and Henry advised her to take him to the hospital for an examination.
• Yor mailed a letter and considered opening a joint bank account to help Loid with household expenses.
• Richie revealed that he had faked being sick so he could accompany Yor and intervene if Twilight's test went wrong.
• Twilight and Franky stopped Yor, claimed her letter was an encrypted message for Westalis, and asked whether she was working with Barnes.
• Franky showed Yor the letter bearing her name and called her an accomplice, while Twilight demanded to know whether she and Barnes were working together.

Twilight and Mophead falsely accused Yor of espionage, but Yor injured Mophead when he tried to restrain her. Twilight ended the confrontation by declaring the accusation a misunderstanding, and Yor carried Richie away after he quietly called him “Father.”

• Twilight and Mophead pressured Yor with a fabricated espionage accusation while she held Richie.
• Yor said she was a law-abiding citizen and needed to take her sick child to the hospital.
• When Mophead tried to restrain Yor, she twisted his hand and broke a bone.
• Yor warned Twilight and Mophead not to block her, then took a fighting stance while protecting Richie.
• Twilight claimed the letter had been misread and dismissed Yor, who carried Richie away as he softly called Twilight “Father.”

Twilight worried about Richie and went to the hospital after Yor carried the unconscious child there. The doctor found no obvious cause for Richie's collapse until Yor pointed out his ribs, revealing that two were broken.

• Twilight suspected Yor had nothing to do with secret agents, but remained worried about Richie's health.
• Twilight removed Mophead's handsome mask and left to visit Richie at the hospital.
• Yor took the unconscious Richie to a pediatrician, who could not find what was wrong.
• The doctor concluded Richie had gone into shock from pain but could not locate its source.
• Yor told the doctor to examine Richie's ribs, and he discovered that two were broken.

Yor accidentally broke Richie's ribs with a hug, and the Old Doctor assured her that he only needed rest at home. Yor carried the still-unconscious Richie out of the hospital as Twilight followed, and Richie began to wake at an intersection.

• Yor confessed that she had broken Richie's ribs by hugging him, shocking the Old Doctor and Twilight.
• Yor worried that Loid would blame her and resolved to care for Richie and avoid hurting him again.
• The Old Doctor explained that broken ribs usually healed with rest, and Yor accepted his advice despite Richie's passing out.
• Yor carefully carried Richie out of the hospital, while Twilight followed her toward an intersection.
• Richie slowly regained consciousness over Yor's shoulder as Twilight prepared to reveal himself.

Yor blamed herself for breaking Richie's ribs, but Richie comforted her, and Twilight reassured her while secretly removing a listening device from her collar. The family headed home to celebrate their first wedding anniversary, with Twilight carrying Richie and agreeing to care for him.

• Yor carried Richie home and cried over his injuries, while Richie told her that what happened was not her fault.
• Twilight met Yor and Richie, and Richie explained that Yor had broken his ribs by hugging him too tightly because she loved him.
• Yor offered to take a month off work to care for Richie, but Twilight offered to look after him instead.
• Twilight removed the listening device from Yor's collar as he took Richie into his arms.
• Twilight encouraged Yor to stop worrying about playing a role, and Yor's spirits lifted.
• Yor suggested they buy cake and celebrate their first wedding anniversary, while Twilight threw away the listening device.