Chapter Summaries

Shiki Ryougi confronted Araya Souren, but when he tried to seize her body, {Shiki} took control and overwhelmed him. As Araya attacked Roland, the laws of the realm around them began to change, leaving Araya and the building debris floating upward.

• Shiki Ryougi resisted Araya Souren’s Origin technique and shattered his Barrier, but its effects briefly caused her to lose consciousness.
• Araya Souren approached the unconscious Shiki to take her body, but she counterattacked, destroyed his remaining Barriers, and severed his right arm.
• {Shiki} revealed that she had taken control of the body and declared that Shiki Ryougi belonged to Roland through their Contract.
• {Shiki} erased Araya’s Barriers and distorted space, then resolved to destroy the otherworld that made him immortal.
• Araya abandoned his fight with {Shiki} and attacked Roland, but {Shiki} announced the descent of God’s laws as Roland opened his eyes.
• The compressed space bent away from Roland, while Araya and the surrounding debris rose into the air and began falling upward.

Roland absorbed Kirei Kotomine’s final disc and promised that Kirei would always find his way to him. He then used his new power over physical laws against Araya Souren, revealing that Araya himself was part of the Counter Force he hated.

• Roland heard Kirei Kotomine confess his fear that salvation would erase the self who had known Roland, and Kirei gave him his final DISC.
• Roland absorbed the disc, accepted Kirei as his friend, and declared that he had written their reunion into reality.
• Shiki explained that Araya Souren’s desired emptiness could also be a beginning, while Roland walked through the distorted space inside Araya’s barrier.
• Roland reversed gravity and changed the rules governing Araya’s otherworld, leaving Araya unable to move through space as before.
• Araya compressed the otherworld to attack Roland, but Roland revealed that the Counter Force had activated against Araya himself.
• Roland accused Araya Souren of being part of the Counter Force he opposed, and Araya charged at him while shouting for him to stop.

Roland and {Shiki Ryougi} killed Araya Souren after Roland revealed the gravity-reversing ability C-Moon, then returned home with Shiki Ryougi. As Roland considered his new power, he wondered where to find the position that would perfect it before C-Moon descended.

• Roland used C-Moon to turn Araya Souren inside out, and {Shiki Ryougi} cut him in two, killing him permanently.
• Roland replicated Araya Souren’s barrier as the apartment building collapsed, then caught Shiki Ryougi as she woke and told her she had killed Araya Souren.
• Roland brought Shiki Ryougi home, where she retreated to her room after protesting his explanation of the battle.
• Roland learned that Fujino Asagami had improved her control of her Mystic Eyes and awakened spirit sight, while Mana Ouma teased her about her feelings for Roland.
• After Fujino Asagami went to rest, Roland told Mana Ouma that he could sense C-Moon’s resonance but could not locate the position needed to perfect his ability.

Roland realized he needed to find the ritual location that would balance his gravity with the planet’s, and Mana Ouma suggested asking someone who could see the future. He identified the Mother of Mifune as the only known wielder of Absolute Future Sight and ended the chapter in an intimate moment with Mana.

• Roland reflected that his gravity could not free his soul from the fate binding it to the world and concluded he needed to reach a balance.
• Mana Ouma suggested that Roland seek someone able to see the future for clues about the ritual’s location.
• Roland recognized that his influence on the world might make the future observable and distinguished predictive, measured, and absolute future sight.
• Roland identified the Mother of Mifune as the only known wielder of Absolute Future Sight in the Type-Moon world.
• Roland praised Mana Ouma for her suggestion, and Mana pressed him onto the sofa and offered to reward him.

Roland visited the Mother of Mifune, whose Absolute Future Sight revealed that the location he sought lay several years in the past and that his final soul would be a star born from darkness. He left with these clues, while the fortune-teller saw that humanity would reach true happiness through Stairway to Heaven.

• Roland went alone to the Mother of Mifune's fortune-telling stall in a dark alley and asked her to divine a location connected to him.
• The Mother of Mifune warned that she could not see Roland's essence without dying, but confirmed that he had already grasped his future.
• Roland drew The World, and the Mother of Mifune divined that the location he sought existed several years in the past.
• Roland asked about the final soul he needed, and the Mother of Mifune drew The Star, describing someone born from darkness with a spirit like gold.
• Roland offered to grant the Mother of Mifune a wish and departed; she said her true wish had already been fulfilled and identified Stairway to Heaven as the means of humanity's happiness.

Fujino Asagami tested the Mystic Eye Killers Touko Aozaki had made for her, and Roland confirmed that they successfully concealed her Jewel-Class Mystic Eyes. After Touko questioned Roland about his power to give life to an inanimate puppet, she asked whether he could also enable time travel.

• Fujino Asagami woke early and found Roland speaking with Touko Aozaki in the living room.
• Touko handed Roland the custom Mystic Eye Killers, and he gave them to Fujino to try on.
• Fujino tested the glasses and found that they removed the spirals from her vision while concealing her Mystic Eyes from Touko.
• Roland praised Touko's work and sent Fujino away to adjust to the glasses.
• Touko told Roland that the puppet he had brought to Garan no Dou had truly been alive, then asked whether he could make time travel possible.

Roland and Touko Aozaki negotiated a time-travel commission, and Touko revealed that she wanted to revisit her defeat by her younger sister. Roland offered to help her travel back, strengthen her past self, and deal with a Witch, but demanded Touko herself as payment; she did not reject the deal.

• Roland told Touko Aozaki that he could travel through time, and she proposed a mutual commission in exchange for his help and time travel.
• Roland questioned what Touko wanted to change, and she explained that she wanted to return to Misaki City and fight her younger sister again after losing the Aozaki Family inheritance struggle.
• Touko said she planned to send her present consciousness into her past self before her sister became a practitioner of True Magic, combining her past circumstances with her current skills.
• Touko asked Roland to deal with an old friend who was a Witch, and Roland judged her proposed payment insufficient.
• Roland offered to help Touko travel through time, update her past self, and support her against her sister, demanding Touko herself as payment; Touko remained silent rather than walking away.

Touko Aozaki struck a deal with Roland to keep Alice Kuonji occupied so Touko could face her sister, Aoko Aozaki, alone and claim the Aozaki Family’s True Magic. Roland accepted, secretly viewing Touko’s cooperation as an added advantage in the ritual he planned to carry out in Misaki City.

• Touko Aozaki warned Roland that Alice Kuonji would resist him fiercely, but he said he only needed her body and would keep her alive until he achieved his goal.
• Touko Aozaki reflected that Alice’s support was crucial to Aoko Aozaki’s growth and survival, so she wanted Alice removed before her decisive battle against her sister.
• Touko Aozaki suggested that Roland use Alice’s inherited house to make her cooperate, and Roland agreed to occupy Alice’s attention without resorting to imprisonment if he could.
• Touko Aozaki bowed to Roland, believing their agreement would leave Aoko at her mercy while she faced her sister alone.
• Roland concealed his delight at gaining Touko’s help, since he was already heading to Misaki City to clash with Alice and a True Magic user as part of his C-Moon ritual.

Touko Aozaki prepared for a coming confrontation with the Aozaki Family’s True Magic while her familiar Beo guarded her remote workshop. Roland arrived with Touko’s future self, who confronted her younger self and abruptly destroyed the puppet wearing her head, leaving both versions of Touko unresponsive and Beo confused.

• Touko Aozaki worked in a remote forest workshop with Beo, the golden wolf she had contracted as her familiar, while preparing for a decisive battle in the coming days.
• Touko and Beo discovered that someone had dismantled her barrier, and Beo rushed into the forest to confront the intruders.
• Roland arrived with the future Touko Aozaki’s head and said he would face Beo while she dealt with her younger self.
• Roland threw Touko’s head toward the workshop, where it took control of one of her puppets and confronted Touko from ten years earlier.
• Future Touko taunted her younger self, then made the puppet clap its hands and destroy the head attached to its neck.
• Both Toukos froze after the head was destroyed, and Beo stopped in the woods and called out, “Touko?”

Beo discovered Roland, another being with a materialized soul, and challenged him to a fight. Roland defeated Beo with Aestus Estus and decided to break the wolf’s arrogance before the ritual began.

• Beo sensed two presences resembling Touko, then followed his curiosity to Roland when the duplicate presence disappeared.
• Beo recognized Roland as another flawless being like himself and invited him to play, but Roland rejected the nickname and called for a fight instead.
• Roland explained that powerful materialized-soul beings could still be killed and manifested Aestus Estus as Beo charged.
• Aestus Estus pierced Beo and pinned him to the ground, causing the wolf intense pain.
• Roland said he would correct Beo’s arrogance and teach him to obey before the ritual began.

Roland defeated Beo by repeatedly killing and reviving him until the Golden Wolf submitted. The chapter ended with Beo accepting Roland as his master and obediently becoming his dog.

• Roland drove Aestus Estus into Beo, destroying the Golden Wolf’s body, but Beo regenerated in his true golden werewolf form.
• Beo attacked Roland, who overpowered him and brutally beat him while repeatedly restoring his body to continue the punishment.
• After Beo finally submitted, Roland stopped the beating and ordered him to carry him out of the crater.
• Beo carried Roland out and exposed his belly in surrender, recognizing the vast difference between their power.
• Roland asked Beo to be his dog, and Beo answered, “Woof!” before Roland praised him as a good boy.

Roland subdued Beo and found Touko Aozaki at the barrier’s center, where she had merged with her future self. Beo had transformed into a little blonde girl, and Roland left her with Touko while he went to explore the past.

• Beo eagerly offered to lead Roland to the barrier’s center, and Roland ordered her to change into a more humanlike form.
• Roland and Beo reached the clearing, where Touko Aozaki stood among wrecked puppets and explained that her past and future selves had merged.
• Touko asked whether Roland had killed Beo, and Roland revealed that Beo had survived their fight but awakened as a girl.
• Touko said she needed to retrieve familiars and adjust her body, while Roland chose to explore the past.
• Beo declared that Roland was her only master, but Roland told her to stay with Touko and departed.
• Touko approached the frightened Beo, who called for Roland to save her.

Aoko Aozaki reminisced about her life as Misaki City's young mage while heading to a conveyor-belt sushi restaurant for a rare treat. She met Roland, a foreigner seeking a place in the city, and accepted his money after he mistook her silence for dissatisfaction with his offer.

• Aoko walked through rainy Misaki City and reflected on becoming the Aozaki Family heir and mage while balancing school and a tight food budget.
• Aoko headed to a conveyor-belt sushi restaurant, excited to spend her carefully saved money on a special meal.
• Aoko noticed Roland, a red-coated foreigner, and felt wary when his presence seemed to blend unnaturally with Misaki City.
• Roland explained that he had come to Misaki after his partner recommended her hometown and asked Aoko to suggest somewhere to eat.
• Roland offered Aoko a ten-thousand-yen note as an apology, then added two more when he thought she was unhappy with the amount.
• Aoko grabbed the money and asked Roland whether conveyor-belt sushi would suit him.

Aoko Aozaki took Roland to a sushi restaurant after accepting his money, then learned that he had come to Misaki City seeking a place filled with supernatural anomalies and legends. The chapter ended with Roland revealing that his partner was also an Aozaki, leaving Aoko stunned.

• Aoko Aozaki treated Roland to conveyor-belt sushi to repay him after accepting his money.
• Roland explained that he was searching for a place with unusual conditions and legends, and Aoko realized Misaki City fit his description.
• Aoko tried to dissuade Roland and considered using suggestion to protect the secrets of magecraft.
• Aoko introduced herself, and Roland said his partner came from Misaki City and had the surname Aozaki.
• Aoko froze in shock when she heard that Roland's partner shared her surname.

Aoko Aozaki met Roland, who said he was Touko Aozaki’s partner, and struggled to believe her sister had fallen in love. She returned home and told Alice Kuonji about the encounter, only for Alice to point out that Aoko had eaten expensive sushi while leaving her with a boxed lunch.

• Roland told Aoko Aozaki that his partner was Touko Aozaki, and Aoko was shocked to learn she might have a brother-in-law.
• Aoko tested Roland with magical energy but found that he had no Magic Circuits and appeared to be an ordinary person.
• Roland described his romantic moments with Touko, and Aoko concluded that Touko had likely used and exploited him.
• Aoko refused to define her relationship with Touko and told Roland that it was nothing.
• Aoko returned home and excitedly recounted meeting her brother-in-law to Alice Kuonji.
• Alice pointed out that Aoko had treated herself to conveyor-belt sushi while giving Alice a convenience store boxed lunch.

Aoko Aozaki told Alice Kuonji about meeting Touko’s new husband, Roland, and gave her the money he had paid her. Alice warned that Roland might be abnormal despite escaping the family barrier’s detection, then discovered the banknotes were counterfeit.

• Aoko admitted she had brought Alice a boxed dinner after spending the evening with Roland, and Alice reluctantly ate it.
• Alice warned that Misaki City had several recent anomalies and that Touko might be behind them.
• Aoko said the barrier had not reacted to Roland, but Alice cautioned that it could not detect every kind of abnormal ability.
• Aoko revealed that Roland had paid her three banknotes, which she planned to use for their living expenses.
• Alice examined the banknotes and identified them as counterfeits, prompting Aoko to inspect their fluorescent printing with her magical vision.

Aoko Aozaki and Alice Kuonji discussed Roland’s counterfeit banknotes and planned to search for him, while Alice made Aoko replace the familiars she had eaten through patrol work after their lessons. Meanwhile, Roland confirmed that the Forest of No Return’s transformation had revealed the ritual’s location and sent his soldiers to attack the fairy-tale princess.

• Aoko Aozaki regretted trusting Roland and refused to ignore the counterfeit banknotes, while Alice Kuonji suggested they would likely encounter him again in Misaki City.
• Alice Kuonji discovered that Aoko had eaten six chocolate familiars and ordered her to make up for the loss by helping search for outsiders after their lessons.
• Roland wandered Misaki City, considered how Alice Kuonji’s Fairy Tale Magecraft might relate to the First Magic, and waited for Touko Aozaki’s puppets to attack.
• Roland sensed battle and a spreading transformation in the Forest of No Return, confirming that the ritual’s location had become clear.
• Roland sent his shadowy soldiers toward the transformed forest to confront the princess from the fairy tale.

Alice Kuonji patrolled Misaki City’s Forest of No Return to investigate attacks on the Leyline nodes and used her Fairy Tale Magecraft against two Slit-Mouthed Men. After an unknown man’s Shadowkhan overwhelmed the forest, he summoned a larger force and ordered them to attack her.

• Alice Kuonji detected that attackers had already infiltrated Misaki City and entered the Forest of No Return to draw them out.
• Two Slit-Mouthed Men confronted Alice, and she used a Glass Cat to transform the forest into her Fairy Tale Magecraft’s domain.
• Alice restrained one Slit-Mouthed Man with her Familiars, but pitch-black shadows appeared and devoured both attackers.
• Alice used her Mystic Eyes to destroy the Shadow Ninjas, while their hidden master praised her and promised a stronger attack.
• The unknown man summoned Night Bats, Ogres, Ninja Corps, and Samurai, then commanded the Shadowkhan to attack Alice.

Aoko Aozaki patrolled the park while Alice Kuonji prepared a trap, but she encountered Roland and attacked him over their earlier meeting. Roland easily subdued Aoko with Shaori, and she called for Alice to help after he implied that he was indeed Touko’s chosen partner.

• Aoko patrolled the park despite feeling that Alice had underestimated her.
• Roland emerged from the bushes, and Aoko recognized him as the man who had tricked her out of her living expenses.
• Aoko charged Roland with her magically reinforced strength, but he used Shaori to evade her punch and lock her arm.
• Roland caught Aoko’s kick, swept her off balance, and held her upside down by the ankle.
• Aoko threatened to tell Touko he was a pervert, but Roland said her accusation was not a rumor, prompting her to call for Alice.

Roland cleared up Aoko Aozaki’s misunderstanding about the banknotes, then revealed that he had seen the Witch in Misaki City. Aoko considered killing him to protect the hidden world, but his explanation left her blaming Touko instead.

• Aoko accused Roland of paying her with counterfeit banknotes, and he explained that the notes were genuine but had not yet entered circulation.
• Roland said he had seen a black-clad Witch drop a cat bell, prompting Aoko to prepare to silence him as a witness.
• Aoko charged a magic bullet at Roland, but he approached without fear and criticized her resolve to kill him.
• Roland explained that he knew about Magecraft through his contract with Touko and insisted he was an ordinary person seeking places with surreal anomalies.
• Aoko reconsidered Roland’s account and concluded that Touko was responsible for the entire misunderstanding.