Chapter Summaries

Bell let Shanna fight the surrounding evil spirits while he used the battle to teach her how to conserve Magic Power and avoid carelessness. Shanna corrected her tactics and continued fighting as Yomi watched anxiously.

• Shanna arrived beside Bell and complained that he had left her behind, then asked to play with the evil spirit he had subdued.
• Bell refused to let Shanna play with the subdued evil spirit until she defeated the others, and Shanna eagerly agreed.
• Shanna attacked the surrounding evil spirits with an Explosion Curse, while Yomi worried about her safety and Bell reassured her.
• Bell told Shanna to conserve Magic Power and use the environment more efficiently, so she switched to Earth Spikes.
• Several flaming rocks struck Shanna's Shield Charm, and Bell used the surprise attack to warn her against underestimating enemies.
• Shanna apologized and accepted Bell's advice as she continued fighting.

Shanna used fire magic to defeat waves of evil spirits while Bell explained that the stronger ones were Elite Monsters. After a hidden attacker struck Shanna’s shield, she gathered a huge fireball to retaliate, and Yomi urgently called for Bell to stop her.

• Shanna asked why some evil spirits could leap so far, and Bell guessed they were Elite Monsters after Yomi confirmed his explanation.
• Shanna used Transfiguration to control the flames more efficiently, impressing Yomi and making her consider learning spells.
• Shanna decided to spare the B-Rank Evil Spirit beneath Bell so he could use it for experiments.
• A black shadow attacked Shanna, but her Shield Charm blocked it before it vanished into the ruins.
• Angry at being startled and embarrassed, Shanna gathered a huge fireball, and Yomi warned Bell to stop her before she widened the disaster zone.

Bell watched Shanna fight the fast-moving Kama Itachi, guiding her to use her Perception Domain and traps while leaving her to learn from the battle. After Kama Itachi escaped the mist and fled, someone seized it by the neck.

• Shanna spread a ring of fire to reveal the ambushers and fired Curses at Kama Itachi, but the swift Evil Spirit dodged her attacks.
• Bell reminded Shanna to maintain her Perception Domain, and she used her Flying Shoes and Incendio to evade and counter Kama Itachi.
• Following Bell’s suggestion, Shanna covered the ground with Misty Cover and set traps, injuring Kama Itachi while sometimes striking other Evil Spirits instead.
• Kama Itachi leaped out of the mist and fled after realizing it could not defeat Shanna, but an unseen figure grabbed it by the neck.

Bell killed the Kama Itachi after it tried to escape, then reunited with Shanna and reassured her about her performance in the fight. The chapter ended with Bell comforting Shanna and promising she would be strong enough to defeat the Kama Itachi easily within a year.

• The Kama Itachi attacked Bell, but Bell used Reduce to Dust and destroyed it.
• Bell called Shanna out of the fog and told her he had killed the Kama Itachi when it tried to flee.
• Shanna searched the area and apologized to Bell for doubting his word.
• Bell jokingly announced that Shanna would be punished, but postponed deciding what the punishment would be.
• Shanna complained that the Kama Itachi had been too fast, and Bell explained that her tactics could not overcome a large gap in strength.
• Bell praised Shanna for injuring the Kama Itachi and promised she would be able to crush it within a year.

Bell reassured Shanna that she could grow strong enough to protect him, then demonstrated an area curse while clearing the evil spirits. He revealed that someone had been watching them and warned Yomi about the suspicious incident before explaining how he had restrained the Train.

• Bell encouraged Shanna to believe she could become strong enough to protect him and praised her use of the Fire Ring.
• Bell used Reduce to Dust to destroy the surrounding low-level evil spirits, then fired a Magic Power Impact toward the place where he sensed a watcher.
• Bell caught a fragment of a cyan-blue butterfly wing and concluded that someone had been spying on them, but chose not to pursue them unless they threatened his family.
• Bell returned to Shanna and Yomi, told Yomi he had destroyed part of a building to say hello to the watcher, and warned her that the incident seemed suspicious.
• Yomi asked about the Train, and Bell claimed he had restrained it with an ordinary Petrification Curse, which Shanna privately doubted.

Bell used an enhanced Petrification Curse to subdue the Train and had his House-elves store it in his suitcase, then took Shanna and Yomi home. After witnessing Bell and Shanna's strength, Yomi became deferential toward their family and resolved to investigate why the Countermeasures Office had sent her to monitor them.

• Bell used his Enhanced Petrification Curse to petrify the Train after his earlier spells had little effect.
• Bell summoned Lim, Ke Ersha, Lai Wan, and Blu from his suitcase, and they levitated the Train into it.
• Bell told Yomi that the elves were his Summoned Beasts, and she promised to keep his identity and their existence secret.
• Bell took Shanna and Yomi to the Isayama Family home, where William and Elena were waiting for them.
• Yomi apologized respectfully to Bell's parents and decided to investigate the Countermeasures Office's orders and the night's events.

Elena explained how the Menethil Family reached a deal with Japan’s major Onmyoji families, though William was frustrated that they had blocked direct access to smaller customers. While exploring everyday life in Japan, Bell learned from Yomi about Shikigami and their role in Onmyoji combat, including their limits and costs.

• Elena told Bell that Japan’s major Onmyoji families had set aside their disputes and appointed Isayama Naraku to lead negotiations with the Menethil Family.
• The families agreed to buy Menethil Family products for themselves while preventing smaller families and wandering Onmyoji from buying directly, frustrating William.
• Bell and Shanna spent their remaining days before the market visiting shops and Yomi’s middle school, and Yomi lent Bell several basic books about Japan’s Curse World.
• Yomi explained that Onmyoji mainly fought with Shikigami, which could assist in battle and cast spells but had attributes, capacity limits, and risks of backlash.
• Bell learned that Shikigami sealed within an Onmyoji’s body continuously consumed the Onmyoji’s cursed energy.

Bell reflected on the cost of using Shikigami and concluded that wand sales were unlikely to succeed in Japan’s Curse World. He took Shanna and Yomi to Tokyo’s market day, where he bought Shanna a magatama pendant, and the family was preparing to head home after shopping.

• Bell considered how Shikigami drained their users’ cursed energy and life force while greatly increasing their combat strength.
• Shanna woke Bell at 4:30 a.m. because she was excited for market day and the family’s return home.
• Yomi guided Bell and Shanna to a crowded market in an abandoned factory outside Tokyo.
• Bell bargained the price of an ordinary magatama pendant down from one million to one hundred thousand Japanese Yen and bought it for Shanna.
• Yomi told Bell he had overpaid, but Bell said Shanna’s happiness mattered more.

Bell and Shanna met Arakawa Rin, an Onmyoji who had built a Gundam-inspired Artificial Shikigami. After Rin demonstrated it, Bell saw that it could move with impressive agility and strength.

• Bell and his group reached a quiet corner of the market, where Shanna spotted a five-meter-tall steel robot.
• Arakawa Rin emerged and enthusiastically explained Gundam to Bell and Shanna for half an hour.
• Rin introduced himself and revealed that he had created the robot as an Artificial Shikigami based on a Z Gundam model.
• Bell asked Rin to demonstrate the Gundam, and Rin used hand seals to make it move.
• The Gundam performed radio calisthenics, and Rin boasted about its agility and strength.

Bell examined Lin’s Artificial Shikigami, the Z Gundam, and learned that Lin needed to sell it because he could not take it outside and his family needed the money. Bell asked Lin for his price, and Lin nervously named an amount as the chapter ended.

• Bell inspected the Z Gundam and asked Lin if he had brought it to sell.
• Lin explained that his teacher had been killed by a B-Rank Evil Spirit, prompting him to build the Gundam to distract himself and pursue a new path.
• Lin spent his family’s savings on the Gundam, but could not safely take the five-meter machine outside and failed to find a buyer at several Onmyoji gatherings.
• Bell asked how much Lin wanted for the Gundam, and Lin held out one finger while offering to negotiate.

Bell agreed to pay Arakawa Rin one hundred million for his Gundam, despite Rin repeatedly offering to lower the price to cover only the materials. When Bell called for his father to bring the money, William objected to the purchase, while Rin mistook Bell’s argument with his father for proof of their close bond.

• Bell refused Arakawa Rin’s offer to sell the Gundam for its ten-million-yen material cost and insisted on paying one hundred million.
• Arakawa Rin cried with relief, accepted Bell as his brother, and promised to help him whenever he could.
• Bell told Arakawa Rin he needed his father to bring the money, and William returned with the others.
• William called the Gundam scrap metal and protested Bell spending one hundred million on it.
• Bell reassured Arakawa Rin that he could handle his father, and Arakawa Rin became even more moved by what he saw as their family bond.

Bell persuaded William to pay Lin one hundred million Japanese Yen for the Gundam, then received Lin’s notebook on basic Onmyodo and Shikigami control. After quickly studying it, Bell gained an initial understanding of how to control the Gundam.

• Bell compared the Gundam’s technology to the Flying Car industry and convinced William to pay for it.
• William handed Bell a pouch containing one hundred million Japanese Yen, and Bell gave it to Lin.
• Bell asked Lin how to control the Gundam, and Lin lent him a notebook on basic Onmyodo and Shikigami control.
• Lin refused to sell his teacher’s Onmyodo books, explaining that the knowledge could only be passed to his future disciples.
• Bell quickly read the notebook and studied its instructions for controlling a Shikigami with Cursed Energy and commands.

Bell took control of Lin’s Gundam by breaking Lin’s seal and inscribing Ancient Runes, then quickly mastered the Shikigami’s movements. He gave Lin a Personal Terminal and showed him its basic functions before they parted ways.

• Bell asked Lin for permission to control the Gundam, then used his Magic Power to break Lin’s seal.
• Bell inscribed Ancient Runes across the Gundam, successfully establishing control over it.
• Bell practiced moving the Gundam and became more agile with it in less than a minute, leaving Lin stunned.
• Bell gave Lin a Personal Terminal and explained how to use its common functions.

William demanded that Bell demonstrate the Gundam’s power by attacking him, and Bell launched him over the horizon with its cannon. William returned battered and accused Bell of doing it on purpose, while Bell insisted he had only followed instructions.

• William asked Bell to show him what made the Gundam worth a hundred million and volunteered to withstand its attack.
• William floated beside the Gundam with only a Shield Charm and challenged Bell to hit him at full strength.
• Bell cast numerous defensive Curses on William, then transformed the Gundam’s right arm into a cannon and fired a powerful shot that sent William over the horizon.
• Bell reassured Elena that William would be fine and explained to a stunned Lin that he had used Transfiguration and remote spellcasting to make the Gundam fire a railgun.
• William Apparated back with broken ribs and torn robes, accused Bell of attacking him on purpose, and Bell claimed he had obeyed his father’s request.

Bell left the market disappointed after finding only a few basic Onmyodo books, but a muscular man named Kitamura Kaito stopped him and offered a collection of old books. Bell followed Kaito to a hidden stash to see what he had.

• Lin declined Bell's invitation to lunch and hurried home to share his good news with his parents.
• Bell and his group prepared to return home, but Kitamura Kaito called out and said he had something that might interest them.
• Bell sent his family ahead and followed Kaito through the factory to a secluded corner.
• Kaito uncovered several boxes of old books and offered them to Bell, explaining that he had failed to understand them and wanted to sell them.

Bei Cun, a wandering Onmyoji trying to sell books he had stolen from family libraries, found Bell’s group at the market and offered them his collection. Bell and Bei Cun haggled over the price, leaving the deal unresolved when Bei Cun set his minimum at one hundred million yen.

• Bei Cun decided that ordinary wandering Onmyoji and noble families were too risky to approach, then followed Bell’s foreign family through the market.
• Bei Cun watched Bell offer one hundred million yen for a piece of scrap metal and realized Bell’s group could afford his books.
• Bei Cun hurried to approach Bell’s group before they left by teleportation and offered to let Bell inspect his books.
• Bell examined the ancient books and rejected Bei Cun’s asking price of three hundred million yen.
• Bell offered fifty million yen, but Bei Cun refused and declared that he would not sell for less than one hundred million.

Bell bought Bei Cun’s ancient books for one hundred million yen, secretly copied Bei Cun’s Onmyodo memories, and altered some of his unpleasant memories. He left Bei Cun with cash, a protective bracelet, and a way to contact him for future deals.

• Bell offered Bei Cun one hundred million yen for the books and asked for his Onmyodo memories as a bonus, but Bei Cun refused.
• Bell stunned Bei Cun, used Legilimency to copy his Onmyodo memories, and altered some of his less pleasant memories before reviving him.
• Bell paid Bei Cun eighty million yen in cash and gave him a protective bracelet to cover the remaining twenty million.
• Bell demonstrated the bracelet’s shield, collected the books, and gave Bei Cun a Personal Terminal for future deals.
• After Bell vanished, Bei Cun collapsed in fear and vowed not to deal with dangerous foreigners again unless they paid more.

Bell returned to Britain with his family and visited a hidden facility beneath a Muggle building in Central London. After confirming his identity to the guards, he praised their security checks and doubled their pay.

• Bell's family returned to Britain by Portkey after saying goodbye to Yomi, though William and Elena needed time to recover from the journey.
• Bell went to the ten-story building his father had constructed as a facade for a hidden facility.
• Bell entered a concealed elevator, verified his identity, and descended about one hundred meters underground.
• Jack and another Wizard checked Bell's badge and lowered their Wands after it authenticated him.
• Bell told the guards they had done well and doubled their pay for the month.

Bell visited the Menethil Family Laboratory to inspect the newly completed Inferior Philosopher's Stone. After passing through the laboratory's layered security and traveling to its remote mountain location, he saw the pale red Gemstone radiating powerful Magic Power.

• Bell waited while two Wizards opened the laboratory gate, which normally admitted staff only once each morning.
• Bell passed the gate and traveled through a trapped tunnel in a Flying Car to the laboratory in an uninhabited mountain range.
• Bell passed through the laboratory's outer areas and went to the innermost site of the Inferior Philosopher's Stone research.
• Several exhausted Wizards welcomed Bell and gathered to show him their experimental results.
• Bell saw a pale red Gemstone floating above an instrument and emitting powerful Magic Power fluctuations.

Hermione was upset that Bell had barely contacted her over the summer, and their video call ended with her hanging up after he warned he might not have time for her. Bell regretted disappointing her but returned to dismantling a Gundam with Shanna, leaving his great plan and their strained relationship unresolved.

• Hermione recalled that Bell had barely contacted her all summer, though he had returned to Britain nearly a month earlier.
• During their last video call, Bell apologized for forgetting to message Hermione and showed her the Gundam he was dismantling.
• Bell told Hermione that his work on his great plan might keep him too busy to spend time with her or go to Diagon Alley before school began.
• Hermione warned Bell not to let this happen again and hung up, while Bell admitted to Shanna that he had done wrong.
• Shanna defended Bell and then helped him dismantle the Gundam, despite his warning not to use the Explosion Curse.