Chapter Summaries

Yunyi accepted Xiaoxue’s offer to sleep at her home while Tatsuya Shiba and Miyuki Shiba confronted Maya Yotsuba about her intentions toward Yunyi. The chapter left Maya alarmed by how much Yunyi knew and questioning whether Tatsuya could defeat him in a fight to the death.

• Xiaoxue offered the exhausted Yunyi a guest room and gave him keys to her home.
• Maya Yotsuba summoned Tatsuya Shiba and Miyuki Shiba, and Tatsuya asked why she had given Miyuki an order concerning Yunyi.
• Tatsuya and Miyuki explained that they suspected Maya wanted Miyuki to marry Yunyi, but Maya denied having that intention.
• Maya ordered Tatsuya to reveal everything he had learned from Yunyi, but Tatsuya refused unless Miyuki ordered him to speak.
• Miyuki revealed that Yunyi knew things about her and Tatsuya, prompting Maya to ask whether Tatsuya could defeat Yunyi in a fight to the death.
• Tatsuya said he might win with meticulous planning, and Maya realized that defeating Yunyi in a direct battle would be difficult.

Maya Yotsuba ordered Miyuki to build a relationship with Yunyi and told Tatsuya she would publicly make him her child and Miyuki’s fiancé. Meanwhile, Yunyi woke to find a furious Russian girl at Xiaoxue’s home and learned she was Xiaoxue’s boyfriend.

• Maya Yotsuba gave Tatsuya and Miyuki Yunyi’s file, and they recognized that his abilities and influence exceeded ordinary expectations.
• Maya ordered Miyuki, as acting head of the Yotsuba Family, to establish a relationship with Yunyi and made the clan’s resources available to her.
• Tatsuya told Maya what Yunyi had revealed about his relationship with Miyuki, and Maya said she would announce Tatsuya as her child and privately engage him to Miyuki.
• Maya asked Hayama what Yunyi’s arrival might bring to the Yotsuba Clan and Japan, and Hayama predicted a transformation.
• Yunyi woke as a Russian girl arrived at Xiaoxue’s home, silenced her with a Kotodama Curse, and called Xiaoxue for an explanation.
• Xiaoxue revealed that the Russian girl was her boyfriend and said she had cut ties with the Qiao Family after they forced her to join the military.

Yunyi spoke with Anna about Xiaoxue’s family and watched her leave to bring Xiaoxue to her home. In Japan, the military’s efforts to find or contact Yunyi repeatedly failed, and Harunobu Kazama learned that four major families had urged caution in dealing with him.

• Yunyi introduced himself to Anna, explained that he and Xiaoxue had never truly been engaged, and asked Anna to help keep Xiaoxue from turning against her parents.
• Anna took the snacks she had brought, said she would have Xiaoxue come to her place, and left Yunyi to rest.
• Japan’s military failed to locate Yunyi through the Liu Family or contact him through Mayumi Saegusa, who remained inside Yunyi’s house.
• Yakumo Kokonoe warned Harunobu Kazama to give up trying to learn about Yunyi, saying Yunyi could consider him a threat.
• Kyoko Fujibayashi reported that surveillance had not recorded Yunyi leaving by any known route and that the Yotsuba, Saegusa, Kudou, and Jumonji families had urged the National Defense Force to act cautiously.

Liu Yunyi learned that Xiaoxue had thrown away the outdated CAD containing the strategic-class magic formula she wanted, then confronted Chen Xiangshan and Lü Ganghu about their planned infiltration operation in Japan. He left them facing a choice between answering his questions and risking him uncovering the information himself.

• Harunobu Kazama wondered whether the Ten Master Clans' warnings about Liu Yunyi reflected his special value, while Lina and her subordinates arrived in Tokyo to prepare for their operation.
• Xiaoxue told Liu Yunyi that Captain Chen and his adjutant were waiting at the Special Operations Team's operations center.
• Liu Yunyi revealed that the old CAD Chen Mei had delivered contained the Activation Sequence for the strategic-class magic formula Snow, and Xiaoxue admitted she had thrown it away without knowing what it held.
• Liu Yunyi met Chen Xiangshan and Lü Ganghu and asked whether they had abandoned their planned infiltration of Japan.
• Liu Yunyi warned Chen Xiangshan and Lü Ganghu that they should answer his questions, and told Lü Ganghu not to challenge him.

Yunyi stopped Chen Xiangshan’s team from infiltrating Japan by giving him the research results they sought and redirected the team toward gathering intelligence in India. After returning to Xiaoxue’s house, Yunyi found it in disarray and exchanged angry remarks with Xiaoxue.

• Lü Ganghu tried to attack Yunyi, but Chen Xiangshan stopped him and questioned Yunyi’s motives.
• Yunyi gave Chen Xiangshan documents containing Japan’s latest magical research results and persuaded him to call off the operation.
• Yunyi asked Chen Xiangshan’s team to gather intelligence in India and promised to provide new equipment; Chen Xiangshan accepted.
• After Yunyi left, Lü Ganghu smashed the conference table, and Chen Xiangshan told him they should discuss their next move in India.
• Yunyi returned to Xiaoxue’s house, found it turned upside down, and threatened to record Xiaoxue’s insults for Sister Yi.
• Xiaoxue ordered Nana to beat Yunyi, but Anna refused after learning more about him.

Xiaoxue found the CAD for Yunyi’s magic, then discussed her duties as his secretary and the next stage of their plans. Yunyi put her in command of Thunder to suppress possible rebellions while he prepared to return once the military took over.

• Xiaoxue found the battered CAD, and Yunyi pointed out that he could have rewritten the Activation Sequence for her.
• Yunyi told Xiaoxue that Chen Xiangshan’s team would go to India for intelligence gathering and that she would serve as their contact while monitoring their ties to Zhou Gongjin.
• Xiaoxue explained to Anna that she cared for Yunyi as part of her agreement with Shen Yi, not because she was interested in him.
• Yunyi and Xiaoxue planned the next stage of development, and Xiaoxue kept their plans from Anna because she considered her an ordinary person.
• Yunyi ordered Xiaoxue to command Thunder and handle any small-scale rebellions during the military restructuring.
• Yunyi went to rest, and Xiaoxue and Anna left his home.

After waking at Xiaoxue’s home, Yunyi visited his hidden Union base and prepared to set his plans in motion after cutting ties with the Yun Family. He chose Wan Jun’s Thunder team to suppress a rebel army, then received news from Japan that delighted him.

• Yunyi read Xiaoxue’s plans, sent her instructions, and left to visit the Union base.
• The base’s members challenged Yunyi to a fight, and he used acceleration magic to defeat them before explaining that Xiaoxue had taken him in after he cut ties with the Yun Family.
• Yunyi announced that Thunder would make its debut by suppressing a rebel army, and Wan Jun agreed to the assignment.
• Yunyi explained that he intended to take command of armies controlled by the Stick Faction, separate out the magicians, recruit suitable people, and place others in useful roles.
• As Yunyi worried about building personal influence, news from Japan delighted him.

Yunyi traveled to Japan to capture Sun Meiling, Richard Sun’s adopted daughter, and found her being guarded by Shun Morisaki. After knocking Shun unconscious, Yunyi confronted Sun Meiling, who agreed to go with him if he spared the boy.

• Yunyi left his base after learning Sun Meiling had arrived in Japan, while Xiaoxue sent the men there to their mission.
• Yunyi learned that Sun Meiling was in the city with Shun Morisaki as her bodyguard and ordered agents to lure them away from the crowds.
• Shun led Sun Meiling toward a quieter area, where Yunyi blocked their path.
• Yunyi knocked Shun unconscious, but Shun fell while still gripping Sun Meiling’s hand and pulled her down with him.
• Yunyi identified Sun Meiling as Ling Richardson and threatened her, and she agreed to go with him if he did not hurt Shun.

Yunyi asked Tatsuya Shiba and Miyuki Shiba to help break the mental seal of a captured No Head Dragon leader so he could question her about Richard Sun. At the Yotsuba main house, Maya Yotsuba made Miyuki responsible for dealing with Yunyi and suggested she introduce him to a girl from the family, while privately considering meeting him herself.

• Yunyi called Tatsuya Shiba and asked him and Miyuki Shiba to help free a captured No Head Dragon leader from her mental seal.
• Tatsuya Shiba consulted Miyuki Shiba and Maya Yotsuba about Yunyi's request and the possibility that Yunyi could see the connection between him and Miyuki.
• Maya Yotsuba advised using Yunyi's apparent willingness to maintain ties with the siblings and asked Miyuki to handle the matter.
• Maya Yotsuba suggested Miyuki introduce Yunyi to Fumiya or Ayako, and Miyuki accepted her responsibility as acting head of the Yotsuba Clan.
• Maya Yotsuba questioned Hayama about whether information had leaked from within the Yotsuba Clan and wondered whether Yunyi could access the Supreme Throne.

Yunyi returned home after securing Sun Meiling and found Mayumi Saegusa sheltering Shizuku Kitayama and Honoka Mitsui from the military. Tatsuya Shiba then recommended Yuuka Tsukuba to help interrogate Sun Meiling, while Yunyi remained at home with Mayumi after Shizuku and Honoka left.

• Yunyi sent Sun Meiling through the Gate of Transfer, messaged Chen Mei, and returned home without leaving a trace.
• Yunyi learned that Mayumi Saegusa had brought Shizuku Kitayama and Honoka Mitsui to her house to protect them from the military, which wanted to recruit and brainwash him.
• Yunyi told Shizuku Kitayama and Honoka Mitsui to deny they could reach him if anyone questioned them, and Tatsuya Shiba called to recommend Yuuka Tsukuba as a Mental Interference Magic specialist.
• Yunyi agreed to meet Yuuka Tsukuba, while Shizuku Kitayama declined to ask him what she had intended to ask.
• Shizuku Kitayama and Honoka Mitsui left after dinner, and Mayumi Saegusa asked Yunyi whether matters elsewhere had been handled.

Yunyi returned home after resolving much of the Union’s internal conflict and rested with Mayumi Saegusa, while Lina’s team prepared to investigate the area. Tatsuya Shiba, Miyuki Shiba, and Yuuka Tsukuba prepared to meet Yunyi the next day.

• Yunyi told Mayumi Saegusa that the Stick Faction had been dealt with and that the Military Faction would be kept in check as the military was reorganized under Liu Yunde.
• Mayumi Saegusa said she had waited at their home for Yunyi, and he fell asleep in her lap before waking near evening.
• Lina told Claire and Rachel to continue surveying the area and postpone approaching Yunyi until the rest of their team arrived.
• Lina returned to her room and wondered whether to contact Yunyi about her presence in Japan.
• Yuuka Tsukuba worried about meeting Yunyi, but agreed with Tatsuya Shiba and Miyuki Shiba to go ahead the next day.

Yunyi and Mayumi Saegusa visited Tatsuya Shiba and Miyuki Shiba after learning that their guest had arrived. At the Shiba residence, Yunyi met Yuuka Tsukuba, and Mayumi recognized her as Senpai Fumiya.

• Tatsuya Shiba invited Yunyi and Mayumi Saegusa to meet at his home, and Yunyi agreed to come at noon.
• Yunyi told Mayumi that Tatsuya Shiba and Miyuki Shiba belonged to the Yotsuba Family, and they discussed their friendship despite their nations' enmity.
• Izumi Saegusa told Yunyi she had opened a small spatial gate, and he offered to teach her more Spatial Magic.
• Yunyi and Mayumi left for the Shiba residence, evading the people watching Yunyi's home.
• Tatsuya Shiba welcomed Yunyi and Mayumi, introduced Yuuka Tsukuba, and Mayumi exclaimed in surprise that she recognized her as Senpai Fumiya.

Yunyi met with Tatsuya Shiba, Miyuki Shiba, Mayumi Saegusa, and Yuuka Tsukuba to assess Yuuka’s Mental Interference Magic. Impressed by her abilities, he offered her a chance to leave the Yotsuba Clan, leaving her uncertain about what to do.

• Yunyi and Mayumi Saegusa exchanged teasing remarks before Tatsuya Shiba introduced Yuuka Tsukuba as a skilled mental magician.
• Yunyi learned that Miyuki Shiba had proposed Yuuka for the assessment and agreed to test her magic himself.
• Yuuka Tsukuba cast a control-type spell on Yunyi, but his defensive magic made it vanish without effect.
• Yunyi praised Yuuka’s mental magic and asked whether she had considered leaving the Yotsuba Clan.
• Yunyi told Yuuka that she could contact him through Tatsuya Shiba if she ever wanted to leave, and then returned the conversation to its original purpose.

Yunyi brought Sun Meiling to Tatsuya Shiba’s home so Yuuka Tsukuba could check for the mental seal, but she found none. Yunyi sent Sun Meiling for interrogation while Richard Sun fled to another safe house in America and Gu Jie told him to abandon her and wait for Japan to descend into chaos.

• Yuuka Tsukuba agreed to examine Sun Meiling, and Yunyi used the Gate of Transfer to bring her to Tatsuya Shiba’s home.
• Yuuka Tsukuba found no mental seal in Sun Meiling’s mind, and Yunyi realized she might know Richard Sun’s hiding place.
• Yunyi threatened Sun Meiling with torture, then sent her through the Gate of Transfer and told Chen Mei to arrange an interrogation.
• Richard Sun learned Sun Meiling had been captured, left her mother’s residence, and moved to another safe house in America.
• Gu Jie told Richard Sun to stay hidden, later rebuild his forces in Japan, and abandon Sun Meiling.

After leaving the Shiba residence, Yunyi and Mayumi Saegusa were summoned by Katsuto Jumonji to discuss the military’s reaction to the events at Ogasawara. They met him at a café near First High School, where he prepared to explain what had happened.

• Yuuka Tsukuba warned Tatsuya Shiba and Miyuki Shiba to be careful around Yunyi because he was a member of the Great Asian Alliance.
• Mayumi Saegusa teased Yunyi about trying to recruit Fumiya, and the two played around until Katsuto Jumonji called.
• Katsuto Jumonji asked Yunyi and Mayumi Saegusa to meet him, saying the matter involved the military and the impact of what happened at Ogasawara.
• Yunyi and Mayumi Saegusa left home again and met Katsuto Jumonji at a café near First High School.
• Katsuto Jumonji explained that he had booked the café so fewer people would hear their conversation.

Yunyi agreed to resolve the frozen area in Ogasawara in exchange for Katsuto Jumonji ending the military’s harassment of him. After a reunion with the Saegusa sisters, Yunyi learned that Sun Meiling had revealed a residence linked to Richard Sun, though he rarely stayed there.

• Katsuto Jumonji asked Yunyi to deal with the frozen area in Ogasawara, and Yunyi asked him to stop the military’s harassment in return.
• Katsuto Jumonji accepted Yunyi’s terms, and Yunyi agreed to handle the ice after the military’s harassment ended.
• Yunyi and Mayumi Saegusa returned home and were joined by Kasumi Saegusa and Izumi Saegusa, who had brought their belongings.
• Mayumi Saegusa explained that her younger sisters had grown used to the relaxed rules at Yunyi’s home and had upset their mother.
• Chen Mei called Yunyi and reported that Sun Meiling had revealed a residence Richard Sun arranged for her mother, though Richard rarely stayed there.

Yunyi arranged surveillance on Richard Sun and Zhou Gongjin while directing Chen Mei to distribute the new Engraving Type for field testing. Near the end of summer vacation, Shen Yi gave Mayumi Saegusa a compact wrist-worn Engraving-Type CAD and explained how it worked.

• Yunyi told Chen Mei to investigate Richard Sun's hideout and equip their people with the new Engraving Type, including sending altered devices to Chen Xiangshan's team in India.
• Yunyi ordered his liaison to secretly place infiltrators near Zhou Gongjin and have them approach him for help.
• Mayumi Saegusa told Yunyi she felt unable to help with his plans, and he reassured her before they went to sleep.
• As summer vacation neared its end, Yunyi took Mayumi Saegusa to Shen Yi's research ship.
• Shen Yi gave Mayumi Saegusa a compact wrist-worn Engraving-Type CAD and explained that it could quickly activate engraved magic, including spells its wearer was not proficient in.

Yunyi explained the Engraving-Type CAD to Mayumi, then spent the last day of vacation with her and the Saegusa sisters before starting the new semester at First High School. He arrived at school with Mayumi and greeted Miyuki Shiba, Leonhart, and Tatsuya Shiba as he prepared to join Course 1.

• Yunyi explained that an Engraving-Type CAD could cast magic through Psions without the user knowing its Activation Sequence, leaving Mayumi astonished.
• Yunyi showed Mayumi around Shen Yi's research ship, and they returned home after sharing a meal with Shen Yi.
• Mayumi told Yunyi that First High School had assigned him to first-year Class A, moving him from Course 2 to Course 1.
• Kasumi and Izumi asked Yunyi for Engraving-Type CADs like Mayumi's, and he promised to try to get them some in the future.
• Yunyi and Mayumi traveled to First High School on the first day of the semester, where they met Miyuki Shiba, Leonhart, and Tatsuya Shiba.

Yunyi joined Miyuki Shiba’s class at First High School, where a new transfer student, Angelina Shields, arrived under the name Lina. Yunyi recognized her and watched her with intense suspicion, while Lina wondered about his relationship with Miyuki as they left for lunch.

• Mayumi Saegusa told Miyuki Shiba that Yunyi would join her class and mentioned that a pretty transfer student was arriving from America.
• Yunyi entered Class A, teased Honoka Mitsui and Shizuku Kitayama, and took a window seat.
• Lina introduced herself as Angelina Shields, and Yunyi’s lazy demeanor vanished as he fixed her with an intense gaze.
• Yunyi wondered whether the Parasites had come to Japan early, unaware that the American government’s interest in his magic had brought Lina sooner.
• At lunch, Yunyi left the classroom with Miyuki, and Lina watched them go while wondering about their relationship.

Yunyi discussed Lina’s arrival and hinted that she was far stronger than she appeared. After Lina defeated Shizuku Kitayama, Yunyi stepped into the arena to spar with her, leaving their match about to begin.

• Mari Watanabe glared at Yunyi over lunch, and he threatened her with a Kotodama Curse before Mayumi Saegusa reminded him that his actions had made people pressure Mari about the Public Morals Committee chairmanship.
• Mayumi Saegusa asked Yunyi and Miyuki Shiba about Lina, and Yunyi said he knew her well but did not explain their relationship.
• Yunyi remembered that he had transferred to Class A and joined Miyuki there for the practical skills test.
• Lina defeated Shizuku Kitayama decisively, and Yunyi told Miyuki that Lina was on her level and dangerous to underestimate.
• Yunyi entered the arena to face Lina, and the two exchanged greetings before he challenged her to show her progress.