Chapter Summaries

Mayumi Saegusa noticed suspicious American troop movements, and Yunyi concluded that Gu Jie might be using Parasites to secure American military support for an invasion of Japan. Yunyi ordered checks on the whereabouts of America’s Strategic-Class Magic users as he considered how the looming war and any additional Parasites might affect his plans.

• Mayumi Saegusa showed Yunyi intelligence about troop movements at the Gibraltar Military Base, and he created a soundproof barrier in their car.
• Mayumi Saegusa connected the movements to Gu Jie’s activities, and Yunyi considered whether America was preparing to invade Japan.
• Yunyi suspected Gu Jie had offered the American military control of Parasites and ordered intelligence agents to verify whether America’s Strategic-Class Magic users, especially Regulus Barth, were at their assigned bases.
• Yunyi told Mayumi Saegusa that he believed America was going to war with Japan, and she grew alarmed at the prospect of Parasite-possessed magicians joining the fighting.
• Yunyi weighed the danger of more Parasites reaching Japan against his expectation that Tatsuya Shiba and Japanese magicians could defeat the American forces.

As war between America and Japan loomed, Mayumi Saegusa struggled to choose between her family and staying with Yunyi, who said he would support her decision but would not join the war. Yunyi arranged to meet Tatsuya Shiba at First High School, while Mayumi concealed her distress and went to class after they parted.

• Yunyi considered how the war might affect the Alliance and how he could use it to achieve his goal.
• Mayumi Saegusa weighed whether to stand with her family or remain by Yunyi's side.
• Yunyi called Tatsuya Shiba and arranged to meet him at the Public Morals Committee office.
• Tatsuya Shiba told Miyuki Shiba that Japan would likely suffer a devastating defeat if it went to war while Yunyi was involved.
• Yunyi told Mayumi Saegusa he would respect her choice but would not take part in a war between other countries.
• Yunyi and Mayumi arrived at First High School and separated, with Yunyi heading to meet Tatsuya and Mayumi going to class.

Yunyi warned Tatsuya Shiba that the American military might be preparing to invade Japan with Gu Jie and Parasite-possessed people, while Japan’s military might be planning to conscript magicians. Katsuto Jumonji informed Mayumi Saegusa that the military’s actions were driven by its desire to control Yunyi’s magic, and Mayumi decided to tell him about American military movements.

• Yunyi showed Tatsuya intelligence suggesting the American military might cooperate with Gu Jie and Blanche to invade Japan using people possessed by Parasites.
• Tatsuya agreed to verify the information, and Yunyi assured him he would not take part in a war between Japan and America.
• Katsuto told Mayumi that the Japanese military planned to use war as a pretext to forcibly conscript magicians and was still pursuing Yunyi’s immense-scale magic from Ogasawara.
• Katsuto hesitated to explain what he wanted Mayumi to do, concerned that the military’s actions could push Yunyi into opposing Japan.
• Mayumi decided to tell Katsuto about the American military’s movements.

Mayumi Saegusa warned Katsuto Jumonji that a US naval task force might be approaching Japan and revealed that Yunyi was allied with the Great Asian Alliance. After Mayumi told Yunyi about the possible invasion and the risk of his identity spreading, they prepared for the consequences, including the possibility of leaving Japan.

• Mayumi Saegusa told Katsuto Jumonji that a US naval task force might be approaching and confirmed Yunyi's alliance with the Great Asian Alliance.
• Mayumi met Yunyi at school and privately relayed Katsuto Jumonji's information, prompting Yunyi to order closer surveillance of the US fleet.
• Yunyi warned Mayumi that revealing his identity could unite the Ten Master Clans against him and force her to choose a side.
• Mayumi told Yunyi that she had no other choice, and Yunyi asked her to notify Lord Saegusa and prepare for what might come.
• Mayumi asked Yunyi to arrange protection for Kasumi and Izumi in case they had to leave Japan.

Mayumi Saegusa asked Yunyi to protect Kasumi and Izumi from being used in the Saegusa Family’s political marriages, and he proposed taking them along when they left. As they prepared for the Ten Master Clans’ response, Katsuto Jumonji revealed Yunyi’s identity and demanded an explanation from Koichi Saegusa.

• Mayumi Saegusa warned Yunyi that the Saegusa Family might sacrifice Kasumi and Izumi to preserve its interests, and asked him to help protect them.
• Yunyi suggested taking Kasumi and Izumi with them, and Mayumi said she believed her younger sisters would be happy to go.
• Yunyi ordered his subordinates to watch Kasumi and Izumi’s school, while Mayumi told the girls to come straight home and avoid returning to the Saegusa residence.
• Mayumi watched Yunyi leave and wondered whether choosing him had been worth it.
• Katsuto Jumonji revealed Yunyi’s identity to the Ten Master Clans and demanded that Koichi Saegusa explain his daughter’s involvement with a foreign Strategic-Class Magician.

After Katsuto Jumonji revealed Yunyi’s identity as a Strategic-Class Magician of the Great Asian Alliance, the Ten Master Clans demanded an explanation from Koichi Saegusa. Koichi described Yunyi’s motives and activities but had not yet explained why the Saegusa Family concealed his identity.

• Maya Yotsuba received Katsuto Jumonji’s message and decided to fly to Tokyo to meet Yunyi.
• The heads of the Ten Master Clans convened an online meeting, and Retsu Kudou demanded answers from Koichi Saegusa.
• Koichi admitted that Mayumi Saegusa had discovered Yunyi’s identity first and told him about it.
• Koichi said Yunyi had come to Japan to study its educational methods and later revealed his abilities after becoming disillusioned with the system and other events.
• Koichi said Yunyi had gathered useful information while undercover at First High School and began to explain why the Saegusa Family had hidden his identity.

At the Master Clans Conference, Koichi Saegusa explained why his family had concealed Liu Yunyi’s identity: they hoped to win him over and feared provoking a magician of his immense power. Maya Yotsuba challenged whether the Saegusa daughters would truly side with the other clans if relations with Liu Yunyi broke down.

• Koichi Saegusa said Mayumi’s information suggested Liu Yunyi had left the Great Asian Alliance to oppose its treatment of magicians and had traveled undercover before coming to Japan.
• Koichi admitted he hoped to persuade Liu Yunyi to join Japan and said that goal was one reason he had accepted Liu Yunyi’s relationship with Mayumi.
• Koichi cited Liu Yunyi’s strength, the department-store terrorist attack, and the Ogasawara incident as reasons the Saegusa Family had chosen to conceal his identity and monitor him instead of making an enemy of him.
• Koichi said he had arranged for Kasumi and Izumi to move in with Liu Yunyi so they could get to know him and possibly learn his Ancient Magic.
• Maya Yotsuba asked Koichi whether his three daughters would side with the other clans if their relationship with Liu Yunyi collapsed.

Maya Yotsuba deflected pressure from Koichi Saegusa by revealing the Yotsuba siblings’ connection to Liu Yunyi and discussing their favorable impressions of him. As the Ten Master Clans continued debating Yunyi’s identity, Katsuto Jumonji invited him to join the Thesis Competition security team.

• Maya Yotsuba suggested Mayumi Saegusa might not side with the Ten Master Clans because she was attracted to Liu Yunyi, and Koichi Saegusa’s reaction confirmed her doubts.
• Maya Yotsuba displayed records identifying Tatsuya Shiba, Miyuki Shiba, and Yuuka Tsukuba as Yotsuba children, and claimed Tatsuya was her son conceived using preserved eggs.
• Maya Yotsuba said Tatsuya suspected Liu Yunyi’s identity but had no proof, and added that Fumiya Yotsuba had developed affection for him.
• Retsu Kudou and the other clan heads recognized that Maya Yotsuba’s remarks had shifted pressure away from Koichi Saegusa, but kept their focus on Liu Yunyi’s identity.
• Katsuto Jumonji invited Liu Yunyi to serve as an on-site guard at the Thesis Competition.

Yunyi accepted Katsuto Jumonji’s invitation to join the security team, where he would train students and guard the competition venue, while weighing whether the American military might attack during the Thesis Competition. At the Student Council, Mayumi Saegusa discussed the difficulty of selecting participants, and Yunyi asked Miyuki Shiba and Tatsuya Shiba to help him arrange a meal with Yuuka Tsukuba.

• Yunyi questioned Katsuto Jumonji about inviting him despite the Master Clans Conference and accepted a role training students and securing the Thesis Competition venue.
• Yunyi considered whether the American military would still attack Japan during the Thesis Competition without the Great Asian Alliance’s planned operation.
• Yunyi entered the Student Council room and learned that Mayumi Saegusa was struggling to choose participants who could support Suzune Ichihara and Tatsuya Shiba.
• Suzune Ichihara lamented that Koharu Hirakawa had been implicated in her younger sister’s actions and glanced at Yunyi with reproach.
• Yunyi asked Miyuki Shiba and Tatsuya Shiba to help contact Yuuka Tsukuba so he could thank her with a meal.

Yunyi helped settle the Thesis Competition team and learned that Katsuto Jumonji had invited him to join the guard team. Miyuki Shiba then received word that Maya Yotsuba would arrive in Tokyo that evening and stay at the Shiba residence, leaving her alarmed about Maya’s purpose.

• Yunyi suggested that Azusa Nakajo join the Thesis Competition team as an assistant, and Suzune Ichihara and Tatsuya Shiba agreed.
• Yunyi pressured Azusa into accepting the role, and Mayumi Saegusa reassured her that she would have support.
• Yunyi told Mayumi that Katsuto Jumonji had invited him to join the guard team, and she was relieved he could stay with her.
• Mayumi explained that Mari Watanabe was handling temporary replacements for the injured Kei Isori and Kanon Chiyoda.
• Miyuki received a message from Hayama saying Maya Yotsuba would arrive in Tokyo that evening and stay at the Shiba residence.

Yunyi sparred with Tatsuya Shiba and Hagane Tomitsuka to test Tomitsuka’s close-combat skills and acceleration magic. Mayumi Saegusa and Mari Watanabe arrived to watch, and Mayumi stopped Yunyi from using Spatial Magic as the spar continued.

• Yunyi invited Tatsuya Shiba and Hagane Tomitsuka to spar with him using hand-to-hand combat.
• Yunyi and Tatsuya immediately clashed, while Hagane hesitated to join them.
• Yunyi charged Hagane, who used acceleration magic to dodge and counter as Tatsuya attacked Yunyi from behind.
• Mayumi Saegusa told Azusa Nakajo to file a report about the spar, then went to the practice field with Mari Watanabe and explained Hagane’s contact-type Cast Jamming.
• Yunyi opened a spatial gate to redirect Tatsuya’s punch into Hagane, who endured the blow with reinforcement magic and charged back into the fight.
• Mayumi called Spatial Magic cheating, so Yunyi agreed not to use it and prepared to continue sparring.

After a fierce sparring match, Yunyi healed himself and discussed the guard team with Mayumi Saegusa, Tatsuya Shiba, and Miyuki Shiba. The chapter ended with Tatsuya warning that the Ten Master Clans might move against Yunyi, while Lord Koichi Saegusa could support the operation to protect his family.

• Yunyi and Tatsuya Shiba finished their sparring match injured, while Hagane Tomitsuka exhausted his Psions and was taken to the infirmary.
• Yunyi refused Tatsuya Shiba's offer to heal him, then used his own magic to recover before leaving the training ground with Mayumi Saegusa, Tatsuya Shiba, and Miyuki Shiba.
• Yunyi told Mayumi Saegusa that he had submitted the guard team list to Jumonji and had joined the team himself.
• Yunyi learned that Tatsuya Shiba and Miyuki Shiba had received no news about the Master Clans Conference, and suspected the Ten Master Clans were restricting information from people connected to him.
• Mayumi Saegusa asked Yunyi about the conference in their car, while Tatsuya Shiba told Miyuki Shiba that the Yotsuba Clan might oppose or avoid action against Yunyi.
• Tatsuya Shiba predicted that Lord Koichi Saegusa would support an operation against Yunyi and cut ties with Saegusa-senpai to keep the Saegusa Family out of the fallout.

Tatsuya Shiba and Miyuki Shiba returned to the residence and discussed the Master Clans Conference’s decision about the dangerous foreign magician with Maya Yotsuba. Maya left the conference’s conclusion undisclosed, asking instead for their assessments.

• Tatsuya Shiba sensed unfamiliar people around the residence, then Hayama explained that Maya Yotsuba had entered early to handle the day’s events.
• Maya Yotsuba asked Tatsuya Shiba and Miyuki Shiba for their views on the Master Clans Conference’s debate about recruiting or killing the magician.
• Miyuki Shiba said she did not want to make an enemy of him and suspected he had revealed his power because he believed Japanese magicians could not threaten him.
• Tatsuya Shiba said the magician was too dangerous to oppose unless they could kill him in one strike, warning that failure could destroy the Yotsuba Clan.

Yunyi explained why he had exposed his identity and admitted he wanted to provoke Japan’s Ten Master Clans and military into attacking him. Shen Yi agreed to handle the deterrence despite the limited number of warships, while Xiaoxue took charge of unrest in the United; Yunyi then received an unexpected call.

• Mayumi Saegusa and the twins worried over information about Yunyi while he discussed his plans with Xiaoxue, Chen Mei, and Shen Yi.
• Yunyi said exposing his identity would divert attention from unrest in the United and let him test preparations to restrain the magical world.
• Shen Yi rejected his explanations, and Yunyi admitted he wanted to provoke Japan’s Ten Master Clans and military so he could teach them a lesson.
• Shen Yi warned that only twelve destroyers were ready, then agreed to handle the deterrence and vowed that Gu Jie should not be allowed to live.
• Chen Mei went to check on Shen Yi, and Xiaoxue offered to manage the unrest in the United while Yunyi carried out his plan.
• Yunyi received another call after the others disconnected and wondered why the caller had contacted him.

After receiving an invitation from Miyuki Shiba, Yunyi prepared to meet Maya Yotsuba while arranging for Mayumi Saegusa and her sisters to leave their home as the Ten Master Clans moved against them. He used the Gate of Transfer to reach the Shiba residence, where Maya and the others waited for him.

• Miyuki Shiba called Yunyi and invited him to meet an elder, whom he suspected was Maya Yotsuba.
• Yunyi read Koichi Saegusa's message and told Mayumi Saegusa to pack while instructing Kasumi Saegusa and her twin to contact Lord Saegusa for help leaving.
• Mayumi Saegusa worried that Maya Yotsuba might be luring Yunyi into an ambush, but Yunyi reassured her and departed using the Gate of Transfer.
• At the Shiba residence, Maya Yotsuba told Hayama to warn her people not to confront Yunyi rashly.
• Yunyi appeared in Tatsuya Shiba's room upstairs and explained that he had chosen the location to avoid the watchers.

Yunyi confronted Maya Yotsuba over her role in giving information to the Saegusa Family and challenged her intentions. After suppressing the Psions in the Shiba residence, he explained that he had come to Japan seeking a way to change the Alliance’s balance of power, but found America and Japan nearly as corrupt as the Alliance.

• Yunyi accused Maya Yotsuba of passing information to the Saegusa Family to drive a wedge between him and Mayumi Saegusa and replace her with someone from the Yotsuba Family.
• Maya Yotsuba acknowledged her involvement and questioned how Yunyi knew so much about the Yotsuba Clan.
• Maya used Night against Yunyi, but he dispelled it with Fool's World and took control of the Psions around the Shiba residence, leaving Maya and the guards unable to fight with magic.
• Maya said she had come to Tokyo out of curiosity about Yunyi and asked why he was operating undercover in Japan.
• Yunyi said he was looking for a way to change the Alliance’s balance of power and had found America and Japan almost as rotten as the Alliance.

Yunyi explained why he wanted Tatsuya Shiba as a companion, revealing that he had suffered a childhood much like Tatsuya’s before awakening Domain Magic. He described how his family and the powerful factions around him had tried to control his life, leaving the room silent as he asked Tatsuya whether that was not ridiculous.

• Yunyi criticized the Yotsuba Clan for keeping Tatsuya Shiba under control and treating him as a weapon, unsettling Miyuki Shiba.
• Yunyi told Tatsuya that their experiences were similar and described how the Yotsuba Clan had altered Tatsuya’s brain to restrain his unusual magic.
• Yunyi recounted his own poor magical talent, his father’s death, and his family’s plan to risk a second brain operation on him.
• Yunyi said he avoided the operation by awakening Domain Magic, which gave him complete control over Psions and made him a magician.
• Yunyi explained that powerful factions feared him, his mother left to avoid implicating him, and he killed for the first time after being kidnapped.

Yunyi explained why he had abandoned his plan to recruit Tatsuya and revealed that he once considered destroying the world before changing his outlook. Maya recognized that Yunyi intended to change the order governing magicians, but left the Yotsuba Clan’s response undecided.

• Yunyi said the Pledge made it unlikely that Tatsuya could be recruited, even if his emotions were restored.
• Maya asked whether Yunyi planned to change the status of magicians or create an organization to oppose the Magic Association and national governments.
• Yunyi admitted that Tatsuya’s power and potential had motivated his recruitment attempt, then demonstrated a spatial gate and joked about using Miyuki to control Tatsuya.
• Yunyi explained that his time in America had eased his former desire to destroy the world and asked Maya whether she would declare war or make friends.
• Maya refused to respond, saying that a change in the world order should not be decided by a holder of power from the old era.

Maya Yotsuba left the next decision about the Yotsuba Family and Yunyi to Miyuki Shiba, while Yunyi learned that nearly thirty attackers had targeted his home and been defeated. After leaving the Shiba residence, Yunyi met Lina, who questioned his openly revealed identity as an undercover agent.

• Maya Yotsuba told Miyuki Shiba to decide how the Yotsuba Family would proceed and promised the clan's support.
• Yunyi received word that nearly thirty people had attacked his home, and then learned Lina had captured two attackers alive while the rest were wiped out.
• Maya Yotsuba named the Mitsuya and Itsuwa Families, and possibly the Kudou Family, as participants in the attack, and explained that the Saegusa Family was under surveillance.
• Yunyi left through the Gate of Transfer, and Maya Yotsuba instructed Miyuki Shiba to decide what came next while she prepared to return with Hayama and Fumiya.
• Miyuki Shiba leaned against Tatsuya Shiba after Maya Yotsuba left, and the siblings fell silent about the night's events.
• Yunyi teleported to Lina's house, where Lina challenged him for exposing his undercover identity, and he said he could deal with anyone who attacked him.

Yunyi prepared to leave Japan after enemies from the Ten Master Clans moved against his home, and Lina, Mayumi Saegusa, Kasumi Saegusa, and Izumi Saegusa joined him. The group departed through the Gate of Transfer, leaving Koichi Saegusa to suspect that the twins had gone with them and worry about the Saegusa Family’s future.

• Yunyi asked Lina to leave Japan with him, then used the Gate of Transfer to bring her and two captured prisoners to his home.
• Kasumi Saegusa asked Yunyi to take her and Izumi with him, and Mayumi Saegusa arrived with Izumi and their luggage.
• Mayumi explained that Kasumi and Izumi had chosen to leave the Saegusa Family, and Yunyi agreed to take them along.
• Yunyi warned that the Ten Master Clans had already targeted his home, so Mayumi sent Koichi Saegusa a message before the group departed through the Gate of Transfer.
• Koichi Saegusa received no reply and told his wife he believed Kasumi and Izumi had left with Yunyi, though she worried about the consequences for their family.