Chapter Summaries

Yunyi demonstrated that he could use Strategic-Class Magic, then explained to Mayumi Saegusa why becoming a Strategic-Class Magician might bring her greater scrutiny and less freedom. Mayumi asked Yunyi to keep pretending to be her boyfriend, and he felt he had little choice but to agree.

• Yunyi demonstrated Thunderclap Tower for Mayumi Saegusa and said that several magicians in the Great Asian Alliance could use it.
• Yunyi explained that Heavenly Fire Burns the City was incomplete and not Strategic-Class Magic, while Mayumi said she did not want to see such magic used in a conflict.
• Yunyi told Mayumi that becoming a Strategic-Class Magician might draw the Japanese government’s attention and make her situation worse.
• Yunyi said the Alliance’s leaders let him live freely because they feared him, recalling how he had once threatened them with a Strategic-Class spell before leaving the country.
• Mayumi asked Yunyi to keep pretending to be her boyfriend, and Yunyi concluded that he had to accept.

Yunyi agreed to enter the Nine Schools Competition under Mayumi Saegusa’s plan to help her persuade her father, while keeping his strength hidden and aiming to capture No Head Dragon’s leader. After Mayumi stayed overnight and went to school with him, rumors spread across First High, and Erika Chiba called for Leo and Miki to grab him.

• Yunyi agreed to compete in the Nine Schools Competition, and Mayumi Saegusa promised to handle explaining his sudden ability to use magic.
• Yunyi planned to enter Icicle Destruction and use the competition as a chance to capture Douglas Huang, the leader of No Head Dragon.
• Koichi Saegusa learned that Mayumi had visited Yunyi and ordered Nagura to investigate him.
• Mayumi cooked breakfast for Yunyi, and they traveled to First High School together after teasing each other.
• Students spotted Mayumi and Yunyi arriving together, spreading rumors before they entered the school.
• Erika Chiba spotted Yunyi in his classroom and called for Leo and Miki to grab him.

Yunyi faced classmates’ curiosity after rumors spread that he and Mayumi Saegusa had arrived at school together, then hinted to Tatsuya Shiba that his hidden abilities might soon be exposed. At the Student Council room, Miyuki Shiba guessed that Yunyi and Mayumi were involved, while Tatsuya failed to understand their exchange.

• Erika Chiba and the others cornered Yunyi and questioned him about his relationship with Mayumi Saegusa after hearing they had arrived at school together.
• Yunyi brushed off the rumors as a coincidence, then apologized to Mikihiko Yoshida for not knowing his name.
• Tatsuya Shiba told Yunyi he had adjusted Yunyi’s CAD and seen the Activation Sequences stored in it, and Yunyi suggested he could not keep his secrets hidden much longer.
• Yunyi went with Tatsuya Shiba to meet Miyuki Shiba before heading to the Student Council room.
• Miyuki Shiba asked about Yunyi’s relationship with Mayumi, and Yunyi answered ambiguously, prompting Miyuki to congratulate him and call Tatsuya a blockhead.

Yunyi and Mayumi Saegusa revealed their relationship to the Student Council, then went with Miyuki Shiba to the Nine Schools Competition selection venue. They focused on the Icicle Destruction simulation, where an icicle collapsed just as they arrived.

• Miyuki Shiba, Tatsuya Shiba, and Yunyi entered the Student Council room, where Yunyi showed everyone that he and Mayumi Saegusa were together.
• Mayumi Saegusa reassured Mari Watanabe that she had her reasons for the relationship and believed her father would support her.
• Tatsuya Shiba brought Yunyi his CAD, and Yunyi tested the spell inside it before Mayumi Saegusa invited him and Miyuki Shiba to observe the Nine Schools Competition assessments.
• Mayumi Saegusa led Yunyi and Miyuki Shiba to the Icicle Destruction simulation area, where an icicle collapsed as they arrived.

Yunyi entered the Nine Schools Competition selection test and defeated Gyoubu Hattori in an Icicle Destruction match with a rapid attack. Mayumi Saegusa revealed that Yunyi had been hiding his strength, leaving Katsuto Jumonji and the watching students stunned.

• Mayumi Saegusa encouraged Yunyi to demonstrate his ability by challenging Gyoubu Hattori.
• Yunyi entered the mock arena and asked Gyoubu Hattori to compete in Icicle Destruction.
• As Gyoubu Hattori began his attack, Yunyi summoned three fireballs that destroyed all nine of Hattori's icicles.
• Katsuto Jumonji questioned Mayumi Saegusa about Yunyi, and she confirmed that he had been hiding his strength.
• The Course 1 students nearby reacted with shock as they realized Yunyi might be exceptionally powerful.

After Yunyi defeated Gyoubu Hattori in Icicle Destruction, Miyuki Shiba asked to face him in a match and agreed to seek her brother’s permission first. Mayumi Saegusa showed Yunyi her Crowd Ball skills, then asked whether he would enter Monolith Code, where winning could put him in direct competition with the Ten Master Clans.

• Miyuki Shiba admitted to Mayumi Saegusa and Katsuto Jumonji that she wanted to test herself against Yunyi in Icicle Destruction.
• Gyoubu Hattori conceded defeat to Yunyi, and Mayumi Saegusa comforted him while openly showing her affection for Yunyi.
• Yunyi agreed to a future match with Miyuki Shiba after she obtained her brother’s permission.
• Mayumi Saegusa defeated another third-year girl in Crowd Ball while Yunyi secretly observed the match with Domain Magic.
• Mayumi Saegusa asked Yunyi whether he would enter Monolith Code, where a victory could bring him into conflict with the Ten Master Clans.

Yunyi agreed to enter the Nine Schools Competition in Icicle Destruction, while Mayumi Saegusa struggled with her feelings for him and their cultural differences. Back home, Yunyi resumed interrogating the captured Hajime Tsukasa, whose desperate pleas and hunger made him see Yunyi as an angel when Yunyi gave him food and water.

• Yunyi told Mayumi Saegusa he would compete in the main Icicle Destruction event, and Miyuki Shiba considered asking her brother about entering the main competition.
• Mayumi Saegusa made Yunyi help clear the Student Council's backlog, then reflected on why she had asked him to pretend to be her boyfriend and tried to deny her feelings for him.
• After returning home alone, Yunyi went to the basement to interrogate Hajime Tsukasa.
• Yunyi subjected Hajime Tsukasa to a piercing sound in the sealed room, then offered to release him if he answered questions.
• Yunyi gave the hungry and exhausted Hajime Tsukasa a sandwich and water, and Hajime saw him as an angel offering redemption.

Yunyi interrogated Hajime Tsukasa for information about Blanche and Gu Jie, but Hajime's mind broke before he could answer the final question. Meanwhile, Mayumi Saegusa secured Yunyi a place in Icicle Destruction and, after a difficult night at home, went to meet him the next morning, where he embraced her.

• Yunyi questioned Hajime Tsukasa about Blanche's members and learned that a list was kept at Hajime's home, but Hajime lost consciousness when asked where Gu Jie was hiding.
• Yunyi used Cremation to burn Hajime to ashes and left, hoping No Head Dragon would provide information about Gu Jie.
• Mayumi Saegusa negotiated with Katsuto Jumonji and secured Yunyi a place in Icicle Destruction, despite Katsuto warning her that Yunyi's circumstances could implicate the Saegusa Family.
• Mayumi spent the evening with Kasumi and Izumi Saegusa, then stood at her window wanting to leave the family residence, where Tomokazu Saegusa saw her.
• The next morning, Mayumi waited in Yunyi's courtyard, and Yunyi welcomed her by drawing her into an embrace.

Yunyi and Mayumi Saegusa went to school together, and Yunyi publicly declared that they were a couple. Their arrival drew intense attention and hostility from Mayumi's admirers, leaving their friends shaken by the walk to campus.

• Mayumi Saegusa accepted an ID card from Yunyi, and the two rode to school together in comfortable silence.
• At the station, Yunyi helped Mayumi out of the car, while she privately hoped they could hold hands openly after the Nine Schools Competition.
• Tatsuya Shiba, Miyuki Shiba, Erika Chiba, and their companions met Yunyi and Mayumi near the school.
• After Erika teased them about arriving together again, Yunyi took Mayumi's hand and announced that they were together.
• Mayumi laughed as students glared at Yunyi, and the group endured hostile stares on the way to school.
• After Mayumi parted from Yunyi, Honoka Mitsui collapsed into Shizuku Kitayama's arms, while Mizuki Shibata told Yunyi she would never walk with him that way again.

Yunyi faced Miyuki Shiba in a high-profile sparring match ahead of the Nine Schools Competition trials. After Miyuki’s Inferno failed to melt the icicles Yunyi had protected with Frozen Shadow, Yunyi prepared to reveal another spell.

• Yunyi joined Tatsuya Shiba and Miyuki Shiba at the simulation area, where Tatsuya agreed to let Miyuki spar with him.
• Suzune Ichihara began the match before a crowd that included Mayumi Saegusa and Mari Watanabe.
• Miyuki used field interference to slow Yunyi’s Activation Sequence, then cast Inferno across her half of the field.
• Yunyi revealed that Frozen Shadow had protected the icicles on his side, leaving them untouched by Inferno.
• After exchanging signals with Tatsuya and seeing Mayumi’s concern, Yunyi lowered his CAD, raised a finger, and declared, “Inscription!”

Yunyi defeated Miyuki Shiba in the Icicle Destruction match by using his fifth-tier fire magic, Black Rope Hell, and then openly showed his affection for Mayumi Saegusa. After Tatsuya Shiba hinted that he had recognized something about Yunyi’s magic, Yunyi faced teasing from Mayumi and Miyuki while Tatsuya declined to help him.

• Yunyi chanted an incantation and cast Black Rope Hell, melting Miyuki Shiba’s nine ice pillars and winning the match.
• Yunyi approached Mayumi Saegusa, pinched her cheek, and asked whether she was satisfied with the result.
• Yunyi apologized to Tatsuya Shiba and acknowledged Miyuki’s skill, while Tatsuya suggested he had recognized the Activation Sequences behind Yunyi’s magic.
• Miyuki Shiba joined them, and Yunyi joked that Mayumi was to blame for making him show his full strength.
• Mayumi and Miyuki challenged Yunyi’s claim that he would have gone easy without Mayumi watching, and Yunyi asked Tatsuya for help.

After Yunyi’s match against Miyuki, the others warned him to be careful with his powerful magic at the Nine Schools Competition, and Mayumi agreed to help choose what he would use. Yunyi later talked with Tatsuya about CAD adjustments and discussed competition events with his friends, ending with Shizuku suggesting he could win Monolith Code by himself.

• Katsuto and Tatsuya judged Yunyi’s magic to be exceptionally powerful, and Mayumi promised to help him select suitable magic for the competition.
• Yunyi returned to Class 1-E and asked Tatsuya how he had become so skilled at adjusting CADs; Tatsuya said he hoped to become a magic engineering technician.
• After school, Yunyi replied to Mayumi’s message and left, while Mayumi privately wished he had stayed to keep her company.
• Yunyi met Tatsuya and the others at a station, where they discussed the Nine Schools Competition and the events they had entered.
• Yunyi explained that he was only competing in Icicle Destruction, and Shizuku suggested he could win Monolith Code alone.

Yunyi explained how his unusual magic guided and transformed Psions after Honoka noticed that its light differed from Modern Magic. He left the group with an explanation of Psion affinities and the limits of his method.

• Yunyi told Honoka Mitsui that he could not compete in Monolith Code without a team, and Tatsuya Shiba noted that he was not a competitor.
• Miyuki Shiba wanted to enter the main Icicle Destruction competition, but Tatsuya and Yunyi urged her to compete in the newcomers' event instead.
• Yunyi asked Tatsuya Shiba about the problems Modern Magic faced, then teased him for adjusting Miyuki's CAD and preparing her ice-and-fire magic.
• Honoka Mitsui remarked that Yunyi's spell made the Psion light look different, prompting Yunyi to reveal how he transformed gathered Psions into ice.
• Yunyi explained that Psions had affinities that resisted certain transformations, while Modern Magic could use theory to work around that resistance.

Tatsuya Shiba explained what he had observed about Yunyi’s Ancient Magic, while Yunyi decrypted an American message that made him reconsider his plans. Mayumi Saegusa joined Yunyi for dinner before returning home, leaving him alone again.

• Tatsuya Shiba told Miyuki Shiba that Yunyi had reinforced his ice pillar with precisely controlled magic and that he could only partly discern Yunyi’s offensive magic.
• Yunyi decrypted a file sent from America, memorized its important information, and decided his plan needed to move forward.
• Yunyi began considering whom to contact, but Mayumi Saegusa arrived at his house and said she wanted to have dinner with him.
• Yunyi and Mayumi Saegusa prepared and ate dinner together, then Mayumi left for home.
• Yunyi watched Mayumi Saegusa drive away and returned to his quiet house, feeling lonely.

Mayumi Saegusa told Koichi Saegusa that she was dating Yunyi after he questioned Yunyi’s hidden Ancient Magic. Koichi allowed her to pursue the relationship until she graduated, leaving Mayumi unsure what to do about their pretend romance before Yunyi suddenly appeared.

• Koichi Saegusa asked Mayumi Saegusa why Yunyi had revealed unusual Ancient Magic and whether she was involved.
• Mayumi admitted that she and Yunyi were dating and asked her father to give Yunyi a chance instead of arranging her marriage to Igura-kun or Jumonji-kun.
• Koichi said Mayumi could continue the relationship until graduation, but warned that he would expect Yunyi to prove his value.
• Mayumi left home uncertain about whether to visit Yunyi and what to tell him.
• Yunyi appeared before Mayumi and remarked that she was wasting her looks with her troubled expression.

Yunyi picked up Mayumi Saegusa from her family home, then helped secure Tatsuya Shiba as a technician for the Nine Schools Competition. The chapter ended with Yunyi preparing to test a new spell after asking Mayumi to approve his training-room request.

• Yunyi arrived at the Saegusa residence and took Mayumi Saegusa to school, where she fell asleep during the drive.
• Mayumi Saegusa and Yunyi discussed the Nine Schools Competition technician selection, and Yunyi recommended Tatsuya Shiba.
• Yunyi persuaded Tatsuya Shiba to accept the technician role by pointing out Miyuki Shiba's hopes and revealing that he knew about Tatsuya's skills.
• Tatsuya Shiba agreed to join the support team, making Miyuki Shiba happy.
• Yunyi announced that he had finished an Activation Sequence for a new spell and asked Mayumi Saegusa to approve his request to test it in the training room.

Yunyi demonstrated two spells he had adapted from Ancient Magic for the Nine Schools Competition, showing how Mirror Reflection rebounded a tennis ball and refining a flame spell for Icicle Destruction. Tatsuya Shiba explained the spells’ distinctive qualities, while Suzune Ichihara grew curious about Yunyi’s magic.

• Yunyi invited Mayumi Saegusa, Tatsuya Shiba, Miyuki Shiba, and the others to watch him test spells he had prepared for the Nine Schools Competition.
• Yunyi cast Mirror Reflection, and the spell bounced Tatsuya Shiba’s tennis ball back at more than twice its incoming speed.
• Tatsuya Shiba identified the spell’s strengths and weaknesses, and Yunyi acknowledged that its activation was slow and its reflection followed the original path.
• Yunyi tested a flame spell for Icicle Destruction, spotted an error in its Activation Sequence, and corrected it to produce a flame in his palm.
• Tatsuya Shiba described Yunyi’s magic as a destructive type of Ancient Magic, and Suzune Ichihara watched him with a hint of curiosity.

Yunyi discussed simplifying his Activation Sequences with Tatsuya so he could use his magic in the Nine Schools Competition, then joined the others in helping Azusa with her assignment on weight magic. The chapter ended with everyone turning to Yunyi after he casually said that general-purpose flight magic was a simple spell.

• Tatsuya offered to adjust Yunyi's Activation Sequences to make them deploy faster without reducing their power, and Yunyi agreed.
• Yunyi boasted that his defensive magic and Crowd Ball spells could win matches, and he claimed he could use Gramarye as a trump card against a strong opponent.
• Mayumi suggested that everyone return to the Student Council room, where she reminded Azusa to finish her assignment.
• Azusa explained that she understood two of the three major technical challenges of weight magic but could not explain why general-purpose flight magic had failed.
• Mayumi asked whether Yunyi could use flight magic, and Yunyi said it was a simple spell, surprising everyone.

Yunyi explained his Ring Theory of flight magic to Mayumi Saegusa and the others, then discussed his unfinished spell with Tatsuya Shiba. After lunch, he worked on his terminal and used magic to stop Erika Chiba and Leonhart from laughing at him.

• Yunyi explained that flight magic required linking spell cycles so an information body returned to its original state after each spell.
• Yunyi told Mayumi Saegusa that his flight magic combined weight reduction with a vector spell, though the vector portion still had flaws.
• Yunyi asked Tatsuya Shiba to study his Activation Sequence, and Tatsuya agreed to examine it for ideas for his own flight magic.
• Mayumi Saegusa dismissed everyone when lunch ended and announced that Tatsuya Shiba and Yunyi should attend the after-school Nine Schools Competition meeting.
• Yunyi worked on his terminal during class, and Erika Chiba and Leonhart laughed when they saw his screen.
• Yunyi used magic to freeze Erika Chiba and Leonhart mid-laugh until Tatsuya Shiba reminded him that using magic without permission violated school rules.

The Nine Schools Competition preparations advanced as Tatsuya proved his engineering ability and Yunyi and Mayumi practiced their events. With the competition three days away, Mayumi set the travel schedule, while her increasingly strange attitude toward Yunyi remained unexplained.

• Mayumi secured approval for Yunyi's entry, and Tatsuya demonstrated his CAD skills at a meeting to win support for his appointment as an engineer.
• Gyoubu watched Mayumi and Yunyi during the meeting, and Yunyi understood that Gyoubu's feelings for Mayumi had been hurt by their relationship.
• Tatsuya began meeting with the competitors assigned to him, while Miyuki reacted badly after Yunyi joked that his group of female competitors resembled imperial consorts.
• Yunyi overwhelmed his practice opponents in Icicle Destruction, and Tatsuya stopped Miyuki from practicing against him because she was not ready to beat him.
• Mayumi told the competitors to prepare for the Nine Schools Competition and announced their departure schedule, then later brought up her changed attitude toward Yunyi.