Chapter Summaries

As Mayumi Saegusa and the others considered who should succeed Mari Watanabe as Public Morals Committee chair, Yunyi recommended Tatsuya Shiba instead. During practical skills class, Yunyi watched Miyuki Shiba defeat Shizuku Kitayama and gave Shizuku advice for countering Miyuki’s magic interference.

• Mayumi Saegusa and Mari Watanabe weighed Miyuki Shiba’s suggestion that Yunyi become the next Public Morals Committee chair, while Suzune Ichihara and Tatsuya Shiba discussed its merits.
• Yunyi ate Mayumi Saegusa’s fried shrimp, then suggested that Tatsuya Shiba succeed Mari and that Miyuki join the committee.
• Honoka Mitsui brought Yunyi to watch Miyuki Shiba and Shizuku Kitayama practice in a simulated area, where Miyuki had won their contest.
• Yunyi explained that Miyuki’s Zone Interference disrupted other people’s magic and advised Shizuku to stabilize her Calculation Area and concentrate her magic to break through at one point.

Yunyi guided Shizuku Kitayama through a magic match against Miyuki Shiba, helping Shizuku win by condensing her Psions and changing only part of the target’s information. He then challenged the students to consider why and how they learned magic, ending by explaining that he enrolled at First High School to learn magic that could improve his life rather than serve as a military weapon.

• Yunyi used his domain to guide Shizuku’s Psions during her match with Miyuki, helping her block Miyuki’s magic and take the victory.
• Shizuku said she understood Yunyi’s method but asked what advantage it offered, while Miyuki admitted she did not understand it either.
• Yunyi called Shizuku and Miyuki idiots and asked the students why they learned magic.
• Yunyi argued that magic was a tool meant to make life more convenient and criticized students for focusing on its power instead of its uses.
• Yunyi told Miyuki that he had enrolled at First High School to learn magic that would improve his life, not become a soldier serving the military.

Yunyi took Mayumi Saegusa to meet Shen Yi, his biological mother, after discussing his opposition to Japan’s military-focused education system. The chapter ended with Mayumi shocked to learn who Shen Yi was.

• Yunyi left First High School after criticizing its military-focused education system and vowing to overturn it.
• Mari Watanabe warned Mayumi Saegusa that Yunyi would need status, power, and influence to spread his ideas, but Mayumi said she believed in him.
• Yunyi picked Mayumi up after school, and they returned home to prepare dinner for the two little ones before traveling through the Gate of Transfer.
• Yunyi and Mayumi arrived aboard a ship in the Atlantic Ocean and went to a records room to meet Shen Yi.
• Shen Yi scolded Yunyi about his weight, and Yunyi introduced her to Mayumi as his biological mother, leaving Mayumi stunned.

Yunyi introduced Mayumi Saegusa to his mother, Shen Yi, who approved of her and invited them to dinner. Mayumi learned more about Yunyi’s plans and affirmed that she would give up her Saegusa identity to be with him, while Shen Yi believed she could keep it and take control of the family.

• Shen Yi teased Yunyi about Mayumi, then told them she was pleased with the girl and sent them to look around the ship before dinner.
• Mayumi scolded Yunyi for failing to warn her about meeting his mother, and Yunyi explained that Shen Yi supported his plans despite rarely seeing him.
• Mayumi asked whether Yunyi’s plan could succeed, and he admitted he lacked power, money, and influence while planning to deal with the Union’s hostile factions during summer vacation.
• At dinner, Mayumi told Shen Yi that she would give up her Saegusa identity to be with Yunyi.
• Shen Yi disagreed that Mayumi needed to abandon her identity and privately considered how Yunyi could help her take control of the Saegusa Family.

After returning home with Yunyi, Mayumi Saegusa relaxed from the strain of introducing herself as his girlfriend, then woke early to make breakfast. Over breakfast, Kasumi Saegusa and Izumi Saegusa questioned Yunyi about whether he truly loved Mayumi, and he asked Kasumi how she thought he had threatened her.

• Yunyi and Mayumi returned home to find Kasumi sprawled on the sofa with Izumi, and Yunyi reassured Mayumi that her sisters could make themselves comfortable.
• Mayumi admitted she had been nervous visiting as Yunyi’s girlfriend, and Yunyi comforted her before she rested.
• The next morning, Yunyi found Mayumi cheerfully making breakfast while Kasumi and Izumi wondered why their sister seemed to be in such a good mood.
• At the dining table, Izumi asked whether Yunyi was dating Mayumi because he liked her, and Kasumi said they feared he had tricked Mayumi.
• Yunyi asked whether the sisters thought he had threatened Mayumi, and Kasumi nodded, prompting him to ask how he could have done so.

Yunyi reassured Mayumi Saegusa after Katsuto Jumonji objected to her living with him on behalf of the Jumonji Family. Mayumi trusted Yunyi’s promise that the Kudou Family would support them, while Yunyi kept the Jumonji Family’s challenge in mind.

• Izumi Saegusa apologized for misjudging Yunyi and warned that the twins would not forgive anyone who hurt Mayumi Saegusa.
• Mayumi Saegusa and Yunyi went to First High School, where Mayumi grew gloomy as she worked on handing over her Student Council duties.
• Katsuto Jumonji entered the Student Council room and objected to Mayumi living with Yunyi, citing his suspicions as head of the Jumonji Family.
• Mayumi told Katsuto that her father had approved her decision and directed him to submit any objections through formal channels.
• Mayumi told Yunyi about Katsuto’s objection, and Yunyi reassured her that the Kudou Family would back them.
• Mayumi accepted Yunyi’s reassurance and sent him back to class, while Yunyi resolved to keep the Jumonji Family’s challenge in mind.

During practical training, Miyuki Shiba, Honoka Mitsui, and Shizuku Kitayama asked Yunyi to teach them how to make magic more concentrated and solid. Yunyi arranged different exercises for each girl, pairing Miyuki and Honoka with Tatsuya Shiba and taking Shizuku himself.

• Leonhart, Erika Chiba, Mizuki Shibata, and Tatsuya Shiba discussed Yunyi and why Miyuki, Shizuku, and Honoka were coming to see him.
• Miyuki Shiba, Shizuku Kitayama, and Honoka Mitsui asked Yunyi to teach them the technique he had demonstrated.
• Yunyi agreed to teach them but asked them not to tell others that they had learned it from him.
• Yunyi assigned Miyuki to freeze only half the liquid in a cup and Honoka to concentrate her light magic into a smaller range.
• Tatsuya Shiba suggested that Shizuku use Information Fortification to reinforce only part of an object.
• Yunyi paired Miyuki and Honoka with Tatsuya to observe their practice and took Shizuku as his own partner.

Yunyi taught Tatsuya Shiba, Miyuki Shiba, and Honoka Mitsui to practice precise magic control while explaining that Erika Chiba’s family technique, Usubakagerou, used the same principle. After Yunyi demonstrated it with Honoka’s handkerchief, the group resumed practicing.

• Tatsuya Shiba said that Miyuki Shiba and Honoka Mitsui could join the practice, and Yunyi agreed to teach them.
• The instructor urged the Course 2 Students not to underestimate the technique, and Erika Chiba asked to observe.
• Yunyi revealed that Usubakagerou was an application of solidifying magic and demonstrated the principle by hardening Honoka Mitsui’s handkerchief and pinning it to a wall.
• Yunyi offered to arrange a date between Honoka Mitsui and Tatsuya Shiba to make up for the handkerchief, then clarified that he was joking and would repay her.
• Yunyi advised Erika Chiba to explore using her secret technique with conventional weapons, leaving her shocked by how much he knew.
• Yunyi told Miyuki Shiba, Honoka Mitsui, and Shizuku Kitayama to practice, and Miyuki and Honoka began working on their Activation Sequences.

Miyuki Shiba and the others learned Yunyi’s technique, and Tatsuya Shiba warned Honoka Mitsui not to pry into Yunyi’s secrets. Meanwhile, Lina received a STARS mission based on information Yunyi had previously shared and began questioning how he had known it.

• Miyuki Shiba, Honoka Mitsui, and Shizuku Kitayama learned Yunyi’s practical technique, but Yunyi told Honoka that his other methods were secret.
• Tatsuya Shiba explained that Yunyi’s warning was a boundary and that Honoka would need a standing like Mayumi Saegusa’s to learn his hidden secrets.
• Honoka Mitsui apologized, and Miyuki Shiba and Shizuku Kitayama reassured her before they left the practical skills building.
• Miyuki Shiba found Yunyi asleep at Mayumi Saegusa’s desk in the Student Council room, and he stayed there while Mayumi finished her work.
• Virginia Balance briefed Lina on a STARS pursuit mission, and Lina recognized that its intelligence matched information Yunyi had previously given her.
• Lina wondered how Yunyi had predicted the revelations, began doubting the military’s handling of intelligence, and considered telling Walker.

Mayumi Saegusa and Yunyi returned home late, made dinner for Kasumi Saegusa and Izumi Saegusa, and discussed their responsibilities as Mayumi prepared to leave the Student Council. The chapter ended with Mayumi and Yunyi teasing each other in bed as the mood turned intimate.

• Mayumi Saegusa and Yunyi came home late and found Kasumi Saegusa and Izumi Saegusa upset because they had been left waiting for dinner.
• Mayumi Saegusa and Yunyi cooked for the twins, and Mayumi asked Yunyi to prepare their dinners while she handled Student Council work during the coming election.
• Mayumi Saegusa explained that she was helping Azusa prepare to become student council president and said Mari Watanabe wanted her to repeat a year because of Yunyi.
• Mayumi Saegusa and Yunyi discussed the difficulty of finding Mari Watanabe a successor as chair of the Public Morals Committee, while Katsuto Jumonji quietly kept an eye on Yunyi.
• Mayumi Saegusa said Koichi Saegusa had reassured her that the Saegusa Family had received no formal document from the Ten Master Clans, though her mother wanted Yunyi brought to the family home.
• Mayumi Saegusa found Yunyi pretending to sleep, and their teasing turned the mood intimate.

Yunyi and Mayumi Saegusa spent the night together, then shared breakfast and a peaceful walk to First High School. Their morning ended when a newcomer arrived at the station and made the atmosphere tense.

• Yunyi and Mayumi Saegusa became intimate, and Mayumi woke the next morning sore and teased him for being rough.
• Yunyi offered to make breakfast as an apology, and Mayumi asked for his steamed pumpkin rice.
• Kasumi Saegusa and Izumi Saegusa offered to help in the kitchen, then watched Mayumi and Yunyi interact over breakfast.
• Yunyi walked with Mayumi to the automated vehicle station instead of taking her on his motorcycle, and they headed to First High School.
• Yunyi and Mayumi greeted Tatsuya and Miyuki Shiba at the station, where Miyuki remarked that Mayumi looked especially well.
• Another automated vehicle arrived, and its passenger made the atmosphere tense and oppressive.

Yunyi had his contacts secretly harass the Jumonji Family while Tatsuya Shiba chose to transfer from the Public Morals Committee to the Student Council. The chapter ended with Mari Watanabe warning Azusa Nakajo and Kanon Chiyoda not to provoke Yunyi after graduation.

• Katsuto Jumonji hurried away to handle work, and Yunyi ordered his contacts to create trouble for the Jumonji Family without revealing themselves.
• Mayumi Saegusa and Miyuki Shiba went to their Course 1 classrooms while Yunyi and Tatsuya Shiba headed to Class E.
• Azusa Nakajo and Kanon Chiyoda argued over whether Tatsuya should join the Student Council or remain on the Public Morals Committee.
• Yunyi silenced the argument and ordered Azusa Nakajo and Kanon Chiyoda out of the Student Council room.
• Tatsuya chose to transfer to the Student Council, and Yunyi told Mayumi Saegusa to treat the decision as settled.
• Mari Watanabe told Azusa Nakajo and Kanon Chiyoda to respect Tatsuya's choice and warned them not to provoke Yunyi after graduation.

Yunyi tried to teach Miyuki Shiba to control her magic, but she could not accept his hands-on method. After lunch, Yunyi left Tatsuya and Miyuki together as they headed to practical classes, doubting he could rely on them.

• Mari Watanabe warned Kanon Chiyoda, Azusa Nakajo, and Kei Isori to give Yunyi leeway because he was an exception who might help them later.
• Yunyi became frustrated when Miyuki Shiba repeatedly froze glasses of water instead of slowing them with her magic.
• Yunyi tried placing his hand over Miyuki's to teach her, but she pulled away, so he ended the lesson and told Tatsuya Shiba he had not held anything back.
• Mari Watanabe left the Student Council room, and Yunyi and Tatsuya set off for afternoon practical classes with Miyuki following.
• Yunyi noticed Miyuki was upset and hurried ahead, leaving her alone with Tatsuya as he questioned whether he could rely on the siblings.

Yunyi declined Retsu Kudou’s invitation and later faced Tatsuya in a practical magic exercise, defeating him with the point-by-point manipulation technique. Their performance led a teacher to say that both could qualify as Course 1 Students next year, inspiring the watching Course 2 Students.

• Miyuki apologized to Tatsuya after her lesson with Yunyi, and Tatsuya reassured her that she could stop learning from him.
• Yunyi declined Retsu Kudou’s invitation, citing his planned visit to the Saegusa Family, and Retsu decided to help the young couple with the Jumonji Family.
• Miyuki, Honoka, and Shizuku searched for Yunyi so they could learn his magic manipulation technique.
• Yunyi and Tatsuya competed to rewrite a cylinder’s information using point-by-point manipulation, and Yunyi broke through Tatsuya’s defense to win.
• A teacher praised their Psion control and said that, with more practical experience, they could become Course 1 Students the following year, encouraging the watching students.

After the match, Yunyi refused Miyuki’s request to continue teaching her magic control, explaining that his method had made the girls uncomfortable. He later left school ahead of Mayumi to prepare dinner for the two children waiting at home, and a car pulled up to offer him a ride.

• Yunyi praised Tatsuya’s magical eyes, and Tatsuya asked how Yunyi had learned to control Psions so completely.
• Miyuki asked Yunyi to continue teaching her precise magic control, but Yunyi refused and suggested she ask Tatsuya for help.
• Erika questioned Tatsuya about Yunyi’s sudden change of attitude, and Tatsuya said the incident at noon had affected Yunyi’s decision.
• Yunyi visited Mayumi in the third-year area, teased her, and then returned to watching students spar.
• After classes ended, Yunyi went home ahead of Mayumi to make dinner for the two children waiting there.
• At the automated station, Yunyi declined to explain his reference to “two little quails,” and a car stopped to offer him a ride.

Yunyi took Kasumi Saegusa and Izumi Saegusa home, eased their wariness with a warm dinner, and discussed his teaching and plans with Mayumi Saegusa. The chapter ended with Mayumi noticing Izumi watching Yunyi’s Nine Schools Competition matches and asking whether the twins had always called him “him.”

• Yunyi left with Kasumi Saegusa and Izumi Saegusa after saying goodbye to Tatsuya Shiba and the others.
• Yunyi cooked the twins mapo tofu and lion’s head meatballs and reassured them that he would not harm them or Mayumi Saegusa.
• Mayumi Saegusa returned home and told Yunyi that her student council arrangements were nearly finished and she planned to step down after the election.
• Yunyi explained that he had stopped teaching Miyuki Shiba and the others because they resisted his lessons, while Mayumi chose not to ask about his plan.
• Izumi Saegusa watched Yunyi’s Nine Schools Competition matches, and Mayumi asked whether the twins had always referred to him as “him.”

Mayumi reassured Kasumi and Izumi that her relationship with Yunyi was her own choice and offered to let them return to the Saegusa Family residence, but both twins wanted to stay. They watched Miyuki Shiba’s match together, and Izumi learned Yunyi had given Shizuku Kitayama the magic she used against Miyuki.

• Mayumi asked Kasumi and Izumi to address Yunyi more respectfully and explained that being with him was her own choice.
• Mayumi offered to help the twins return to the Saegusa Family residence, but Kasumi and Izumi pleaded to stay with her.
• Yunyi joked about moving into the Saegusa Family residence and told the twins to relax while living at his home.
• The group watched Miyuki Shiba defeat her opponent with Ice Flame Hell, and Izumi admired her performance.
• Mayumi revealed that Yunyi had given Shizuku Kitayama the magic she used in her match against Miyuki, surprising Izumi.

Yunyi teased Mayumi Saegusa and her sisters after explaining how he had helped Shizuku Kitayama use Cremation, while the Saegusa twins gradually warmed to him. At First High School’s final assembly, Mayumi began the Student Council handover ceremony by calling out Yunyi, who had fallen asleep against Tatsuya Shiba.

• Mayumi Saegusa explained that Yunyi had provided Shizuku Kitayama with Cremation, while Tatsuya Shiba had supplied the Phonon Maser.
• Yunyi admitted that he had taught Shizuku Cremation and teased Izumi Saegusa into considering what to call him, embarrassing Mayumi by suggesting “brother-in-law.”
• After two peaceful weeks, the Saegusa twins had grown more comfortable with Yunyi, and the students gathered for First High School’s final assembly.
• Azusa Nakajo became Student Council president after receiving more votes than Tatsuya Shiba, Yunyi, and Miyuki Shiba.
• Mayumi Saegusa called on Tatsuya to wake Yunyi, who had fallen asleep against him, and Yunyi awoke wondering whether the assembly was over.

At First High School’s student assembly, Mayumi Saegusa secured the abolition of the unequal rules before leadership passed to the next student council and clubs committee heads. Mari Watanabe then unexpectedly named Liu Yunyi as the next chair of the Public Morals Committee, leaving Yunyi to confront his surprise appointment and take the stage.

• Mayumi Saegusa proposed abolishing the unequal rules, and the students overwhelmingly approved the resolution.
• Azusa Nakajo gave a nervous inaugural speech as student council president, and Gyoubu Hattori succeeded Katsuto Jumonji as head of the Clubs Management Group.
• Before the Public Morals Committee succession announcement, Mari Watanabe checked with Mayumi Saegusa about her plan to name Liu Yunyi.
• Mari Watanabe announced Liu Yunyi as her successor, shocking the students in the auditorium.
• Yunyi blamed Tatsuya Shiba for the surprise appointment, threatened to deal with him later, and used flash magic to teleport to the stage.

Liu Yunyi accepted his nomination as the next Public Morals Committee chair while inviting students to persuade Mari Watanabe to choose someone else. After confronting Mayumi Saegusa about the nomination, he left with her, and Miyuki Shiba told Tatsuya Shiba that Yunyi had hit her.

• Liu Yunyi introduced himself as the nominee for Public Morals Committee chair and challenged the audience to persuade Mari Watanabe to nominate someone else before she graduated.
• Liu Yunyi told Mari Watanabe he had stirred up trouble so she would share his difficulties, then found Miyuki Shiba backstage and flicked her forehead when she refused to reveal Mayumi Saegusa's location.
• Liu Yunyi used Domain Expansion to locate Mayumi Saegusa and teleported to the lounge where she was waiting for him.
• Mayumi Saegusa blamed Katsuto Jumonji for proposing Liu Yunyi as chair, and Liu Yunyi said he would cause more trouble for the Jumonji Family.
• Liu Yunyi and Mayumi Saegusa left together before the assembly ended, leaving Mari Watanabe and Katsuto Jumonji to handle the aftermath.
• After the assembly, Miyuki Shiba told Tatsuya Shiba that Liu Yunyi had hit her and asked him to avenge her.