Chapter Summaries

Maya Yotsuba moved into Baifeng Uesugi’s house, where they shared dinner and a bed. She reminisced about their childhood closeness, and Baifeng fell asleep in her embrace.

• Maya Yotsuba unpacked in Baifeng Uesugi’s bedroom after moving into his house.
• Baifeng Uesugi made handmade ramen for Maya Yotsuba, and they ate together.
• Baifeng Uesugi prepared a bath for Maya Yotsuba, who then insisted on sleeping in his room.
• Maya Yotsuba recalled their childhood closeness and teased Baifeng Uesugi about how he had grown distant.
• Baifeng Uesugi agreed to share his bedding, and Maya Yotsuba held him as they fell asleep.

Baifeng Uesugi woke beside Maya Yotsuba, then returned from shopping to find Honoka Mitsui and Shizuku Kitayama at his home to thank him. He invited them to stay for a meal and took over cooking after discovering Maya had made a mess of the kitchen.

• Baifeng Uesugi woke up beside Maya Yotsuba, apologized for squeezing her in his sleep, and went out to buy groceries.
• Baifeng Uesugi returned home and found Honoka Mitsui and Shizuku Kitayama visiting after asking a teacher for his address.
• Honoka Mitsui and Shizuku Kitayama thanked Baifeng Uesugi for protecting them, and Maya Yotsuba introduced herself as his older sister.
• Baifeng Uesugi invited the two girls to stay for a meal, and Shizuku Kitayama eagerly accepted.
• Baifeng Uesugi found Maya Yotsuba struggling in the kitchen and took over preparing the food.

Baifeng Uesugi served Honoka Mitsui and Shizuku Kitayama a meal of Dragon Country dishes, delighting them with his cooking. Shizuku asked to live with him so she could eat his food every day, but he invited both girls to visit for meals instead, and Maya Yotsuba approved.

• Baifeng Uesugi cooked a tableful of Dragon Country dishes and served them to Maya Yotsuba, Honoka Mitsui, and Shizuku Kitayama.
• Shizuku Kitayama and Honoka Mitsui praised the food, while Baifeng fed them and Maya pieces of red-braised pork.
• After finishing the meal, Shizuku asked to live with Baifeng so she could eat his cooking every day.
• Baifeng told Shizuku and Honoka they could visit for meals whenever they liked, and Maya said she did not mind.
• Baifeng saw Honoka and Shizuku out, then returned to Maya, who teased him about winning the girls over with his cooking.

Baifeng Uesugi shopped for his new residence and bought a motorcycle before finding Kasumi Saegusa and Izumi Saegusa after they sneaked out. He contacted Mayumi Saegusa, caught the girls when they tried to flee, and kept them waiting for their sister to arrive.

• Baifeng Uesugi bought supplies for his residence and purchased an Autumn Maple H2R motorcycle and a helmet.
• Baifeng Uesugi spotted Kasumi Saegusa and Izumi Saegusa in an elevator and overheard that they had sneaked out.
• Baifeng Uesugi called Mayumi Saegusa, who recognized her sisters and asked him to catch them and send her his location.
• Kasumi Saegusa grabbed Izumi Saegusa and ran when she realized Baifeng Uesugi was connected to Mayumi.
• Baifeng Uesugi caught the girls and promised they would not be punished if they waited quietly for Mayumi.

Baifeng Uesugi brought Kasumi Saegusa and Izumi Saegusa to First High School after Mayumi Saegusa was delayed by a tricky situation. At the broadcasting room, he offered to break the lock so the student council and Public Morals Committee could get inside.

• Mayumi Saegusa called Baifeng Uesugi and asked him to bring her sisters to First High School.
• Baifeng arranged for the motorcycle dealership to deliver his motorcycle, then rode with Kasumi and Izumi in their car with their bodyguards.
• Baifeng took the sisters into the school and contacted Mayumi, who directed them to the broadcasting room.
• Baifeng found Mayumi, Tatsuya Shiba, Katsuto Jumonji, Mari Watanabe, and others discussing how to enter the locked broadcasting room.
• Baifeng offered to break the door lock, and Mayumi, Tatsuya, and Katsuto agreed to let him try.

Baifeng Uesugi helped Mayumi Saegusa and later investigated the attack on First High School, freezing Blanche’s abandoned-factory base before Tatsuya Shiba and the others arrived. He returned home and reassured Maya Yotsuba, who scolded him for acting while injured.

• Baifeng Uesugi melted the broadcasting room’s lock, then took Kasumi Saegusa and Izumi Saegusa to wait for Mayumi Saegusa, who hoped to meet the white-haired boy they had seen.
• Yakumo Kokonoe told Tatsuya Shiba about Hajime Tsukasa’s family background and his stepbrother Tsukasa Tsukasa’s leadership of Blanche’s Japanese branch.
• After Shizuku Kitayama told him the school had been attacked, Baifeng Uesugi went to First High School invisibly and watched the students subdue the intruders.
• Baifeng Uesugi flew to Blanche’s abandoned factory and sealed its armed occupants in ice, leaving them alive; Tatsuya Shiba and the others arrived afterward and found them contained.
• Maya Yotsuba questioned Baifeng Uesugi about going out while injured, and he offered to cook for her.

Baifeng Uesugi returned to First High after his suspension and learned that the Nine Schools Competition was approaching. When the student council discussed its shortage of magic engineering technicians, Tatsuya Shiba recommended Baifeng for the role, and Mayumi Saegusa planned to discuss it with him.

• Maya Yotsuba returned to the Yotsuba Family after saying goodbye to Baifeng Uesugi at the airport.
• Baifeng Uesugi returned to school, where Erika Chiba told him about the Nine Schools Competition and asked if he would participate.
• Shizuku Kitayama gave Baifeng Uesugi a bento and asked him to make one for her the next day; Honoka Mitsui and Erika Chiba asked for one too.
• Mayumi Saegusa and the student council discussed their shortage of magic engineering technicians for the Nine Schools Competition.
• Tatsuya Shiba declined to tune competitors' CADs and recommended Baifeng Uesugi for the magic engineer position.
• Mayumi Saegusa agreed Baifeng could be suitable and scheduled a preparation meeting after school to discuss the matter.

Tatsuya discussed the engineering challenges of flight magic with Azusa and Mayumi, describing a simpler approach developed by K. He revealed that K was Baifeng Uesugi, who had disappeared three years earlier, and recalled that his search had recently uncovered a clue.

• Azusa excitedly examined Tatsuya’s Silver Horn and asked about its creator, Taurus Silver, and the researcher K.
• Mayumi reminded Azusa to finish her report on the technical challenges of weight-increasing magic, prompting a discussion of why general-purpose flight magic was difficult.
• Tatsuya explained that K had used gravity magic to alter his mass and wind magic to propel himself, though the method was demanding and vulnerable to interference.
• Tatsuya said K had disappeared three years earlier and that researchers could not verify his flight-magic method without missing core information.
• Tatsuya recalled that K was Baifeng Uesugi and that Mizuki had reported seeing persistent psion fluctuations on him before he vanished.

Mayumi Saegusa recommended Baifeng Uesugi for the Nine Schools Competition magic engineering team, and he reluctantly accepted after demonstrating his CAD adjustment skills. The chapter ended with the student council agreeing that Baifeng would join the team, with Tatsuya Shiba as his assistant.

• Mayumi Saegusa recommended Baifeng Uesugi for the magic engineering team, and Shizuku Kitayama volunteered to test his skills.
• Baifeng agreed to take the position on the condition that Tatsuya Shiba become his assistant, and Mayumi accepted for Tatsuya.
• Baifeng manually adjusted a competition CAD using Shizuku Kitayama's settings, prioritizing safety and preserving the activation sequence.
• Shizuku tested the adjusted CAD and reported that it worked without any discomfort.
• Gyoubu Hattori and Katsuto Jumonji supported Baifeng's appointment, and the group confirmed that he had joined the team.

Baifeng Uesugi revealed to Tatsuya Shiba that he was hiding from the Demon Hunters and gave him completed Innate Magic cards for himself and Miyuki Shiba. After Tatsuya learned that No Head Dragon members were suspected of targeting the Nine Schools Competition, he passed Miyuki her card and demonstrated how Fool's World nullified magic.

• Tatsuya Shiba recognized Baifeng Uesugi by examining his psions, and Baifeng explained that he was concealing his identity because the Demon Hunters were pursuing him.
• Baifeng warned Tatsuya that the Demon Hunters were powerful Ancient Magic users, asked him to keep Baifeng's return secret from Miyuki and Mayumi, and gave him Innate Magic cards for Tatsuya and Miyuki.
• Baifeng explained that Tatsuya's Fool's World could nullify magic within a hundred li, including its user's magic, and confirmed that he had perfected Miyuki's Thousand-Li Ice Seal.
• A major told Tatsuya that suspected No Head Dragon members had illegally entered the Fuji Maneuver Area and might be targeting the Nine Schools Competition.
• Tatsuya gave Miyuki the Thousand-Li Ice Seal card and told her Baifeng was well; he then demonstrated Fool's World, preventing Miyuki from casting a spell.

Baifeng Uesugi delivered promised boxed lunches to Erika Chiba, Honoka Mitsui, and Shizuku Kitayama, and told them he had joined the magic engineering team for the Nine Schools Competition. At lunch, the four gathered to eat Baifeng’s unusual cooking, while Erika teased him and Shizuku about their closeness.

• Baifeng Uesugi gave Erika Chiba, Honoka Mitsui, and Shizuku Kitayama the boxed lunches he had promised them.
• Baifeng told Erika that he had joined the magic engineering team after Tatsuya recommended him, and Erika asked him to tune her CAD when he had time.
• Erika teased Baifeng and Shizuku about their first-name familiarity and suggested they had feelings for each other; Shizuku privately decided something after learning Maya Yotsuba had left.
• Baifeng admitted to Erika that he had feelings for both Shizuku and Honoka, then joked that having a harem sounded nice.
• At noon, Baifeng, Erika, Honoka, and Shizuku sat together in the cafeteria and began eating Baifeng’s unusual boxed lunches.

Baifeng Uesugi and Tatsuya Shiba joined First High’s Nine Schools Competition team introductions and planning, while classmates teased each other about Baifeng’s relationships. Later, Mizuki Shibata apologized for revealing Baifeng’s secret to Tatsuya, and Baifeng’s sincere compliment left her flustered and running off.

• Mayumi Saegusa announced the team members, and Miyuki Shiba pinned competition medals on Honoka Mitsui, Baifeng Uesugi, and Tatsuya Shiba.
• Baifeng Uesugi and Tatsuya Shiba introduced their engineering roles, and the girls teased Honoka Mitsui, Shizuku Kitayama, and Miyuki Shiba about their closeness to Baifeng.
• Baifeng Uesugi stopped the teasing and led the group into discussing training and battle plans.
• At dusk, Baifeng Uesugi approached Mizuki Shibata, who apologized for telling Tatsuya Shiba the secret Baifeng had asked her to keep.
• Baifeng Uesugi reassured Mizuki Shibata and told her he thought she was cute; she blushed and jogged away, leaving him flustered.

Baifeng Uesugi and the First High students set off by bus for the Nine Schools Competition, where Mayumi Saegusa rested beside him after arriving late and appearing exhausted. The trip continued with Baifeng asking the others to keep quiet and confronting Gyoubu Hattori over his attention to Mayumi.

• Mayumi Saegusa arrived an hour and a half late, apologized to Mari Watanabe and Baifeng Uesugi, and asked Baifeng to call her Mayumi-senpai.
• Mayumi teased Baifeng about his concern for her and hinted that she already liked someone before they boarded the bus together.
• Baifeng and Mayumi took the last pair of seats, and Mayumi soon fell asleep while Baifeng covered her with a blanket.
• Kanon complained about not getting to ride with her fiancé, Kei, and Baifeng asked her and Mari to lower their voices so Mayumi could rest.
• Baifeng called out Gyoubu Hattori for staring at Mayumi, then backed off when Mari pointed out that Mayumi was nearly waking.

Miyuki Shiba recognized Baifeng Uesugi as the brother she had lost after tasting his cooking and seeing his precise magic. The chapter ended with Baifeng saving the convoy from a burning car while Miyuki wondered why he had hidden his identity.

• Shizuku Kitayama offered Miyuki Shiba a bento Baifeng Uesugi had made, and Miyuki became emotional when its familiar taste reminded her of her brother.
• Miyuki suspected Baifeng Uesugi was her brother and grew angry as she wondered whether Tatsuya Shiba had known his identity.
• A burning, out-of-control car hurtled toward the convoy, and Mari Watanabe stopped the students from casting interfering magic.
• Baifeng Uesugi used Ice Sealing Spell and Hurricane to freeze the car and suspend it in the air.
• Miyuki Shiba became certain Baifeng Uesugi was her brother and wondered why he had concealed his identity.

After Baifeng Uesugi helped stop the attack on the bus, Miyuki Shiba recognized him as the person who had disappeared from her life, and Mayumi Saegusa confronted him over his secrets. Baifeng explained why he had left, and Mayumi revealed that she had missed him for years.

• Baifeng Uesugi thanked Ichihara for slowing the attacker, while Mari Watanabe scolded Kanon Chiyoda for losing her composure.
• Miyuki Shiba recognized Baifeng Uesugi from his bento and his use of Double Casting, then asked whether Tatsuya Shiba had known his identity.
• Mayumi Saegusa questioned Baifeng Uesugi about Double Casting and grew angry when she learned he had made Miyuki's bento.
• Miyuki Shiba demanded an explanation for Baifeng Uesugi's disappearance three years earlier, and he spent an hour recounting what had happened.
• Baifeng Uesugi comforted Miyuki Shiba and told her he had left to protect her; Mayumi Saegusa then embraced him and said she had missed him.
• Gyoubu Hattori asked Mari Watanabe about Mayumi Saegusa's reaction, and Mari recalled that Mayumi had mentioned an older brother who disappeared three years ago.

Baifeng Uesugi comforted Mayumi Saegusa and Miyuki Shiba after revealing that a mysterious group of Demon Hunters had targeted him, while keeping his identity secret. After the convoy reached its destination, Gyoubu Hattori struggled with his confidence, and Takeaki Kirihara reminded him that ability was not determined by course placement or magic power alone.

• Baifeng Uesugi told Mayumi Saegusa and Miyuki Shiba that the Ten Master Clans had failed to uncover information about the organization that attacked him, and that its strongest known member was an S-rank magician.
• Baifeng Uesugi asked Mayumi Saegusa and Miyuki Shiba to keep his identity secret, then teased Mayumi about her feelings for Tatsuya before comforting Miyuki.
• Mayumi Saegusa told the people in the vehicle to keep the incident secret, and the convoy resumed its journey and reached its destination an hour later.
• Gyoubu Hattori told Takeaki Kirihara that the crisis and Baifeng Uesugi’s actions had shaken his confidence as a magician.
• Takeaki Kirihara suggested that Baifeng Uesugi had real combat experience and reminded Gyoubu Hattori that capable students could be found among the Course 2 students.

After Baifeng Uesugi and Miyuki Shiba survived a magical suicide attack, they reached the hotel and reunited with Erika Chiba and Mizuki Shibata. At the schools’ gathering, Erika appeared in a maid outfit and offered drinks to Baifeng and Tatsuya.

• Baifeng explained that a driver had used three concealed spells to cause a crash, likely in a terrorist attack targeting the Nine Schools Competition.
• Baifeng reassured Miyuki, who vowed to do her best in the competition, and promised to watch her events.
• Miyuki met Erika at the hotel, where Erika said she had come to cheer everyone on; Baifeng left to meet the technical team seniors.
• Miyuki and Erika met Mizuki, and Miyuki advised her to change out of her revealing outfit; Erika explained that she had used her family’s connections to stay at the military hotel.
• Erika said she and Mizuki could attend the schools’ gathering, and later approached Baifeng and Tatsuya there dressed as a maid.

Baifeng Uesugi attended a social gathering with Tatsuya Shiba and met Erika Chiba, Shizuku Kitayama, and others. He arranged to visit the hotel’s mixed-gender hot spring with Miyuki Shiba, Shizuku, and Honoka Mitsui that night, then left the gathering early.

• Erika Chiba arrived in an outfit that prompted a conversation with Baifeng Uesugi and Miyuki Shiba about whether it counted as cosplay.
• Baifeng Uesugi threatened to stop making Shizuku Kitayama boxed lunches, then agreed to forgive her if she joined him at the hot spring.
• Baifeng Uesugi confirmed that Miyuki Shiba and Honoka Mitsui could join him and Shizuku at the hotel’s mixed-gender hot spring that night.
• Tatsuya Shiba encouraged Miyuki Shiba to spend time with the other students, and she went to join them.
• Baifeng Uesugi told Tatsuya Shiba to call him Bai Feng at the gathering, then said he was leaving because he disliked the atmosphere.
• Erika Chiba returned with Mikihiko, and Tatsuya Shiba asked where Leo and Mizuki Shibata were.

At the Nine Schools Competition gathering, Miyuki and her friends went to the hot springs while Shizuku went to fetch the absent Baifeng. An accidental kiss led Baifeng and Shizuku to agree to start dating, though Shizuku was still flustered by his affection.

• Miyuki watched Baifeng leave the gathering, while Masaki Ichijo noticed Miyuki and asked George about her.
• Miyuki and her friends planned to visit the hot springs with Baifeng, but Mayumi left after receiving a call.
• When Baifeng failed to show up, Shizuku went to his room and found him asleep.
• Baifeng woke as Shizuku leaned close, and they accidentally kissed.
• Baifeng offered to take responsibility, and Shizuku agreed to become his girlfriend before asking him what he was doing as he touched her cheek.

Baifeng Uesugi and Shizuku Kitayama agreed to keep their relationship secret, then joined Miyuki Shiba and Honoka Mitsui at the hot springs. The chapter ended with Shizuku asking Baifeng to watch her match at the Nine Schools Competition.

• Baifeng Uesugi reassured Shizuku Kitayama that couples commonly act affectionately and agreed to keep their relationship secret.
• Miyuki Shiba and Honoka Mitsui wondered why Shizuku and Baifeng were late, then the pair arrived at the hot springs.
• Baifeng joined Miyuki and Honoka in the pool, where Shizuku pinched his waist after catching him admiring the other girls.
• Miyuki listed the competitors whose matches she planned to watch, and Baifeng felt happy that she had made many friends.
• Shizuku asked Baifeng whether he would come watch her match.