Chapter Summaries

After Norwich was devastated by the cursed tide, Mash struggled with guilt while the reunited Chaldea group made plans and Lancelot chose to repay his debt to Aurora. A black mirror appeared in the sky and unleashed a catastrophic attack, leaving Mash caught in its light and vanished after Tonelico tried to shield her.

• Mash asked Dr. Roman whether she had caused the destruction, and he reassured her that the fairies who forced the role of Child of Prophecy on her were to blame.
• Ritsuka sent the group to New Darlington and allowed Lancelot to continue serving Aurora until he had repaid her kindness.
• A pitch-black mirror replaced the sky above Norwich and struck at Bai Mo with a devastating spacetime attack.
• Mash raised her shield to protect everyone, then charged forward after hearing a Sheffield guard call to her.
• Tonelico activated her Water Mirror as Mash's shield drew the attack toward her, and Mash vanished in the clash of black and azure light.

Bai Mo and his allies planned their next moves after rescuing Mash, while Tonelico privately questioned Artoria Caster about her duty as a Fairy of Paradise. Tonelico revealed that she had found another Avalon and offered Artoria a choice about pursuing her mission.

• In a hidden chamber, a man and a mechanical voice discussed the failed Pseudo Water Mirror attack on Bai Mo and their remaining trump cards.
• Bai Mo learned that the Black Spear was likely in Sheffield and decided that he and Tonelico would go there to retrieve it and the Fantasy Tree bark.
• Ritsuka and the others planned to investigate the calamities, search for Mash, and learn more about the clans and Londinium's resistance army.
• Tonelico visited Artoria Caster and asked whether she still intended to fulfill her duty as a Fairy of Paradise.
• Tonelico told Artoria that she had found another Avalon, a paradise where her Britain could escape calamities, and offered her the choice to abandon her mission.

Aurora destroyed the Earth Clan’s bell and allied with Spriggan to turn the Norwich disaster into a public accusation against Boggart and Sheffield. As Britain prepared to march on Sheffield, Baobhan Sith and Beryl arrived nearby to meet Boggart.

• Aurora ordered Melusine to destroy the Earth Clan’s Clan Bell, then received Spriggan, who offered her treasure and proposed an alliance.
• Aurora and Spriggan backed a public denunciation blaming Boggart and Sheffield’s Child of Prophecy for Norwich’s destruction and the stolen bell.
• An Earth Clan fairy stirred the people of Salisbury to march on Sheffield, and Lancelot realized Aurora had arranged for the bell to be removed before the calamity.
• Baobhan Sith and Beryl reached Sheffield and planned to use the city as a base, with Beryl intending to meet Boggart.

Bai Mo struggled to keep Britain’s humans alive beyond the age of thirty, while Morgan searched for Beryl and her daughter Tristan. Morgan left New Darlington with her search focused on Salisbury, and Boggart wondered whether Beryl was losing his place as her consort.

• Bai Mo used Magnetic Field Power to revive a dying thirty-year-old man and worried that Britain’s humans stopped renewing their cells at thirty.
• Morgan told Bai Mo that only the corpse beneath Camelot might know how to break the lifespan limit, and Bai Mo left to visit more homes.
• Morgan told a child that she and Bai Mo could be thought of as husband and wife, then reflected that her thousand-year mission had left little room for a happy marriage.
• Morgan ordered Boggart to search Salisbury for Beryl and Tristan, bring Tristan back privately, and keep Beryl unaware.
• Boggart left to continue the search and wondered whether Morgan was replacing Beryl as her consort.

Morgan and Bai Mo reached Sheffield as Gawain and Lancelot's forces besieged the city, where Boggart used the Black Spear to devastate the attackers. Bai Mo confronted Boggart and offered him a deal, but Boggart refused, so Bai Mo left him alive to fight before facing his eventual death.

• Morgan changed back into Tonelico's appearance, and she and Bai Mo found Sheffield surrounded by armies bearing Gawain's and Lancelot's banners.
• Boggart unleashed the Black Spear against the besieging forces, reveling in its power despite its severe physical cost.
• Bai Mo entered Boggart's room, subdued him, and offered to spare him in exchange for Sheffield's humans, the Black Spear, and the city's Fantasy Tree walls.
• Boggart rejected the deal and blamed his misfortunes, while Bai Mo accused him of treating Mash as a tool and sending her into danger.
• Bai Mo left Boggart alive, saying he would give him a chance to fight before killing him.

Barghest prepared to answer Boggart’s challenge, but Bai Mo arrived at Sheffield and blocked the Black Spear’s devastating attack. Beryl revealed a hidden way to use the spear against Bai Mo, yet Boggart charged him alone, while Barghest began questioning Melusine about knowing Bai Mo.

• Barghest accepted Boggart’s challenge and ordered her troops to prepare to attack Sheffield.
• Bai Mo appeared at Sheffield and blocked the Black Spear’s attack, leaving Boggart and his soldiers convinced they had lost.
• Beryl told Boggart that the Black Spear could deliver a guaranteed killing blow if they obtained material from their opponent, and Boggart decided to duel Bai Mo.
• Boggart’s guards fled as he charged Bai Mo alone, while Melusine and Barghest watched from the wall.
• Barghest asked Melusine why she seemed to know Bai Mo and whether she had been to Norwich, and Melusine denied taking a business trip.

Bai Mo defeated Boggart and forced him to confront the Sheffield he had failed to protect. He spared Boggart by changing his appearance and arranged for Sheffield’s humans to leave with him, while Boggart escaped under a new identity.

• Bai Mo quickly overpowered Boggart, broke his arm, and mocked his repeated failures.
• Bai Mo reminded Boggart that Sheffield’s humans and fairies had lived as equals, and Boggart realized that protecting this community had been his overlooked victory.
• Boggart admitted defeat, and Bai Mo used Magnetic Field Power to transform his appearance and let him live.
• Bai Mo had Boggart write an order for Sheffield’s humans to leave with him, then Boggart escaped through a secret passage and thanked Bai Mo.

Boggart left Sheffield after helping secure its peace, while Bai Mo used Boggart’s Mystic Code to lure Beryl Gut into the forest. Bai Mo revealed himself as Morgan’s ally and subdued Beryl, leaving Baobhan Sith eager for news of her mother.

• Boggart left Sheffield with stolen wealth and considered settling in Norwich and exposing Spriggan.
• Beryl tracked Boggart through the forest with the Mystic Code he had given him and attacked the disguised fairy.
• Earlier, Baobhan Sith had demanded Boggart’s death, and Beryl offered to teach her a soul-costing Magecraft to kill him.
• Baobhan Sith attacked the figure she believed was Boggart, but Bai Mo’s disguise dissipated and he seized Beryl.
• Bai Mo severed Beryl’s Magic Circuits with Magnetic Field Power and identified himself as Morgan’s ally, prompting Baobhan Sith to stop attacking.
• Bai Mo explained that he had used Boggart’s deal and the Mystic Code to bait Beryl, then twisted off one of Beryl’s fingers as Beryl tried to talk his way out.

Bai Mo exposed Beryl Gut’s soul-sacrificing magecraft and tried to kill him, while Morgan reunited with Baobhan Sith and rejected Beryl. Beryl escaped through a black mirror after triggering a lethal attack toward Salisbury, leaving Morgan and Bai Mo to deal with the consequences.

• Bai Mo confronted Beryl over his abuse of Mash and declared him fired from Chaldea.
• Morgan arrived, embraced Baobhan Sith, and said she no longer needed Beryl.
• Bai Mo read Beryl’s memories and discovered that his family’s magecraft irreversibly consumed the soul as its price.
• Beryl used his Command Spells and a hidden mirror fragment to launch a Black Spear attack toward Salisbury and prepare his escape.
• Morgan destroyed the Command Spells and closed the mirror above them, but an attack still flew toward Salisbury as azure light pursued it.
• Beryl activated the Garden of Lost Will, but Bai Mo crushed his head; Morgan destroyed the remaining mirror fragment as Beryl fell into a black mirror.

Beryl was resurrected by a round-nosed man who offered him magnetic field power and urged him to go to Britain. Meanwhile, Bai Mo and his companions were caught in a mental attack, but Abigail’s defense spell protected him and she told him to wake the others.

• The round-nosed man reconstructed Beryl’s brain and skull, bringing him back to life.
• The man reminded Beryl that he had once used him to reach what Morgan left behind, then offered him freedom and magnetic field power.
• Bai Mo and two companions were enveloped in a wave outside Sheffield and found themselves surrounded by blurred scenes from Bai Mo’s journey.
• Abigail appeared behind Bai Mo and explained that she had created a mental defense spell to stop anyone from tampering with his mind.
• Abigail said the attack posed no danger, told Bai Mo to wake his companions, and teased him about the two women he had met in the Fairy Kingdom.

Bai Mo broke Baobhan Sith out of the Garden of Lost Will, where she was reliving the fairies’ hatred and cruelty, and Morgan explained why she had taught her daughter to become ruthless. As Bai Mo discovered that Beryl’s curse was causing Baobhan Sith’s soul to decay, Melusine intercepted a black light aimed at Salisbury and Aurora.

• Bai Mo realized the Garden of Lost Will was tormenting Baobhan Sith with the fairies’ contempt and accusations against her.
• Bai Mo shattered the illusion, and Morgan caught Baobhan Sith as she collapsed into sleep.
• Morgan told Bai Mo that Baobhan Sith had once been kind, but she had encouraged her to become cruel so she could survive Fairy Britain.
• Bai Mo examined Baobhan Sith and found that Beryl’s Magecraft was making her soul decay and her bone marrow necrotize.
• Melusine intercepted the black light aimed at Salisbury and Aurora, then hoped Aurora would let her rest.

Barghest helped arrange the evacuation of Sheffield’s humans and fairies, then learned from Bai Mo that he and Morgan planned to remove Britain from the world to end its calamities. She was overjoyed until Bai Mo clarified that they intended to save the land, not take the fairies with them.

• Barghest ordered Sheffield’s humans sent to New Darlington and offered the Fang Clan fairies a place in Manchester or a return to Norwich.
• Bai Mo prepared to evacuate Sheffield’s humans, and Barghest joined him in searching for children missing after the battle.
• Barghest asked Bai Mo about his relationship with Morgan, and he explained that he would help Morgan move Britain away from the world to prevent future calamities.
• Barghest realized Bai Mo’s plan could end Britain’s calamities and thanked him for saving the land.
• Bai Mo told Barghest that he and Morgan did not intend to take the fairies with them, leaving her stunned.

Bai Mo exposed Morgan’s refusal to evacuate Fairy Britain’s fairies, but offered to help harmless fairies integrate into human society; Barghest chose to abandon those who preyed on humans. After rescuing Sheffield’s people, Bai Mo returned to help Morgan slow Baobhan Sith’s soul deterioration and fell asleep to seek advice from the Outer God’s priestess.

• Barghest learned that Morgan would not save Fairy Britain’s fairies and asked Bai Mo to take in those who could live harmlessly among humans.
• Bai Mo and Barghest discovered murdered children and found the Fang Clan fairy responsible, whom Bai Mo killed as black dogs attacked.
• Bai Mo escorted Sheffield’s humans to safety, while Barghest resolved to abandon fairies who committed evil.
• Bai Mo returned to Morgan’s mansion and learned she was sealing Baobhan Sith to slow her soul’s deterioration.
• Bai Mo fell asleep to contact the Outer God’s priestess, and Morgan carried him and quietly thanked him.

Bai Mo discussed Baobhan Sith’s soul corruption with Abigail in a dream, and she gave him a fairy-language method for analyzing fairy souls. He woke beside Morgan and Baobhan Sith, then passed the spells to Morgan so she could prepare an antidote.

• Bai Mo met Abigail in a dream, where she comforted him as he told her about Baobhan Sith’s suffering.
• Abigail explained that fairy souls could be restored through outside powers and gave Bai Mo incantations for analyzing them, though he could not read the fairy language.
• Bai Mo promised to introduce Abigail to Baobhan Sith after Abigail graduated, then shared Earth food with her in the dream.
• Bai Mo woke in bed beside Morgan and Baobhan Sith, startled Morgan, and learned that the residence had only one bed.
• Bai Mo used Rune Runes to send the spells to Morgan, who began recording their details to prepare an antidote for Baobhan Sith.

Bai Mo and Morgan learned that Melusine had returned to the lake district in northern Britain in a possibly fatal condition after the battle in Sheffield. They set out to find her, while Morgan positioned Holy Lances to eliminate Barghest if Melusine died.

• Morgan lectured Baobhan Sith about how to treat humans, and Bai Mo interrupted to report that Lancelot had arrived with news about Melusine.
• Lancelot told Bai Mo and Morgan that Melusine had returned to Salisbury badly wounded, then flown north toward a swamp after Aurora refused to accompany her.
• Bai Mo explained that Beryl had used Melusine's material to analyze the Black Spear, and even a partial analysis could have left her mortally wounded.
• Morgan decided they would travel to the swamp in the lake district and adjust their plans to recover the Pilgrimage Bell in Orkney.
• Bai Mo prepared to leave with Morgan and Lancelot, while Morgan positioned dozens of Holy Lances aimed at Manchester in case Melusine died and Barghest had to be eliminated.

Bai Mo, Tonelico, and Baobhan Sith entered the northern territory and learned how Queen Knocknarea’s Clan of the King operated. They reached chocolate fields claimed by the queen, where Knocknarea confronted them as suspected thieves.

• Bai Mo flew Tonelico and Baobhan Sith toward the northern border at supersonic speed, and Tonelico stopped to recover from the journey.
• Tonelico explained that the northern fairies served Queen Knocknarea, who shared her power with them, including Magnetic Field Power, and warned that the clan might view them as enemies.
• Tonelico and Bai Mo discussed the clan’s reliance on its queen and the costs of distributing power, while Baobhan Sith walked silently beside them.
• The group discovered fields where chocolate grew in place of wheat, and Tonelico proudly described the land she wanted to protect.
• Masked giants accused the group of stealing from the queen’s chocolate fields, and they saw Queen Knocknarea riding on one giant’s shoulder.

Bai Mo found Ritsuka and her companions detained by Knocknarea after they stole chocolate because Britain’s ruined currency had left them broke. Knocknarea accepted compensation and released them, while challenging Artoria to become her rival if she rang a bell.

• Knocknarea questioned Bai Mo about people stealing chocolate, and he later learned Ritsuka’s group had been arrested for taking some from her fields.
• Ritsuka explained that the Morgan Pounds she and Caster had earned were worthless, leaving the group unable to afford lodging or food.
• Knocknarea accused Artoria and the others of theft and insulting the queen, then demanded they work in her chocolate factory for a hundred years.
• Bai Mo rejected the sentence and negotiated with Knocknarea, who offered to release Artoria and the others if Ritsuka stayed as her attendant.
• Bai Mo defended Caster’s worth, and Knocknarea instead agreed to release the group for ten times the damages.
• Knocknarea told Artoria that the clans were watching Camelot’s throne and that ringing a bell would make them rivals, recalling their failed beauty pageant in Gloucester.

After the Black Spear mortally wounded Melusine, she returned to the lake district and sank into a swamp, believing she had been abandoned by Aurora. Bai Mo and the others arrived as Koyanskaya revealed Albion’s skeleton, the foundation of the Clock Tower.

• Melusine’s body continued to fail after she intercepted the Black Spear, and she realized the attack had sentenced her to death.
• Melusine recalled Aurora refusing to accompany her, felt abandoned, and sank toward the dragon carcass in the swamp.
• Koyanskaya watched Melusine and called her a valuable specimen for her eighth tail, then hid when she noticed Bai Mo’s carriage approaching.
• Morgan sensed that someone had reached the lake district ahead of them and had set their sights on Melusine.
• Bai Mo recognized Koyanskaya, who revealed the enormous dragon skeleton, and Chaldea identified it as Albion, the foundation of the Clock Tower.

Koyanskaya tried to claim Albion’s remains, but Melusine’s power revived the dragon. Albion rampaged through the lake district and devoured Koyanskaya, leaving Bai Mo to rush in and save her.

• Koyanskaya summoned Mors and prepared to merge Melusine with Albion’s remains while Bai Mo warned that the bones held unusual energy.
• Kama appeared and confronted Koyanskaya, revealing that Koyanskaya was a Beast larva and that the seat of Beast IV was already occupied.
• Koyanskaya transformed and attacked Albion’s remains, but Bai Mo sensed the dragon was coming back to life.
• Melusine’s power of nine hundred and seventy thousand horsepower regenerated Albion’s body, and the dragon awoke.
• Albion unleashed a devastating attack, cut apart the Mors, and swallowed Koyanskaya as Bai Mo moved to rescue her.

Bai Mo and Chaldea fought Albion as the dragon’s overwhelming speed forced them to rely on traps and coordination. Bai Mo landed a devastating blow and discovered Melusine fused inside Albion’s heart, but her fate remained unclear.

• Albion evaded Bai Mo’s Vacuum Sword Blade and nearly killed him, but Bai Mo regenerated Koyanskaya and refused to let her escape before reporting to Chaldea.
• Albion charged Bai Mo with a black spear, breaking through his Hell Samsara Swords as he fought with his eyes closed and relied on his other senses.
• Ritsuka directed Tristan and Artoria to use enchanted strings as alarms, and the severed strings helped predict Albion’s approach.
• Albion feinted behind Bai Mo before accelerating into another attack, but Bai Mo’s concealed War Gods seized and restrained her spear.
• Caster supported Bai Mo as he struck Albion with the Orca Tyrant Fist, piercing her chest and revealing Melusine fused into the dragon’s heart.