The one credited with the idea of viewing
the concept that all matter is made up of atoms
Prison Lock and Grimoire Security
from a cosmological perspective is a man who was known
as the father of alchemy,
Stare...
Paracelsus, or Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim.
Hey, Lilith,
what's this all about?
Uh...
I'm not sure myself.
Stare.
No, no, no!
You can't come in here!
I don't mind.
Well, I do!
This is pretty difficult.
Look, why have you been following me around since this morning?
Following you around?
Yeah, you've been watching me all day.
You're just self-conscious?
It's obvious you were doing it!
You don't like jokes?
No, I do, but there's a limit.
This is pretty difficult.
The demon lord candidate...
is who I was watching.
I'll always be watching you,
because I'm going to be the demon lord's spouse, supposedly.
Spouse?
Wife, new bride, young bride, really young bride.
Which do you like best?
I'll take the really young bride!
Wait, no! What are you talki—
You'll understand eventually.
Probably.
So...
Why are you all in my room?
I want to interview you.
I'm here to watch.
I-I can't leave girls in a boy's room unattended at this hour.
I am a teacher, after all.
You're the same age as me.
I'm still a teacher!
Well, whatever.
So?
Interview time!
The demon lord candidate is the center of everyone's attention at school!
I have to deal with this here, too?
Well, let's see...
My favorite food is fried chicken.
You heard him, Lilith-sensei!
Why are you telling me, Selina-san?!
Want to try my special ninja fried chicken?
There's love potion in it, though.
I'd love to.
Arata!
You don't mind that there's love potion in it?!
Well, it's not something you get to eat often.
So if the love potion turned you into a wild beast,
who would you attack first?
Let's see...
I guess I'd start with whoever had the biggest breasts.
Arata!
Hey, relax. Everyone's just kidding around.
Oh, yeah.
Since everyone's here, tell me about magic.
Huh?
Oh... Okay, then...
Lilith-sensei is a teacher through and through, huh?
Turn something into lesson material, and she just can't say no.
We can't do this...
I'm your teacher.
I want to know more about you.
Arata...
Which then leads to nighttime lessons...
It does not!
Lilith-sensei's so cute when you tease her!
Moe-Lilith is more like it.
You two!
Hey, Lilith.
What is this thing, anyway?
The Astil Codex.
The Astil Codex?!
Is that true?
Yes, according to the headmaster, anyway.
A famous grimoire that's said to house the knowledge of another world.
You're that important?
And she's asleep...
The Codex...
The reason why I came to this school—the start of it all.
And my only clue to finding Hijiri...
We don't know very much about that codex.
Its very existence was sort of a legend until now.
The first thing a mage needs is a research theme, called a Thema.
And the seven deadly sins are their Archives.
The seven deadly sins?
What's going on?
A blackout?
Hey... Where are you touching?!
Not there...
You're so heavy...
Looks like we're trapped in a barrier.
Tch... All right, here.
The knob won't even turn.
The windows won't open, either.
What's this "barrier" thing?
It's a much smaller version of the other world you created.
Oh, like a miniature garden, or something?
Y-You say that as if it were nothing...
I don't even get what's going on.
What good would it do to freak out over it?
Nothing gets to you, does it?
The space we're in has been cut off by the barrier, I'm guessing.
I've been here at this school for a long time,
but I've never seen anything this irrational happen.
I imagine the point of this game is to think that through, and use it to escape.
Game?
Wait... Does that mean you actually know the way out of here?
Just look around a little, and you can figure this one out pretty fast.
So, let me know once you've solved it.
Goodnight.
You're going back to sleep?!
Can you at least leave the light on?
Sure.
You don't seem too worried, even though we're trapped in here.
Well, there's no use in panicking.
We've just gotta try what we can.
Arata, what are you doing?!
My chair broke, but that's not too big of a problem.
It is a problem!
What'd you do that for?!
Oh.
I get it.
You wanted to try doing something "irrational," right?
Yeah.
The Codex told us to think that through, so...
Assuming magic is all about not limiting oneself to what is rational,
I thought doing something irrational might be the key to getting us out of here, but...
I guess not.
Who's doing this, anyway? And why?
I'd say they're mainly after Arata-san.
Yeah, probably.
They're seeing what I'm made of.
Something like that, anyway.
Pretty cool!
The problem is that it's hard to prove I can't do anything.
And that was not cool.
Well, I have a vague idea of who's behind this...
But I guess I'll play along for now.
Nope, nothing here...
Maybe we should just give up and sleep.
No, we can't give up.
Besides, Arata-san, you're forgetting something important.
Something important?
There's no bathroom in here.
Don't worry.
If something happens,
I won't say a thing.
That doesn't help anything!
Hm?
What's wrong, Lilith-sensei?
Huh?
Uh, it's nothing...
You don't have to go to the bathroom, do you?
No, I... um...
We don't have a moment to waste!
Hurry!
This is bad...
If a pretty teacher like Lilith were to...
The bizarre appeal of it is just plain dangerous!
I wouldn't do that!
You know, I kind of want to see this.
Y-You have to hold it in!
Also, I have something to announce.
Huh?
I-I kind of have the same problem.
Are you trying to be heroines whose biggest appeal is pee?!
Here...
Look closely at the coin.
S-Stop it!
This is not good...
If we don't do something, we'll be in a real mess.
Oh, well.
Guess I'll have to give up and use the grimoire.
Hey, grimoire.
What is it?
I'm still tired.
She's half asleep?
Oh! So this is the way out!
All right!
Wow, that was really easy.
We sure ninja'd our way out of that one.
You heard them, grimoire.
We didn't need your help, after all.
I-I don't think a cliché trick like that
will work against a legendary grimoire like that one...
Hm?
What? You already figured out that
there's something odd about the bottom of the bed?
All right!
Check the bottom of the bed!
Ninja art!
Table Flipping:
Bed Version!
Magic Search!
Magic source detected!
Destroying the barrier!
Now, go pee!
You have good sense, Arata.
I didn't think you'd try to trick me, a grimoire.
That definitely wasn't a rational means of solving that.
Well, thanks.
I can't wait to see what Thema you pick.
Speaking of that, does researching a Thema help in some way?
Huh?
You didn't even know about that?
Well, I was going to ask, but then the barrier went up.
A Thema...
A Thema is something a mage spends their whole life researching.
By executing what they learn through their research,
mages can use their magic as spells.
Your timing is too perfect.
Was that barrier yours, Arin?
I didn't think you'd be able to break it with a thoughtless trick like that.
No,
it was a victory of wisdom and courage.
Are you angry?
I got to see the bizarrely appealing sight
of three hot girls trying their hardest not to pee themselves!
I think I came out on top in that one.
Thank you.
You like peeing?
Want me to do it here, then?
That's a little too bizarre!
This is pretty difficult.
You always turn into the straight man when she's around.
Yeah, she just throws me off.
Is it because she looks like Hijiri?
Maybe.
Grimoire?
Nice to meet you.
I'm the Astil Codex.
I don't have a name yet.
I'm Arin Kannazuki.
I see. Arin-chan, huh?
Yep.
You're already acting chummy with her...
Let me see her for a sec.
S-Sure.
She really does look like Hijiri...
My master's checking you out.
In a perverted way?
I'd say so.
Well, that aside...
Why did you seal off my room?
Because you're the demon lord candidate?
People keep calling me that,
but what is a demon lord candidate, anyway?
The boss of the bad guys?
Well, yeah, considering the "demon lord" part...
And you're him.
Aren't you supposed to give a little more explanation?
But the headmaster said you were.
The headmaster?
You called, so I'm here!
Let's get an actual straight man to join us and continue this discussion elsewhere.
Right.
You're just going to ignore that?!
I just used this awesome technique to violate the spatial continuum,
and you ignore me?!
At any rate...
You want to have sex before marriage?
A highly enticing suggestion.
What are you saying?!
It really eases my mind to have you around, Lilith.
Please stay with me forever.
Huh?
Cheating on your wife already...
Well, I wouldn't mind having both of you at once.
So, Arin-san, could you start explaining things now?
About why I trapped you in there?
So, that was you, Arin-san?!
I didn't mean to trap the others in there.
I didn't feel like waiting, so I just kinda...
I went through all that because you didn't feel like waiting?
The headmaster told me that if I put all of you in a dilemma,
the demon lord candidate might cause a breakdown phenomenon.
I see.
Okay. Let's take him out.
Where's the headmaster?
No need to worry.
He seemed like he'd be a pest, so I tied him up and tossed him in the incinerator.
But, why a breakdown phenomenon?
This is probably why...
Place your hand to mine.
Right.
What's going on?
What— Arin-san?
Connect to Ira Archive.
Execute Thema.
The Ira Archive?
She went into Magus mode?
My Thema is Ruina: destruction.
So, you see?
Arata!
I destroyed the grimoire's control over his magic so it can no longer hold him back.
Hey! Are you trying to cause his magic to go out of control?!
If you do that, the school will...
That's right.
It will be engulfed in a breakdown phenomenon.
A breakdown phenomenon?!
All the matter is being turned into elementary particles.
At this rate...
This is too dangerous, Arin-san!
Yes, but this is my Thema.
The closest one could get to "Ruina."
No matter how immoral the act, it is a mage's duty to study it.
Isn't that correct, Sensei?
Yes, but...
But I never expected it to be this powerful.
Levi-san, what's going on?!
It looks like a breakdown phenomenon is occurring.
Look outside.
A b-black sun!
My, my. Arin-chan really did a number on us this time.
It'd be lots of fun if the school would just collapse on us now,
but I guess that can't happen.
Arata!
I didn't know the power of a demon lord candidate would be this great...
At this rate, the whole school will be...
No, the entire planet might be engulfed.
I have no choice.
Now that it's come to this, I can at least...
Wha—
Move out of the way!
I won't let you, Sensei.
He's my husband.
But if we don't stop Arata,
both the school and you will...
I just want to know what's beyond this destruction.
That's what it means to pursue the study of magic, is it not?
I get it!
So I just have to stop him.
This was a surprise.
We traveled far, stopped a breakdown phenomenon, and when we get back...
Mira Yamana, the Grimoire Security Top,
and Akio Fudo, the Security 3rd...
You're still supposed to be out on your inspection mission.
We finished that up in a heartbeat.
The breakdown is being suspended.
What?
I'm using my magic to neutralize it with equally powerful destructive power.
In the name of Iustitia, a Thema which is part of Superbia, the Pride Archive,
I will allow no impurity before me.
Superbia...
Pride, huh?
Akio, kill him.
This man is the source of the breakdown phenomenon.
No hesitation at all from you...
You can't do this, Akio-san!
I can't move.
Don't hold this against me.
It's my job to exterminate evil.
Arata!
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The school's in trouble,
and my husband's off with some girl...
There's a mixed-gender outdoor bath, too?
Next time: "Magus and Alchemist."
Connect to Archive.
Magus and Alchemist
Execute Thema.