Infinite time stopped beating its heart, and humans burnt away without making any noise.
Not one person notices as the world becomes dislocated and is covered in the flames of Guze.
All right, the remaining fifteen minutes are free time.
Hey, don't do anything dangerous!
Yes, sir.
When your partner's not around, you're not as energetic as usual.
What's wrong; did you get in a fight or something?
No.
Then Satou's really sick.
Yeah...
Hey wait, Oga-chan, when Satou's absent, it bugs you?
Knucklehead.
Yoshida-san...
Do you love her?
How could I...
I'll tell him properly.
Yuji is my...
I will tell him properly.
Is that really right?
If you keep doing something half-heartedly like that, the one who will be sad is...
I can. I can say it. All I need is a chance.
I won't lose. I'll never lose.
That makes this Seirei-den empty.
What do you have in mind?
I'm going to make this Seirei-den into a container...
...for the sake of the most hidden of treasures, Reiji Maigo, and for Hecate.
Is that fine with you, Hecate?
As Bel-Peol wishes.
She's in her own world again.
I don't know where she picked it up from, but she thinks answers will come to her if she does that.
That innocence is what makes my Hecate nice.
I hope there's no harm to Hecate in this plan.
No; in fact, it should make her an eternal being.
There is someone who is perfect for our plan at work as we speak,
although he does make me worry a little.
What do you think happened to Shana... telling me to train alone?
I was not told either.
But nothing like this has happened before.
Could it be some really important business?
Stop talking. Pick up the pace.
Yes, yes.
There, all done.
But... you have really never done this before?
Never.
Wilhelmina said that I don't need that kind of training.
Wilhelmina-san must be someone who lived with Arasu Toru-san.
Yup.
In that case, making a bento right off the bat might be hard.
Does it have to be a bento?
Yes.
Did Yu-chan ask you to make one for him?
But... I didn't like it for some reason...
That Yuji ate Yoshida Kazumi's bento.
Yoshida Kazumi-san?
So...
I see; then shall we start with basic fried eggs?
Yup.
Don't stop. Keep running.
Give me a break... at least till I catch my breath.
What a helpless guy.
Just for a bit.
Yes, yes.
One "yes" is enough!
Right, it's the Misago Festival.
It's tomorrow.
What is that?
Well, it's a pretty large festival.
I used to come with Dad and Mom.
I really liked the candy apples.
Oh, it's candy sold at the stands.
Oh yeah, maybe I'll come with Shana...
I guess Shana's not too interested in festivals.
Of course not.
Continue your training.
Yes, yes.
One "yes" is enough.
Don't worry; you don't have to be scared of it.
This is a decoration for the festival.
Misago Festival... So it's already that time of year.
That's right; I'll ask Sakai-kun out to the festival...
...and I will tell him properly then.
Let's go home, Ekaterina.
I've got to go to school.
It's my fault for taking my eyes off of you.
It was also your first time.
It's not Chigusa's fault.
It's because I haven't trained enough.
You don't have to use a serious word such as training.
All you have to do in cooking is to put your affection into it.
Affection?
I can't choose which one to start with.
Shana-chan, we'll slowly practice cooking.
That's right; tomorrow's the festival.
Why not go with Yu-chan?
Festival?
That rowdy thing?
It's really fun, so come home early tomorrow.
I'll help you into a yukata.
You're going to wear one without letting Yu-chan know about it.
When he sees you in a yukata, he'll be surprised at how beautiful you are.
Yuji would?
I'm home.
Hey, doesn't something smell burnt?
You think?
Yuji, did you do your training properly?
I did. And why didn't you come?
Not your business.
Shana, go on ahead; I have to buy something.
Okay.
I can't eat Yoshida-san's bento, can I?
Thank you very much.
Yoshida-san.
I will tell him. If I don't now, I'll never get to say it.
I'll end up regretting it forever.
Um...
Sakai-kun.
Yes!
Tomorrow's... Tomorrow's Misago Festival...
Would you like to go with me?
Yoshida-san...
What should we do about tomorrow's festival?
The airship's supposed to fly and be more extravagant than usual.
But going with guys... you know?
Should we ask some girls?
Good morning, Ike-kun.
Y- Yeah.
Um, I'm sorry about the other day.
You said it for my sake, yet I-
No, I shouldn't have been so nosy.
It's fine.
I'll do my best by myself.
The thing is... Yoshida-san asked me to tomorrow's festival.
Are you going?
Yeah.
I see.
I understand what you said.
If you had cared about me and refused, that would have been more unforgivable, I think.
Honestly, I still don't know if I like her that way, and if I do find out that I do,
then I'll start taking action, too.
Okay.
You're right. Going as a group might be more fun.
Don't you think so?
Tanaka, want me to let you join our fun Misago Festival tour?
Ahh, no, sorry. I have a thing to take care of.
Oh come on, what are you being so serious about?
I was only kidding.
I was never interested in festivals, but...
When he sees you in a yukata, he'll be surprised at how beautiful you are.
This will probably... be fun.
Yo, how you feelin', big guy?
I'm borrowing your room for a second.
Did you get kicked out of the bar again?
You could use another room instead of sleeping in a place like that.
Fixing up a room will make the feeling of attachment greater when we have to leave, right?
Besides, your maid does too much cleaning.
The only thing my parents worry about is keeping the house clean.
Well thanks to that, we get to stay here as freeloaders. Good stuff!
Seriously. I have it easy, too.
You're such a kid; you actually want me to baby you, don't you?
What were you expecting?
Hey, hey, you're making his temperature worse.
If you're that energetic, you shouldn't have any problem.
I'm taking a short nap.
Good night.
I was able to ask Sakai-kun out.
I'm sure I can say it tomorrow.
Thank you very much.
Do you know?
Eh?
I smelled a strong scent, but...
It's probably just that this missy's around someone who secretly lives here.
Yes, it seems so.
Who was that?
Oh, I'm sorry for the late introduction.
I'm the Ritually-Dressed Chaser, Khamsin.
This is...
I'm the Absolute Pinnacle, Behemoth.
I would like to ask for your help since you seem to be best suited for it.
There is no danger.
I just need to tune the distortion in this city.
Oh, please don't run away.
You'll understand if you see this.
You'll see the truth of this world.
...Of this world?
Go on.
Marcosius.
Yeah, another one's here.
But they don't seem like they're up to anything yet.
Let's wait and see.
Yeah.
What? With Ane-san?
When they leave, I'm leaving with them.
Okay, me, too.
So we'll train for that.
Torches...
Replacements for the people who passed away...
...because they were eaten by monsters.
In this city...
My, my...
Was it fun?
What if my family's...
W- What am I going to do?
What if... What if... my family is...
Please don't worry; your family is safe.
That's one of the conditions for being a helper.
Safe?
Dad... Mom... and Ken?
Yes.
Then... Then... What about Sakai-kun?
Tonight's training is about controlling power of existence.
Okay.
Um, about tomorrow's training... we usually have it in the afternoon since it's Saturday, right?
We can do it at night, too.
Are you sure?
I said it's fine, so it's fine.
Let's begin.
Yup.
Phew, I guess I can still train after the festival.
Yuji, concentrate!
You're going to control the amount of power of existence that you pass to me.
Okay.
Now think about charging it, then about exploding it.
But make sure you leave enough for yourself to exist.
No!
All you did was increase the volume of the flow.
You have to make an explosion.
Your power of existence is not necessarily large, but if you concentrate it in a single moment, it will become more effective.
I still don't understand the control.
Even though you tell me to leave enough for me to exist...
The Reiji Maigo inside you fully recovers your power of existence at midnight.
Go ahead and use it without hesitation.
I know, but...
I'm impressed that you never get bored doing this.
Sorry for disturbing your hot night!
G- Good evening.
What? Ýs it about the new presence?
Yup. A big one came, right?
Looks like a Flame Haze.
It's damn annoying.
Really?
You never mentioned anything...
I didn't tell you, since there wasn't any sense of a will to fight.
Well, it could be that they're just passing by.
After all, something incredible is here.
We should stay alert a little.
Just remember how elated he was when he found it.
Don't tell me you have...
I see. I see.
You may have heard this already, but it seems that Sydonay went back to Balle Masque.
Is that true?
What's that? Balle...
Balle Masque: an army of Tomogara.
And the ones at the head are the three of them with the title of Trinity.
Hecate, Bel-Peol, and Sydonay, who was gone for a while.
If they're going to take action, there's going to be a bit of problem.
It might be about time we think about our future plans.
Do you understand what I mean, Sakai Yuji?
The future?
It means to leave this city.
There's a high chance that Balle Masque is going to come to this city in search of you.
You're right, if I'm here...
Well, I'm sorry about showing you the truth of this world so suddenly.
But in order for you to help me, I need you to understand the world to some degree and be able to feel the distortions in it.
As you saw, there are a lot of Torches in this city, and the distortion is severe.
To tune such distortions is our job.
Hence, we're called tuners.
To tune, we need support from a human who was born and raised in the area.
What about Sakai-kun?
Sakai-kun...
We won't leave immediately,
since taking careless actions is dangerous for us.
Okay.
Leaving this city...
...with Shana.
The preparations are welllll underwaaayyyy!
This voice... So it's him.
Balle Masque.
The movements of the Seirei-den are awkward ~de arimasu.
Reiji Maigo.
Once this place is cleaned up, we will head there ~de arimasu.
Professor's experiment starts masked under the Misaki Festival.
In the chaos, the girls' minds wander.
What is the unexpected expression that Shana shows?
Next time, Shattered Wish.