The Ten Master Clans and the Eighteen Support Clans have gathered for a conference to raise concerns about Tatsuya's behavior. His official position is that all his actions were necessary to protect Miyuki and he has the full support of the Yotsuba, including the current head of the clan, Maya. Naturally, some of the other families are not so easily convinced. And while this captures everyone’s attention, Mitsuya Shiina vanishes without a trace, kicking off yet another incident that may affect more than just First High...

The invitation has arrived. It is time for the New Year’s Reception at the Yotsuba family residence. This year, Miyuki and other candidates will gather there to decide who will be the next leader of their powerful clan. If chosen as the successor, she would never have to see her brother live as a pariah ever again. At the same time, such a position surely entails a political marriage, plunging her mind into complete turmoil. Complicating matters, the current head of their family sows doubt with the shocking claim that Miyuki is not Tatsuya’s sister. When the new year comes, their relationship may be changed forever...

The Ten Master Clans and the Eighteen Support Clans have gathered for a conference to raise concerns about Tatsuya's behavior. His official position is that all his actions were necessary to protect Miyuki and he has the full support of the Yotsuba, including the current head of the clan, Maya. Naturally, some of the other families are not so easily convinced. And while this captures everyone's attention, Mitsuya Shiina vanishes without a trace, kicking off yet another incident that may affect more than just First High...

March 2097—Brazil deploys the strategic-class spell Synchroliner Fusion in South America, starting a wave of unrest that will reach as far as Japan, where the new school year is just beginning. Tatsuya and Miyuki have entered their third year at First High, but anti-magician sentiment has been steadily rising. As many young scions of the twenty-eight families gather to discuss what to do about the concerning political climate, a much more immediate threat sits just beyond the shores of Sado Island...

Gu Jie, a magician who orchestrated a sinister suicide bombing by manipulating corpses to do his bidding, has gone into hiding somewhere in Japan. As public outcry against magicians builds and humanist forces gain momentum, the Ten Master Clans task Tatsuya, Katsuto, Mayumi, and Masaki with determining the whereabouts of the mastermind behind the bombings. But when Major Benjamin Canopus, the second-in-command of the most powerful magic unit in the United States, starts gunning for Gu Jie as well, Tatsuya becomes inexplicably enraged!