Magical Girl Raising Project: White/Synopsis

*Some sections of this article may be under construction at the moment.*

## Chapter 1

**The Magical Girl Hunter Goes to School (第一章 魔法少女狩り、登校する)**

At an unknown location, the new head of the Resources Department, Jouvet, tells her subordinate, Puppeta, about the status of the Magical Kingdom: Pythie Frederica and The First Lapis Lazuline have taken over the Casper Faction and the Research Division respectively, and are preparing for a full-scale confrontation; the Casper Faction is recruiting Archfiend Cram School students and the Research Division allied itself with the Experimental Site while the Information Bureau remains independent and the Puk Faction is too weakened to participate. Jouvet and Puppeta realize that they too will likely have to take a side but conclude that they do not like either faction.

At Umemizaki Middle School, Snow White meets the principal, Halna Medhi Melen, and officially enrolls. Having researched the school's prominent figures through Mana's information network, Snow White discovered that Halna was the person in charge of the Cranberry Investigation and, upon facing her and reading her mind, discovers that she is happy at the opportunity to guide her, a "Child of Cranberry," onto the right path. Halna tells Snow White that she has high expectations of her and has Calkoro bring her to class, where she transforms into her human form before entering.

When she first learned that the *Magical Girl Hunter* would be transferring to Umemizaki, Calkoro feared it would be to replace her. Even after it was revealed that she was a student, a different kind of dread soon set in: as many of her lessons revolve around Snow White's exploits, she feared that the other students would view this as favoritism. Even worse, she currently also had to give an extra lecture on homunculi, which she knew nothing about. In the end, despite feigning enthusiasm, all Calkoro could do was read her textbook aloud while her students are unable to follow along.

While listening to Calkoro's lecture, Drill Dory felt annoyed at how the teacher would refer to homunculi, as she considered herself superior to them due to being an Artificial Magical Girl. In fact, as the Experimental Site's latest model, she also considers herself superior to other Artificial Magical Girls. While she lets Princess Lightning off due to sympathy and worked with Deluge against a common enemy, Arlie vows that she will some case her superiority to the next artificial Magical Girl she meets before turning to Arc Arlie and kicking her shin.

Ten days after Snow White's transfer, Tetty Goodgripp still cannot believe that she is classmates with a celebrity. When she first transferred in, Tetty expected that she would quickly get ousted by her as class representative. However, much to her surprise, that did not happen. Not just that, but Snow White ended up being different from what she expected: not a cold avenger or snobbish elitist, but a mature person who got along with everyone. Still, Tetty was suspicious as to what she was even doing at the school and later brings up these worries to Ms. Sato while tending to the school garden. Ms. Sato suspects it is related to the Examination Division, causing Tetty to theorize she is watching Kana. However, Ms. Sato doubts this and concludes that graduating from Umemizaki might just look good on Snow White's record.

The next day, Classical Lillian is the first to arrive at to the spot of Group 2's daily secret meeting since they use her magic to prevent them from being spied on. Ever since Snow White joined their class, Lillian has had to be extra careful on account of her mind-reading but is confident that the dome created with her magic can block even her mind-reading.

## Chapter 2

**Let’s Be Friends (第二章 仲良くできるかな)**

Group 2, minus Kana, open their secret meeting with their first topic of discussion: whether to allow Kana to partake. While Kumi-Kumi believes Kana proved her loyalty during the homunculi battle, Adelheid is still cautious of her. In response, being the group's contact with Pythie Frederica, Kumi-Kumi promises to ask about Kana. They then move on to the next topic: Snow White. Going over possible motives for her transferring to Umemizaki, the group fear that it might be related to their secret mission to excavate the ruins underneath the school. While Mephis Pheles does not consider her a threat, since she is completely different from what the stories suggested, Adelheid thinks she is putting up an act. Mephis then points out that Adelheid gets along pretty well with Snow White, only to then be called out herself for the same thing. In the end, due to Mephis and Adelheid's constant arguing, the meeting ends with neither topic being resolved.

Back in class, Kana was told by the other Group 2 members to "keep watch". Taking this literally, she observes the other classmates and notices that Diko Narakunoin is in an uncharacteristically good mood. Diko reveals that Ranyi is getting discharged from the hospital today, much to the classmates' joy. The only person who does not join is Snow White, who never met Ranyi. Believing the *Magical Girl Hunter* is there to watch her, Kana approaches her and inwardly requests her to stop her if she ever becomes a threat. Unfortunately, due to being in human form, Snow White cannot read her mind and only gets confused by Kana's gesture.

Later, during lunch, Sally Raven and Pshuke Prains eat together in a corner of the cafeteria. While initially talking about their favorite anime, Cutie Healer, Sally soon switches to the actual topic: Snow White. The two share their knowledge and opinions on the *Magical Girl Hunter* and conclude that her motive for transferring to Umemizaki is likely related to either Kana, Princess Lightning, or the principal. Pshuke is worried about the school possibly being shut down, causing Sally to joke about how Pshuke, a freelancer with no connections, would then be screwed, much to her annoyance.

At a local hospital, Ranyi is embarrassed about being the only one hospitalized from the homunculi battle and feels like she missed too much school. As Diko comes to pick her up, she is shocked that she is accompanied by Lightning, who offers pudding. Noticing Ranyi's surprise, Lightning explains that she is an "acquaintance" of The First Lapis Lazuline, who now goes by "Old Blue", and that the plan has been altered: since Snow White would certainly interfere if they excavated the ruins themselves, they are to instead sabotage Group 2. Lightning also reveals that Lapis Lazuline III sealed some of her memories to counter Snow White's mind-reading. Now up to speed, Ranyi tries to grab some pudding, only to find that Lightning and Diko have already eaten it all, and gets embarrassed when Lightning reveals how happy her classmates were about her discharge.

Inside a hotel room, one of Old Blue's apprentices, Love Lulu, is helping Ripple recover from a battle with Pythie's mercenaries. Unfortunately, they are currently not on speaking terms after Lulu killed one of the said mercenaries. While initially annoyed with Ripple, Lulu's anger soon shifts to her master for partnering them up. Lulu then goes over how they got here: after being released from her brainwashing, Ripple wanted revenge on Pythie. However, she was soon confronted by the Third, who sealed away her vengeful thoughts, causing her to lose the will to go on. She continued to be in this state until Pythie, who was spying on her with her magic, finally lost interest in her. Having successfully created an opening in Pythie's surveillance network, the first and third then gave Ripple her memories back and offered to assist her vengeance.

## Chapter 3

**Can I Join In? (第三章 参加してもいいですか？)**

During lunch, Class 2-F gets into an argument over who gets the last pudding. Mephis claims it for herself, arguing that Lightning stole hers last time. However, Lighting claims that there is no rule against stealing pudding, causing Mephis to nearly snap until Adelheid proposes a competition to settle the situation: each team will pick a representative for a game of musical chairs, after the game the winner will decide what happens to the pudding. Noticing that Group 3 is picking their strongest member, Diko, Mephis decides to send in Group 2's trump card, who Kana thinks is herself only to be told that its Adelheid, while Group 1 picks Miss Ril. They then clear the classroom except for a single chair and the match begins.

After school, on the train home, Snow White remarks to herself about how everyone was having fun during lunch. The only exception was Snow White herself, who felt a bit left out, causing her to realize that she is getting attached to her classmates. She then thinks back to when she nearly killed Princess Deluge whilst under Puk Puck's brainwashing. Fortunately, after some introspection, Deluge gave up on her vengeance against her comrades' killers. However, Snow White did not like Deluge's newfound respect toward her, especially since she had killed many other Magical Girls whilst brainwashed. As the train arrives in N-City, Snow White directs her focus back to her investigation of Umemizaki and decides to examine the school courtyard, the place where her magic never seemed to work for some reason.

In her hideout, Pythie is concerned about not yet having received Group 2's report. She has also had problems using her magic on Umemizaki since Snow White has a way to jam it. Regardless, Pythie tries to spy on the class from Kumi-Kumi's perspective only for her crystal ball to turn black, meaning Kumi-Kumi is dead. Although not expecting an answer, Pythie tries contacting Kumi-Kumi and is shocked when she actually answers, alive and well. Confused, Pythie scours her hideout for anything that could potentially be messing with her magic but finds nothing. Concluding the problem to be Kumi-Kumi's hair, Pythie teleports to her for a check-up and uses the opportunity to stroke her hair to get another sample. She even strikes up a conversation, during which Kumi-Kumi seems normal. However, this still does not put Pythie at ease.

During lunch, on the same day Ranyi returned to school, Kana confronted her groupmates regarding the construction happening at the neighboring Umemizaki Private Academy. Lillian explains that they are having a Culture Festival and Mephis realizes that Kana wants the Magical Girls Class to participate. While the other members are skeptical, since they are not supposed to interact with the rest of the school, Kana points out that they are technically still part of the same institution. However, the only one who can authorize such a request is the principal, and Mephis wants nothing to do with her following their last interaction, which the others agree with. Kana thus decides to head to the principal's office herself and the others rush after her to stop her, knowing it would likely not end well.

Tetty and the rest of Group 1 end up overhearing Group 2's conversation about joining the school festival. Rappy Taype and Miss Ril just find them annoying while Arlie and Dory ask Snow White about the school festival. Tetty, meanwhile, ponders about how Group 2 was going to confront the principal; the only people who had even met her were Mephis, though it was not a pleasant encounter, and Kana, to keep an eye on her. Thinking back to the fun she has had at other festivals, Tetty thinks that the class attending this one might help her understand Snow White better. She also makes up her mind to talk with Ms. Sato about fixing her friendship with Mephis.

Sally and Group 3 also overhear Group 2's conversation about the festival, striking Lightning's interest. Ranyi and Diko reveal that they have never experienced a school festival before, causing Sally to recall how she also never attended one due to her prioritizing her training as a Magical Girl. Since none of them, except Pshuke, have ever experienced a school festival before, the members of Group 3 all agree that it might be fun to attend one now.

At one of their facilities, Lapis Lazuline III was made to clean a pool by Old Blue. Though annoyed with her task, the Third understands that her master has her own issues, mainly bureaucracy and resources. While Pfle previously took care of these matters, Old Blue effectively lost everything when she died. Also, having examined Pfle's memories she previously sealed, the Third had learned that her sole motivation for going against the Magical Kingdom was to protect Shadow Gale from its corruption. Old Blue had the Third give Pfle's memories to Lighting in hopes of creating the "ultimate princess", though the Third considers her a loose cannon. Also, ever since taking in Pfle's memories, the Third has found herself growing uncharacteristically skeptical of her master, alarming her, though she ultimately concludes that she and Pfle were perhaps just similarly minded.

Back in her hideout, without even having to wait for the lab results of the hair sample, Pythie deduces what happened to Kumi-Kumi: her "human" body had been killed and her mind transferred into a homunculus clone without her noticing. Enraged, not out of any affection for Kumi-Kumi but because she just hates Magical Girls being tampered with, Pythie calls Asmona about her deduction. After confirming that Pythie's magic is not compromised, Asmona advises her to cut Kumi-Kumi off and make Adelheid her new contact person. Pythie decides that they must first make sure no one else in Group 2 has been compromised and opts against extracting Kumi-Kumi from Umemizaki, not wanting to separate the group of friends.

## Chapter 4

**Go-To Festival (第四章 ゴートゥーフェス)**

Tetty Goodgripp, after hearing their conversation about the Culture Festival, decides to work with Group 2 in order to personally hand everyone’s signatures to The Principal. She gets signatures from both Group 2 and Group 3, surprised by the support. However, instead of going straight to the principal’s office, Tetty goes towards the courtyard in order to give the signatures to Miss Sato instead. When Miss Sato is not there, Tetty is disappointed, but returns to the school hallways nonetheless. After running across a Depressed-looking Calkoro, Tetty just hands the signatures off to her. Tetty returns to class, upset she wasn’t able to hand the signatures to Miss Sato.

Calkoro, after receiving the signatures, becomes extremely stressed and debates whether or not to even give them to Halna. She blames Kana for the class’ eagerness to join the festival, silently cursing her existence and the stress she causes Calkoro. She decides to give the signatures to Halna, but stops right before entering the staff room. She realizes that the only reason she had run to the mountains during the Second mock battle to protect her students was because she just wanted to keep her career. When Calkoro goes to give Halna the signatures, she’s shocked to learn that Halna had already received another set. Halna takes the signatures from Calkoro anyway, with Calkoro only becoming more anxious about the whole thing.

While Mephis had already gone home, Kana remains at school in order to observe the normal middle school. Due to her lack of knowledge, Kana wanted to learn more about things such as school, culture, and festivals. Kana initially observes the festival preparations from afar, but goes closer when she sees the kids walk away. However, she is spotted by human students, who proceed to ask her multiple questions about her status as a member of the special class and her appearance. Kana answers all of their questions, and answers questions about the experience from her Magical Girl classmates the next day.

During class, Snow White reflects on how Halna approved the class going to the Culture Festival. While the rest of the class was happy about it, she was actually very displeased about it. After the Homunculi Outbreak, the school’s security had decreased significantly, leading Snow White to believe that joining the festival would be a waste of resources and would endanger multiple people. Snow White is bothered by the fact that she couldn’t come up with an idea as to why the students were allowed to participate. While Arlie went to the bathroom, Snow White chats with Tetty, where she discovers that Tetty had the students sign two petitions because she believed Calkoro wouldn’t have been reliable. Snow White also finds out about Miss Sato, but is only confused about her presence as there were only two staff members. Snow White wanted to get more information, but knowing Tetty didn’t know anything else and that Pythie had connections to students in the class, she decided not to.

Pythie figures out that while Mephis and Adelheid were still alive, Classical Lillian had also been killed. Pythie is troubled by this fact, determining that she needs to keep a close eye on both Mephis and Adelheid in order to protect them. She decides to ask Asmona about Adelheid, learning about her personality as well as how seriously she takes her job. Pythie considers Adelheid a fine magical girl, then discusses with Asmona about the Culture Festival. Both of them deduce that it appears they’re being dared to invade the school.

The Third Lapis Lazuline goes to the Lazuline Training Room in order to spar with her master, Old Blue. The two magical girls exchange multiple blows to one another while also occasionally commenting about the others’ fighting abilities. After a while the match ends, although The Third is disappointed by how quickly the battle ended. She remarks that she finds it annoying that Old Blue only called her to the training room to check up on her, which causes Old Blue to laugh and call her naive. No more words are exchanged between the two, and they continue their fight.

Princess Deluge, after inheriting Pfle’s legacy, now looks after Shadow Gale. Shadow Gale looked to have been building something, but Deluge was unsure of what it was. Deluge realizes that Pfle’s reason for doing everything she had done was for Shadow Gale, and even accepts that she would have done the same thing for her friends if she had the chance. After making sure Shadow Gale was alright, Deluge went back to investigating the Magical girls of Class 2-F. Pfle had left behind a computer to be used, which Deluge thought was a joke due to it’s complicated appearance and instruction manual. She believed that Blade Brenda and Cannon Catherine wouldn’t have been able to use it, but was shocked when they quickly started operating the computer like it was nothing. Deluge is reminded of her time with the Pure elements while she worked, slowly being able to uncover information about the Magical girls in Class 2-F. While she couldn’t find everything, she still made progress. However, one day, Deluge receives a message from The Third Lapis Lazuline.

Love Lulu and Ripple both continue to lay within a cheap hotel room. Love Lulu, upset at The First Lapis Lazuline, begins to question why the Lazulines even bothered helping Ripple get her strength back in the first place. When Love Lulu looks at Ripple, she wonders if Ripple saw her as an enemy and wishes that The Third Lapis Lazuline had changed Ripple’s personality. Love Lulu rolls over and considers using a Apatite in order to strengthen her relationship with Ripple, but decides against it when she realized it could lead to something like the relationship Ripple had with Pythie. Love Lulu gets a message from Ranyi, learning that the class were going to participate in a culture festival. When Love Lulu turns around, she comes face to face with Ripple, who confronts her about Snow White being in the class. Ripple is furious that Love Lulu did not tell her, and Love Lulu has to convince her that she didn’t want to hide the information. Love Lulu promises to not lie to Ripple anymore, silently angry at her master for being the cause of all the tension.

## Chapter 5

**Let’s Prep, Just in Case (第五章 事前準備は入念に)**

At night, Adelheid does recon around Umemizaki, looking for any weak spots in the security. Following the homunculi incident, the Experimental Site pulled back its golem guards, greatly weakening the defenses. However, Adelheid wonders if it could be a trap, believing the school was left *too* defenseless. Just then, Lightning appears behind her and Adelheid notes that this seems familiar. Lightning, however, reveals that she does not remember their last fight and even claims that it "never happened". Adelheid then demands she explain what she wants and Lightning requests her to report to her superiors that it is not yet time to attack Umemizaki, claiming that Group 3 will not act as long as Group 2 does not either. Lightning then leaves without answering any of Adelheid's follow-up questions.

Mephis returns home just as Kana finishes making dinner. As they eat and Kana constantly quotes manga she read, causing Mephis to regret turning her into an otaku, Mephis notes how uninformed Kana is about the modern world, resulting in her often causing problems for others. Still, Mephis has found that she enjoys her antics, even comparing her to how Tetty used to be and lamenting that she wants to make amends but believes she cannot show any weakness as the leader of Group 2. Kana then informs Mephis that Pythie called and, after contacting her, she is shocked to learn that she is to lead an assault on Umemizaki. Noticing that Mephis seems off, Kana states that she can confide in her, viewing the members of Group 2 as her "children". Disturbed, Mephis asks Kana how old she is, only for her to reveal that she does not know.

While doing her Magical Girl activities, Tetty is overjoyed at being able to strike up a conversation with Snow White. As a member of the Information Bureau, Tetty has many secrets she was never able to tell anyone. However, before the *Magical Girl Hunter*, she ended up blurting out a lot, even the existence of Ms. Sato. Still, Tetty thinks it will be fine, since she did not reveal everything, and she decides to apologize to Ms. Sato later.

As a result of Pythie's frequent visits in the last few days, Kumi-Kumi's initially minimalist apartment has become uncharacteristically decorated. However, just when the renovations were done, Pythie suddenly visited less and less. Still, not wanting the decorations to be wasted, Kumi-Kumi considers inviting some classmates over but hesitates since Pythie could come over at any time.

In her hideout, Pythie has deduced the exact moment Kumi-Kumi was killed: while she was separated from Kana during the homunculi incident. Proceeding to go over Kumi-Kumi's possible killers, Pythie concludes that the culprit was likely the initializer of the whole incident. Ruling out Old Blue, as she doubts she would endanger her apprentices, Pythie concludes the most likely suspect to be Umemizaki's principal, who had long coveted the Osk Faction's homunculi. However, due to her being under the effects of Lulu's magic, Pythie then baselessly considers if Pukin might be connected to this as well as the recent attacks on her mercenaries.

During gym class, the only time students are allowed to be in their Magical Girl forms, the members of Group 2 and Group 3 compete in a game of dodgeball. Watching from the sidelines with Group 1, Snow White uses the opportunity to read each of their minds and learns of Group 2's mission to excavate the ruins, the entrance to which is in the courtyard, which itself can only be accessed by Tetty due to her connection to the Information Bureau; thus, they have to wait for her to enter before they can initiate their attack. Snow White herself first learned of the ruin from Puk's Faction documents and wonders what exactly Pythie is after, since said documents did not reveals its function and Puk Puck ultimately had no use for it. Snow White's thoughts then return to the present, as she and Group 1 head to the court to compete in the next match.

Due to not being part of the Magical Kingdom, Deluge is forced to take public transport to her meeting with Lapis Lazuline III. Traveling in human form, she eventually reaches her destination, a cosplay cafe run by the Magical Kingdom. Meeting up, the Third assures that the cafe is a neutral ground where any fighting will result in life-long expulsion, though she is disappointed that Deluge did not come alone as agreed. When Deluge states that she *did* come alone, the Third asks if she did not notice she was being followed. In response, Deluge transforms into her Magical Girl form and leaves before returning shortly later with Brenda and Catherine, who thought she was getting snacks, causing the Third a burst out in laughter.

Still in the hotel room, Ripple thinks of how she never got along with anyone until Top Speed and later Snow White came along, lamenting not realizing the former was her friend before her death. Yet, she has now found herself opening up to Lulu after learning of her past: sold by her mother, she was taken in by Old Blue and trained under her. However, because of her past, Lulu was far more skeptical of her master than her fellow apprentices, causing her to often be given "trash jobs". Feeling she must retort, Ripple told Lulu about her own past, including the events of Cranberry's Selection Exam and how Pythie brainwashed her. After being done talking, exhausted, Ripple thinks about how she always hated herself and found just living to be painful. However, finally having someone to confide in, she now finds herself feeling emotions again.

## Chapter 6

**A Chance Encounter (第六章 邂逅)**

To Sally's surprise, the principal allowed Class 2-F participate in the School Festival, albeit with strict rules: *behave in public*, *do not cause problems for regular students*, *hide your identities as Magical Girls*, and *no copyrighted items*. Although upset at not being allowed to show off her Cutie Healer merchandise, Sally came to terms with it. However, some rules were just nonsensical: *no entering the sportsfield*, *no interaction with regular students*, and *no eating or drinking*. With every student upset with at least one of these terms, except for an uncharacteristically nervous Mephis, they all submit a formal complaint to the principal.

In her office, Halna struggles to contain her anger at the students' complaints. Following the Cranberry Incident, she grew critical of the Magical Kingdom's "quantity-over-quality" policy regarding its Magical Girls and founded the Magical Girl Class to guide new recruits onto the right path. However, it instead became a cesspool of spies, terrorists, and mercenaries working for Pythie, Old Blue, Experimental Site Head Calcton, Puck's Faction Head Titch, and Resources Department Head Jouvet. Because of this, she is concerned about how the students will act regarding the school's current vulnerability. She is also curious about Kana's true identity, as her background check delivered nothing. In the end, Halna decides to negotiate with the students; while she plans to expel them all, she at least wants to let them enjoy the festival.

After extensive talks, the principal and students agree on the rules: *no magic*, *no excessive contact with regular students*, *no copying others' stalls*, and *no copyrighted items*. While trying to keep her composure, Pshuke cannot help but be excited about the festival and joins the discussion regarding their class stall. Following many suggestions, they were torn between Group 2's DIY Festival and Group 3's restaurant, with a vote set to be held tomorrow. With both Group 2 and Group 3 backing their ideas, they eye Group 1 for the deciding votes, leaving Pshuke annoyed at how it turned into a competition. However, Sally points out that it might be fun, something Pshuke seemingly agrees with. However, the next day, Tetty offers a compromise: a DIY restaurant, causing Pshuke to complain about what the fuss was for.

After school, Diko does karaoke with Ranyi and Lightning. Although initially confused as to why Old Blue chose her to lead their group, as Ranyi would be jealous and Diko herself considered Lightning more suited, she understood upon seeing Lightning prioritize having fun while Ranyi goes along. To get her focus back on the mission, Diko takes Ranyi to scout the school. Splitting up, Diko comes across a hole in the wall of the courtyard. Curious, she approaches it but stops upon realizing that it is a trap. However, it is too late as she finds herself unable to move while a hand reached out from the hole and strangles her. Panicking, Diko uses her magic to escape only to find herself in the courtyard inexplicably. Still paralyzed, Diko is then approached by an unseen Magical Girl who tells her that **"this is a place of learning"** and **"those unwilling to are unneeded"**. A short while later, Diko meets up with Ranyi, fine and well with seemingly no memory of being attacked.

Adelheid proposes making the restaurant a ramen shop, which she can provide the food for, and the others have no objections. Meanwhile, Kumi-Kumi heads making decorations. Snow White, however, remains focussed on her investigation. Unfortunately, due to her inability to access the courtyard, it has progressed little, though she thinks that she might be able to take advantage of the festival. Also, Tetty is starting to catch on that she is probing her for information, meaning she cannot use her anymore. After school, as the students head home, Snow White approaches Miss Ril, the Management Division representative, and requests a meeting with her superior, claiming she wishes to apologize for being rude to him once but will likely be turned away if she were to go by herself. While Snow White feels bad about using Miss Ril, she pushes the feeling down.

In his office, the head of the Management Division, Ragi Zwe Nento, receives a meeting request from Miss Ril, which he accepts. When he first learned of the Magical Girl Class, Ragi thought of it as an experiment doomed to fail, since the divisions would only use it to further entrench their influence. Still, not wanting to just waste a recommendation slot, he chose Miss Ril to be his department's representative, hoping to use her to keep track of the other departments. However, due to an estate meeting gone wrong, he was unable to implement his scheme. On the day of the meeting, Ragi welcomes Miss Ril, only for his mood to immediately sour upon seeing Snow White accompanying her.

As Ripple wanted to meet up with Snow White, Lulu proposed an admittingly risky plan to finish their mission quickly. Ambushing Pythie's remaining mercenaries, Ripple takes out several before confronting their leader, Black Knight Guennefirra. As per Lulu's plan, Ripple takes advantage of her love for duels by challenging her to single-combat, which she accepts. Lulu, meanwhile, confronts two merceneries who could prove troublesome and uses her magic to convince them to stand down. As Ripple and Guennefirra battle, Lulu thinks back to their heart-to-heart and wonders why she revealed so much sensitive information about herself. In the end, Ripple defeats Guennefirra and intimidates the remaining merceneries into surrendering but is left severely wounded, with Lulu rushing to her aid.

## Chapter 7

**The Hidden and the Exposed (第七章 バレるヒト、バレないヒト)**

Lulu has taken the wounded Ripple back to their hotel room to recuperate. Fortunately, Old Blue gifts Lulu several rare gemstones to heal Ripple with her magic. This concerns Lulu, however, as her master likely has an ulterior motive. Ripple notices Lulu's worries and, while initially trying to hide them, the latter quickly shares her concerns with her. Concluding that something is about to happen at Umemizaki, they assume that they will soon be sent out to kill Frederica. Lulu tells Ripple that she will have to make a choice: continue the mission or abandon it to aid Snow White. However, Lulu then proposes a third option: Ripple moves on with the mission while Lulu goes to Umemizaki. Although Lulu expects her to object, Ripple agrees without hesitation.

Kana informs her classmates that the regular students are making outfits to go with their stalls, causing them to want to make uniforms of their own, but cannot decide on the design, and time is running out. Observing this, Tetty tries to think up a solution but fails. She later brings up these issues to Ms. Sato while gardening the courtyard together and she suggests they move the stall from the classroom to the courtyard since that would make it easier for visitors to reach. Tetty wonders if that is even allowed, since the two of them are the only ones permitted to access it, and Ms. Sato gives her permission. This also causes Tetty to remember a promise she once made to Mephis to take her around the courtyard.

Rappy Taype travels to the Resources Department, claiming that it is to gather recyclables for the construction of their stall. In reality, however, it is to check up with the department's head, Jouvet. Jouvet tells Rappy that, when the expected attack on Umemizaki occurs, she is to follow Snow White's orders, as the *Magical Girl Hunter* had struck a deal with her. She also wants her to try to re-recruit Dark Cutie, who appears to frequently stalk Snow White. Rappy decides to not ask questions and do as she is told. As she turns to leave, however, Jouvet stops her, causing her to fear that she made a mistake. Fortunately, Jouvet just gives her a bag of recyclables for her class stall and wishes her a happy school festival.

During homeroom, Snow White and the rest of Class 2-F have a discussion about what T-shirts they are going to create. Sally Raven insists that they include silhouettes of Magical Girls, making the other students believe that she just wanted an opportunity to put Cutie Healer on the shirts. Snow White attempts to suggest Ramen, which only results in everyone complaining about not wanting to smell like the food. Thunder-General Adelheid comments that the sponsor the class is working off wants her brand advertised, which only serves to make Mephis Pheles made. the students bicker more, while Snow White wonders about what she should do. She considers talking with Mepis, but realizes that it most likely wouldn’t work, as Mepis was working with Pythie Frederica. While thinking about Pythie, Snow White also thinks about Ripple, upset at the possibility that Ripple could be dead. Snow White asserts that if Ripple was still alive, the two of them were going to take down Pythie.

While the students worked, Calkoro supervises them out of obligation. She notes both her amazement and jealousy towards her students, wishing that she could share the same energy, excitement, and motivation that they had. After the students finished, she graded their tests and then went to the restroom to play solitaire during her free time. While leaving, Calkoro runs into Princess Lightning, helping her carry a large cooler. Calkoro comments that Lightning seems to have changed, given that she had been so calm and collected before. This comments excites Lightning, with her rapidly asking Calkoro questions about how she has changed. Calkoro then feels regret for even saying anything, wanting to just drop the cooler off and get out of her students’s way.

Thunder-General Adelheid thinks about how both Mepis, Classical Lillian, and Kumi-Kumi had been acting strange lately. Adelheid believes that it was due to that orders from Pythie, as well as the fact that all of them were keeping secrets from one another, not blaming them for being paranoid. Adelheid herself isn’t sure who to trust, not wanting to risk any of her fellow group members to get in trouble. After cutting her finger, and getting a bandage from Kana, Adelheid decides to try and ask why she was sent to Umemizaki, but is only told that even Kana herself doesn’t know why. Adelheid accepts the answer, thinking that Kana was just following orders.

Mepis, knowing about the upcoming attack by Pythie, is filled with paranoia and anxiety about what she should even do. She regrets that she hasn’t made a plan yet, knowing that not being prepared would be putting her Paycheck at risk. She envies Kana, wishing that she could be as carefree as she was. Mepis also laments about an upcoming meeting she has with Tetty, Lightning, and the regular Umemizaki students about the upcoming Festival. Mepis goes as far as dyeing her hair, tying it up, and wearing glasses in order to seem presentable to the regular students.

## Chapter 8

**Midday Party (第八章 midday party)**

Having learned that Pythie's faction is planning to assault Umemizaki, Old Blue's faction begins scrambling for a counterattack. Lapis Lazuline III voices her concern about the students getting caught in the crossfire but her master assures her that they are all skilled Magical Girls, especially Princess Lightning. Whereas Old Blue saw Lightning as the culmination of the Artificial Magical Girl Project, the Third just pitied her existence: an artificial being created by some crazy mage. The Third is also opposed to Old Blue personally partaking in the operation, but her master argues that Pythie is doing the same thing, so she must respond in kind.

At their hideout, Asmona is unhappy about Pythie's decision to personally partake in the assault on Umemizaki. However, she tells her she intends to go through with it no matter what she says. She also informs her that Mephis has been compromised, but assures her that Adelheid is still safe. Pythie is excited for the coming battle, which will feature some of the most promising Magical Girls in the world. This causes Asmona to straight up call her "crazy", but Pythie does not care.

## Epilogue

**Epilogue (エピローグ)**

At the Inspection Department, Mana tries to interrogate Uluru as to what she is doing here. However, Uluru claims that information is solely for Snow White and that, since she is not here, Mana should at least give her some sweets for visiting, much to the investigator's annoyance. Just then, Mana gets a text on her MagiPhone informing her of the attack on Umemizaki. Having glimpsed the message, Uluru notes that Snow White and Arlie are the school right now before running off to aid them, with Mana giving chase.

Meanwhile, at a bar, Mariko and two of her friends are drinking alchohol whilst complaining about their daily lives. After finishing, the trio goes to an abandoned finishing village to sober up. Whilst there, one of Makiro's drunken friends reveals that Pythie tried to hire her to fight some students, but she turned her down. Realizing that they were sent to distract her, Makiro challenges them to a fight with the condition that they will tell her Pythie's current location if she wins. They then all transform into their their Magical Girl forms and a battle ensues.

Back at Pythie's hideout, it is revealed that before the attack Pythie had transferred her mind into the next body of the Sage of Casper, Ratsumukana-honome-no-kami, whilst using Pukin's sword to replicate her old personality onto her discarded body, which Ripple just killed. To create the "ideal Magical Girl", Pythie was more than willing to become a "villain". However, her time in prison had exposed a fatal flaw in her plan: her mortality; thus she hatched a plot to achieve immortality by becoming a Sage. Intend on usurping Ratsumukana-honome-no-kami, Pythie brainwashed her with Pukin's sword, creating Kana, before sending her off to Umemizaki to further "corrupt" her. Back in the present, Pythie - now the new Sage of Casper, Kashikiakarukushihime - rises from her seat to face the Magical Girls before her.