Chapter 3 (Tsukiyo no Ōkan)

## Magic 3

**Chapter 3**, under the designation of **Magic 3** is the third chapter of the 2015 *Little Witch Academia* manga series adaptation illustrated by Yuka Fujiwara.

## Summary

Picking up from where the previous chapter left off, Akko, Yūto, and Diana fly together toward the spire with Yūto's flying raft. Yūto reminds both girls that they only work together because the situation calls for it, a statement Diana doesn't deny since it technically applies to rivals who share a common cause also. To Akko's chagrin, Yūto and Diana's amicable conversation gives off an atmosphere not unlike that of lovers.

Closing in for the top of the spire, Akko, Diana, and Yūto startle the latter's rivals that neither of them ready to anticipate the Japanese witch-in-training's payback in form of a barrage of blunt shurikens conjured via. her Light Magic. Reminded by Akko about Diana's statement where they must work together for a time being, Yūto wastes no time to hurl Akko towards the fruits while their rivals still recovering. With that, Akko, Diana, and Yūto successfully claim theirs leaving the rest to Yūto's irritated rivals and another contestant from Luna Nova. Now that they passed the second test of the interschool competition, Akko, Diana, Yūto, and other victors automatically move on to the next via. Teleportation Magic spell placed onto their respective fruit. To Lotte's dismay, such unexpected procedure resulted Akko's telepathic fairy left behind thus can only hope for the Japanese witch-in-training's success now that she's on her own.

Arriving at their destination, Akko and her fellow contestants find themselves in a fabulous garden that doubles as training ground for magic users. The contestants are split into three groups in their respective biome; Akko and Yūto seemingly underwater biome in which they don't drown for some reasons (it takes the latter pulling the former's ribbon to snap her of her initial panic), Diana and a fellow Luna Nova contestant desert biome, and Yūto rivals snowy mountain. The interschool competition's organizing committee announces that the Midnight Crown is hidden somewhere in the garden and the clue for its whereabouts is "The Shed Tear of the Goddess"; the contestant who manages to solve the riddle and subsequently claims the Crown shall win the competition.

Following the change of their circumstances, Yūto sees no point in cooperating with his fellow contestants further, dismaying Akko who got stuck in nearby hole while frantically searching for the prize. The brunette brings up how she used to help him from time to time during their childhood (beating up a bully who stole his premium race trading card, removing a dung beetle on his head, etc.), which the young man doesn't deny despite both being embarrassed about it. Acknowledging that he indeed no longer the meek boy as much as she used to remember him as, Akko admires Yūto for it with the latter pulling the former out of the hole only proves such point.

With that, Akko and Yūto begin their race for the Crown in the earnest, though they have yet to make any significant progress apart from noticing their surroundings aren't quite what they appear so far. Just then, the floor ripples to form Diana's visage through which the real Diana reminds the two of the clue at hand and adds that the Crown isn't in the bottom of the lake. That is when Akko realizes the feeling of de ja vu which bothered her from the moment of their arrival; she and Yūto are walking on the surface of the water upside down all this time! It takes some doing as breaking the surface of the water will undo whatever enchantments which prevent the two from drowning and Akko opts to use nearby boulder to do so unlike Yūto who uses magic instead but, the two finally escape the lake before continuing their search while flying with the latter's magic broom.

It doesn't take long for Akko and Yūto to finally locate "The Shed Tear of the Goddess", which happens to be a broken statue of a goddess in nearby enormous ruins along with Midnight Crown itself. But to the two's dismay, one of Yūto's rivals is already there and about to seize their prize...

## Order of appearances

* Atsuko Kagari
* Diana Cavendish
* Yūto Minazuki
* Lotte Jansson
* Yūto's Two Unnamed Rivals
* Magic Wand
* Teleportation Magic Item
* Telepathic Fairy
* Magic Broom
* Midnight Crown
* Flying Spell
* Guardian of the Midnight Crown