Content Warning: This section of the guide features discussion of graphic violence, child death, and sexual content.

El forces Orion to complete his remedial schoolwork. When they go to the library one day, she encourages him to take the New York power-sharer in order to speed his work, but he reveals that he cannot do this. When he was 13, he drained the entire reserve of New York’s mana by using a power-sharer. His father took the power-sharer away and made the one-way sharer to prevent this from happening again.

El is shocked. She decides to give him mana indirectly by taking mana from New York and then passing it on to Orion. When she does this, the interplay of mana between them almost leads them to kiss. However, El’s mouse familiar, Precious, puts a stop to the romantic moment by biting Orion. El feels confusion that transforms into gratitude for the interruption,  because she doesn’t know what would have happened if she and Orion kissed.

The first term of the year ends with Field Day, during which the students participate in sports events in the gym in order to earn tokens and purchase some of the only pure food available in the school.