The Ancient Magus' Bride: Season 1

Elias the mage, bids five million pounds in an auction and wins Chise, a Japanese orphan shunned by society who decided to sell herself into slavery. They move to Elias' house in the English countryside and he announces she will be his apprentice. He asks her to bathe, during which fairies visit and reveal she is a Sleigh Beggy, a type of mage who unconsciously attracts magical creatures who can help her in need, though helping them may harm as easily as it helps. That night, the fairies convinc

Chise awakens having slept for two days after her fairy ordeal. Elias takes her shopping to a magus shop disguised as a bookstore; Chise meets the shop owner, Angelica Burley, a Magus Craft Artificer making magical tools. When she learns about the adoption and proposal, she angrily sends him out. Angelica teaches Chise about alchemy, while magic is closer to being a miracle capable of bending reality with help from magical creatures. After Angelica crafts a crystal flower, Chise has a flashback

Chise wakes up at the nesting ground and meets a wise dragon named Uncle Nevin, who is dying and turning his body into a tree. He explains that dragons are not afraid of death and live longer without regrets. Chise remembers being so alone she considered suicide, but Nevin is glad she chose to live or Elias never would have found her. In his final moment, Nevin shares with her his memories of flying. Elias regrets that as human populations grow Chise may one day be one of the last surviving mage

Chise awakens on a train with Elias. They meet a cat messenger who informs Elias the Cat King is waiting. Chise learns the rumour she is a special person. Chise sees a mysterious woman before meeting the Cat King, who reveals there is a problem within the cat kingdom. Elias begins investigating while Chise learns about the history of the cat kingdom. Years ago, a man who enjoyed killing cats was killed by the first Cat King and his corrupted soul was imprisoned on an island. Chise is kidnapped b

The mysterious woman, Alice, explains Sleigh Beggies are valuable because they continuously generate magical power, but the strain it puts on the body results in an early death. Renfred offers to free Chise but she chooses to stay with Elias. Elias keeps the two sorcerers away while Chise performs the cleansing spell. Inside Matthew’s mind, Chise witnesses him asking a sorcerer to cure Mina. The sorcerer teaches Matthew how to make a potion that steals cats’ nine lives to make Mina healthy. They

With Matthew’s soul cleansed, Renfred and Alice leave and meet the sorcerer who killed Mina. Elias informs Chise she probably only has three years of life remaining, but he believes he has found a method of preventing her death. Chise promises to stay by his side before she passes out. Chise remains unconscious for two weeks, limiting her physical functions in favor of restoring her magic faster. They meet Titania, Queen of the Faeries, and her husband, King Oberon, before Chise wakes up. Chise

The sorcerer, Cartaphilius, threatens to use Alice in an experiment if Renfred fails him again. Elias is asked to discover if a Grimm in a nearby graveyard is dangerous. He gives Chise a magical ring to reduce the amount of magic she generates. At the graveyard, they find that a young woman was killed. Chise is attacked by a dark magical creature, but is saved by a young man who crushes the creature before collapsing from bite wounds. He suddenly transforms into the Grimm. Alice tries to take th

Elias attacks Cartaphilius’s Praying Mantis Chimera. Chise experiences Yuris’s memories of Isabelle and suddenly awakens, quickly rushing to stop Elias, unafraid of his true form. Renfred appears and shoots Cartaphilius. Elias returns to normal, believing Chise is courageous. Cartaphilius returns to life and summons a Spider Chimera. Chise stops Yuris and unleashes her magic, summoning Tarantula hawks to kill the spider. Elias stops her, as spells used to change the rules of nature are forbidden

Since the incident with Cartaphilius, Elias stays in his bedroom and avoids everybody. Silver, the fairy housekeeper, requests Chise and Ruth to go shopping. At the town, they meet Angelica, who learns Chise has become dependent on Elias. Chise realizes Angelica is right. Chise enters Elias’s room, finding that he is stuck in his inhuman form. Chise stays with him all night. The next day, Elias leaves, so Chise and Ruth try to find him. Chise meets a Leanan sídhe, a type of Fairy living off of a

Chise struggles to control her magic and Lindel offers to make a wand from Uncle Nevin's tree for her. Chise worries about being separated from Elias, but she and Ruth travel to the land of dragons without him. After meeting Lindel, Chise sets about finding a suitable branch to become her wand. Back home Elias is noticeably upset at Chise’s absence, remarking that the house feels colder without her. Via a magical messenger bird Elias speaks with Adolf Stroud, an administrator from The College wa

Lindel tells Chise about the time he spent training Elias. He noticed while Elias was a quick learner, he had trouble understanding humans. On a occasion, Elias almost killed several villagers who attacked Lindel. Elias tells Lindel he thinks he ate humans once and still has urges to do so. Despite learning this, Chise insists he has never frightened her. Lindel suggests that she tell Elias exactly how she feels. Chise is instructed to carve Nevin's branch into a wand. As night falls Lindel demo

With Chise still away Elias thinks about how close he has become to her. With Chise finished carving her wand, Lindel sings a new spell, combining the wand with magical gems and Chise’s hair. As Chise holds her wand she has a vision of the spirit realm where she meets Uncle Nevin. She admits her feelings for Elias worry her as she had tried to stay distant in case he didn’t want her anymore. Nevin tells Chise he is grateful her mother chose to protect her because she never could have helped peop

Chise and Elias shear Woolybugs, a flying sheep with cold air on wool. When the same species steal the body heat from Chise, Elias fends them off and sends Chise indoors to warm up. Chise reveals she knows about Elias's impulse to eat humans, and the time he was tempted to eat her while in his inhuman form. Elias nearly erases the memory, but she prevents him from doing so. Since she lost her parents and brother, Elias was the only family she had, so the thought of losing Elias scares her more t

Chise, lost to the sensations and instincts, goes to the forest where she is joined by Ruth in his canine form who requests to be with her. Elias chides Ashen for thinking he knows what is best for him when he (like others) always keeps distance from him, but transforms into a bestial form to pursue Chisa. Catching up with Chise, Elias and Ruth ask her to stay; the former expressing that his life feels cold and lonely without her. Chise reverts into a human as she feels the same thing, the three

Elias and Oberon take Chise to the Land of Fairies, where time passes rapidly, so she can recover under the care of the Fairy Doctor, Shannon. Titania tells Elias it would be safer for Chise to live in the Fairy Kingdom. Shannon tells Chise that living there would eventually turn her into something resembling a fairy. Elias, claiming he values Chise’s will, declines Titania’s offer. Shannon lures Chise to a pool and tries to drown her, claiming she hates Sleigh Beggies. Chise finds the strength

On Christmas Eve, Chise and Elias are reminded by fairies called the Yule Twins to be sure to burn a Yule log for the Horned God and Dark Lady. Chise and Elias share an awkward kiss beneath Mistletoe, which, Elias claims, makes his back tingle. Chise goes shopping with Alice, who needs help choosing a present for Renfred. They meet Hazel, a Centaur postman, who suggests them presents for Renfred. They are then accosted by Alice’s former drug dealer who wants her to begin buying drugs again, but

Stella requests Chise to find her brother Ethan, who has gone missing. Chise realises the teddy bear Elias gave her grows crystal flowers by absorbing magic. She receives a magic reduction bracelet from Angelica. Stella agrees to pay Chise with homemade sweets to find Ethan. After giving the crystal flowers to various creatures for information, they learn that Ashen Eye kidnapped Ethan and Stella realises her mistake leaving him alone after an argument. Ashen Eye then intervenes, trapping Elias

Stella visits Chise with her payment of sweets. Elias, irritated by Stella, runs away. Chise finds him hiding in a shadow but becomes worried as he restrains her and seems to want to bite her. As Stella returns to London, both Ashen Eye and Cartaphilius are seen nearby. Chise becomes afraid Elias may be about to eat her and sends a distress signal to Ruth. Ruth is helped by the fairy daughter of the Dark Lady who shows him which shadow Elias is hiding in. Chise realises Elias is upset about Stel

Cartaphilius performs a procedure on the dragon. In a dream, Chise visits London and sees Cartaphilius suffering from pain and insisting her to name him Joseph. During the meeting, Chise learns Cartaphilius has stolen a teleportation device from Renfred, in order to kidnap and sell a dragon at the underground magical auction house. There, Chise and the others plan bid on and buy the dragon to keep it safe. While Elias and Renfred argue about the future, a woman contacts Chise and they make an un

To end the dragon's suffering, Chise absorbs the dark magic from the dragon and they fall unconscious into the river. Chise wakes up at home, and finds her left arm mutated and restrained by bandages. She concludes her body will fall apart, after absorbing the dragon's curse. Shannon has Chise to stay in the kingdom, hoping a fairy might help her. Chise promises to consider the offer this time. Elias and Chise discuss how they will move forward with the time Chise has left. They are visited by M

Elias and Chise meet Phyllis, Mariel’s high priestess, but they decline to join the coven after learning that killing the Dragon is the only way to free Chise from the curse. As they leave, Mariel apologizes for wasting their time and passes a message to Elias, suggesting that to save a life, someone to be sacrificed. Upon returning home, Elias captures Stella detecting that Cartaphilius has possessed her. Cartaphilius, as Stella, congratulates Elias for being a monster. After berating Elias and

Chise wakes up in the laboratory. Cartaphilius explains his plan: since he is cursed with eternal life and Chise is cursed to die, he proposes to swap her arm for his own, hoping it will curse him to die and for her to live. After forcibly performing corneal transplantation, Cartaphilius enters Chise's mind and Chise has a flashback to her past. While Chise was tormented by creatures due to being a Sleigh Beggy, her father took her brother and abandoned the family, and her mother committed suici

Titania and Oberon offer Elias their help in finding Chise, under the condition she be taken to the Fairy Kingdom. Elias is tempted, but remembers that neither he nor Chise would want to live confined there. Titania and Elias cast a locating spell. Phyllis tells Marielle to help fix the problem she caused. Chise learns that Cartaphilius had thrown a stone at Jesus during his crucifixion and was punished with immortality. Thousands of years later, Cartaphilius met a young gravekeeper named Joseph

Chise and Cartaphilius argue about the different ways they suffer. Ashen Eye appears near Cartaphilius, while Ruth, Elias and Aerial the wind fairy, save Chise. Ashen Eye tries to flee, but is defeated by Elias and Aerial. Though Chise fails to put Cartaphilius to sleep, Elias traps him and Ruth retrieves the eye. Chise hugs Cartaphilius and sings a lullaby to end their suffering. Cartaphilius then reveals that Chise's cursed arm will now extend her life. Later, Chise forgives Elias for all the