The Ancient Magus' Bride: Season 2

During a heavy storm, lightning strikes an ancient stone, chipping two pieces off of it. In response, the Wild Hunt appears, but with their leader missing, they begin roaming the forest randomly, much to Spriggan's concern. Meanwhile, Chise prepares to attend the College, but suddenly begins to feel ill. Elsewhere, a young boy named Gabriel has recently moved into the countryside with his parents due to his illness. While exploring the forest, he comes across the stone and picks up one of the br

The next morning, Elias and Chise head out to find the horse's master. Meanwhile, Gabriel decides to name the young spirit Evan after a knight in his favorite story, and the both begin exploring the countryside looking for Evan's home. Elias and Chise come across Titania and Oberon, who point them towards the ancient stone. Gabriel meanwhile becomes more self conscious about his illness which serves to isolate him from other children his age, which attracts the attention of an evil spirit. Gabri

As night falls, Evan summons the rest of the Wild Hunt as they prepare to return home. Wanting to bring Gabriel with him to free him from his frail body, Evan hypnotizes Gabriel into riding with him, intending to take him to their realm. Chise and Elias give chase, but have trouble getting close to the Wild Hunt due to their aura. Fortunately, Gabriel regains his senses when the Wild Hunt passes by the hospital his mother works at, reminding him of his family. Gabriel tells Evan that while he do

Chise meets Rahab, Lindel’s master, who summoned her. Angelica visits Elias. Rahab reveals Elias lived with her for decades learning about humans, but he always failed to understand emotions so he could only imitate human behaviour. Rahab once tried to explain marriage to him but it didn’t go well. Elias explains his growing worry to Angelica about Chise’s habit of confronting danger, even giving her his precious silver necktie hoping by trying to avoid breaking it she will start avoiding danger

Chise struggles to talk to Lucy. Jasmine hints at the Webster Tragedy but won’t reveal more. Isaac tells Chise about the seven families who founded the College. Rian is of the Scrimgeour family of Protectors. Chise tries to speak with Zoe but when he ignores her Lucy steals his earphones, revealing his hair is actually snakes. Zoe is shocked when Chise fearlessly pushes his snakes aside, allowing Lucy to return the headphones. Zoe explains his mother was a gorgon and his father a sorcerer. His f

Chise asks Elias why he proposed marriage when he can’t comprehend what it means. Elias asks Renfred’s advice, assuming Renfred plans on marrying Alice to continue his sorcerer bloodline. Renfred is furious at the assumption since he is raising Alice as a daughter. Alice overhears and is upset, so she stays at Elias’ house with Chise. Alice is upset Renfred still thinks of her as a child to be protected, when all this time Alice thought she had been protecting him after he lost his arm to Cartap

Rian recalls his childhood playing happily with Philomena. During PE Elias watches Chise happy with her friends and is momentarily jealous. Adolf sadly recalls his original home in Dresden, Germany, which he hasn’t visited since it was destroyed during World War II, reminding Elias just because Chise is happy where she is doesn’t mean she won’t ever return home. Veronica encourages Philomena to make friends with Chise but she is suspicious of Veronica’s motive. Philomena is abruptly summoned by

Chise had refused to let Elias come since the trip is about learning self-sufficiency. In the end Elias split himself in half so he could be with Chise but powerless. Chise spots an Each-uisge, a dangerous relative of Kelpies. She briefly speaks with Philomena and is happy she is still carrying the calming tea she gave her. Lucy reveals she hates sorcerers despite attending the college. Chise, half-Elias and Ruth sense a magical disturbance and find Lucy drained of magic. The purple eyed creatur

Lucy remains in a coma. Chise replaces Lucy’s magic with her own. Concerned about her arm Chise visits Cartaphilus who assures her killing to protect herself is natural, but is gleeful Chise has started down a dark path. Lucy’s brother Seth visits. Lucy awakens and Chise sees her dreams of a massacre, and spiders. Philomena asks Chise to be friends. College librarians discover a forbidden book has been replaced with a forgery, the Testament of Carnamagos, a Grimoire so dangerous reading the word

The chauffeur survives and is retrieved by the witch Marielle. Lucy is upset Seth has given her a million pounds but won’t explain its origin (Seth is the auctioneer who sold Chise to Elias). Dr Alexandra saves Simeon with a magic transfusion from Elias. Seth, Lucy and Chise are attacked by the non-humans, revealing their goal is to assassinate the remaining Websters. Lucy remembers it was the non-humans responsible for the Webster tragedy, then discovers she can’t use her sorcery. Chise takes L

Philomena is saddened the scent of Chise’s tea is starting to fade. Elias decides to solve the Grimoire mystery before Chise does something dangerous. Chise is astonished Elias considers Simeon a friend. Philomena is able to ask Chise to refresh her tea. In Rune Class Chise is drawn to the protective rune Thurisaz which represents Thorns and is dangerous for humans. Zoe visits Lucy and is shocked when she asks to pet his snakes, despite the act being incredibly intimate for Gorgons, which an eav

Fabio shows them a certain plant. To Zoe and Isaac, the plant is invisible, and Philomena is hesitant to reveal what makes the plant visible to everyone else. Rian demands to know why Philomena still fears her grandmother, but she refuses to answer. Alice decides to ask Adolf about Renfred’s past. Zoe is confronted by Undergrounders, dangerous sorcerers who live under the Tower permanently, but he escapes. Fabio, actually a disguised Undergrounder named Zacheroni, tries to abduct Chise for her S

Philomena is unsure whether to obey Lisbeth and leave, or stay with Veronica who is technically her Master. Alcyone, revealed to be an artificial fairy servant of the Sergeant family, is trapped in the college and defaults to serving the only Sergeant there, Philomena. While visiting Simeon Elias ponders what “friends” are and realises he might have several already, at least four. Many students are fearful as it is possible the criminal is now sealed inside the college with them. Zaccheroni is p

The female werewolf mourns her husband while her dreams reveal they only attacked the college because Lizbeth kidnapped their children. With the college completely sealed the students are put to work digging vegetable patches to grow the food they need. Alcyone reveals violence always makes Philomena feel ill. Philomena can’t understand why Chise helps her when she has no reason to trust her. Lucy believes it is Chise’s ego, but Chise insists she wants Philomena to feel free and not bound by her

Simeon recovers. Everyone is stressed from being trapped in the college. As a distraction they play with wooden puzzle blocks, competing to open them the fastest with magic. While discussing music with Simeon Elias realises he doesn’t know if Chise likes music, or any of her likes and dislikes. Rian challenges Philomena to beat his speed at the blocks and she reluctantly agrees. Encountering Elias Alcyone believes he is a summoned being like her; Elias is certain he is not but their similarities

Violet invites everyone to tour the colleges seven most haunted locations. Chise is partnered with Veronica and asks about Philomena’s situation. Veronica is unable to help as she is as bound to her family as much as Philomena is bound to her own, and advises Chise to stop interfering. Veronica fondly remembers forcing Philomena to be her attendant from a young age, even tasting Veronica’s food to check for poisons as she was frequently targeted by assassins. Violet partners with Rian to keep hi

Alexandra borrows Chise’s limitless Sleigh Beggy magic to help the students all drained of magic. Chise is grabbed by a student, allowing a creature inside his mind to begin draining her magic. Her Cartaphilus fragment protects her, destroying the students arm. Based on the inefficiency of the attack Elias theorises either the missing Grimoire is controlling the unwilling attacker or the attacker is an amateur. The sick students all recover for no reason. Elias believes receiving so much magic f

Cartaphilus and Silver are visited by the Horned God and Dark Lady seeking Chise. Chise is worried by her emerging power to enter peoples minds. Lucy asks her to see her memory of the Webster tragedy where Chise discovers the werewolf couple killing everyone except Lucy as the female werewolf refused to kill someone so young. Chise also sees a second young girl present, though this confuses Lucy even further. Liza refuses to unseal the college and yet makes no actual effort to hunt the attacker.

Liza realises the Grimoire must contain a god and reluctantly unseals the college. Gregory transforms into a bear to attack Philomena but the female werewolf appears through Chise’s shortcut and escapes with Philomena. Chise insists on finding Philomena but Liza refuses as the Grimoire has cost Philomena her humanity, so she will soon either become a monster or die. Elias points out as mages he and Chise work by different rules; having made a promise of friendship to Philomena Chise is bound by

Alcyone recalls helping raise Philomena from the day she was born. Philomena’s mother Iris had been given to her father Adam to practice torture skills on, but instead they fell in love and abandoned the Sargant’s to raise Philomena. Lisbeth waited until Philomena was old enough to be useful then sent men to retrieve her and Adam. Iris was murdered and Adam committed suicide to spite Lisbeth. Alcyone attempted to flee with Philomena but was captured so they wound up with the Sargant family. Now,

Zoe reveals his inner Gorgon personality. He notices iron screws in the werewolf’s skull which he turns to stone, breaking the spell controlling her. She leaves, while Zoe has no memory of what he did. Philomena starts disintegrating. Alcyone recalls that, to prevent Chise sensing her presence, she removed Philomena’s soul, which she now returns to her. Chise and everyone enter the house and Alcyone allows all except Elias to see Philomena. Lucy sees a preserved Webster spider displayed on the w

Everyone is expelled from the dream world unconscious, except Philomena; now back in a more human body. Lizbeth prepares to resurrect Adam. Elias overpowers Alcyone and forcibly removes a spell Lizbeth placed on her artificial soul, restoring the programming Adam created her with. Lizbeth recalls Adam’s birth. She held no love for Adam outside his role as her heir, and after his suicide she took in Philomena but despised her for being an unworthy replacement for Adam. Chise, Lucy and Isaac awake

Outside, Zaccheroni encounters a small, masked creature. Infuriated, Lisbeth allows the Grimoire to mutate her as well. The werewolf arrives to demand her children, resulting in Lizbeth destroying Alcyone’s core. This triggers a trap placed on Alcyone by Adam, summoning a copy of Adam. As Alcyone dies she transfers all her memories to Philomena. Shadow-Adam reveals as Adam’s final act of spite he left him behind to defend Philomena by killing whoever killed Alcyone. Lucy demands he wait until Li

Philomena collapses as Lizbeth enters her mind trying to take her over. No longer the frightened child she was Philomena uses Chise’s Thurisaz rune to force Lizbeth out, completes the Grimoire incantation and summons another stronger Goddess who drags the partial goddess away. With it gone all the affected college students recover. Morrigan departs but reminds Chise she is owed a Golden Branch. Philomena asks Lizbeth why she killed the Websters since Lucy deserves the truth. Before Lizbeth can a