The Necromancer Laughs.Takeru is confident Mari and Oka could be good friends someday. Mari has memory flashes that make her worried she might have been evil. Takeru assures her he'd find a way to make her good again. The next day Oka tells Takeru that Mari was accused of murder but too many details don't add up. During the second round of the mock battles Haunted murders two students and multiple soldiers in the arena before claiming he is there to rescue Mari, trapping himself and 35th Platoon behind a magic barrier. Haunted reveals his twisted love for Mari and announces his intention to kill her. Takeru activates his Relic Eater and attacks, but Haunted is a more skilled swordsman and stabs him in the chest which Lapis manages to heal. Ikaruga wakes up the unconscious Usagi by insulting her large breasts, though one of her eyes is injured. Oka manages to contact the Chairman and threatens to expose him for arresting Mari for murder when evidence proved the murders were committed by Haunted's Despair Magic, whereas Mari can only use Auroral Magic. The Chairman offers her a deal to keep quiet. Lapis explains Haunted is using the legendary weapon, Dainsleif. Haunted removes Mari's amnesia spell, causing her to remember that Haunted kidnapped her friends from an orphanage and promised to keep them safe as long as she worked for Valhalla. He offers to let her see her friends if she leaves with him. Mari is about to do so but Takeru, having seen through Haunted's lies, tells Mari the orphans are dead, which Haunted confirms. While Takeru duels Haunted, Mari angrily casts a spell at Haunted but misses. As her necklace is about to explode from her using magic it suddenly deactivates, which Oka reveals was part of her deal with the Chairman since Mari was innocent of the murders. Oka and Usagi, who had taken this long to aim her rifle with her injured eye, distract Haunted so Mari can cast an extremely powerful spell, but misses again. However, she had actually been aiming at Takeru who absorbed the spell into his sword and uses it to defeat Haunted. Haunted reveals he knows Takeru is from a clan of Demon Hunters before disappearing into a portal. Takeru collapses from exhaustion as the magical barrier disappears. Mari tearfully thanks him for keeping her safe and is happy she met him. Mari becomes an official academy student before once again fighting with Oka, this time about breast size.