Man's extremity is God's opportunity. 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 magical contract to help her, so she and Elias depart from the college. They are joined by her friends and by Zaccheroni. Chise suffers a vision of the god and recites an unfamiliar spell, transforming into a great red dragon that seeks out Philomena by swimming through ley lines under the earth. Philomena gives the Grimoire to Lizbeth, allowing her to begin a forbidden ritual. Zoe, Isaac, Zaccheroni and Lucy awaken in a mass of thorns, revealed to be inside Elias, the only safe way they as humans could follow Chise through the ley lines. Chise surfaces by Lizbeth’s home but is confronted by an unknown woman who demands Chise offer her payment. Philomena worsens and Alcyone, who remembers it was Philomena's parents who asked her to care for Philomena, can’t think how to help her.