Cute Hakaze.
Aika, the main heroine.
This episode reminds me that the entire story is about Aika. A dead girl who pretty much still control the fate of the world (through Mahiro and Yoshino’s actions) even after her death.
So we have love-themed episode here. Hakaze returns to her home village, trying to calm her mind since she can’t stop thinking about liking Yoshino. In her worry, if she likes Yoshino so much, as Princess of Genesis, the tree can manipulate fate to kill Yoshino’s girlfriend so that she can have him.
After a little bit of nostalgic scene and some Aika flashbacks, a little girl is kidnapped and Yoshino must try to save her without revealing that he can use magic. Though his action is kinda heroic, all goes into nothing when Hakaze ends up using magic to save Yoshino.
Since Megumu appear to have the skill of Mage of Exodus, but not the heart (he can use offensive magic without offering, compared to Kusaribe clan who can only use defensive magic using product of civilization as offerings). Now the theory is: Mage of Exodus is split into two. Megumu has the body and the skill, Yoshino has the heart. I don’t buy this theory yet. If there’s anyone who might be the true Mage of Exodus, I think it’s Aika.
