Raphtalia recalls having to buy clothing for her smaller self. Kizuna remembers being alone for so long. Rishia remembers Ost trying to give advice.

Uozumi Rikuo runs into his old crush, Morinome Shinako, and Nonaka Haru runs into her old crush, Rikuo.

With one win each, Japan and Germany continue to face off in the third match of the Pre-World Cup exhibition.

28-year old Hashiba Kyoya has hit a new low after losing his job at a shady game developer. He originally quit his steady office job to work in the creative industries that he admires, but it's proving to be a challenge even for a motivated go-getter like him. As he finds himself back at his parents house, between jobs, he can't help but wonder what would happen if he had a chance to redo his collegiate studies. Maybe things would turn out differently if he had gone to art school instead... and, shockingly enough, he might just get a chance to test that theory.

In order to protect the school grounds from the ever present threat of the bugs, today it's Arsnotoria's turn to be on extermination duty. Mell, Little Alberta, Picatrix, and Abramelin all rush to her side to help her with this activity. But then, one word from their shadow cat teacher Perdura puts the entire school into a frenzy!?

Riko and Reg begin climbing down the Great Fault, using a network of caves to avoid the flying predators that inhabit the layer.

Despite some setbacks, Riko and Reg successfully complete their survival training and return to the camp.

Ozen reveals that the Curse Warding Box has the power to temporarily revive the dead and the monster Riko saw was a lump of meat she had placed in there, returning to life.

Riko and Reg are allowed inside the Seeker Camp, where they finally meet Ozen as well as her apprentice, Marulk.

As Riko and Reg proceed through the second layer, they encounter a corpse weeper, a large carnivorous bird that can mimic the cries of help from its prey.

Riko and Reg manage to descend deep down into the first layer of the Abyss. Reg then remembers that Jiruo slipped a letter into his backpack and reads it.

Upon reading the note, Riko decides to descend into the Abyss to find Lyza.

Riko and her friends attempt to figure out exactly what Reg is, but cannot find anything mentioning a robot in the list of recorded relics recovered from the Abyss.

When Reg recovers from using his Incinerator, Nanachi tells him the story of when several children, including Mitty, were duped by the white whistle Bondrewd.

Back in Orth, Kiyui falls ill on his birthday, following a mysterious trend called the "Birthday Death Disease" which has begun to plague the town.

Nanachi escorts Reg and the badly injured Riko to a hideout and begins to work on patching up Riko.

Riko and Reg begin their trek further down the Goblet of Giants, but as they press onward, they sense a presence moving along with them as they speak.

While delving into the upper layers of the Abyss to search for relics, Riko and her partner Nat become separated.

Riko and Reg begin climbing down the Great Fault, using a network of caves to avoid the flying predators that inhabit the layer.

Despite some setbacks, Riko and Reg successfully complete their survival training and return to the camp.