Elias continues to investigate what is sapping magic from Lucy and Simeon. Chise gets a lecture from Hazel on her lack of self-preservation, and the students volunteer to do some gathering at the waste tower as Hallowe'en arrives.

The College is sealed off to protect the students and staff from whatever or whoever has been sapping magic from victims. Zaccheroni puts the students' survival abilities to the test, but with a catch: no sorcery allowed.