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| - While Yor is fighting above, one of the assassins has set up a contingency plan by planting multiple bombs throughout the ship. Loid discovers the bombs and starts dismantling them immediately. Meanwhile Anya sneaks on to the top deck by herself and secretly assists Yor by throwing her weapon back to her, giving Yor the chance to eliminate her last foe. Anya quickly goes back downstairs and indirectly points Loid to the location of the last bomb which Loid throws into the sea, saving everyone on the ship and blowing up the life raft of the escaping assassins. Yor bids goodbye to Olka Gretcher before she, Gram, and Zeb escape on a smaller boat to a foreign country. The Forgers reunite the next day at a recreation port. They take part in a lot of family activities and make happy memories before finally going back home to Bond. Back at school, Anya tries to brag and fib about her cruise trip to her rich classmates and earns an embarrassing lesson. On a day out, Loid is struggling to train Bond to be a guard dog when they stumble upon a house fire, after which they rescue a dog and successfully apprehend the arsonist thanks to Bond's precognition power. Afterwards, Loid assures Bond of his worth as a Forger family member, regardless of his capabilities and shortcomings. Later, Becky visits Anya's house with the intent of seducing Loid, her crush, but ends in failure when she witnesses Yor's strength. In another story, Fiona uses Franky's connection to employ the help of a counterfeiter for her mission. At Eden Academy, Anya saves Damian from earning an unjust Tonitrus Bolt from the sadistic teacher Donna Schlag in a bag inspection, at the cost of her getting her second Bolt, making Loid faint when he receives the news.
* Cover character: Becky Blackbell and the Coconut Chair, designed by George Mulhauser of Herman Miller Inc. (en)
- Yor learns to cook for her family, for her cooking are atrociously inedible, and only succeeds in replicating her mother's stew in the end. Damian tries to get his father's recognition by winning first prize in a paper model contest with the disastrous help from Anya. The midterm is coming and Anya realizes her telepathy will be disabled on the day of the exam. Yor invites Yuri over to tutor Anya for the exam but he gives up halfway out of frustration, however, he successfully makes Anya realize the importance of learning. Afraid of the possibility of Anya receiving up to 4 Tonitrus Bolts by failing the exam, Loid infiltrates the school to fix Anya's answer sheets before the grading takes place. He discovers that an amateur spy, Daybreak, is trying to sabotage the Desmond brothers' exam sheets. After fixing Daybreak's sabotage, he finds Anya passed the exam through her own efforts though just barely. For his achievement in the exam, Damian receives a well-deserved Stella Star. George Glooman, Anya and Damian's classmate and Daybreak's employer, launches another plan to get Damian expelled because of a misunderstanding about their families' business. Damian, Anya, and their classmates take sympathy on George's circumstances, but soon learn about the truth, causing George a large amount of embarrassment. A couple days after Anya's hospital visit for her observation homework, Fiona Frost, who is Loid's coworker at the hospital and WISE agent Nightfall, visits the Forgers' home to give Loid the information for their upcoming joint mission. In secret, Fiona plots to replace Yor out of her unrequited and fervent love for Loid. In the short story, Bond destroys Anya's toy out of jealousy and tries to apologize to her.
* Cover character: Yuri Briar and the Barcelona Chair, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich (en)
- When the Forger family is out looking a suitable dog for Anya, Loid is called away by WISE for a sudden urgent mission: protecting the visiting Westalian minister from a terrorism plot by a radical Berlint university student group lead by Keith Kepler. Keith plans to use intelligent dogs from an abandoned government experiment project to carry bombs and assassinate the minister, in order to incite conflict between the two countries once again. Anya chases after a white dog whose mind she accidentally read and saw her family's image. She stumbles upon the terrorists and gets captured by them but is saved thanks to the white dog. Discovering that the white dog can see into the future and finding out that Loid is about to be killed in a bomb explosion in a future vision, Anya runs away with the dog to save Loid. Thanks to their actions, Loid is able to escape a bomb trap and capture most of the terrorist group, except for Keith who still possesses one more bomb dog. Loid disguises himself as the minister and safely diverts the explosive into the river while saving the last bomb dog. Keith escapes just to be apprehended by an angry Yor later. The family reunites with the white dog in tow. Anya demands the adults to let her adopt the dog to which they accede. Anya later names her new dog Bond, after her cartoon hero Bondman, and tries to use Bond to get closer to Damian to no avail. In the first short story, Anya plays the make-believe spy game with her parents. In the second short story, Franky employs Loid's help to ask a girl out just to end in failure.
* Cover character: Bond Forger and the Ball Chair, designed by Eero Aarnio (en)
- An enigmatic and inscrutable Donovan evades most of Loid's attempt to obtain information, but Loid is able to defend Damian's feelings and make Donovan recognize Loid personally. Damian also gathers enough courage to tell his father about his achievements. The holidays arrive and Damian is still exhausted from the ordeal. Knowing this, Housemaster Henderson asks their House Custodian, Mr. Green, to take Damian and his friends, Emile and Ewen, to go camping to relax under the guise of punishment. At the Forger house, Bond predicts his own death because of Yor's dinner and - determined to make Loid get home early so he can cook instead - helps him in an infiltration mission. Somewhere else, Yuri is working hard to capture an extremist journalist, but still shows empathy to the culprit's helpless father. At school, the kids play Old Maid games to determine who will get the "magic" macarons that are rumored to make whomever eats them smarter. After helping Franky to captured a lost cat, Yor is summoned by the Shopkeeper, the leader of her assassin organization Garden. She is tasked to protect a former mobster wife and her baby who are attempting to flee the country on the Princess Lorelei cruise ship after their family was wiped out. Yor questions herself the reason she has continued to be an assassin and plans for this to be her last mission as Thorn Princess. Loid and Anya coincidentally win a trip for two on the same cruise in a raffle, and the three of them decide to take the cruise trip together. In the short story, Sylvia and Loid meet each other for their routine intel exchange.
* Cover character: Damian Desmond and the Willow Chair, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh (en)
- Under the guise of a City Hall's business trip on the Princess Lorelei cruise, Yor and her supervisor, Mathew McMahon, meet and assist their escort targets, Olka Gretcher, her son Gram and her friend Zeb from the assassins sent by the usurper Leonardo Hapoon. Despite the plan to lay low and escape in two days via a small boat, they are quickly discovered and attacked on the first night. The assassins decide to join force after realizing the capabilities of the Garden's operatives. Yor quickly moves all of them to a safer place while dispatching their pursuers. Thanks to Anya's quick thinking, Yor is able to evade Loid's notice. Meanwhile, Loid has troubling with the concept of relaxing and treats the trip as a serious mission, receiving much chagrin from Anya. On the night of the rendezvous, they plan their escape under the distraction of the fireworks but are lured to the rooftop deck where all of the assassins are waiting. Yor is able to fight back after receiving assistance from McMahon and putting the targets into a safe hiding place. The two Garden operatives massacre most of the their foes but are stopped and brought down by a formidable aikuchi-wielding assassin. Steeling herself with her determination, Yor stands up again, fighting the assassins barehanded. In the short story, Yuri is brought down by a cold and dreams about his childhood days with Yor.
* Cover character: Franky Franklin and the Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman, designed by Charles and Ray Eames (en)
- The Forger family welcome Yuri into their home, and tries to fool him into believing and accepting their marriage. Loid skillfully deducts Yuri's true occupation as a State Security Service Officer. After the fake couple fail to kiss, Yuri goes home, begrudgingly acknowledging but still opposing his sister's marriage. Because of Yuri's work, Loid harbors doubts about Yor, but soon clears it up after putting her through a test and observing her sincerity. The semester goes on and the kids are trying to get Stella Stars, believing in false rumors like they can earn these merits from PE class' dodgeball tournament. After multiple failed attempts to train Anya in academic, art and sport subjects, Loid volunteers them for community service at a hospital in hope she can earn a Star this way. Although Anya is soon dismissed due to her negligence, she rescues a young patient drowning in the pool thanks to her telepathy, earning her the first Stella Star of her grade. At Becky's suggestion, Anya asks for a pet dog as a reward. In a shady location somewhere, a caged white dog suddenly perceives the images of the Forger family in his mind. In the side story, Loid and Yor have a date while Yor is still injured from her recent assassin job with Anya and Franky tailing them.
* Cover character: Yor Forger/Thorn Princess and the La Chaise, designed by Charles and Ray Eames (en)
- Anya gets on the school waiting list thanks to the intervention of Housemaster Henderson, and is admitted to Eden Academy soon after. Suggested by Franky, who is Loid's friend and informant, they hire a castle for Anya to roleplay her cartoon dream as a reward. Preparing for Phase 2 of Operation Strix, Loid arrives at the Westalian Intelligence Agency safe house to meet with his handler Sylvia Sherwood. They discuss the upcoming plan, which requires Anya to obtain 8 Stella Stars, Eden Academy's merit badges, so she can join the elite student group of Imperial Scholars while avoiding the demerit Tonitrus Bolts. Loid also prepares a "Plan B", which is getting Anya to befriend her classmate Damian Desmond, Donovan's second son hoping to gain access to Donovan's relation this way. On the orientation day, Anya punches Damian after enduring his bullying, earning her first Tonitrus and completely foiling both of Loid's plans. Damian later experiences his first crush on Anya when she apologizes to him, but he innerly denies it vehemently. Although Anya is ostracized at school, she finds a new friendship in Becky Blackbell. Meanwhile, Yor's brother, Yuri Briar, who works for Ostanian counter-intelligence State Security Service , discovers the marriage between Loid and Yor and demands a visit. In the side story, the family visits an aquarium while Loid tries to balance his overburdening spy missions and family life.
* Cover character: Anya Forger and the Marshmallow Sofa, designed by Irving Harper of Herman Miller Inc. (en)
- Loid and Fiona infiltrate an underground tennis competition in order to obtain an illusive dossier from a late Ostanian Colonel, which is rumored to be able to reignite the war. They absolutely destroy the competitions due to their competence and adaptability along with Fiona's zeal to gain Loid's affection. Using their quick wit to deceive the SSS at the last moment, they are able to obtain the dossier but it turns out just to be the late Colonel's starlet photo collection. On the way home from their mission, Fiona sees Yor and Anya playing tennis in the park, and despite the warning from Loid, requests for a tennis match against Yor. The match soon ends with Yor completely decimating Fiona due to her absurd strength. Days later, sensing Yor's unease, Loid asks her out on a date to clear her doubts about his "unfaithfulness". Although the date is ended in disaster, they reaffirm their fake marriage and compliment each other as the perfect partner in their pretend family. Thinking that Anya has a crush on Damian, Becky books an exclusive shopping store visit for Anya and her to dress up, helping the girls deepen their friendship. Sometime later, the Imperial Scholar event is held at the Academy, which Donovan Desmond participates with his eldest son, Demetrius. Damian is able to ask his father to meet him after the event thanks to Anya's encouragement. Loid uses that chance to successfully crash the Desmond family meeting and meet face-to-face with his target for the first time. In the short story, Housemaster Henderson starts his day elegantly just to be spoiled by the kid's petty squabble.
* Cover character: Fiona Frost/Nightfall and the Heart Cone Chair, designed by Verner Panton (en)
- The story flashbacks to Twilight's childhood, when he lived in the town Luwen, Eastern Westalis province with his parents and friends. He lost them all when the war started. Traumatized, he grew up to a teenager and enlisted, raising fast in the rank thanks to his intellect. Later, he met and spared the life of Franky, who was then a deserted Ostanian soldier, and reunited with his surviving childhood friends before they were killed in a botched attack operation. His life experiences made him realizes his own helplessness and inability to due to his own ignorance. Soon after, a military intelligence officer recruited him, and put him under the tutelage of Sylvia Sherwood to become the master spy he is now. Back to the current day, Loid wakes up from his fainting and advises Anya about the importance of friendship, assuring her about the Tornitrus Bolt. A couple of days later, Sylvia and het WISE agency try to protect a renowned Ostanian opera singer and teach an inexperienced spy recruit important lessons of information control and assessment. One day, Housemaster Henderson asks Anya to help him afterschool, and teaches her the importance of diligence in learning with moderate success. Someday later, Yor helps a lady at the mall who then asks Yor to participate in a volleyball match before revealing herself to be Damian's mother, Melinda Desmond. Back home, Loid encourages Yor to be in Melinda's friend group as his newly-established "Plan C" for Operation Strix, inadvertently forcing Anya to aggressively be friends with Damian. In the first short story, the in-universe fictional Bondman makes his way through the missions flirting with multiple ladies. In the second short story, the duo Franky and Bond tries to woo a girl and her dog in the park.
* Cover character: Child Twilight/Advisor, sitting on the rubbles of a destroyed building (en)
- In order to counteract the movement to reignite the war from their hostile eastern neighboring country, Westalis sends the renowned spy Twilight to the city of Berlint in Ostania to conduct the Operation Strix. The objective of the mission is to stalk Donovan Desmond, President of the National Unity Party of Ostania, in order to extract any seditious information. The mission requires Twilight to establish a fake family, and put his "child" in the Eden Academy where he can safely approach the elusive Donovan through a school event for the elite students. Twilight creates an alias as psychiatrist Loid Forger, adopts Anya, a kid from a shady orphanage, and later marries Yor Briar, a Berlint City Hall employee. Unbeknownst to him, his adopted daughter is a telepath, who used to be test subject from a secret Ostanian project, and his newly-married wife is a professional assassin named Thorn Princess. Anya passes the Eden Academy entrance exam and the Forger family prepares for the family interview while struggling to adjust to the new norm as a pretend family. On the day of the interview, the Forger family helps the school by stopping a herd of stampeding animals, earning the respect of Housemaster Henry Henderson. The interview ends in apparent failure because one of the interviewers, Housemaster Murdoch Swan, deliberately sabotages them by distressing Anya, causing an enraged Loid to cut the interview short.
* Cover character: Loid Forger/Twilight and the Grand Confort LC-2 Petit Modèle, designed by Le Corbusier (en)
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