On his way to Walpurgis Machinart Academy, Raishin and his automaton Yaya stop a runaway train. Upon arriving at the academy, Raishin gets the name Second Last for having the second lowest grades at the academy. Despite his grades Raishin is determined to fight in the festival, an automaton fighting tournament in which only the students with the top 100 grades are allowed to participate in, and win to obtain the title Wiseman. Raishin encounters Charlotte and challenges her to a battle against her automaton Sigmund, but the battle gets interrupted by other students. Raishin and Yaya defeat the students with ease, and after noticing that Sigmund was badly injured, Raishin withdraws from his battle with Charlotte. The next day, Raishin tells Charlotte that he wants the Wiseman title so that he can obtain the forbidden techniques and use them to get revenge. During the conversation, Raishin spots Magnus passing by and confronts him.