Seventh City & Holiday Side

 is the seventy-fourth chapter of the Seven Magicians series, released on _______ and compiled in the seventeenth volume on August 8, 2017.

Summary
At the seventh layer of Dante's Gate, Akio and Okto work along the street where the mages who came into Dante's Gate live. They're greeted by a cheery Yui and a slightly depressed Mira, Akio noticing her attitude gave her a pat on the head which seemed to calm Mira down a little. Lilith and Ilia calls them over from a round table in a tarven where Liese and Selina are also there. Arata welcomes them with Rubine clinging onto him while Mina examines him. Yui comments on how fast Arata got another girl's, Mira then calls him filthy much to Arata's amusement. Arata introduces Rubina, while Lilith also introduces Mina. Levi appears disguised as a pillar behind Arata, Arata and her engage in a little talk Yui interrupts stating Levi has already killed a Malebranche months ago. Levi states that she had a little help from Lugh and some one else, telling Arata she'll introduce them sometime Arata became excited saying if it's a girl he'd "give her a warm welcome" Levi approves telling him shes really cute. Arata states that if Arin was there, they would be complete, Yui informs Arata that a Malebranche are going to kidnap her, and Ana and Hijiri are trying to protect Arin

Meanwhile back at the fight with Gatolhog, Hijiri and Ana desperately trying to hang on keep on fighting "Doomsday Monstrosity" and several other beasts and appear to be losing. Ana summons several elemental based magic, but are instantly destroyed by Doomsday, Hijiri tries blocking one of it's attacks with "Vegtam", but her spell was instantly destroyed with a fist from the monster. Ana tries pushing Hijiri before she's hit, but instead receives the attack her self. Not being able to move Ana entrust her magic to Hijiri with a possibility of her disappearing forever. They both connect to there respective archive and themas.

Lilith senses a massive amount of magic power outside Dante's Gate, Mina agrees stating it's from the Ira archive. Arata sensing what it was starts screams Hijiri's name telling her not to use the spell.

As a last and desperate attempt to save Arin, Hijiri performs the forbidden spell, "The Last Crest".

Characters

 * Akio Fudo
 * Okto
 * Mira Yamana
 * Yui Kurata
 * Lilith Asami
 * Ilia
 * Selina Sherlock
 * Lieselotte Sherlock
 * Arata Kasuga
 * Albalisha
 * Rubina
 * Levi Kazama
 * Gatolhog
 * Anastasia-L
 * Hijiri Kasuga

Cameo

 * Lugh
 * Ryuki Kashin