Admissions Interview Arc

The Eden Admissions Arc is the second story arc in SPY x FAMILY.

Loid begins making preparations in order to accomplish Operation Strix, starting by getting Anya enrolled in Eden Academy.

Summary
With the marriage cover established, Yor moves in with the Forger family. To prepare for the admissions interview at Eden Academy to continue Operation Strix, Loid does a mock exam with Yor and Anya, which goes awry. Loid then takes the two for a day on the town to various cultural activities to familiarize themselves with life as an upper-class family. Throughout the trip, Loid despairs the success of the mission, so Yor takes them to a park to relax. There, they witness a purse snatching, and with their combined efforts, the family apprehends the thief. The family returns home and repeats the mock exam, to better results, leaving Loid more optimistic about the mission.

The Forgers arrive at Eden for the admissions interview, and Loid immediately realizes they are under observation by the faculty, judging their social interactions. With each successive test, Loid's precautions proved successful by impressing the academy professor Henry Henderson observing from an upper floor. However, when the school zoo starts stampeding from the stables into the crowd, Henderson is shocked at the turn, while Loid misperceives the event as another test. The Forgers defuse the situation, stunning Henderson with their elegance as he goes to personally thank Loid.

During their interview, the Forgers play out their rehearsed answers, while Professor Murdoch Swan's selectively targeted questioning, which Anya mind-reads as Swan's bitterness about his own failed marriage. When Anya's mind-reading causes a slight misunderstanding, Loid saves the interview by phrasing it as Anya's ambition to climb the academic ladder. After Professor Swan criticizes Yor for her role as the stepmother and if Anya prefers her birth mother over Yor, the question coupled with Loid's postulation of her birth parents, unknowingly causes the little girl to cry. Swan continues his taunts, enraging Yor and Loid, who smashes the table between them, then leave the interview. After Loid voices his disgust at Swan for deliberately making a child cry, Swan's prideful stance as the son of the previous headmaster irritates Henderson, who strikes Swan squarely for his disrespect. At home, the Forgers fear Anya may not get admitted, contemplating their family's future. However, the trio decide to remain optimistic anyway but are dejected by a bad omen of their family portrait falling from the wall.

As they return to Eden, they are crestfallen upon seeing that Anya did not make the final admissions list, but Professor Henderson covertly shares that Anya is on the waiting list of students at the top to take another student's place, thanks to Henderson's discretion. Later, the Forgers receive a call from the school confirming that Anya got a spot and will enroll. Shortly after, Franky invites himself over to celebrate the occasion. At dinner, a drunk Franky helps Anya goad Loid into fulfilling her fantasy of being a princess rescued from a castle. Heading to Münk to rent Newstone Castle, Loid calls in several dozen undercover agents to play the role of attendees, as he plays the hero against Franky, the villain, and a drunk Yor plays "a witch" who nearly overwhelms Loid with martial arts. After Yor falls over and knocks herself out, Loid effortlessly defeats Franky and rescues Anya, who thanks Loid for everything. The next day, Loid's status report of Phase 1 of Operation Strix is sent to WISE HQ, along with the expenses report.

Story Impact

 * Recurring character Henry Henderson is introduced.