Chapter 1: Elias encouraging Chise to carry herself with pride. His words would come back to her later on, as she is at death's door, giving her the will to keep on living.
While it later becomes clear that it wasn't out of genuine kindness, Elias' interactions with Chise qualify. He welcomes her into his home, and offers to help her become a magus. Chise notes that none of her relatives treated her so warmly. This leads Chise to decide to stay with Elias, resisting the temptation to go to the world of fairies.
Chapter 2: Angelica becomes acquittanced with Chise, and acts as a Cool Big Sis of sorts. She even comforts her after Chise had accidentally made a mess of her shop.
While it was in the middle of a funny moment, Elias notes that he considers Angelica as family.
Elias reassures Chise that what happened in her past doesn't matter, only that he is there now.
Chapter 3: Simon acts very considerate towards Chise, and tells her that his door is always open if she needs him. Chise starts to wonder why is it that total strangers are showing her so much kindness.
In his last moments, Nevin asks Chise to stop envying the dead, and shares his last dream of soaring through the skies with her. Finally, as he passes and becomes a tree, he tells her she could use one of his branches to craft her wand.
Elias speech to Chise about learning to love the world.
Chapter 6: When confronted with the fact that she will die young and the possibility that Elias bought her just to sate his curiosity, Chise makes it clear that she doesn't care. The fact that he took her in and gave her a home is enough for her to declare that she belongs to him.
Chise breaks herself and Aerial out of a hostage situation, not because she was afraid for her life, but because Aerial was being hurt in Renfred's grip.
Chapter 7: Chise, with help from Aerial, is able to help the souls that formed the corruption find their way back to the afterlife, instead of erasing them completely, which seemed to be the only option. Before they pass on, the souls of Mina and Matthew find each other again, and Mina takes the opportunity to tell Chise she will pray so that she doesn't join them too soon.
Before that, Molly was willing to sacrifice her last life to lead the souls into the afterlife, rather than let them by destroyed.
Elias confirms that most things Renfred told Chise were true, but explains that he is indeed working to extend her life. He reveals that one of the reasons he took her in was because he couldn't sympathize with human feelings, and was hoping coexisting with Chise could help him learn how. Upon hearing this, Chise reinforces what she said before, that she will be with him as long as he wants her to be.
Chapter 8: Simon had been taking time to visit the recovering Chise in the forest. At the end, Chise acknowledges him as a truly good person.
Despite the Fantastic Racism shown towards him by the other fae, including their own bodyguard Spriggan, Oberon and Titania still treat Elias as one of their own. Titania considers both him and Chise to be her own precious children.
When Oberon bluntly asks when they intend to have children, Chise blushes and subconsciously reaches for Elias, who feels something moving in his chest when he sees her. Later on, when Chise states that she wishes Elias had bought her a decade ago, he reassures her that they will have many more years together.
Silver had been eagerly waiting for Chise to wake up, and once she does, gives her a Christmas pudding she prepared for her. Chise notes it is delicious.
Chapter 10: Ulysse's love towards Isabel, which has lasted up until the present day.
Renfred was more than willing to deal with Cartaphilus if it meant keeping Alice safe. Alice clearly reciprocates, coming to the cemetery on her own so Renfred wouldn't have to, and when questioned, she has no problem revealing to Chise the depths of her devotion towards him.
Chapter 11: Ulysse holding Chise after she had been injured by Cartaphilus' chimera. When she wakes up, she caresses his face and states she is fine, much to Ulysse's relief, who feared he was going to lose her like Isabel.
Renfred was furious with Alice for going off on her own, but after she apologizes, he makes it clear that she is still his student and bodyguard, and expects her to do her best in both roles.
Elias had changed into a monstrous form and was about to clash with Cartaphilus. Chise is able to stop Elias' rampage with a Cooldown Hug. Afterwards, when Elias insists on taking on a less scary shape, Chise agrees, not because he scares her, but because he is too tall like that and would have trouble fitting through the door back home.
Chapter 12: Ulysse coming to terms with his nature, and the fact Isabel will never wake up. He asks Chise to make him her Familiar, which she accepts, because she knows what it feels like to be alone. They bond themselves to each other, and Chise gives Ulysse a new name: Ruth.
The newly-christened Ruth then proceeds to kill Cartaphilus' chimera. In its last moments, Isabel comes to her senses and pets Ruth, who promises to follow her once his time with Chise is over.
The chapter ends with Chise and Elias returning home, accompanied by a new addition to their family.
Chapter 13: Angelica meeting with Chise, and advising her on how to proceed on her training as a magus, mostly asking her to rely on others rather than attempting to do everything by herself. Later she tries to advise Chise to not be so dependent on Elias, but Chise is less receptive of it. Fortunately they both apologize.
Silky giving Chise some money so she could go out and have some fun.
While Elias wasn't giving much room to object, Chise was more than willing to spend the night with him in his bedroom, as her presence helped soothe a physically-unstable Elias.
Chapter 14: Ruth telling Chise that it is okay for her to admit she loves Elias, as they all need people to love. He himself doesn't hesitate to tell her he loves her, much like he loved Isabel.
Joel is quick to befriend his new neighbor Chise, inviting her in for some tea and asking her to read a short story he wrote. Chise reciprocates, and asks if she could read his next story, which Joel gladly accepts.
Apparently unknown to Joel is the fact that a leannán sídhe lives with him. They initially met when she was admiring Joel's rose garden, and somehow, they crossed eyes for a brief moment, despite fae being usually Invisible to Normals. Since that day, the leannán sídhe has stayed with him, having clearly fallen in Love at First Sight, but refusing to accept it, because for her kind, to love a man is the same as killing them.
Joel himself remembers their first meeting as if it was yesterday, and for a brief moment, is able to see the leannán sídhe once again. The leannán sídhe is so overjoyed that she actually kisses Chise over it.
Chise and Ruth finally find Elias, who had disappeared earlier. Chise is able to express herself to him, telling him she is unhappy about him keeping secrets from her, and that she wishes to know more about him. Elias accepts, but asks for time to put his thoughts in order first.
In Chapter 16, we learn that Lindel is the one who found Elias and his master is the one who named him, making the dragon keeper his oldest friend.
In Chapter 17, Chise states that she had been chased by things from Japan that often tried to eat her, but she never once got that feeling from Elias, so even if he's eaten people in the past, she doesn't mind.
The entire time that Chise is missing, Elias feels alone and cold, though he doesn't understand it. The moment that she appears, he hugs her and warms right up.
Chise stays up for five days to create the Faerie Salve, despite knowing that it was likely going to incur the wrath of their kind because she wanted Joel to see the leanan si, and makes it just in time. Note that this nearly kills her, but she considers it worth it.
Joel explaining that he's glad the leanan si loved him because seeing her gave him a purpose to live and freely gives the last of his life to her, moving on to the afterlife without any regrets.
Spriggan introducing Silky to the home that Elias lives in after her clan died out, so that she wouldn't be alone—and transforming her into a house fey in the process.
Elias explaining why he chooses the human world over the fae. He knows the humans fear him, but they have also accepted him over and over again, so he wants to know more about them.
Mikhail Renfred taking in Alice and giving her a chance to get out of her old life.
Chise's Christmas is completely happy for her, leaving her satisfied for the first time in the long time and glad to be alive as it showcases all the friends she's made to this point.
Chise asking Elias to help her find a way to stay together with him after she receives a Dragon's Curse. It marks the point where she truly wants to live.
Josef trying to help Cartaphilus the moment he gets the chance. It makes it even sadder when things go wrong for the two.
Fragments and other extras
Chapter 10.5: Elias discovers that Chise is afraid of thunderstorms and comforts her by casting a fort-like structure of sorts with his jacket and staying with her underneath it and settling her between his legs, then later admits that if Chise were to die, his life would be dreadfully dull.
In Chise's case in the same chapter, she tells Elias that she was plagued by all sorts of magical creatures during storms when she was a child, but then says that because of Elias, she has grown not to be scared of them so much anymore.
The Golden Yarn Light Novel
The Frozen Flowers short story has Hazel spend time with his sickly aunt, coming to visit her every Christmas despite the fact that as a two-legged centaur just associating with her could lead to him being shunned. He assures her that he loves her for who she is.
The Vampire's Lover short story shows Redcurrant falling in love with Joel and even sharing a dance with him despite the fact that he can't see her, showing that there was a connection and he could feel her presence to an extent.
The Rainbow Day, Feast Day short story shows Silky as she helps a widow in keeping up with her house after she lost her own family, as well as the fact that Spriggan continues to visit and look after her.
OVA
The entire three-episode OVA builds up to an adorable moment. When a young Chise (who at this point is being ostracized by her adoptive family and her peers due to her ability to see spirits) stumbles upon the Mayoiga, a magical library in the forest, and develops a friendship with the librarian, he eventually gives her as a gift a book titled "The Lonely Little Star", with the message that if she keeps searching, someday she too will find someone who will care for her. At the time, Chise dismisses this as an impossible dream, to the point of abandoning the book. Years later, as she's living with Elias, "The Lonely Little Star" finds its way back to her thanks to Angelica, and she tells Elias and Ruth the story behind it. Elias says that this must be a painful memory for Chise and that Angelica shouldn't have sent her such an emotionally charged item, but Chise replies that she doesn't mind and that she even plans on reading it again in a different light. Later, Elias comments that according to his materials, those who take an item from the Mayoiga are granted good luck, and Chise agrees! She's found her child of a star after all - or rather a Child of Thorns...
