Night 290

Reunion with A Friend (皇帝（とも）との再会, Tomo to no Saikai) is Night 290 of the Magi manga series.

Characters In Order Of Appearance
'' Characters in bold denote the character's proper appearance. Characters in italic are only seen briefly and have yet to make a proper appearance. ''

Magic
'' Magic in bold denotes the magic's first appearance. ''

Summary
Alibaba successfully breaks into the palace and easily evaded the guards. He makes his way into the royal courtroom. Kougyoku asks her guards to leave her as she wants to converse with Alibaba privately. Moments later and in a private room, Alibaba notices Kougyoku is a bit distant due to her sitting far from him. He attempts to engage in banter with her, and he manages to make her lose her composure after he reminds her that he was best at making flower crowns. Kougyoku laughs and blushes a bit as she and Alibaba continued their conversation. Alibaba shares his adventures with Judar in the other dimension.

Then, Alibaba changes the topic and asks Kougyoku about Aladdin, Morgiana, and Hakuryuu's whereabouts. When Kougyoku replies that she doesn't know, Alibaba expresses he has concerns for her well-being and Kou Empire's state. Kougyoku notes that Alibaba has seen the state of Rakushou and shares how things were better and livelier in the old days. Because of the restrictions placed by the International Alliance, Kougyoku and her group cannot use Metal Vessels or raise an army to counter the pirates. Furthermore, she attempted many ways to improve the economy such as adopting laws similar to Reim and Parthevia. When Alibaba tells her that her attempts were not fruitless, Kougyoku cries out how Sinbad used her. She wished to be useful to her family and empire by protecting them, yet she hurted everyone in the end for not noticing Sinbad's Zepar inside of her. As Alibaba apologizes to Kougyoku about withholding information on Zepar's presence in her, Kougyoku states that Sinbad had informed her that Alibaba had noticed. Despite resenting Alibaba, she thanks Alibaba for being concerned of her well-being since she would have faced harsh treatment by her home country. She informs Alibaba that the Kou Empire is being dissolved due to not paying loans owed to the International Alliance.

Suddenly, Koubun Ka barges in with his group with plans on fixing their situation. He shares his new proposal with Alibaba. Alibaba assures Kougyoku and her group to put their faith into him.