Recaps

Six-year-old Li Yan, a reincarnated boy with immortality and exceptional magical and warrior talent, met the renowned magician Flamme, who agreed to teach him magic. As Flamme began his first lesson, the household staff celebrated Li Yan’s promising start.

• Li Yan woke and prepared for the day with his maids Xiao Wu and Xiao Xue, then hurried through breakfast to meet his new magical teacher.
• The housekeeper escorted Li Yan to his study, where Flamme praised his mana reserves and asked whether he would choose magic or the warrior path.
• Li Yan praised the appeal of magic, impressing Flamme, who accepted him as her disciple and began teaching him about mana and magic.
• Xiao Wu and Xiao Xue ate breakfast in the kitchen after Li Yan gave them permission, and the housekeeper instructed them to prepare for his needs after class.
• The housekeeper left satisfied and planned to tell Li Yan’s parents that their son had begun studying magic.

After four years of studying magic and warrior skills, Li Yan left the Royal Capital with Flamme, who asked him to become her son. The chapter ended with Li Yan and Flamme recognizing each other as family.

• Li Yan impressed Flamme and his family by mastering Fireball Magic, then began learning the Magic of Restraint.
• Over four years, Li Yan studied magic under Flamme and trained in warrior skills passed down by his father.
• Flamme invited Li Yan to leave the Royal Capital with her, and he agreed to go wherever she went.
• Li Yan departed his home with Flamme, leaving behind his family and maids Xiao Wu and Xiao Xue.
• When Flamme asked if he was homesick, Li Yan told her that wherever she was felt like home.
• Flamme asked Li Yan to become her son.

Flamme took her godson Li Yan to the Beginner Dungeon to test his combat ability, and he defeated its monsters with fire magic while learning about the Undead. After they returned to town, Li Yan rested in their room as Flamme went to wash.

• Flamme watched Li Yan destroy a Wild Boar Cow with Flame Hell, then warned him against showing off when facing stronger enemies.
• Flamme brought Li Yan into the Beginner Dungeon, where he killed Slimes and burned a group of Goblins to ashes.
• Li Yan opened a treasure chest that was a Mimic and destroyed it with a blast of fire after freezing in fright.
• As they fought Skeleton Soldiers and other dungeon monsters, Flamme explained the Undead and how to defeat them with magic.
• Li Yan finished clearing the dungeon and rode on Flamme's back to the inn, then sat reading a magic tome while she went to wash.

In his eleventh year in the other world, Li Yan traveled with Flamme to Sword Village to find a weapon and unexpectedly drew the Holy Sword from its stone. Chief Little Rabbit was left stunned by the young magician’s feat.

• Flamme teased and doted on Li Yan after he helped her dry off, then held him as they went to sleep.
• Flamme brought Li Yan to Sword Village to find him a suitable weapon and reunited with Chief Little Rabbit, who complained that monsters kept attacking the village.
• Li Yan killed the ice and snow bear guarding the Holy Sword cave with his Flame Triple Strike spell.
• Flamme failed to pull the Holy Sword from its stone and invited Li Yan to try, while Chief Little Rabbit warned them that only a chosen hero could draw it.
• Li Yan casually grasped the Holy Sword and pulled it free, leaving Chief Little Rabbit incredulous that a magician had succeeded.

Li Yan drew the Holy Sword in Sword Village but dreaded becoming a hero, so he and Flamme devised a plan to hide the real sword and confuse the demon race with counterfeits. After arranging for a thousand copies to be forged, Li Yan left Sword Village with Flamme, who teased him about making her his birthday present.

• Li Yan asked Flamme and the little rabbit village chief to keep his drawing of the Holy Sword secret, and they agreed to support his decision.
• Li Yan proposed replacing the Holy Sword with a counterfeit and selling more copies to adventurers to mislead the demon race.
• The little rabbit village chief returned a counterfeit sword to the stone stele, and Flamme sealed it so it could not be drawn easily.
• Li Yan sent his parents a letter asking them to forge a thousand Holy Swords for his family, and Flamme used magic to deliver it.
• Flamme picked Li Yan up, kissed his cheek, and joked that she would have given him herself as a birthday present if he had not drawn the sword.

Flamme and Li Yan found an elven village destroyed by demons and an injured elven maiden who had defeated Bazaalt of the Throne. Li Yan persuaded Flamme to take the elf as her apprentice, and he carried her away while they discussed the unexplained attack.

• Flamme sensed a powerful magic outburst near the elven village and led Li Yan toward the battle site.
• Flamme and Li Yan found the dead demon general Bazaalt of the Throne and an injured elven maiden among the ruined village and its fallen inhabitants.
• Flamme criticized the elf for fighting demons head-on, but became interested when the elf said she understood Flamme’s thinking by intuition.
• Flamme initially declined to take the elf as an apprentice, but Li Yan pleaded for a junior sister until Flamme agreed to save her.
• That night, Li Yan carried the elf while Flamme asked why demons had attacked her village, and the elf said she did not know.

Li Yan, Flamme, and the injured elf girl escaped a demon ambush, and the girl introduced herself as Frieren. At Flamme’s former hut, Li Yan built a wooden villa and began making beds for himself and Frieren.

• Flamme scolded the rescued elf girl, then stopped Li Yan when three demons revealed themselves and demanded that he put the girl down.
• Flamme explained the demons’ arrogance and killed all three with a sudden magical attack.
• Li Yan filled the crater with flowers and gave some to Flamme and the elf girl, who said her name was Frieren.
• Flamme brought Li Yan and Frieren to her former hut, where Frieren rested on the only bed and Flamme told Li Yan to build himself a house and make two more beds.
• Li Yan used the holy sword and magic to build a wooden villa in two hours, then started making beds as Flamme watched.

After recovering, Frieren began learning magic from Flamme and practiced the Magic of Restraint alongside Li Yan. Flamme ended the lesson by ordering Frieren to spar with Li Yan while maintaining the restraint.

• Flamme encouraged Li Yan to finish building a bed for Frieren’s new home, and he continued working under her supervision.
• Once Frieren had recovered, Flamme began teaching her magic, and Frieren said she hated demons but wanted to keep learning magic.
• Flamme taught Frieren to suppress her Mana and maintain the restraint during training, explaining that she had to deceive demons for her entire life.
• Li Yan demonstrated that he could release and restrain far greater Mana with ease, impressing Frieren and prompting her to practice the technique in different postures.
• After Frieren grew tired, Flamme told her to spar with Li Yan while using the Magic of Restraint, and both lowered their visible Mana to around level 10.

Li Yan defeated Frieren in a magic duel, then successfully used Spatial Movement under Flamme’s guidance. As Frieren prepared an alarming meal, Flamme told Li Yan she planned to take him to meet her master.

• Li Yan used Flame Ray spells to outmaneuver Frieren’s Hellfire, and Frieren admitted his mana control was stronger.
• Frieren practiced the Magic of Restraint through various movements, then studied Flamme’s grimoires while Li Yan helped explain magic.
• Frieren volunteered to cook and followed a cooking grimoire’s recipe, while Li Yan practiced Space Magic with Flamme.
• Li Yan successfully used Spatial Movement and appeared three meters above his original position, delighting Flamme.
• Flamme told Li Yan she planned to introduce him to her master, and Frieren served a strange-looking meal made from unusual ingredients.

After Frieren accidentally transformed Li Yan and Flamme with a magic-food grimoire, Li Yan took over cooking and prepared to travel with them to meet his grandmaster. Their carriage journey ended when a Giant Lion Demon blocked the road, and Li Yan drew his Holy Sword to deal with it.

• Frieren's cooking with Serie's Magic Gourmet Grimoire turned Li Yan and Flamme into frogs, so Flamme forbade Frieren from cooking and Li Yan put the grimoire out of her reach.
• Li Yan cooked dinner, then exercised while Frieren washed the dishes and Flamme read on his back.
• Flamme told Li Yan they would visit his grandmaster the next day and warned him that she was childish.
• Li Yan and Frieren traveled with Flamme by carriage, while Frieren studied a dust-cleaning spell and Li Yan slept.
• Flamme woke Li Yan when a winged Giant Lion Demon blocked the road, and Li Yan took out his Holy Sword.

Frieren tried to draw and lift Li Yan’s Holy Sword but could only handle it through his hand, then returned to studying magic. At the inn, Flamme came to Li Yan’s room and dried his hair as she used to, while Frieren slept in the other room.

• Li Yan killed the Giant Lion with a Normal Attack, and Frieren asked him what kind of magic he had used.
• Frieren tried to draw and lift the Holy Sword from Li Yan’s backpack but could not move it on her own.
• Flamme explained that only Li Yan could draw the Holy Sword, so Frieren used his hand to lift and swing it before putting it away.
• Frieren read her magic tome while Flamme drove the carriage, and Li Yan slept.
• At the inn, Li Yan read his magic tome while exercising, then bathed and sat down to study.
• Flamme visited Li Yan’s room and dried his hair with warm-air magic, explaining that Frieren had fallen asleep.

Li Yan, Flamme, and Frieren continued their journey, with Flamme training Frieren in magic while Li Yan helped with their morning routine. When they reached Flamme’s master’s castle, Li Yan discovered that the elf girl could detect his malicious thoughts.

• Flamme told Li Yan that the remaining ten days of travel would help him and Frieren hone their mana control.
• Li Yan combed Flamme’s hair, then tied Frieren’s hair into twin tails before Flamme woke Frieren and made her gather her scattered magic tomes.
• Li Yan drove the carriage while Flamme taught Frieren magic, and the group traveled without encountering serious trouble.
• At a castle, Flamme’s unruly elf master asked why she had come to visit after such a long absence.
• The elf girl revealed that she could hear Li Yan’s dangerous thoughts, and Flamme explained that Grandmaster had a spell for detecting malicious thoughts.

Li Yan and Frieren met Serie, Flamme’s former teacher, who offered to take them as her disciples. Frieren refused and left with Flamme, while Li Yan stayed behind with Serie; afterward, Flamme told Serie that Li Yan had pulled the Holy Sword of Destiny.

• Li Yan tried to appease Serie with flattery, and Serie assessed his physique and family secret technique before offering to teach him magic.
• Serie invited Li Yan and Frieren to become her disciples, but Frieren refused while Li Yan stayed behind with Serie.
• Serie used Malice Detection Magic to discover Li Yan’s thought about spanking her and decided to train him in magic and resistance.
• In a room of magical archives, Serie asked Flamme whether Li Yan had pulled out the Holy Sword of Destiny, and Flamme confirmed that he had.

Li Yan fought Serie during a training match, but her skill and experience overwhelmed his attacks despite her suppressing her Mana. The duel continued as Li Yan launched a larger, multidirectional assault, leaving Serie's response unresolved.

• Serie challenged Li Yan to fight her and promised to suppress her Mana to his level.
• Li Yan attacked with Fire Magic and Space Magic, but Serie blocked his flames and blasted him into trees with compressed Mana.
• Li Yan recognized the gap in their combat ability, while Serie urged him to keep fighting.
• Li Yan used a giant fireball and Space Magic to fire compressed rays of flame at Serie from multiple directions.
• Serie watched the incoming attacks without raising a defensive barrier as the fireball exploded and smoke rose.

Li Yan tried to impress and stall Serie with novel magic, but she countered every attack and trapped him inside a barrier that sealed his spatial magic. The chapter ended with Serie closing in as Li Yan realized he could no longer escape.

• Serie appeared behind Li Yan and blasted him away with mana-dispersal magic.
• Li Yan used Flame Vortex, delighting Serie with its unusual rotational motion and power.
• Li Yan teleported above Serie to attack, then used steam and a barrage of magic projectiles to buy time while his broken rib healed.
• Serie dismissed Li Yan's attacks with her hexagonal shield and advanced on him.
• Li Yan discovered that Serie's shrinking barrier sealed his spatial magic and left him unable to escape.

Li Yan fought Serie, but she easily restrained him and explained how much farther he had to go as a mage. She took him to the library and assigned him to read every book, only to find him already absorbed in one.

• Li Yan resumed attacking Serie with fists, a kick, and spatial magic, but her hexagonal shields blocked every strike.
• Serie trapped Li Yan with mire, vines, and a barrier against spatial magic, then released him after warning him about life-and-death battles.
• Serie judged Li Yan’s combat experience and magic knowledge inadequate and said he would train with her and learn new spells.
• Serie brought Li Yan to the library and told him to read every book from cover to cover.
• Serie turned to see Li Yan already reading a magic classic.

Li Yan and Frieren immersed themselves in Serie’s magic archives, while Flamme asked Serie about Li Yan’s progress in space magic. The chapter leaves Li Yan eager to learn Frieren’s spell for sleeping more comfortably after they both gave up on secretly taking books.

• Li Yan spent a week studying in the archives, and Flamme scolded him for neglecting his appearance before making him bathe.
• Flamme asked Serie to teach Li Yan space magic, but Serie said his approach was already correct and predicted he would surpass Flamme.
• Li Yan and Frieren asked Flamme if they could take magic books from the archives, but she told them to ask Serie themselves.
• Li Yan examined Frieren’s chosen books and found that one taught magic for sleeping more comfortably.
• Li Yan insisted that Frieren let him read that sleep-magic book after she finished it.

After six months of studying under Serie, Li Yan left with Flamme and Frieren, still sore from Serie’s punishment and teasing Frieren over their earlier magic mishap. As their carriage departed, Li Yan and Frieren cast Flowering Magic along the road, leaving Serie and Flamme watching the flowers bloom.

• Li Yan refused to say goodbye to Serie, while Frieren poked his swollen butt and reminded him that he had tried to steal Serie’s anklets.
• Frieren recalled how Li Yan had used Thieving Magic to steal her bear-decorated panties, then refused to return them until she defeated him, prompting her to beat him.
• Li Yan explained that he had wanted to teach Serie a lesson by stealing her anklets, but Serie had punished him with painful magic-enhanced spankings.
• Serie watched Flamme, Frieren, and Li Yan leave, lamenting that they had all gone again.
• Li Yan and Frieren cast Flowering Magic from the carriage, covering the road with flowers as Serie and Flamme admired the sight.

After returning from a journey with rare magic tomes, Li Yan prepared to visit his family after learning that his parents had a younger son and daughter. He left Flamme’s home with plans to handle family responsibilities and promised Frieren a cartload of candy.

• Li Yan and Flamme returned to her home with valuable magic tomes after half a month on the road.
• Flamme told Li Yan that his parents had welcomed a younger brother and sister and urged him to visit his family.
• Li Yan considered the possible effect of his younger siblings on his inheritance and decided he needed to return home.
• Li Yan promised Frieren a cartload of candy and sealed the promise with a pinky swear.
• After three days, Li Yan stored his Machine Life tomes in Flamme’s library, said goodbye to Flamme and Frieren, and set off with his luggage.

Li Yan returned to his family’s territory after years away studying magic and reunited with his parents and siblings. His father planned to send him with a squad to fight demons, while his mother worried about the danger.

• Li Yan left Flamme and Frieren behind and traveled home by carriage, reaching his family’s territory in six days.
• Xiao Xue and Xiao Wu welcomed Li Yan and escorted him to the family castle.
• Li Yan reunited with his parents, his newborn younger sister, and his young younger brother.
• Li Yan shared a lavish meal with his family and remembered his childhood.
• Earl Father told Li Yan that demons had attacked their territory and said he would send squads with him to fight.
• Li Yan’s mother asked Earl Father to let Li Yan rest before going to war.

Li Yan met his infant siblings, inspected the Tiger Head Army squads assigned to him, and spent the day enjoying the comforts of noble life. The chapter ended with Xiao Wu and Xiao Xue staying in his room at his mother’s arrangement, leaving Li Yan confused about what was expected of him.

• Li Yan met his younger brother Li Wei and sister Li Chang'an during lunch.
• The captains Levi, Kelly, and Jack introduced the three Tiger Head Army squads, and Li Yan ordered them to continue their regular training.
• Li Yan watched the soldiers train, then left for a long bath attended by Xiao Wu and Xiao Xue.
• At dinner, the Earl told Li Yan not to disappoint the family, while his mother urged him to rest instead of rushing to fight demons.
• Li Yan read a magic tome before bed, and Xiao Wu and Xiao Xue told him they had been asked to keep him company that night.

Li Yan led the Tiger Head Army on patrol, protecting his territory and winning the soldiers’ respect with his strength. In Farit Village, he found a frightened demon child and chose to capture her rather than kill her.

• Li Yan rode out with the Tiger Head Army after sending scouts ahead to confirm the road was clear.
• A giant snake attacked the patrol, and Li Yan killed it with a single swing of the Holy Sword.
• In Alas Village, Li Yan accepted a little girl’s candy and decided to bring her more on his way back.
• Li Yan reached Farit Village and found villagers gathered around a demon child, whom he lifted by the back of her neck and said he wanted to keep.

Li Yan patrolled the eastern territory, killing monsters and Demon soldiers while keeping a demon cub on a chain and bringing her back to the castle. He left the cub fearful but obedient, and her fate remained undecided.

• Li Yan put a dog chain on the demon cub and continued his patrol, eventually pulling her onto his horse when she was injured from being dragged.
• Li Yan killed several Demon soldiers with his Holy Sword, warning the cub that disobedience would bring the same end.
• Li Yan cleared monsters and Demon squads across the eastern territory, then bought candy and gave a pocketful to a little girl in Alas Village.
• Li Yan returned to the castle with the demon cub, whose fear of the soldiers’ weapons led her to cling to his leg.

Li Yan trained the chained Demon child in human language and learning while earning fame as a warrior by killing Demons in his territory. After refusing his father's marriage plans, he ordered the child to learn how to be a maid.

• Li Yan told Xiao Wu and Xiao Xue to teach the Demon child to read, write, and understand human language.
• Over three months, Li Yan killed Demons attempting to enter towns in the Earl's territory and became known as a powerful warrior.
• The Earl urged Li Yan to meet noble girls and consider an engagement at a celebratory banquet, but Li Yan refused.
• Li Yan learned that the Demon child could speak, do simple arithmetic, and enjoyed magic tomes and banana-flavored candy.
• Li Yan told the Demon child to learn how to be a maid from Xiao Wu and Xiao Xue, threatening to withhold food and books if she failed.

Li Yan continued training Little Fool as a maid while investigating Machine Life magic, then went to see the Earl. Little Fool remained under magical restraint as Xiao Xue took her to eat.

• Little Fool obediently served tea and massaged Li Yan as he trained her in a maid's duties.
• Li Yan reflected on his progress in Space Magic and his inability to complete Machine Life magic.
• Xiao Xue told Li Yan that the Earl needed to see him.
• Li Yan told Xiao Xue to take Little Fool to eat and give her happiness candy, then left to meet the Earl.
• Li Yan relied on Serie's Binding Magic, replicated on Little Fool's chains, to paralyze her if she attempted harm.