Chapter Summaries

Genao fought Demon General Reyferdi while Li Yan watched, then Li Yan intervened and killed Reyferdi. Genao approached a little girl who appeared to have survived the village’s destruction, but Li Yan’s warning made him use mana Detection Magic as she suddenly rushed toward him.

• Genao clashed with Reyferdi, whose strength drove him back and whose tough body survived Genao’s Thousand Feathers Invasion.
• Reyferdi counterattacked, but Li Yan appeared in front of Genao, blocked all four swords with his Holy Sword, and killed Reyferdi.
• A little girl emerged from the ruins and said Reyferdi had been killed by a human.
• Genao assumed the girl was a village survivor and invited her over, but Li Yan questioned how she had survived and evaded the Demons’ mana detection.
• Genao used mana Detection Magic on the girl, who suddenly sped up as she ran toward him.

Genao killed a disguised Demon, while Fern defeated a fog-shrouded Demon using a carefully timed double attack. After the group left the village, the Lionheart King learned that the Alorath Kingdom and Stella Kingdom had plotted to assassinate Serie, Frieren, Fern, and other influential figures.

• Genao recognized the little girl as a Demon and killed her with a strike from his wings.
• Fern followed Frieren’s advice, exploited the priest-dressed Demon’s lapse in mana detection, and killed it with two attacks along the same trajectory.
• Methode emerged from the fog, and Fern explained that her opponent had used fog to hinder vision and mana detection.
• Li Yan said goodbye to Methode and Genao, then took Frieren through a Spatial Gate after Frieren embraced Methode.
• Lionheart Hidden Guards told the Lionheart King that the Alorath Kingdom and Stella Kingdom had hired magic assassins to target Serie, Frieren, Fern, and other important figures.

The Lionheart King ordered assassinations against the rulers of any nations involved in targeting Ancestor Fern. At Li Yan’s home, Serie sought refuge from assassins and settled into a sleepy breakfast visit with Frieren and Li Yan.

• The Lionheart King ordered his shadow guard to assassinate the leaders of any countries plotting against Ancestor Fern.
• The Lionheart King looked at a family photograph of young Ancestor Fern and worried that she might destroy the nations if she learned of the plot.
• Serie arrived at Li Yan’s home, saying assassins had been bothering her and she wanted a quiet place to stay.
• Serie explained that the assassins’ memories were rigged to self-destruct, while Li Yan wondered which country had sent them.
• Frieren came downstairs sleepy and rested her head on Li Yan’s lap so he could fix her hair, prompting Serie to envy her gentle treatment.
• Li Yan finished styling Frieren’s hair and took away her pillow when she tried to bring it with her to wash up.

After Fern was wounded by an assassin using the incurable venom Colorless Funeral, Li Yan learned that only a long-term magical solution might save her. He ordered the Lionheart King to prepare for war against every nation, while Serie found a way to awaken Fern briefly for a final conversation.

• Xiao Wu and Xiao Xue reported that Fern had been attacked, and Fern collapsed in Li Yan's arms after returning with a wound.
• Serie identified the venom as Colorless Funeral, and the bishop confirmed that healing magic could not cure its symptoms.
• Li Yan ordered the Lionheart King to preserve the assassins' bodies and declare war on every nation if their origins could not be discovered.
• Li Yan learned that Fern's poison could be frozen with magic, though a cure might take thousands of years to develop.
• Serie told Li Yan she could use an awakening spell to wake Fern once so they could speak.

Li Yan destroyed the kingdoms responsible for poisoning Fern, but Serie could only awaken Fern briefly before the poison took her. Fern said goodbye to Li Yan and Frieren, who wept as Fern’s fate remained uncertain.

• Li Yan launched a war against the nations, destroying kingdoms and killing royal families and powerful nobles while sparing commoners.
• The Lionheart Kingdom unified the world, and Li Yan returned to the capital after killing the masterminds behind Fern’s assassination.
• Serie awakened Fern for three minutes, warning Li Yan and Frieren that the magic would soon wear off.
• Fern comforted Li Yan and asked Frieren to take care of him as she prepared to sleep again.
• Frieren shed tears as she remembered Fern growing up.

Fern succumbed to Colorless Funeral and fell into an endless sleep, leaving Li Yan and Frieren devastated. Li Yan then directed the unified Lionheart Kingdom to develop magic technology, potion research, and Goddess Magic in hopes of waking Fern and preparing for future threats.

• Fern told Li Yan she might become a statue and asked him to visit her, then confessed that she loved him romantically before falling asleep again.
• Li Yan left Fern's room and found Frieren and Serie waiting outside; he comforted Frieren as Fern remained asleep.
• The Lionheart Kingdom unified the world, dividing it into numbered areas and requiring residents to receive Lionheart ID Cards.
• Li Yan instructed the Lionheart King to develop magic machinery, establish potion academies to find an antidote to Colorless Funeral, and study Goddess Magic.
• Li Yan dismissed the Demons as a minor threat and said the kingdom's future forces could use them as a testing ground.

Two thousand years later, Frieren brought a KFC kids' meal home to Li Yan and Serie in the modern Royal Capital, where mechas tested weapons against the remaining Demons. Li Yan's family gathered at Castle, and a mysterious winged girl watched them from the night sky.

• Frieren walked through the neon-lit Royal Capital to buy the KFC kids' meal Serie wanted, while Li Yan and Serie argued over the order by phone.
• Himmel and the Hero of the South took the Blood Lion No. 3 mecha to test it against the Demons Left-Wing Unit in the Northern War Zone.
• Frieren returned to Castle, where Li Yan held young Fern, whose Colorless Funeral Venom had been cured and whose age had regressed through Immortality Magic.
• Flamme welcomed Frieren home, while Serie chased Frieren after learning she had forgotten the jasmine milk green tea, then turned her attention to Li Yan.
• A white-winged girl watched Castle and remarked that its residents' mana nearly surpassed her own.

Li Yan helped Flamme and Fern adjust to life after their return, while Serie avoided resuming her work at the Continental Magic Association. The family spent the day gaming and teasing one another, and Fern asked to sleep beside Li Yan that night.

• Serie complained that she did not want to return to work at the Continental Magic Association, and Li Yan explained that Flamme and Fern needed time to adjust to the changes of the past three thousand years.
• Flamme took Frieren to visit the Continental Magic Association, while Serie stayed home and seized the tablet to play Golden Spatula.
• Li Yan advised Serie during her game, and Fern joined them in his arms as Serie squeezed in to claim part of his lap.
• Fern asked to sleep with Li Yan because she was afraid of the dark, and he agreed and kissed her cheek.
• Serie objected to Li Yan showing Fern affection, then wiped her cheek after he kissed her too.