Chapter Summaries

Li Yan asked Little Fool to demonstrate her mana-burst magic, but she barely released any mana and could not bring herself to attack him at full strength. Flamme recognized Little Fool’s exceptional magical control, and Li Yan left with her to buy food in the Small Town.

• Li Yan asked Little Fool what magic she had learned, and she said she knew flight magic and mana-burst magic.
• Li Yan urged Little Fool to attack him, but her weak mana burst only felt like a breeze.
• Little Fool said she could not attack Li Yan, and he comforted her by stroking her head.
• Frieren wondered whether Little Fool was unable to hurt Li Yan, while Flamme recognized her precise control and outstanding magical aptitude.
• Li Yan invited Little Fool to procure food in the Small Town, and she followed him onto his Black Lightning motorcycle.

Li Yan took Little Fool into Small Town on the Black Lightning Motorcycle to buy fruit and vegetables, attracting a curious crowd wherever they went. As they left the market, an adventurer accidentally knocked off Little Fool’s hat, exposing her horns to the crowd.

• Li Yan entered Small Town with Little Fool, and the guards let him pass because he was the Earl’s eldest son.
• Li Yan bought fruit and vegetables while Little Fool watched the busy town and asked what they would eat for dinner.
• A crowd gathered around the Black Lightning Motorcycle, and Li Yan demonstrated its power before riding away through the market.
• An adventurer returned Little Fool’s hat after accidentally knocking it off, exposing her horns to the watching crowd.

Li Yan and Little Fool were attacked by an angry crowd after the townspeople discovered Little Fool was a Demon, and Li Yan teleported them away before she could hurt anyone. Back home, Li Yan went to wash off the rotten eggs while Little Fool feared he might reject her, and Frieren noticed his disheveled state.

• The townspeople recognized Little Fool as a Demon, threw rotten food at her and Li Yan, and blocked their way out.
• Little Fool summoned Mana swords and threatened to kill the crowd, but Li Yan stopped her and teleported them away on the Black Lightning.
• The guard soldier captain ordered the arrest of the commoners who had attacked Li Yan, an Earl's eldest son, as the crowd fled.
• Li Yan returned home in a foul mood, while Little Fool worried that he might be angry and no longer need her.
• Frieren saw Li Yan enter the bathroom and looked toward Little Fool, who had followed him.

After Little Fool was pelted with stink eggs in town for being a Demon, Li Yan and Flamme planned to retaliate against the entire population. Li Yan arranged to gather the townspeople the next morning, while Flamme prepared a vast supply of stink eggs for their assault.

• Li Yan washed Little Fool and explained to Flamme that townspeople had attacked her with stink eggs after discovering she was a Demon.
• Flamme promised revenge, and she and Li Yan planned to bombard the gathered townspeople with stink eggs using her magic and his Space Storage Magic.
• Li Yan used the Earl family badge to make the town mayor summon every resident to the square at eight the next morning, with anyone who failed to attend threatened with arrest.
• The town guards notified residents that the gathering was the Earl's eldest son's merciful punishment for their attack, and the mayor believed the town had been forgiven.
• Flamme prepared thousands of stink eggs, and Li Yan stored the supply in Alternate Space as Little Fool eagerly watched.

Li Yan and Flamme drenched Small Town’s square in rotten eggs as revenge on the residents who had pelted him, while the guards kept the crowd in place for three minutes. After leaving town with Frieren and Little Fool, Li Yan left the residents to identify those who had thrown eggs at him.

• The guards released Granny and the fruit-stall vendor because Li Yan had not been attacked by them, but ordered them to stay home.
• Li Yan and Flamme dropped tens of thousands of rotten eggs onto the square, hitting the residents, mayor, adventurers, and captain of the guards.
• The captain of the guards ordered the crowd to remain in the square for three minutes while the guards stopped anyone from escaping.
• Li Yan, Flamme, Frieren, and Little Fool packed their belongings, buried their villa with an earth spell, and left on the Black Lightning Motorcycle.
• The townspeople returned home to bathe and began identifying everyone who had thrown rotten eggs at Li Yan the day before.

Li Yan, Frieren, Flamme, and Little Fool traveled to the Blue Steel Dungeon for an adventure. After entering, Frieren eagerly burned through the dungeon’s monsters while Li Yan followed behind.

• Li Yan rode the Black Lightning toward the Blue Steel Dungeon near Sicily Small Town, using space magic to cross obstacles and Frieren’s thunder magic to defeat pursuing monsters.
• The group reached the dungeon, where Frieren recalled its traps and Mimics, while Flamme remembered her past as an adventurer.
• Little Fool promised to protect Li Yan, and the group entered the dungeon with its cyan-gray stone floors and permanent magic torches.
• Frieren led the way and incinerated a squad of goblins with fire magic.
• Frieren continued advancing through the dungeon, roasting the monsters she encountered, including slimes, as Li Yan remarked on her massacre.

Li Yan, Flamme, Frieren, and Little Fool explored a low-level dungeon, where teleport rooms led them through hidden monster chambers. After the group defeated a series of powerful beasts, they reached the dungeon’s final cavern and faced a dragon-like lizard magical beast.

• Flamme warned Frieren to conserve mana as the group fought through the dungeon, and Little Fool killed stray skeletons with giant mana swords.
• Frieren entered an empty hidden room, triggering a teleport that sent the group to a large monster chamber.
• Frieren killed the chamber’s giant skeleton monster with Hellfire, revealing a teleport circle to an area unknown to other adventurers.
• The group teleported through further chambers, where Little Fool killed a Shanstri Giant Beetle and Frieren defeated other monsters.
• Flamme identified the final cavern’s winged lizard magical beast as the strongest monster in the low-level dungeon, and Li Yan stepped forward to fight it.

Li Yan defeated the Lizard Demon Beast with magic, and he, Frieren, and Flamme returned from the cleared labyrinth to claim its treasure. After Flamme rescued Li Yan and Frieren from Mimics, she opened a hidden chest and found a tome containing a spell that made Magic Puppets follow instructions.

• Li Yan used Water Shield, icicles, Spatial Movement, Explosive Magic, and Flame Rays to kill the Lizard Demon Beast while protecting Frieren and Flamme.
• Flamme remarked that the beast had been close to becoming a Pseudo-Dragon, while Frieren asked Li Yan to cook her favorite fish for dinner.
• Li Yan and Frieren returned to the first room and were swallowed by Mimics when they rushed to open the silver chests.
• Flamme rescued them, destroyed the Mimics, and advised them to use Mana Detection before opening chests.
• Flamme found a hidden wooden chest and opened it, revealing a Magic Tome with a spell that made created Magic Puppets obey instructions.
• Li Yan excitedly called the spell a divine skill, while Frieren showed little interest in it.

Li Yan brought Frieren, Flamme, and Little Fool into Sicily Small Town, where he studied a dungeon Magic Tome and discussed a future plan with Little Fool. The next morning, Flamme agreed that they could visit Li Yan’s Grandmaster, giving their journey a destination.

• Li Yan rode the Black Lightning Motorcycle toward Sicily Small Town, then used Space Magic to get inside after the guards mistook his group for a Monster attack.
• Li Yan showed the guard captain his Family's medal, proved he was the Lionheart Earl's eldest son, and entered the town with his companions.
• At the inn, Li Yan studied a Magic Tome about creating Mechanical Magic Puppets and imagined building a Mana Mecha Gundam using Anti-Magic Stone.
• Li Yan asked Little Fool whether she would go undercover among the Demons in the future, and Little Fool agreed after learning she would return to him.
• The next morning, Li Yan asked Flamme whether they could visit his Grandmaster, and Flamme agreed to go.

Li Yan, Flamme, Frieren, and Little Fool set out for Grandmaster Serie’s castle so Li Yan could consult her magic library. After two days of travel, they arrived, and Serie teased Flamme for bringing her disciples back so soon.

• Li Yan woke Frieren, got her ready, and tied her hair into twin tails while Flamme warned them that Serie might nag Frieren.
• The group ate breakfast in Sicily Small Town, and Li Yan took out the Black Lightning Motorcycle for the journey to Serie’s home.
• The town’s guard captain watched Li Yan leave in fear after hearing that the Lionheart Earl’s son had punished the town with a rain of rotten eggs.
• Li Yan and the others reached Serie’s castle two days later, and Flamme recognized the motorcycle’s potential as a military resource.
• Serie sat on her Throne and teased Flamme for bringing her disciples back so soon.

Li Yan, Flamme, Frieren, and Little Fool visited Serie at her castle, where Li Yan teased his grandmaster and promised to cook her favorite foods. He prepared a lavish dinner for everyone, leaving Serie delighted by his return and cooking.

• Flamme told Serie she had come to visit with Frieren, and Serie asked Frieren whether she had missed her grandmaster.
• Li Yan hugged Serie, introduced Little Fool as a Demon maid, and urged her to greet Serie.
• Li Yan teased Serie by calling her Grandma, then praised her as a beautiful and gentle big sister; Serie kicked him lightly and agreed to let him cook.
• Li Yan promised Serie hot-and-sour shredded potatoes, french fries, and fried chicken drumsticks, recalling how she had come to love his cooking.
• Li Yan prepared twenty-one dishes at Serie's castle, and Frieren happily sampled them while Serie tasted them with elegant restraint.

Li Yan spent a year at Grandmaster Serie’s castle developing mana-powered vehicles and expanding his Mechanical Magic Puppet workforce, until his research into a Mana Battle Car left him exhausted. Flamme put him to sleep while Frieren and Little Fool watched over him, and Flamme told Little Fool to report directly to her if Li Yan neglected rest again.

• On the seventh day, Serie tested the Golden Mana Motorcycle Li Yan built to her specifications, then returned his Black Lightning Motorcycle.
• After a month, Li Yan used a Magic Tome to learn how to direct Mechanical Magic Puppets and had his ten puppets build more.
• A year into Li Yan’s stay, three hundred Mechanical Magic Puppets worked throughout Serie’s remodeled castle and factory.
• Li Yan struggled to design a Mana Battle Car with defenses against powerful magic and an automatic Energy Shield, while Flamme encouraged him to take his time.
• Flamme let Li Yan rest with his head on her lap after Frieren had reported that he stayed up studying machines.
• Flamme told Little Fool to come directly to her if Li Yan failed to rest, while Frieren gently teased her sleeping senior brother before returning to study magic.

After waking from a nightmare in Flamme’s embrace, Li Yan eased his pressure to develop a magic tank and decided to strengthen his magical foundation by studying Serie’s library. He left Frieren sleeping and began reading an old tome, with the library’s dust needing attention.

• Flamme comforted Li Yan after he woke from a nightmare, and they slept together until morning.
• Li Yan decided to pause work on the magic tank and focus on studying magic instead.
• Li Yan told Serie that he could not solve the magic tank’s core problems, and Serie advised him to read more mechanical Magic Tomes.
• Li Yan found Frieren asleep in an awkward position, tucked her into bed, and left her to rest.
• Li Yan entered Serie’s dusty magic library and picked up an old tome about using Water Magic.

At twenty, Li Yan had expanded his magical studies and grown worried that Flamme would age and die while his immortality let him live on. After Serie said lifespan-extending magic did not exist, she suggested he search the Goddess’s magic or learn Eternal Statue Magic so he and Flamme could die together.

• Li Yan discovered tomes on fate-isolating magic, Flight Magic, and Curse Reversal Magic, then devoted himself to studying them.
• By age twenty, Li Yan had improved his Mechanical Magic Puppets and advanced in his studies, while Serie repeatedly defeated him in magical duels.
• After Li Yan stole Serie’s panties, Flamme pleaded for his life, and he noticed signs of age on her face.
• Li Yan asked Serie whether magic could extend a human’s lifespan, and she told him no such magic existed.
• Serie later brought Li Yan several Magic Tomes and suggested he look into the Goddess’s magic or learn Eternal Statue Magic with Flamme.

Li Yan learned about Eternal Statue and completed the Mana Battle Car after years of experiments. The successful vehicle was set to be furnished before Li Yan and Flamme traveled to the Royal Capital.

• Li Yan studied the Eternal Statue spell, which could seal a person in an unchanging state, and began learning it.
• Flamme invited Li Yan to travel with her to the Royal Capital to discuss the Mage Association with the King.
• Li Yan comforted Flamme about aging, and she hinted that the person she liked had not grown up yet.
• A Mechanical Magic Puppet experiment succeeded, completing the Mana Battle Car’s power-matching system.
• Li Yan tested the Mana Battle Car, confirmed it could reach 200 kilometers per hour, and ordered the Mechanical Magic Puppets to furnish it.

Li Yan showed Flamme, Serie, Frieren, and Little Fool the renovated Mana Battle Car and demonstrated its comfort, speed, and autonomous operation. As they traveled toward the Royal Capital, Flamme considered its military potential, while Li Yan explained its limits and suggested selling a cheaper version to nobles.

• Li Yan invited Flamme and the others aboard the Mana Battle Car to experience it for themselves.
• Serie settled onto the sofa, Frieren claimed the bed, and Li Yan activated autopilot to take them to the Royal Capital.
• The Mana Battle Car began traveling at high speed, impressing Serie and Flamme with its convenience compared with a carriage.
• Flamme warned Li Yan that the vehicle could change warfare, and Li Yan explained its mana demands and proposed a lower-cost model for nobles.
• Little Fool served Li Yan juice, while Serie reflected on her unusual behavior and noted that her mana had grown to nearly level fifty.

Li Yan and Flamme secured the King's support for establishing the Magic Continent Association, whose purpose would be to bring mages together to study magic rather than develop weapons. Afterward, Li Yan worried that Flamme would remain in the Royal Capital to run the association and no longer have time to accompany him.

• During the journey to the Royal Capital, Frieren dealt with Monsters while Li Yan drove through Demon squads, and Serie questioned Little Fool about her lack of concern for Demons.
• At the palace, Li Yan left Little Fool, Frieren, and Serie in a resting area while he and Flamme went to meet the King.
• Flamme proposed that the Magic Continent Association unite mages and promote the study of magic instead of creating weapons for war.
• The King approved Flamme's proposal, promised a decree supporting magic and the association, and discussed the terms with her for half an hour.
• After leaving the palace, Li Yan asked whether Flamme would stay in the Royal Capital, and she realized he was troubled that she would have less time for him.

Li Yan parted from Flamme and Frieren at the Royal Capital after Flamme stayed behind to pursue her wish, and he traveled back with Serie. On the road, a powerful Demon used thick fog to stop the Mana Battle Car, and Li Yan ordered Little Fool to attack.

• Flamme told Li Yan he had grown up and could remain with Serie, then revealed that the person she had once liked was Li Yan.
• Li Yan left the Royal Capital with Serie, while Flamme and Frieren stayed behind; Frieren learned that Li Yan was sad because he would miss them.
• Li Yan drove the Mana Battle Car through the countryside, using Little Fool to fight Monsters and running over Demons himself.
• A powerful Demon shrouded the forest in fog, forcing Li Yan to stop the Mana Battle Car and confront him.
• The Demon tried to recruit Little Fool and mocked her for playing with her food, so Li Yan told her to kill the Demon and his soldiers.

Li Yan and Little Fool fought Uldis, a Demon who used thick fog to ambush them and mistook the Restraining Chains for the reason Little Fool obeyed. Little Fool remained loyal after Uldis broke the chains, and the battle continued as they faced his hidden attacks.

• A short-haired Demon spotted the Restraining Chains around Little Fool’s neck, then attacked them and broke them while urging her to join him.
• Li Yan ordered Little Fool to kill the short-haired Demon, and she struck him hard despite being freed from the chains.
• The Demon identified himself as Uldis of the Seven Sages of Destruction and concealed himself and the forest in thick fog.
• Li Yan defended himself from a Demon soldier’s saber attack with Ice Shield, then killed the soldier with ice spears.
• Little Fool attacked Demon soldiers she detected in the fog, while Li Yan prepared to use Wind Magic to clear it.
• Little Fool spotted a silent hand of fog behind Li Yan and cut it apart with a mana greatsword.

Li Yan fought Uldis, who concealed himself in a fog that spawned Monsters and Mist Shades, while Little Fool and then Serie helped expose his tactics. Serie dispelled the fog across the forest, leaving Uldis and the hidden Demon Soldiers visible to Li Yan.

• Little Fool used a Violent Tornado to clear a small area of fog, allowing Li Yan to kill the Demon Soldiers around him with the Holy Sword.
• Li Yan used Storm and Mana Detection Magic to locate a Demon Soldier, then struck with enough force to fell ancient trees, but Uldis escaped his next attack.
• Serie explained that Uldis’s Core Magic created Mist Shades that could mimic him and vanish when attacked.
• Serie unleashed a massive Storm Tornado that dispelled the fog covering the forest and exposed Uldis and the Demon Soldiers.
• Uldis asked Serie who she was after sensing her powerful Mana, and Serie judged his strength with contempt.