Recaps

Lügner revealed his hostility when Earl Granat confronted him over the escaped mages, and he gravely wounded Granat to force him to remove the city's protective barrier. Meanwhile, Frieren and Rienta left the city to confront Aura, while Fern and Stark were left to face the demons inside.

• Linnie sensed that Draht's mana had vanished, and Lügner concluded that the elf mage had killed him.
• Earl Granat confronted Lügner about the escaped mages, but Lügner killed the guards and gravely wounded Granat, demanding that he remove the city's protective barrier.
• Fern and Stark met Frieren and Rienta, who explained the situation; Frieren urged Fern and Stark to handle the demons in the city and left with Rienta.
• Frieren and Rienta flew toward Aura's mana signature, and Rienta admitted that he wanted to see Frieren fight at full strength.
• Frieren said Aura was not worth using her full strength on and urged Rienta to hurry.

Stark entered the earl’s manor to rescue Earl Granat while Fern waited outside for a chance to attack. When Lügner and Linnie caught Stark in the room, Fern blasted Lügner with offensive magic, leaving Linnie between her and the wounded demon as Stark prepared to take Granat away.

• Fern and Stark agreed that Stark would rescue Earl Granat while Fern stayed hidden and waited for an opening.
• Stark tried to free Granat, who gave him the family crest and urged him to warn the city, but Stark chose to fight when Lügner and Linnie returned.
• Stark attacked Lügner with his axe, and Lügner countered with blood manipulation that wounded and restrained him.
• Fern struck Lügner with offensive magic after he sensed her mana, and she signaled Stark to take Granat away.
• Linnie stepped in front of Lügner, who asked Fern what magic she had used, and Fern called it ordinary offensive magic.

Fern and Stark rescued Count Grausam from Lügner and Linnie, while Frieren and Rienta confronted Aura outside the city. Frieren severed Aura’s control over her puppets and, after Aura dismissed Himmel’s wishes because he was dead, prepared to fight her.

• Fern used modified Man-Killing Magic to injure Lügner, and Stark carried Count Grausam out of the manor as Fern and Linnie covered their retreat.
• Lügner recognized Fern’s magic as a technique linked to Frieren the Slayer and ordered Linnie to pursue Stark.
• At the church, Count Grausam thanked Fern and Stark, pardoned their companions, and explained that Aura’s Scales of Obedience defeated opponents by comparing their mana.
• Grausam explained that strong will could resist Aura’s magic, but that Aura had processed her puppets to remove this weakness.
• Frieren and Rienta found Aura and her puppet legion; Frieren dispelled Aura’s control over the puppets instead of destroying them.
• Aura asked why Frieren spared the puppets, then said Himmel was dead; Frieren responded that demons could be killed without mercy.

Stark and Fern left the church to confront the demons, but Linnie and Lügner ambushed them on the city wall. Fern broke free and challenged Lügner while Stark, badly wounded, resumed his fight with Linnie below.

• Stark insisted on leaving the church with Fern to fight the demons, and they climbed onto the city wall.
• Fern sensed demonic magic in the blood on her robe, but Linnie pinned her with a bloody spear while attacking Stark from behind.
• Stark fought Linnie and realized she was imitating his master Eisen’s moves, while Lügner questioned Fern about Frieren and Lady Aura.
• Fern freed herself, attacked Lügner with fast magic, and identified his heart as his weakness.
• After Stark nearly collapsed, Linnie turned away to watch the fight above, but Stark rose and challenged her again.

Fern and Stark defeated Lügner and Linnie, while Frieren overcame Aura by revealing the immense mana she had long suppressed. The battle ended with Aura compelled to kill herself, and Frieren immediately began planning Rienta’s training.

• Fern overwhelmed Lügner with rapid offensive spells, while Stark risked a final attack and cut Linnie in half with his Sky-Splitting Strike.
• Fern used the opening created by Linnie's death to strike Lügner with Demon-Slaying Magic and deliver the finishing blow.
• Outside the city, Frieren dismantled Aura’s Headless Puppet Army as Rienta supported her with defensive magic.
• Aura used the Scales of Obedience against Frieren, confident her mana would prevail, but Frieren explained that she had suppressed her mana for most of her life.
• Frieren released her full mana, far exceeding Aura’s, and commanded Aura to kill herself.
• Frieren comforted Rienta, then told him his training in mana suppression would begin immediately.

After the battle, Frieren’s party returned to the city, where Count Grausam found his son among the fallen and thanked Frieren for respecting the heroes’ remains. Frieren chose a grimoire as her reward, and the group reunited with Rienta as the city prepared to celebrate.

• Frieren tried to leave when she encountered Fern and the others, but Count Grausam stopped her and said he would not pursue what had happened before.
• Count Grausam searched the battlefield and found his son, while Rienta healed Fern and Stark and Frieren praised Fern and Stark for defeating Lügner and the others.
• The party returned to the city and learned that its residents planned a festival after the Demon King’s Army disappeared.
• At the Earl’s Estate, Frieren chose a grimoire by Flamme as her reward, and Stark fainted after mistaking an attendant with an axe for a threat.
• Count Grausam invited the group to enjoy the festival, and Fern carried Stark away with Flight Magic as the celebration began.

After receiving a mysterious reward from Schlacht the Omniscient, Rienta gained longevity and began wondering what it meant to become the King of Darkness. Once the celebration ended, Frieren's party set out for Äußerst to deal with the First-Class Mage checkpoint, as winter began in the Northern Lands.

• Rienta visited the damaged city wall, became trapped as red moonlight gathered around him, and absorbed it after about ten minutes.
• Rienta read Schlacht the Omniscient's letter, which said he had foreseen Rienta becoming the King of Darkness, and received longevity as the reward for the Demons anchor.
• Rienta returned to the inn, pondered his new lifespan and Schlacht's prediction, and eventually fell asleep beside Stark.
• After the three-day festivities and a memorial ceremony, Frieren's party prepared to leave, and Count Grausam explained that a First-Class Mage had to lead travelers through the Northern Plateau checkpoint.
• Fern pointed out that they could take the First-Class Mage exam in Äußerst, and Count Grausam wished the group a safe journey.
• As the party left the city, the first snow began to fall, and Frieren warned that winter in the Northern Lands had killed more people than the Demon King's Army.

A blizzard stranded Rienta and his companions near Mount Schvia, where they found shelter with Kraft, an elf Monk. Rienta prepared a hot pot for everyone, and the group settled in for the night as the storm continued.

• Rienta carried delirious Stark through the blizzard to a shelter Frieren remembered at the foot of Mount Schvia.
• Frieren, Fern, and Rienta found Kraft exercising shirtless inside, and learned he was an elf Monk who could not use magic.
• Rienta and Fern prepared a hot pot, and Frieren, Kraft, and Rienta ate while Stark joined in unconsciously in his dreams.
• After dinner, Kraft offered to watch over Stark, and they slept in each other's arms while Rienta gave Frieren and Fern the spare bedding.
• Rienta returned to his partitioned space, looking forward to Stark's reaction when he woke up.

Stark woke beside Kraft in the shelter, and the group weathered a six-month blizzard in the Shuvia Mountains. After the storm ended, Kraft gave Frieren a pendant for Fern and explained that he believed in the Goddess because he hoped someone would remember and praise him in Heaven.

• Stark woke beside Kraft, mistook the situation, and learned that the monk had warmed him through the night.
• Rienta and Kraft brought supplies to the shelter while Fern prepared buns and porridge for the hungry group.
• The group endured the six-month blizzard, hunting in the mountains when their supplies ran out, while Fern learned to cook from Rienta.
• After the blizzard ended, Kraft gave Frieren a carved pendant for Fern and told her he believed the Goddess existed so his deeds might be remembered in Heaven.
• Frieren called Kraft's belief wishful thinking, and Kraft asked whether she thought Heaven was wishful thinking too.

After bidding farewell to Kraft, Frieren and her companions crossed Mount Schvia and reached Sword Village, where the village chief asked Frieren to honor her old promise and deal with the Mountain Lord. The group agreed to handle the monsters the next day.

• Kraft left after telling Frieren they would meet again in a few centuries, and Frieren's group resumed their journey across Mount Schvia.
• A blizzard made Frieren fall asleep, so Fern carried her as the group searched for the village Frieren had mentioned.
• The group reached Sword Village, where the young forty-ninth village chief welcomed them and explained that the Mountain Lord had damaged houses around the village.
• Stark told Fern that Sword Village guarded the Hero's Sword and repeated the legend that only a hero who could defeat the Calamity That Destroys the World could draw it.
• The village chief reminded Frieren that she had promised to return and fulfill her duty of subjugating monsters, and Frieren agreed to deal with the Mountain Lord the next day.

Rienta, Frieren, Fern, and Stark cleared the monsters around Sword Village and discovered the truth about the Hero's Sword, which Himmel had never drawn. Rienta stopped the sword after easily pulling it partway free, then the group left the village and resumed their journey to Äußerst.

• Rienta and Frieren joined forces with Fern, Stark, and the village chief to clear monsters that were gathering at a cave, while the chief explained that Himmel's status as a hero had kept the village from requesting extermination.
• Stark leaped into the monster horde under Rienta's Rho Aias, and Frieren and Fern helped defeat the creatures, including the Mountain Lord.
• At the cave, Frieren revealed that Himmel had failed to draw the Hero's Sword but defeated the Demon King without it.
• Rienta asked to try the sword and pulled it partway from the stone before stopping, while the panel displayed a reward of "Goddess's Blessing."
• After the blizzard ended, Frieren, Rienta, Fern, and Stark said goodbye to the villagers and set out for Äußerst.

Frieren, Fern, and Rienta tried to find birthday gifts for Stark, while Fern went looking for him in town. After Fern asked what he wanted, Stark revealed that he had never received a birthday gift before because his family and master had died.

• Frieren showed Fern a potion that dissolved clothes as her planned gift for Stark, and Fern poured it over her before leaving.
• Fern asked Rienta what gift he planned to give Stark, and Rienta said he was considering longevity noodles.
• Frieren visited Rienta and said she planned to make Stark an extra-large hamburger steak.
• Fern found Stark at sunset after he had spent the day doing side quests, and overheard him comment on the clouds.
• Fern walked with Stark and asked what he wanted for his birthday, and Stark said he had never received a birthday gift from his late family or master.

Stark recalled abandoning his brother Stoltz during the demons’ attack, but Fern reassured him that she trusted him and invited him to choose a present. At the birthday dinner, Frieren’s oversized hamburger steak reminded Stark of his brother’s affection, and Stark received a white cape from Rienta that he decided to save until he felt stronger.

• Stark remembered that Stoltz had patiently trained him and secretly made him an oversized hamburger steak for every birthday, while Stark had fled alone when demons attacked their village.
• Fern told Stark that the warrior she knew had never run away and said she, Frieren, and Rienta would not let him flee.
• Rienta gave Stark a white, gold-patterned cape, and Frieren served an oversized hamburger steak made from Eisen’s recipe.
• Frieren explained that the hamburger steak was a birthday present and a reward for a hardworking warrior, prompting Stark to remember Stoltz’s birthday meals.
• Stark told Frieren that the hamburger steak was delicious, while Fern warned her not to use the clothes-dissolving potion on her again.
• Stark thanked Rienta for the cape but put it away, saying he would wear it when he was stronger, then revealed that Fern had given him a bracelet.

After Stark was bitten by a venomous snake, Rienta took the group back to Sein’s village, where they discovered that Sein had the same healing talent. Rienta approached Sein outside the church and demonstrated Magic That Heals Everything.

• Frieren rescued Sein from a swamp after finally remembering the spell to pull him out.
• Rienta and the others escorted Sein to his village, then continued their journey without joining its harvest festival.
• Stark picked berries and was bitten by a snake, so Rienta removed the venom and said Stark needed to rest.
• The group returned to the village, where Sein examined Stark and confirmed that Rienta had healed him effectively.
• Frieren told the priest that her disciple Rienta shared Sein’s healing talent.
• Rienta caught up with Sein outside the church and cast Magic That Heals Everything, surprising him.

Rienta learned why the Priest and Sein had argued, then found Sein at a gambling den and discovered Sein had already decided to become an adventurer. After Stark recovered, Frieren prepared to leave for the Large Town to celebrate Rienta and Fern’s approaching birthdays.

• The Priest told Rienta that he had urged Sein to become an adventurer and had struck him after Sein refused to leave him alone in the village.
• Rienta found Sein at a gambling den and treated him to wine while planning how to persuade him to leave.
• Sein told Rienta he had already decided to become an adventurer and would first ask around for news about the Gorilla.
• Rienta joked that Frieren’s age made her Sein’s type, and Sein warned him not to make that suggestion to Frieren.
• Frieren checked that Stark had recovered and prepared to lead the group toward the Large Town for Rienta and Fern’s upcoming birthdays.

Rienta helped Fern and Stark resolve their birthday quarrel in Lant, then hurried to prepare Fern’s present and a cake. A flashback showed Heiter explaining to Frieren why he acted like an adult for Fern and Rienta, and Frieren praising him in her own way.

• After arriving in Lant, Rienta learned that Fern was angry because Stark had not prepared a birthday present for her, and Frieren pointed out that Rienta had forgotten to prepare one too.
• Rienta told Fern that Stark had remembered her birthday and urged her to give him a chance to explain, prompting Fern to go apologize to him.
• At the plaza, Stark explained that he had wanted to choose a present with Fern, and the two apologized and made up before heading out to pick a gift together.
• Rienta and Frieren watched Fern and Stark reconcile, after which Rienta rushed to collect a custom-made present and make a cake for Fern.
• In a flashback, Heiter told Frieren that he acted like an adult so Fern and Rienta would have someone to rely on, and Frieren praised him by gently patting his head.

While escorting a merchant through Bond Forest, Frieren’s ring triggered a giant bird monster’s attack and sent their carriage flying. Rienta controlled the carriage after Frieren killed the monster, but once they landed safely, Frieren realized Himmel’s ring was missing.

• Frieren noticed Fern’s bracelet and said it matched a ring Himmel had given her, then searched her trunk for the ring.
• The carriage suddenly rose into the air, and Rienta used Telekinesis to pull the merchant inside and control the carriage.
• Frieren killed the bird monster with Offensive Magic while Rienta kept the carriage aloft.
• Rienta guided the carriage safely to the ground, and the group stopped to repair it and gather supplies.
• Frieren sorted the luggage but could not find Himmel’s ring and felt she had lost something important.

During a barbecue, Fern learned that her Mirror Lotus bracelet symbolized eternal love, while Frieren searched through the night for the ring Himmel had given her. With the merchant’s spell for finding lost accessories, Frieren located a light pointing toward the ring in the forest.

• Fern helped Rienta prepare barbecue ingredients while Stark made another table, and the group later enjoyed the meal together.
• The merchant explained that the Mirror Lotus on Fern’s bracelet symbolized eternal love, prompting Stark to awkwardly deny knowing its meaning.
• After the barbecue, Frieren slipped away at midnight to search for the ring Himmel had given her, and Fern joined her before dawn.
• Fern returned with Frieren to camp and asked everyone to help search; the merchant gave Frieren a scroll for Magic to Find Lost Accessories.
• Frieren learned the spell and cast it, and a bright light appeared in the distant forest to show her where the ring was.

Frieren remembered the moment Himmel placed a Mirror Lotus ring on her finger, then recovered the lost ring with Fern. When Rienta’s group found a village struck by a curse, Frieren suggested Goddess’s magic might help, prompting Rienta to try activating his Goddess’s Blessing.

• In a memory, Himmel bought Frieren a Mirror Lotus ring and slipped it onto her finger as bells rang from the Clock Tower.
• Frieren found her lost ring and returned to the carriage, where Fern said she was glad they had not given up; Fern explained that she wore a matching bracelet because Stark was an idiot.
• After crossing Bond Forest, Rienta’s group found a village whose inhabitants had all been cursed unconscious, and Rienta’s healing magic could not lift the curse.
• Frieren said Goddess’s magic could lift curses, reminding Rienta of the Goddess’s Blessing he had received for anchoring the Hero’s Sword.
• Rienta repeatedly cast Magic That Heals Everything to try to activate Goddess’s Blessing while Frieren, Fern, and Stark rested nearby.
• Frieren told Fern and Stark that Rienta had exceptional talent for developing magic, though she had kept her praise to herself so his head would not swell.

Rienta used Goddess magic to briefly clear the villagers’ curse, then tracked its source with modified magic. Frieren destroyed the Chaos Flower subspecies responsible, the villagers woke up, and the group continued on their way with Fern calling Rienta a pervert.

• Frieren explained that Goddess magic required aptitude and warned Fern and Stark not to tell Rienta about it.
• Rienta used Goddess’s Blessing with Magic That Heals Everything to remove the villagers’ curses, but the curses soon returned.
• Rienta used Modified Tracking Magic 2.0 to find the monster behind the curse and set off with Frieren while Fern stayed to watch Stark.
• Rienta cleared the curse from Frieren as they approached the monster, and Frieren quickly destroyed the Chaos Flower subspecies by striking its pistil.
• The villagers woke up after the monster died, and one woman thanked Rienta before the group left.
• Fern saw Rienta smiling after thinking about the woman and called him a pervert, while Rienta asked if she meant to say Stark.

Outside Frisch, Lord Alden asked Stark to impersonate his dead eldest son, Wirt, so the city’s leaders would believe their hero was still alive. Stark’s party accepted the request for ten gold coins and five grimoires, and Alden assigned his butler to teach Stark noble etiquette.

• Rienta’s party arrived outside Frisch, where Lord Alden and his butler singled out Stark and brought him to the Alden mansion.
• After Frieren objected to Alden’s behavior, he apologized and explained that Stark resembled his eldest son, Wirt.
• Alden revealed that Wirt had died fighting a demon general a month earlier and that the city needed to maintain morale until its forces were replenished.
• Alden asked Stark to pose as Wirt at an upcoming gathering, and Rienta negotiated the payment up to ten gold coins and five grimoires.
• Stark worried about impersonating Wirt and his forehead scar, but Alden said the scar could pass as a battle wound.
• Alden told his butler Gabel to teach Stark noble social etiquette.

Stark and his companions stayed at the Alden mansion, where Stark trained in noble etiquette and swordsmanship while posing as the late Wirt. After the social gathering, Stark refused Alden’s offer to stay and replace his son, and the group prepared to leave with their payment and chosen grimoires.

• Stark practiced noble etiquette and swordsmanship, while Alden explained that he was honoring Wirt’s final wish by having Stark stand in for him.
• Alden introduced Stark to his second son, Mut, and encouraged Stark by saying Mut’s hard work would make him a strong knight.
• Fern joined Stark in etiquette practice, and at the social gathering she accepted his invitation to dance.
• After the gathering, Stark rejected Alden’s offer to stay, saying he needed to return to the person who raised him with stories from his travels.
• Rienta and Frieren chose grimoires from the Alden mansion’s library, while Stark watched Alden teaching Mut and said Alden would not have to worry about his heir.

Frieren took Rienta, Fern, and Stark to visit Grandpa Voll in the Kura Region, where Stark and Rienta trained with the veteran dwarf. Rienta showed off his projected swords but was sent flying by Voll’s counterattack.

• Frieren reunited with Grandpa Voll, who knocked Stark down with his scabbard and urged him to learn from his carelessness.
• Frieren, Fern, and Rienta settled into the village, and Rienta asked Voll to train him in swordsmanship.
• Rienta healed Stark, then joined him in an open space to demonstrate his Projection Magic to Voll.
• Rienta attacked Voll with phantom swords and a rushing strike, but Voll anticipated him and sent him flying with a scabbard thrust.

Rienta and Stark trained under Grandpa Fel, who identified their weaknesses and gave them exercises, while Rienta struggled to choose how to develop his fighting style. On the eve of the group’s departure, Frieren learned that Grandpa Fel had forgotten the person whose memory had once inspired him to protect the village, and she realized he also seemed to have forgotten that the Demon King had already been defeated.

• Rienta and Stark sparred with Grandpa Fel, who assessed Rienta’s swordsmanship and pointed out Stark’s shortcomings as a young warrior.
• Grandpa Fel assigned Rienta training and made Stark carry a huge boulder, while Rienta considered combining his magic with close-range combat.
• After a week, Grandpa Fel noticed Rienta was stuck in a rut and told him to rest; Frieren planned to talk with him.
• During a walk, Frieren thanked Grandpa Fel for helping her make memories of Himmel and his party, but Grandpa Fel admitted he could no longer remember the woman who had inspired him to protect the village.
• Grandpa Fel asked where Frieren was traveling, and when she said she was going to Ende to defeat the Demon King, he wished for the Demon King’s defeat and an age of peace.
• Frieren realized Grandpa Fel had forgotten that the Demon King had already been defeated, but could not bring herself to tell him.

The Hero Party learned that Grandpa Voll had protected a village for centuries to honor a promise to his late wife, and Frieren promised to carry their memories forward. Frieren spoke with Rienta about his doubts, and he decided to follow his own path as the party continued toward Äußerst.

• Himmel asked Grandpa Voll why he had protected the village, and Grandpa Voll explained that he had promised his wife to protect the village she loved.
• Himmel said Grandpa Voll's wife would be happy he had kept his promise, and the party joked that Frieren would preserve their memories into the future.
• Frieren told Grandpa Voll that she would carry her memories of him forward, and Grandpa Voll said he had dreamed of his wife.
• Frieren visited Rienta, who explained that he no longer needed to become a genius or catch up to his companions, because he had his own path to follow.
• The party prepared to leave for Äußerst, and Grandpa Voll told Frieren he had dreamed of his wife after talking about the past.