Chapter Summaries

In the rain outside Strahl, Rienta and Frieren cared for Heiter after he collapsed, while Rienta understood that his magic could not stop Heiter’s life from naturally ending. He found Fern training on the cliffs and brought her home after she voiced her worry about Heiter and her own progress.

• Rienta found Heiter sitting outside in the rain and offered to help him inside, but Heiter insisted he could walk on his own.
• Frieren told Heiter that Fern had made exceptional progress but was pushing herself too hard, and said she was nearly finished deciphering Sage Aiwisi’s grimoire.
• Heiter collapsed in the study, and Rienta used his healing magic to treat Heiter’s hidden injuries and illnesses, though he knew it could not stop the passage of life.
• Rienta told Frieren that Heiter had not lost consciousness because of an illness, and waited with her for him to wake.
• Rienta found Fern training in the rain and told her Heiter had fallen ill; Fern worried that Heiter was near the end and compared her progress with Rienta’s.
• Fern put away her staff and told Rienta they should go home.

Rienta, Fern, and Frieren cared for the ill Heiter while Fern completed her training and Rienta established a second anchor with her. After Frieren learned the grimoire held no magic to defeat death, Heiter explained his plan to prepare the children for life without him, and Frieren agreed to keep training Fern.

• Rienta made a mild medicinal dish for Heiter, while Fern and Frieren joined him for dinner.
• Rienta established his second anchor with Fern and gained a personal space as its reward, while Fern completed her training by blasting through a massive boulder.
• A week later, Frieren brought Heiter the grimoire translation and told him it contained no magic to revive the dead or grant immortality.
• Heiter revealed that he had asked Frieren to take in Fern and Rienta so they would become independent, then urged her to leave with them that night.
• Frieren told Heiter to say a proper farewell to the children and make happy memories, and he said he had saved them because Himmel would have done the same.
• As Frieren walked through the forest, she remembered her journey with Himmel and decided to train Fern by having her blast through the boulder.

After Heiter’s burial, Frieren, Fern, and Rienta continued their travels, taking ordinary commissions and collecting unusual magic. A request to clean a statue of Himmel led Frieren to search the forest for the long-lost Blue-Moon Weed, while Rienta suspected the Seed Mice Fern found might point them toward it.

• Frieren poured the wine she had saved over Heiter’s grave, and she, Fern, and Rienta set out together.
• In the Tark Region, the party harvested pumpkins for a commission and received magic that conjured hot tea as payment.
• Frieren, Fern, and Rienta cleaned a statue of Himmel, and their client told them Blue-Moon Weed had once grown in the forest but had not been seen for decades.
• Fern found Seed Mice at the apothecary’s home and released them into the forest, while Rienta wondered whether they had eaten Blue-Moon Weed seeds.
• Frieren persuaded Fern and Rienta to search the forest for Blue-Moon Weed so she could study a specimen and learn to conjure it.

Rienta received Telekinesis from a message sent by the Hero of the South and began training with it while searching for Blue-Moon Weed with Frieren and Fern. After Fern worried that the search could take years, Rienta revealed his plan to use Seed Mice to locate their hidden food, where Blue-Moon Weed might grow.

• Rienta discovered a message from the Hero of the South in his panel and gained Telekinesis, which he tested on a sword and luggage in his Personal Space.
• Rienta considered using Telekinesis to fly on a larger sword, but realized he lacked the money to have one made.
• Fern saved Rienta breakfast, and he asked whether they had enough travel money before Frieren urged them to continue searching for Blue-Moon Weed.
• A month later, Fern worried that Frieren might spend years searching for Blue-Moon Weed and could be helping others instead.
• Rienta explained that Seed Mice hide collected food in safe places and suggested following one to find a cache that might contain Blue-Moon Weed.
• Fern eagerly agreed to search for Seed Mice with Rienta the next day.

Rienta, Fern, and Frieren searched for Blue-Moon Weed by using seeds to attract Seed Mice, with Frieren promising to stop if they found nothing after a week. On the fourth day, a Seed Mouse took Fern’s bait, and Frieren’s tracking spell led them to a dilapidated tower.

• Rienta apologized to Fern, then proposed finding Blue-Moon Weed within a week, and the three planned to bait Seed Mice in the forest.
• The old apothecary gave Frieren seeds from a species related to Blue-Moon Weed, and Frieren said she would stop searching if they failed to find it.
• Rienta, Fern, and Frieren found no Seed Mice on the first three days, and other animals ate their bait.
• On the fourth day, a Seed Mouse carried off Fern’s bait, and Frieren used a tracking spell to follow its footprints.
• While they tracked the Seed Mouse, Frieren told Fern that collecting magic was an interest and recalled a fool who praised her spells.
• The tracking trail led the three to a dilapidated tower in the forest.

Frieren, Fern, and Rienta found Blue-Moon Weed atop a tower and completed the apothecary’s request by restoring the flowers around Himmel’s statue. After setting out again, Rienta studied Flower field magic but discovered he could not make lotuses bloom beneath his feet without first analyzing a lotus.

• Frieren, Fern, and Rienta found a tower covered in Blue-Moon Weed, and Frieren remembered Himmel’s wish to see the flowers.
• Frieren analyzed the Blue-Moon Weed while Fern explained that she had learned magic to survive on her own.
• Frieren cast Flower field magic around Himmel’s statue, and the client thanked her for the beautiful flowers.
• Frieren placed a Blue-Moon Weed crown on Himmel’s statue, then the group resumed their journey after resting.
• Rienta asked Frieren to teach him Flower field magic and studied her scroll, but he realized he could not make lotuses bloom without analyzing one first.

In Baalum, Rienta accompanied Fern to buy supplies, then explored ways to make a sword himself after learning the blacksmith’s price. Frieren took Rienta and Fern to a seaside dessert shop, where she apologized to them as their desserts arrived.

• Frieren suggested splitting up to shop, and Rienta took Fern to buy supplies while Frieren went off on her own.
• Rienta asked a blacksmith about forging a sword, learned it would cost five Schutral silver coins, and returned to the inn without enough money.
• Rienta entered his personal space and began planning magic inspired by Unlimited Blade Works and the Gate of Babylon to make swords himself.
• Frieren took Rienta and Fern to a seaside dessert shop using her secret savings, and they ordered pudding, a muffin, and tiramisu.
• When the desserts arrived, Frieren looked dejected and apologized to Rienta and Fern.

Frieren gave Fern and Rienta birthday gifts and reassured them that she wanted to know them better. After they left Baalum, the three continued their journey, with Frieren explaining that she wanted to revisit places tied to her adventures with Himmel and the others before they disappeared.

• Frieren apologized for not knowing Fern and Rienta well and gave Fern a silver butterfly hair ornament and Rienta silver bracers for his birthday.
• Fern told Frieren that her wish to get to know them already made them happy, and Frieren cheered up.
• The three left Baalum, and Frieren explained that she was collecting magic while seeking traces of her old adventures before they weathered away.
• Rienta studied grimoires about analysis and creation to develop Projection Magic, which would copy or create weapons.
• Frieren urged Fern to practice defensive magic and said she needed to read Fern a book about the history of magic before bed, while Fern insisted she could read it herself.

Rienta, Frieren, and Fern traveled to a village to confront Qual the Elder Sage of Corruption, whose seal had become unstable. After learning that Himmel had sealed Qual rather than killed him, Rienta planned for the next day's battle, while Frieren discovered Fern knew nothing about their opponent.

• Frieren finished Fern's defensive magic training, and Fern recognized that she should cast the spell over a small area just before an attack reaches her.
• Frieren told Rienta and Fern they were going to deal with Qual, and Rienta recalled that Qual had created Zoltraak, the piercing magic later adapted into ordinary offensive magic.
• An old man from the village guided the group to Qual's seal and explained that Himmel had visited yearly to check it.
• Frieren found the seal unstable and said they would undo it and confront Qual the following day.
• Rienta learned that Himmel's party had sealed Qual because they could not kill him, then considered how he and Fern might assist Frieren in the fight.
• Frieren realized Fern did not know about Qual and decided she could learn about him during the battle the next day.

Frieren, Fern, and Rienta fought and killed Qual the Corruption Sage eighty years after he was sealed. Afterward, Frieren praised Rienta’s defensive magic, reminded Fern to study magical history, and the three prepared to return to the village.

• Frieren released Qual from his seal, and he attacked the group with Zoltraak after learning that the Demon King had been killed.
• Fern blocked Qual’s first attack, but Qual analyzed her defensive magic and discovered its weakness.
• Fern and Rienta defended against Qual’s powerful beam while Frieren counterattacked with Zoltraak.
• Frieren’s spell struck Qual and killed him, while Rienta reflected on his Rho Aias defensive magic.
• Frieren praised Rienta’s magic, and she told Fern that the mission had also tested her knowledge of magical history.
• Frieren cast flower field magic over the battlefield before the three left to return to the village.

Frieren and her companions left the village after defeating Qual, then accepted a commission to clear shipwrecks from the Granz Strait in exchange for a forged grimoire. Three months into the work, winter exposed Frieren and Rienta’s reluctance to get up early, while Fern kept them on task.

• Frieren told the villagers that Qual had been eliminated and recognized the old man in the straw hat as the boy who had once flipped up her skirt.
• As they left the village, Fern said Himmel must have trusted Frieren, and Frieren smiled and patted her head.
• At the Granz Strait, Frieren accepted a commission to clear the shore despite discovering that the offered book of Flamme’s writings was a forgery.
• Frieren admitted she accepted the commission partly for herself, and she, Fern, and Rienta began clearing the shipwrecks.
• Three months later, Fern scolded Frieren and Rienta for their winter laziness, and Frieren recalled that she used to oversleep while traveling with Himmel’s party.

After completing a coastal cleanup commission, Frieren accepted an invitation to watch the New Year’s sunrise, hoping to see for herself a view she had missed with Himmel. Rienta asked Frieren to examine his failed Projection Magic research, and she concluded she understood why it was not working.

• Frieren and Fern told their client the cleanup was nearly finished, and Frieren eventually agreed to attend the village’s New Year’s sunrise celebration.
• Frieren recalled missing a sunrise invitation from Himmel and said she wanted to see one with her own eyes; Rienta decided to go with her.
• Rienta reflected on his stalled progress with Projection Magic and realized Frieren might be able to help him.
• After the commission was completed, Rienta showed Frieren his Projection Magic research notes, and she said she understood why his attempts had failed.

Rienta refined Projection Magic after Frieren explained that he needed to separate creating a weapon from adding its properties, then successfully projected swords without the demanding “eternity” property. He demonstrated the new spell to Frieren and Fern, and said the sword could last a day when unused.

• Frieren told Rienta that his Projection Magic principles were sound but that he needed to simplify the spell and separate projecting a weapon from adding its properties.
• Rienta removed the “eternity” property and spent the night developing and testing Projection Magic, finding that projected swords could clash with ordinary iron swords before breaking.
• Fern read Rienta’s research notes while Frieren revealed that his other planned property was “special effects.”
• After sleeping through the day, Rienta projected a longsword for Frieren and Fern to inspect.
• Rienta said the projected sword was somewhat tougher than an ordinary longsword in battle and could last a day if unused.

Rienta celebrated completing Projection Magic by cooking a feast with Frieren and Fern, then joined them to watch the New Year's sunrise. Frieren realized that sharing the view with her companions made it beautiful, and the three returned together after the dawn.

• Rienta invited Frieren and Fern to choose ingredients, then cooked several dishes with Fern while Frieren read in the living room.
• Frieren and Fern eagerly ate Rienta's dinner, and Frieren proposed making it a weekly tradition before Fern limited it to once a month because of their travel funds.
• Rienta completed Special Effects Magic and stayed up all night practicing poses before going to wake Frieren and Fern for the New Year's sunrise.
• Rienta, Frieren, and Fern watched the sun rise over the sea, and Frieren recognized that being with them made the sunrise meaningful to her.
• Fern teased Frieren and Rienta about their trouble getting up early, and the three headed back together.

Frieren and her apprentices helped Eisen search the Foel Basin for Flamme’s notes, which Heiter had uncovered in church records. The notes revealed the location of Aurevole, where souls rest, leaving Frieren with a chance to seek a conversation with the dead.

• Eisen welcomed Frieren, Rienta, and Fern, then asked Frieren to help him find Flamme’s notes in the Foel Basin.
• Eisen explained that Heiter had found a lead in church documents, and Frieren guided the group to search for a large tree.
• After the first day’s search failed, Fern spotted ruins beneath a large tree to the west.
• Frieren opened the tree’s thousand-year-old barrier and found Flamme’s grimoire inside.
• Eisen asked whether the notes described a conversation with the dead, and Frieren found the passage naming Aurevole in the far north as the place where souls rest.

Frieren, Fern, and Rienta left Eisen and continued their journey toward Ende. In the Wille Region, they investigated disappearances attributed to ghosts, and Frieren identified the creatures as Ainzam before the group prepared to confront them.

• Frieren agreed to search for Aurevole, and she, Fern, and Rienta returned to Eisen’s house; Rienta said Frieren was a very good master.
• Frieren set out with Fern and Rienta after Eisen declined to join them, and Eisen warned that the journey to Ende would be long.
• In Wille, a stall owner told the party that travelers had gone missing along a mountain path and that witnesses had seen ghosts.
• Rienta and Fern learned that the ghosts could imitate people’s family members, while Frieren dismissed them as monsters with bad taste.
• At the disappearance site, Frieren identified the creatures as Ainzam, which used Illusion Magic to imitate important people and could be defeated with attack magic.
• Fern said she could strike the phantoms, and Frieren asked whether she and Rienta could bring themselves to attack them.

Frieren, Fern, and Rienta fought Phantom Demons on the mountain path to Wille, with Fern overcoming her hesitation and destroying a phantom of Heiter. Rienta hid the identity of his own phantom, whose appearance stirred memories he could no longer clearly recall, as the group continued toward Aurevole.

• Frieren warned Fern and Rienta to attack the Phantom Demons without hesitation as mist closed around them.
• A Phantom Demon imitating Heiter called to Fern, while another appeared to Rienta; Rienta destroyed his phantom with the Candle-Clasping Blade.
• Frieren defeated a phantom of Himmel, and Fern then overcame her hesitation and obliterated the Heiter phantom.
• Frieren declared the mountain path safe and reminded Fern they would see the real Heiter at Aurevole.
• Frieren asked Rienta whose phantom he had faced, but he avoided answering, troubled by how much he had forgotten about the person in his memories.

Rienta, Frieren, and Fern tried to steal a grimoire from a Red Mirror Dragon’s nest, but Fern’s attack failed and they fled when the dragon pursued them. They went to a nearby village to meet Stark, whose past confrontation with the dragon had kept the village safe.

• Rienta, Frieren, and Fern found the Red Mirror Dragon guarding the nest and its grimoire in Riegel Canyon.
• Fern attacked the sleeping dragon, but her spell bounced off its scales and provoked it into chasing them.
• Rienta carried Fern and Frieren away with Telekinesis, and the dragon stopped pursuing them and returned to its nest.
• Frieren decided they should seek Stark, and the three traveled to the nearby village where he lived.
• An old woman told them Stark had confronted the dragon three years earlier, after which it had left the village alone.

Frieren asked Stark to join her party and help defeat the Red Mirror Dragon for a grimoire, and learned that he had never fought a monster and was terrified of the dragon. After Frieren gave him a night to decide, Rienta and Fern discovered Stark was Eisen’s disciple and saw him training at the rift that night.

• Stark warned Frieren, Fern, and Rienta about the Red Mirror Dragon and admitted he had left his master without saying goodbye.
• Frieren asked Stark to join the party as its vanguard and help defeat the dragon so she could retrieve a grimoire from its nest.
• Stark revealed that he had no experience fighting monsters and begged Frieren to save him, but she insisted he could fight the dragon and gave him one night to decide.
• Frieren told Rienta and Fern that Stark had made the rift and was Eisen’s disciple.
• After hearing booms that night, Rienta and Fern found Stark striking the rift with his axe, and he stopped when he noticed them.

Stark admitted that he feared fighting the dragon but felt responsible for protecting the village, then returned the next morning to face the Red Mirror Dragon with Frieren, Fern, and Rienta. As he approached the dragon, he steadied himself by realizing that his master had also felt fear.

• Stark told Rienta and Fern that he might run from battle, but he wanted to protect the villagers who saw him as a hero.
• Stark explained that the scar on his forehead came from an argument with his master, who had never acknowledged him.
• Fern told Stark she believed his determination to protect the village was genuine, and Rienta left with her without offering to heal the scar.
• The next morning, Stark rejoined Frieren, Fern, and Rienta and asked Frieren to finish the dragon even if he died during the fight.
• The group reached the Red Mirror Dragon's lair, where Stark descended toward it while remembering Frieren's words that his master had also been afraid.