Recaps

Galan swallowed an experimental pill that temporarily drew out his body's potential, then resisted its corrupting effect and prepared to face Oris without relying on Lia's dwindling mana. The two warriors squared off for a final clash, while Lia watched from above.

• Galan and Oris struggled over their weapons as Lia's wind blades forced Oris to dodge and then block her magic with a sweeping strike of sword qi.
• Galan swallowed his experimental red pill, felt its power surge through him, and fought off the corruption threatening his spirit.
• Lia kept Oris at bay from the air but had spent nearly seventy percent of her mana, so Galan decided to stop relying on her protection.
• Galan walked toward Oris and declared that he only needed borrowed strength to defeat him, prompting Oris to laugh at his challenge.
• Galan and Oris locked eyes across the clearing, containing their auras as Lia watched tensely for their final exchange.

Galan fought Oris and was badly wounded by his powerful sword techniques. With Lia’s help, Galan clung to Oris long enough for her to strike him, then stabbed him through the back and killed him.

• Galan wounded Oris in their first exchange, but Oris then overwhelmed him with the technique Divine Fist.
• Oris slashed Galan’s chest with Heaven-Splitting, leaving him gravely injured, and turned his attention toward Lia.
• Lia used Holy Wind Wall to defend Galan, then unleashed a powerful magical attack at Oris.
• Galan grabbed Oris’s leg and held him in place, allowing Lia’s attack to pierce his abdomen.
• Galan drove the Alchemy Longsword into Oris’s back and twisted it, killing him.

After burying Oris, Galan collapsed from his injuries and nearly died, but Lia returned with a potion that saved him. As she cared for him, she asked him to rely on her more, and Galan comforted her while accepting her resolve to grow stronger.

• Galan buried Oris in the woods with the Alchemy Longsword and marked the grave with a makeshift cross.
• Galan collapsed beside the grave, gravely injured and struggling to stay conscious as a faint voice urged him not to die.
• Lia arrived with a potion and gave it to Galan, restoring him enough to recover and move.
• Lia cleaned Galan's blood and told him he could rely on her more instead of facing everything alone.
• Galan admitted their survival had depended on luck, and Lia said she would grow stronger so she could help him.
• Galan stroked Lia's head affectionately as she bowed before him.

Galan left the city with Lia to travel south alongside Frieren, hoping to escape the Shadow Warriors’ influence and give Lia a chance to learn from the mage. As they set out, Frieren remembered her teacher Flamme and said farewell to Galan’s friends.

• Frieren asked Galan why he was injured again, and he said he had run into trouble without explaining what had happened with Oris.
• Galan told Frieren he was willing to leave his apothecary business behind so he could live well with Lia and get away from the Shadow Warriors’ reach.
• Lia arrived at the tavern, met Frieren, and asked if she could become as strong as the hero who defeated the Demon King; Frieren praised her talent and encouraged her to train.
• Patting Lia’s head reminded Frieren of Flamme, and she recalled her teacher’s hopes for humanity and the spread of magic.
• Glenn and Theresia saw Galan and Lia off at the city gate, teasing them about being happy together.
• Galan hugged Glenn goodbye, then left with Lia to follow Frieren toward the next town.

Galan, Lia, and Frieren accepted a farmer’s request to investigate strange noises and missing animals on his farm, choosing a grimoire as their reward. During the ride, Lia revealed that a mysterious person had saved her from a Demon General and taught her that strength could protect what mattered to her.

• Galan thanked the old farmer for giving the group a ride toward the nearby town.
• Frieren asked Lia why she wanted to learn magic, and Lia explained that Demons had destroyed her village and that her rescuer had taught her to become strong enough to protect beautiful things.
• The old farmer asked whether the group were adventurers and described strange noises, damaged fences, and missing animals at his farm.
• Frieren accepted the commission in exchange for the farmer’s grimoire, [Magic That Makes Animals Sleep More Soundly].

Frieren began training Lia after seeing her cast Ordinary Offensive Magic quickly but waste too much mana. Galan learned that the old man’s wife had been killed by Demons, leaving the investigation unfinished.

• Frieren corrected Lia’s casting posture, and Lia pierced a tree with Ordinary Offensive Magic before Frieren criticized her mana control.
• Galan was knocked into manure while searching the cowshed, then the old man took him home and gave him a bath.
• Galan recognized the old man’s handmade soap as scented with wisteria, an herb used to deter monsters.
• Galan saw a painting of the old man with a woman and asked whether she was his wife.
• The old man recounted how he had saved the woman from a wolf and later married her, then revealed that Demons had killed her.

After Frieren and Lia returned to the farm, Galan shared evidence suggesting the missing cows had escaped from inside the farm, though the group could not explain how. Frieren decided they would keep watch that night, and the old man took up his hunting bow.

• Lia returned from Frieren's exhausting training and greeted Galan, while the old man served dinner and Lia admired his golden moth orchids.
• Frieren asked Galan about his investigation, and he reported that the fences had been broken from the inside and that only cow tracks appeared nearby.
• Galan wondered whether the old man's wisteria soap had affected the cows, but the others dismissed the suggestion.
• Frieren proposed keeping watch overnight to learn what was happening, and the old man agreed and took his hunting bow from the cupboard.

Frieren’s group discovered that a strange cry came from a deer parasitized by a Chaos Flower, which controlled cattle and drew an entire herd of infected deer from the woods. Frieren left the fight to Lia as a test of her lessons, despite the old man’s concern.

• The old man helped the group wait outside the farm, and a strange cry from the woods caused the cattle to ram the locked cowshed doors.
• Frieren determined that the cry affected cattle but not the people watching, then waited for moonlight to reveal its source.
• The group saw a flower growing from a deer’s head, and Frieren explained that a Chaos Flower seedling had parasitized the animal.
• More than ten infected deer emerged, and Frieren asked Lia to fight them as a test of what she had learned.
• The old man objected to leaving the battle to Lia, but Frieren and Galan reassured him not to underestimate her.

Lia used the magic control and mana-suppression techniques Frieren had taught her to ambush the [Chaos Flower] monsters, then destroyed their defenses with a powerful fusion spell. The old man watching her was left impressed by her strength.

• Lia approached the [Chaos Flower] monsters while suppressing her mana and killed the first one with a beam aimed at its flower core.
• Lia evaded the monsters’ counterattack and struck them with compressed magic, but several survivors reflected her attacks with their leaves.
• Lia flew above the monsters and cast [Tornado Magic] and [Gale Inferno Transformation Magic], engulfing them in a fire tornado.
• The old man watched Lia’s spell and admitted that he had underestimated her.

The author explained that illness, school troubles, and poor promotion numbers led them to make the novel premium early. They thanked readers and editor Penglai, outlined plans to update about four thousand characters daily and finish within three months, and recommended other works.

• The author said they had been ill with a fever, struggled with the story, and felt weighed down by problems at school.
• After the first promotion performed poorly, the author made the novel premium early to qualify for the next month's attendance bonus.
• The author thanked readers for their support and editor Penglai for helping them publish their first novel.
• The author said they would probably write about four thousand characters a day and aimed to finish the book within the three-month attendance-bonus period.
• The author recommended Ge'an Huan Guanhou's "Frieren: Aura the Guillotine at the Start" and "Swallowed Star: My Cultivation Time Has No Upper Limit."

Lia’s improved fighting and mana concealment impressed Galan, while Frieren explained that concealing mana was necessary to deceive Demons. As the group headed back to the farm, a Demon appeared, and the old man recognized him with sudden, furious intensity.

• Galan praised Frieren for improving Lia’s combat skills, and Frieren told Lia to keep practicing mana suppression so she could deceive Demons.
• After Lia destroyed the monsters and rejoined the group, Frieren explained why Demons must be deceived by concealed mana.
• As the group walked toward the farm, Frieren and Galan sensed someone approaching through the woods.
• A Demon emerged and spoke of seeing two elves in one night; Frieren warned the others not to judge his strength by his mana alone.
• The old man recognized the Demon from his recurring dreams and was overcome by rage.

Zack and Meli prepared for the village harvest festival, but Meli confronted Zack for forgetting their promise to visit the market in Singer Town. The chapter ended with Zack rushing to borrow a carriage so he could make it up to her.

• Zack carried supplies for the harvest festival while Meli returned and caught him struggling under the load.
• Meli reminded Zack that he had promised to take her to the market in Singer Town before the evening party.
• Zack apologized after remembering his promise and Meli's plans to bless the village's young people with him.
• Zack hurried to find someone to take over his work, borrowed a carriage, and set off to take Meli to town.
• Meli watched Zack rush around and privately wished he had simply hugged her.

Zack and Meli enjoyed a leisurely carriage ride as Meli teased him about not recognizing the flower whose fragrance he liked. The chapter ended with Zack promising to remember that golden moth orchids were her favorite, while Meli blushed at his serious reply.

• Meli rested her head on Zack's shoulder as he drove their carriage, and he subtly lowered his shoulder to make her more comfortable.
• Zack asked Meli about the fragrance in her hair, and she challenged him to guess which flower it came from.
• Meli revealed that the scent came from golden moth orchids, her favorite flower, and reminded Zack she had held them at their portrait sitting.
• Zack admitted he had never learned the flower's name, then promised solemnly to remember it.
• Meli blushed at Zack's reply, while he mistook her quiet reaction for approval.

Zack and Meli spent a few hours shopping together in Singer Town, teasing and flirting as they grew more comfortable as a married couple. On the ride home, Meli fell asleep on Zack’s lap, and he felt content with their quiet life together.

• Zack and Meli entered Singer Town after Moss teased Zack about bringing his wife into town.
• Meli asked Zack to say he loved her in public, and he quietly said it into her ear.
• Meli chose a pair of flower-shaped earrings at a market stall, and Zack praised them until she bought them.
• A peddler offered Zack a Potion That Only Dissolves Clothes, and Meli kicked him away after overhearing the offer.
• Meli fell asleep on Zack’s lap in the carriage on the way home, while Zack felt satisfied with his life.

During the Demons’ attack on the village, Zack found Meli, only to watch a Demon kill her before Uncle Jack rescued him. Zack was left in shock as Jack dragged him away, while the Demon returned to the ruins.

• Zack learned from Uncle Jack that Demons had attacked the village and ran back to search for Meli.
• Zack found Meli alive among the ruins and offered her the silver ring he had planned to give her.
• A Demon pierced Meli’s chest with its black hand and killed her in front of Zack.
• Uncle Jack returned after taking the village chief’s children to safety and blocked the Demon’s attack on Zack.
• Jack dragged the stunned Zack away, and the Demon turned back toward the party venue.

Galan, Frieren, Lia, and Zack fought a Demon whose black-hand magic resisted their attacks. An old hunter appeared and revealed a personal, long-awaited vendetta against the Demon.

• The Demon attacked with a magical black hand, and Galan charged in while Lia knocked aside a strike aimed at his neck.
• Galan pressured the Demon with sword attacks, and Frieren followed his cue by casting Lightning of Destruction, which the Demon blocked with summoned hands.
• Galan dismissed the Demon's offer of peaceful coexistence and questioned him about the familiar words Demons used before killing people.
• An old man shot an arrow at the Demon, drawing the Demon’s attention and revealing the hunter’s fierce desire for revenge after finally seeing him again.

Zack confronted the Demon who had killed his wife decades earlier, but the Demon dismissed his revenge and attacked Galan, Frieren, and Lia with three powerful ghostly hands. Galan survived the Demon’s point-blank Explosion Magic and stood ready to fight again.

• Zack reminded the Demon that he had killed Zack’s wife during a harvest festival decades earlier and fired an arrow at him.
• The Demon caught and broke Zack’s arrow, then enlarged his three ghostly hands and sent them after Galan, Frieren, and Lia.
• Frieren and Lia took to the air and attacked the hands with Ordinary Offensive Magic while Galan met his hand with Sanzu River Style.
• The Demon slipped past Galan’s blade and struck him with point-blank Explosion Magic, but Galan blocked much of the blow and landed safely.
• The Demon acknowledged that Galan had survived an attack that had killed many human soldiers before.

Galan, Frieren, Lia, and Zack defeated the Demon after he tried to attack Zack, and Zack finally ended the decades-long vengeance by shooting the Demon in the head. The floral scent at the farm helped Zack remember the Butterfly Orchid and the promise he had made.

• Galan kept the Demon occupied while Zack shot an arrow into his shoulder, and the Demon charged at Zack in retaliation.
• Frieren intervened to protect Zack, while Lia trapped two of the Demon's ghostly hands with wind magic.
• The Demon tried to flee, but Lia blocked his escape and Frieren overpowered his Mortal-Killing Magic with Ordinary Offensive Magic.
• Zack shot the fallen Demon in the forehead, making him vanish into particles of mana.
• Galan praised Lia for her performance, and Zack recognized the floral scent as Butterfly Orchid and remembered his promise to always remember it.

Frieren accepted a grimoire as her reward from Zack, who also gave Galan silver rings after teasing him about Lia. The group left the farm and reached Logue Town, where Frieren could not pass the gate because the guard did not recognize her Staff of the Sage as valid identification.

• Zack gave Frieren the grimoire Magic to Make Animals Sleep More Soundly, and Galan reassured him that it was enough payment.
• Zack gave Galan a pair of silver rings, teasing him about his relationship with Lia.
• Lia returned with golden moth orchids she had picked for Galan, and Zack watched them fondly.
• Zack drove Frieren, Galan, and Lia to Logue Town, where Frieren noted that its walls had grown thicker since her last visit decades earlier.
• At the town gate, Frieren presented the Staff of the Sage as identification, but the guard did not recognize it and refused to let her enter.

Frieren was stopped at Singer Town’s gate because the guard rejected her holy staff emblem and her battered travel document signed by Flamme. The commander recognized her after testing her composure and welcomed her into the city.

• Galan took Lia into Singer Town after Frieren was stopped at the gate, and Lia worried that Frieren might not be allowed in.
• Frieren showed the guard a travel document signed by Flamme, but he refused to accept it.
• The newly transferred commander arrived and listened as the guard explained Frieren’s lack of other documents.
• The commander tested Frieren with a surge of killing aura, but she remained calm.
• The commander recognized Frieren as the elf mage of the Hero Party and welcomed her to Singer Town.

Galan and Lia explored a market while Frieren was still missing, and Galan argued with a stall owner over an overpriced rabbit carving. Frieren arrived and became captivated by an unidentified grimoire, leaving Galan worried she would buy it.

• Lia spotted a rabbit-shaped stone carving and wanted it, but the stall owner demanded two Lalci Gold Coins.
• Galan challenged the price and grew angry, while Lia tugged at his sleeve to suggest they leave.
• Frieren arrived with her suitcase, and Galan asked whether she had sneaked into town.
• Frieren noticed a tattered grimoire at the stall and asked the owner about it.
• The owner admitted he did not know what magic it contained, but Frieren insisted on pursuing it, and Galan feared she would spend their money.

Frieren haggled with a vendor over an old grimoire while Galan worried about her spending his money. After she walked away, the vendor called her back with a much lower offer, and Frieren prepared to name her price.

• Frieren decided she wanted to buy the grimoire, and the vendor asked five Lalci Gold Coins for it.
• Frieren offered three coins, but the vendor tried to persuade her that the grimoire might be a rare treasure.
• Frieren unexpectedly walked away, delighting Galan and leaving the vendor stunned.
• The vendor shouted that he would sell the grimoire for one Lalci Gold Coin, and Frieren said that was still expensive.
• The vendor gave up and invited Frieren to name her price, while Frieren revealed she had been waiting for him to say so.

Galan, Frieren, and Lia settled into an inn after Frieren bought a grimoire, then chose their dinner. The chapter ended with Frieren ordering three puddings after wondering whether she was still growing.

• Frieren bought a battered grimoire for silver coins after bargaining down the price, and Lia admired her frugality.
• The three checked into an inn where Frieren appeared familiar with the innkeeper; Galan was relieved to find his room clean and comfortable.
• Galan, Frieren, and Lia reunited downstairs for dinner, and Frieren recalled staying at the inn with Himmel and the others years earlier.
• Lia struggled to choose a meal, while Frieren privately wondered whether eating pudding could make her fat or help her grow.
• Frieren shut the menu and ordered three Mekur Puddings for herself.

Galan persuaded Frieren to leave town after only a few days instead of staying for nearly a year, citing their limited time to travel. The next morning, Lia tried to wake Frieren, who denied ever agreeing to get up early.

• Galan and Lia enjoyed Lufu omelets while Frieren ate pudding and recalled that Himmel had liked the omelets.
• Frieren said she wanted to stay in town for just under a year to search for grimoires from the Empire's early days.
• Galan reminded Frieren that they had four years left and proposed gathering supplies, staying a few days, and then setting out again.
• The next morning, Lia found Frieren asleep across her stomach and struggled to wake her.
• Lia pinched Frieren's cheek until she stirred, and Frieren insisted she had never said she wanted to get up early.

Frieren identified the grimoire’s spell as magic for finding stone monuments, then agreed to help the innkeeper after a Lion Dog destroyed her farmland. The group prepared to take on the request.

• Lia scolded Frieren and Galan for sleeping late, and Frieren recalled that she had overslept during her journey with Himmel and the others.
• Frieren said she was nearly finished deciphering the grimoire and had identified its spell as magic to find stone monuments.
• The innkeeper asked Frieren for help after a Lion Dog destroyed her fields and the Adventurers Guild could not find anyone for the request.
• Lia urged Frieren to help, and Galan supported her; Frieren finally agreed.