Chapter Summaries

Lowell, Frieren, Himmel, and Ruby played Duel King in the library, trading elaborate card effects and attacks. The match escalated into a series of dramatic plays, and Himmel prepared to summon the hero who defeated the Demon King.

• Ruby opened with Burst Mage Ruby and tried to weaken any monsters Lowell and Frieren summoned, but Frieren protected their field with Mana Insulation Barrier.
• Lowell summoned Lazy Demon King Lowell (Fake), boosted its attack with Seemingly Ordinary Apple, and set a card while Himmel established a defensive formation.
• Frieren summoned Elven Mage Frieren, recovered Mana Insulation Barrier, equipped Flight Magic, and dealt direct damage that left Ruby and Himmel with 900 life points.
• Himmel redirected Lowell's attack with Warrior Eisen LV3, while Ruby revived Burst Mage Ruby and used her effect to attack.
• Lowell summoned Bloodstained War God Rivale, and the players followed with Human Emperor's Decision and several further plays.
• Himmel tributed three monsters to summon Hero Who Defeated the Demon King Himmel.

Lowell welcomed Alhaitham and Faruzan to the Akademiya as instructors, where they began teaching students in sharply contrasting ways. Their disagreement over teaching styles ended with them trading examples of their students’ mishaps.

• Lowell welcomed Alhaitham and Faruzan and directed them to report to Professor Mo Ning and help teach at the Akademiya.
• Faruzan taught students how ancient barrier runes related to basic defensive magic, then assigned them to analyze the formula.
• Alhaitham gave selected students an exercise in classifying manuscript fragments and explained how different systems of classification could reveal different insights.
• Faruzan criticized Alhaitham’s austere teaching style, and he countered by recalling her student’s dangerous experiment and an ink spill on an ancient book.
• Alhaitham and Faruzan argued over their students’ enthusiasm and academic discipline as saplings swayed in the courtyard.

Frieren set out with Lowell, Lupa, and Linié to buy clothes and accessories in Nod-Krai, but got distracted by dubious curiosities before finally choosing a pair of gloves. The group returned with arms full of questionable treasures and Frieren proudly showing off her new gloves.

• Lupa and Linié helped sleepy Frieren get up, feed her breakfast, and braid her hair while Lowell woke.
• Frieren compared her chest with Lupa’s, then declared that she and Lowell should go shopping so she could dress herself up.
• At the marketplace, Frieren abandoned a hair clip for a dragon skull, then bought a crystal ball and several other curiosities while Lowell bargained with merchants.
• Frieren finally found lambskin gloves that fit, and Lowell praised her for buying something cute and practical.
• Frieren proudly wore her new gloves as the group left with Lupa and Linié carrying the curiosities.

Ruby spent a quiet afternoon reading in the Nod-Krai Academy library until Himmel startled her and invited her into town. Their shopping trip ended with Himmel giving Ruby a Mirror Lotus ring and confessing his feelings, which she shyly accepted.

• Ruby finished reading a tome in the library, where Himmel had quietly watched over her.
• Himmel startled Ruby, then offered to take her around town and buy her treats to make up for it.
• Ruby enjoyed snacks at the market and admired a Mirror Lotus ring at a jewelry stall.
• Himmel bought the ring, knelt before Ruby, and asked her to accept it along with his feelings.
• Ruby nodded in acceptance, and Himmel slipped the ring onto her finger before leading her toward a dessert shop.

Ruby excitedly planned an extravagant wedding for herself and Himmel, then discovered that Frieren and Lowell had never held a wedding or formally confirmed their relationship. After Lowell stumbled through several awkward attempts at a confession, he proposed sincerely with a ring, and Frieren accepted.

• Ruby described elaborate magical ideas for her future wedding to Himmel.
• Ruby learned that Frieren and Lowell had never held a wedding and questioned whether Lowell had confessed his love.
• At Ruby's insistence, Lowell tried several awkward declarations of love while Frieren and the others watched.
• Lowell offered Frieren a magic book, and she agreed, letting him jokingly claim she had accepted his proposal.
• Lowell knelt, placed a ring on Frieren's finger, and asked her to marry him.
• Frieren smiled and accepted Lowell's proposal.

Ruby chose her wedding dress and formal outfits with Himmel, while Frieren and Lowell selected wedding attire and accessories at the academy tower. Their preparations continued as Linié asked Lupa to help her wear a necklace someday.

• Ruby eagerly browsed wedding dresses at Moonlight Weaving, and Himmel helped her try a pearl-edged veil.
• Frieren gave brief opinions on gowns and accessories while Lowell recorded her choices and selected a formal suit.
• Lupa styled Frieren’s hair with a crescent-moon hairpin as Linié watched her closely.
• Ruby settled on a diamond-covered wedding dress and a long veil, then walked home with Himmel.
• Frieren chose a pearl necklace, and Linié asked Lupa to help her wear one in the future.

Himmel and Ruby and Lowell and Frieren married in a cathedral ceremony surrounded by friends and family. As the couples watched the half-century meteor shower, they exchanged loving words and looked ahead to sharing their lives together.

• Himmel and Lowell waited for the ceremony while their friends and family gathered in the cathedral.
• Ruby entered with Duke Grendel, and Frieren walked alone to join Lowell at the altar.
• Himmel and Ruby and Lowell and Frieren exchanged vows and rings, kissed, and completed the ceremony.
• The guests celebrated as the two couples left the cathedral, while distant onlookers and Ruby’s parents shared their reactions.
• At the palace terrace, the couples watched the half-century meteors, and Frieren promised Ruby they would watch them together again.
• As the night ended, Lowell carried a sleepy Frieren on his back while Ruby and Himmel continued talking.

After their wedding, Lowell and Frieren spent their first day as newlyweds in the Royal Capital, sharing breakfast and shopping for magic books. The day ended with Frieren observing that married life felt much like their usual companionship, and Lowell held her close.

• Lowell woke beside Frieren in their inn room, and she asked why Lupa had not brought breakfast before he reminded her they were newlyweds.
• Lowell helped Frieren dress, then went out to buy croissants, strawberry jam, milk, and honey for their breakfast.
• After breakfast, Lowell promised to take Frieren to buy magic books, and they explored the Royal Capital hand in hand.
• Lowell bought sugar-coated nuts for Frieren while she studied her new notes on ancient runes.
• Back at the inn, Frieren studied her purchases and told Lowell that their life did not seem very different from usual, and he drew her into his arms.

Lowell and Frieren spent a quiet morning together on their honeymoon at a secluded island. After Lowell made Frieren a new pineapple-and-cheese drink she loved, they decided to swim in the sea before having more.

• Lowell woke with Frieren asleep on his chest and gently moved her back onto the bed.
• Lowell prepared Qilin-Trace Immortal Cheese for Frieren on the terrace.
• Frieren tasted the drink, praised it, and asked Lowell how he made it.
• Lowell refilled Frieren’s glass, and they clinked their drinks together.
• Frieren chose to swim in the sea before returning for more of the drink.

Aura recovered from her defeat by Himmel’s party while spending decades talking with Will, a blind boy who dreamed of becoming an adventurer. When she returned to find his village massacred, she enslaved the Demon responsible and prepared to capture the approaching human forces, leaving Will’s fate unknown.

• Aura led the Undead Army against Himmel’s party, but Frieren knocked away the Scales of Obedience and Himmel wounded Aura, forcing her to retreat.
• Aura fled north with Lugner, Linié, and Draht, encountered Macht in a golden village, and later hid for decades while her strength recovered.
• Aura met Will, a blind boy who loved birds and hoped to become an adventurer, and visited him each evening to tell stories and discuss humans and Demons.
• After Lugner reported that Himmel had died of old age, Aura decided to end her quiet life with Will and resume building her Undead Army.
• Aura found Will’s village destroyed and met Gross the Battleaxe, who admitted he had massacred it; she used the Scales of Obedience to make Gross her puppet.
• Aura ordered Gross to bring her a chair and waited for the approaching human subjugation force, while a bird sang a call Will had once taught her.

Aura revealed to Will that she was a Demon, but his trust in her persisted, and she protected him when Gross attacked. Lowell had arranged the encounter to push Aura toward coexistence, and after Gross used Dominating Magic to defeat her, Will grabbed the blade to save her; later, Aura and Linié met at Continental United Academy.

• Aura told Will she was a Demon and planned to take revenge on Himmel the Hero’s companions, but Will still trusted and liked her.
• Gross appeared and attacked Will, so Aura carried him out of reach and prepared to use Dominating Magic on Gross.
• An hour earlier, Lowell had killed Gross and decided to arrange a situation in which Aura would save Will and be nudged toward coexistence.
• Gross’s balance showed Aura had lost, and his command forced her to draw her sword and point it at her neck.
• Will grabbed the blade and cut his hands as he pulled it away from Aura, after which Gross told him to stay by her side.
• At Continental United Academy, Linié was told that Aura should call her “senior,” though Linié accepted that seniority went by age.

Levi recounted how magic took his brother, parents, and master Laile, driving him to hunt down and kill the Rebellious Witch Minusi. He then vowed to assassinate Serie and make mages a thing of the past.

• A stray magical attack killed Levi’s elder brother, and a later blast destroyed his hometown and took his parents.
• After finding Himmel the Hero’s toppled statue, Levi met Laile, who helped him raise it and took him on as a disciple.
• Laile trained Levi and taught him to hope for peace, but Minusi’s purple wind killed Laile during their journey to negotiate a truce.
• Levi tracked down Minusi and killed her, losing his right eye in the fight and taking the Proof of the Holy Staff as a trophy.
• Levi finished his recollection by declaring that he would assassinate Serie and eliminate mages.

Todd’s curse turned Minusi into the Rebellious Witch, driving years of wars and destruction across the Southern Lands. During a battle with a warrior, Minusi briefly regained control and let his sword pierce her, ending her life.

• Todd refused to join the attack on Himmel the Hero and continued hiding while researching her world-ending curse.
• Minusi found Todd in a swamp and killed her despite Todd’s warning that the curse would cling to her.
• Todd’s curse spread through Minusi’s mana and presence, twisting minds and fueling war and destruction in the Southern Lands.
• Minusi remembered destroying a village where a purple-haired girl had been hidden in a cellar.
• A warrior attacked Minusi during battle, and pain and hatred briefly broke through the curse’s hold on her.
• Minusi paused instead of evading the warrior’s sword, allowing it to pierce her.

Lowell brought Levi to the academy to meet Himmel, where Levi arrived believing Ruby was on the verge of death. Ruby and Himmel revealed their apparent frailty was an elaborate prank and welcomed Levi with their usual theatrical entrance.

• Lowell showed Levi around the academy and told him he could meet Himmel, prompting Levi to ask whether the elderly hero was still healthy.
• Lowell described Ruby and Himmel as aged and frail, then led Levi to the lounge where Ruby lay motionless beside a grieving Himmel.
• Levi froze in shock as Himmel claimed he could not wake Ruby, while Frieren quietly watched and Lupa struggled to hide her laughter.
• Ruby sprang up, magically restored her youthful appearance, and changed Himmel back to his younger self.
• Ruby and Himmel introduced their three rules for pranks with a dramatic, magically lit performance, leaving Levi bewildered.

Lowell arranged for Levi to become Himmel’s disciple and directed him to the academy’s instructors for formal training. As the group enjoyed a peaceful day, Lowell wondered how the altered future might affect the planned assassination attempt on Serie.

• Lowell introduced Levi to Himmel and his party, and Himmel welcomed Levi as his disciple.
• Frieren, Ruby, Heiter, and Eisen reacted to Levi’s apprenticeship while Lowell advised him to study at the academy and seek training from Rain or Varos.
• Lowell reflected on Varos’s forgotten past as the warrior Ransen and his new role as Levi’s instructor.
• Lowell wondered whether someone would still attempt to assassinate Serie and imagined sending Himmel and Levi to stop the attackers.
• Frieren fed Lowell pudding as the group relaxed together at the academy.

Wirbel reflected on the hardships that shaped him into a ruthless mage and explained to Frieren why he still helped ordinary people. The story ended in reality, where villagers praised King Anthony and the opportunities given to two children.

• Wirbel grew up near the Demon-controlled northern border, trained himself to fight, and joined the kingdom’s forces after a knight saved him from a Demon.
• During the war against Marcus, Wirbel’s unit was forced to fight women and children, and he hardened himself by killing them to protect his comrades.
• Wirbel became commander of the Northern Magic Corps and traveled to Oysast to take the First-Class Mage exam, hoping to gain powerful magic for his fight against Demons.
• During a break, Wirbel helped an old woman retrieve her spilled potatoes and told Frieren that Himmel’s small acts of kindness had taught him to help ordinary people.
• In reality, villagers praised King Anthony and the opportunities that had allowed two children to attend the Continental United Academy.

Lowell tried to get Frieren to say she loved him, but she remained focused on magic books until she finally said it while sharing cookies with him. Frieren explained that Lowell’s affection mattered more to her than buying books, and they leaned together as Lupa quietly led Linié away.

• Lowell told Frieren he loved her twice, but she barely reacted and mistook his hints about their wedding for a suggestion to buy magic books.
• Lowell gave up prompting her, and Frieren returned to studying until she sat beside him and fed him cookies.
• Frieren told Lowell she loved him, and he responded warmly by ruffling her hair.
• Lowell asked again about buying magic books, but Frieren said she did not need to go because she loved him.
• Frieren explained that she liked magic books because Lowell praised her collection, then leaned against his shoulder.
• Lupa stopped Linié from peeking into the room and led her away, leaving Lowell and Frieren together.

Stark’s childhood as a timid warrior was shaped by his brother Stoltz’s kindness, his family’s deaths at Rivale’s hands, and his harsh training under Eisen. After becoming a village hero and helping Frieren kill the Red Mirror Dragon, Stark met a father whose words to his younger son reminded him of his own past.

• Stark’s father criticized his timidity while Stoltz encouraged him and treated him kindly.
• Rivale attacked Stark’s village, killed his father, and prompted Stoltz to stay behind and fight while Stark escaped.
• Eisen took Stark in and trained him, but Stark left after an argument in which Eisen struck him and left him with a lasting scar.
• Stark protected an old woman and child from a dragon, and the villagers hailed him as a hero after it flew away.
• Stark joined Frieren’s hunt for the Red Mirror Dragon, held it off, and learned that it had died because it feared his strength.
• Stark urged a one-eyed father to tell his hardworking younger son that he was his pride, then realized the father reminded him of his own.

Lowell explained why he disliked Stark, recounting a possible future in which Stark failed to protect Frieren and Fern from Radaal despite repeated warnings. He had still arranged for Eisen to train Stark and Stoltz, and left Eisen with the responsibility of teaching Stark to better fulfill a warrior’s duties.

• Sam, Solitär, Aura, and Stoltz helped Sam confront Rivale and bring the conflict to a certain outcome.
• Lowell told Eisen that he had chosen Stoltz and Stark as disciples for him, though he had barred Stark from entering the academy.
• Lowell recounted a possible future in which Stark let Radaal ambush and incapacitate him while guarding Frieren and Fern, leaving Frieren at dagger-point.
• Lowell explained that Stark’s failure of responsibility was why he disliked him, even though Stark was not a bad person and Lowell had saved him and his village.
• Lowell asked Eisen to pay special attention to teaching Stark his responsibilities as a warrior; Frieren agreed to pretend she had minded being threatened after Lowell signaled her.

Ubel’s sister was abducted by bandits, and Ubel awakened her cutting magic while trying to escape her bonds. Years later, after accidentally killing an examiner during the First-Class Mage exam, she passed the second exam and asked Serie for a spell to find her missing sister.

• Bandits attacked the sisters’ tailor shop, and Ubel’s sister surrendered herself to protect Ubel.
• Bound and helpless, Ubel realized rope could be cut and awakened her magic, but her sister had already been taken away.
• Ubel searched for her sister and hunted bandits with her cutting magic, eventually naming the spell Nothing Is Uncuttable.
• During her first First-Class Mage exam, Ubel cut through the examiner and his Immovable Coat, then was disqualified after explaining her tailoring-based way of thinking.
• Three years later, Ubel passed the earlier tests of the second exam and asked Serie for a spell to find her sister after learning that the spell to locate a loved one’s remains had been taken.