Chapter Summaries

As the village prepared for its harvest festival, Lowell approached Sein, who was gambling with villagers, and asked him to become an adventurer. Sein refused because he had a reason to stay, then challenged Lowell to a card game, promising to consider the offer if he lost.

• Sein invited Lowell to join his card game, but Fern dragged Fern and Frieren away, saying they should avoid gamblers.
• Lowell reassured Fern that Sein’s gambling was a minor flaw and then approached Sein after Fern and Frieren left for the inn.
• Lowell asked Sein to leave the village and become an adventurer, but Sein refused because he had a reason to stay.
• Sein proposed that he would consider Lowell’s offer if Lowell beat him at cards.
• Lowell accepted the challenge and picked up a card.

Lowell challenged Sein to a card game and won, but Sein still refused to join the adventurers, saying they were too dazzling for him. Lowell returned to the inn with Frieren and Fern, deciding they would stay a few more days for the Harvest Festival.

• Frieren asked Fern why she disliked gambling, and a distant wail drew them to the square.
• Frieren and Fern found Sein, the Village Chief, and another villager sitting in their underwear after losing their clothes to Lowell.
• Lowell gave the men their clothes back and asked Sein to join their adventure after winning the wager.
• Sein declined, saying he could not join the dazzling adventurers and that Lowell did not need a half-baked priest.
• Lowell left with Frieren and Fern and decided they would remain in the village for the Harvest Festival.

Lowell and his companions persuaded Sein to confront his regrets and leave his village in search of Gorilla Warrior. Sein set out with them after the harvest festival, while the group continued toward Lowell’s goal of visiting Aureole.

• Lowell explained to Fern why he chose not to rely on Future Prediction, and Fern questioned Frieren about calling him Master.
• After repeated attempts to recruit Sein failed, Lowell used Tsukuyomi to reveal Sein’s regrets about missing Gorilla Warrior and his brother’s sacrifices.
• Sein’s brother confronted him, insisting he pursue his own dream and ordering him not to return until he became a great adventurer.
• Lowell encouraged Sein to seize the present, and Sein agreed to travel with the group after the harvest festival.
• Sein left the village with Lowell, Frieren, and Fern to search for Gorilla Warrior, while the group planned to visit Aureole.

Fern celebrated her birthday with Frieren, Lowell, and Sein as they traveled, and the group stopped in a border town to find her presents. Fern was pleased with Sein’s bag and Lowell’s bracelet, but Frieren’s attempt to give her a monster skull left Frieren searching for another gift.

• Fern hummed cheerfully because it was her birthday, and she reproached Frieren for forgetting the date.
• Sein said he had not planned to buy Fern a present, so Fern repeatedly kicked his shin until he promised to get her something.
• The group reached a border town, where Sein gave Fern an embroidered bag and Lowell gave her a purple bracelet.
• Frieren claimed she had prepared Fern’s birthday gift long ago, then pulled a huge monster skull from her leather case.
• Fern silently disapproved of the skull, and Frieren put it away and asked whether she should think of something else.

Frieren celebrated Fern’s birthday with a white dress and took her and the others to a dessert shop, where Sein questioned her relationship with Lowell. The group returned to the inn after Frieren surprised Fern with a kiss, leaving Fern flustered and Sein bemused.

• Frieren gave Fern a white lace-trimmed dress for her birthday, and the four visited Aino’s dessert shop.
• Fern, Frieren, and Lowell enjoyed desserts while Sein settled for a tart and then ordered a sundae.
• Sein questioned why Frieren and Lowell seemed less affectionate than lovers, and Lowell said he was a Demon who loved spending time with Frieren.
• Fern returned and heard Lowell’s confession, then sat close beside Frieren with an arm around hers.
• On the walk back to the inn, Frieren blew Fern a kiss, leaving Fern blushing and Sein complaining about their childish antics.

Frieren, Fern, Lowell, and Sein traveled through Bond Forest in a merchant’s carriage before a giant bird monster carried it into the sky. Lowell caught the falling carriage and saved everyone, and the group prepared to continue their journey.

• Frieren and Fern chatted with the merchant about jewelry while Lowell reacted strangely to a mention of a floral accessory.
• A giant bird monster seized the carriage and lifted it into the sky, and Fern apologized for failing to detect its mana.
• Frieren considered ways to get everyone safely back to the ground as Fern said she could not keep the horse aloft for long.
• When the bird dropped the carriage toward a clearing, Fern used Bird-Catching Magic to bind it and force it to release the carriage.
• Lowell caught the falling carriage beneath its chassis and lowered it gently to the ground, where the merchant found only minor damage.

Frieren, Fern, Lowell, and Sein received accessories and folk spells from a merchant before stopping for a meal in town. Frieren’s mistaken reunion with a server ended in embarrassment, and the group continued their journey together.

• Frieren and Fern chose necklaces at the merchant’s shop, and Lowell accepted them as a reward for helping the merchant.
• The merchant gave the group four folk spells, and Frieren eagerly claimed the books while Fern kept the See Through Clothes spell away from her.
• At the Adventurers' Tavern, Frieren mistook a server named Catherine for someone she had met eighty years earlier, then learned she was Catherine’s great-granddaughter.
• Frieren ordered an extra-large meal and said Lowell could finish anything she could not eat.
• The group ate together, and Sein decided their journey seemed pleasant.

Frieren and her companions explored a secret realm, where Fern defeated its guardian and Frieren used Luck Magic to open two rewarding chests. The chapter ended with a Mimic swallowing Frieren after she ignored Fern’s warning about the final chest.

• Fern carried a sleepy Frieren through the frosty forest while Lowell and Sein teased them about their roles and the shared quilt.
• Lowell spotted unusual mana in a misty valley, and the group entered a secret realm hidden behind a waterfall.
• Fern overcame her disgust and defeated the realm’s guardian monster with a concentrated beam of magic.
• Frieren cast Luck Magic and opened the first chest, finding jewelry and an antique magic tool, then found a shaved-ice grimoire in the second.
• Fern warned Frieren that the third chest might be a Mimic, but Frieren opened it and was swallowed up to her torso.

Sein searched for clues about his old friend, the Gorilla Warrior, and learned that the man had stayed with Stubborn Granny in a nearby village. She agreed to share what she knew if the group delivered a letter to a blacksmith, so they set off on the errand.

• Sein showed Frieren and Fern a photo of the Gorilla Warrior and explained that he was searching for his old friend.
• At a village, Sein learned that the Gorilla Warrior had driven off monsters and stayed with Stubborn Granny.
• Stubborn Granny refused to tell them more unless they completed several tasks, beginning with delivering a letter to Gai'er, the blacksmith in the next village.
• Lowell joked that the errand could lead to another request, and the group headed to the next village before nightfall.

Lowell’s group recovered the smith’s hammer by defeating the dragon, then spent days handling the villagers’ follow-up requests while Sein searched for Gorilla Warrior. Lowell explained to Sein that his faith lay in an ideal of never abandoning any territory or person, leaving Sein to consider what such a principle could mean.

• The smith told Lowell’s group that a dragon had stolen his family’s heirloom hammer, and Sein asked them to help retrieve it.
• Sein used Frieren’s luck magic before gambling away his clothes, and Lowell later redeemed them for him.
• Lowell’s group defeated the dragon, recovered the hammer, and completed a string of requests from the villagers.
• Sein apologized for the many tasks, while Frieren urged him to find Gorilla Warrior quickly.
• Sein asked Lowell what he believed in when using Goddess Magic, and Lowell described a place that would provide for even its most remote people.
• Sein recognized that Lowell’s ideal of never abandoning anyone could itself serve as faith, while Lowell left the question unanswered.

Sein and his companions cleaned an ancient statue that depicted Kraft and a forgotten priest, prompting Sein to remember his childhood with Gorilla Warrior. They learned Gorilla Warrior had gone to Tiyua, while their own destination, Oysast, lay in the opposite direction, leaving the group to decide which way to travel.

• The old woman led Frieren, Fern, Sein, and Lowell to the statue and explained that it honored forgotten heroes who had once saved the world.
• Frieren recognized the elf in the statue as Kraft, and Fern noticed that the priest resembled Sein.
• Sein remembered meeting Heiter and Gorilla Warrior at the statue as a child, when Gorilla chose his nickname and Heiter called Sein the Goatee Priest.
• The group cleaned the statue, and the old woman told Sein that Gorilla had hoped they would become heroes remembered in history.
• The old woman revealed that Gorilla Warrior had gone to Tiyua, while the group was traveling toward Oysast, and Sein asked what they should do.

Sein left the group to pursue Gorilla, while Frieren, Fern, and Lowell continued their journey together. After Fern recovered from a fever with their care, the group visited the Ice Pillar Cherry, where Frieren nearly fell while picking one of the mushrooms that had helped treat Fern.

• Sein said goodbye to Lowell, Frieren, and Fern and set off to pursue Gorilla.
• Frieren and Fern teased each other about Fern being grown up, and Lowell joined in by calling her a Puff-shroom.
• Fern fell ill at an inn, and Frieren stayed beside her holding her hand while Lowell went to find medicinal herbs.
• Lowell returned with mushrooms and brewed medicine for Fern, who recovered a few days later.
• The group visited the Ice Pillar Cherry, and Frieren went to pick a mushroom beneath it.
• Frieren lost her balance while pulling up the mushroom, but Lowell caught her before she hit the ground.

Frieren, Fern, and Lowell arrived in Oysast to pursue the First-Class Mage qualification needed to travel north. Lowell considered taking the exam to irritate Serie, but Sense warned that Serie might personally assess the candidates, leaving him reluctant to register.

• Frieren explained that she and Lowell concealed much of their mana to avoid attention, while Fern continued practicing hiding hers.
• The group entered Oysast, where Frieren said anyone in their party could take the First-Class Mage exam and Fern admitted she was not strong enough to pass.
• Lowell considered taking the exam and helping every candidate pass, hoping to provoke Serie.
• Sense recognized Lowell by sight despite his concealed mana and told him registration was open until sunset at the Central Tower.
• Sense warned that Serie might personally assess the candidates, and Lowell immediately reconsidered taking the exam.
• Lowell explained that he avoided fighting Serie because their battles could cause massive destruction and frighten Frieren.

Frieren, Fern, and Lowell went to the Continental Magic Association in Oysast, where Frieren used her Proof of the Holy Staff to qualify for the First-Class Mage exam. With thirteen days until the test, Frieren and Fern began preparing while Lowell sparred with them.

• The receptionist told Frieren, Fern, and Lowell that applicants needed a recognized Fifth-Class Mage certification or higher to take the exam.
• Fern persuaded Frieren to stay and pursue the exam, while Lowell admitted that he also lacked a mage certification.
• An elderly mage recognized Frieren’s Proof of the Holy Staff and helped her register for the exam.
• Frieren explained the ancient badge and learned about the scarcity of high-ranking mages while she and Fern studied at the association library.
• Frieren and Fern spent the next thirteen days studying and training, with Lowell acting as a sparring partner.

Genau began the first examination by assigning the eighty-three examinees to teams of three, and Frieren followed her bracelet’s signal to find her teammates already fighting. Fern reunited with Ubel and met their third teammate, while Lowell watched from a rooftop as the examination began.

• Falsh and Sense discussed the examinees, including Frieren, before Genau announced that examinees would form teams based on their numbered bracelets.
• Frieren received bracelet number two and followed its signal while reflecting that teamwork with strangers might be troublesome.
• Frieren found her teammates: a composed young woman pinning a red-haired girl down and pulling her twin tails; both wore number-two bracelets.
• Ubel greeted Fern and called her “cutie Fern,” while Fern met their teammate Lanto and asked Ubel not to call him “Four-Eyes.”
• Lowell watched the teams form from a rooftop while eating popcorn.

The first exam began in the Grobe Basin, where teams had to catch a live Stille and return with all three members by the following sunset. Frieren tried to organize her argumentative teammates, Rabiñe and Kanne, but they resumed bickering almost immediately.

• Genau explained that each team had to capture at least one live Stille in its birdcage and return together before sunset the next day, or face disqualification.
• Ubel inferred that the exam would center on catching birds, while Fern warned that the Stille population was likely too small for every team to pass without competing.
• Lanto told Ubel his name and said he would watch the exam standing up.
• After Genau officially began the exam, Rabiñe and Kanne resumed fighting over who would carry their birdcage.
• Frieren suggested that they search while introducing themselves and decide who carried the cage with rock-paper-scissors.
• Rabiñe and Kanne introduced themselves as childhood friends and third-class mages, then argued over their skills and academy performance as Frieren despaired.

Frieren, Rabiñe, and Kanne searched the woods for a Stille and found one at a lake. Their coordinated attempt to capture it failed, and they ended the chapter arguing over how to pursue it.

• Rabiñe and Kanne argued over how to search, while Frieren carried the birdcage and found a Stille feather.
• Frieren let Rabiñe scout ahead, and Rabiñe returned after spotting a Stille at a forest lake.
• Kanne trapped the Stille in a whirlpool, and Rabiñe froze the water around it, but the bird shattered the ice and escaped.
• Frieren explained that the Stille was too strong and fast to catch without careful observation.
• Rabiñe and Kanne argued over whether to chase the Stille or search the lake area, while Frieren watched in exasperation.

Frieren rescued Kanne from a giant bird monster during the night, and Kanne explained how Rabiñe’s harsh encouragement had helped her overcome fear. Kanne suspected she had found a clue to catching a Stille, while Fern’s group had already captured one and discussed what to do next.

• Frieren, Rabiñe, and Kanne failed to catch a Stille, and the bird’s wind sent their water-and-ice attack back at them.
• While Kanne kept watch, a giant bird monster wounded and pinned her, but Frieren bound it with golden chains and treated Kanne’s shoulder.
• Kanne recalled how Rabiñe had pushed her to fly during practice and said that Rabiñe helped her face frightening challenges.
• Kanne told Frieren she might have noticed something that could help them catch a Stille, then hurried back with her.
• Fern’s group secured a Stille in a cage, and Ubel joked that they could find Frieren and rely on her instead of fighting.

Frieren explained her Bird-Catching Magic and the difficulty of using it on the Stille, then devised a plan with Rabiñe and Kanne to lure and catch one. The trio agreed to the risky approach and began preparing.

• Frieren, Rabiñe, and Kanne reviewed the Stille’s speed, toughness, and sensitivity to mana, concluding they had no reliable way to catch it yet.
• Frieren revealed that Bird-Catching Magic could restrain the Stille if she got within fifty centimeters, but she could not approach it unnoticed on her own.
• Rabiñe and Kanne described why their Ice-Freeze Magic and water-based magic would alert the Stille before they could trap it.
• Frieren recognized a possible solution and quietly explained her plan to Rabiñe and Kanne.
• Rabiñe agreed to Frieren’s plan after Kanne challenged her, and the three began preparing.

Fern's squad deduced that the basin's central lake had become a danger zone and was ambushed by Wirbel's team before a massive spell froze the lake. The spell disrupted the exam's teams but did not stop the clash, and Fern, Ubel, and Lanto resumed fighting Wirbel, Ehre, and Scharf.

• Fern, Lanto, and Ubel realized the barrier had redirected the basin's water into the central lake, making it a likely gathering place for Stille and ambushes, so they abandoned their plan to go there.
• Wirbel, Ehre, and Scharf attacked Fern's squad, and Wirbel demanded that they surrender their Stille.
• A huge ice pillar rose at the lake as Frieren's team froze its surface, drawing the attention of examinees across the basin.
• Edel tried to melt the lake for drinking water, while Duncan decided to track down Frieren's team and take its Stille.
• Wirbel restarted the fight by attacking Ubel, while Ehre attacked Fern and Scharf and Lanto moved toward a separate battlefield.