Chapter Summaries

Sparkle and Spark turned their stage rivalry into a chaotic performance that delighted the anniversary crowd, while Yaoguang stunned them with a rapid tongue twister about the pair. Elsewhere, Lyney’s magic show went awry and students and visitors played games across the festival grounds.

• Sparkle and Spark each ate a Jumpy Dumpty, emerged covered in smoke and soot, and formed the Laughing Twin Stars · Chaos Fun-Seeker Alliance after exchanging a high five.
• Yaoguang used a Resonance Array to recite an elaborate tongue twister about Sparkle and Spark, leaving Fu Xuan and the performers bewildered.
• Lyney accidentally produced a live sea bass from the wrong hat, and Lynette and Freminet told him to return it to Xiangling.
• Qingque played an arcade game while students argued over cards in the Teyvat Genius Invokation TCG tabletop game.
• Dan Heng, March 7th, Stelle, Aether, Venti, Zhongli, and Ei played a Honkai: Star Rail role-playing game, with Fu Xuan refereeing and Zhongli using a powerful card against the boss.

Chisaki and the Trailblazer wandered through the school anniversary festivities while other visitors formed new connections and shared stories. The chapter ended with Mavuika and Lynae finishing a close motorcycle race and heading off together for drinks.

• Chisaki and the Trailblazer shared chocolate, passed several lively stalls, and waved to Klee before settling beneath a tree where Camellya watched them from the shadows.
• Elysia charmed the nervous Aime at a tea stall, and Aime said she needed to find the Trailblazer before Elysia offered to go with her.
• Skirk told Lupa about Surtalogi’s brutal training and his promise to destroy what she had rebuilt, and she vowed to grow strong enough to defeat him.
• Jingliu invited Skirk and Lupa to spar, but Yanqing tried to stop them from fighting at the festival.
• Mavuika and Lynae raced their motorcycles neck and neck, then praised each other’s riding and went to the drinks stalls together.

On the rooftop after the school anniversary celebration, Stelle and Firefly remembered how Sparkle arranged their first meeting by presenting Stelle’s blunt answers as virtues. They ended by recalling how their later date turned into a battle against a sea of Voidrangers.

• Firefly said the rooftop reminded her of where she and Stelle first met, and Stelle recalled that Sparkle had introduced them.
• Stelle remembered answering Sparkle’s questions about her income, education, possessions, work, temper, hobbies, and habits with blunt honesty.
• Sparkle reframed each of Stelle’s shortcomings as an attractive quality while Firefly listened and agreed to meet her.
• Stelle said she had not expected anyone to accept a blind date with her, and Firefly replied that it was because she was Stelle.
• Stelle and Firefly recalled that their later meeting was overwhelmed by Voidrangers, leaving them both afraid their first date would become a fight for survival.

Yun Jin and Robin brought the school festival performances to a close, while Sunday’s secret devotion to Robin was exposed when his mask fell off. As the festival wound down, Himmel and Argenti affirmed their shared pursuit of beauty, and the academy anniversary ended with its visitors and students heading home.

• Yun Jin performed an opera to sincere applause, and Zhongli praised it to Nahida.
• Robin sang amid magical displays, prompting an ecstatic crowd; Sunday’s mask snapped off, revealing him as a devoted Robin fan, and he fled in embarrassment.
• Robin continued her song without missing a note and watched Sunday’s retreat with a faint, tender smile.
• Himmel and Argenti discussed beauty and knightly ideals before clasping hands and agreeing to walk together.
• After the festival, Xiangling and Escoffier packed their stall, Jean sent Klee to confinement with a writing assignment, and other attendees began cleaning up or heading out.
• The remaining guests exchanged farewells and left as the academy bells tolled midnight, marking the end of the anniversary.

By the river, Frieren and Fern discussed cleaning their treasured gifts and what spells they might request from Serie. Lowell served them his first attempt at Golden Labyrinth poached fish, but it tasted so awful that he went back to catch more fish while Fern took over dinner.

• Frieren and Fern washed their keepsakes by the stream and talked about asking Serie for spells to clean accessories, wash clothes, or cook quickly.
• Lowell invited Frieren and Fern to try the Golden Labyrinth poached fish he had learned to make from Xiangling.
• Frieren and Fern tasted the dish and reacted with shock, pain, and confusion at its awful flavor.
• Lowell tried the fish himself, choked it down, and decided to catch bigger fish for another attempt.
• Lowell asked Fern to make dinner, and Fern began clearing away his failed dish.

Frieren found rare Anti-Magic Ore, and Lowell explained its value while Fern eagerly looked forward to desserts in the Empire. On the way through the Kluwen Wetland Forest, the ground collapsed beneath Fern, and a mysterious effect made it difficult for her and Frieren to keep flying as they slowly sank toward the pit.

• Frieren found Anti-Magic Ore that stopped Fern from using magic within its range, then tossed it away so Fern could light breakfast.
• Lowell explained that the ore barely affected Demons and could be valuable against other magic users, prompting Fern to look forward to more desserts on their journey.
• After breakfast, the group set out for the Northern Plateau, and Fern grew excited about reaching the Empire and finding hot springs near a volcano.
• The ground collapsed beneath Fern in the Kluwen Wetland Forest, and she and Frieren flew above the pit to avoid falling.
• Fern and Frieren found their Flight Magic faltering and began sinking slowly into the darkness below.

Lowell, Frieren, and Fern discovered a vast vein of Anti-Magic Ore and explored the mine after Lowell stored most of it away. The chapter left them continuing through the cave, with Fern reassured by Lowell’s presence and Frieren praising him for being reliable.

• Lowell caught Frieren and Fern as they fell into the pit, where they discovered a cavern filled with Anti-Magic Ore that blocked their mana.
• Frieren, Fern, and Lowell discussed the ore’s value, and Lowell stored most of the vein while leaving some behind for future use.
• Frieren led the group deeper into the mine, hoping to find a treasure chest and a grimoire despite Fern’s doubts.
• Lowell asked Fern whether she was afraid without her magic or mana detection, and she said she trusted him to keep them safe.
• Frieren explained that Lowell was happy to feel useful and dependable, then ruffled his hair and praised him as reliable.

Frieren, Fern, and Lowell encountered a Poison Extreme Dragon in the mine, and Lowell restrained it while the others refused to try a purification spell on it. They walked away, and Lowell killed the dragon from a distance.

• Frieren, Fern, and Lowell entered a cavern and found a Poison Extreme Dragon blocking the far exit.
• Frieren and Fern discussed the dragon’s place among weaker dragon types while Lowell recounted a past battle.
• Lowell bound the Poison Extreme Dragon with invisible restraints as it roared and spread poisonous mist.
• Lowell invited Fern to try her purification spell, but Fern refused because the dragon was ugly and there was no reason to protect it.
• Frieren volunteered to try the spell, then backed down after Fern looked at her.
• The three walked away from the restrained dragon, and Lowell cut it down with a slight movement of his finger.

Frieren, Fern, and Lowell stopped at an inn at a crossroads, where they reunited with Wirbel, Ehre, Scharf, and Stoltz. The next morning, the groups parted ways, with Lowell’s party heading toward the Northern Plateau and Wirbel’s party traveling to the port.

• Frieren complained about the cold and the lack of treasure in the underground cave as the carriage traveled north.
• Lowell agreed to stop at an inn at the crossroads because the weather was growing harsher.
• The group reunited with Wirbel, Ehre, Scharf, and Stoltz, who had changed plans and were heading to the port because of unusual Demon activity on the northern border.
• Wirbel praised Stoltz as a reliable vanguard, and the groups shared a meal and spent the night at the inn.
• The next morning, Lowell paid the carriage driver extra, and the two groups said their farewells.
• Lowell, Frieren, and Fern headed north toward the Northern Plateau while Wirbel and the others set off for the port.

Lowell told Fern and Frieren the story of the Hero of the South, who sacrificed himself to defeat three of the Seven Sages of Destruction and opened the way for Himmel. After Lowell cleaned the hero’s statue, the townspeople gathered to remember him, and Frieren teased that his name had not been forgotten.

• Frieren showed Fern that their statue-cleaning request offered magic that could scratch her back, and Fern discovered the statue was of the Hero of the South rather than Himmel.
• Lowell explained that the Hero of the South had liberated the area, fought Scharlach and the Seven Sages of Destruction, and died after taking three of them with him.
• Fern asked why Lowell had not helped the Hero of the South, and Lowell explained that he hated fighting, could not have defeated Discal quickly, and would not risk Frieren for someone else.
• Lowell recounted the Hero of the South’s message to Himmel, promising that he would open the way for the next hero even if his name were forgotten.
• Lowell used his thread magic to clean the statue, and the old man and townspeople silently stopped to watch it.
• Frieren caught up with Lowell and teased that the Hero of the South was still remembered by the townspeople.

Frieren tried to hurry through town, but a butler summoned her, Lowell, and Fern to dinner at Earl Tahe’s residence. As they traveled to the castle, Lowell explained his history with the previous Earl Tahe and why refusing the invitation might cause trouble.

• Frieren urged Fern and Lowell to buy supplies and leave town, but Fern questioned her unusual haste.
• A butler invited Frieren and Lowell to dinner at Earl Tahe’s residence and insisted they come, offering Fern a place as well.
• Lowell told Fern that the previous Earl Tahe had once threatened to imprison him and Himmel’s party until Lowell recovered a stolen sword, which he later reclaimed from Tahe.
• Lowell said he accepted the invitation to avoid trouble, while Frieren doubted the current Earl Tahe would be more reasonable than his grandfather.
• The carriage carried Frieren, Lowell, and Fern toward Earl Tahe’s castle as evening approached.

At dinner with Earl Tahe, Frieren and Lowell learned that a Sword Demon was attacking villages and agreed to hunt him in exchange for a grimoire that could turn red apples green. The offer revived Frieren’s interest, and the group accepted the job.

• Earl Tahe welcomed Frieren, Lowell, and Fern to dinner, where Fern enjoyed the meal and Frieren remained listless.
• Earl Tahe revealed that his family’s treasured sword had disappeared again on the night it was recovered decades earlier.
• Earl Tahe told them that a Sword Demon had attacked villages in the north and evaded the territory’s knights and elite fighters.
• Earl Tahe offered Frieren a grimoire about turning red apples into green apples as payment for eliminating the Demon.
• Frieren eagerly accepted the grimoire, and Lowell agreed to take the job.

Frieren, Fern, and Lowell found the Sword Demon among the graves of a destroyed village, and Fern fought her until Lowell restrained her. The Sword Demon remained trapped as Lowell launched into an elaborate surrender speech that left Fern confused.

• Frieren, Fern, and Lowell arrived at a ruined village and found a hooded priestess praying beside fresh graves.
• The woman revealed herself as the Sword Demon and drew her sword, while Frieren warned Fern to be more alert.
• Fern attacked with a barrage of Ordinary Attack Magic, and the Sword Demon dodged, deflected the beams, and closed in on her.
• The Sword Demon adapted to Fern’s attacks and struck her staff, leaving Fern off balance and vulnerable to another blow.
• Lowell stopped the Sword Demon with nearly invisible threads wrapped around her joints, then delivered a lengthy surrender speech.
• Fern remarked that Lord Lowell was saying things no one could understand.

The Sword Demon pretended to surrender, then attacked Lowell when she saw an opening. After he regrew his head and revealed himself as the Demon King, she asked to make peace.

• The Sword Demon agreed to surrender, and Lowell celebrated his persuasion while Frieren questioned her about attacking the village.
• The Sword Demon said she killed humans for food and argued that her actions were no different from humans eating animals.
• After Lowell released the threads restraining her, the Sword Demon took advantage of his turned back and cut off his head.
• Frieren and Fern remained calm, and Lowell regrew his head from black mana and mocked the Sword Demon for thinking decapitation could kill him.
• The Sword Demon realized Lowell was no ordinary Demon and nervously asked if they could make peace.

Lowell stopped Fern from killing the captured Sword Demon and instead made her surrender, undergo reform, and follow a new set of rules. As the group left the ruins, Lowell named her Liletta, though she misunderstood his metaphor about reforging her broken sword.

• Fern prepared to kill the restrained Sword Demon, but Lowell stopped her and persuaded the Sword Demon to surrender.
• Lowell sentenced the Sword Demon to five years of reform through labor, placed a magical ring on her wrist, and gave her rules and an oath to recite.
• Lowell theatrically dubbed the Sword Demon a knight, then led Frieren, Fern, and the reciting Sword Demon away from the village ruins.
• Frieren asked about the oath, and Lowell described it as a set of precepts meant to reshape the Sword Demon's character through repetition.
• Lowell learned that the Sword Demon had no name and named her Liletta, but she started to break her sword because she took his talk of reforging it literally.

Lowell showed Fern a vision of a future confrontation between Frieren and Solitär to explain the emotional weight of killing a Demon. He revealed that he usually killed their enemies so Frieren could keep her hands and heart clear, and Fern accepted his words as a compliment.

• Fern told Lowell she had felt no hesitation about killing Liletta, and Lowell asked whether she had felt uncomfortable doing so.
• Lowell showed Fern and Frieren a vision of Solitär provoking Frieren during a battle in a future that would never come to pass.
• In the vision, Frieren rejected Solitär's pleas for mercy and said she was glad to fight a cruel Demon she could kill without heartache.
• Lowell explained that killing a living being was difficult even when it was necessary, and Fern said threats should be eliminated completely.
• Fern asked whether Frieren and Lowell had ever killed humans; Frieren said Lowell had usually done it.
• Lowell said he would bear the burden of killing so Frieren could keep her hands and heart clear, and Fern quietly accepted his explanation.

Lowell returned to Earl Tahe with Frieren, Fern, and Liletta, declared the Sword Demon trouble over, and collected Frieren’s reward. As the group left the city and continued north, Lowell explained to Fern why Liletta’s defense of eating humans did not excuse her killings.

• Lowell concealed Liletta’s Demon horns as they entered the city, while she continued reciting the tenets.
• Lowell told Earl Tahe that the trouble concerning the Sword Demons had ended, and Earl Tahe gave Frieren the grimoire as her reward.
• Fern accused Lowell of lying, and Lowell argued that he had promised an outcome rather than claimed the Sword Demon was gone.
• Fern asked how to respond to Liletta’s claim that humans also ate animals, and Lowell explained the difference between survival and killing intelligent beings outside society’s rules.
• The group left the city and headed north, with Frieren clutching the grimoire and Liletta continuing her recitation.

Frieren, Fern, and Lowell learned that the village’s hot springs had dried up, but local children told them about a secret spring on the mountain. After Lowell gave the children warm clothes, the group set off to find it, with Frieren amused by his teasing.

• The former village chief’s son explained that the hot springs had dried up and the adventurers and villagers had gradually left.
• Local boys told Frieren, Fern, and Lowell about a secret hot spring on the mountain.
• Lowell gave the children cotton-padded clothes and socks in thanks for the information.
• The group followed the overgrown mountain path while Lowell explained why cotton clothing was comfortable for ordinary people.
• Fern questioned Lowell about his knowledge of the future, and Frieren encouraged his confusing explanation about Zhuanzhuan as they continued uphill.

As Frieren, Lowell, Fern, and Liletta traveled through the Etovis Mountains toward a secret hot spring, they encountered a Three-Headed Dragon and subdued it. Fern purified the beast, and Frieren’s group rode it onward as the spring drew near.

• Fern defeated several monsters along the mountain route, and Frieren praised how much stronger she had become.
• Liletta charged the Three-Headed Dragon, and Fern joined the fight by striking its vulnerable spots with magic.
• Lowell restrained the enraged dragon with threads, and Fern used Purification Magic to calm and transform it into a docile beast.
• Frieren climbed onto the dragon and declared, "Dragon knight! Onward!" before the others mounted as well.
• The Three-Headed Dragon carried the group up the mountain toward the secret hot spring as warm, sulfurous vapor grew stronger.

Frieren tricked Fern into betting that they could all soak together, only to reveal that the secret hot spring was shallow enough for foot soaking. The group relaxed beside the pool while Liletta quietly recited her oath.

• Frieren bet that Fern would agree to let her and Lowell sleep in for a month if Fern accepted soaking together, while Fern wagered that Frieren would braid her hair for a month if she lost.
• Frieren revealed that the secret hot spring was only about twenty centimeters deep, and Fern reluctantly accepted that she had lost the bet.
• Frieren, Fern, and Lowell removed their footwear and soaked their feet in the warm pool.
• Lowell joked about collecting and selling spring water soaked in by Frieren and Fern, then invited Liletta to join them.
• Liletta sat beside the pool with her boots on and recited her oath as the others relaxed and the three-headed dragon rested nearby.