Chapter Summaries

Serie explained to the emperor that a future-seeing enemy had arranged her death at midnight and was using murdered mages as hostages, then proposed they cooperate. In the present, the emperor arrived at the banquet with eight Magical Special Forces members while Falsh watched Varos and Kleis in a hidden passage beneath the palace.

• Serie told the emperor her Prophetic Dream showed she would be killed at midnight at the ball by a warrior whose attack she could not detect.
• Serie explained that attempts to avoid her death had led to worse outcomes and more Continental Magic Association mages being murdered, and she suspected the enemy could also see the future.
• The emperor said Fres was the only possible person he knew who might predict the future, but Serie doubted she had that ability, and she proposed that they cooperate.
• The emperor entered the banquet hall accompanied by eight members of the Magical Special Forces, and Serie watched him arrive with amusement while Sense surveyed the guards.
• Falsh hid in an abandoned passage beneath the palace as Varos and Kleis stepped into the gloom.

Kleis and Varos traveled through an underground passage while discussing warriors, Levi, and the threat ahead, unaware that Falsh was listening nearby. Varos detected Falsh and severed his arm before he could cast a spell, leaving Falsh at axe-point but still attempting to negotiate.

• Kleis and Varos discussed how an old friend had taught Varos caution and how Levi's strength had unsettled him.
• Falsh hid in the passage and identified the approaching men as dangerous enemies, suspecting Levi was the governor from the north and the killer of Minusi.
• Falsh decided to regroup with Frieren and the others, then began gathering mana to stop the intruders.
• Varos sensed Falsh's breathing and noticed his heartbeat quicken after overhearing their conversation.
• Falsh triggered his spell, but Varos struck first, severing Falsh's right hand and forearm and holding his axe to Falsh's neck.
• Falsh acknowledged the threat and said he was relieved the enemies could be reasoned with.

Ubel escaped Noi with Lanto after pinning him with directional gravity magic and cutting through his debris attack. In a quiet alley, she explained why she healed her wounds before returning: Lowell had reached the Imperial Capital, and his past brutality toward pirates who injured her made her wary of what he might do if he saw her hurt.

• Lanto surrendered to Noi, but Ubel suddenly restrained Noi with directional gravity magic and pulled Lanto toward the ruins' outskirts.
• Noi uprooted walls, floor slabs, and streetlights to block their escape, but Ubel sliced through the metal and rubble before launching herself and Lanto into the sky.
• Weige freed Noi from Ubel's restraint, and Noi ordered him to help clean up the ruined battlefield.
• Ubel and Lanto landed in a distant alley, healed their injuries with potions, and discussed Lowell's arrival in the Imperial Capital.
• Ubel told Lanto that Lowell had once slaughtered the Kid Pirates after they injured her, and said she had healed herself to avoid provoking him.
• Ubel and Lanto set off to report that their mission was complete.

The Shadow Warriors received an assassination target list filled with formidable figures, including Great Mages, heroes, and a former Demon King. Clematis said another organization would handle the main attack, while the Shadow Warriors would provide support, and the group prepared to destroy the list.

• Lutine announced that the mission’s target list had been issued, and Clematis distributed copies to the Shadow Warriors.
• Gazella recognized the names of Serie, Ruby, Himmel, Frieren, and Lowell and protested that the targets were impossibly dangerous.
• Clematis explained that another organization would carry out the main part of the assassination while the Shadow Warriors handled support and distractions.
• Lutine listed more powerful targets, including Lupa, Ubel, Linié, Sense, Falsh, and Brugge, and questioned whether the other organization could succeed.
• Kleis insisted that the Shadow Warriors’ duty was to carry out the mission, and Clematis asked everyone to burn the list.

Lowell and the others gathered with several Shadow Warriors and discovered that nearly all of them had been secretly sent undercover by Arlecchino without knowing one another’s identities. The group discussed the missing Clematis and reviewed intelligence suggesting Lupa and Linié were expected in the Imperial Capital.

• Gazella asked whether the Shadow Warriors in the room were all undercover, and Iris, Schritt, Wolf, Lutine, Lore, and Kleis confirmed they had been sent in by Arlecchino.
• Lutine and Lore noticed Clematis was absent, and Lowell said he might be dead or might truly be one of the Shadow Warriors.
• Iris complained about Clematis’s treatment of her, while Lowell reminded her that she had requested pain-nullifying and recovery magic for the thrill of using them.
• Ruby realized the undercover agents had apparently been operating against Clematis without knowing their fellow agents were on the same side.
• Sense redirected the meeting to intelligence, and Iris said Clematis had described their role as support for an assassination by another organization.
• Frieren and Fern examined a detailed list of intelligence on the group, and Lowell was surprised to see Lupa and Linié included despite their not yet reaching the Imperial Capital.

At the base, Sein reunited with Kleis and the group joked about drinking and affection while Lowell reviewed a list of powerful enemies planning to assassinate them. Liletta stopped Linié and Frieren from littering, and the chapter ended with Lowell hugging Frieren.

• Sein greeted Kleis with a shoulder punch and teased him for taking three years to return; Kleis explained he had stayed to help the woman who saved his life.
• Kleis said Schritt had spent his savings on alcohol, and Schritt proudly called herself his little sister; Sein then asked Lore and Methode to drink with him, but both rejected him.
• Lupa questioned why their enemies were still attempting an assassination, and Lowell urged caution before telling Linié to stop sensing mana because Serie was covering the Imperial Capital with her detection.
• Linié tossed an apple core toward the corner, but Liletta caught it and told her not to litter; Lupa picked Linié up, and Linié admitted her pitiful act worked.
• Frieren copied Linié by throwing an apple core and making a clumsy remorseful face after Liletta told her not to litter, so Lowell invited Frieren into a hug.

Lowell gathered the mages at the hideout after his Future Sight showed Serie dying when they were taken hostage, but Serie rejected the vision’s logic and threw Ruby out the window after Ruby exposed her lie. With Serie lacking usable Future Sight magic, she and Lowell agreed to prepare for danger.

• Serie entered the hideout, where Lowell explained that his Future Sight had shown her submitting to death after the mages were taken hostage.
• Sense confirmed that the gathered mages had seen the same vision, and Ruby tearfully thanked Serie for sacrificing herself for them.
• Serie argued that an enemy who could kill her would not spare her disciples, and she mocked Lowell for believing she would willingly give her life away.
• Ruby claimed she had spotted a tell that showed Serie was lying, so Serie picked her up by the collar and threw her out the window.
• Serie said she had only Prophetic Dream remaining and had given away her other Future Sight magic; Lowell urged them to prepare, and Serie called it boring.

Lowell, Frieren, Fern, and their companions toured the Imperial Capital’s festival night market while keeping watch for the people plotting an attack. They agreed that luring the attackers into the open streets would give their mage-heavy group an advantage, and continued shopping as they waited for the enemy to make a move.

• Frieren carried off another haul of magic books and tools, while Lowell stored them and Fern questioned whether Frieren could ever finish reading her purchases.
• Ruby shared tanghulu with the group, and Lowell explained that he had found a secret passage and notified Duncan to support them from outside.
• Sense agreed that an open area suited their mage-heavy force better than the banquet hall, while Serie dismissed the assassination threat as a joke.
• Frieren led Fern and the others through the lively market to browse more stalls as the group kept watch for their enemies.

Lowell and the others discovered that Clematis’s memories were sealed by an unfamiliar magic system, so they could not read them. Lowell prepared Clematis for Iris to torment and left the basement, where a muffled scream soon sounded.

• Lowell, Serie, and Ruby found that Clematis’s memories were locked in an unfamiliar way that neither mental defenses nor Goddess Magic explained.
• Lowell reassured Gazella that unfamiliar magic did not guarantee the enemy would win.
• Iris asked Lowell to hand Clematis over so she could repay him for the enemy’s earlier treatment of her.
• Lowell escorted Fern and Frieren out of the basement, then cast spells that made Clematis feel pain more intensely and prevented him from losing consciousness.
• Lowell left Iris alone with Clematis, and a shrill, muffled sound came through the closing door.

After the banquet passed without incident, Lowell and the others debated whether an unseen organization still posed a threat to Serie. Serie rejected Lowell’s offer of protection and left with Ruby and Himmel, while the remaining group had no clear plan.

• Serie mocked Lowell for predicting an assassination, and Sense and Fern noted that the Shadow Warriors capable of carrying it out had been neutralized.
• Falsh recalled Clematis’s claim that another organization would perform the assassination, and Frieren proposed that it either abandoned the plan or never existed.
• Lowell urged Serie to stay with the group, but she refused and challenged him to a fight if he insisted on protecting her.
• Ruby followed Serie with Himmel, while Frieren asked Lowell what the group should do next.
• Lupa argued that guarding Serie would be ineffective, Linié agreed, and Sein complained that he had missed a chance to meet elegant older women before Kleis smacked him.

Lowell’s party vanished without warning on the road to Ende, and Lowell’s suppressed demonic power began to emerge. Elsewhere, Serie’s carriage was destroyed by Regulus Corneas, who confronted her, Ruby, and Himmel as the Sin Archbishop of Greed.

• Lowell left the Imperial Capital with Frieren, Fern, Methode, and Liletta after Serie departed with Ruby and Himmel.
• While Lowell complained that the expected assassination had never happened, Frieren, Fern, Methode, and Liletta suddenly vanished without a trace.
• Lowell realized someone had taken his companions and began to transform, growing horns as his demonic presence weighed upon the road and surrounding air.
• On another road, Regulus Corneas destroyed Serie’s carriage and introduced himself as the Sin Archbishop of the Witch Cult representing Greed.
• Serie, Ruby, and Himmel landed safely beside the road as Regulus accused them of violating his right to peaceful passage.

Lupa and Linié explored an ancient arena and encountered a strange boy who claimed to eat memories and called out their names. Meanwhile, the Empire faced the White Whale’s spreading mist, while Brugge, Sense, and Falsh discovered Petelgeuse Romanée-Conti and his maddened followers nearby.

• Lupa and Linié found an ancient arena, entered its fighting ground, and met a green-haired boy who said memories tasted bad and recognized them as “Binge drinking” and “Gluttony.”
• Weige showed Kanon a recording of the White Whale, whose mist erased anything it touched, and Kanon ordered an evacuation and a five-kilometer exclusion zone.
• Brugge, Sense, and Falsh assessed the White Whale’s defenses, and Sense proposed that Ubel’s magic could cut it before the group planned to contact her.
• Maddened Magical Special Forces members and civilians emerged from the forest, followed by Petelgeuse Romanée-Conti, who declared Brugge, Sense, and Falsh new “fingers” for the Witch Cult.

Ubel and Lanto investigated an abandoned village and found traces of Clematis’s magic in the soil. They were confronted by Sirius Romanée-Conti, the Witch Cult’s Sin Archbishop of “Wrath,” who became enraged after mistaking their teasing for love and ranted about her own twisted idea of love.

• Ubel and Lanto searched the ruined village, joking about their partnership and their history together.
• Ubel sensed sticky traces of magic in the soil, and Lanto confirmed that Clematis had been there.
• Ubel teased Lanto by rubbing dirt on his cheeks, prompting a voice from the ruins to praise their supposed love.
• Sirius Romanée-Conti emerged, identified herself as the Witch Cult’s Sin Archbishop of “Wrath,” and thanked them for showing her love.
• Sirius grew furious at their calm reaction and declared their love impure because it had not been tested.
• Sirius described her obsessive attachment to someone who had given her a name and shown her kindness, insisting that it was love.

Lowell lost control of his fear and anger while rushing back toward the Imperial Capital in search of Frieren. After rescuing Fern from a dragon, he asked where Frieren was, but Fern did not recognize her name.

• Lowell unleashed his power, destroyed a fallen tree with a kick, and flew toward the Imperial Capital.
• As he raced back, Lowell’s growing fear for Frieren overwhelmed his attempts to calm himself.
• Lowell spotted Fern fighting a dragon in a valley and killed it with a single kick.
• Lowell rushed to Fern and demanded to know where Frieren was.
• Fern asked who Frieren was.

Serie, Himmel, and Ruby confronted Regulus Corneas after he destroyed their carriage, and Serie identified that his power nullified attacks before they could reach him. Regulus declared Ruby unfit to be his wife and offered Serie a place as his seventy-ninth; Serie answered by unleashing a massive torrent of mana that obliterated the area around him.

• Regulus introduced himself as the Sin Archbishop representing Greed and accused the group of violating his rights.
• Himmel punched Regulus, but the attack had no effect, and Serie explained that Regulus nullified its force and intent.
• Regulus criticized Himmel, Serie, and Ruby, declared Ruby unfit to be his wife, and announced that he had seventy-eight wives.
• Regulus appraised Serie and offered her the chance to become his seventy-ninth wife.
• Serie calmly acknowledged Regulus's offer, then fired a torrent of mana that erased the highway and surrounding landscape in a vast crater.

Lupa and Linié fought the Sin Archbishops Ley and Roy in the ruined arena, refusing to reveal their names and forcing the brothers onto the defensive. When Lupa disarmed Roy and nearly struck him down, he transformed into a formidable warrior, and Rui Arneb revealed herself as Gluttony’s third member.

• Ley identified himself as Ley Batenkaitos, the Sin Archbishop of Gluttony, and introduced Roy Alphard as his brother.
• Ley asked Lupa and Linié for their names, but Lupa warned Linié not to share information and launched a stronger attack.
• Lupa struck Roy’s short sword from his hand and thrust at his exposed heart.
• Roy transformed into a tall, middle-aged warrior and blocked Lupa’s spear with two long swords.
• The transformed warrior introduced herself as Rui Arneb, Gluttony’s third member and Roy’s little sister.

Brugge, Sense, and Falsh confronted Petelgeuse Romanée-Conti and his invisible attacks on the ridge. Sense captured Petelgeuse and questioned him, but he declared his purpose and sent his eleven fingers charging at her and Falsh.

• Brugge maintained his barrier against seven invisible physical attacks while Sense and Falsh vanished from Petelgeuse Romanée-Conti's sight.
• Sense appeared in front of Petelgeuse and pinned his limbs with strands of her hair.
• Petelgeuse explained that he was the Sin Archbishop of Sloth and that he wanted to turn Sense and the others into his fingers.
• Petelgeuse declared that Sense and Falsh would become his fingers, and his eleven followers lunged toward them.

Ubel and Lanto fought Sirius in the ruins, but Sirius’s power linked her injuries and emotions to Lanto and drew him into her fanatical fixation on love. After Ubel severed Sirius’s arm and Lanto suffered the same wound, Ubel began to echo Sirius’s strange smile and repeated the word “love.”

• Ubel teased Lanto about Sirius’s claim that he loved her, then challenged Sirius to fight.
• Ubel attacked Sirius with her staff while Sirius used her chains to block the blows, and Lanto joined in with lightning that Sirius also deflected.
• Sirius’s cries of “love” caused Lanto to repeat the word with a fanatical smile.
• Ubel used Nothing Is Uncuttable to sever Sirius’s left arm, and an identical wound appeared on Lanto’s arm.
• Sirius celebrated their shared pain as proof of love, while Ubel’s eyes reddened and she began repeating “love.”

Lowell discovered that the Fern before him was Capella Emerada Lugunica, who attacked him while impersonating her. Pandora erased his clone magic and brought Hector to help pin him down, leaving Lowell trapped beneath Hector’s crushing force.

• Lowell choked Fern when she said she had never heard of Frieren, then apologized and asked what she remembered about her past.
• Fern described traveling with Lowell as his apprentice, but when he reached for her, she transformed an arm into claws and tore open his chest.
• The imposter revealed herself as Capella Emerada Lugunica, and Lowell realized that Fern had not forgotten Frieren; Capella had only been impersonating her.
• Pandora appeared and declared that Lowell could not use Clone Magic, causing his clones and their connections to vanish.
• Pandora left the fight to Capella and Hector, whose immense gravity hurled Lowell into the valley wall and pinned him to the ground.
• Lowell joked that Hector’s crushing force felt like a massage that had woken him up.

Serie, Himmel, and Ruby confronted Regulus Corneas, whose Authority nullified their attacks and let him injure Ruby. Serie sealed Regulus’s connections to his wives and destroyed him with a concentrated beam of light.

• Serie, Himmel, and Ruby attacked Regulus, but his [Lion's Heart] nullified their physical and magical attacks.
• Regulus explained that his Authority separated him from the world, then sentenced the group to death.
• Regulus wounded Ruby with an invisible attack, and Himmel caught her and treated her with a healing potion.
• Serie lured Regulus into a forest clearing and sealed the connections sustaining his wives.
• Serie blocked Regulus’s final attack and erased him with a beam of light.