Recaps

Frieren, Fern, Dugu Qing, and Jian Ze explored the labyrinth, where Frieren got caught by a Mimic before the group continued hunting for treasure. In a vast hall, they found a copy of Dugu Qing, and Fern reacted furiously while Dugu Qing prepared to face it.

• Frieren opened a chest despite Dugu Qing and Fern warning that it was a Mimic, and the Mimic swallowed her until they pushed her inside and made it spit her out.
• Dugu Qing healed and cleaned Frieren while Fern fixed her hair, and Frieren admitted she usually escaped Mimics with offensive magic that curled her hair.
• The group fought Gargoyles, found gems in a secret room, and continued searching side passages after Frieren decided she had not had enough treasure hunting.
• Dugu Qing opened a heavy stone door and revealed a copy of himself standing in the hall.
• Fern became enraged at the copy's likeness, but Dugu Qing restrained her and said he and Frieren would deal with it; Jian Ze wondered whether Fern's reaction revealed her feelings.

Dugu Qing and Frieren defeated Dugu Qing’s nearly identical double, then explored the labyrinth and found a hidden chamber with an ancient mural. At the deepest hall, they learned that Frieren’s double blocked the way, and Fern claimed she might be able to defeat Frieren.

• Dugu Qing and Frieren worked together to destroy Dugu Qing’s powerful double, and Dugu Qing buried its body before the group moved on.
• The group searched the lowest level’s hidden chambers, collected treasure, and discovered a golden staircase behind the ancient sage’s statue.
• Dugu Qing, Frieren, Fern, and Jian Ze entered a chamber containing a mural of a king from the Unified Dynasty period, then continued toward the labyrinth’s deepest part.
• Denken told Frieren that her double guarded the hall ahead and that the mages had been unable to challenge it.
• Methode’s restraint magic failed against Frieren, but Fern said she might be able to kill her, prompting Frieren to suggest making a battle plan.

After learning that the Water Mirror Demon controlled the flawless replicas, the mages prepared to confront Frieren’s replica and discovered a weakness in how she used mana detection. Frieren chose Dugu Qing to fight beside her, confident they could destroy the replica.

• Dunst told the group that Edel had escaped after Jian Ze’s replica attacked her, and that the replicas could not be controlled with mental magic.
• Lavina and Kanne reported that the Water Mirror Demon controlled all the replicas from a hidden chamber on the deepest level, and defeating it would make them disappear.
• Fern noticed that Frieren briefly interrupted her mana detection when casting a spell and proposed exploiting this weakness against the replica.
• The group shared their information and planned the battle, while Lavina and Kanne briefly resumed their quarrel.
• Frieren reflected on her acceptance of death and felt pleased that Fern had discovered one of her weaknesses.
• Frieren chose Dugu Qing to accompany her into the hall and fight her replica.

Frieren and Dugu Qing fought the Water Mirror Demon’s Frieren clone while the other mages battled the remaining clones. As Frieren kept the clone occupied, Dugu Qing struck from behind with a lightning dragon that pierced its body.

• Fern agreed to stay behind after losing rock-paper-scissors to Dugu Qing, who entered the hall with Frieren.
• Frieren unleashed her full mana and fought the clone with powerful spells while Dugu Qing hid and watched for an opening.
• Dugu Qing attacked the clone from the shadows, but its defenses blocked his Mana Bullets as Frieren wore down its attention and mana.
• The Water Mirror Demon sent the other clones toward the hall, while the examinees worked together to defeat clones across the labyrinth.
• Frieren intensified her barrage until the clone focused less on Dugu Qing, who appeared behind it and pierced its body with a lightning dragon.

After the examinees conquered the Ruined King's Tomb, Serie canceled the planned third test and announced that she would personally interview them. As the examinees feared facing the legendary mage, Serie eagerly hoped that one of them would notice her mana fluctuating.

• Dugu Qing destroyed the purple crystal, completing the conquest of the Ruined King's Tomb and ending the replicas.
• Jian Ze announced that everyone who had reached the labyrinth's deepest chamber had passed the second test, and Frieren got trapped in another Mimic before Dugu Qing and Fern freed her.
• At the council meeting, Serie canceled the original third test and decided to assess the examinees herself; Laiern revealed that he had noticed Frieren suppressing her mana.
• Serie left the council hall hoping that Dugu Qing, Frieren, Fern, or another examinee would notice her mana, while Laiern began wanting to fight Frieren.
• A staff member announced that Serie's third test would be an interview, alarming the examinees and prompting Lavina and Kanne to cling to each other in fear.

Serie judged the examinees in the flower hall, failed Frieren, and then faced Dugu Qing’s protest and withdrawal. To keep Dugu Qing from leaving, Serie relented and declared that Frieren had passed.

• Serie failed Kanne and several other examinees, including Lavina, Laufen, and Ailu, because they could not imagine becoming Level One Mages.
• Serie failed Frieren after Frieren said she liked magic that created a field of flowers, but Frieren calmly explained that her companions had helped defeat the Demon King.
• Frieren warned Serie that Dugu Qing and Fern would exceed her expectations, then told Dugu Qing she had been eliminated.
• Dugu Qing entered the flower hall, defended Frieren, condemned the exam as unjust, and announced that he was withdrawing.
• Serie changed her decision and said Frieren had passed the exam to persuade Dugu Qing to stay.

Dugu Qing and Fern passed Serie’s Level One Mage examination after Dugu Qing discussed the Hero’s Sword and Fern recognized Serie’s suppressed mana. The three celebrated, and later planned to request convenient cleaning spells at the promotion ceremony.

• Serie asked Dugu Qing about the Hero’s Sword, then declared that he had passed the third test.
• Fern entered the Flower Hall, recognized Serie’s mana swaying, refused Serie’s offers, and passed the examination.
• Fern told Dugu Qing and Frieren she had become a Level One Mage, and the three celebrated at a buffet restaurant.
• Denken thanked Frieren and Dugu Qing and invited them to share desserts with him and Laufen.
• The next day, Dugu Qing and Fern toured Auwest while Frieren bought grimoires, and Frieren suggested requesting cleaning spells at the promotion ceremony.
• Frieren, Fern, and Dugu Qing dressed formally and headed to the Magic Association for the ceremony.

Serie granted the Level One Mages their requested spells, while Dugu Qing and Frieren chose mundane cleaning magic instead of powerful spells. The chapter ended with Frieren taking Divine Might of God after Serie urged her to prepare for Dugu Qing’s future enemies.

• Fern requested and received the Magic of Eternal Youth from Serie, then left delighted.
• Denken, Ubel, and the other new Level One Mages received their chosen magic.
• Serie displayed her collection of powerful spells to Dugu Qing, who requested magic for washing hair and learned it immediately.
• Serie criticized Frieren for teaching Dugu Qing to favor everyday magic.
• Frieren requested magic for cleaning skin, but after Serie urged her to choose an attack spell, she took Divine Might of God from the bookshelf.

Laiern challenged Frieren to a duel to win fame, but Dugu Qing defeated him with ease and Frieren rejected the fight. After Frieren reassured Laiern that Serie would remember him, Dugu Qing left him behind and healed Frieren’s wound.

• Frieren gave Dugu Qing Divine Heavenly Might Magic, which he considered less useful than his skin-cleaning spell, while Fern celebrated receiving a spell that kept her young.
• The next day, Laiern challenged Frieren to a duel so he could become a famous human hero and remain by Serie’s side.
• Laiern attacked Frieren, who dodged until a Mana Bullet wounded her shoulder, and Dugu Qing stepped in to stop his assault.
• Laiern summoned three golems, but Dugu Qing destroyed them with one sword strike and broke through Laiern’s defensive magic.
• Dugu Qing seized Laiern by the throat as Frieren refused to duel him and told him that Serie remembered all her students.
• Dugu Qing tossed Laiern aside, followed Frieren, and healed her shoulder wound.

After Dugu Qing defeated Laiern and healed Frieren, Serie decided to take Lavina, Kanne, and Ailu as students in preparation for the coming World-Destroying Calamity. Dugu Qing, Frieren, Fern, and Stark left Auwest and resumed their journey north, while Dugu Qing returned to the forest eager to invent new spells.

• Dugu Qing escorted Frieren back to her room after her wound healed, while Laiern returned home in shame after losing to him.
• Frieren tried cooking to cheer Dugu Qing up, but injured her fingers, and Fern treated them with ice.
• Serie decided to take on more students before the World-Destroying Calamity and sent Jian Ze to summon Lavina, Kanne, and Ailu.
• Three days later, news spread that Serie had taken the three young women as students, and Dugu Qing, Frieren, Fern, and Stark left the Moonlight Hotel to continue north.
• Lavina, Kanne, and Ubel thanked Frieren and said goodbye to the group outside Auwest.
• Dugu Qing returned to the forest, excited to invent spells, while Frieren reminded him to study Serie's Divine Might of God.

Dugu Qing and his companions encountered Anti-Magic Ore, tested its effects, and continued their journey toward Ende. The next morning, the road collapsed beneath them, leaving the group suspended in a deep pit.

• Dugu Qing experimented with a water spell to wash his robes, and the group accepted a ride from a farmer before continuing toward Ende.
• Frieren found Anti-Magic Ore, and Fern discovered that it nullified her magic near the stone.
• Dugu Qing threw the ore into the river, retrieved it to examine it, then hurled it far away after Frieren made it glow brightly.
• The group ate dinner, camped by the river, and set off again the next morning.
• The ground collapsed beneath Frieren, Fern, Stark, and Dugu Qing, and they used Flight Magic to stop their fall into the pit.
• Frieren realized that the wetland ground beneath them had become hollow.

Dugu Qing, Frieren, Fern, and Stark explored a vast cavern filled with anti-magic ore, escaped a Venomous Extreme Dragon, and continued through the Ranfort Great Forest. After bathing in a river, Dugu Qing developed a spell to clean his skin.

• Dugu Qing caught Frieren, Fern, and Stark as their magic failed in the anti-magic ore cavern, then led them through its vast crystal deposits.
• Stark panicked at a pile of monster bones, while Dugu Qing reassured Fern that anti-magic ore posed no immediate threat to mages.
• A Venomous Extreme Dragon emerged during the night, and Dugu Qing led the group in escaping the cavern by morning.
• The group entered the Ranfort Great Forest, where Dugu Qing bathed in a river and Frieren teased him about joining her and Fern.
• Dugu Qing continued researching a spell to clean his skin and successfully developed it.

Stark accepted Wirbel’s invitation to join the fighting on the northern frontier and left Frieren’s party, though he regretted leaving as he said goodbye. Frieren, Dugu Qing, and Fern let him go with food and money, and Stark departed with Wirbel and his teammate.

• In a tavern, Wirbel told Frieren’s party that demons had thrown the northern frontier into chaos and invited Stark to join him there.
• After seeing Frieren, Dugu Qing, and Fern sharing a close moment, Stark decided that leaving for the battlefield might give him purpose and make others notice him.
• The next morning, Stark announced that he had accepted Wirbel’s invitation, and Frieren tried to dissuade him before respecting his decision.
• Dugu Qing arranged a farewell meal, and Stark cried as he remembered how much he valued life with Frieren, Dugu Qing, and Fern.
• Frieren gave Stark half her savings, Dugu Qing and Fern offered him homemade snacks, and Stark left with Wirbel and Wirbel’s nameless teammate.

Stark regretted leaving Frieren's Party after experiencing Wirbel's harsh travel conditions and returned to find his friends welcoming him back. He apologized, rejoined the group, and was moved to tears by their kindness.

• Stark traveled with Wirbel and endured long walks, stale black bread, and moldy bedding, making him miss Frieren's Party.
• Stark threw down his bread and quit Wirbel's group, heading back through the forest.
• Frieren, Dugu Qing, and Fern prepared a feast at the inn while Stark watched them from outside.
• Stark rushed in and apologized to Dugu Qing, Frieren, and Fern for leaving.
• Dugu Qing, Frieren, and Fern welcomed Stark back, and he sat down to eat with them, crying with happiness.

Frieren told Dugu Qing, Fern, and Stark about the Hero of the South before the group traveled to Count Dacht's Domain. After Earl Dacht asked them to recover his family's sword from demons, Frieren agreed because Himmel's party had retrieved it once before.

• Frieren cleaned the Hero of the South's statue in Fabel Village and received an itch-scratching spell, which Dugu Qing learned immediately.
• Fern and Frieren joked that Dugu Qing could become the strongest hero, while Stark teased him as a potential strongest layabout hero.
• Frieren recalled how the Hero of the South had invited her to fight the Demon King and how she later joined Himmel's party.
• The group reached Count Dacht's Domain, where Frieren hurried through the market but accepted an invitation to the Earl's residence after the butler mentioned Himmel.
• At dinner, Earl Dacht told Frieren that demons had stolen his family's heirloom sword, and she agreed to retrieve it.

Frieren’s party recovered the treasured sword after Dugu Qing killed the Sword Demon, then returned it to Earl Dalah and continued north toward Ende. Near the Etwas Mountains, they learned a hot-spring village had vanished and set off to find a secluded spring.

• Frieren discovered the graves in the ruined village were empty and identified the black-robed stranger as the Sword Demon who had eaten the villagers.
• Dugu Qing angrily killed the Sword Demon with a single strike, and Frieren retrieved the treasured sword.
• The party returned the sword to Earl Dalah and received magic that turned red apples into green apples as their reward.
• Near the Etwas Mountains, Stark persuaded Frieren to search for a secluded hot spring after they learned the nearby village spring had dried up.
• The party traveled into the mountains, made camp in a clearing, and shared a warm meal by the fire.

Frieren, Dugu Qing, Fern, and Stark continued their journey north, defeated a Three-Headed Lizard, and relaxed at a mountain hot spring. In Heiss, Fern found a pretext to spend time with Dugu Qing by taking a quest to find a missing cat, and she realized how happy his company made her.

• Frieren directed Stark to draw out the Three-Headed Lizard, and Frieren, Dugu Qing, and Fern killed it with synchronized Mana Bullets.
• The group soaked their feet in a mountain hot spring, where Frieren and Fern dunked Stark after he joked about athlete’s foot.
• In Heiss, Frieren enjoyed the hot springs while Dugu Qing booked a private bath at a resort.
• Fern accepted a quest to find a missing orange cat and invited Dugu Qing to accompany her.
• Dugu Qing found the cat and returned it to its owner, while Fern felt happy to be with him.

Dugu Qing learned that his birthday was November 1, then asked Frieren about hers and discovered it was September 27. After the group split up, he and Fern continued shopping, and he caught her when she stumbled in her shoes.

• Fern invited Dugu Qing shopping to thank him for helping find the kitten, and they enjoyed snacks together.
• Dugu Qing asked a fortune-teller to determine his birthday, and she calculated that it was November 1.
• Dugu Qing celebrated learning his birthday and asked Frieren when hers was; she said it was September 27.
• After eating with Frieren and Stark, Dugu Qing and Fern went shopping together while the others returned to the inn.
• Fern stumbled in her shoes, and Dugu Qing caught her by the hand before they continued toward the inn.

Frieren, Fern, Stark, and Dugu Qing entered the monster-filled Northern Highlands and fought their way through days of attacks. After accepting a homeowner’s request to kill a powerful monster, they defeated two gray-skinned giants, though Stark was knocked unconscious in the second fight.

• Frieren, Fern, Stark, and Dugu Qing crossed the Northern Plateau checkpoint and were warned that the demons in the Northern Highlands were especially strong.
• The group fought off seven dinosaur-like monsters, then endured three days of near-constant battles that left them exhausted.
• Frieren and Dugu Qing found a cabin, where the homeowner offered them a place to stay if they killed a powerful monster in the forest.
• The next morning, Dugu Qing killed a gray-skinned giant that had attacked a carriage, and Fern wiped the demon’s blood from his face.
• Stark charged a second gray-skinned giant but was sent flying and knocked unconscious; Frieren and Fern attacked while Dugu Qing cut the giant to pieces with sword qi.

After Stark recovered from fainting, he changed his fighting style and began charging bravely into battles. Dugu Qing and his companions reached Wine City, rested and celebrated the new year with food and fireworks before their journey continued.

• Dugu Qing healed Stark after the monster attack, and Stark later began charging into battle despite repeated defeats.
• Frieren, Fern, Stark, and Dugu Qing entered Wine City after Frieren showed her Mage certificate at the gate.
• Dugu Qing and Fern explored the market, bought snacks, and planned to watch the circus on New Year's Eve with Frieren, while Stark chose to rest.
• Dugu Qing and Fern cooked lavish meals that drew local residents to the inn, and the owner waived the group's room fees.
• Dugu Qing, Frieren, Fern, and Stark watched fireworks from the inn's open-air corridor as the new year began.

Dugu Qing, Fern, Stark, and Frieren watched a New Year circus from a flying carpet, but the others fell asleep or left. Fern seized the quiet opportunity to kiss Dugu Qing, fulfilling the wish she had long cherished.

• Fern and Dugu Qing made a flying carpet so the group could watch the circus from above.
• Stark applauded the performers, while Frieren gradually understood the human celebration and fell asleep.
• Fern wiped sesame seeds from Dugu Qing's mouth, and the two spoke about her growing up and his elf youth.
• Stark left for the inn, and Dugu Qing fell asleep as Fern guided the carpet down.
• Fern returned the carpet to the sky, leaned beside the sleeping Dugu Qing, and kissed him.

Dugu Qing, Frieren, Fern, and Stark celebrated the new year before resuming their journey across the Northern Plateau. In Bia, Frieren helped Fasi break into the Emperor’s Wine cellar, where Fasi discovered that the wine he had sought for two hundred years tasted terrible.

• Dugu Qing, Fern, Frieren, and Stark spent the new year celebrating and playing games before setting out again five days later.
• In Bia, the group heard that Fasi was searching for Emperor’s Wine, and Fasi asked Frieren to break the cellar’s barrier.
• Frieren explained that Milliarde had invented the wine’s reputation as a prank, but accepted Fasi’s quest after Fern and Stark urged her to take the offered reward.
• Frieren spent three months breaking the barrier while Dugu Qing, Fern, and Stark waited in Bia.
• Fasi entered the cellar and tasted the Emperor’s Wine, then grimaced as he realized it tasted awful, while Dugu Qing chuckled at his disappointment.

After ending the Emperor’s Wine affair, Dugu Qing and his companions continued across the Northern Plateau, where he turned flour into rice noodle rolls and spicy gluten strips to relieve their week of hard bread. The group then reached the Norm Trading Company’s headquarters, where a receptionist recognized Frieren and went to report her to the company head.

• Fasi gave away the Emperor’s Wine for free, and the disappointed townspeople tasted it and learned it was awful.
• The group continued their journey and endured a week of eating hard bread in the forest.
• Dugu Qing used flour to make rice noodle rolls and spicy gluten strips, restoring his companions’ spirits with the meal.
• The group emerged from the forest and reached the Norm Trading Company’s headquarters on the Northern Plateau.
• A receptionist recognized Frieren as the legendary mage sought by the trading company and hurried to inform the company head.

Norm demanded repayment from Frieren for a debt Himmel's party had taken out eighty years earlier, but Dugu Qing challenged his claim and negotiated Frieren's share down to one hundred and twenty-five gold coins. Frieren and her companions left after paying, while Norm was left lamenting that Dugu Qing had thwarted his plan to recruit Frieren to find silver ore.

• Norm told Frieren she owed five hundred gold coins and threatened to make her work in the mines for three hundred years if she could not pay.
• Dugu Qing drew his sword to stop Norm's guards from seizing Frieren and argued that Norm had to honor the previous president's verbal agreement.
• Norm reminded Frieren that his grandfather had lent money to Himmel's party, so Frieren agreed to repay something in his honor.
• Dugu Qing argued that the debt belonged to all four members of Himmel's party and that Frieren was responsible for only one hundred and twenty-five gold coins.
• Dugu Qing paid Frieren's share, and he, Frieren, Fern, and Stark left the trading company.
• Norm admitted that he had wanted Frieren to help him find silver ore, while a guard asked what the company should do about its losses and the growing threat from demons.

After Norm asked Frieren to find a silver mine to save his trading company’s logistics network, Dugu Qing negotiated a reward of five thousand gold coins. Frieren quickly discovered a vast silver deposit, leaving Norm’s company poised to recover and Fern and Stark wondering if the reward was far too small.

• After Frieren’s party left town, Norm rode out with knights to catch up and ask her to find a silver mine.
• Dugu Qing agreed to help Norm restore the Northern Plateau logistics network and demanded five thousand gold coins, which Norm accepted along with canceling Himmel, Heiter, and Eisen’s debts.
• Norm escorted Frieren’s party to his family’s mine, where Frieren used her mana to locate the main silver vein.
• Frieren cleared away the rock to reveal an enormous deposit of silver ore, and Norm celebrated the trading company’s chance to overcome its crisis.
• Fern and Stark thought Dugu Qing had asked for too little, while Frieren joked that limited suitcase space was why she was not the world’s richest person.