Chapter Summaries

Frieren and Lorenzo visited the aging Heiter, who asked Frieren to take Fern as her disciple so she could survive after his death. Frieren refused, but Heiter gave her an ancient grimoire to decipher, and she estimated the work would take five or six years before he entrusted it to her.

• Frieren introduced Lorenzo to Heiter, and they stayed at Heiter's home with Fern.
• Frieren assessed Fern's magic as talented but said she lacked mana and skill in allocating it.
• Heiter asked Frieren to take Fern as her disciple, but Frieren refused because the mage's journey was dangerous and Fern could die.
• Heiter explained that Fern was an orphan and he wanted her to gain the strength to survive after he died.
• Heiter showed Frieren a grimoire from Sage Aiwish's tomb, said to contain resurrection and immortality magic, and asked her to decipher it.
• Frieren said deciphering the grimoire would take five or six years, and Heiter entrusted it to her.

Lorenzo told Frieren and Heiter that Celestial True Magic could not extend Heiter’s life in his current hands, but he could ease the pain of his illness. While Frieren deciphered a grimoire and taught Fern, Lorenzo enjoyed his free time until Frieren ordered him to study magic theory too.

• Lorenzo explained that Ophiuchus magic could relieve Heiter’s suffering, though he could not use it to prolong Heiter’s life, and said the ritual would take a few months to prepare.
• Heiter asked Frieren to teach Fern magic while she deciphered his ancient grimoire, and Frieren agreed.
• Frieren taught Fern magic for several weeks while Lorenzo observed the night sky and spent his days wandering around the Holy City.
• Frieren told Lorenzo to study magic theory with Fern and gave him a stack of books to finish in one week.
• Fern offered Lorenzo her notes after saying she had already read the books, and Lorenzo realized his leisurely days were over.

After completing his calculations for Ophiuchus, Lorenzo prepared a star-powered ritual to treat Heiter’s illness, while explaining a possible way to let local mages use Celestial True Magic. The chapter ended with Frieren taking Fern away for an evening lesson.

• Lorenzo told Heiter and Frieren that the treatment could ease Heiter’s pain and repair some bodily damage, but would not make him younger or extend his life.
• Lorenzo chose a clearing behind the house and spent several days drawing the patterns needed to connect with Ophiuchus.
• Fern asked whether she could learn Celestial True Magic, and Lorenzo said there was hope because he had devised a possible Mana converter.
• Lorenzo explained that creating the converter could take years and that Fern would still need to master sensing and controlling Mana to use it safely.
• Frieren took Fern away for an evening lesson, and Lorenzo explained the idea of evening study to Fern.

Lorenzo completed a ritual connecting him to Ophiuchus and used its power to cure Heiter’s illness. Heiter recovered his ability to breathe and move comfortably, and the group prepared to celebrate with food and wine.

• Lorenzo established a connection to Ophiuchus, though the power flowing into his Magic Circuits felt strangely familiar to him.
• Lorenzo used the power he had borrowed to treat Heiter while Frieren and Fern watched.
• Heiter’s chest pain and heaviness disappeared, and he was able to breathe smoothly and walk with less difficulty.
• Fern relaxed and thanked Heiter, who comforted her by patting her head.
• Heiter proposed celebrating with meat and wine, and Fern agreed that wine was good medicine.

Frieren, Fern, and Lorenzo settled into their routine with Heiter, whose health had improved but whose drinking was kept in check. When Heiter invited them to the Saint Lomiu Festival in the Holy City, he chose to stay home and asked them to bring back the festival’s special brew.

• Frieren deciphered an ancient grimoire and taught Fern magic while Lorenzo studied the world’s magic and tracked celestial bodies.
• Heiter regained enough strength to walk around and visit the Holy City, and monks regularly brought him gifts and wine.
• Frieren and Lorenzo helped Fern understand alcohol, after which she began monitoring Heiter’s drinking.
• Heiter explained the Saint Lomiu Festival and invited Frieren, Fern, and Lorenzo to attend the Holy City celebration.
• Heiter declined to go because his appearance would attract attention, and Fern agreed to join Frieren and Lorenzo instead.
• Heiter asked them to bring back the festival’s special brew, and Fern limited them to two bottles.

Lorenzo and Fern explored the Saint Lomiu Festival after Frieren left to search for grimoires. They sampled festival sweets and planned to watch the float parade and evening lighting ceremony together.

• Lorenzo, Frieren, and Fern entered the Holy City and received flower wreaths from a monk.
• Frieren left to look for grimoires, and Lorenzo agreed to meet her at the cathedral after the lighting ceremony.
• Lorenzo bought Fern warm pudding, and she enjoyed it while they walked through the festival.
• Lorenzo gave Fern an exceptionally sweet candy and suggested she drink coffee with it, despite Heiter's warning about children and coffee.

Übel visited a cat-shaped chocolate shop during the Saint Lomiu Festival, where she met Lorenzo and Fern and teased Fern with a mushroom comparison. Lorenzo and Fern chose chocolates, while Übel left Fern unsure whether she had stopped joking about her.

• Übel bought a black cat-shaped chocolate and bit its head off after deciding that eating its ears would look pitiful.
• Lorenzo and Fern entered the shop, and Fern noticed Übel holding the headless chocolate cat.
• Übel compared Fern to a purple Puff-shroom, and Lorenzo called Übel a Scissor Girl, prompting Fern to repeat the nickname.
• Lorenzo stopped their argument, and Übel apologized to Fern, who accepted.
• Lorenzo chose a calico chocolate and Fern picked a curled-up white cat; Übel praised Fern's choice while leaving her uncertain about the joke.

Lorenzo, Fern, and Übel spent the festival together, watching performers and a float parade before Übel gave Fern a mushroom brooch. Übel left after teasing Fern, who planned to call her Scissor Girl when they met again.

• Lorenzo invited Übel to join him and Fern at the festival, and Übel took Fern's hand as they walked through the crowded streets.
• The three watched a street performer make knives vanish in a cloud of smoke and reappear on a balcony.
• Übel won a ring-toss contest and pinned a purple mushroom brooch on Fern as a gift marking their first meeting.
• Fern agreed to wear the brooch when they met again, and Übel promised she would try to find her even without it.
• Übel departed after calling Fern Little Spray Mushroom, and Fern angrily decided to call her Scissor Girl next time.

After the Saint Lomiu Festival, Fern gave Heiter a wreath and shared the festival wine with him. Later, Frieren proposed that she, Fern, and Lorenzo explore a newly discovered dungeon so Frieren could teach Fern dungeon skills.

• Frieren, Fern, and Lorenzo waited in line for Saint Lomiu Fine Wine, then watched the Holy City’s sacred fire and street lamps illuminate the festival.
• Fern prayed while holding the wreath she had prepared for Heiter, and the festival ended as the crowd made its way toward the city gate.
• Fern tied the wheat-ear wreath around Heiter’s wrist and wished him a happy festival; Heiter accepted it and kept the wine as well.
• Frieren showed Fern and Lorenzo a map of a dungeon beneath an abandoned chapel and explained that its entrance was sealed and its monsters seemed weak.
• Fern agreed to join Frieren and Lorenzo on the dungeon exploration after Heiter encouraged her to go.

Frieren, Fern, and Lorenzo explored a hidden dungeon beneath an abandoned chapel, where Fern found the entrance and identified a deadly trap. They continued into what appeared to be an old underground magic research facility, speculating about its origins.

• Fern sensed a concealed entrance beneath the chapel altar, and Frieren dispelled its protective spell.
• Lorenzo warned Fern about dangerous dungeons, then the three descended with Fern leading.
• Fern spotted a trapped floor tile and triggered it from a distance, revealing arrows and flames hidden in the corridor walls.
• The group passed into a wider chamber with worn reliefs that suggested the dungeon had once been an underground magic research facility.
• Lorenzo imagined a mage's tragic history behind the chapel's construction, and Frieren dismissed the story as a cliché.

Frieren, Fern, and Lorenzo explored a conventional labyrinth, with Lorenzo explaining that the journey and the goal both mattered. They discovered a poisonous Silver Flow River, and Lorenzo decided to stay behind and use the mana-conducting mineral to make a magic item.

• Frieren led Fern and Lorenzo through the labyrinth while Fern mapped its passages, and Lorenzo argued that the way to a goal could affect the result.
• Fern killed the labyrinth’s weak monsters in a single encounter, showing the decisiveness Frieren had taught her.
• At the last unexplored area, Lorenzo heard rushing water behind a stone door, and Frieren opened it.
• Poisonous gas poured out, so Lorenzo pulled Fern back while Frieren raised a barrier.
• Frieren explained that the river was Silver Flow, which absorbed and conducted mana, and Lorenzo recognized it as material for a magic item.
• Lorenzo said the item would take a month or two to make and told Frieren and Fern to return while he went to stock up on food.

After finishing the Volumen Hydrargyrum, Lorenzo reminded Frieren that Fern’s birthday was the next day, and they bought a bracelet to merge with the magic item as a joint present. Frieren regretted the bracelet’s steep price, but Lorenzo insisted that the gift showed how much she cared.

• Lorenzo appeared while Frieren waited to buy bread and reminded her that Fern’s birthday was the next day.
• Lorenzo revealed that he had made two Volumen Hydrargyrum, one for himself and one for Fern, from purified Silver Flow River.
• Lorenzo suggested that Frieren buy Fern a bracelet so he could merge the Volumen Hydrargyrum into it, and Frieren agreed.
• Frieren chose a mithril bracelet with a purple gemstone and reluctantly paid its high price.
• Lorenzo explained that Fern could reshape the bracelet, and Frieren asked if she could return it.

Frieren decided to keep the bracelet she had bought for Fern and looked forward to giving it to her. The next morning, Heiter, Lorenzo, and Frieren surprised Fern with a birthday breakfast, and Fern realized she had forgotten the day herself.

• Frieren decided that Fern’s birthday gift was worth the expense and imagined how Fern might react to it.
• Fern woke early for mana training and followed the smell of an elaborate breakfast downstairs.
• Heiter, Lorenzo, and Frieren revealed the birthday meal and wished Fern a happy birthday.
• Fern recalled how Heiter had remembered her birthday each year and felt that the home was livelier with Frieren and Lorenzo there.
• Lorenzo teased Frieren for making Fern work too hard, while Fern defended her training and glanced guiltily at Frieren.

For Fern’s birthday, Lorenzo and Frieren gave her a magical bracelet made from Silver Flow Ore and demonstrated its abilities. Fern accepted it, promising to wear it as she prepared to travel beyond their protection.

• Lorenzo and Frieren gave Fern a bracelet called Volumen Hydrargyrum for her birthday.
• Lorenzo explained that the bracelet adjusted to Fern’s wrist and could automatically defend against danger by manipulating silver fluid.
• Lorenzo demonstrated the bracelet’s attack form by slicing an apple, then explained that complex commands consumed more mana.
• Frieren, Lorenzo, and Heiter urged Fern to accept the valuable gift because it could help keep her safe when they were not nearby.
• Fern thanked them and promised to always wear the bracelet.

Fern, Frieren, and Lorenzo traveled to the Holy City to collect Heiter’s gift for Fern at Übel’s family tailor shop. Fern arrived wearing the purple mushroom brooch, only for Frieren to call her Little Spray Mushroom again.

• Heiter sent Fern, Frieren, and Lorenzo to a tailor shop in the Holy City to receive his gift for Fern.
• Lorenzo explained that the shop belonged to Übel’s family and reminded Fern to wear the purple mushroom brooch.
• Fern worried that Übel would call her Little Spray Mushroom, while Frieren learned the nickname and pretended to forget it.
• The group reached the tailor shop, and Fern pinned on the carefully kept brooch.
• Frieren adjusted Fern’s brooch and called her Little Spray Mushroom.

Fern, Frieren, and Lorenzo visited Übel's sister's tailor shop on Fern's birthday, where Fern and Übel resumed their teasing rivalry. Übel's sister revealed that Heiter had arranged a birthday outfit for Fern, and Übel promised to give Fern a present after she tried it on.

• Fern and Übel traded insults outside the tailor shop after Frieren accidentally called Fern Little Spray Mushroom.
• Übel's sister greeted the group and teased Übel about how often she had talked about Fern.
• Lorenzo gave Übel's sister Heiter's note, and she explained that Heiter had asked her to prepare a birthday outfit for Fern.
• Fern told Übel it was her birthday and pressed her for a present, but rejected Übel's offer to stop using her nickname for the day.
• Übel promised to give Fern a birthday present after she tried on the clothes, and Fern warned her not to give her something ordinary.

Fern tried on a mage outfit commissioned by Mr. Heiter, while Übel teased her from outside the fitting room. After Übel unexpectedly complimented Fern, Fern asked to see the present Übel had promised her.

• Übel's older sister sent Übel out of the fitting room so Fern could change.
• Übel's older sister remeasured Fern and found that she had grown about three centimeters.
• Fern tried on the outfit commissioned by Mr. Heiter, and Übel's older sister said it suited her.
• Fern showed the outfit to Frieren, Lorenzo, and Übel, who called her lovely.
• Fern asked Übel to give her the present she had promised.

Übel took Fern to her childhood hideaway as a birthday present and shared memories of her sister teaching her to see a finished creation before cutting. When a boulder blocked their path, Übel comforted Fern through a moment of vulnerability, then used a cutting spell she said came from resonating with Fern’s heart.

• Übel hurried Fern from the tailor shop and led her north of the Holy City toward a hidden overlook she had found as a child.
• Übel told Fern how watching her sister cut fabric shaped her understanding of imagining an outcome before making it real.
• A boulder blocked the path, and Fern revealed that Frieren had refused to take her as an apprentice because she considered Fern a burden.
• Übel embraced Fern and reassured her that Fern was not a burden to her, allowing Fern to find comfort in the hug.
• Übel cut the boulder into pieces and told Fern that the magic had come from resonating with Fern's heart.

Years after Fern and Übel grew closer, Lorenzo completed Saturn Magecraft while Frieren continued deciphering the grimoire. Fern, Übel, and Lorenzo left for the Holy City to take the Third-Class True Magic User exam, while Frieren stayed behind.

• Fern and Übel maintained their friendship through visits and letters, despite Fern's frustration at how casually Übel wielded her magic.
• Lorenzo completed Saturn Magecraft and established a connection with it, gaining new abilities.
• Fern reminded Frieren that she, Übel, and Lorenzo were taking the exam, which Frieren had forgotten about.
• Frieren showed Fern her Proof of the Holy Staff, but Fern pointed out it was not a qualification recognized by the current True Magic Association.
• Fern and Lorenzo departed for the Holy City with Heiter's packed lunch, while Frieren declined to join them and asked them to bring her dessert.

Lorenzo brought Fern and Übel to the Holy City True Magic Association for the Third-Class True Magic User exam, where examiner Zanze used her authority to waive his exam. Fern and Übel registered and prepared to take the exam, while Übel's interest in Zanze's long hair left the examiner uneasy.

• Fern and Lorenzo arrived at the examination site and met Übel, who had been waiting for them.
• Lorenzo registered and Zanze used her examiner authority to let him skip the exam.
• Übel asked to skip the exam too, but Zanze refused and registered her.
• Übel complimented Zanze's hair and said it must be fun to cut, prompting Fern to pull her away.
• Zanze warned Übel not to attack examiners and hurried off as Übel watched her hair.