Chapter Summaries

Lin Nai and Durandal found Shigure Kira in the Candy House, where they told her about Cecilia’s resurrection and the changes in Schicksal. Shigure Kira decided to return with them, while Nicholas went to inform Elder Konpeito before joining the trip.

• Lin Nai reunited with Shigure Kira and Nicholas, and Durandal stopped him from teasing Nicholas.
• Shigure Kira misunderstood how Theresa took power and learned from Durandal that Cecilia had been resurrected and that Bianca was the original Kiana.
• Shigure Kira asked why Lin Nai was alive, and Nicholas explained how she had left the World Bubble and come to the Candy House.
• Shigure Kira agreed to return with Lin Nai and Durandal to see Cecilia, and Nicholas agreed to come along after finding Elder Konpeito.
• Shigure Kira explained that the Candy House was a small World Bubble used as a shelter for the Sugarcube race, and she reacted with disgust when Siegfried came up.

Lin Nai, Durandal, Kiana, and Shigure Kira waited at Schicksal Headquarters for Cecilia, while Kiana heard rumors about Siegfried and Shigure Kira avoided confirming them. After five hours in the cold, Shigure Kira reunited with Shabu, who was startled by Nicholas’s appearance.

• Lin Nai brought Bianca, Shigure Kira, and Nicholas through a spatial gate to Schicksal Headquarters.
• Kiana arrived and asked whether rumors that Siegfried had groped every Valkyrie in Schicksal were true, but Shigure Kira dodged the question.
• Shigure Kira became excited when Kiana said Cecilia was on her way, and Kiana realized Shigure Kira was Cecilia’s devoted fan and had a grudge against Siegfried.
• Kiana revealed that Cecilia’s arrival might take five hours, so Lin Nai, Durandal, Kiana, and Shigure Kira waited through the cold until dark.
• Shabu reunited with Shigure Kira and was surprised to see Nicholas in the form of a little black ball.

Cecilia arrived at Schicksal with Siegfried, and the gathered friends reunited while discussing Theresa’s upcoming coronation and Otto’s retirement. Siegfried and Welt visited Otto, who pointed out that Welt was now the busiest of them all.

• Theresa arrived after dumping her work on her grandfather, and Lin Nai welcomed her.
• Cecilia arrived with Siegfried, and Shigure Kira rushed to embrace her; Kiana teased Siegfried when he asked if she missed him.
• Theresa told Lin Nai to come to her office, while Lin Nai explained that she had kicked Otto out of his former office.
• Siegfried and Welt hurried to Otto’s office and Siegfried kicked the door open to tease him.
• Otto calmly said that retirement had given him more free time, then suggested Welt was busy; Siegfried agreed, leaving Welt silent.

Theresa prepared to take over as Schicksal Bishop while Otto looked forward to retiring and joining Kallen's squad as its adjutant. The coronation began with Theresa approaching the podium, though Lin Nai and the others noticed her outfit had been altered in a hurry.

• Welt and Siegfried left after joking about Welt's workload, and Welt planned to visit Tesla and the others before going drinking with Siegfried.
• Otto celebrated his impending retirement and secretly prepared an order appointing himself adjutant of Kallen's squad.
• Cecilia helped Theresa get ready for the coronation while Theresa worried about the work of running Schicksal and mentioned Lin Nai's plans to go to the moon.
• Amber showed Theresa Otto's appointment order, and Theresa realized he planned to travel with Kallen's squad after retiring.
• Otto began the ceremony and called Theresa forward to inherit the Bishop's crown, while Lin Nai, Rita, and Durandal remarked on her altered outfit.

After becoming Schicksal’s Bishop, Theresa appointed Lin Nai as her secretary, Himeko as St. Freya Academy’s principal, and Otto as Vice Bishop. Otto tried to pass the vice-bishop position to Lin Nai, but Theresa refused and instead offered Otto a chance to travel with Kallen’s team while handling his work remotely.

• Theresa issued her first orders, making Lin Nai her secretary, Himeko the principal of St. Freya Academy, and Otto the Vice Bishop of Schicksal.
• Himeko protested becoming principal, but Theresa insisted her authority as Bishop made the appointment final, and Himeko stormed out.
• Otto asked Theresa to make Lin Nai Vice Bishop instead, but Theresa refused because she wanted Lin Nai to remain by her side.
• Otto suggested Lin Nai could work as Vice Bishop in Theresa’s office, and Theresa agreed to appoint him as well.
• Theresa refused to revoke Otto’s position but offered to make him an adjutant on Kallen’s team, with his work sent to him online.
• Otto accepted Theresa’s offer.

Lin Nai spent the night with Theresa, then met Durandal and Anna at Schicksal Headquarters. Anna came to thank him and discuss his suggestion that she become a Herrscher who fights for humanity.

• Theresa stopped Lin Nai from leaving the bishop's office and kept him with her until the next morning.
• Lin Nai learned that Kevin had headed to the Moon and asked Einstein about modifying the Hyperion for space travel.
• Durandal led Lin Nai to the training room, where he met Cecilia and Anna.
• Anna explained that the Snow Lotus Squad had been handling the aftermath of the Herrscher of Ice incident and that she had visited St. Freya weeks earlier.

Lin Nai agreed to give Anna the Herrscher of Ice and Herrscher of Stars cores, then discussed a trip to the moon with Durandal. He later found Tesla, Einstein, Bronya, and an exhausted Welt preparing the Hyperion for the journey, while Otto said Theresa had approved Schicksal funding for its modifications.

• Anna told Lin Nai she wanted power to protect her companions, and he agreed to arrange the cores for her.
• Durandal took Lin Nai to train, then agreed to join him on a trip to the moon without bringing the Blade of Immortality Squad.
• Susanna eagerly agreed to continue training with Durandal, who explained that Susanna had recently joined the squad from Phosphorus Sand.
• Lin Nai left and found Tesla, Einstein, Bronya, and an overworked Welt near the Hyperion, preparing for the moon trip.
• Otto said Theresa had asked him to help and approved Schicksal covering the Hyperion's modification costs.

Lin Nai and the others planned the Hyperion’s renovation while Otto and Welt argued, and Welt ended up doing construction work with his Herrscher powers. Lin Nai told Kiana and Bronya he planned to take them to the moon, then watched Otto and Welt resume their dispute over who controlled Schicksal.

• Otto explained that Theresa had volunteered him to help with the Hyperion’s renovation because she worried the Herrscher of Reason’s powers might fail, while Lin Nai realized Theresa’s Herrscher of Binding power could endanger the ship.
• Tesla and Einstein recruited Welt for the renovation, and Lin Nai and Bronya saw him operating an excavator made with Herrscher powers as Otto watched and mocked him.
• Kiana and Bronya asked Lin Nai where he had spent the previous night, and he admitted that Theresa had taken him to her room.
• Lin Nai invited Kiana and Bronya to go to the moon with him, and both agreed while bickering over who should go first.
• Welt told Otto that he was obstructing his work, and Otto claimed Schicksal as his territory before Welt reminded him that it belonged to Theresa now.

Welt forced Otto back to work by calling Theresa, while the Hyperion’s preparations and Anna’s transformation into the Meteoric Ice Herrscher progressed. After Little Shix got her own body, she caused trouble at Schicksal Headquarters, and Lin Nai discovered Otto had rigged a Valkyrie popularity poll to put Theresa first.

• Welt called Theresa and got Otto assigned a huge pile of documents, sending him back to his office to work.
• The Hyperion’s test went perfectly, Anna became the Meteoric Ice Herrscher without losing her mind, and most of the group prepared for the moon while Sirin chose to stay behind with Bella.
• Mobius and Otto helped Lin Nai create a body for Little Shix, who began wandering around Schicksal Headquarters and trying to run an unauthorized stall.
• Little Shix bragged that she would trick Lin Nai and tie up Fu Hua, but Fu Hua appeared, knocked her down, and dragged her away for an educational talk.
• Lin Nai found a Schicksal Valkyrie popularity poll credited to Otto’s old pen name, Clown α, and headed to Theresa’s office to report him.

Theresa and Lin Nai decided to hold Schicksal’s first idol competition, while Anti-Entropy considered entering Welt and Tesla. Otto admitted that he had started the idea to reduce his workload, but Theresa assigned him the entire event to plan.

• Theresa proposed an idol competition with no gender restrictions, and Lin Nai suggested putting Uncle Yang onstage.
• Schicksal staff enthusiastically signed up or nominated others after Theresa announced that the winner would receive one wish.
• Edison, Tesla, and Einstein discussed getting Welt to compete, and Einstein decided to register Tesla without telling her.
• Lin Nai confronted Otto about being Clown α, and Otto explained that he had hoped the competition would reduce his workload.
• Lin Nai told Otto that Theresa had handed him the competition’s entire planning process.

Lin Nai recruited contestants for Schicksal’s idol competition and put Walter Yang and Siegfried on the registration list without their consent. The deadline approached, and the two men learned they had been signed up and would have to perform.

• Otto added Walter Yang to the contestant spreadsheet, and Lin Nai photographed the list before sharing the competition poster with the Elysian Realm group chat.
• Kevin and Su argued in the chat, while the Flame-Chasers declined to participate again.
• At Schicksal’s tavern, Lin Nai learned that Wraith would not enter the competition and greeted Walter and Siegfried when they arrived.
• Walter told Lin Nai that Tesla planned to participate, and Lin Nai recalled that Einstein had arranged for Tesla and Durandal to be registered.
• Lin Nai showed Walter and Siegfried the registration list, revealing that Otto had signed them both up.

Siegfried and Welt beat Otto after discovering he had entered them in the competition, then added Otto to the registration form and sent it to Theresa. At Lin Nai’s room, he worked on magical girl outfits for Sirin and Bella while the others discussed getting new clothes and joining the competition.

• Siegfried and Welt stormed Otto’s office and beat him for secretly registering them for the competition.
• Otto revealed he had backed up the registration file, so Siegfried and Welt entered Otto’s name and sent the form to Theresa.
• Lin Nai explained that Sirin’s magical girl outfit was for Bella to wear in her place, and he was making outfits for both of them.
• Bella’s wings knocked Wendy to the ground as Wendy walked past, and Bella apologized.
• Kiana asked Lin Nai for new clothes, and he reassured her and Bronya that he would make outfits for them too.
• Lin Nai asked Himeko about joining the competition, but Himeko said she was too busy with her work as head of St. Freya Academy.

Lin Nai learned that several people, including Durandal and the four Doctors, had been entered into the idol competition without their consent. The day before the competition, he visited the modified Hyperion, discovered Ai-chan had been stealing its electricity, and introduced her to Tesla.

• Durandal complained that Rita and her squad had entered her in the idol competition, and Lin Nai suggested she ask Shigure Kira for advice.
• Lin Nai revealed that Otto, Welt, and Siegfried had also been entered, while Bronya realized Lin Nai had exposed Otto’s scheme to them.
• Lin Nai arrived aboard the Hyperion, where Tesla confirmed its modifications were complete and complained that she had been entered in the competition.
• Tesla told Lin Nai that the Hyperion had been experiencing unexplained power surges and outages, and Lin Nai suspected Ai-chan was stealing electricity.
• Ai-chan appeared and denied being an electricity thief, while Lin Nai teased her by calling her a cabbage.

Schicksal’s idol competition drew a packed audience as Ai-chan, Raven, Tesla, and Durandal prepared backstage to compete. Mei Raiden stayed out of it while Thunder Queen urged her to stop hesitating over Lin Nai, and the chapter left the contestants awaiting the show.

• Lin Nai learned that Ai-chan had entered the idol competition with Himeko’s help, while Tesla questioned her ambitions.
• Gray Snake recruited Raven for World Serpent, offering her prize money and free help building her school until she agreed.
• Kiana and Mei Raiden declined to compete, while Thunder Queen privately criticized Mei for repeatedly hesitating to pursue Lin Nai.
• Sirin brought cheering props for Bella, and Seele looked for Lin Nai before learning he was backstage with the participants.
• Ai-chan, Raven, Tesla, and Durandal gathered backstage as the venue filled with spectators.

Lin Nai struggled to get Otto, Siegfried, and Welt ready for the idol competition before Ai-chan, Tesla, Raven, and Durandal took the stage. The competition continued with Durandal's overwhelming popularity drawing a wild crowd.

• Lin Nai discovered Otto, Siegfried, and Welt had put on women's clothes, and Otto left after realizing he could compete in his female body.
• Ai-chan Hyperion opened the idol competition as the audience cheered.
• Tesla made a dramatic entrance in a red robot, and Theresa announced Anti-Entropy would pay the venue's maintenance costs.
• Raven competed, and Bronya explained that she planned to build a school for the children she had adopted.
• Durandal rode onto the stage on Khrishna, and her fans greeted her with thunderous applause.

Bella and the final contestants made their entrances at the competition, with Siegfried embarrassed by an ill-fitting outfit while the audience laughed. The contestants were set to begin their assessments, and Kallen and Theresa struggled to keep the event on track.

• Kallen introduced Bella, who descended in a magical girl outfit and nervously declared that she would TeRiTeRi everyone.
• Kallen introduced Otto, Welt, and Siegfried, whose mismatched suit jacket and women's clothing made the audience laugh.
• Lin Nai wondered whether Sirin or Shigure Kira had arranged Siegfried's embarrassing outfit, then stopped trying to guess.
• Bronya climbed into Lin Nai's arms to play a game, and Kiana claimed that she would sleep in his room that night.
• Kallen and Theresa announced the competition's upcoming assessments while Tesla argued with Ai-chan, Welt tried to intervene, Bella trembled nervously, and Durandal stroked Khrishna.

After the Destiny Idol Competition opened, Theresa recruited Lin Nai to interview the contestants backstage. Their visit to Ai-chan exposed her relaxed attitude on camera, and they ended the chapter finding Tesla applying dramatic rock-inspired makeup.

• Theresa announced that the audience would judge the competition by voting online, and the opening ceremony ended.
• Theresa asked Lin Nai to help interview the contestants, and he followed her backstage with a camera.
• Theresa and Lin Nai interviewed Ai-chan, who lounged casually until she realized the camera was livestreaming and quickly adopted an idol persona.
• Lin Nai and Theresa went to Tesla’s dressing room and found her applying what she called fashionable rock idol makeup.

Lin Nai and Theresa interviewed Tesla, Durandal, and Raven while filming live. Durandal’s cat Stan had trashed the makeup room after she experimented with cosmetics on him, and the chapter left Lin Nai and Theresa beginning Raven’s interview.

• Tesla showed Lin Nai and Theresa her automated makeup robots, then removed her unusual makeup and returned to her usual appearance.
• Lin Nai and Theresa visited Durandal and found her makeup room wrecked after Stan ran around inside.
• Lin Nai noticed lipstick marks on Stan, and Durandal admitted nothing as Stan sat obediently for Lin Nai.
• Lin Nai and Theresa interviewed Durandal at her doorway, then Durandal carried the exhausted Stan back into the room.
• Lin Nai and Theresa went to Raven’s room and found her arranging a fragrant flower basket before the interview.

Raven explained that she entered the competition to earn money for a school, while Lin Nai interviewed Otto, Siegfried, and Welt after catching Siegfried pinning Otto during the livestream. The trio admitted they expected to lose, with Otto quipping that soon there would be no one left for them to lose to.

• Raven told Lin Nai and Theresa that Gray Snake offered to help build a school if she entered the competition, and she wanted to secure a future for Sora and the other children.
• Theresa considered recruiting Raven as St. Freya Academy’s vice principal, then Lin Nai led her to the final lounge.
• Lin Nai found Siegfried pinning Otto while Welt watched, and warned them that their compromising scene had already been broadcast live.
• Otto, Siegfried, and Welt answered questions about the incident and the competition, admitting they had little hope of winning.
• Siegfried listed the contestants who had already beaten them and said that after Ai-chan, they would have no one left to lose to.

Lin Nai oversaw a livestream and the first physical-fitness assessment of the Schicksal Idol event, where contestants raced using their abilities and inventions. Tesla, Durandal, and Bella surged ahead while Otto, Welt, and Siegfried turned Otto’s wheelchair into a rocket-powered racer.

• Lin Nai ended the livestream after Otto insulted Siegfried and Welt, and the two men began smashing things after he and Theresa left.
• Lin Nai announced a race to the finish line with no restrictions on abilities, and the contestants prepared for the physical-fitness assessment.
• Tesla launched ahead in her thruster-equipped running shoes, while Durandal ran close behind and Bella flew alongside them.
• Raven and Ai-chan gave up on keeping pace as the leading contestants sped away.
• Welt and Siegfried fitted a thruster to Otto’s wheelchair, then the three men climbed aboard and launched themselves down the course.