Chapter Summaries

Roxie left Shien’s room after making him promise to visit her at the royal palace, and Shien looked forward to spending the next few days with her. Lasha revealed she had witnessed the night and then warned Shien to be careful, leaving him unsettled by a strange resonance between them.

• Roxie hurried back to the royal palace through Shien’s window after making him promise to visit her later that day.
• Shien kissed Roxie goodbye and decided to spend the next few days keeping her company.
• Lasha told Shien that she had watched the entire night and was relieved Roxie could now help with his physical needs.
• Lasha stared at Shien, touched his chest as an unexplained resonance intensified, and told him to be careful from then on.

Shien prepared to leave the royal capital with Aiyi and Lasha to suppress the Old Demon Faction in Duke Streim's Territory, while Sera returned to the Demon Realm after failing to persuade Aiyi to go with her. After saying goodbye to Roxie, Vivian's group, and the household staff, Shien departed on Yulin.

• Shien refused Vivian's group when they offered to accompany him, and told them Aiyi would travel with him instead.
• Sera warned Shien not to exploit Aiyi, then grew furious when he joked about hugging and kissing her; she eventually returned to the Demon Realm after Jacinta urged her to leave.
• Shien gave Sera's blood-red letter to Aiyi, who returned from the Demon Realm the next day with a letter filled with repeated apologies.
• Shien spent the night in Roxie's bedchamber, then prepared to leave with Aiyi and Lasha, who had packed his luggage.
• Shien said goodbye to Vivian's group and the household staff, then flew from the royal capital on Yulin toward Duke Streim's Territory as Roxie watched him depart.

A dragon descended on Jeritry and shattered its defensive barrier, leaving Tris and the city in panic. Shien landed with his maid and a little girl, introduced the dragon as his mount, and asked the knights to lower their weapons so they could talk.

• Tris ordered Jeritry's barrier raised and mobilized the Second Knights when a dragon appeared over the city.
• The dragon destroyed the barrier with its breath, and Tris feared Jeritry would be destroyed.
• Tris and the citizens heard people talking atop the dragon and realized several riders were standing on its head.
• Shien and two companions jumped down in front of Tris, whose knights surrounded them.
• Shien apologized for entering the city on his dragon, introduced himself and his companions, and asked the knights to lower their weapons.

Shien and his companions reached Jeritry, where Yulin’s arrival forced Tris and the Second Knights to stand down. After recognizing Shien as Viscount Poztut, Tris told him the Old Demon Faction’s activity began in Cosmos, and Shien decided to rest in Jeritry before traveling there.

• Yulin roared over the knights surrounding Shien, and Tris ordered them to put down their weapons.
• Tris recognized Shien as Viscount Poztut and exchanged formal courtesies with him.
• Shien said he had come at the Princess’s request to investigate the Old Demon Faction in Duke Streim’s Territory.
• Tris directed Shien toward Cosmos, where the faction and strange incidents had first appeared, and mentioned rumors of Ragna Empire involvement.
• Shien declined Tris’s offer of lodging, said he would rest in Jeritry for the night, and left with Aiyi, Lasha, and Yulin.
• Tris ordered the knights to reassure the citizens about Yulin and watched Shien depart with envy.

Shien and his companions arrived in Jeritry, where the locals admired his status, his dragon, and the women beside him. After Shien jokingly declared Aiyi was his wife, the group continued toward their lodging, unaware that people carrying a bundle with someone inside were following them.

• Shien walked through Jeritry with Aiyi and Lasha while Yulin flew above them, drawing attention from the townspeople and noble families.
• Aiyi grew angry when locals called her a little sister or daughter, and Shien learned she had endured being treated like a child for ten thousand years.
• When Shien said he would call Aiyi his wife, she squeezed his hand, but he later carried her and insisted the declaration stood.
• Shien, Aiyi, Lasha, and Yulin continued through town as a group inside a building quietly followed them with a bundle containing a sleeping figure with golden hair.

Shien stayed at a luxury inn in Jeritry with Aiyi and Lasha, reflecting on how Yulin’s valuable dragon materials had made him wealthy. When masked intruders entered his suite, Shien immobilized them, but they killed themselves before he could question them.

• Lasha found the group an inn with a stable for Yulin and arranged a luxurious suite for them.
• Shien recalled that selling Yulin’s scales, tears, saliva, and blood had made him financially secure.
• Unable to sleep alone, Shien left his bedroom intending to talk with Lasha.
• Shien sensed four masked intruders in the suite and immobilized them as they tried to flee.
• The intruders, led by an elderly man, stabbed themselves and died before Shien could question them.

Shien discovered that four intruders had killed themselves, then learned they were Magic Life obeying their master’s orders. The intruders had left behind a young girl, who finally introduced herself as Emerald.

• Shien found four intruders dead after they apparently killed themselves when discovered.
• Lasha said the dead intruders were Magic Life who could not disobey their master's orders, and showed Shien the bundle they had left behind.
• Shien accidentally touched the bundle and heard a girl cry; Aiyi came out and urged them to deal with the room.
• Lasha cleaned up the bodies and blood, and Shien, Aiyi, and Lasha tried to speak with the silent girl.
• After Shien introduced himself and asked her name, the girl said she was Emerald.

Shien took in the mysterious girl Emerald and planned to learn about her from Captain Tris, then woke with Emerald and Aiyi asleep in his arms. When he tried to take a look at Aiyi’s pillow before fulfilling his task, Aiyi threw him onto the bed and insisted he wait until the Old Demon Faction was dealt with.

• Shien decided to keep Emerald with them and ask Captain Tris about her identity and background.
• Lasha bathed and fed Emerald, while Shien and Aiyi went to sleep; Emerald later climbed into Shien’s blanket.
• Shien woke with Aiyi and Emerald sleeping in his arms and learned from Lasha that Emerald had joined him during the night.
• Shien tried to take Aiyi’s pillow, but Aiyi threw him onto the bed and said he could see it only after they dealt with the Old Demon Faction.

Shien’s group left the inn amid crowds hoping to buy materials from Yulin, but Shien refused to do business and frightened off a count’s representative who threatened him. They departed Jeritry on Yulin, while the encounter became a widely retold humorous story.

• Lasha told Shien that she had turned away dozens of workshop leaders, merchants, and nobles who had sought to buy dragon materials, knowing he did not want to meet them.
• Shien’s group left the inn through a crowd of onlookers and merchants pleading to buy materials from Yulin, but he ignored them and headed for the beast stables.
• A representative of the Furso Count Family threatened Shien for ignoring his family, and Shien agreed to let him take as many dragon materials as he dared.
• Shien summoned Yulin, who landed before the representative and frightened him unconscious; Shien then left with Aiyi, Lasha, and Emerald on Yulin.
• The encounter spread through the city as a humorous tale.

Shien visited Commander Tris to ask about Emerald’s origins, but Tris warned him that keeping her could bring disaster and offered an old book instead. As they waited for the book, Tris’s son Taylor burst in and challenged Shien to a duel.

• Shien arrived at the Gigale Family estate with Aiyi, Lasha, and Emerald, and Tris welcomed them nervously.
• Shien asked Tris whether he recognized Emerald, and Tris urged Shien to let her go because of a legend in Duke Streim’s Territory.
• Lasha took Emerald out to prepare for their departure, and Aiyi followed them.
• Tris avoided discussing the taboo directly and offered Shien an old family book that might explain the warning.
• Taylor stormed into the reception room, pointed at Shien, and challenged him to a duel.

Taylor challenged Shien to a duel because he refused to believe Shien was close to Princess Roxie. Shien offered to accept if Taylor could pull the Holy Sword from the floor, but Taylor could not move it at all.

• Taylor barged into Tris's reception room and demanded a duel with Shien, ignoring his father's attempts to send him away.
• Shien learned that Taylor wanted to disprove rumors of his personal connection with Roxie, and he teased Taylor about their closeness.
• Shien threw his Holy Sword in front of Taylor and said he would accept the duel if Taylor could pull it free, with Tris as witness.
• Taylor gripped the Holy Sword and strained to pull it out, but it did not budge while Shien calmly drank his tea.

Shien explained that only the Holy Sword’s chosen wielder could use it, then used proof of his relationship with Roxie to crush Taylor’s hopes. Taylor and Tris left in shock, while Shien decided to use the crystal image to fend off anyone who questioned their relationship.

• Taylor and Tris failed to pull Shien’s Holy Sword from the floor, and Shien explained that only its chosen wielder could use it properly.
• Taylor accused Shien of using a special method to draw the sword, so Shien told him he knew how many moles Roxie had and revealed that she had shared a bed with him.
• Shien activated a crystal Roxie had given him, showing an image of himself and Roxie embracing as lovers.
• Taylor broke down crying and ran away, while Tris left in a daze to check on his son.
• Shien put the crystal away and resolved to use it as proof whenever anyone challenged his relationship with Roxie, then left after drinking the cold tea.

Shien invited Emerald to travel with him, and she accepted, so he set out for Cosmos with Aiyi and Lasha. Meanwhile, Beastfolk investigating the Magic Life corpses feared an innocent outsider had become entangled in the mastermind’s schemes, and their Saintess prayed to the Goddess of Life for guidance.

• Shien asked Emerald to come with him, and she accepted his invitation.
• Shien, Aiyi, Lasha, and Emerald mounted Yulin and flew toward Cosmos.
• A Beastfolk group led by the Foxkin Saintess found the Magic Life corpses that Lasha had buried in Jeritry.
• The Beastfolk’s catgirl strategist concluded that an unrelated outsider had buried the bodies and might be in danger.
• The Foxkin Saintess prayed to the Goddess of Life to reveal where the calamity of darkness lay.

The Foxkin Saintess used a dangerous prayer to locate Shien, but her vision was shattered when she saw him, prompting Nien to realize that the Supreme God's Blessing had blocked hostile divine interference. Goddess Anima also sensed her power had been neutralized and decided to travel to the Human Realm with the exhausted Lasha-like girl.

• The Foxkin Saintess borrowed the Goddess of Life's power and saw Shien riding a black dragon with a beautiful maid and a little girl, but collapsed when she looked at him.
• Nien realized that Shien's Supreme God's Blessing had blocked the Foxkin Saintess's divine sight and reflected on how the blessing protected him from the God Race's hostile Authority.
• Nien concluded that Shien could withstand most threats from the Goddesses and resented that a Princess had taken his first time.
• Goddess Anima noticed that her power had been neutralized while the exhausted girl resembling Lasha asked to be released from her temple.
• Anima ended the girl's punishment and announced that she would take her to the Human Realm to investigate the unforeseen variable.

Shien traveled north toward Cosmos with Aiyi, Emerald, and Lasha while Aiyi and Emerald fell asleep in his arms. In Jeritry, the Foxkin Saintess learned that Shien’s party included a dragon and headed for Cosmos, fearing a dangerous clash there.

• Shien flew north on Yulin with the girls, while Emerald watched him and Aiyi complained about unseen trouble.
• Shien pulled Aiyi into his arms so she could sleep, and Emerald nestled against him as Lasha remarked that his arms were already occupied.
• The Foxkin Saintess recovered with a magic potion and told the Beastfolk that her Prayer had revealed a dragon and a terrifying person near their target.
• The catgirl recognized the dragon-taming viscount as a noble close to Roxie, the Kingdom’s Treasure, and the Foxkin Saintess worried he might meet her Ragna Empire friend.
• The Foxkin Saintess decided to hurry to Cosmos, where she believed the situation could become dangerous.

Shien and his companions reached Cosmos, a heavily guarded border fortress, but found it sealed by Duke Streim’s order because of a crisis inside. After Shien presented the Royal Token, the guards explained that the Old Demon Faction had appeared in the city, and he asked what other strange events had begun there.

• Lasha explained that Cosmos was the Kingdom of Mithra’s northern fortress and a major center of Magic Weapon production.
• Shien chose to leave Yulin outside the city and flew down with Aiyi, Lasha, and Emerald.
• A guard told Shien that Duke Streim had sealed Cosmos until the chaos inside was resolved.
• Shien showed the Royal Token, prompting the guards and soldiers to kneel, but the guard hesitated to admit him because the city remained dangerous.
• The guard revealed that strange events had started in Cosmos and that the Old Demon Faction had appeared there, and Shien asked him to explain further.

Shien entered the sealed city of Cosmos, where bizarre spatial incidents had caused chaos and heightened tensions between the Kingdom and the Empire. He and Aiyi sensed abnormal mana in the city, but ruled out the Demon Refining Ritual as its cause.

• A guard explained that people, buildings, and monsters had been appearing in the wrong places across Cosmos and beyond, prompting Kingdom and Empire forces to investigate and clash.
• Despite the guard's warnings and the Streim Family's order sealing the city, Shien used his Royal Token to enter Cosmos with the little girls.
• Shien and Aiyi sensed that mana was flowing abnormally throughout the city.
• Shien wondered whether the Demon Refining Ritual was responsible, but Aiyi rejected the idea because the mana, ritual conditions, and spatial effects did not match.
• Shien saw that buildings and streets had been thrown into disarray, creating narrow passages where attackers could easily ambush people.

News of Shien’s arrival in Cosmos reached Limjo and a Princess, prompting the Streim leaders to reconsider their plans after Limjo warned them about the girls accompanying him. Yuri and Limjo set out to visit Shien, while the Princess wondered whether he was connected to Roxie Lusti Mitra.

• Sona Regizlig reported to Limjo and Yuri Streim that a young noble with a Royal Token had arrived in Cosmos with a maid and two girls.
• Limjo suspected the noble was Shien and asked what the girls looked like, then warned Yuri that they might be dangerous to offend.
• Yuri decided the Streim Family must not harm Shien and should treat him well, so he and Limjo set out to visit him.
• A Princess heard that a young noble with a Royal Token had arrived and wondered whether he was the adventurer close to Roxie Lusti Mitra.
• The Princess vowed that she would surpass Roxie Lusti Mitra.

Shien and his companions made their way through Cosmos, repeatedly fending off thugs while Lasha led them toward an inn she had already booked. When Shien sensed the approach of someone he knew, he unleashed a powerful enchantment that made the entire city shake.

• Beastfolk thugs tried to rob Shien's group, but Shien used Flying Star to blast them down.
• Lasha dragged the unconscious thugs out of sight, leaving them to disappear without a trace.
• Lasha led the group through Cosmos toward the inn she had booked, while Shien and Aiyi complained about the city's dangers.
• Shien sensed several approaching sources of magic, including one belonging to someone he knew, and Aiyi threatened to destroy the city.
• Shien cast Enchantment: Movement, causing Cosmos to shake violently and undergo earth-shattering changes.

Limjo, Yuri, and Sona led the First Knights toward Shien while Limjo forced himself to suppress his hostility. A surge of powerful magic triggered a citywide upheaval that trapped both the First Knights and a group of Shattered Blade Knights, leaving their Princess to draw a mysterious sword.

• Sona reported that Shien and his companions were nearby, and Yuri warned Limjo to conceal his hostility toward Shien.
• Limjo suppressed his hatred as he resolved to endure until he could win Princess Roxielusty's favor.
• A tremendous surge of magic appeared, and buildings across Cosmos began shifting and crashing into the streets.
• Yuri forbade the First Knights from attacking the buildings because civilians were inside, forcing them to dodge the wreckage.
• The Shattered Blade Knights protected their Princess amid the moving buildings, and she drew a golden sword glowing with a pure white light.