Recaps

Barry explained that he had planned to use Shien to draw out the Old Demon Faction, kill him, and frame him so Limjo could claim his accomplishments and pursue Roxie. After the plan failed, Barry told Limjo to approach Shien, learn his interests and the conditions of his Unique Skill, and use that knowledge to plan again.

• Limjo returned to the Streim Family villa and asked Barry what he had intended to accomplish.
• Barry revealed that he had planned to lure Shien into the territory to draw out the Old Demon Faction, then kill and frame him so Limjo could claim the credit and get closer to Roxie.
• Limjo asked what they should do now that Shien had rejected Barry’s scheme.
• Barry instructed Limjo to approach Shien, learn what he cared about, and uncover the conditions and weakness of his Unique Skill.
• Limjo agreed expressionlessly to follow Barry’s instructions.

After leaving the palace, Shien examined the powerful wand Jacinta had given him and decided to keep it rather than sell it. He arrived at Lilith's Patisserie to buy pastries for the Princess, but ran into Aiyi and was caught before he could escape.

• Shien left the royal palace and headed to Lilith's Patisserie, grumbling about the cost of bringing pastries to the Princess as an apology.
• Shien appraised Jacinta's wand and reviewed its Scouting Magic, Warning Magic, and Magic Breaking Magic before deciding not to sell it.
• Shien reflected on the reward Yule had promised him at the temple's Inner Sanctum and the kingdom's one-month access to the underground Magic Library.
• Shien found Aiyi waiting outside Lilith's Patisserie and tried to flee, but Aiyi grabbed his collar and demanded to know why he was running.
• Shien protested that he had no money, then gave in when Aiyi glared at him.

Shien accompanied Aiyi to Lilith's Patisserie, where she explained why she had come out and revealed that she had placed tracking magic on him. When Shien told her Jacinta had appeared in the Human Realm and that the Old Demon Faction was active in Streim territory, Aiyi reacted with cold anger.

• Aiyi enjoyed dessert while Shien lamented the coins she had spent, and she explained that she had left home because she was bored and wanted to find him.
• Aiyi revealed she had secretly placed a strand of magic power on Shien so she could sense his location, alarming him with how closely she could track him.
• Shien told Aiyi that Jacinta, an officer under the Dragon Demon and a Demon Realm leader, had come to the royal palace, and Aiyi called him an idiot.
• Shien recounted the events of the day, including the Old Demon Faction's appearance in Streim territory, and Aiyi's cold snort made the air tremble.

Shien refused to help Aiyi subjugate the Old Demon Faction until she offered to accompany him. He agreed to go in a month, then asked her to move the pillow she was holding so he could take a look.

• Aiyi asked Shien to subjugate the Old Demon Faction, but he refused because he had important business in the royal capital and feared being set up by Duke Barry.
• Aiyi explained that the Old Demon Faction had harmed the Demon Race and undermined peace among the Three Races, and said she wanted to eliminate its members.
• Aiyi told Shien that his past defeat of Bedo's branch could draw the Old Demon Faction out, and offered to go with him.
• Shien agreed to help Aiyi on the condition that they leave a month later, after he finished his business.
• Shien added that Aiyi had to move her pillow so he could take a look, leaving her dumbfounded.

Shien and Aiyi agreed to eliminate the Old Demon Faction in Streim territory after a month, once Shien had used the underground Magic Library. Back at House Razahad, Shien joined Vivian's Squad as they discussed what to do next.

• Aiyi agreed to let Shien take a look after he fulfilled his promise to wipe out the Old Demon Faction, and they set the mission for a month later.
• Shien and Aiyi returned to House Razahad, where Aiyi stopped him from carrying her once they reached the garden.
• Vivian told Shien that Mr. Beren and Mr. Lyon would return to Lamigium, while Aris planned to remain in the royal capital with his teammates.
• Shien told Vivian's Squad he would stay in the capital for a month to use the underground Magic Library.
• Lumya and Merika asked whether Shien was really staying because of the Princess.

Shien and Vivian’s Squad decided to remain in the capital for another month, and Migis approved their request. Tier stayed because she wanted to be wherever Shien was, while Shien planned to protect her during his time in the underground Magic Library.

• Shien told the squad he would stay in the capital for a month, and Tier immediately decided to stay with him.
• Merika chose to stay too, while Vivian persuaded Lumya that Ryley could care for her younger sisters in Lamigium.
• Tier told Shien she would stay near him despite disliking the capital, and Shien considered asking Aiyi to guard her.
• Vivian, Tier, Merika, Lumya, and Shien asked Migis to let them remain in the capital for another month, and he agreed.
• The author thanked Yinwu Huayin for becoming the book’s Ally Leader.

Vivian teased Shien about his closeness with Tier and told him how much the members of her squad had come to accept him. She then handed Shien something, leaving its nature unrevealed.

• Shien encountered Vivian after leaving the bath, and she asked why he had not come out with Tier.
• Vivian reassured Shien that she trusted him and was glad Tier felt comfortable with him.
• Vivian reflected on how the squad had grown close to Shien, noting Tier and Merika had changed while Lumya remained shy.
• Vivian encouraged Shien to approach Lumya, then ended her teasing and handed him something.

Vivian gave Shien his adventurer's medal after the guild approved his assessment, making him free to take commissions or leave the squad. The next morning, Shien planned to visit the palace's underground Magic Library, but learning that he and Vivian's Squad were short on money left him unsure whether to join them on a commission first.

• Vivian gave Shien a Black Iron First-Class Junior Medal and explained that his contribution to the escort mission had earned him a pass.
• Shien asked whether he could leave Vivian's Squad, and Vivian said it depended on whether either of them wanted him to leave.
• Shien celebrated becoming an official adventurer and headed to his room.
• The next morning, Shien hurried through breakfast because he planned to visit the palace's underground Magic Library.
• Vivian's Squad planned to visit the Adventurer's Guild for commissions, while Lumya admitted they needed money for their expenses.
• Shien realized he was nearly out of money too and wondered whether he should join the others on a commission before visiting the library.

Shien refused to leave with Vivian and the others, then headed to Roxie's chambers with pastries before Limjo Streim stopped him. Limjo apologized for his father’s conduct and explained that he wanted to prevent the Streim Family from making an enemy of Shien.

• Shien decided to stay at House Razahad and spend his limited time pursuing the opportunity at the palace’s underground Magic Library.
• Shien bought pastries at Lilith's Patisserie to appease Roxie before visiting her chambers.
• Limjo Streim introduced himself as a Royal Knight and admitted that Duke Streim was his father.
• Limjo bowed and apologized to Shien for the duke’s behavior toward him.
• Limjo said he had apologized on his own to protect the Streim Family’s future from becoming Shien’s enemy.

Shien questioned Limjo about why Barry had targeted him, and Limjo explained that his father wanted him to marry Princess and resented Shien’s relationship with her. Shien accepted Limjo’s apology for now, while Limjo and Shien each left concealing their true reactions.

• Shien asked Limjo whether Barry had targeted him because of Tier or Roxie, and Limjo said it was because of Princess.
• Limjo admitted that he admired Princess and hoped to pursue her, but said he would not use his father’s underhanded methods or offend Shien over her.
• Shien accepted Limjo’s apology for now and warned him that he would not overlook another offense.
• Limjo offered to guide Shien to the underground Magic Library, but Shien declined because Princess had already offered to take him.
• Limjo left with a cold look, while Shien departed with an amused expression.

Shien visited Roxie with consolation gifts but discovered her elder sister, Liyadella, was already with her. Liyadella dragged him into the room, leaving Shien and Roxie bracing themselves for her teasing.

• Shien ignored Limjo and went to Roxie's chambers with a box of desserts, where noblemen glared at him but did not dare approach.
• Shien sensed familiar magical power inside Roxie's room and tried to leave without disturbing her guest.
• Liyadella opened the door, caught Shien attempting to sneak away, and teased him about interrupting her and Roxie.
• Shien tried to make excuses and escape, but Liyadella seized his shoulder and dragged him into the room.
• Shien exchanged resigned looks with Roxie as they realized Liyadella had them both in her clutches.

Shien met Princess Royal Liyadella Mithra, who asked him to call her Ria and questioned Roxie about her plans for the throne and their relationship. Ria ended by challenging whether Shien had done enough to earn Roxie’s approval, leaving the conversation tense.

• Ria introduced herself to Shien and asked him to call her by her nickname, while her knight Shana watched him closely.
• Roxie told Ria to stop teasing Shien and insisted she had no intention of becoming Queen or moving to the Divine Realm.
• Ria said everyone expected Roxie to change her mind, and Roxie replied that she would keep disappointing them.
• Shien and Roxie traded kicks beneath the table while Ria watched their exchanged glances with amusement.
• Ria asked about Shien and Roxie’s relationship, then said that defeating Bedo and Kilian was not enough to earn Roxie’s approval.

Ria tested Shien because she was concerned about Roxie, but Roxie defended her own judgment and Ria apologized. The three became more comfortable with one another before Shien and Roxie left for the royal palace’s Magic Library.

• Shien realized Ria had been testing him, and Roxie confronted Ria about her concerns.
• Roxie told Ria she had chosen to associate with Shien after understanding the situation and asked her to trust her judgment.
• Ria admitted she and her father had overthought things, apologized to Shien, and bowed to him.
• Shien accepted Ria’s apology, and Ria teased him and Roxie with less calculation as they talked together.
• An hour later, Shien left with Roxie for the Magic Library beneath the royal palace, while Ria remarked that their relationship was better than she had expected.

Roxie brought Shien to the royal palace’s underground library and showed him how its magical collection worked. When Shien requested books on Space Magic, none appeared, and Roxie explained that they were kept in a deeper Forbidden Library.

• Roxie told Shien that Laisha had once infiltrated the underground facilities using Space Magic and stolen a forbidden object.
• Roxie opened the library’s barrier and granted Shien access for one month using a royal token and a temporary incantation.
• Roxie explained that the library’s magic gathered requested books and sent away irrelevant ones.
• Shien requested books on Space Magic, but every book flew away instead of gathering near him.
• Roxie told Shien that Space Magic books were forbidden and kept in the deeper underground Forbidden Library.

Roxie explained why space and mental magic were tightly controlled and advised Shien to choose his studies carefully. She left him among the library’s rare spellbooks, considering which magic to learn.

• Roxie explained that nations restricted space magic spellbooks because space magic could easily bypass barriers and reshape battles.
• Roxie told Shien that mental magic was also forbidden after a mage once controlled an entire city and attempted a coup.
• Roxie explained that holy and recovery magic could only be learned through temples, while rare magic spellbooks were available in the library.
• Roxie warned Shien that mages could normally master only two magic systems because each contained hundreds or thousands of spells to memorize.
• Roxie advised Shien to choose rare, versatile magic and left him alone with the library’s books.

Shien chose to study Celestial Magic and Enchantment Magic instead of trying to learn every spell in the library, then acquired and mastered both skills. After testing their power, he began memorizing their incantations.

• Shien decided that one month was not enough to master the common elemental spells and chose to focus on rare high-level magic.
• Shien selected Celestial Magic and Enchantment Magic for their rarity and versatility.
• Shien studied the tomes and acquired both magic skills, raising them to maximum level.
• Shien enchanted a leaf with cutting power and watched it slice through marble.
• Shien tested Celestial Magic and caused dark clouds and lightning to gather over the royal capital.
• Shien began studying the incantations for both magic systems late into the night.

Shien struggled to memorize Celestial and Enchantment Magic while discovering how dangerously powerful his spells could be. With Aiyi agreeing to protect Tier and Vivian lending him money, Shien kept studying and casually agreed to let Limjo accompany him.

• Shien spent several days memorizing magic incantations and struggled with the enormous variety of Enchantment Magic spells.
• Shien tested an advanced enchantment on a mountain, causing it to erupt, then cut it apart with his Magic Sword and hurled it away with Outer Gravity.
• Shien decided to avoid casually using advanced magic after nearly losing control and threatening nearby mountains.
• Aiyi reluctantly agreed to watch over Tier and protect her from excessive bullying by the royal capital's nobles.
• Shien ran out of money and borrowed from Vivian to support Aiyi and a certain Princess.
• Limjo asked to accompany Shien to see Her Highness and go to the library, and Shien agreed, leaving Limjo stunned.

Limjo suspected Shien was testing him when he offered to bring him to see Roxie, so Limjo declined to avoid revealing his intentions. Roxie arrived, met Limjo face-to-face, and learned from Shien that they had only met a few times.

• Shien offered to bring Limjo along to see Roxie, but Limjo declined, claiming he had only been joking.
• Shien told Limjo that Roxie had already arrived, and Limjo turned to see her approaching.
• Roxie greeted Shien and focused her attention on him, leaving Limjo's excitement deflated.
• Limjo bowed and introduced himself to Roxie, who recognized him as Duke Barry's son and praised his record in the Royal Knights.
• Roxie asked whether Shien and Limjo were friends, and Shien replied that they had only met a few times.
• Roxie stopped looking toward Limjo, and Limjo's heart sank.

Roxie asked Shien to accompany her outside the city to handle an undisclosed matter, and he reluctantly agreed. Limjo failed to convince Roxie to bring him along, and the chapter ended with him watching Shien leave with her, furious and humiliated.

• Roxie asked Shien to put off his library studies and accompany her outside the city, and he agreed after she warned him to consider his answer carefully.
• Roxie took Shien by the hand, making Limjo realize their relationship seemed closer than he had assumed.
• Limjo urged Roxie to take the Sacred Sword Knights or let him protect her, but Roxie refused and said Shien alone was enough.
• Roxie pulled Shien away, and Shien apologized to Limjo as they left.
• Limjo watched them go, then drew his sword and cut down a nearby tree in anger.

After leaving the royal palace, Shien and Roxie discussed Limjo’s motives and agreed to wait and see what he planned before taking action. Shien admitted Roxie’s status and qualities could make being with her troublesome, but left open the question of how he felt about her personally, and Roxie followed him with a bright smile.

• Roxie told Shien she distrusted Limjo because he seemed to impose his assumptions on others without caring about their feelings.
• Shien explained that Limjo had approached him with an apology but had briefly shown hostility when Shien mentioned Roxie, revealing his intentions.
• Shien and Roxie realized Limjo had approached Shien because of Roxie, but Shien chose to wait and see what Limjo would do.
• Roxie asked whether being with her was troublesome, and Shien said her status, position, abilities, and looks were troublesome to him, while his feelings about her personally remained to be seen.
• Roxie smiled brightly at Shien’s answer and hurried after him as he left the palace.

Roxie told Shien that monsters near the royal capital had been acting strangely while suspicious people linked to demon executive Jacinta lingered nearby, raising fears of a plot and a diplomatic crisis. She explained that she was investigating alone because the Goddess of Fate’s blessing would guide her to the problem, and Shien wondered whether he could leave.

• Roxie explained that monsters near the royal capital had abandoned their habitats, grown restless, or disappeared, while suspicious people had also been seen in the area.
• Roxie said the suspicious people appeared to be demons connected to Jacinta, who had remained in the royal capital after his audience and refused to explain why.
• Roxie explained that the royal family feared Jacinta’s activities could lead to harm or a diplomatic crisis, while her father watched him and her sister sought information from the demons.
• Roxie told Shien she was investigating the unnatural phenomena alone because the Goddess of Fate’s blessing would guide her to whatever needed to be resolved.
• Shien questioned whether Roxie’s luck would really lead her to a clue and asked what would happen if he wanted to leave.

Shien and Roxie discovered a mountain filled with monster mana and entered it to investigate, suspecting a large-scale ritual was underway. A colossal, unfamiliar creature burst from the ground and attacked them.

• Roxie led Shien through the area until they found a mountain radiating faint, evil mana and surrounded by monster mana.
• Roxie refused to return for reinforcements, fearing they would alert Jacinta, and dragged Shien into the mountain.
• Shien and Roxie sensed that mana was flowing through the mountain as part of a large-scale ritual.
• Shien and Roxie wondered whether Jacinta and his allies were planning something in the Human Realm and whether Jacinta belonged to the Old Demon Faction.
• Shien warned Roxie to move, and both escaped as the ground exploded and an unfamiliar colossal creature emerged.

Shien and Roxie fought a level 90 half-human, half-centipede monster with dragon wings, whose attacks failed to defeat either of them. After Roxie survived its Dragon Breath with Heroic Spirit Guard, she joined Shien to attack it together.

• A level 90 monster charged at Shien, who escaped its attack with Instantaneous Movement after his Tinder spell failed to stop it.
• Shien used his Magic Sword to split the monster’s Dragon Breath and remain unharmed.
• Roxie cut the monster in half with her Magic Sword, but it regenerated and attacked her with Dragon Breath.
• Heroic Spirit Guard protected Roxie from the Dragon Breath, and she landed beside Shien.
• Shien and Roxie raised their Holy Swords and prepared to attack the monster together.

Shien and Roxie fought the regenerating half-human, half-centipede monster, whose Dragon Breath forced them to stop holding back. Roxie unsealed Heresu while Shien used Enchantment magic to trap the monster, leaving it restrained as Roxie charged with her radiant Holy Sword.

• Shien and Roxie repeatedly wounded the monster while dodging its Dragon Breath, but it kept regenerating.
• Shien cut through the Dragon Breath with the Holy Sword enhanced by the Magic Sword, while Roxie suspected the monster’s Semi-corporeal skill was restoring it.
• Shien urged Roxie to unseal Heresu after the monster’s breath began vaporizing the mountain.
• Shien used Enchantment: Bind to split the earth and trap the monster, then cast Enchantment: Harden to strengthen its restraints.
• Roxie leaped toward the trapped monster with Heresu shining brightly in her hand.

Roxie killed the half-centipede monster with the Holy Sword after Shien used Enchantment Magic to enhance her attack. When they went to examine the corpse, it vanished completely, leaving them with no explanation.

• The monster unleashed Dragon Breath, but Roxie charged through it under the protection of Heroic Spirit Guard and the Holy Sword.
• Roxie combined Magic Sword with the Holy Sword’s Sacred Power and bisected the monster with a single golden slash.
• Shien praised Roxie, and she asked about his Enchantment Magic; they discussed why she focused on warrior skills instead of studying magic.
• Shien and Roxie approached the monster’s corpse, but it smoked, turned illusory, and vanished without leaving anything behind.